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M I C H E L L E J O R D A N

Michelle Jordan, MLA, [email protected]

207 610 0885

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EDUCATIONMLA., Masters of Landscape Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Aug. 2011- May 2014B.S., Landscape Horticulture, University of Maine, Orono, ME, Dec. 2009, graduated magna cum laudeCivil Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 2004-May 2005

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCELandscape Architect, Searle and Searle, Providence, Rhode Island, June 2014-Current Developed CD sets for the restoration of historic 19th century landscapes, including Swan Point Cemetery and East Greenwich Free Library.

Intern, Pouder Design Group, New Milford, Connecticut, June 2013-August 2013 Assisted with concept development, model making, and visualizations for a range of projects from campus Master plans to residential homes. Led the design of an affordable housing project in Middletown, NY from concept through construction documents.

Intern, FormTomorrow, Leeds, Utah, June 2012-August 2012 Worked with a team of designers in developing a trail system that negotiated a balance between recreation and ecological restoration. Presented trail to the community and interested government groups. Physically surveyed the Virgin River for damage and encroachment, and collectively covered a total of over 46 miles of the river. Scheduled meetings with the BLM, USFS, Private Owners, the Town Council.

Estate Gardener, Private Residence, Orono, Maine, May 2009-Fall 2011 Constructed a stone retaining wall, diagnosed pest and disease problems, and developed safe action plans for the site.

Project Designer and Nursery Worker, NewLand Nursery, Ellsworth, Maine, April 2010-November 2010 Designed and managed residential gardens. Created bids and kept projects within their budgets. Organized and managed the greenhouse.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCEResearch Assistant, Dept. of Landscape Architecture, RISD, January 2011-Spring 2013 Researched Sri Lankan architecture and landscape architecture for a design studio during winter 2015. Created and edited DESINE-lab’s book “Sri Lanka Analysis: history, economy and architecture.”

Research Assistant, Dept. of Environmental Horticulture, University of Maine, September 2009-January 2011 Worked in conjunction with Engineers Without Borders on a wetland project in Honduras. Tested the effect of effluents on Penstemon barbaris and Canna glauca. Placed Third at the American Society for Horticulture Science Research Competition.

TEACHING EXPERIENCETeaching Assistant Department of Landscape Architecture and Foundation Studies RISD Field Ecology and Site Design Studio & Seminar, Spring 2014; Spatial Dynamics, Spring 2013; Costa Rica Design Build Studio, Wintersession 2013; Design Foundations and Field Ecology, Summer 2012

CONFERENCES AND AWARDSTransparent Ecology, Graduate Thesis Book American Society of Landscape Architects Graduate Merit Award, Awarded June 2014Reinventing Rocky Point, Guest Speaker June 2014 (http://warwickonline.com/stories/Fall-targeted-for-Rocky-Point-openingbut-thats-just-the-beginning,93171)Ruth Fisher Harwood Prize, Awarded 2013-2014Kent Land Trust, Analysis Presentation Spring 2012 (http://www.risd.edu/about/news/2014/natural-alliance/) Landscape Architecture Department Fellow 2011-2014

SKILLS AND TECHNOLOGIESComputer Skills: Adobe Suite, AutoCAD, Rhino, Sketchup, ArcGISHand Skills: Ink, Pencils, Rendering, Model Making

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CONTENTS

transparent ecology (4)ritual infrastructure (16)restoration of remington arms (22)[re]mediating: the mill and the river (32)design principles (38)evolving berm (44)wade+map and leeds creek trail [FormTomorrow] (46)research (48)

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GRADUATE THESIS//FOX POINT PROVIDENCE, RI//NICOLA DE PACE, ELIZABETH HERMAN, ADAM ANDERSON

TRANSPARENT ECOLOGY

ABSTRACT: Urban environments are removed from the sense of vulnerability and powerful dy-namism that is present in the natural environment. Over half the world’s population lives in urban areas. Rural and suburban areas can no longer be relied on to provide ecological function for cities. Simplified urban systems need to be incorporated and expanded to: clean air; filter water; recycle biological waste; and provide habitat for wild-life. Climate change and the shift towards urban dwelling require a change in behavior towards the integration of complex ecological function in cites.

