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Western Kentucky University Stormwater Utility Survey 2024, Warren Campbell
Western Kentucky University Stormwater Utility Survey 2024, Warren Campbell
SEAS Faculty Publications
The main goal of this survey is to identify as many U.S. Stormwater Utilities (SWUs) as possible. Because many stormwater professionals do not have the time to respond to questionnaires, our primary method of identification was Internet searches. We searched key terms such as “stormwater utility,” “stormwater fee,” and “drainage fee.” We scoured online municipal codes such as Municode, AmLegal, Sterling, LexisNexis, General Code, and others. We searched through many city web websites to find utilities. We have also had many people contact me to update fees and identify new utilities. However, the data primarily comes from Internet sources and …
Western Kentucky University Stormwater Utility Survey 2023, Warren Campbell, Emily G. Davis
Western Kentucky University Stormwater Utility Survey 2023, Warren Campbell, Emily G. Davis
SEAS Faculty Publications
The main goal of this survey is to identify as many U.S. Stormwater Utilities (SWUs) as possible. Because many stormwater professionals do not have the time to respond to questionnaires, our primary method of identification was Internet searches. We searched key terms such as “stormwater utility”, “stormwater fee”, and “drainage fee”. We scoured online municipal codes such as Municode, AmLegal, Sterling, LexisNexis, General Code, and others. We searched through many city web websitesing to find utilities. We have also had many people contact me to update fees and identify new utilities. However, the data primarily comes from Internet sources and …
Bibliography, Leslie North
Bibliography, Leslie North
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Bibliography of publications by Leslie North.
Bibliography, Chris Groves
Bibliography, Chris Groves
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Bibliography of publications by Chris Groves.
Ua84 Sigma Chi, Wku Archives
Ua84 Sigma Chi, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the WKU chapter of Sigma Xi.
Ua66/8/2 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Centers & Institutes, Wku Archives
Ua66/8/2 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Centers & Institutes, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about Centers and Institutes administered by the Geography & Geology Department. Including:
- Center for Cave & Karst Studies
- Center for Local Government Services
- Hoffman Environmental Research Institute
- Kentucky Climate Center
- Resources Management Institute
- Small Public Water System Technology Center
Ua66/8/1 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Events, Wku Archives
Ua66/8/1 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Events, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created for Geography & Geology department events.
Ua66/8/3 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Publications, Wku Archives
Ua66/8/3 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Publications, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Publications created by and about the Geography & Geology department.
Ua66/8/5 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Student Organizations, Wku Archives
Ua66/8/5 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Student Organizations, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about student organizations associated with the Geography & Geology department, including the Geography & Geology Club aka Semple Geographic Society.
Ua37/42 Faculty Personal Papers Nina Hammer, Wku Archives
Ua37/42 Faculty Personal Papers Nina Hammer, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Personal papers of Nina Hammer, Bowling Green Business University Registrar 1938-1963; WKU Registrar 1963-1969.
Cars And Karst: Investigating The National Corvette Museum Sinkhole, Jason S. Polk, Leslie North, Ric Federico, Brian Ham, Dan Nedvidek, Kegan Mcclanahan, Pat Kambesis, Michael Marasa
Cars And Karst: Investigating The National Corvette Museum Sinkhole, Jason S. Polk, Leslie North, Ric Federico, Brian Ham, Dan Nedvidek, Kegan Mcclanahan, Pat Kambesis, Michael Marasa
Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications
On February 12th, 2014, a sinkhole occurred at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The collapse happened inside part of the building known as the Skydome and eight Corvettes on display were lost into the void that opened in the concrete floor. In this region of Kentucky, known as the Pennyroyal sinkhole plain, subsidence and cover collapse sinkholes are commonly found throughout the landscape. This iconic karst region in the United States is also home to Mammoth Cave, the longest cave in the world, and thousands of other caves and karst features. Investigation of the sinkhole collapse began …
