Why water matters
From cities to rural and wild areas, Kevan Moffett wants to better understand the role of water on the planet.
stormwater
April 11: Stormwater expert John Stark presents at Clean Tech Alliance
The free livestreaming event will take place 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 11.
Puget Sound revitalization pursued by citizens, WSU Extension
It is estimated that 75 percent of contamination in the Puget Sound is unwittingly produced by citizens — via commercial wastewater, sewage treatment plants, stormwater runoff from roads and paved surfaces, construction and other activities.
What can you do to prevent stormwater pollution?
By Gene Patterson, WSU Public Health/Water Quality Whether we work or live next to a stream, lake or miles away from either, our everyday actions affect water quality.
Nov. 3: Free talk about urban redesign, water management
PULLMAN, Wash. – Seattle landscape architect Peg Staeheli will discuss her projects to retrofit urban areas for livability and sustainability – in particular water use and stormwater implications – at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in Goertzen Hall 21.
WSU studies pollution potential of industrial nanomaterials
By Michelle Fredrickson, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Nanoscale materials are helping provide new and better products for society, but researchers know little about what happens when these materials break down in the environment.
‘Only rain down the drain:’ Preventing stormwater pollution
PULLMAN, Wash. – Whether or not we work or live near a waterway, our everyday actions affect water quality. Resources for preventing stormwater and water pollution are available from Washington State University Environmental Health and Safety.
Partnership recycles carbon fiber to permeable pavement
SEATTLE – Improving water quality through better permeable pavement is the focus of a research and development collaboration announced by Boeing, Washington State University and the Washington Stormwater Center.