EPA Announces Framework to Help Local Governments Manage Stormwater Runoff and Wastewater

WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new framework to help local governments meet their Clean Water Act obligations... (read more)

State of the Sound: Grading the Region's Efforts to Restore and Protect Long Island Sound

Save the Sound's Leah Schmalz will be presenting as part of the Westport Public Library's Sunset Lecture Series on the State of the Sound report. Refreshments will be served at 6:00 p.m. Leah will speak at 6:15 p.m. followed by a question and answer session at 6:45 p.m. For more information, visit www.westportlibrary.org
 
Thursday, June 28 from 6-8pm
20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT
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Last call to submit photos for use in the Watershed Based Plan

AKRF is looking for photos of the Five Mile River to use as illustrations in the Watershed Based Plan. Do you have a photo you would like to share? If so, you can email it to akrfwaterresources@gmail.com.

The Sound and The Saugatuck

Have you ever wondered how local rivers have shaped the history of their towns? In the nearby Saugatuck River Watershed, The Westport Historical Society presents a new exhibit, The Sound and The Saugatuck, opening today, May 25th.

Stormwater management case studies

From the Landscape Architecture Foundation, this database includes a collection of stormwater management and stream restoration case studies, with photos and plans (the studies are easily sorted by project type).

Detention basin retrofits

Retrofitting existing detention basins for water quality control can be a simple, cost-effective way of treating nonpoint source pollution. Retrofits are usually designed to promote infiltration and release less water from the basin. This might include planting or re-grading the basin area, or modifying the outlet structure that controls the release of water. This video shows some great examples of the retrofit process for several different basins. Although shot in Pennsylvania, the basic concepts are applicable for Connecticut. (Source: StormwaterPA).

Calling all nature photographers!

AKRF is looking for photos of the Five Mile River. If you have a great image that you'd like to see published in the Watershed Based Plan, send your photo to akrfwaterresources@gmail.com. We'd very much appreciate it! If you don't want your photo printed, you can still share it on the blog (see last week's post). As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.