San Diego State University broke ground Wednesday on the One Water Laboratory in Mission Valley, a facility dedicated to research on sustainable water management. The facility is scheduled to be completed next summer, adjacent to the river park at SDSU Mission Valley. Once it is up and running, SDSU students will be able to gain experience and learn more about watershed science and hydrological systems. … When complete, the One Water Laboratory will include a 480-square-foot modular building and outdoor space using bioretention basins located throughout the river park. … The basins were designed to actively capture and filter stormwater runoff from the surrounding landscape, cleaning it before it flows into the San Diego River and makes its way to the Pacific Ocean.

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