by freshysites | May 22, 2017 | General Resources, Network Blog
“You’re not only the future, you’re also the today,” Catherine Cushway tells her students. I met Catherine and her ninth grade class from C.A. Frost Environmental Science Middle High School at Teen Rally. River Network hosted its first Teen Rally as part of their...
by Maria Brodine | Mar 29, 2017 | General Resources, Network Blog, Outreach & Education, Stormwater & Green Infrastructure, Water Quality
Point and Nonpoint Source Pollution You may have heard the terms point and nonpoint source pollution. To demystify these terms a bit, a point source is a known source of pollutants, such as a factory or a sewer treatment plant. Nonpoint sources are everything else:...
by Maria Brodine | Feb 14, 2017 | combined-sewer-overflows, General Resources, Network Blog, Outreach & Education, Water Quality
How much waste do you produce in a single day? To find out, all you need is a kitchen scale. Over a period of seven days, weigh your garbage and keep a record. How much trash do you, as an individual, produce each week? What about your whole family? What percentage of...
by freshysites | Apr 6, 2016 | General Resources, Network Blog
It really was a “Watershed Awakening”…the growing awareness and eventual decision made by Calvin College to turn its attention to Plaster Creek, the impaired creek that drains the watershed in which the college is situated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Back in 2002,...
