Yearly Archives: 2017

Hurricane Season is Here – What you need to know

The Atlantic Hurricane season is now upon us for 2017. The season starts on June 1st and runs through to the end of November. Although it is possible

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Put a LID on Stormwater Runoff

What’s LID? LID, or Low Impact Development, is a method of design using green infrastructure to control both the quality and quantity of stormwater

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Keeping Cool in a Drought

Florida is generally known as a climate that receives a considerable amount of rain each year – about 58 inches annually to put a number on it. With

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Dewatering: A Simple Explanation

The lightning capital of the world has the tendency to get flooded now and then especially during the spring and summer.  On a construction site, the

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Site Stabilization: It’s Not as Difficult as You Think

It is only expected that on rainy Florida days there would be a little bit of erosion.  This is extremely likely on construction sites because there

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4 Differences Between Detention and Retention Ponds

The construction industry is continuing to grow in the United States. Dodge Construction Outlook, reports that total U.S. construction starts for 201

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Take Control of Invasive Plants Before they Take Over Our Florida Ponds

You’ve seen them before, plants that take over our Florida ponds.  These invasive or non-native plants have been introduced accidently or purposely

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Tips on How to Trim Your Mangroves

Mangroves are one of Florida’s true natives.  They are mostly found along the waterways, provide habitats for fish and birds, and protect homes fro

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From Muck to Yuck – The Clean Water Act

Imagine the world where water is on fire.  That could potentially be the case without the Clean Water Act.  The Federal Water Pollution Act of 1948

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