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Director of Engineering Services, Zak Ruehman, speaks to flood preparation in Floyd County
“We are looking at things like green infrastructure, floodplain reconnection and widening channels. In areas where buyouts have happened, we can open up the floodplain a little bit and let rivers and streams breathe, spreading floodwater out more effectively,” said Ruehman of ways to help ameliorate flooding.
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Flood detection for communities, by communities in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Who gets included in designing resilience? Research and flood solutions go beyond the lab. By involving community leaders, local government agencies and even high school students, the University of Georgia’s Compound Inundation Team for Resilient Applications (CITRA) is rethinking how flood mitigation systems are designed. An interdisciplinary effort in San Juan, Puerto Rico is focused on helping residents build resilience…
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New Resilient Futures Podcast: National Labs and Healthy Energy Systems
A new episode of the Resilient Futures Podcast is here! Listen to Community Resilience: How National Laboratories Use Interdisciplinary Expertise to Support Healthy Energy Systems wherever you get your podcasts. Description: The energy sector is continually complicated by aging power infrastructure, changing technology and competing needs from communities and industry. The Critical Infrastructure Resilience Group is here to help make…
