TechTalk – Managing Urban Rainwater with Nature-based Solutions

All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Dr. May Chui, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, HKU
Date: 3rd November 2022 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30pm
Mode: Mixed
About the Tech Talk
All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Dr. May Chui, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, HKU
Moderator: Professor Chuyang Tang, Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, HKU
Date: 3rd November 2022 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30pm
Mode: Mixed (both face-to-face and online). Seats for on-site participants are limited. A confirmation email will be sent to participants who have successfully registered.
Language: English

Engineers traditionally construct networks of drains and pipes to efficiently divert rainwater away from urban areas. However, such conventional approaches do not focus on addressing environmental issues caused by urbanization, such as water quality degradation and reduced groundwater recharge. Nature-based solutions (NBS) are urban rainwater management approaches that support the natural cycle of water and utilize ecosystems’ functions. Commonly used NBS include bioretention cells, porous pavements, and river hyporheic restoration measures. NBS can simultaneously provide multiple benefits in addition to rainwater quantity and quality management, such as promoting biodiversity, increasing aesthetic values, and reducing urban heat island effects. In this TechTalk, Dr. Chui will introduce some NBS and discuss the opportunities and challenges of implementing them in Hong Kong.

Registration
  • The tech talk “Working with Nature to Drain Our Rainwater” will be organized in the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two (G/F, Run Run Shaw Building, HKU) on 3rd November 2022 (Thursday), 4:30 pm.
  • Seats are limited. Zoom broadcast is available if the seating quota is full. 
  • Registrants on the waiting list will be notified of the arrangement after the registration deadline (with seating/free-standing/other arrangement)
  • Please read the Campus Access and HKU Vaccine Pass (https://covid19.hku.hk/announcements/all/2022/04/13776/)

Dr. May Chui

Dr. May Chui is currently an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering of The University of Hong Kong. She has contributed to the sustainable management of stormwater and groundwater. She has also facilitated the conservation of wetlands and rivers in the face of urbanization and advanced our understanding of the interactions between surface water, groundwater and ecology. Further, she has developed various innovative numerical modeling techniques for coupled hydrological and ecological processes. She is currently an executive committee member of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research Asia and Pacific Regional Division (IAHR-APD) and the chairman of IAHR’s Hong Kong Chapter.

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