Source: Jason DeBruyn, WUNC, 12/26/18


On Duke University's campus, near the Washington Duke Inn, there's a wetland area that reduces stormwater flooding and improves water quality. Curtis J. Richardson, director of the Duke University Wetland Center and professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment, spearheaded the project. "We're looking at the water retention pond at the end of the swamp project, which is part of the water restoration, stream and wetland restoration that was done on the Duke campus over the past 10 years," he said.

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