Project Overview

The UCF Stormwater Lab located on campus has geared its research towards protecting the state's valuable natural resources.   They have housed projects such as the green roof, pervious pavements research, and the notorious rain simulator.  This lab features the largest rainfall simulator in North America and second largest in the world next to Japan's large-scale rain simulator.  The Stormwater Lab has been in operation for 3 years now and they are responsible for testing and evaluating the level of run-off chemicals coming from many different materials.  As Chad Binette, from the UCF news team reported, "The rain simulator allows researchers to study how water falls on different surfaces, how it runs off and how it dislodges particles that can become sediment and clog up drains."