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 It's Storm Water Awareness Week 2026! Today marks the start of a week of free, online storm water education! Join us and thousands of other storm water professionals around the globe for this amazing event. With 70+ hours of storm water training, given by top industry leaders, this event will provide training, continuing education, or updates on what is happening in the storm water world.
Be sure to register to attend by visiting stormwaterawareness.org.
#stormwaterawarenessweek #stormwaterawarenessweek2026
Mon September 21, 2026, 7:00 am
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 Join us and thousands of storm water professionals from around the globe for next week's Storm Water Awareness Week! Be sure to register for any of the 80 free workshops at stormwaterawareness.org.
It's going to be a fantastic week! We hope to see you there!
Fri September 18, 2026, 7:01 am
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 Don't forget to register for the 2026 Storm Water Awareness Week keynotes! Visit stormwaterawareness.org to register for the Erosion Theory keynotes.
Wed September 16, 2026, 9:00 am
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 Will you help us get the word out about Storm Water Awareness Week? This week of free storm water education is too good to not share! Find out all the details about participating in Storm Water Awareness Week at stormwaterawareness.org and mark the dates on your calendar - September 21-25, 2026!
#stormwaterawarenessweek #stormwaterawarenessweek2026 #stormwater #stormwaterindustry #stormwatermanagement #stormwatermaintenance
Wed September 9, 2026, 8:00 am
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 Have you registered for the Grand Finale workshop on Friday, September 25th at 4:00 PM PDT. Jump into a kayak and join our grand finale Storm Water Awareness Week 2026. We would love to have kayakers in their local waterways from coast to coast celebrating Storm Water Awareness Week and enjoying the beautiful water we work so hard to protect all year long!
David Franklin of EnviroTech NPDES Services and John Teravskis of WGR Southwest, Inc. team up while in their kayaks to talk about erosion ... but not soil erosion. David, kayaking in the leg
Fri September 4, 2026, 8:00 am
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 Attendee registration for Storm Water Awareness Week 2026 is now officially open!!! Head over to stormwaterawareness.org to register for one or all of the dozens of free storm water workshops happening the week of September 21-25.
Tue September 1, 2026, 6:00 am
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 Storm Water Awareness Week is celebrating 15 years this year! We are so excited for the workshop lineup, and we hope you enjoy the event. Attendee registration opens next week - September 1st! Visit stormwaterawareness.org to browse list of workshops and register to attend.
Fri August 28, 2026, 11:30 am
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 The Industrial General Permit’s annual reporting deadline has come and gone, and now that our team here at WGR has time to breathe again, we interviewed them for this month’s edition of The Rain Events newsletter to hear how the 2026 Annual Report season went, and to hear feedback which you, as an industrial facility, can incorporate into your storm water program for next year. If it’s news to you that there was a deadline for your facility’s storm water annual report, reach out to our team and find out what you should do now that the
Wed August 26, 2026, 1:00 pm
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 The deadline is tomorrow! Did you register to host a workshop during Storm Water Awareness Week 2026? If not, head over to stormwaterawareness.org to register to host a workshop before the deadline ends!
Tue August 25, 2026, 7:00 am
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 Oftentimes for effective sediment control, it is necessary to establish a line of defense. This line can be placed at different locations throughout the construction site but is generally placed downgradient of a source of sediment. Typically, linear measures used for sediment control are placed at the toe of a slope or at the project’s downgradient perimeter. Linear controls can also be used to prevent sheet and rill erosion. In this case, they are typically installed in strategic places to slow the flow, such as along the face of a slope or
Mon August 24, 2026, 7:00 am
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 Only one more month until Storm Water Awareness Week 2026! We are so excited for all the amazing workshops we have planned for you all! It's going to be great. Visit stormwaterawareness.org to browse all the workshops. Attendee registration opens on September 1st.
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Fri August 21, 2026, 2:00 pm
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 Have you purchased a copy of The Raindrop Connection? It's available for purchase on Amazon or through WGR! Click the link in our bio to purchase your copy today!
Tue August 18, 2026, 1:00 pm
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