Media Type: Blog Posts

Lauren Hilton

How To Find The Right Internship

Internships are your chance to get firsthand experience along with a taste for what the field will be like. Internships […]

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David Buzan

New Mussels Protections Could Impact Infrastructure Projects Across Texas

The proposed critical habitat covers 1,944 river miles in the Trinity, Brazos, Colorado and Guadalupe river basins, and any projects that physically impact stream bottoms may receive increased regulatory attention.

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Katie Leatherwood

Time to Renew Texas Industrial Stormwater Runoff Permit

Industrial facilities covered by a Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) TXR050000 under the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) must renew their authorization by Nov. 12, 2021. Learn more about changes and how to comply.

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Mark Evans

Project Funding Opportunities Outlook

An at-a-glance view of upcoming application deadlines for Federal and State infrastructure project funding.

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Chuck Gilman

Delivering an Increasing Project Workload with Limited Resources

Supplementing your city or county workforce with outside staff dedicated to completing specific programs can offer a workable, scalable and affordable solution for managing an increasing project workload. We can show you how.

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City of Celina Earns iSWM Gold

Freese and Nichols worked with the City of Celina to help it earn the highest level of certification currently awarded by the NCTCOG.

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Jessica Brown

New Law Sets Early 2022 Deadline for All Texas Water Utilities

Learn more about Texas’ new requirement that water utilities develop plans to keep their services operating during an extended power outage.

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Ashley Poe

Flood Awareness: Public Resources

To better plan and prepare for flooding events, it is important to be aware of available resources. Our stormwater group […]

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Krista Melnar

Flood Awareness: The Power of Water

May marks Flood Awareness Month in Oklahoma, and May 24-28 marks Flood Awareness Week in Texas. Earlier this year, Georgia recognized […]

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Craig Wells

Sea Level Impact Projection Studies: What They Are and What They Aren’t

A new Florida law will require public entities to conduct Sea Level Impact Projection (SLIP) studies ahead of coastal building projects that use state funding. Here are some key guidelines for planning such projects.

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Craig Wells

How Investments in Climate Resiliency Can Pay Off Later

It’s estimated that for every $1 spent on pre-disaster mitigation or hardening measures, a utility can save $4 to $36 in post-event recovery and replacement costs.

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Craig Wells

How to Assess Your Infrastructure To Be Climate Resilient

For water and wastewater utilities along the coasts, it’s not a matter of whether storm surge will impact infrastructure but when. Now is the time to assess facilities’ ability to withstand storms.

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