stormwater
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stormwaters
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State officials estimated the costs at $4,100 per acre of paved or impermeable surface for those that decide to help fund local stormwater projects, and said the costs for other options could be considerably higher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The same pattern appeared in laboratory performance testing and in simulated stormwater collected from the experimental road sections.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
“There are just so many lovely ways to create urban form that also serves as stormwater management,” Coffee says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
County include a special tax for cleaning up stormwater, and that imposing new regulations in this way doesn’t make sense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
“Commercial properties right now are not regulated under any stormwater permit,” said Sean Bothwell, executive director of California Coastkeeper Alliance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
“These people have lost everything. The stormwaters are still out there, swallowing our houses.”
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023
Pittsburgh is adjusting construction codes so new buildings better handle stormwaters, for example.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 15, 2023
A levee breach on the Pajaro River late Friday sent stormwaters rushing into the migrant town of about 3,000 people, prompting widespread evacuations and cutting off potable water to the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Matthew Marchetti was among thousands of Houstonians motoring through the turbulent, murky stormwaters of Hurricane Harvey as the sun set on August 27th, 2017.
From The Verge ● Apr. 17, 2018
“It all started down there,” he said of the Louisiana neighborhood where levees broke and surging stormwaters splintered wooden homes.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2015
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