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Bigger Pipes or Greener Communities: A Hydrological Assessment of using Low...

    Note to Readers: In October 2010, the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) and the BC Water and Waste Association are co-hosting a 2-day workshop titled ‘From Rain to Resource: Stormwater Management...

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Nature has Designed a Partnership between Land and Water, says landsape...

    Soil – The Foundation for Green Infrastructure In November 2010, the British Columbia Landscape Architects Architects Association hosted a Landscape Café in Vancouver. Featured speaker Peter...

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United States EPA Stormwater Rules should Acknowledge Benefits of Urbanism

  Note to Readers: The announcement of the United States federal interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities was well received by the new urbanism and smart growth movements, which have been...

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Shifting from Gray to Green: Curbing Polluted Stormwater and Creating...

      Primer on Stormwater Pollution Released by the Sightline Institute in March 2011, Curbing Polluted Stormwater and Creating Communities is a new version of a popular primer on stormwater...

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Water Environment Federation releases Position Statement on “21st Century...

    Principles and Recommendations The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has developed a series of clean water policy and position statements to guide the critical work WEF provides in clean water...

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“Understand How Water Reaches the Stream and Design for Interflow”, urges...

    Note to Reader: In the 1990s, the pioneering work of Richard Horner and Chris May at the University of Washington provided a science-based understanding of the importance of ‘changes in hydrology’....

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Easy Ways to Manage Rainwater for Lower Bills and a Healthier Earth

    Send cleaner runoff into local waterways and spend less on yard irrigation with simple landscaping approaches “If the crankcase in your car’s engine leaked, you’d probably do something about it....

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Regulating Rainfall in the United States: Proposed EPA Stormwater Rule

Image Credit: WaterWorld Magazine   Keep Rain On-Site: Requirements for Municipal Separate Sewer Systems “In recent years, stormwater pollution has become one of the most significant threats to local...

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VIDEO – Slow the Flow: Make Your Landscape Act Like a Sponge

  To view the 30-minute “Make Your Landscape Act Like a Sponge”, select the third item on the Playlist above. Planning for Rain in California “When much of California is facing drought and limited...

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News about Chesapeake Bay, USA: Local municipalities seek solutions that are...

  Lessening Pollution: Stormwater Management Pits Costs Against Clean Water “If you think federal initiatives to reduce pollution from stormwater runoff are issues usually buried in engineering lingo...

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Both public-side and lot-­level (private-­side) measures are important for...

Note to Reader: In May 2017, the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) released a report on the issue of mandating flood risk reduction measures on the part of private property owners in...

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Nature has Designed a Partnership between Land and Water, says landsape...

    Soil – The Foundation for Green Infrastructure In November 2010, the British Columbia Landscape Architects Architects Association hosted a Landscape Café in Vancouver. Featured speaker Peter...

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United States EPA Stormwater Rules should Acknowledge Benefits of Urbanism

  Note to Readers: The announcement of the United States federal interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities was well received by the new urbanism and smart growth movements, which have been...

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Shifting from Gray to Green: Curbing Polluted Stormwater and Creating...

      Primer on Stormwater Pollution Released by the Sightline Institute in March 2011, Curbing Polluted Stormwater and Creating Communities is a new version of a popular primer on stormwater...

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Water Environment Federation releases Position Statement on "21st Century...

    Principles and Recommendations The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has developed a series of clean water policy and position statements to guide the critical work WEF provides in clean water...

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"Understand How Water Reaches the Stream and Design for Interflow", urges...

Note to Reader: In the 1990s, the pioneering work of Richard Horner and Chris May at the University of Washington provided a science-based understanding of the importance of ‘changes in hydrology’....

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Easy Ways to Manage Rainwater for Lower Bills and a Healthier Earth

    Send cleaner runoff into local waterways and spend less on yard irrigation with simple landscaping approaches “If the crankcase in your car’s engine leaked, you’d probably do something about it....

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Regulating Rainfall in the United States: Proposed EPA Stormwater Rule

Image Credit: WaterWorld Magazine   Keep Rain On-Site: Requirements for Municipal Separate Sewer Systems “In recent years, stormwater pollution has become one of the most significant threats to local...

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VIDEO – Slow the Flow: Make Your Landscape Act Like a Sponge

  To view the 30-minute “Make Your Landscape Act Like a Sponge”, select the third item on the Playlist above. Planning for Rain in California “When much of California is facing drought and limited...

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News about Chesapeake Bay, USA: Local municipalities seek solutions that are...

  Lessening Pollution: Stormwater Management Pits Costs Against Clean Water “If you think federal initiatives to reduce pollution from stormwater runoff are issues usually buried in engineering lingo...

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