May 2019

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Reader Profile: Luke Owen

March 27, 2019
T. Luke Owen enjoys that “Aha!” moment when a contractor understands not only the “what” but also the “why” of an NPDES permit requirement. “I’ve heard it said that the Clean ...
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Street Cleaning Strategies

March 27, 2019
Thurston County is home to the state of Washington’s capital city, Olympia. Located at the south end of Puget Sound, the 770-square-mile county has a population of more than 250...
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A Plan to Assess the Effectiveness of Denver’s Green Infrastructure Program

March 27, 2019
For several years, the City and County of Denver has implemented programs intended to improve the quality of water discharged from City-owned stormwater infrastructure into the...
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Tiny Bubbles

March 27, 2019
People who love fine wine often pride themselves on paying close attention to the subtle differences between each sip. Some can discover flavors so nuanced that choosing among...
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Maintaining the Underground

March 27, 2019
At any given time, in any municipality, our underground infrastructure systems are keeping inspection teams busy. There is never a moment’s rest for the workers whose job it is...

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Editor’s Comments: Beyond the Straw

March 27, 2019
Nearly a year ago, I wrote in an editorial here about the then-relatively new effort to ban plastic drinking straws (read the editorial here: www.bit.ly/2UkxYjN). The movement...