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Stormwater

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About Stormwater

Stormwater Activities

Purpose Category Status Author Time Difficulty Replications
Catch Basins 101: How to clean a catch basin with one person in 68 minutes. - - @dmunchak - - 0 replications: Try it »
How to visually document a site - - @stevie - - 1 replications: Try it »
Photo Documentation of Turbid Waters for Advocacy - - @gretchengehrke - - 0 replications: Try it »
Make an accurate soda bottle rain gauge - - @stevie - - 0 replications: Try it »
Stormwater Workshop Two Report: Community Mapping - - @stevie - - 0 replications: Try it »
Measuring water in a rain gauge - - @stevie - - 0 replications: Try it »
Testing - water depth from camera image - - @chalmers - - 0 replications: Try it »
¿Cómo detectar abrillantadores ópticos (aguas residuales) yendo a un río? / How to detect optical brighteners (wastewater) going to a river? - - @alejobonifacio - - 0 replications: Try it »
Gathering rain data from weather underground - - @stevie - - 0 replications: Try it »
Stormwater Workshop 3 Report: Designing a Stormwater Study - - @stevie - - 0 replications: Try it »
Depth Sensor Proposal - - @danbeavers - - 1 replications: Try it »
How to report pollution entering your local stormwater system in the US - - @bhamster - - 0 replications: Try it »
How to determine peak discharge from drainage basin runoff - - @stevie - - 0 replications: Try it »

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Title Author Updated Likes Comments
What can you do about oil in your ditch following a natural disaster when traditional resources/normal pathways are not available? @laurel_mire over 2 years ago 10
Where can you find historic flooding data? @stevie over 5 years ago 3
Who do you contact on stormwater concerns? @stevie almost 6 years ago 2
How do you keep storm drains clean? @stevie almost 6 years ago 1
What are sources of stormwater pollution? @stevie almost 6 years ago 2
Why is it important to keep storm drains clean? @stevie almost 6 years ago 1
Are there any good directions or materials for building rain gauges? @stevie almost 6 years ago 3
How do you build a rain barrel? @stevie over 4 years ago 1
How do I join a volunteer Disaster Response Team for flooding? @warren over 6 years ago 1
What tags are helpful for flood/disaster images? @zengirl2 over 6 years ago 0
Are there any exemptions under the NPDES? @stevie about 7 years ago 4
What types of NPDES permits are there? @stevie about 7 years ago 2
How is stormwater regulated? @stevie about 7 years ago 4
How does slope affect runoff calculations? @stevie about 7 years ago 1
Is there any way to figure out how much water can be absorbed by different ground covers? @stevie over 7 years ago 4


Updates

Title Author Updated Likes Comments
Impact of rainwater harvest on Agriculture and education @okellomanpeter about 2 years ago 2
The suspicious drain on the Suquía river @alejobonifacio over 2 years ago 1
Getting the scoop on Wastewater: Summary of a research area review @bhamster over 2 years ago 1
El desagüe sospechoso en el río Suquía @alejobonifacio over 2 years ago 1
What can you do about oil in your ditch following a natural disaster when traditional resources/normal pathways are not available? @laurel_mire over 2 years ago 10
EVENT: Wondering about Wastewater? Join us for a series of events to wrap up Public Lab’s latest research area review! @bhamster over 2 years ago 8
I asked an environmental planner, “What do you want people to know about stormwater?” @bhamster over 2 years ago 0
How to report pollution entering your local stormwater system in the US @bhamster over 2 years ago 5
Post your photos of possible wastewater pollution! / ¡Postea tus fotos de aguas posiblemente residuales! 📷 @bhamster over 2 years ago 2
¿Cómo detectar abrillantadores ópticos (aguas residuales) yendo a un río? / How to detect optical brighteners (wastewater) going to a river? @alejobonifacio over 2 years ago 7
Reviewing and refreshing the topic of wastewater @bhamster over 2 years ago 1
Event! Welcome to a public research area review on wastewater, July 27 @bhamster over 2 years ago 9
Summary of Water and Water community call @alejobonifacio over 2 years ago 0
Potholes in New Orleans Annotated Map Update @Rgaude almost 3 years ago 0
Potholes in New Orleans Balloon Mapping Experience @Rgaude almost 3 years ago 0
MapKnitter map of STEM Magnet Program for New Orleans Pothole Research @Rgaude almost 3 years ago 0
Cleaning Storm Drains @LivingstonChangeMakerClub almost 3 years ago 4
Seeking a Water Research Curation Fellow @bhamster almost 3 years ago 0
What actions can residents take to use environmental data to make an impact in their community? @jessicac over 4 years ago 4
Rain Garden: Finding a Location @k_c_s over 4 years ago 1
Environmental Study for flooding in the streets of New Orleans @JumpKitten8683 over 4 years ago 1
Rain-garden research update @TJohnson over 4 years ago 0
Blocking New Orleans Gutters @JumpKitten8683 over 4 years ago 0
Rain Garden and Runoff @k_c_s over 4 years ago 1


Project Pages

New Orleans Flood Sensing Project