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Scholarships -

Each year the Urban Watersheds Research Institute has provided two $2,000 college scholarships to undergraduate engineering students at accredited Colorado Universities.  They are made available through the Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers (CASFM), and the American Public Works Association (APWA), Colorado Chapter. Specific information on applying for these scholarships must be obtained from those organizations.

Research -

The Institute has through 2007 awarded two grants to the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District to help fund the following two projects:

  1. A $10,000 grant to help fund a $97,000 effort to develop whole life-cycle effectiveness of stormwater BMP's. The work is being performed by Colorado State University under an agreement with the District.

  2. A $10,000 grant to help fund a multi-year research project by University of Colorado at Denver to determine what can be mixed with sand and in what proportions to produce more affordable plant growth media for rain gardens (porous landscape detention) that will not only sustain plant growth, but will also maintain high infiltration rates for the stormwater being applied on their surfaces.