stormwater

This story was written by the Our Gem Collaborative team for the CDA Press on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. Read the original article. Winter snow is a particularly big topic for the city of Coeur d’Alene and local highway districts. You may not think much of it when you’re navigating winter weather, but snow is precipitation which becomes stormwater to be managed. Plowed snow can contain pollutants such as salt, sand, oil, grease, heavy metals and trash which can accumulate in…

Nutrient-rich foliage should be diverted from our waterways. This story was written by the Our Gem Collaborative team for the CDA Press on Nov. 8, 2020. Read the original article. While autumn is an especially spectacular season in North Idaho, the colorful leaves decorating our trees can threaten our lakes and rivers once they fall to the ground. Organic debris contains high levels of nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen which can impair water quality. Phosphorus and nitrogen are essential nutrients,…

Over a century, the city added more than 200 miles of pipes and three levels of treatment to make our water clean. This story was written by Mike Anderson, superintendent of the City of Coeur d’Alene Wastewater Utility Department, in partnership with the Our Gem Collaborative. It appeared in the CDA Press on Sunday Oct. 18, 2020. Read the original article. As a community grows, so too does the need to treat the byproducts of people living close to one another….

Understand the impact of stormwater and your part in minimizing the damage. This story was written by the Our Gem Collaborative team for the CDA Press on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Read the original article. When it rains or when snow melts, where does the water go? In a natural landscape, water is quickly absorbed into the soil, but in urban and developed areas with impervious surfaces, water cannot soak into the ground and instead flows above ground as stormwater runoff….