storm runoff

As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’

By Franco Montalto, Drexel University “When it rains, it pours” once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters.…

6 months ago

It’s Raining Stormwater NOVs in California

Photo: Adobe Stock / Romolo Tavani For many California industrial facilities, above average rainfall brought 60-day notices of violation from private…

6 months ago

Tijuana River: ‘on the level of the Flint water crisis,’ warn advocates

Photo: The Tijuana River sewage crisis has forced some beaches to close for the past 800 days and counting. For…

7 months ago

CAL MATTERS: California’s urban runoff flows down the drain. Can the drought-plagued state capture more of it?

The Los Angeles River as seen from the 7th street bridge on the east side of Downtown Los Angeles. After…

8 months ago

KNOWABLE: The hidden threat from rising coastal groundwater

Sea level rise won’t hit just homes on shorefronts, but also the infrastructure beneath our feet When people think about…

9 months ago