Cincinnati's Metropolitan Sewer District could charge those who own large parking lots, garages and other impervious surfaces for runoff those structures cause, but it's not a done deal yet. Hamilton ...

Charleston County could soon limit the amount of impervious surfaces — like driveways, sidewalks and parking lots — that owners can have on their properties. The goal is to address the issue of ...

Last week, residents may have received a postcard outlining a new tax they can expect next year: a stormwater utility fee. Like electric, gas, or water utility bills, this fee effective Jan. 1, 2024, ...

NORWALK — Following recent flooding, Norwalk leaders are wondering what more can be done to prevent flooding in the area through zoning. “Let’s try and be proactive and make our land that we have more ...

Charleston County Council has passed a weaker version of an ordinance meant to limit the amount of flat hard surfaces in new developments, taking out the requirement covering business and industry but ...

Impervious surfaces such as driveways, roads, parking lots, patios, and walkways do not allow rainwater to pass through the substrate into the ground. Instead, they cause rain water to run off at an ...

A study examines the effects of canopy and impervious surface cover on air temperatures in urban environments. The urban heat island effect causes increased temperatures in urban environments compared ...

What the spatial pattern of global urban surface area that human depends on is the important issue, which is widely concerned at present. Research have established regression models that estimated the ...