Stormwater

taken. Analysts have suggested that water cuts become mandatory not only for civilians but for big businesses as well. Capturing and managing stormwater has become a major concern due to the amount lost to bays oceans and lakes. Old infrastructure accounts for 10 to 15% of the state's water loss as well. Increased water efficiency and water reuse and stormwater capture will become a main focus to helping this incident occurring in California. As noted this is only the beginning of the long-term…

in 3 aspects: economy sustainable, culture sustainable, and environmental sustainable. The new urban infrastructure should facing not only the demand of human¬: clean water, electricity, communication etc., but also design for natural resources: stormwater treatment, human wastes collection and recycle, plants protection,…

“Arid climates can be found on every continent. They range from hot and dry deserts that see almost no rain to semiarid scrub land where rain falls intermittently. Arid climates are not suitable for most life forms. Plants and animals that make their homes in arid climates have made special adaptations to the environment.”(Patrick, 2017) While periglacial environments is defined as “Periglacial literally means ‘edge’ of glacial. Periglacial environments are found on the fringes of polar or…

Maryland Rain Tax A recent public policy change that has impacted my state of Maryland and many of its citizens through ten counties is the Maryland Rain Tax. This rain tax has been a controversial proposal since it was proposed on April 2013 by Governor Martin O’Malley. The tax’s purpose is to require local governments to charge a storm-water remediation fee to pay for removing pollutants from rainwater before it reaches the Chesapeake Bay. (Johnson & Wiggins, 2015). This tax law was highly…

check with Matt, the civil engineer, when I was finished. After I completed that task he nodded his head in approval saying “it looks right.” From this task I learned that storm water management is essential for a sustainable school since, if the stormwater is channeled correctly, it can be used as non-potable water for flushing toilet and watering gardens, and in the near future with water treatment…

Australian Rail Track Corporation LTD 2005 define a railway ballast as; free draining coarse aggregate or metallurgical slag used to support railway tracks. It is recommended that ballast should be “hard durable and as far as possible angular along edges/corners, free from weathered portions of parent rock, organic impurities and inorganic residues” (Reference) Rocks which contain minerals which are deemed harmful to the longevity and behaviour of the ballasts may be rejected following…

landscape features. No matter how you choose to view them, streams, wetlands, ponds and lakes are integral components of many golf courses that serve a number of important functions; they provide water for irrigation, mitigate flooding by holding stormwater and can serve as important design features. Water features are rich, complex, living ecosystems that provide habitat for plants, animals and microorganisms. Water features evolve over time and most require some level of management to remain…

Environmental protection was non-existent a hundred years ago and because of this severe pollution effected all aspects of the environment. Commencement Bay, located in Washington state is an example of the devastating effects associated with unregulated industries dumping toxic industrial waste into an unprotected ecosystem. Due to the nature of industries located along the shoreline severe contamination of the waterway affected marine life and had the potential to cause significant health…

permeable earth along the sides of different constructed areas. According to http://www.esf.edu/ere/endreny/GICalculator/BioswaleIntro.html, bioswlaes are “Linear, vegetated ditches which allow for the conveyance, filtration and inflitration of stormwater.” Bioswales are also known as filter strips, grass swales and other names.…

As our current water management system stands the city incurs a city wide sewage event during winter rainstorms, this is not only disgusting but also hazardous. Because Bioswales convert stormwater to groundwater the water rarely enters the storm drain. With less water flowing into our sewers the likelihood of an adverse sewage event is greatly diminished. Building more Bioswales would improve the quality of life for Gladstone residents after…