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March 5, 2024

Industrial Vacuumation Explained

Industrial vacuumation and jetting trucks are multi-functional vehicles used for cleaning underground infrastructure. By using both suction and high-pressure water, [...]

February 16, 2024

How the El Nino Southern Oscillation Cycle Predicts Global Weather

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the federal regulatory agency responsible for monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions. The [...]

December 4, 2023

Why Stormwater Requires Treatment

By: Jeff Urban, VP, Enterprise Account Management Stormwater is the natural water runoff after rain events. In rural areas, a [...]

October 26, 2023

The Importance of Retention Pond Shorelines

By Jason Abert, VP Program Development & Partnerships Retention ponds installed on a property are an engineered stormwater control measure. [...]

October 3, 2023

Managing Runoff on Solar Farms

By: Jason Abert, VP Program Development & Partnerships As regulations and grants emerge centered around solar farms, understanding their impact [...]

August 29, 2023

How SCMs Improve Water Quality

By Erin Grenz, Chief Development Officer Stormwater runoff can carry pollutants, such as sediment, nutrients, heavy metals and chemicals into [...]

June 28, 2023

Understanding Sewer Systems in the United States

By Carlie Utesch, Marketing Coordinator Understanding Sewer Systems in the United States start with understanding underground water infrastructure vary across [...]

June 8, 2023

New EPA Standards for the Meat and Poultry Product Industry

By Wade Stafford, Executive Vice President, Wastewater Services The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its intent to publish updated [...]

May 16, 2023

Maintenance vs Landscaping

By Jason Abert, Vice President Program Development & Partnerships Stormwater maintenance looks different on every property. Proper maintenance of a [...]

April 5, 2023

The Benefits of Preventative Maintenance

By Erin Grenz, Chief Development Officer Preventative maintenance is essential to the health of a stormwater system. Continually monitoring a [...]

March 15, 2023

Hog Retention Pond Sustainable Water Management

By Wade Stafford, Vice President, Wastewater Services Hog farming is integral to the global value chain, supplying food products to [...]

March 5, 2023

Poultry Retention Pond Waste Management

By Wade Stafford, Vice President, Wastewater Services Poultry producers have a profound impact, supplying food and fiber in the form [...]

February 27, 2023

Spring Cleaning: The Importance of Stormwater Management When the Winter Thaw Starts

By Carlie Utesch, Marketing Coordinator Spring is almost here, although we did have record snowfall in parts of the country [...]

April 26, 2022

What Elevated Rainfall Means for Your Stormwater System

By Erin Grenz, Chief Development Officer As the days get longer, the weather gets warmer and the spring season moves [...]

December 14, 2021

Stormwater Winter Preparedness Checklist

By Jason Abert, Vice President, Service Delivery Where you are making your list and checking it twice, be sure to include [...]

October 15, 2021

Deficiency Breakdown: Flooding

By Jason Abert, Vice President, Service Delivery Rushing waters moving at a high velocity or cities completely underwater are images [...]

October 1, 2021

Happy New Water Year: AQUALIS Celebrates the Start of the 2022 Water Year

by Erin Grenz, Chief Development Officer Happy New Water Year October 1st, 2021 is the start of the 2022 water [...]

August 30, 2021

Florida’s Stormwater Crisis

by Erin Grenz, Chief Development Officer The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) is one of North America’s most diverse estuaries comprised [...]

July 28, 2021

Deficiency Breakdown: Erosion

by Erin Grenz, Chief Development Officer Running water is one of the great forces that shape our natural landscapes. Its [...]

June 29, 2021

Deficiency Breakdown: Sinkholes

by Jason Abert, Vice President, Service Delivery Sinkholes are a serious stormwater runoff threat, with damages to commercial property and [...]

June 22, 2021

Little Wings, Big Waves: How Bees Clean Our Waterways

by Erin Grenz, Chief Development Officer Next time you stop to smell the flowers, thank a pollinator. Pollinators are the [...]

