Southern California is in the grip of a major drought, yet urban areas throughout the region “throw away” vast quantities of stormwater runoff by letting it flow to the ocean. UCSI is a multidisciplinary team of senior, mid-career, and early-career researchers from across the five southern UC campuses joining forces to catalyze a revolution in the form and function of urban stormwater infrastructure in Southern California and beyond, transforming it from a leading cause of environmental degradation into a multi-functional green system that augments urban water supply, protects human and ecosystem health, minimizes flood risk, and ensures public safety.
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2017 Annual Report: “Fighting Drought with Stormwater”
Overview. Over the past year the MRPI team has met on a near weekly basis to develop coordinated field and research activities, participated in two all-hands-on-deck conferences (one at UCR and one at UCI), and carried out field tours of campus storm water infrastructure at UCSB and UCSD. The planning conferences and weekly meetings allowed …
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UCSI Travels to UC Santa Barbara to Inventory Natural Treatment Systems
A team of MRPI undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs, and faculty converged on UCSB this week to inventory on-campus natural treatment systems. We were really impressed by the scale of the systems, and how well they are integrated into the natural landscape. A big thank you to Professor Trish Holden and UCSB graduate students Marina Feraud …
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Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives
Dec. 12, 2016 – Drought-ravaged California misses out on billions of gallons of freshwater each year, as rain washes into storm drains and out to sea. University of California researchers say it’s time for that to change. Led by UCI civil engineer Stanley Grant, they hope to start a revolution in how urban stormwater is …
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University of California Participating Campuses
Team
Stanley Grant, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
University of California, Irvine
Lisa Levin, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
University of California, San Diego
Richard Ambrose, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
University of California, Los Angeles
Patricia Holden, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
University of California, Santa Barbara
Sharon Walker, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
University of California, Riverside