Description: 2020 National Water Policy Fly-In to focus on stormwater management issues
WEF’s inaugural MS4 Needs Assessment Survey, conducted in 2018, revealed lack of funding for stormwater programming and the deteriorating quality of US stormwater infrastructure as the two most common challenges facing stormwater professionals.
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: 2020 National Water Policy Fly-In to focus on stormwater management issues
Communities greatly differ in their approaches to stormwater management. Because the design of stormwater management systems varies widely by climate, community size, topography, and other factors, benchmarking the performance of these systems to identify the most cost-effective options remains a challenge.
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Word count140
Description: 2020 National Water Policy Fly-In to focus on stormwater management issues
Successful stormwater management projects and studies rely on accurate, applicable, and authoritative data on expected rainfall depths, durations, and frequencies. Because rainfall patterns are changing rapidly in many regions, this data must undergo periodic revisions to ensure they remain useful to stormwater professionals.
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Word count149
Description: 2020 National Water Policy Fly-In to focus on stormwater management issues
Many common pollutants – including several pesticides, nutrients, heavy metals – are technically infeasible to remove from stormwater after they are swept up into runoff. For that reason, controlling these contaminants at their source is the preferred approach to reduce runoff pollution and ensure local waterways remain healthy. Many cities and states are developing new approaches to...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Word count158
2020 National Water Policy Fly-In to focus on stormwater management issues