Currents: The latest from Stream Dynamics

WNMU Centennial Dorm got 5 water catchment basins to control up to 60,000 gals of water runoff per year down 10th to West Street and beyond. With the blessings of WNMU Maintenance Dept (permit and equipment) and Silver City Utilities Dept (permit for curb cutting) students of the "Sustainable Design" class put their chosen plan into action. Van Clothier (Stream Dynamics) was brought in as consultant and co-supervisor with class Prof. Patricia Pawlicki. The WNMU Garden Club will come soon and landscape in, around and between the Basins with plants that will utilize the added groundwater. Within the mulched Basins native grass seed will be broadcast to grow between the rocks.

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Major changes proposed for Land Use Code by Van Clothier at Tuesday's meeting included all things water for streets, new building and upgrades.

From Curb Cuts, Catch Basins, Diversion Swales to roof runoff collection for watering landscape these Code proposals seek to radically change how water runoff moves through the community.

According to Mr Clothier "until now most of the City's efforts have been and large amounts of money spent to move runoff into streets, arroyos, creeks then to the desert as quickly as possible and this has to stop".

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