BC Municipalities Lead Way with Eco-Sensitive Streets:
A number of British Columbia municipalities have embraced the concept of “sustainable streets” and have recently completed flagship projects.
Rainwater Management is Exciting!
Pamela Martin, CTV News co-anchor, interviews Corino Salomi of the Department of Fisheries & Oceans at the Coho Festival in West Vancouver.
Rainwater Management in the Okanagan: first in series of three regional events sponsored by EMCO
Kelowna was the venue for an evening technical session on October 19, 2005 that provided Okanagan municipalities and practitioners with the opportunity to gain insight into emerging practices and products for achieving rainwater management objectives in British Columbia.
Rainwater Management in Kamloops: second in series of three regional events sponsored by EMCO
The Kamloops chapter of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC) and the EMCO Corporation collaborated in November 2005 to organize a technical session on Rainwater Management.
Washington State scientists call for changes in land use practices in Puget Sound
Fourteen distinguished Washington State scientists have responded to the Puget Sound Partnership plan with a bold outline for action to save the Puget Sound eco-system. The outline includes recommendations for preserving whole watersheds, implementing restrictive LID development standards, and adopting a policy of no net loss of forest cover.
Keep Rain On-Site
Capturing rainwater where if falls offers appealing technical alternatives to stormwater runoff capture than conventional end-of-pipe measures.