I was part of a panel to talk to the community about a coalition to develop a water quality improvement plan for the Wissahickon Creek. The creek is challenged due to its urban setting and it will take a community effort to control stormwater. The coalition includes municipalities, wastewater treatment plant operators, watershed organizations, and my research group at Temple University. Our role is to come up with a science basis for the plan. We told the audience about our intense two-year monitoring effort and described how impervious cover leads to urban runoff.
Graphics courtesy of Sarah Beganskas (new postdoc mentioned in previous post)!