Tag: green infrastructure
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Looking for Green Stormwater Infrastructure? Visit these Texas A&M AgriLife spots
Here are some places you can see green stormwater infrastructure in action around Texas A&M AgriLife facilities around the state.
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Meet a scientist: Bardia Heidari
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw How can a love for animals lead to a career in water research? For Bardia Heidari, Ph.D., who grew up with dogs, rabbits, turtles and parrots in Tehran, Iran, animals inspired questions about how they interacted with their environment. Now a research scientist for the Texas Water Resources Institute at…
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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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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…
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Soaking up rising floodwaters in growing cities
Article originally written by Chantal Cough-Schulze Texas cities are expanding fast. Between 2010 and 2019, six of the 15 fastest-growing cities in the United States were in Texas. Bigger cities mean less land to soak up rainwater, leading to increased flood risk. Add climate change to the equation, and you have a bigger flooding problem…
