Emerging knowledge on the interrelated roles of fungi, bacteria and plants in soil and water health has implications for almost every field of environmental management. Planting appropriate vegetation has long been established as an environmentally sustainable water treatment technique for stormwater management, while the application of fungi and bacteria is often less explored even though they can improve the health and functionality of plants and soils, making them more tolerant and resilient to environmental extremes. This talk will begin with a discussion of the importance of fungi to the fate, transport and transformation of chemicals in the environment and how they can be utilized in land and water management. This will be followed by a case study of a stormwater treatment basin design in Greenville, SC that will test the use of native plants, fungi, microbial inoculation, and mineral fertilization to enhance the ecological health, resilience and treatment performance of the basin. A collaboration between landscape architects, mycologists and enviromental scientists, this project will explore the use of interdisciplinary applied ecology to achieve contaminant treatment goals while improving biodiversity, enhancing soil health and establishing an aesthetically pleasing park like atmosphere. Projects like this point to the potential of acheiving multiple environmental and cultural benefits as well as performing novel research when designing municipal stormwater infrastructure.

Applied mycology and integrated soil management in stormwater treatment

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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