The upgraded Edward Bleeker Junior High School playground does more than offer students a new outdoor area to enjoy, it captures some serious stormwater. Green infrastructure elements reduce stormwater A 0.5-ha (1.2-ac) asphalt lot at the school has been renovated…
Esri Launches National Green Infrastructure Initiative for Planning
Redlands, Calif., June 28, 2016—Esri, the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, has launched a suite of public mapping tools…
The Growing Issue of Stormwater and Urban Runoff
INDIANAPOLIS, June 27, 2016—Precipitation in an urban or suburban area that does not evaporate or soak into the ground but instead runs across the land…
EPA Honors Winners of 2015 Campus RainWorks Challenge
In 2015, seventy-seven student teams from 26 states submitted green infrastracture designs for the fourth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge. These projects show how managing stormwater at its source can benefit the community and environment by reducing the…
ASCE Selects 15 Innovation Winners
Drone technology played a key role in two of the four proposals that earned overall awards in the ASCE Innovation Contest. The first ASCE Innovation Contest drew entries from around the world, with practitioners, project managers, educators, researchers, and…
WEF Is Now Accepting Applications For The 2016 National Municipal Stormwater And Green Infrastructure Awards
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is now accepting applications for its second annual National Municipal Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Awards Program. Phase I and Phase II municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit holders are invited to…
The European Environment Agency Releases a Report on Green Infrastructure
Building and managing a well-planned network of natural areas might provide an effective and, in many cases, cheaper solution for coping with natural disasters such as floods or landslides. A new report published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA)…
Researchers to Study Detroit River Phosphorus, Impacts of Green Infrastructure
ANN ARBOR—Researchers at the University of Michigan have been awarded a three-year, $3 million grant from the Erb Family Foundation to determine the Detroit River's contributions to algae blooms that plague Lake Erie each summer. The grant to the U-M Water…
EPA Awards Green Infrastructure Grant of $20,000 to Kansas State University for Projects on Campus in Manhattan, Kan.
Lenexa, Kan.—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $20,000 grant to Kansas State University to carry out a green infrastructure demonstration and training project on its campus in Manhattan, Kan. Faculty and students will create “living…
EPA Launches Student Stormwater Competition
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is launching its fourth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge for undergraduate and graduate students to design green infrastructure systems to reduce stormwater pollution and increase resiliency to climate change. Student…
