UT scientists look at ways to improve roads so water goes where it should

2-SYDNEY: AS WE AWAIT HEAVY
RAINS... SCIENTISTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARE
LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR
ROADS SO THE WATER GOES WHERE
IT SHOULD.2-ROBERT: KXAN'S
ALYSSA GOARD SHOWS US THE
INDOOR SETUP THEY'RE USING TO
TEST BIG IDEAS.AS RAIN COMES
DOWN OUTSIDE, THE SCIENTISTS
ARE LOOKING INSIDE AT HOW ALL
THE WATER WILL ADD UP. BEN
HODGES/ ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN,
CIVIL, ARCHITECTURAL, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGS
THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD CALL
BYPASS" BEN HODGES SAYS THIS
IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CURB
INLET THAT'S SUPPOSED TO
COLLECT STORM WATER... DOESN'T
THE FACT THAT THIS SYSTEM
COULD NOT CAPTURE THAT WATER,
WHICH UNDER THE DESIGN
CONDITIONS WE THOUGHT IT
SHOULD IT IS S BIT OF A
PROBLEM IT'S A STUDY THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ASKED TO DO IN HIS FULL SIZE
MODEL OF A ONE LANE ROAD WAY
"SO WE CAN MAKE IT GO EITHER
DIRECTION"HE FOUND THAT THE
LONGER, MORE SPACED OUT DRAINS
WE ALREADY HAVE ARE CHEAPER...
BUT LESS EFFECTIVE. HIS TESTS
SHOW SHORTER, AND MORE
FREQUENT OPENINGS WILL PREVENT
FLOODING BETTER. WE HAVE
LEGACY INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT WE
HAVE STORM WATER SYSTEMS THAT
WERE DESIGNED SOMETIMES IN THE
1960'S AND THE 1970'S THAT
REALLY ARE INSUFFICIENT FOR
OUR NEEDSHIS LAB THINKS THE
STATE WILL HAVE TO START WITH
CHANGES TO NEW ROADS. AND
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO MIOVE TO
TEXAS I DONT THINK YOU'LL STOP
THAT FROM HAPPENING SO WE'RE
GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
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UT scientists look at ways to improve roads so water goes where it should

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