Ecology in the urban context needs to be resil-ient and able to adapt to rapid changes. Design interventions can bolster ecological processes and connect people to their environments. Natu-ral processes operate at many scales. For this thesis, my interest is in how scale (micro sidewalk, mid neighborhood and macro region) impacts these processes. The project focuses on engag-ing people through the activation of the urban environment through cracks in borders of cultural and ecological processes. This thesis asks how hydrology can be used to help urban inhabitants extend agency past their property boundaries by utilizing traditional and contemporary techniques of water infiltration typically implemented within the property lines to dissolve the border between property owners and engage them in their water network. It challenges the current top-down ap-proach to stormwater management in the city and proposes a method of activism from homeowners, questioning how the process of design can help urban inhabitants extend agency past their prop-erty boundaries and restore ecological function in their neighborhood.

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TRANSPARENT ECOLOGY BELOW:Conceptual Drawing

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BELOW:Web of Projects

EPA

Save the Bay

Narragansett Bay Commision

City of Providence

Raymond MarshallExecutive Director

Ralph MollisSecretary of State

Michael LewisDirector

Allision HamelEnvironmental Scientist

RIDOTRhode Island Depatment of Transportation

Janet ColtDirector

RIDEMRhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Janet ColtDirector

URIUniversity of Rhode Island Coorpoerative Extension

Lorraine JoubertDirector

NEMORhode Island Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials

Mayor Angell TaverasMayor of Providence

Gina McCarthyAdministrator

Jonathan StoneDirector

Lincoln ChafeeGovernor of Rhode Island

MWHInternational Company

Local non-profit for improving water quality in the Bay

PNPP

Douglas StillProvidence City Forester

Providence Neighborhood Planting Program

Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council

Donald T. BurnsPresident

Local non-profit for improving water quality in the Woonasquatucket River Watershed

Municipal GovernmentState of Rhode IslandMunicipal Government

Local non-profit for improving water quality in the Bay

Rhode Island Land Trust

Chuck AllotDirector

Local land trust for conserving sustainable land conservation

President Barak ObamaUnited States Government

Environmental Protection Agency

NPDES

Margarita ChattertonPermitting

National Pollution Discharge Elimination Service

Clean Water Act1972 act in reaction in polluted water ways

EPA New England Division

Curt SpaldingDirector

Municipal Government

Kate VenturiniOutreach Director

Eric Beck Supervising Engineer

Vanessa VenturiniYouth Environmental Educator

Lisa DeProspo PhiloCommunications Specialist

Megan HigginsCouncil Member

Lisa HollisterCommunications Specialist

CoastkeeperDavid Prescott

Meg KerrTresurer

BaykeeperTom Kutcher

WaterkeeperNational Pogram

Tom ArditoURI Narragansett Bay Campus

Margarita ChattertonSenior Sanitary Engineer

Anne MaxwellChair

CRMCRhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council

Jeff WellsDeputy Director

Green Infrastructure Projects$75,000 for public stormwater projects that can serve as models

Mashapaug PondRoger Wiliams ParkCity streets

Governor Budget$75 million “Clean Water, Open Space and Healthy Communities Bond”

$3 million local open space grants$3 million DEM farmland purchase program$4 million for DEM land conservation and acquisition program

RI BRWCTRhode Island Bays, Rivers and Watersheds Coordination Team ($900,000)

Stormwater managementClimate change adaptationFreshwater ResourcesWater-Relient Economic Development

