Downtown Charleston has always been defined by its history and its challenges with water. This is especially true at the intersection of Huger Street and King Street. Flooding has long been a disruptive force in the area, with rain events often leaving two to three feet of standing water in the corridor. To address this chronic issue, the city recently launched the Huger Street Pump Station Project; an ambitious stormwater drainage improvement effort with a price tag in the t ... Read more
Modernizing Water Infrastructure
Fish Curtain on the Connecticut
Editor: Allison Braswell
An aging 1938 pump station on the Connecticut River is nearing the end of its useful life, including the three river crossing pipes that carry wastewater from the pump station to the appropriate wastewater treatment facility. Because of the sewage system's poor state, there have been instances of rainwater forcing sewage to overflow into the river and complaints of substandard drinkin ... Read more
