May 14, 2021
The Coastal Carolina University Burroughs & Chapin Center for Marine and Wetland Studies has developed a new program that will use advanced technology to monitor, gauge, and develop strategies to address flooding in Horry and Georgetown counties. The center’s Smart River Research program, which is being supported by private sector partners and key scientific institutions, will be unveiled on Monday, May 17, at 11 a.m. at Horry County’s Osprey Marina.
Those scheduled to speak at the event include Daniel Ennis, CCU’s provost and executive vice president for academic affairs; S.C. Sen. Stephen Goldfinch; S.C. Rep. Heather Ammons Crawford; Horry County Councilman Cam Crawford; Duke Energy’s S.C. state president Mike Callahan; Paul Gayes, director of the Burroughs & Chapin Center for Marine and Wetland Studies; Gettys Brannon, CEO of the S.C. Boating and Fishing Alliance; S.C. Chief Resilience Officer Ben Duncan; and retired Maj. Gen. Tom Mullikin, chair of the
CCU unveils new program to address flooding in Horry, Georgetown counties
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Hydrologic, Water-Quality, and Ecological Monitoring and Analysis to Support Stream Restoration Research in Reston, Virginia
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The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Resource Protection Group, Inc. is partnering with Reston Association to monitor the hydrology, water-quality, and ecology of two restored urban streams in Reston, Virginia – Snakeden Branch and The Glade. A combination of continuous and discrete hydrologic and water-quality data are collected to evaluate stream conditions and estimate sediment and nutrient loads. Ecological surveys are conducted to assess fish and benthic macroinvertebrate communities and physical habitat. Meteorological data including precipitation accumulation and air temperature are collected to better understand the watershed hydrology. The complete data set to be collected will provide the necessary information to understand respective responses to research activi
The planned restoration of a stretch of Taylor Run drew widespread community concern at a virtual project update on Jan. 28, as environmentalists and residents questioned how effective and harmful the project will be.
City staff’s plan is to implement a natural channel design in a 1,900-foot section of Taylor Run from a sewer outfall near Chinquapin Recreation Center to First Baptist Church on King Street. The city’s stated goal with the project is to stabilize the degraded channel and exposed, at-risk sewer infrastructure, preserve the local ecology and improve water quality by slowing the downstream flow of phosphorous, nitrogen and sediment caused by erosion.