RI Stormwater SolutionsEducate Rhode Island residents about stormwater

Public CampaignMunicipal OutreachStormwater Policy and PracticesWorkshops

RI Habitat RestorationRestoring habitat in Rhode Island

Restoring HabitatPublic AwarenessImprove Water Quality Restoration Principles

CSO Control Facilities Phase IIIAlternatives to the current CSO project

Green and Sustainable InfrastructureIntergrated Planning Framework

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EPA

Save the Bay

Narragansett Bay Commision

City of Providence

Raymond MarshallExecutive Director

Ralph MollisSecretary of State

Michael LewisDirector

Allision HamelEnvironmental Scientist

RIDOTRhode Island Depatment of Transportation

Janet ColtDirector

RIDEMRhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Janet ColtDirector

URIUniversity of Rhode Island Coorpoerative Extension

Lorraine JoubertDirector

NEMORhode Island Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials

Mayor Angell TaverasMayor of Providence

Gina McCarthyAdministrator

Jonathan StoneDirector

Lincoln ChafeeGovernor of Rhode Island

MWHInternational Company

Local non-profit for improving water quality in the Bay

PNPP

Douglas StillProvidence City Forester

Providence Neighborhood Planting Program

Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council

Donald T. BurnsPresident

Local non-profit for improving water quality in the Woonasquatucket River Watershed

Municipal GovernmentState of Rhode IslandMunicipal Government

Local non-profit for improving water quality in the Bay

Rhode Island Land Trust

Chuck AllotDirector

Local land trust for conserving sustainable land conservation

President Barak ObamaUnited States Government

Environmental Protection Agency

NPDES

Margarita ChattertonPermitting

National Pollution Discharge Elimination Service

Clean Water Act1972 act in reaction in polluted water ways

EPA New England Division

Curt SpaldingDirector

Municipal Government

Kate VenturiniOutreach Director

Eric Beck Supervising Engineer

Vanessa VenturiniYouth Environmental Educator

Lisa DeProspo PhiloCommunications Specialist

Megan HigginsCouncil Member

Lisa HollisterCommunications Specialist

CoastkeeperDavid Prescott

Meg KerrTresurer

BaykeeperTom Kutcher

WaterkeeperNational Pogram

Tom ArditoURI Narragansett Bay Campus

Margarita ChattertonSenior Sanitary Engineer

Anne MaxwellChair

CRMCRhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council

Jeff WellsDeputy Director

Green Infrastructure Projects$75,000 for public stormwater projects that can serve as models

Mashapaug PondRoger Wiliams ParkCity streets

Governor Budget$75 million “Clean Water, Open Space and Healthy Communities Bond”

$3 million local open space grants$3 million DEM farmland purchase program$4 million for DEM land conservation and acquisition program

RI BRWCTRhode Island Bays, Rivers and Watersheds Coordination Team ($900,000)

Stormwater managementClimate change adaptationFreshwater ResourcesWater-Relient Economic Development

RI Stormwater SolutionsEducate Rhode Island residents about stormwater

Public CampaignMunicipal OutreachStormwater Policy and PracticesWorkshops

RI Habitat RestorationRestoring habitat in Rhode Island

Restoring HabitatPublic AwarenessImprove Water Quality Restoration Principles

CSO Control Facilities Phase IIIAlternatives to the current CSO project

Green and Sustainable InfrastructureIntergrated Planning Framework

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LEFT:Photograph of Pamphlet and Booklet

RIGHT:Soil Chart Material Chart

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Sand Sandy Loam Fine Sandy Loam Loam Silt Loam Light Clay Loam Clay Loam Heavy Clay Loam Clay

