Top 10 articles of 2024

How to build flood resilient communities and green infrastructure were common themes in 2024 based on the most read articles of the year.
Dec. 26, 2024
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Common themes for 2024 inlcude rain gardens and bioswales, retention/detention, green infrastrcuture and building flood resilient communities. Article trends included asking the questions 'how?' and 'what is?'

Read through the Stormwater Solutions top 10 articles of 2024 for a refresher of what the year's most read topics were.

1. What is a culvert?

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The varying uses, installation types, shapes and materials of culverts for stormwater management.

2. How to build green infrastructure initiatives with porous pavers

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Permeable pavements store precipitation and water in a stone reservoir beneath the blocks, that are eventually infiltrated into the groundwater reserves.
Explore how permeable pavers can move green infrastructure forward

3. What is retention/detention?

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What is stormwater retention and detention, what are the differences and how do they work?

4. New rain garden guide released for Western Washington

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Funded by U.S. EPA and edited by a specialized advisory committee, the handbook is a resource for those seeking to utilize rain gardens in stormwater management.

5. What is a bioswale?

Overgrown ditches or bioswales? This article gives the insight on what bioswales look like, how they operate and how they benefit the population.

6. Designing effective vegetated swales for roadside runoff

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Proper design is key when it comes to bioswales.

7. How the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse could impact water quality

With its close location to Chesapeake Bay, industry experts are weighing how repairs might impact water quality.

8. The social impacts of stormwater management

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Urban installations of green infrastructure can be used to transform neighborhoods.
Implementing green infrastructure not only has environmental benefits but can also lead to healthier communities.

9. How to build flood resilience in urban communities

Flood resilience is essential to mitigate the impacts of climate change, urbanization and aging infrastructure.

10. Permeable pavement: Aesthetic, durable stormwater management

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Gaps between the pavers, filled with chip stone, allow stormwater to flow freely underneath the pavers.
From Cleveland, Ohio to Kansas City, Missouri, communities are using segmental pavement for their esthetics, durability and ease of maintenance.
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