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Paying for innovative stormwater management projects can bust the budget. But two regional municipalities are exploring the potential for ‘environmental impact bonds’ to help fund projects. If the projects they fund are effective, both the financiers and the cities can walk away winners.

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Donna Morelli and Timothy B. Wheeler
August 17, 2018
Local Government
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Local government input matters in developing cleanup plans

So, how are we doing at cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay? Are the investments we’re making in our communities improving water quality? These are questions that we, the members of the Chesapeake Bay Local Government Advisory Committee, often...

Bruce R. Williams
August 16, 2018
Local Government
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Surveys can help fine-tune stewardship strategies, messages

Every time in rains in Anne Arundel County, it pours bacteria into its local streams and tidal creeks, making them off-limits to users. That’s a big deal, as residents in the county love their access to the water — with 533 miles, it...

Karl Blankenship
August 14, 2018
Local Government
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Municipalities turn to dedicated fees to fund stormwater systems

On a whirlwind tour up and down the hilly streets of Takoma Park, Daryl Braithwaite was showing off how the city has been working to slow rain that rushes down the roads by instead allowing it to slowly soak into the landscape. Street...

Karl Blankenship
August 03, 2018
Conservation + Land Use,Local Government
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Local Government: Archives

Environmental bonds a new way to finance ‘green’ stormwater projects

Two of the largest municipalities in the region have turned to a new idea to help them grapple with costly runoff from antiquated stormwater systems. Using an emerging concept — environmental impact bonds — the District of...

Donna Morelli and Timothy B. Wheeler
August 17, 2018
Local Government
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Local government input matters in developing cleanup plans (Opinion)

Bruce R. Williams
August 16, 2018
Local Government
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Surveys can help fine-tune stewardship strategies, messages

Karl Blankenship
August 14, 2018
Local Government
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Municipalities turn to dedicated fees to fund stormwater systems

Karl Blankenship
August 03, 2018
Conservation + Land Use,Local Government
2 Comments

The status of Chesapeake watershed implementation plans

Pennsylvania See the Bay Journal article PA launches pilot planning effort for pollution plan as 2025 deadline nears Contact: Veronica Kasi, PA Department of Environmental Protection, vbkasi@pa.gov. Maryland Local engagement has...

Donna Morelli
August 02, 2018
Local Government
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A word to the wise, it’s both what and how you say it when presenting fees

Consider these two reactions from Pennsylvania residents when they were asked if they would support a stormwater fee in their community. “I don’t oppose what you’re trying to do. I oppose it coming out of my pocket.”...

Donna Morelli
July 25, 2018
Local Government
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PA launches pilot planning effort for pollution plan as 2025 deadline nears

Pennsylvania is finally getting good marks — something the state is not accustomed to earning when it comes to the Chesapeake Bay cleanup. The state has fallen far behind in meeting its cleanup goals, but it recently launched an...

Donna Morelli
July 23, 2018
Local Government
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Harrisonburg Public Works cleans its own backyard before taking message to the streets

Just a few steps outside the Harrisonburg, VA, Public Works building, Gene Sly, stormwater supervisor, spotted a cigarette butt on the concrete. “Look here. A cigarette butt, and the receptacle is only two feet away!” He pulled...

Leslie Middleton
July 18, 2018
Local Government
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Look at impacts on waterways before wading into land use decisions (Opinion)

What happens on the land affects the water. Most of us know this, yet we fail to give it much consideration when adopting land use regulations or approving land development plans, actions that can have a marked impact on local waters and...

Bruce R. Williams
May 24, 2018
Conservation + Land Use,Local Government
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DIG ONCE helps communities streamline stormwater reduction process

Along the streets of Carlisle, PA, Mark Malarich looks for opportunities to squeeze in some green. The borough is home to 18,500 people concentrated in a 5.5-square-mile area filled with historic homes and paved spaces. Malarich, the borough...

Donna Morelli
May 21, 2018
Conservation + Land Use,Local Government
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