Patrick Lach, chair of the 2022 Illinois’ ASCE Report Card and member of the ASCE Committee for America's Infrastructure, shares how stormwater earned a "D" grade for the second time on the 2025 Report Card for America's Infrastructure. Lach discusses the grading criteria and shares how a national stormwater database and funding can assist with raising stormwater's grade. Additionally, Lach touches on how to build up stormwater resiliency.
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Katie Johns, editor-in-chief of Stormwater Solutions, graduated from the University of Missouri in 2016 with a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Johns joined the Stormwater Solutions team in September 2019. Johns also helps plan the annual StormCon conference and co-hosts the Talking Under Water podcast. Prior to entering the B2B industry, she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Sarasota, Florida, and a magazine assistant editor in the Chicago suburbs. She can be reached at [email protected].