Science Café
an informal forum for great fun
and new ideas
Science Café | Beacon
Science Café | Beacon is a newfangled and entertaining series of science-based events designed to identify and demystify the many roles of water in and around our daily lives. An extension of the Clarkson University Science Café Series that launched in the Potsdam area Fall 2009, Clarkson professors, scientists and other knowledgeable guests demonstrate, innovate and interact with Café-goers to create an informal forum for great fun and new ideas. Events will be held in popular bar/restaurants in Beacon, NY with the aim to fascinate regulars+ with topics from: “Beacon, NY: Where Engineers Order Their Water Straight Up” to a musical performance keyed to real-time water data by “the mad scientist of dancefloor jazz” (CMJ) Ben Neill and dream pop vocalist Mimi Goese.
Contact
Terry PlatzBeacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, Clarkson University
tplatz@bire.org
845 838-1600
Beacon, NY:
Where Engineers Order Their Water
Straight Up
Thursday, May 19, 7pm
The Hop Bar/Restaurant
554 Main Street, Beacon
Mt. Beacon Incline Railway Restoration Society (MBIRRS) has challenged students from Stevens Institute of Technology to design a way to send rain uphill to quench Beacon’s thirst. Why? Because while Beacon Reservoir suffers from too little water, limited by elevation and scant recharge from the surrounding watershed, Mt. Beacon’s emergency-access road suffers from too much water; erosion from heavy rains.
The Beacon Reservoir, located in the highlands on the eastern side of Mt. Beacon, is the source for a significant portion of the city's fresh water, yet, its unique location and elevation limits its ability to be naturally recharged from the surrounding watershed. During times of reduced rains, the city of Beacon can easily enter drought conditions. This student project, part of a multi-year partnership with MBIRRS, aims to develop a plan to one day rehabilitate the existing emergency-access road while recharging one of the community's most precious resources.
Witness how engineers are exploring ways to defy gravity on Mt. Beacon with concepts and principals to make every drop count. The Hop, 554 Main Street, Beacon