Kingwood High School suffered through three major flooding events in three consecutive years – 2015, 2016, and perhaps, most notably during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Following the floods, it became apparent that the school needed to overhaul its flood control efforts. That is where this project came in.
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].
