Author Archives: Kyle

Researchers working on the Savannah River Comprehensive Study reached another milestone recently when they completed modeling for the first four drought operation plan alternatives. The multiagency study seeks to provide a better understanding for the impacts and risks associated with managing water resources in the basin, specifically during droughts when those resources, and thus the … Continue reading »

Over the course of two sun-drenched mornings, Clemson University’s Carolina Clear and its collaborators turned an unattractive stormwater detention basin into a state-of-the-art filtration system that is as pretty as it is environmentally friendly. The small plants in this bioretention cell in Anderson will mature into a beautiful and environmentally beneficial garden in about three … Continue reading »

Judith Martin, aka Miss Manners, starts her responses to readers’ questions with “Gentle Reader,” then dispenses the correct way polite people interact. I won’t pretend to be so genteel, although I do claim to be a Texas gentleman. Today’s post will, however, state my “gentle predictions” on the summer conditions at the Savannah District reservoirs. … Continue reading »