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A properly sized and functioning stormwater system is essential to the protection of public, property, and infrastructure in any metropolitan area. This is especially true in the City of New…
Illegal dumping is more than an eyesore. It's a detriment to our communities. It raises significant concerns regarding public health, safety, property values, and quality of life. Learn to combat the negative effects of illegal dumping through proper funding, education and a solid logistics plan. Illegal Dumping: Find it, report it, clean it covers innovative methods for tackling blight and illegal dumping to help public works professionals keep their communities clean, safe and sustainable.
Many facility maintenance operations have tasked with developing security protocols to protect municipal buildings, staff and customers. Developing these procedures requires knowledge, planning and tools. This presentation will discuss the key aspects that need to be considered when developing or evaluating security protocols in municipal facilities. Also, this program will provide information about the technologies that can be used to make facilities more secure.
No city, large or small, can operate effectively without proper, reliable sanitary sewer collection systems and wastewater treatment plants. Large municipalities have large water operations, but small cities and rural communities…
Pavement preservation is an excellent way to maintain and improve roads and streets. The key is to select the right treatment at the right time in the right place. Come…
Stormwater quality continues to be a top priority, especially in developed communities. Agencies are faced with a variety of requirements in association with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits…
Having an asset management plan has never been more important for public works departments. However, creating and implementing an asset management plan will be much different in a small city or rural…
Municipal stormwater permittees in Orange County (OC) are undertaking an effort to standardize and improve their stormwater BMP inventories and build tools to manage and analyze these assets. To support…
On March 12, 2019, the state of Nebraska was struck by a “bomb cyclone” – a storm triggered by a rapid plunge in barometric pressure that is comparable to a…