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Best management practices (BMPs) is a term used in the United States and Canada to describe a type of water pollution control. Historically the term has referred to auxiliary pollution controls in the fields of industrial wastewater control and municipal sewage control, while in stormwater management (both urban and rural) and wetland ...
Contact the county at 865-215-5540 or stormwater@knoxcounty.org. Daniel Dassow is a growth and development reporter focused on technology and energy. Phone 423-637-0878.
The overall goal is to provide the necessary stormwater drainage infrastructure for a 12,000-acre (49 km 2) region on the southern end of the island while at the same time preserving the last freshwater wetlands in New York City. The bluebelt uses a series of carefully placed BMPs at the storm sewer/wetland interface to reduce flooding and ...
Infiltration trench, is a type of best management practice (BMP) that is used to manage stormwater runoff, prevent flooding and downstream erosion, and improve water quality in an adjacent river, stream, lake or bay. It is a shallow excavated trench filled with gravel or crushed stone that is designed to infiltrate stormwater though permeable ...
Ahead of next week's big thaw, when the 6.5 to 10 inches of snow that fell Jan. 15 on East Tennessee will finally melt, the Tennessee Valley Authority is monitoring how runoff may affect river ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Tennessee designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Knoxville and other parts of East Tennessee from 11 a.m. Sept. 25 to 11 a.m. Sept. 26. Knoxville could see flooding, thunderstorms this ...
Carter has a Food City supermarket, a pharmacy and several dollar stores. [7]Plans for a mixed-use town centre in Carter have been proposed since 2001 by the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission to provide a community hub space for eastern Knox County as the Carter area's population grows.