April 10, 2014

Department of Environmental Protection Earns Engineering Excellence Award for Stormwater Management Project

The Department of Environmental Protection has received the 2014 Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies for its project to capture pollutants and reduce stormwater runoff from more than 200 acres in the Bethesda Central Business District.

The project was completed in cooperation with the National Institutes of Health and is located on their campus.

Stormwater management improvements in Stoney Creek also are improving water quality and habitat conditions downstream in Lower Rock Creek.

More details in news release.