Stormwater Strategies: The Economic Advantage
The NRDC surveyed more than 150 communities and developers across the country to learn what stormwater strategies they're using and how cost-effective those programs really are.

The Brave New World of SUSWMPs
Communities are weighing the benefits of standard urban stormwater mitigation plans, stormwater utility districts, and other mechanisms. This article examines how SUSWMPs and SWUDs work.

Innovative Stormwater Design: The Role of the Landscape Architect
Progressive landscape architects see stormwater as a resource, not a problem. Their multidisciplinary approach to site design can save money and better emulate predevelopment hydrology.

Early Tenants Prove the Success of the Richmond Wetlands Project
When clients began flocking to your site before it has officially opened, chances are good that the enterprise is going to be a resounding success.

Effective Sediment and Erosion Control for Construction Sites
With basic design steps, a system can be developed for controlling construction-site runoff and preventing sediment from travelling off-site and into downstream water bodies.

Outsourcing and Privatization: An Advantage for Florida's Stormwater Program?
As Florida tackles an aggressive initiative to reduce the size of state government, its stormwater program is also undergoing privatization.

The Urban Pesticide Problem: How Do We Know the Substitutes Aren't Worse Than the Ones They're Replacing?
Commonly used organophosphate pesticides in urban stormwater runoff are toxic to aquatic life. But as they are replaced with other pesticides, the lack of thorough evaluation leads to a "pesticide roulette."