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Project Description The coastal region extending from the lower Brazos River to east Matagorda Bay has undergone rapid changes in flow and sediment depositional patterns and is confronted by multifaceted challenges including an increasing risk of flooding, excessive sediment deposition, retreat of shorelines, and reduction in freshwater inflow due to industrial and municipal water withdrawal. … Read more

Summary In recent years, severe storms and catastrophic flooding along the Gulf Coast have caused water quality issues in bays and estuaries and contributes to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico through increased nutrient and sediment loads and suppression of oxygen exchange. These events have shown that stormwater and wastewater infrastructures for many coastal and … Read more

Summary Communities along the Texas coast are exposed to the triple threats of storm surge, rainfall-driven flooding, and a rising sea level. Among the most vulnerable infrastructures are the water supply and wastewater treatment systems. During Hurricane Harvey, a number of water supply and wastewater treatment systems and services were disrupted, nearly disrupted, or severely … Read more

This resource includes in-situ, radar, satellite observations of wind, rainfall along the North Carolina coast, and in particular the areas surrounding Albemarle Sound and Pamlico Sound, which encompasses the downstream estuaries of Chowan River, Pamlico River, and Neuse River, during the hurricanes Florence and Michael. To better analyze extreme events such as hurricanes, scientists acquire … Read more