Abstract
Over the last several decades, stormwater management has evolved dramatically, with increasing interest in green or ecological stormwater infrastructure solutions. This keynote will discuss work examining inventories of stormwater control measures from cities across the US, seeking to understand some of the influences in the variability of preferred features, as well as in potential benefits. The presentation will also highlight work based in Lancaster, PA that seeks to document multiple ecosystem services provided by green stormwater infrastructure, given that functions beyond water quantity and quality management are increasingly of interest to communities.
Dr. Lauren McPhillips is currently an Assistant Professor co-appointed in the departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Agricultural & Biological Engineering at Penn State University. Her work broadly focuses on hydrology, soils, and biogeochemistry in human-dominated ecosystems, with a particular interest in ecological engineering solutions. She has a BS in Science of Earth Systems and MS and PhD in Biological and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University. She was also a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network based at Arizona State University, and has previously worked for the US Geological Survey as a research associate in Reston, VA. For more information, please visit Lauren's website.