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Brick Lawn

AsphaltConcrete

LEFT:Timed Water Test on Various Surfaces

RIGHT:Existing Filtration DiagramPossible Filtration Diagram

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Clear River

Branch River

Chepachet RiverWoonasquatucket River

Blackstone River

Blackstone River-West River to Peters River

Miller River

Moshassuck River

Ten Mile River

Palmer RiverBarrington & Warren Rivers

Seekonk & Providence Rivers

Pocassett River

Pawtuxet River Mainstem

North Branch Pawtuxet River

Scituate River

Regulating & Moswansicut Reservoirs

Ponagansett & Barden Reservoirs

Flat River Reservoir

Upper Moosup River

South Branch Pawtucket River Greenwich Bay

Hunt RiverBig River

Queen River

Upper Wood River

Upper Narragansett Bay

Mount Hope Bay

Upper East Passage

Upper West Passage

Lower West Passage

Lower East Passage

Coastal Aquidneck

Sakonnet River

Pottaquamscutt River

Saugatucket River

Chipuxet River

Upper Pawcatuck River

Beaver River

Lower Wood River

Wading River

Southwest Coastal Waters

Point Judith Pond

LEFT:Macro-Watershed

RIGHT:Micro-Watershed

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Western Edge

Central Drive

Central Flow

Upper West

Winter Ice Fracture

Spring Upheaval

Lower East

Upper Driveway Upper East

Lower West

Street Over�ow

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Bioswales

Street Trees

[+] Habitat

[+] Outdoor Space

[+] Border

able to absorb between 300-550 gallons of stormwater

able to absorb up to 1,800 gallons of stormwater

Infiltration

Surface Runoff

Transpiration

Evaporation

Transpiration &

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Bioswales

Street Trees

[+] Habitat

[+] Outdoor Space

[+] Border

able to absorb between 300-550 gallons of stormwater

able to absorb up to 1,800 gallons of stormwater

Infiltration

Surface Runoff

Transpiration

Evaporation

Transpiration &

BELOW:Armstong Street Water Diagram

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This studio celebrated the long and successful history of the Tuileries Garden designed by Andre Le Notre in 1564. The garden has transformed over generations through the influence of landscape gardeners and plan-ners and still remains one of the most successful and active gardens in Paris. The park becomes the backdrop for strolling, looking at art, people watching, eating, sunbathing, reading, playing, sailing boats, listening to music, celebrating, arguing, feeding birds, and contem-plating the sky. The park’s hierarchical framework ties together not only the uses within the park but also into the context of the city. This studio challenged what it means to be an historic park in a contemporary context.

TUILERIES STUDIO//PARIS, FRANCE//SCHERI FULTINEER, ANDREW HARTNESS

RITUAL INFRASTRUCTURE

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RITUAL INFRASTRUCTURE

1563 Original Garden with Boundary Wall

1667 Garden Opened to Public

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BELOW:PerspectiveHistorical Timeline

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13.6 MILLION VISITS TO CATHÉDRALE NOTRE-DAME

8.8 MILLION VISITS TO MUSÉE DU LOUVRE

7.0 MILLION VISITS TO TOUR EIFFEL 5.0 MILLION VISITS TO PARIS PLAGES

306 THOUSAND LIVE WITHIN A MILE OF THE TUILERIES

46.5 MILLION VISITORS TO PARIS

14 MILLION VISITS TO TUILERIES

70 THOUSAND VISITS TO PARIS CINÉMA

1.5 MILLION VISITS TO ARC DE TRIOMPHE3.1 MILLION VISITS TO MUSÉE D’ORSAY

1.8 MILLION VISITS TO GRAND PALAIS

697 THOUSAND VISITS TO MUSÉE DE L’ORANGERIE

3.6 MILLION VISITS TO CENTRE POMPIDOU

summerspring fall winter

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13.6 MILLION VISITS TO CATHÉDRALE NOTRE-DAME

