The Stormwater Blog 

As an industry, we’ve acquired a vast amount of knowledge about stormwater, its adverse impacts and the best management practices (BMPs) implemented to mitigate them. However, the spirited debate with regard to whether the field or the laboratory is the best arena for evaluating BMP performance refuses to yield to consensus. Here are some of the arguments for and against laboratory testing...

As the economic downturn continues to shrink state coffers, budget cuts have rendered numerous government programs nearly inoperable. Unfortunately, stormwater management and other water quality initiatives have not been spared from a similar fate. Considering that many state and municipal stormwater programs were already operating with a skeleton staff and shoestring budget before the downturn, it’s easy to imagine the adverse impact additional cuts are having.