EPA water official Radhika Fox said agency will announce new grants for sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal projects; update came at panel discussion following release of ASCE's infrastructure report card.
Stormwater issues literally come with the territory in Virginia Beach, Va. Almost entirely surrounded by water and permeated with creeks and marshes, Virginia’s most populous city has long coped with flooding across its 310 sq miles, particularly during hurricanes and other major rain events.
Urban flooding is a “hidden” problem that is affecting large and small communities and will only get worse as the population grows, infrastructure ages, and extreme weather events become more common, according to a new study.
Toll Brothers Inc., a major U.S. home builder, will pay a $741,000 civil penalty and set up a stormwater-control program under an agreement with federal agencies to settle scores of alleged violations of the Clean Water Act.
Philadelphia and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed an agreement in April that paves the way for $2 billion in green infrastructure investment over the next 25 years for controlling combined-sewer overflows, or CSOs, and managing stormwater more sustainably.