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In May 2013, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that New York State would receive $340 million in federal funding for flood-mitigation projects at wastewater and drinking water plants in communities damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Sandy resulted in more than $1 billion in damage to wastewater treatment plants and the release of raw and under treated sewage into adjoining waterways highlighted the need to fortify our water-quality systems. Of the $340 million for New York, $283 million is allocated for wastewater projects and $56.6 million for drinking water facilities.

Working with the EPA, New York State will establish the Storm Mitigation Loan Program, along with standards for the disbursement of the $340 million. This will include rules governing the types of mitigation projects that will be eligible for a combination of interest-free loans and non-reimbursable grants through State Revolving Funds (SRFs) distributed through the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation.

As called for in the Governor's NYS 2100 Commission report, these mitigation projects should include the installation of floodwalls and the construction of green infrastructure (e.g., constructed wetlands) to lessen storm surges at treatment facilities.  Shoreline stabilization and floodwall design can be self-sustaining through the incorporation of native, living materials with hard armoring, termed bioengineering. Vegetation is an effective way to increase the strength and stability of any slope. Given the opportunity to shore up existing coastal utilities, preference should be given to those methods that restore the ecological functions and values of our coastal shorelines.

Roux Associates is a leader in providing green shoreline solutions to clients in the New York City Area. Recently Roux Associates completed a shoreline stabilization design in Brooklyn utilizing bioengineering solutions that survived a 15 foot storm surge during Hurricane Sandy. Click on the following link to learn more about the Shoreline Stabilization project.

Constructed wetlands are one of the most reliable best management practices (BMPs) used across the country to remove stormwater contaminants and reduce peak discharges of large storms and downstream flooding.  Roux Associates has been actively involved in developing CTW technology since 1993. Click on the link to learn more about our recent Sustainable Stormwater Wetland Design currently being installed in a park on Staten Island.

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Vapor intrusion (VI) has become one of the biggest concerns at Brownfield sites and a major cause for re-opening sites previously considered cleaned up. VI is much more complex than previously thought and the regulations and guidance documents for VI are constantly changing. Learn more about VI at the upcoming Brownfields 2013 Conference, Thursday, May 16 at the 4:00pm session: Vapor Intrusion Concerns at Your BF Site? – ‘Soil Gas Safe’ Development as a Selling Point

This session features experts in the VI field like, David G Dixon, P.G., Principal Hydrogeologist, at Roux Associates Inc., who is involved with VI regulations and guidance and helping developers address VI issues. Discussions will focus on identifying VI issues at Brownfield Sites and maximizing the potential for successful ‘Soil Gas Safe’ Brownfield developments.

Roux Associates, Inc. is a professional services firm providing a broad range of consulting and project management services to solve complex environmental issues associated with air, water and land. We have been providing these services to an impressive list of Fortune 500 and public sector clients nationwide for over 30 years through six offices, which are located in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.

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Brownfields 2013 Conference		Visit Us At: ICSC RECon 2013 - Booth # 616
May 15 - 17, 2013 - Atlanta, GA The National Brownfields Conference, co-sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), is the largest training and networking event in the nation focusing on environmental revitalization and economic redevelopment. The conference will bring together stakeholders in government, business, nonprofits, and academia who promote positive change in their community. Now in its 15th year, the event attracts over 5,000 attendees and 200 exhibitors for two and a half days of educational sessions, training workshops, volunteer activities, mobile workshops, film screenings and much more. Read more >>		May 19 - 22, 2013 - Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV RECon is the global convention for the shopping center industry and provides networking, deal making and educational opportunities for retail real estate professionals from around the world. With over 30,000 attendees and 1,000 exhibitors it is the largest industry convention, making it an unparalleled opportunity to do a year's worth of business in just four days! If you are looking to meet retailers to discuss new or existing leases in your centers, view the latest industry products and services that are critical to your business, attend over 30 educational sessions or find the next deal, then you need to attend RECon. Read more >>

Roux Associates has performed investigation, remedial design and construction management services for numerous large-scale landfill and environmental capping projects in New York and throughout the United States. A partial list of capping project locations in New York includes multiple municipal landfills on Long Island and New York City; and industrial landfills in Syracuse, Buffalo, Rensselaer, Oswego and Watertown. Cap designs have included the use of HDPE and LLDPE geomembranes, geosynthetic clay liners, vegetative soil caps, wetland transition areas, asphalt and reinforced concrete. Designs also included slope stability evaluations, landfill gas venting and collection systems, leachate control and collection systems, and stormwater runoff controls.

In addition, we provide an impressive array of sustainable development services including alternative landfill cover design and innovative wastewater treatment. Our associates are nationally recognized experts and leaders in the design and implementation of sustainable, low-cost “Green” Engineered Natural Systems (ENS®) treatment technologies. Roux’s ENS® technologies include Constructed Treatment Wetlands (CTW), Phytotechnologies, and other passive natural technologies such as permeable reactive barriers and natural media filtration. Our award-winning ENS® Group focuses on the application of these technologies to treat landfill leachate, groundwater and surface water contamination, stormwater runoff, and industrial/municipal wastewaters. The efficient and effective use of these technologies has resulted in significant cost savings for our clients versus conventional remedial alternatives. In fact, four of our recent ENS® designs for a Fortune 100 client received separate Global Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) awards for innovation, cost-effectiveness, and excellence.

Roux Associates has been actively involved in developing and applying CTW technology for landfill leachate treatment since 1993. Our long-term and continuing commitment to the technology has resulted in the award of a U.S. Patent for an enhanced subsurface-flow CTW design in 1999. Our patented CTW subsurface-flow technology has reduced the size of a typical CTW by 50% while simultaneously enhancing year round and predictable performance.

Roux Associates has amassed over 15 years of phytoremediation experience, with over 70,000 trees installed to replace conventional RCRA caps with “living” Phyto Caps; to remediate contaminated groundwater; to sequester and immobilize contaminants in soil; and even consumptively utilize process wastewater to reduce off-site discharges.

If you are interested in learning more about Roux's innovative landfill technologies please visits us at the upcoming:

Strive for Sustainability
Solid Waste & Recycling Conference
May 5 - 8, 2013 - Booth #107

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