8.8 MILLION VISITS TO MUSÉE DU LOUVRE

7.0 MILLION VISITS TO TOUR EIFFEL 5.0 MILLION VISITS TO PARIS PLAGES

306 THOUSAND LIVE WITHIN A MILE OF THE TUILERIES

46.5 MILLION VISITORS TO PARIS

14 MILLION VISITS TO TUILERIES

70 THOUSAND VISITS TO PARIS CINÉMA

1.5 MILLION VISITS TO ARC DE TRIOMPHE3.1 MILLION VISITS TO MUSÉE D’ORSAY

1.8 MILLION VISITS TO GRAND PALAIS

697 THOUSAND VISITS TO MUSÉE DE L’ORANGERIE

3.6 MILLION VISITS TO CENTRE POMPIDOU

summerspring fall winter

BELOW:Visitors to Tuileries Garden Seasonally and Yearly

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views views

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EXISTING SOLFÉRINO

BELOW:Passerelle Diagram

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EXISTING SOLFÉRINO

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This studio investigated urban public spaces and the restraints of design in the urban context. Lead by Gina Ford and Eamonn Hutton from Sasaki, we focused on the practicality of design and methods that allow a city to do more with less. Through their connections with the City of Bridgeport, we were able to meet with the members of the city government multiple times to de-velop a dialogue about how to tackle some of the issues that Bridgeport faces.

Our site was located at the abandoned Remington Arms campus in Bridgeport, CT located along the Yellow Mill Creek. To the north of the site is a large wooded forest, which is fenced off to the public due to its past use as an ammunition testing ground. Along the southern end of site is the Yellow Mill Creek, an estuary connected to the Long Island Sound, where there are plans to create a river walk. Bridgeport is deciding how to modern-ize itself and provide for its citizens with a very limited budget. The city is seeking innovative ways to provide more recreation space for its constituents with minimal maintenance costs.

CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES STUDIO//BRIDGEPORT, CT//GINA FORD, EAMONN HUTTON

RESTORATION OF REMINGTON ARMS

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RESTORATION OF REMINGTON ARMS BELOW:Site Analysis

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LEFT:Seasonal Maintenance Diagram

RIGHT:Phasing Diagram Yearly Maintenance Diagram

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Phase One (0-7 years): establishing the dialogueretail, train station, meadow, tennis court, basketball court

Phase Two (8-14 years): activating the interiorhigh school, boat launch, sport fields

Phase Three (15-1000 years): connecting to the forestforest, rolling meadow, expansion of courts

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LEFT:Tree Planting Detail

RIGHT:Grading Plan

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BELOW:Rendered Plan

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BELOW:Perspective Along the River

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This studio examined what site and ecology mean in contemporary practice. Rather than limiting ourselves to traditional ‘site boundaries’ we designed at multiple scales, from the more extensive regional scale to the zoomed in scale of the riverbank, where every inch impacts is impacted differently by the water flow.

Our locus was along the Woonasquatucket River corri-dor between Donnigian Park and Waterplace Park. The site was situated between upstream efforts that focus on preservation and restoration and the downstream redevelopment of the waterfront through downtown Providence. Many postindustrial brownfield sites along the river remain vacant due to contamination and the societal shift away from the river in recent generations. Deciding to take a stance on these sites, could offer the public and wildlife a refuge within in the city.

SITE ECOLOGY & DESIGN//PROVIDENCE, RI//SCHERI FULTINEER, LAURA MARETT

[RE]MEDIATING: THE MILL AND THE RIVER

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[RE]MEDIATING: THE MILL AND THE RIVER BELOW:Rendered Plan

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LEFT:Parti Diagram

RIGHT:Social MappingHabitat Mapping

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LEFT:Perspective Along the River

RIGHT:Perspective at the Stormwater Ponds

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This studio explored the principles of design in archi-tecture and landscape architecture. The formal, spatial, and tectonic properties that are inherent in design were found in materials and then translated into paper and finally a structural proposal. The found materials became the starting point for the manipulations and their core principles remained through the various iterations. Window screen offered an opportunity to compress and expand portions of the structure.