The Western Kentucky University Crumps Cave Research & Education Preserve, Chris Groves, Jason Polk, Ben Miller, Pat Kambesis, Carl Bolster, Sean Vanderhoff, Beth Tyrie
The Western Kentucky University Crumps Cave Research & Education Preserve, Chris Groves, Jason Polk, Ben Miller, Pat Kambesis, Carl Bolster, Sean Vanderhoff, Beth Tyrie
Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications
Crumps Cave is located about one kilometer northeast of Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Figures 1, 2, and 3). The only known entrance was purchased by Western Kentucky University (WKU) in 2009 through a grant from the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund and the cave is managed as the focal point of a research and education preserve to study a wide range of environmental conditions and dynamics, and their interactions, using high-resolution electronic monitoring along with geochemical sampling, analysis and modeling. Crews from WKU’s Hoffman Environmental Research Institute visit the cave weekly for sampling, data downloading, and equipment maintenance, with a major …
Understanding And Managing Karst Water Resources In Belize: Case Studies Of Both Past And Present In A Changing Climate, Jason S. Polk, Leslie North, Ben Miller, Jonathan Oglesby, Kegan Mcclanahan, Lowell Neeper, Aaron Holland, Bernie Strenecky
Understanding And Managing Karst Water Resources In Belize: Case Studies Of Both Past And Present In A Changing Climate, Jason S. Polk, Leslie North, Ben Miller, Jonathan Oglesby, Kegan Mcclanahan, Lowell Neeper, Aaron Holland, Bernie Strenecky
Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications
Belize is a developing country that faces water resource issues in the forms of both quality and quantity, stemming from a long history of environmental stress and population threats, from the ancient Maya to present. Belize’s karst landscape, which comprises a large part of the country from the coast to the Maya Mountains, is characterized by springs, caves, sinkholes, and aquifers systems formed from the dissolution of carbonate (limestone, dolomite) rock. This research presents several different case studies, spanning from the ancient Maya and issues with drought to modern communities that rely on groundwater resources quickly being depleted. Past drought …
Ua94/6/10 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Carl Ellis, Wku Archives
Ua94/6/10 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Carl Ellis, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Scientific notebooks used by Carl Ellis during his years at WKU.
Ua668/4 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Administration, Wku Archives
Ua668/4 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Administration, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the administration of the Geography & Geology department.
Ua66 2007 Student Awards Ceremony, Wku Ogden College Of Science & Engineering
Ua66 2007 Student Awards Ceremony, Wku Ogden College Of Science & Engineering
WKU Archives Records
Program recognizing Ogden College students with brief list of activities for each student.
Hydrochemical Variations During Flood Pulses In The South-West China Peak Cluster Karst: Impacts Of Caco3–H2o–Co2 Interactions, Chris Groves, Zaihua Liu, Daoxian Yuan, Joe Meiman, Guanghui Jiang, Shiyi He, Qiang Li
Hydrochemical Variations During Flood Pulses In The South-West China Peak Cluster Karst: Impacts Of Caco3–H2o–Co2 Interactions, Chris Groves, Zaihua Liu, Daoxian Yuan, Joe Meiman, Guanghui Jiang, Shiyi He, Qiang Li
Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications
High-resolution measurements of rainfall, water level, pH, conductivity, temperature and carbonate chemistry parameters of groundwater at two adjacent locations within the peak cluster karst of the Guilin Karst Experimental Site in Guangxi Province, China, were made with different types of multiparameter sonde. The data were stored using data loggers recording with 2 min or 15 min resolution. Waters from a large, perennial spring represent the exit for the aquifer's conduit flow, and a nearby well measures water in the conduit-adjacent, fractured media. During flood pulses, the pH of the conduit flow water rises as the conductivity falls. In contrast, and …
Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology
Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by and about the WKU Geography & Geology highlighting activities of faculty, students and alumni.
