Someone noticed sludge in the Elizabeth River and called it in. Based on the coverage in NJ.com, it looks like someone might have by-passed the sanitary sewage system and released it into a storm sewer catch basin instead. The EPA is investigating.
Using the EPA WATERS tool, we can see what the path might look like:
On Fridays this spring, OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis is hosting free webinars. Here are some topics worth watching for:
A special thanks goes out to Mike Siegel and the Rutgers Cartography Lab. This is a great resource for students and for pros.
Science reports that the US Government now has 10,000 fewer STEM PhDs than it did a year before.
10% of all houses in Canada are in the floodplain, but the maps in Canada are out-of-date. It turns out that the question of whether they should update the maps to a more accurate outcome is being fiercely debated.
Check out this impressive sequence of annual maps designed to tell the evolving story of submarine cables. It would be easy to think that everything has gone to microwave or satellite communications, but these maps show an incredible growth in cables AND do it gorgeously.
England has a town, designed by architect John Simpson, that was started in 1993 and should be completed in 2028. With roughly 5,000 residents, Poundbury is an experiment in planning, design, and social engineering which has been built with support along the way from Prince/King Charles (who studied architecture in school).