DESIGN PRINCIPLES STUDIO//OLGA MESA

DESIGN PRINCIPLES

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DESIGN PRINCIPLES LEFT:Plan Section

RIGHT:Photograph of Model

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LEFT:SectionIdealized PlanTrue Plan

RIGHT:Photograph of Model

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LEFT:Human Scale Charcoal DrawingBuilding Plan Building Section

RIGHT:Photograph of Model

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This wall was designed to decay - rather than trying to preserve the wood the wall is designed to slowly decay and establish an earthen berm. The wall is constructed by a gradient of branch sizes--smaller at the top and larger at the bottom. The smaller pieces will breakdown first and allow ferns, mushrooms and fungi to establish along the top of the berm. Overtime the pile will break-down and become a large earthen berm, filled with lush vegetation that is fertilized by the decaying wood.

TECHNOLOGY AND MATERIALS II//SARA COHEN

EVOLVING BERM

LEFT:Photographs of ModelsTime Diagram

RIGHT:Photograph of Model

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EVOLVING BERM

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This internship focused on design outside of the academic setting. We worked in southwestern Utah creating a trail network for a community and mapping the Virgin River. We met with different government agencies, town councils, and private property owners over the course of the summer to work on not just the design, but how to realize the projects. Working for the nonprofit FormTomorrow enabled us to delve into issues and topics that often draw heated debate in the American West: land rights, water rights, and endan-gered species. A fellow team member and myself pre-sented our findings to the town councils, city planners, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Virgin River Program.

Working on the trail network for Leeds meant look-ing beyond the mining history of the site to expose the ecological, geological, and historical aspects. We met with local historians, geologists, biologists and many other experts to distilled their information into a trail network that highlights the unique history of the area.

For the mapping of the Virgin River as a group we hiked over 46 miles of the river and documented the conditions of the river as we hiked. We developed case studies that revealed the impact of embankments, the spread of tamarisk along the river, and the vitality of the protected portions of the river.

FORMTOMMOROW//SOUTHWESTERN UTAH//PETER STEMPEL*

WADE + MAP AND LEEDS CREEK TRAIL NETWORK

LEFT:Photograph of River

RIGHT:Collage Case Studies Region Mapped

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WADE + MAP AND LEEDS CREEK TRAIL NETWORK

* note: this was a group project: Desiree Gonzalez, Samantha Dabney, Michael Jacobs, Carla Sanchez, Karl Sippel, Dian Jiao, Georges Fischer

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Abstract: Constructed wetlands offer communities, companies and homeowners aesthetically pleasing and effective treatment possibilities for their wastewater. Plant choices play a large role in the success of a con-structed wetland, offering both physical presence and toxin stabilization. The Univ of Maine chapter of Engi-neers Without Borders is working on designing a hori-zontal sub-surface flow wastewater treatment system in Dulce Vivir, Honduras. The plants chosen needed to be native to Central America, and tolerant of both wet and dry conditions, high porosity media, and wastewater exposure. Canna glauca and Penstemon barbaris were grown in closed systems with effluent from the Orono, ME, Wastewater Treatment Plant to simulate the condi-tions of a constructed wastewater wetland with one of the following treatments: 0% effluent, 50 % effluent, and 100% effluent. Salinity (measured as electrical conduc-tivity) increased 61.9% from 0.39 mS·cm to 0.63 mS/cm in 0% to 100% effluent respectively for P. barbaris, and increased 52.9% from 0.37 to 0.70 mS·cm–1 in 0% to 100% effluent respectively for C. glauca. Despite the changes in salinity, all of the plants survived and grew equally well as measured by height, width and root length. The project demonstrated that C. glauca and P. barbaris are good candidates for constructed wetlands through their survival and performance in the experi-ment.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HORTICULTURE SCIENCE//AUGUST 2010

DETERMINING THE POTENTIAL FOR CANNA GLAUCA IN HORIZONTAL SUB-SURFACE FLOW WASTEWATER TREATMENTS

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DETERMINING THE POTENTIAL FOR CANNA GLAUCA IN HORIZONTAL SUB-SURFACE FLOW WASTEWATER TREATMENTS

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Michelle Jordan, MLA, [email protected]

207 610 0885