Dec 2, 2024 | Green Infrastructure
The public’s awareness of green infrastructure is growing, thanks in part to better understanding the effects that urbanization has on our health and that of our planet. Now, instead of “gray” infrastructure (pipes, roads, and concrete channels) being the only...
Aug 28, 2024 | Case Study
Milltown Dam is located in Chester County, PA, on the East Branch of Chester Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) identified Milltown Dam as hazardous in 2015, and East Goshen Township was tasked...
Aug 20, 2024 | Dam Removal
Throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, and especially in Pennsylvania, relict milldams and low-head dams are coming under scrutiny as dangerous and unnecessary. Many were built over a century ago to provide power, control flooding, or create a reservoir for irrigation or...