Stormwater Stories

Johnson Park en Piscataway podría defenderse de las inundaciones si se adoptaran las medidas de resiliencia recomendadas en un nuevo manual para municipios de la Universidad de Rutgers, dicen sus…

They have the power to shut down the local economy – and most recreational uses – of the largest lakes in the state. They’re harmful algae blooms, or HABs, and…

At the intersection of East Walnut and North Plum streets near downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania, beds of flowers, shrubs and grasses are interspersed with sections of porous pavement on three corners…

In the nation’s most developed state, stormwater often doesn’t drain into the ground as it’s supposed to. Rain that would formerly drain into the soil and porous rock beneath New…

The ground could be bone dry until, one day, a tiny, wet splotch shows from an underground spring. That splotch is followed by another and another and they merge with…

For low-income and marginalized communities in New Jersey’s major cities, archaic sewer overflow systems pose serious environmental damage and health risks to residents who have historically experienced deep socio-economic inequalities…

Welcome to the third episode of “Countdown to 1.5,” a podcast about the environmental justice movement. For this audio report, Public Square’s engagement editor, Esther Paul, spoke to Nicole Miller,…