eDesign Dynamics

December | 2010
Following a heavy rainstorm, the sight and stench of sewage overspill in the Gowanus Canal is appalling. EDD is working with the Gowanus Canal Conservancy to design and build a bioswale corridor to intercept stormwater runoff, alleviating the volume of stormwater within the combined sewer system that discharges into the Canal. According to a local resident, “if you look at the surface of the canal near the discharge points, there is a really violent upswelling of black sewage from underneath…It’s like a submarine rising up.” Read the full article here.