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Water21, Aug. 2006: Inundation Drives Innovation (PDF)

Municipal Sewer and Water, Sept. 2007: Storm: Rounding Up Runoff

WEF Highlights, July/August 2007: Planning for a Rainy Day (PDF)

ASCE In the Field: Aesthetic Approach to Stormwater Management (PDF)

Kansas City Star, Dec. 13 2006: KC Art Institute Rain Garden (PDF)

U.S. Conference of Mayors: KC 10,000 Rain Gardens Draw Citizens into Regional Fight Against Water Pollution (PDF)

KC Community News: July 11, 2007

Black & Veatch shares water science, rain gardens with K.C. youth

BY: Kellie Houx, Associate Editor

Black & Veatch hosted a “Learn-in Day” for the Kansas City Youth Conservation Corps crew that included interactive sessions about rain gardens and water engineering.

The company also awarded $500 scholarships to the six 16- to 18-year-olds taking part in the Learn-in Day who complete the YCC summer program. More>>

Water Environment Foundation

Planning for a Rainy Day

Kansas City’s '10,000 Rain Gardens' Initiative Curbs Stormwater, Pollution

Rain gardens consist of native plants planted in shallow basins. The plants’ deep roots allow water to infiltrate the soil. A well-designed rain garden can trap and retain a significant percentage of pollutants common in stormwater runoff, thereby improving water quality, according to a news release from engineering, consulting, and construction company Black & Veatch (Kansas City, Mo.). 10,000 Rain Gardens educates Kansas City residents on how to plant their own rain garden and why it is important for the environment. More>>

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Black & Veatch to host students for rain garden and water engineering learn-in

Company to Award $500 Scholarships to Visiting Students

Kansas City, Mo. (June 12, 2007) – Black & Veatch is hosting a “Learn-in Day” for the Kansas City Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew on June 19 that includes interactive sessions on rain gardens and water engineering. The company will award $500 scholarships to each of the six 16- to 18-year-olds taking part in the “Learn-in Day” who complete the YCC program this summer. More>>

Revitalization Online

Kansas City rain gardens aid in stormwater management

As part of the company's Earth Day activities on April 21, 2007, Black & Veatch professionals, along with their families and friends, celebrated the first anniversary of Kansas City's original corporate rain garden, which is affiliated with the city's "10,000 Rain Gardens" initiative.

The celebration ceremony at the rain garden, outside the office of Black & Veatch's water business in Kansas City, drew many local dignitaries and civic leaders, who joined the company volunteers in planting an additional 75 native plants. More>>

Construction & Maintenance: April, 2007

Black & Veatch celebrates anniversary of corporate rain garden

Black & Veatch professionals, along with their families and friends, on April 21, will celebrate the first anniversary of Kansas City's original corporate rain garden, which is affiliated with the city's "10,000 Rain Gardens" initiative. The event is in conjunction with annual Earth Day observances. Following the ceremony, Rain Garden Brigade members will plant an additional 75 native plants. This will bring to total number of plants at the rain garden to approximately 750. More>>

American City & County: March 1, 2007

Clean and Green

By Donald Baker, Les Lampe and Laura Adams

Public desire for open space that includes clean streams and lakes, along with more stringent federal environmental regulations, have prompted many communities to adopt environmentally friendly stormwater management methods. Rather than using the traditional practices of enclosing channels in pipes and draining wetlands, which often permanently alter the ecosystem and destroy habitats, alternative methods mimic natural landscape features to improve water quality and waterside environments. More>>

Kansas City Business Joural: January 18, 2007

Black & Veatch provides rainy-day solutions in Kansas City, Missouri

Linda Saiger Bond, Black & Veatch Corporation, Kansas City, Mo.

In early 2004, Black & Veatch was selected to work with the Kansas City, Mo., Water Services Department to develop a comprehensive citywide stormwater management program. Now in its final year, the integration of 35 subsystem planning studies into a single stormwater management program spans 320 square miles and requires extensive coordination among multiple cities and counties. Upon completion, the KC-One program will establish goals and priorities, provide timelines and schedules, and offer funding recommendations for stormwater. More >>

Kansas City 10,000 Rain Gardens Draw Citizens into Regional Fight Against Water Pollution

January 22, 2007 - U.S. Conference of Mayors

An eco-friendly stormwater management initiative launched by Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes and other regional leaders in November 2005 is being heralded in the February issue of House & Garden magazine as “the most ambitious horticultural project in the United States.” More >>