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Daylighting: New Life for Buried Streams DLESE Reviewed Collection
http://www.stormh2o.com/november-december-2001/daylighting-culvert-drainage.aspx
From Digital Water Ed Library (DWEL)
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This journal article discusses how exposing creeks, rivers, and stormwater drainage to daylight can improve water quality and hydraulic capacity. Daylighting projects deliberately expose some or all of the flow of a previously covered drainage, offering the potential to recreate wetlands, ponds, and estuaries, and ultimately reducing the levels of organic and inorganic pollutants in the water. The article describes three daylighting projects currently underway in the United States (California, New York and Michigan).
Intended for grade levels:
  • High (9-12)
  • General public
Type of resource:
  • Text:
    • Journal article
Subject:
  • Environmental science
  • Hydrology
  • Policy issues
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright 2000-2001 Forester Communications, Inc.
DLESE Catalog ID: DWEL-000-000-000-402
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 9-12:
      • F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
        • Environmental quality
        • Natural resources
  • National Geography Standards:
    • Environment and society:
      • How human actions modify the physical env.
    • Physical systems:
      • The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface
    • Places and regions:
      • The physical and human characteristics of places
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Author: Richard Pinkham
Journal of Surface Water Quality Professionals - Forester Communications Inc