As small air pockets between soil particles fill with water, the green roof acts like a sponge and soaks up as much rain as it can hold. This mitigates the problems of urban stormwater runoff in two ...

The main goal of this research was to design a holistic campus-wide drainage plan to delay stormwater runoff to a marginalized community - Undergraduate faculty-mentored research. Publication: Freeman ...

North Carolina is notorious for its unpredictable weather. A Sunday morning will start sunny, but by 2 p.m. there’s a ...

A detenetion pond, or "detention basin," is a large, constructed depression in an urban landscape that receives and stores the stormwater runoff from large drainage areas. Detention basins usually ...

They have since surpassed this goal. Stormwater treatment and control projects focused on multiple goals: reducing direct discharges of urban stormwater runoff to surface waters, naturalizing ...

As U.S. cities grapple with environmental challenges like water runoff, flooding, and the need for more sustainable ...

La Crosse Area Waters (LAW) is thrilled to announce Clearwater Farm as the recipient of the 2024 Soak it Up Award for their ...

Due to recent storms forecast to continue through Friday, the Santa Barbara County Environmental Health Services reminds ...

Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometers, leaving a toxic and ...

Specifically, salts can impact the processes like filtration and contaminate retention basins that are used to manage and treat urban stormwater runoff. Megan Rippy, assistant professor in civil ...

Due to recent storms, forecasted to continue through Thursday, the Santa Barbara County Environmental Health Services reminds ...