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 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 ...

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 ...

noting that wetlands absorb stormwater that otherwise can run off into neighborhoods. “We’ve tried to do a good job but the competing interests of economics and social values doesn’t always ...

Conservation specialists, stormwater engineers and Deering Park ... connected trail system, the Edgewater Wetland Park, there are a lot of pieces to this puzzle,” said Ernie Cox, president ...

“Essentially, you’re buying out of the obligation to maintain the wetlands currently on the site,” said commissioner Greg Moll. Landis agreed, and pointed out that several large stormwater ...

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

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 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 ...