Students Provide Expertise for Stormwater Plan

Studies of urban runoff and its affects on the local environment result in some very practical solutions for a small city in Iowa
Students Provide Expertise for Stormwater Plan
University of Iowa graduate students from the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities who researched stormwater in Decorah, Iowa (left to right): Elizabeth Minor, Bailee McClellan, Vanessa Fixmer-Oraiz, and Romeo Abraham. Faculty advisors (not pictured) were Lucie Laurian, associate professor of Urban and Regional Planning, and Phuong Nguyen, assistant professor of Urban and Regional Planning. The IISC matches community needs with the expertise and resources of the University of Iowa facul

Every community is dealing with stormwater management and ways to fund added expenses it brings to cash-strapped budgets. As he develops a strategy for Decorah, Iowa, City Manager Chad Bird has been getting help and expertise from the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities...

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