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...ECONEWS – May 2022 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS MAY 2022 SHARE Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry,...
ECONEWS – March 2022 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS MARCH 2022 SHARE Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry,...
ECONEWS – February 2022 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS FEBRUARY 2022 SHARE Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry,...
ECONEWS – November 2021 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS NOVEMBER 2021 SHARE Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry,...
ECONEWS – October 2021 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS OCTOBER 2021 SHARE Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry,...
ECONEWS – September 2021 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS September, 2021 Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry,...
ECONEWS – August 2021 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS August, 2021 Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry,...
ECONEWS – July 2021 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS July, 2021 Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry, as...
ECONEWS – May 2021 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS May, 2021 Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry, as...
ECONEWS – April 2021 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS April, 2021 Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry, as...
ECONEWS – March 2021 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS March, 2021 Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry, as...
ECONEWS – February 2021 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS February, 2021 Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry,...
City of Houston 2021 Detention Changes
SPECIAL BULLETIN City of Houston 2021 Stormwater Detention Regulation Changes On January 4, 2021 the City of Houston replaced within Chapter 9 of the Infrastructure Design Manual (IDM) how stormwater...
ECONEWS – January 2021 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS January, 2021 Hello, We have curated several informative and entertaining news stories from the stormwater industry,...
ECONEWS – December 2020 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS December, 2020 Hello, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month,...
Detention Ponds: do they really need to be maintained?
DETENTION PONDS: MAKING A CASE TO MAINTAIN YOUR POND REGULARLY Do detention ponds need to be maintained regularly? In short, yes. Ponds need to be maintained with some regularity if one intends to keep...
ECONEWS – November 2020 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS November, 2020 Hello, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month,...
SWPPP or SWQMP
SWPPP (Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan) vs. SWQMP (Stormwater Quality Management Plan)? There’s often confusion about these two documents. They both deal with stormwater quality and they both...
ECONEWS – October 2020 eNewsletter
OUR LOCATIONS: HOUSTON | AUSTIN | SAN ANTONIO | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | NEW ORLEANS October, 2020 Hello, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month, as...
ECONEWS – September 2020 eNewsletter
September 3rd, 2020 Hello, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month, as well as a few other items of interest. We appreciate you taking the time to...
Newsletter 8.20
August 5th, 2020 Hello, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month, as well as a few other items of interest. We appreciate you taking the time to read...
ECONEWS – July 2020 eNewsletter
July 8th, 2020 Hello, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month, as well as a few other items of interest. We appreciate you taking the time to read...
ECONEWS – June 2020 eNewsletter
June 9th, 2020 Hello, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month, as well as a few other items of interest. We appreciate you taking the time to read...
Newsletter 5.20
May 6th, 2020 Hello, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month, as well as a few other items of interest. We appreciate you taking the time to read...
Newsletter 4.20
April 6th, 2020 Hello, Before you move on to the rest of the newsletter, please take a moment to read the letter from Bob Adair, President of Construction EcoServices. To our General Contractor clients,...
Newsletter 3.20
March 11th, 2020 Hello, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month, as well as a few other items of interest. We appreciate you taking the time to read...
2019 Top Project in Wisconsin Uses FocalPoint
2019 Top Project in Wisconsin Uses FocalPoint As both an MS4 community and part of the Milwaukee River Basin, the city of Cudahy, Wisc., is required to remove suspended solids and phosphorus from storm...
Newsletter 2.20
February 5th, 2020 Hello, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month, as well as a few other items of interest. We appreciate you taking the time to...
Newsletter 12.19
ECONEWS The Latest in Stormwater News and Information December 10th, 2019 HELLO, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month, as well as a few other...
Newsletter 11.19
November 13th, 2019 HELLO, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month, as well as a few other items of interest. We appreciate you taking the time to...
Newsletter 10.19
HELLO, We have curated some of the top news stories in the stormwater industry from this past month, as well as a few other items of interest. We appreciate you taking the time to read our ezine and...
