MOUND, Minn. — Stormwater drains are getting extra work this year, and with more rainfall in the forecast this week, it's put certain a problem front and center. So how can we reduce stormwater runoff ...
Every spring, high-country streams and rivers in the American West begin to swell with water as the region’s snowpack starts to dissipate. It’s easy to assume that the liquid flowing in these water ...
This year’s predicted spring runoff into Lake Powell has decreased yet again as the impacts of a dry winter begin to show. Hydrologists at the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center said Wednesday that ...
Urban development increases stormwater runoff, which can cause flooding and pollute waterways. Stormwater engineers design systems like ponds and wetlands to manage runoff from large developments.
River authorities opened floodgates at Wirtz Dam and Starcke Dam early Wednesday to move storm runoff downstream into Lake Travis. The runoff is filling Lake Lyndon B. Johnson from the Llano River, ...
The state’s annual runoff levels from urban areas could fill nearly 6 million football fields with foot-deep water, nearly twice the amount of Florida, its next-wettest rival. The potential annual ...
Nitrates seep into rural communities' water supply, incurring high costs and health risks. A new report by the Alliance for the Great Lakes explores. Wisconsin’s drinking water is facing a growing ...