The top Stormwater Solutions videos of 2025

Jen Brunton, senior vice president and East water lead at WSP in the U.S., discusses the Living Breakwaters Coastal Resilience Project and the ‘Reefense’ Coastal Restoration Project, their goals and current phases. Brunton also explains why nature-based solutions are no longer "nice to have" and instead an essential part of stormwater management.

Alan Gerard, former researcher and analyst for NOAA's National Severe Storms Lab and owner and CEO of Balanced Weather, discusses the devastating floods that took place in Texas Hill Country over July Fourth weekend. Gerard discusses what made this storm and subsequent flooding so extreme, how the industry can advance flood warnings and research and what communities can learn from this storm event. 

Barry Fagan of FAGAN Consulting discusses a stormwater treatment device that he co-invented with Auburn University. The device uses electrical flocculation technology to achieve water quality improvements without chemicals. In this interview, Fagan discusses the background of the device, where it stands and how it differs fromelectrocoagulation in wastewater. 

Caroline Burger, chief technologist, stormater, for Carollo Engineers, discusses trends she is seeing in nature-based solutions. Burger said nature-based solutions are becoming more visible and better maintained, which is causing an increase in these solutions. She also touches on the challenges of implementing nature-based solutions, such as quantifying positive impacts.

Kristen Chaffin, senior project engineer with OHM Advisors, drops by to discuss ghost streams and urban flooding. Chaffin explains what ghost streams are, how urban development and changing weather patterns impact each other and offers insight into how communities can mitigate urban flooding impacts.

Dr. Tess Sprague, deputy project manager and resilience lead and Karri Ving, managing principal in functional resilience – both with Brown and Caldwell, discuss a newly announced partnership between Brown and Caldwell and the Water Utility Climate Alliance to help design climate-ready infrastructure across the water sector. The two explain how the partnership works, building design guidance for. the water sector and how this plays into the One Water movement.

Jenny Urcan, director of land and site development for BGE in its Jacksonville office, discusses recent Florida stormwater regulation updates and how those play into the industry as a whole. The updated regulations pertain to land site developments, and Urcan explains what the changes are and how those might impact developers.

Stephanie Sanchez, project water engineer at Arcadis, discusses her recent work utilizing porous pavement in urban stormwater infrastructure. Sanchez also touches on current green infrastructure trends and challenges.

Adam Alweiss, assistant commissioner in the Infrastructure Division of the NYC Department of Design and Construction discusses an $84 million project that installed more than 1.6 miles of new storm sewers in the New Dorp Beach area. The project also replaced old water mains, added 86 trees to the neighborhood, and rebuilt streets, curbs and sidewalks. Construction took place on more than 40 individual blocks, which comprise an area that was hit hard by Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

Nathan Olds, CEO of StormTrap, drops by to discuss the company's recent acquisition of Faircloth Skimmer. Olds shares how the deal came to be, what clients can expect, how the companies' goals align and much more.