MS4 on Minnesota State University, Mankato

Presenter Information

Juan Lopez, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Location

CSU Ballroom

Start Date

11-4-2017 10:00 AM

End Date

11-4-2017 11:30 AM

Student's Major

Construction Management

Student's College

Science, Engineering and Technology

Mentor's Name

Brian Wasserman

Mentor's Department

Construction Management

Mentor's College

Science, Engineering and Technology

Description

Storm water runoff is one of the leading sources of water pollution. It harms many bodies of water such as streams, rivers, lakes and wetlands. Storm water runoff typically carries pollutants including fertilizers, pesticides, metals, pathogens, oils, litter, sediment and other debris. Industries, urbanized areas, and construction projects are the main sources of pollutants being transported through storm water. Impervious surfaces, typically asphalt or concrete areas, such as streets, driveways, rooftops, parking lots, are the basic characteristics of urbanized areas. Storm water runoff comes in larger quantities and travels quicker from impervious surfaces. Which leads to an unnatural amount of water flowing into rivers, streams, and wetlands. The consequences of this is damage to wetlands, rivers, and streams, including, flooding, erosion, pollutant levels rising. Thus, the reason MS4 is very important in urbanized areas. This poster will focus on MS4 on Minnesota state university, Mankato's campus. The best management practices (BMP) MSU utilizes. How much storm water should be retained, how the storm water is retained, and the route it takes when it is not retained. How MSU utilizes plants towards its advantage, tree trenches, rain gardens etc. Following a controlled experiment illustrating a simplified version of MS4 and how it effects storm water runoff.