May 28, 2021

Stormwater Runoff Threatens the Chesapeake Bay

by Erin Grenz, Chief Development Officer Lake Waterford, a Maryland lake found in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, is the spawning [...]

May 24, 2021

Flushing PPE Is Flooding Businesses and Facilities: How to Prevent It

by Anna Espenhahn, Marketing Coordinator It is not a new phenomenon in the wastewater industry. Non-flushable wipes, clothing, diapers, plastic, [...]

May 13, 2021

How to Extend the Life of Your Often-Neglected Lift Station: Site Specific Retrofits and Repairs

by Wade Stafford, Vice President, Wastewater Services The life of a lift station is strenuous. Working to elevate wastewater is [...]

April 30, 2021

North Carolina’s Revolutionary Stormwater Action Plan

by Anna Espenhahn, Marketing Coordinator “When you take a drink, swim or eat seafood, you share my concern for [...]

April 30, 2021

Four Signs Your Lift Station Requires Maintenance

by Anna Espenhahn, Marketing Coordinator Wastewater infrastructure is under constant stress and failures occur as buildup from non-flushable materials like [...]

March 22, 2021

World Water Day: How AQUALIS Values Water

by Erin Grenz, Chief Development Officer Every year, World Water Day is celebrated March 22 to appreciate the essential element [...]

March 17, 2021

The Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) Has Changed

by Anna Espenhahn, Marketing Coordinator Stormwater regulations are never stagnant for long, and with the recent transition to a new [...]

February 23, 2021

Infrastructure Failures in the Face of Freezing Temperatures

by Kara Sabatino, Director of Marketing More than 70% of the continental United States is currently covered in snow. Communities [...]

January 29, 2021

Stormwater Vegetation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

by Anna Espenhahn, Marketing Coordinator There are many complexities tied with stormwater vegetation management that may lead to confusion. From [...]

December 28, 2020

LIDs in the Winter

by Anna Espenhahn, Marketing Coordinator Looks can be deceiving. With winter finally here, plants leaves are turn from a vibrant [...]

November 23, 2020

Is Your Stormwater System Prepared for a 100-Year Storm?

by Kara Sabatino, Director of Marketing Every second, the NYC Climate Clock strikes another second down, stormwater systems face greater [...]

October 16, 2020

How COVID Could Flood Cities

by Anna Espenhahn, Marketing Coordinator 2020 has left businesses unprepared. As COVID-19 made its way across the globe, companies took [...]

September 2, 2020

Thermal Pollution; The Effect of Summer Heatwaves on Stormwater

by Anna Espenhahn, Marketing Coordinator When you think of water pollution, images of sea life swimming through plastic or agriculture [...]

August 21, 2020

How Prepared is Your Stormwater System for a Hurricane?

by Anna Espenhahn, Marketing Coordinator June marked the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, and with multiple named storms in [...]

July 15, 2020

Stormwater Spotlight: Colorado Springs into Action in the Fight Against Stormwater Pollution

by Erin Grenz, Chief Development Officer For the last few years Colorado Springs has been dealing with a lawsuit from [...]

June 25, 2020

AQUALIS’ Chicago Roof-Top Pollinator Gardens

by Jason Abert, Vice President of Service Delivery In honor of National Pollinator Week, it seemed fitting to share our [...]

June 22, 2020

National Pollinator Week 2020

by Jason Abert, Vice President of Service Delivery What’s the buzz? It is National Pollinator Week, June 22 – 28! [...]

June 17, 2020

Stormwater Spotlight: How to Manage Your Meltwater in Washington

by Anna Espenhahn, Marketing Coordinator Stormwater Spotlight: How to Manage Your Meltwater in Washington As warmer weather comes, it is [...]

June 1, 2020

Texas Stormwater Scorecards

by Erin Grenz, Chief Development Officer Texas Stormwater Scorecards Rain is what the Environment Texas Research and Policy Center (ETC) [...]

April 15, 2020

Spring Cleaning for Stormwater Facilities

by Jim Leamy, Senior Manager of Quality Assurance It’s that time of year again when days are getting longer, temperatures [...]

