Aug. 25, 2005: Hurricane Katrina, the 11th named tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane of the season, makes landfall north of Miami, Fla., killing dozens. Four days later, the slightly weakened system touches down on the Central Gulf Coast of Louisiana.
This article originally appeared in the 05/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.
Stormwater managers around the country are challenged by growing regulatory requirements in the face of increasingly urbanized land uses. As cities continue to grow, more and more areas are covered with roads, buildings, parking lots, and other impervious surfaces.
This article originally appeared in the 04/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.
In-situ biological treatment (bioremediation) systems have now gained widespread acceptance for dealing with sites impacted by petroleum hydrocarbons. However, at many remediation sites, the need to pump groundwater to maintain gradient control still generates a stream of contaminated water requiring treatment, even if in-situ technologies are being employed.
This article originally appeared in the 06/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
A nine-year, $5.29 million road improvement project in Washington County, Ore., is finally coming to a close in June 2004. With its completion, a community and wetland will begin to enjoy its benefits, including improved pedestrian safety and traffic flow, and protection from erosion and flooding for nearby Johnson Creek.
This article originally appeared in the 05/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
Louisiana contains approximately 40 percent of the coastal wetlands in the United States. These wetlands consist of swamps and both economically and environmentally important freshwater and saltwater marshes. The wetlands support nearly a third of the fish and shellfish yields in the lower 48 states and approximately 40 percent of its fur harvest, while there are more than 200,000 acres of private oyster leases. Also, the wetlands provide a wintering habitat for more than half of the ducks and geese in the Central and Mississippi Flyways.
- By Robert Gambrell, Irving Mendelssohn, Norman Murray
This article originally appeared in the 07/01/2002 issue of Environmental Protection.