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LEED Gold Columbia Building cleans stormwater runoff with green roofs

Inhabitat - Innovation

The award-winning Columbia Building successfully meets its design targets with an attractive green roof and a visible stormwater management system.

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The Importance of Stormwater Management to the Environment

U.S. Green Technology

Stormwater from melting snow, ice, or rainfall is increasingly becoming a challenge in cities and urban centers. Naturally, stormwater should evaporate or infiltrate into the ground. The soil in natural habitats, such as forests, absorbs significant amounts of stormwater, minimizing runoff. Unfortunately, reduced.

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Goodbye to decaying deposits and blocked pumps? Ensuring the clean operation of municipal stormwater holding tanks

Envirotec Magazine

The stormwater overflow tank. This is why we opted to fit the adjacent stormwater overflow tank with the same injector jet system in 2019 too.”. Ensuring the clean operation of municipal stormwater holding tanks first appeared on Envirotec. For more information visit www.homa-pumpen.de , www.vgnastaetten.de

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Stormwater controls for ground-mount solar projects

Solar Power World

Accompanying that growing scale of project scope is the responsibility to implement proper stormwater runoff measures to protect the environments and communities the projects are built in. In any construction… The post Stormwater controls for ground-mount solar projects appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Specialized sponge can suck up stormwater pollution

TechXplore

As more waterways contend with algae blooms and pollution caused by minerals from agricultural runoff and industrial manufacturing processes, new methods to remove pollutants like phosphate, copper and zinc are emerging across fields.

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Snazzy garden shed doubles as rainwater runoff solution

Inhabitat - Innovation

Maryland-based practice Gardner Architects was tasked with installing a small garden shed for homeowners in the community of Bethesda, they came up with a gorgeous 100-square-foot shed that not only blends in harmoniously with the main home, but actively helps manage stormwater runoff.

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NaturChem (Opterra Solutions): Sustainable Vegetation, Pest and Stormwater Management and Repair

Green Business Bureau

NaturChem helps to maintain infrastructure, landscaping and safe work environments by providing industrial vegetation management and stormwater maintenance services as well as a full-range of vegetation and pest management products.