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Unlocking the secrets of green stormwater infrastructure
Managing stormwater is a critical function of civil infrastructure. On paper, methods that manage stormwater sustainably using natural materials and techniques sound ideal; they perform infrastructure functions with reduced harm to the environment, and may even provide ecosystem benefits. This two-birds-one-stone philosophy is often how nature-based solutions for stormwater are presented in both academic literature and project proposals. But does…
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Natural Infrastructure Fellow Aurora Fowler on Freshwater, Field Work and Frogs
For Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellow Aurora Fowler, field work is a way to understand how ecosystems respond to change on the ground–and in the mud. During her six weeks living out of a camper along the lower Missouri River this summer, she investigated the froggy details of a region shaped by decades of levees, flood control and shrinking wetlands. Fowler’s…
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Odum School of Ecology professor brings wastewater professionals together to talk septic
By Allison Floyd, UGA River Basin Center More than one-third of homes in parts of the Southeast rely on septic systems, but decentralized wastewater infrastructure is underfunded, aging, and poorly maintained, leading the systems to fail, pollute public waterways, and pose a health hazard. Krista Capps, Associate Director of the River Basin Center, recently brought together experts from across Northeast Georgia…