Construction EcoServices Expands Turnkey Services to Central and North Texas
Construction EcoServices Expands Turnkey Services to Central and North Texas Reliable, consistent and uniform stormwater services, no matter where your projects are! As you may know, Construction EcoServices...
Green Infrastructure Performance Liability for Contractors and Designers
Green Infrastructure Performance Liability for Contractors and Designers A major hurdle for a stormwater designer is ensuring the performance of the system after it’s been constructed. It doesn’t...
Permeable Pavement: Always Care About Value – Not About Price
Permeable Pavement: Always Care About Value – Not About Price When it comes to the diversity of permeable pavement products on the market, it can be difficult to decide which one is best for your...
Integrated Stormwater Harvesting with Low Impact Development
Integrated Stormwater Harvesting with Low Impact Development Even though rainwater harvesting has been practiced for thousands of years, it is only now beginning to inspire the formation of an organized...
Green Infrastructure: More than Stormwater Quality
Green Infrastructure: More than Stormwater Quality Many local, state and federal regulators have looked at green infrastructure (GI) as a great way to deal with their stormwater quality requirements. ...
We Had To Warn Against
We Had To Warn Against Occasionally, we are thrust into a situation where a superintendent is adamant that we perform work that would leave them out of compliance with the governing authority, such...
Spelunking to Clean a Detention Pond
Spelunking to Clean a Detention Pond The Property Lifetime Management department received quite the doozy of a job recently. The department was asked to remove the sediment from the bottom of a concrete...
Understanding Soil Horizons
Understanding Soil Horizons Looking back at the soil test you performed, lets dig deeper into understanding your soil composition. Below your vegetation is not just a uniform soil layer, there are different...
Protecting Your Investment in Low Impact Development
Protecting Your Investment in Low Impact Development Over the past 2 decades, Low Impact Development seminars have been attended by tens of thousands of architects, municipal staffers, developers, landscape...
Stormwater Compliance During Construction
Stormwater Compliance During Construction Twelve Years In… As I think back on the past twelve years of our efforts in developing “best in class” practices, policies and procedures to address stormwater...
Functional Fixedness
Functional Fixedness One of my favorite bloggers, Barry Fagan PE/PLS, CPESC, leads Alabama DOT’s Environmental Program, as well as being ALDOT’s unofficial Chief Environmental Evangelist. His blogs...
Industrial Stormwater Quality – Finding Cost-Effective BMPs
Industrial Stormwater Quality – Finding Cost-Effective BMPs The Multi Sector General Permit authorizes the discharge of stormwater associated with industrial activities into surface water in the...
Utility Fee Incentives in North TX – Giving Developers a Reason to think “Green”
Utility Fee Incentives in North TX – Giving Developers a Reason to think “Green” Green infrastructure can often provide more benefits at lesser cost than single-purpose gray infrastructure....
City of Austin – Keeping Trash off 6th Street
City of Austin – Keeping Trash off 6th Street This time of the year brings more than rain and wildflowers to Texas; it’s also the beginning of festival season. One of the largest music and film...
What’s the Difference between a Clogged Biofilter and a Failed Biofilter?
What’s the Difference between a Clogged Biofilter and a Failed Biofilter? One of the great challenges that Green Infrastructure faces is perception vs. reality. When someone drives up to a site...
Maximizing Residential Lot Yield: LID Approach with Lessons Learned
Maximizing Residential Lot Yield: LID Approach with Lessons Learned While a lot of the attention for Low Impact Development (LID) projects in Texas can be found in Central Texas or the Gulf Coast, one...
Can We Reduce the Temperature of Stormwater Runoff by Geothermal Cooling?
Can We Reduce the Temperature of Stormwater Runoff by Geothermal Cooling? I was first introduced to the idea of cool pavements several years back at a United States Green Building Council event that...
