Posts for tag "stormwater"
Remote Water Quality Monitoring with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board
The Oklahoma Water Resource board monitors local waterways in order to ensure federal compliance and protect local ecosystems.
- Posted October 2, 2023
Small-Scale Monitoring for Large-Scale Impacts: Building Storm Resilience in the Newfound Lake Region
Dynamic and healthy ecosystems can become center points for towns, cities, and entire regions—such is the case in the Newfound Lake Region.
- Posted December 19, 2022
Sewage an Unseen and Ignored Threat to Coral Reefs and Human Health
While focusing on ocean-specific threats to corals, researchers miss a dangerous, world-wide flow of sewage from land.
- Posted November 18, 2020
Biochar Adds Filtering Power to Biofilters
Researchers from the Colorado School of Mines are adding biochar to biofilters, boosting the stormwater filtering power in cities.
- Posted July 14, 2020
Snowmelt, Stormwater and Contamination in Saskatoon
Major snowmelt and runoff events in central Canada carry stormwater contamination to the South Saskatchewan River.
- Posted May 20, 2020
Watching Water Quality with the Midcoast Conservancy’s Youth Conservation Corps
The Youth Conservation Corps program at the Midcoast Conservancy in Maine is connecting generations and protecting water quality.
- Posted March 28, 2019
Omaha Park and Lagoon Improvements Guarding Water Quality
A recent renovation project is helping Omaha remodel aging sewers and improve water quality while offering more recreational opportunities to locals.
- Posted November 30, 2018
Low Tech, High Tech and Outdoor Exploration: Butler County Stormwater Monitoring Runs The Gamut For Summer Intern
Performing environmental monitoring of southern Ohio stormwater involved everything from sophisticated GIS mapping to fine-tuning some of the six basic senses.
- Posted October 16, 2018
Steel Chips Promising New Stormwater Treatment for E. Coli Removal
Trials of steel chips from industrial waste show that they effectively remove E. coli from stormwater by lysing the bacterial cell walls.
- Posted September 20, 2018
Efforts to Reduce Stormwater and Nutrients Helping Chesapeake Bay’s SAV
Decades of nutrient and stormwater reduction in the Chesapeake Bay watershed has caused a record-breaking resurgence in submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV).
- Posted May 2, 2018
