Mat Rogers » Research http://www.matrogers.com/blog Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:28:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 An Engineered Solution to an Engineered Problem http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=405 http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=405#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:27:35 +0000 mat http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=405 The Times-Picayune, an invaluable source for coverage on coastal Louisiana water issues, reports on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to restore sand banks on the Caminada Headlands. The plans involves massive pipelines to pump sand dredged from offshore and from the Mississippi River to build sand bars on the headlands several feet above sea level.

Much like a proposed Delta Bypass, the proposed project is a band-aid to address how engineering projects upstream have prevented the Mississippi River from transporting coast-building sediments to the mouth of the River.

]]> http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=405 0 New water crisis book http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=403 http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=403#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:02:28 +0000 mat http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=403 Alex Prud’homme, author of The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Freshwater in the Twenty-first Century was on the Daily Show last night. He spoke about the failing of environmental regulations/regulators have allowed polluters to flout laws and new pollutants to creep into our water supplies. It was great to hear someone on a popular TV show talk about emerging pollutants and water re-use. Many of the “water crisis” books have been dreadful, but I have hope for this one.

]]> http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=403 0 Revamping flood control http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=400 http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=400#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:27:59 +0000 mat http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=400 In a speech to the Louisiana Farm Bureau, Robert Twiley a wetlands expert at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, talks about rethinking how floods are managed on the Lower Mississippi River saying.

An article in the Lafourche Parish Daily Comet reports “major outlets should be placed along the river system at locations like Davis Pond in Barataria Bay and along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Terrebonne and Lafourche for remaining coastal wetlands to survive.” Full story here.

]]> http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=400 0 Municipal Drinking Water in Cambodia http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=396 http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=396#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:54:50 +0000 Mat http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=396 A story today on NPR’s Morning Edition on the huge success of Cambodian capital Phnom Penh’s success in bringing clean and safe municipal drinking water to the city’s citizens.  Ek Sonn Chan, head of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority has lead the charge to increase coverage of municipal water from 25 percent in 1993 to 92 percent today, regardless of citizens’ economic status.  You can listen to the story via NPR.

]]> http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=396 0 Green builders recognize Natural Water Treatment Systems http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=377 http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=377#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:46:13 +0000 Mat http://www.matrogers.com/blog/?p=377 From a green building professionals blog, an article on using wastewater as a resource and incorporating treatment systems in green buildings.

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