Episode 110: Deploying Nature-Based Water Solutions – The Future Of Water Use In The Southwest
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About Erin English
Erin leads Biohabitats’ visionary Integrated Water Strategies planning & engineering efforts. She applies her background in chemical and environmental engineering with her passion for water and ecology to help clients advance innovation in One Water and nature-based infrastructure.
She has led constructed wetlands, wastewater, rainwater, and water reuse engineering for award-winning projects that have achieved the Living Building Challenge™, Net Zero Water, and that at their core embrace the value of water, ecology and watershed thinking.
Her 20+ years of experience includes landmark high-performance buildings that prioritize water reuse, five of which have been awarded AIA COTE Top 10 recognition. Erin remains committed to the power of living systems to transform our approach to water engineering and infrastructure toward a regenerative future. She is based in Santa Fe, NM.
Topics
- Finding inspiration, immersion: Canyon Tree Frogs in Grand Canyon
- Nature-based water cleaning and recycling
- Partnering with nature to keep more water in rivers and streams
- Big vision for the future with a hopeful sense of urgency
Extra Credit
- Canyon Tree Frogs at Grand Canyon National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park Native Waters Seep Spring Study and Native Waters
- Springs of the Southwest Project
- National Blue-Ribbon Commission for Non-Potable Water Reuse
- Santa Fe River Watershed Association Overview Film
- Treatment Wetlands. Robert H. Kadlec, Scott Wallace, 2nd Edition, 2009
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Jack started Rewilding work as Executive Director of Sky Island Alliance in the mid-1990’s, organizing the Sky Island Wildlands Network design, ripping up illegal roads on forest service lands, installing wolf acclimatization pens on Ted Turner’s Ladder Ranch & conducting howling surveys to help make way for the final stage of the Lobo reintroduction program in the Southwest.
Through the years, Jack has worked with Dave Foreman and the Rewilding Gang to further Rewilding initiatives and education.
