MANEY, BABEY!!! 🐾

sorry for the slow posting, it's been a BUSY month 😭 quick update: I finished grad school !! and somehow the sticker I threw up in the garage I parked in is still up wishing everyone a happy holidays and an excellent maney monday! 😎

I'm a little late getting this posted, but while visiting my bf's family up in Oklahoma we managed to find a little park made from concrete pipe!!!! incredibly fitting since we were out looking for stormwater features for me to take pics of lol

lately I've been reading pretty extensively about the Red River Chloride Control Project, and this week I got the chance to go visit the largest of the few features that were actually constructed: Truscott Brine Lake!

was up in Denton again this weekend to see a friend and spotted these funky little catch basins from Neenah Foundry!

earlier this week I got to attend some floodplain management trainings at the with Dallas Water Utilities, and while I was there I got a closeup look at Baker Pump Station! (which is actually three different pump stations, and is one of six PS along the main west/east levees of the Dallas Floodway)!

good maneing!! it seems I forgot to post abt #maneymonday, kind of in the thick of it rn 😭 so here's wishing everyone a real tampin' tuesday instead!

unfortunately being aware of any environmental issues means you think about politics every time you go outside and kind of want to tear someone’s face off

happy #maneymonday, y'all!!!! pov: we're on a walk and there's a storm sewer cover I NEED to stop and look at (and maybe take a pic of 👀),,,

realizing you can just buy these

I got a little treat for going out and voting last night: some no-dumping inlet covers and ID markers!! I've seen this type of cover used in a few different cities, but this is the first time I've found a custom no dumping marker with an inlet and receiving body ID!! super cool!!!

first #maneymonday of November!! it's finally almost-kinda-sort of feeling like fall, the perfect time to stretch those legs and tamp about in the nearest grassy field!!

went up to the town of Whitewright for a fall festival this weekend and spotted a few silly culverts!! most notably, we found a VERY old concrete arch culvert that seems to be from 1908 beneath a stretch of Dallas Garland & Northeastern RR track!

it seems they strategically placed curb cuts on gutter lines upstream of conventional grey infrastructure inlets (where ROW allowed) so that the GI can capture the runoff/forst pollutant flush from smaller events, and the typical inlets can cover the higher-intensity events!

went up to Denton this weekend with some friends for the Halloween festivities (coffin racing and such)! and spotted a few unusual inlets and some green stormwater infrastructure, I could spend all day stormwater spotting in Denton lol

it's #maneymonday!!! this is your reminder to stop and sniff the fruits (enjoy the little things) today :)

I went to the state fair with some friends this weekend, here’s what I saw!! to start, here’s a silly combo inlet using what appears to be trench drain grates/frames? definitely a custom job 😭

LEGENDARY FIND DURING LAST NIGHT’S WALK: CITY OF DALLAƧ STORM SEWER INLET COVER!!!!!

went on a walk along a trail yesterday and saw lots of swale-based drainage!a couple grate/drop inlets at low points (with tiny little outfalls!) and a pair of curb inlets, one of which had an open back to capture flow from the grass swale behind it!!

they’ll regret that

native plants are important too

went on a walk tonight and saw some sad looking combo inlet grates :( the first one looks like the grate fully failed and they’re just throwing traffic channelizers down there (that one in the structure’s almost 4’ tall!), and the second one lost a vane :(

hi animals on my phone!! been thinking about bringing back my #maneymonday posting perhaps, and would you look at that, it’s today!! happy maney monday y’all :3

Tiny bit too late for this in my timezone but ohh well... Don't forget it y'all! Spread the leggy love!! ❤️❤️❤️

It's International Maned Wolf Day today Have you pet a maned wolf yet? If not, go do it! Doesn't even have to be me!

IT’S INTERNATIONAL MANED WOLF DAY, REJOICE!!!!! 🥳

went to the movies with bf this morning and saw this funky little y-inlet in the parking lot! though I’ve heard drop inlet and y-inlet used fairly synonymously, I definitely think this one’s a better candidate for the y-inlet name since it only had openings on two sides lol

fully had to pull over while driving in Fort Worth this weekend bc this silly little basin with masonry stone facades on the wingwalls to match the roadway walls definitely the spiffiest storm drain outfalls I’ve seen in a while!

went on a walk in Addison today and snapped some neat pics as we went!

ran some errands with the bf after work and spotted a few neat finds today!!

pov: I’m showing you a cool box culvert I found (it’s got skewed wingwalls!!!)

I’ve been convinced to start posting all of the pictures I’ve taken of various bits of water infrastructure, starting with this mature curb inlet and its young

tiny top big pants

my engineering coworker Nick any time i ask him "hey i found this 1918 sewer photograph can you put it into 2025 context?"

Waters leaving the mouth of the Mississippi are co-mingled from waterways that started in Denver, Idaho, New York & South Carolina: it drains all or part of 32 states & 2 Canadian provinces. Total catchment covers 40% of US landmass. Map from American Rivers: www.americanrivers.org/river/missis...

happy ✨ #maneymonday ✨, y’all!!! take a second and check out this silly creature (it will give you one mystery status effect) I got “sudden apple juice craving” 🥰

I’m trying to get the hang of new software (/neg) and I’ve got a final presentation for a school project after work (OUGH)

cold nose gfs ❄️

She’s listening to mitski (her favorite artist)

Whilst we continue to wait for a credible land use strategy. Here’s some helpful guidance on how we could help reduce flood risk catchmentbasedapproach.org/learn/engage...

hope everyone’s having a good first #maneymonday of December!!! it’s finally feeling like winter here, brrrr! 🥶 if your legs are cold, their legs are cold - bring a maned wolf into your home :)

LETS GO! MORE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FURRIES!

just got back from Oklahoma to see my bf’s family for Thanksgiving (as well as some neat stormwater infrastructure while we were there)!! the sloping culvert end sections and cast iron curb inlets were especially interesting to see 👀

my heart goes out to biological wastewater treatment

y’all we are SO back rn!!!!

I love scrolling through bluesky accounts for an hour to try and find all of the critters in my phone damn !!!! anyways, I’m trying to spruce things up here so I can get back to posting abt water soon 😈

My only complaint about my dogs is they bring a big "imminent zombie apocalypse" energy to "meter reader walking through yard" situations.

almost forgot but ✨happy maney monday!!🐾✨ I’m gonna gradually start making this app my main spot hopefully! 👀