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Taming the Rains of Climate Change!

July 29, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

How do we improve resiliency to the rains from Climate Change? How do we help the rain nurture instead of decimate our environment? Villanova University has been developing new green means to stem the tide in the Delaware River Basin.  Learn how from Robert Traver, Villanova University Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of the Villanova Center for Resilient Water Systems, and Director of the Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership. Learn how communities and individuals can better understand, support and address our evolving water quality and stormwater management concerns.

This presentation was recorded and we will be available on this page next week.

After more than 20 years of monitoring, researchers at Villanova say the university’s rain garden continued to be effective at soaking up stormwater and preventing pollution from entering waterways. (Courtesy of Villanova University)
Designing a more pervious landscape (courtesy of Robert Traver)
Using highway runoff for rain gardens (courtesy of Robert Traver)

Robert G. Traver, PhD, PE, D. WRE, F.EWRI, F.ASCE

Rob is the Director of the Villanova Center for Resilient Water Systems, the Director of the Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership, and Professor of Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Villanova University. His areas of expertise include Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Flood Control and Water Resources. He has taught courses and conducted research in hydrology, hydraulics, urban Stormwater management and all facets of water resources at Villanova University since 1988. Rob has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Virginia Military Institute, a Masters in Civil Engineering from Villanova University and a PhD from Penn State

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Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association (eastern PA)