Water slides!

A colleague of mine told me about an interesting upcoming conference in Milwaukee (see here), and we chatted for a bit about how the city is really striving to be a focal point in the discussion of water resources.

That conversation got me curious about what else has happened in Milwaukee of late, so I did a quick Google search... Lo and behold, up came these very interesting presentations from July's Water Summit (scroll about midway down the page)...

Harvesting greenroof runoff and more

Unfortunately, the time to put together thoughful comments on articles continues to elude me... but this bit about rainwater harvesting from greenroofs.com is worth reading, if only for the linked resources...

I hope that I'll have time to post more in-depth ideas/photos/research/etc. soon!

Greenroofs, PV panels, and green building

A couple of tidbits for your Monday AM:

An interesting article about the symbiosis between greenroofs/white roofs and PV panels...

And a very cool building planned for Portland, OR.

And last, but not least, the Wall Street Journal did a short overview of stormwater management in big -- and biggish -- American cities.

A couple of interesting notes

One far away, the other in my very own sewershed:

1. Perhaps dust storms are a concern in Orange, CA? I don't know. Otherwise the City of Orange seems to be shooting itself in the foot by prosecuting this couple for replacing front-yard turf with drought-tolerant plantings and woodchips.

2. The Gowanus Canal, an eery, post-industrial beauty has been designated for Superfund cleanup. Check out some depressing/interesting/beautiful images here and an article here.

Water hogs!

I caught an interesting bit on water supply in the US on the CBS Evening News last night. Glad to see that this is getting so much attention.

I can't wait to get Steve Solomon's book...


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Notes on urban ecology and water conservation

An interesting Q&A on urban ecology with the head of the Urban Park Rangers and an overview of Duke's effort to conserve water.