Using a Top Soil Alternative and Prescriptive Formulations for Slope Stabilization and Turf Establishment
Using a Top Soil Alternative and Prescriptive Formulations for Slope Stabilization and Turf Establishment There can be two different approaches to slope stabilization and turf establishment after earth...
Stormwater Quality Systems Cleanouts – You Can’t Afford Not To
Stormwater Quality Systems Cleanouts – You Can’t Afford Not To Having performed numerous system cleanouts over the past 4 years, I’ve seen, far too often, what happens when you wait too long to...
Penny Wise, Dollar Foolish.
Penny Wise, Dollar Foolish. Penny Wise, Dollar Foolish. Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later. You Get What You Pay For. How many of us have heard these sayings? Nothing could be truer in the construction industry...
Permanent Outfall Solution
Permanent Outfall Solution Houston’s heavy, and unpredictable rain events can wreak havoc on stabilization efforts, creating costly erosion issues when proper controls are not put in place. Take...
Integrated Stormwater Harvesting with Low Impact Development
Integrated Stormwater Harvesting with Low Impact Development Even though rainwater harvesting has been practiced for thousands of years, it is only now beginning to inspire the formation of an organized...
The Rise of A New Specialty Contractor
The Rise of A New Specialty Contractor The stormwater and site utility trade is typically one of the slowest moving groups in the construction industry in regards to adaptation of new technologies....
Stormwater Regulatory Update – Harris County / City of Houston
City of Houston & Harris County Stormwater Regulation Changes 2021 City of Houston Stormwater Detention Regulation Changes On January 4, 2021 the City of Houston replaced within Chapter 9 of the...
Knowing When a BMP Is No Longer Right for the Job
Knowing When a BMP Is No Longer Right for the Job Using the correct Best Management Practice’s (BMP’s) on your project is crucial to remaining in compliance with local or regional enforcement...
The Most Important SWPPP BMP
The Most Important SWPPP BMP While presenting at our local SWPPP Training courses, I always ask the question, “What is the most important Best Management Practice (BMP) in our industry to keep a job...
Efficient Alternative to Traditional Stormwater Basins
Efficient Alternative to Traditional Stormwater Basins A common method for managing stormwater runoff is a stormwater basin. A basin is meant to collect stormwater and slowly release the water at a...
5 Ways Permeable Pavers Can Save You Money
5 Ways Permeable Pavers Can Save You Money Permeable paving systems are considered to be a critical component of Low Impact Development due to the systems ability to reduce stormwater infrastructure,...
Harris County Stormwater Permit Changes – The New Pieces to the Puzzle
Harris County Stormwater Permit Changes – The New Pieces to the Puzzle Many of us have been caught off guard at some point in our lives when it comes to paperwork, perhaps waiting in line for...
Case Study: Sand Filter Compliance in Austin, TX
Case Study: Sand Filter Compliance in Austin, TX A commonly used stormwater quality device utilized in the Austin area is a Sand filter. These Sand filters are specified on all types of facilities and...
Why you shouldn’t use Silt Fence for Inlet Protection
Why you shouldn’t use Silt Fence for Inlet Protection Inlet protection barriers are necessary to filter silt and sediment from stormwater before entering the drainage system. When the wrong BMP...
Low Impact Design and Site Feasibility
Low Impact Design and Site Feasibility Many local, state and federal regulators have looked at green infrastructure (GI) as a great way to deal with their stormwater quality requirements. In doing so,...
Permeable Pavement: Always Care About Value – Not About Price
Permeable Pavement: Always Care About Value – Not About Price When it comes to the diversity of permeable pavement products on the market, it can be difficult to decide which one is best for your...
Stabilized Construction Exits – The Right Way
Stabilized Construction Exits – The Right Way One of the most important tools in preventing stormwater pollution from a construction site is the Stabilized Construction Exit (SCE). Also referred...
Stretch Your Street Maintenance Dollars
Stretch Your Street Maintenance Dollars Cities all over Texas are beginning their annual budget cycle in order to be able to pass a balanced budget by the end of September. Public Works officials have...
