Open AccessIntegration of Education, Scholarship, and Service through Stormwater Management
Author(s) -
Welker Andrea L.,
Wadzuk Bridget M.,
Traver Robert G.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of contemporary water research and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1936-704X
pISSN - 1936-7031
DOI - 10.1111/j.1936-704x.2010.00394.x
Subject(s) - stormwater , scholarship , stormwater management , service (business) , sociology , surface runoff , environmental science , environmental planning , civil engineering , engineering , business , political science , ecology , marketing , law , biology
Education, scholarship, and service are the cornerstones of academia. This paper describes how the design, construction, and research of stormwater control measures on the campus of Villanova University has been used to integrate these three facets of academic life. To date, eleven stormwater control measures have been constructed on Villanova's campus. This paper will focus on how the authors have successfully used three of these stormwater control measures, a constructed stormwater wetland, a rain garden, and a porous asphalt/pervious concrete comparison study, to fulfil the university's commitments to education, scholarship, and service.