The old “stormwater prisons,” as May calls them, might slow the flow of water, but they have limited abilities to reduce pollutants. New ponds are built more like miniature wetlands ...

The new Johnson Science Building practices environmental stewardship — including low impact infrastructure, stormwater ...

THE PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY. A NEW STORMWATER WETLAND WILL HELP REMOVE POLLUTANTS, IMPROVE HABITAT AND REDUCE RUNOFF. IOWA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE MIKE NAIG SAYS HE HOPES LEGACY ...

The site will be transformed into a stormwater wetland and detention basin, designed to collect and slowly release rainwater before it overwhelms roads and downstream communities. “The Neuse ...

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says state grant dollars will support water quality features, like native plantings, bioretention cells and a stormwater wetland. “This is where stormwater ...

The Foley City Council approved the first phase of the project to enhance the constructed stormwater wetlands in the Bon Secour River headwaters as a publicly accessible passive recreation area.

The EPA has objected to the project's wetlands permit, citing concerns about stormwater runoff and the effectiveness of proposed mitigation efforts. Environmental groups argue that the project ...

Projects range from adding permeable parking lots and pavers, to the use of bioretention cells, bioswales, rain gardens, native landscaping, oxbows and wetlands to slow and filter stormwater runoff.

Ann Seda, an urban conservationist with IDALS, said a stormwater wetland will collect overflow in bigger rain events. “And there again, the water will be treated to get the nitrogen uptake in ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced Monday the state agriculture department invested in 14 urban water quality projects, including one ...

The project in West Des Moines will add bioretention cells, or rain gardens, native plants and a stormwater wetland to the Legacy Woods Nature Sanctuary, as part of its plan to expand to include ...