Storm Water Management
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An image of Dr. Medina's computer model of stormwater flow on Duke's West Campus. |
Pick any place on Duke's campus and Dr. Miguel Medina can tell you where a rain drop that falls on that spot will wash to and how long it will take it to get there. If he can't tell you off the top of his head, a few keystrokes and he'll have it.
Over the last ten years, Medina, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and his students have painstakingly modeled the flow of stormwater on campus. It is thanks to their efforts that Duke can boast one of the most comprehensive Stormwater Management Plans of any university.
Besides helping Facilities Management incorporate better stormwater detention, retention and filtration strategies into campus design, Medina has teamed up with Curtis Richardson to build an 8-acre wetland and retention pond just south of Duke's West Campus. When the project is finished, it will catch and cleanse the run off from 1,600 acres of Durham and Duke.
For more information, visit:Stormwater Modeling & Management Project Site
Duke University Wetland Center's Website
