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Urban flooding is a prevalent problem worldwide, even in the United States. In some areas, a single heavy storm can be enough to cause massive flooding that paralyzes transportation and utility [...]

Motor oil floating and swirling on water may be a mesmerizing sight, but it can be harmful to the environment. A 1-acre parking lot generally collects about 4 gallons of motor oil in a year. Most [...]

Venice Island, in Philadelphia, was recently opened to the public after a $46 million makeover, part of the city’s $2.5-billion plan to become a national role model for green water [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regularly offers technical assistance grants (TAGs) to select communities as assistance in dealing with hazardous waste management. Communities hiring [...]

In light of climate change and a severe drought that some experts say is the worst in state history, California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Senate Bill 985, which aims to encourage the creation [...]

Water quality is a very serious matter. That is why city governments are implored to ensure that their stormwater runoff management programs are up to current standards. One city that failed to [...]

Residents of communities that are close to bodies of water are often plagued by flooding and water buildup, especially when the region also experiences frequent, heavy rainfall.

Most people see man made ponds as merely bodies of water that provide aesthetic value to a certain locale. That may hold water for some (no pun intended) but others provide more than just [...]

In many parts of the world, particularly the less industrialized ones, flooding is often blamed on deforestation. However, recent studies by the United Nations show that even the thickest of [...]

While water is an essential component of life, it can also bring destruction. Storms that carry huge amounts of water may cause flooding in low lying areas, and with flooding comes a number of [...]