As Rowan University grew into a large university over the years, numerous pipes carrying runoff from parking lots and buildings to the stream were added. No real design was used in adding the pipes, and they were not placed at the water level.
Water leaving the higher pipe runs down the slope before it reaches the stream.
As runoff runs down the slope it erodes the soil into the water. The soil carries any contaminants, such as oil, with it. The contaminants flow downstream, adding to the problems of Alcyon Lake and the Mantua Watershed. Surveying and Flow Modeling Students will survey the stream and its high and low flows to determine any trouble spots in need of slope stabilization. This project compliments the Alcyon Lake clean-up.