March 27, 2020

Stormwater Maintenance Crews versus Landscapers

by Jason Abert, Vice President of Service Delivery Have you ever wondered whether your stormwater control measures (SCMs) could benefit [...]

March 6, 2020

Concrete Jungles Going Green

by Anna Espenhahn, Marketing Coordinator While the U.N. and U.S. Census Bureau disagree on when the human population will reach [...]

February 19, 2020

Stormwater Spotlight: Protecting the Puget Sound

by Erin Grenz, Chief Development Officer The Puget Sound is the pride and joy of the State of Washington, expanding [...]

January 31, 2020

Anatomy of a Parking Lot

by Jason Abert, Vice President of Service Delivery The design and functionality of a parking lot incorporate more than asphalt [...]

January 10, 2020

The Twenty-Thirst Century: Retaining Stormwater as a Vital Resource

by Anna Espenhahn, Marketing Coordinator We are known as the blue planet for good reason: 75% of the surface of [...]

November 20, 2019

Stormwater Spotlight: Vancouver, Wash. and the Columbia River

by Jim Leamy, Senior Manager of Quality Assurance When Lewis and Clark embarked on their intrepid mission to affirm the [...]

October 21, 2019

Stormwater Spotlight: Eastern Texas, Louisiana and the 100-Year Storms

by Jim Leamy, Senior Manger of Quality Assurance It has been made dramatically and tragically clear in recent years that [...]

September 18, 2019

Stormwater Spotlight: Baltimore Stormwater Management and the Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

by Jim Leamy, Senior Manager of Quality Assurance It’s been decades since the Clean Water Act (CWA) was passed in [...]

August 29, 2019

Anatomy of a Wet Detention Pond

by Jason Abert, Vice President of Service Delivery Did you know that oftentimes the ponds you see on the side [...]

July 12, 2019

EPA Stormwater Management: Understanding Stormwater Inspection, Reporting Standards and Requirements

Did you know that for your business to be compliant with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stormwater management guidelines, it must [...]

June 21, 2019

AQUALIS Celebrates National Pollinator Week

Restoration + Recovery celebrated National Pollinator Week in a big way this year. In an effort to combat the recent [...]

June 18, 2019

Preparing for BMP Inspection in the Southeast: How to be Raintime-Ready

The Southeast US is going through a major growth spurt, and the growing pains the area is going through are [...]

May 24, 2019

Anatomy of a Filterra

Knowledge of how Stormwater SCMs work is crucial to have to recognize when one of your structures may be [...]

November 19, 2018

LA County Just Passed a Major Stormwater Overhaul; Here’s How it Affects Your Business

Stormwater in Los Angeles County has been neglected for a long time.

November 5, 2018

Iron Butterflies: Heavy Metals Runoff is Putting Businesses and Ecosystems at Risk

One of life’s best little pleasures is the soft melody of rain falling on a tin roof. Backdropped by a [...]

October 22, 2018

For Greenness’ Sake: Meeting Consumer Demand for Corporate Environmental Stewardship

In our modern day and age, the product quality and availability of a business isn’t all that’s going to cut [...]

October 8, 2018

Common Stormwater Violations and their Consequences

Getting a notice of violation (NOV) is never a fun experience. Having a violation found during a stormwater inspection means [...]

September 26, 2018

Extreme Rain Events: Lessons on Hurricane Runoff Learned from Florence

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the Restoration + Recovery office. Hurricane Florence brought on high wind speeds, [...]

September 12, 2018

Functionally Equivalent Stormwater Technologies: An Eye on the Future

How far back into history does the first stormwater management system go? Our civilization has been implementing systems using low-impact [...]

August 6, 2018

Wildfires and Watersheds: The Forest as a Water Pump

Brace yourselves. We are on the cusp of another fire season, and its year-to-year intensity is only increasing. Like many [...]

