Tag: blue-green infrastructure
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Rain Gardens: A beautiful stormwater management solution
What are rain gardens, how do they work and what benefits do they provide?
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Bridging the gap between green stormwater infrastructure research and implementation
Despite the numerous advantages of green stormwater infrastructure, implementation is not widespread in Texas. What are the barriers preventing implementation and what can be done to address them?
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Water research roundup: new research from TWRI and around Texas
Article originally written by Madalyn Richards (Photo by Michael Miller, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.) Read recent peer-reviewed publications by Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists: A planning framework to mitigate localized urban stormwater inlet flooding using distributed Green Stormwater Infrastructure at an urban scale: Case study of Dallas, Texas: In a study…
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Big city solution: Installing green stormwater infrastructure slows down, cleans up runoff
Not only has population growth and aging infrastructure put a strain on existing stormwater drainage systems in Texas, but climate change impacts have also made extreme one-day rainfall events more common. Rapid urbanization’s increased impervious surfaces have sped up how fast extreme rainfall runs off into rising waterways, prompting flooding. How should local governments deal with these compounding challenges? Local…
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To slow down and clean up runoff, install Green Stormwater Infrastructure
A bioretention area at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas, a bioretention area in Renaissance Park in Oak Cliff and a stormwater conveyance structure in South Lakes Park in Denton. (Photos by Fouad Jaber.) How stormwater can rise into floodwaters has changed in Texas. Not only has population growth and aging infrastructure put…
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Water research roundup: new research from TWRI and around Texas
The Blanco River, near Wimberley. (By Chantal Cough-Schulze) Read recent peer-reviewed publications by TWRI scientists: Catch up on water-related research from universities around Texas:
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New staff members join Texas Water Resources Institute urban water team in Dallas
Article originally written by Chantal Cough-Schulze Over the last few months, the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has added two new research scientists to the team: Sayd Randle, Ph.D., and Bardia Heidari, Ph.D. Both Randle and Heidari will be joining a growing interdisciplinary team at the Texas A&M AgriLife Center at Dallas, also called the Dallas…