In-Cave Dye Tracing And Drainage Basin Divides In The Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer, Kentucky, Chris Groves, Joe Meiman, Shannon Herstein
In-Cave Dye Tracing And Drainage Basin Divides In The Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer, Kentucky, Chris Groves, Joe Meiman, Shannon Herstein
Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications
Karst ground-water basin divides are generally depicted as two-dimensional lines on maps, but they are better considered as three-dimensional surfaces within the subsurface. Dye traces are necessary to map out these surfaces and to locate conduits inaccessible to cave surveyors, and are indispensable for understanding the geometry of the complex networks of flow paths through the aquifer. A key reason why the Mammoth Cave System is the world's longest known cave is that its passages extend over several major ground-water basins. The divides between these basins define the drainage system geometry and precise location of them is critical for understanding …
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 35, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 35, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:
- Walsh, Erica. Chris Groves Recovering After Dramatic Cave Rescue – Sides Cave
- Lynch, Caroline. Night-long Rescue Effort Has Happy Ending – Chris Groves
- Youngman, Sam. Students Helping Bowling Green Economic Boom
- Pre-Law Club Hosting Panel
- New Support Group Forming – Eating Disorders
- Hall, Rex. New Traffic Signal Delayed – University Boulevard
- Ragan, Jason. Engineering Program A Step Closer
- Student Government Association Will Benefit from Online Voting
- Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: Virtual Voting
- Kreitzer, Debbie. Opinion Page an Instrument of Gossip
- Van der Meer, Wieb. …
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:
- Karen, Mattias. Professor Trapped in Cave – Chris Groves
- Walsh, Erica. Elections May Go Online – Student Government Association
- Hoang, Mai Beauty King – Matt Curry, Mr. Hilltopper
- Western Grad Places Eighth in Hearst – Matt Batcheldor
- Forensics Team Wins Indiana Tournament
- Moore, Brian. Race Lawsuit File Full of Discrepancies, Contradictions – Robert Dye
- Football Players Deserve Rings
- Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: Football Championship Rings
- Conger, Aaron. Teachers Should Show Compassion
- Chaney, David. Intro to Toilet Flushing – General Education
- Moore, Conrad. Geography, Geology …
Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology
Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by and about the WKU Geography & Geology highlighting activities of faculty, students and alumni.
Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology
Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology
WKU Archives Records
Annual report created by and about WKU Geography & Geology.
Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology
Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology
WKU Archives Records
Annual report created by and about WKU Geography & Geology.
Field Test Of A Calcite Dissolution Rate Law: Fort’S Funnel Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, J. Scott Slunder
Field Test Of A Calcite Dissolution Rate Law: Fort’S Funnel Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, J. Scott Slunder
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The laboratory-derived calcite dissolution rate law of Plummer et al. (1978) is the most widely used and mechanistically detailed expression currently available for predicting dissolution rates as a function of water chemistry. Such rate expressions are of great use in understanding timescales associated with limestone karst development. Little work has gone into the field testing of the rate law under natural conditions.
This work compared measured dissolution rates measured by a crystal weight loss experiment in Buffalo Creek within Fort’s Funnel Cave, which lies within a pristine, forested catchment of Mammoth Cave National Park. Continuous water chemistry sampling over the …
Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology
Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology
WKU Archives Records
Annual report created by and about WKU Geography & Geology.
Measurement Of The Effects Of Food Preparation Activities On The Microclimate Of The Snowball Dining Room Area Of Mammoth Cave, Kelly Kaletsky
Measurement Of The Effects Of Food Preparation Activities On The Microclimate Of The Snowball Dining Room Area Of Mammoth Cave, Kelly Kaletsky
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The stability of Mammoth Cave’s microclimate has never undergone extensive investigation. The Snowball Dining Room area was chosen to measure the microclimate of the cave and to determine if food preparation, human presence and surface temperature variations alter this microclimate. Three portable weather stations containing a temperature / humidity probe, datalogger and microbarograph were placed in various locations along three passageways leading away from the dining room. Readings were taken 24 hours per day for four months. Plotting temperature readings in graph form show a correlation between temperature of the passageway and distance from the dining room.
Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology
Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by and about the WKU Geography & Geology highlighting activities of faculty, students and alumni.
Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology
Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology
WKU Archives Records
Annual report created by and about WKU Geography & Geology.
Radon Contamination Of Residences In A City Built Upon A Karst Landscape Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, James William Webster
Radon Contamination Of Residences In A City Built Upon A Karst Landscape Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, James William Webster
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that 8 to 12% of U.S. homes have radon concentrations that equal or exceed 4 picocuries per liter (pCi/l). A statewide screening of Kentucky by EPA resulted in an average residential radon concentration of 2.8 pCi/l with 17% of the homes at or above 4 pCi/l. EPA requires routine monitoring and maintenance or worker health records in mines and caves having radon daughter concentrations at or above 0.30 working levels (WL).
Bowling Green is a city located in a karst region of south central Kentucky. Residents of Bowling Green have been subjected …