Storm Water Management Is Vital to Maintaining Healthy Communities

Whenever it rains or when snow starts melting, you probably don’t give a second thought about where all that water goes. The truth is that this water, more technically known as “storm water runoff,” if not managed properly, can lead to expensive damage and widespread catastrophe to both urban and rural areas.

What’s storm water runoff, anyway?

Runoff pertains to the snowmelt or rain that flows over the land surface and not absorbed by the soil. Due to the addition of parking lots, roads, driveways, rooftops, and other surfaces, the water is prevented from soaking into the ground. In turn, all that water with nowhere to go greatly increases the volume of runoff during storms. Read more from this blog:
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