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Welcome to Luthy Group
Dick Luthy is the Silas H. Palmer Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, and Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment. His area of teaching and research is environmental engineering and water quality. His research promotes new strategies for urban water systems to achieve more sustainable solutions - especially in regions experiencing chronic water shortages and vulnerabilities to cycles of very low precipitation like the American west and southwest. In related work, his research investigates cost-effective and natural approaches for sediment restoration.
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Recent Publication
- Ashoori, Negin, Marc Teixidó, Stephanie Spahr, Gregory LeFevre, David Sedlak, and Richard Luthy. “Evaluation of Pilot-Scale Biochar-Amended Woodchip Bioreactors to Remove Nitrate, Metals, and Trace Organic Contaminants from Urban Stormwater Runoff”. Water research, May 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.040.
- Wolfand, Jordyn, Carolin Seller, Colin Bell, Yeo-Myoung Cho, Karl Oetjen, Terri Hogue, and Richard Luthy. “Occurrence of Urban-Use Pesticides and Management With Enhanced Stormwater Control Measures at the Watershed Scale”. Environmental science & technology, March 2019. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05833.
- Bradshaw, Jonathan, Mauricio Osorio, Theo Schmitt, and Richard Luthy. “System Modeling, Optimization, and Analysis of Recycled Water and Dynamic Storm Water Deliveries to Spreading Basins for Urban Groundwater Recharge”. Water Resources Research, March 2019. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024411.
- Luthy, Richard, Sybil Sharvelle, and Peter Dillon. “Urban Stormwater to Enhance Water Supply”. Environmental science & technology, February 2019. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05913.
- Bradshaw, Jonathan, Negin Ashoori, Mauricio Osorio, and Richard Luthy. “Modeling Cost, Energy, and Total Organic Carbon Trade-Offs for Stormwater Spreading Basin Systems Receiving Recycled Water Produced Using Membrane-Based, Ozone-Based, and Hybrid Advanced Treatment Trains”. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b00184.