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After a decade of steady improvement, the Potomac River’s progress seems to be plateauing. That’s according to the latest letter grade — a B…
It’s long been known that climate change would make the job of cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay more difficult.
Delaware lawmakers passed a law in 1991 requiring new housing subdivisions to install and maintain their own systems to collect and treat stormwater.
Residents of the District of Columbia’s Hillcrest neighborhood could hardly see the unnamed stream, tucked deep into a small forested park, th…
It’s been 10 years since the Chesapeake Bay watershed was put on a “pollution diet.” And while there’s been some belt tightening since then, t…
A bid by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration to spare poultry farmers from higher stormwater permit fees has hit a snag: the law.
It was a good idea at the time. In the mid-1800s, Pennsylvania’s cities and towns wanted to end the stench and slippery surfaces caused by ope…
You may not realize it, but the water we drink, shower and bathe with, as well as recreate in, was once stormwater.
One of the oldest methods for capturing runoff, the stormwater pond, is getting a digital makeover. It no longer simply collects rainfall wash…