Detention Ponds: Life After Construction
Detention Ponds: Life After Construction By now we should all know that vegetative stabilization during construction is a key step in a site’s infancy. But what do you do after the site is built,...
Texas Christian University Evaluates 3 Pavement Systems for Long Term Performance & Maintenance
Texas Christian University Evaluates 3 Pavement Systems for Long Term Performance & Maintenance Concrete pipe and catch basins has been a common tool for engineers to convey runoff from impervious...
Case Study: Pond Slopes Vegetation
Case Study: Pond Slopes Vegetation A common issue with pond slopes in the greater Houston area is loss of adequate vegetation. Quality vegetation is vital to maintaining a functioning slope as a quality...
Shallow Depths and TxDot: A Case for R-Tanks
Shallow Depths and TxDot: A Case for R-Tanks Due to strict detention requirements in the City of Houston and Harris County, problems can arise very quickly for groups working through the preliminary...
Construction EcoServices Expands Turnkey Services to Central and North Texas
Construction EcoServices Expands Turnkey Services to Central and North Texas Reliable, consistent and uniform stormwater services, no matter where your projects are! As you may know, Construction EcoServices...
Hunter’s Field – Solving Street Flooding and Pollutants
Hunter’s Field – Solving Street Flooding and Pollutants The Summer of 2018 marks the completion of Seventh Ward’s Playground and Field House, Hunter’s Field. The $1.8 million investment...
Tremé Recreation Community Center Project
Tremé Recreation Community Center Project Many Hands Make Light Work – Green Infrastructure Retrofit for NOLA Non-Profit Since 2008, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) has organized an annual...
We Found a Cave
We Found a Cave Early February, the Construction EcoServices SWQ team was out assessing a new sand filter rehab project in Central Texas when one of the team noticed an odd looking hole going under...
Construction EcoServices Helps Clean Up the Galveston Bay Watershed
Construction EcoServices Helps Clean Up the Galveston Bay Watershed Thank you to all the 400+ Trash Bash volunteers, including the Construction EcoServices crew, who came out to the Collins Park (Cypress)...
Construction EcoServices Joins ABC’s Houston Chapter
Construction EcoServices Joins ABC’s Houston Chapter Construction EcoServices is proud to announce that earlier this year we joined the Houston chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC)...
Construction EcoServices Sends Employee on a Mission
Construction EcoServices Sends Employee on a Mission In 1990, Living Water International set out to help the poorest of the poor. More than a billion people in the world live on less than a dollar a...
ASLA Texas 2019 – Mixing Pleasure with Business
ASLA Texas 2019 – Mixing Pleasure with Business Last month, Construction EcoServices attended the Texas ASLA conference in as an exhibitor. The company showcased several of our top selling, highest...
Hazardous Material Release and Oil Spill Reporting Facts
Hazardous Material Release and Oil Spill Reporting Facts The release of hazardous material and oil spills can be extremely harmful to the public and the environment. The EPA has established requirements...
Stormwater Quality Permits & Plans
Stormwater Quality Permits & Plans Stormwater Quality Permits (SWQ) can be a daunting task as the Stormwater Quality Management Plan (SWQMP) is unique to each property. Here are a few things you...
SWPPP Compliance Rules Vary Depending on Your Location in Houston
SWPPP Compliance Rules Vary Depending on Your Location in Houston LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION! Here are some facts about Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Operators (MS4) to keep in mind for a...
Construction Project Start-Up Compliance FAQ’s
Construction Project Start-Up Compliance FAQ’s We are excited to announce that in 2014, we will be re-implementing our stormwater education cards. Our broad stormwater experience provides us with...
Stabilization Failures: They are costing you more than you think…
Stabilization Failures: They are costing you more than you think… WHY IS FINAL STABILIZATION IMPORTANT? Prevents regulatory enforcement problems associated with sediment leaving the site/pond...