July 30, 2018

The TAPE Process: Assessing Emerging Technologies in Stormwater

The Technology Assessment Protocol – Ecology (TAPE) Program is the Washington State Department of Ecology’s process for evaluating and approving [...]

July 23, 2018

Rural Regulation: Non-MS4 Stormwater Management

Rural stormwater management plans are growing in popularity. The proper development and maintenance of BMPs is important even in areas [...]

June 19, 2018

Proprietary Systems: Illuminating the Vaults Beneath Our Feet

A healthy stormwater system should be able to handle the most torrential of downpours with aplomb. These heavy downpours can [...]

December 8, 2017

Bluffton SC Mandates Stormwater Repairs, Maintenance and Inspections: What You Need to Know

The town of Bluffton, SC recently announced that it has begun inspections of all stormwater drainage and treatment systems in [...]

September 5, 2017

Solar Surge: Eclipse Causes Intense Traffic, Shedding Light on Overflows

Let’s be real: Summer in the Pacific Northwest is not the time that its denizens are most vigilant about maintaining [...]

August 29, 2017

How can citizens help prevent stormwater pollution?

In the summer, it seems like someone in a residential neighborhood is washing their car every day. Giant buckets of [...]

July 6, 2017

Integrated Water Resources Management

There are many factors that put pressure on water resources which effects the options and requirements for water management. [...]

May 23, 2017

The Clean Water Act: Legal Basis & Intent

Legal Basis of the Clean Water Act:

October 23, 2015

NC Minimum Design Criteria (MDC) for Stormwater Control Measures

The Restoration and Recovery team recently attended the North Carolina State University Wet Pond and Wetland Design Update in RTP. [...]

July 22, 2015

Plants and Your Stormwater Control Measures

Vegetation establishment is an important component of many stormwater control measures (SCM). Grasses, trees, shrubs, and other herbaceous plants help [...]

April 17, 2015

Problems Associated with Urbanization and Stream Function

Anyone walking along a degraded urban stream may see signs of the effects of urban development: heavily eroded stream banks, [...]

March 20, 2015

Addressing Headwater Drainage with Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance (RSC)

Headwater streams provide many ecologic and water quality benefits. In a natural setting, these small drainage tributaries filter rainwater, recharge [...]

March 16, 2015

Stormwater Nuisance Issues and Maintenance Solutions

There are many preventative measures that can be taken into account for a site-specific stormwater management plan, but even well-maintained [...]

March 6, 2015

SPRING-TIME CHECKLIST FOR YOUR STORMWATER FACILITY

Winter can often be very taxing on stormwater facilities for a variety of reasons. First, these systems are often neglected [...]

February 25, 2015

STORMWATER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT DURING THE TRANSITION OUT OF WINTER

Regardless of where your property is located, there are key strategies for proper management of your stormwater system (BMP) year-round. [...]

February 21, 2015

Managing Stormwater with LID Techniques

To clarify, LID is not something you place on top of your trashcan to keep out unwanted canines. Since the [...]

February 18, 2015

Chatham Park Planned Development District

A new development underway, Chatham Park, is the local buzz amongst residents of the Triangle area. The 7,100 acre project [...]

February 6, 2015

Triangle J Council of Governments (TJCOG) Water Resources Advisory Committee

I am in my second year on the Triangle J Council of Governments (TJCOG) Water Resources Advisory Committee. So far [...]

January 30, 2015

Stormwater in 2014: The Stormwater Rule

On January 7, 2015, Water Environment Federation released an article, Year in Review: 2014 Under the Stormwater Lens, which summarized [...]

January 23, 2015

Working Safely in Confined Spaces

A couple weeks ago the R&R Durham team completed an OSHA course entitled “Working Safely in Confined Spaces + Lockout/Tagout [...]

January 16, 2015

NC Stormwater BMP Inspection & Maintenance Certification Update

I recently participated in the NC Stormwater BMP Inspection and Maintenance Certification Update with Dr.

October 15, 2014

WEFTEC

As the host for water professionals around the globe, the annual WEFTEC conference is an authoritative source for all things [...]

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