Coastal resiliency projects combat erosion on East Coast

Nature-based solutions are being used to combat coastal erosion in two recent projects.
June 9, 2025

Jen Brunton, senior vice president and East water lead at WSP in the U.S., discusses the Living Breakwaters Coastal Resilience Project and the ‘Reefense’ Coastal Restoration Project, their goals and current phases. Brunton also explains why nature-based solutions are no longer "nice to have" and instead an essential part of stormwater management.

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Katie Johns

Katie Johns, editor-in-chief of Stormwater Solutions, graduated from the University of Missouri in 2016 with a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Johns joined the Stormwater Solutions team in September 2019. Johns also helps plan the annual StormCon conference and co-hosts the Talking Under Water podcast. Prior to entering the B2B industry, she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Sarasota, Florida, and a magazine assistant editor in the Chicago suburbs. She can be reached at [email protected].

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