Bill Hunt
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished University Professor & Extension Specialist
Professional Engineer
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Dr. William F. Hunt III is a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished University Professor and Extension Specialist in North Carolina State University’s Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. Hunt holds degrees in Civil Engineering (NCSU, B.S., 1994), Economics (NCSU, B.S., 1995), Biological & Agricultural Engineering (NCSU, M.S., 1997) and Agricultural & Biological Engineering, (Penn State, Ph.D., 2003).
Since 2000, Hunt has assisted with the design, installation, and/or monitoring of over 150 stormwater control measures (SCMs), including bioretention, stormwater wetlands, innovative wet ponds, green roofs, permeable pavement, water harvesting/cistern systems and level spreaders. He teaches 20-25 short courses and workshops each year on stormwater design, function, and maintenance throughout North Carolina and the United States.
Hunt is an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), where he serves on the Urban Water Resources Research Council, the LID committee, and is co-chair of the Bioretention Task Committee. He was chair of the 2nd National LID Conference held in Wilmington, NC, in March 2007 and co-chaired the same conference in Philadelphia in September 2011.
Education
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
North Carolina State University
Economics
North Carolina State University
Civil Engineering
North Carolina State University
Research Description
Stormwater management, and low impact development and green infrastructure
Honors and Awards
- William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, 2015
- Blue-Green Innovator of the Year in NC, 2014
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Young Extension Award, 2008
- Inducted into the Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension (AOFEE), 2007
- Governor's Award for Water Conservationist of the Year, NC Wildlife Foundation, 2007
- NC State Alumni Outstanding Extension and Outreach Award, 2007
- Outstanding Extension Specialist for NCSU and NCA&T for support of county programs from the NCSU Association of Extension Specialists, 2007
Publications
- The potential to manage releases of Bacillus anthracis using bioretention and a high flow media filter: Results of simulated runoff testing with tracer spores Bacillus globigii
- Boening-Ulman, K. M., Mikelonis, A. M., Heckman, J. L., Calfee, M. W., Ratliff, K., Youn, S., … Winston, R. J. (2024), JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120286
- EVALUATING THE OCCURRENCE AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF MOSQUITOES IN RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS
- Gee, K. D. B., Dobyns, K., Gage, K., Woodward, M., Hunt, W., Kennedy, S., & Lehr, D. (2022), JOURNAL OF THE ASABE, 65(6), 1475–1487. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.15189
- Effect of Visibility on Maintenance Investment and Consequent Performance of Urban Stormwater Control Measures
- Moin, S., Hunt, W. F., Birgand, F., & Ratzlaff, S. (2022), JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE WATER IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.0000975
- Fine scale hydrologic modelling of bioretention using DRAINMOD-urban: Verifying performance across multiple systems
- Diab, G., Hathaway, J. M., Lisenbee, W. A., Brown, R. A., & Hunt, W. F. (2022), JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128571
- A Comparison of Methods to Address Anaerobic Conditions in Rainwater Harvesting Systems
- Gee, K. D. B., Schimoler, D., Charron, B. T., Woodward, M. D., & Hunt, W. F. (2021), WATER, 13(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/w13233419
- Hydrologic Modeling of Distributed Stormwater Control Measure Retrofit and Examination of Impact of Subcatchment Discretization in PCSWMM
- Shaneyfelt, K. M., Johnson, J. P., & Hunt, W. F. (2021), JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE WATER IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.0000938
- Monitoring the Water Quality Benefits of a Triangular Swale Treating a Highway Runoff
- Luell, S. K., Winston, R. J., & Hunt, W. F. (2021), JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE WATER IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.0000929
- Next generation swale design for stormwater runoff treatment: A comprehensive approach
- Ekka, S. A., Rujner, H., Leonhardt, G., Blecken, G.-T., Viklander, M., & Hunt, W. F. (2021). [Review of , ]. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111756
- Survey of the operational status of twenty-six urban stormwater biofilter facilities in Sweden
- Beryani, A., Goldstein, A., Al-Rubaei, A. M., Viklander, M., Hunt, W. F., III, & Blecken, G.-T. (2021), JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113375
- Designing Dry Swales for Stormwater Quality Improvement Using the Aberdeen Equation
- Hunt, W. F., Fassman-Beck, E. A., Ekka, S. A., Shaneyfelt, K. C., & Deletic, A. (2020), JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE WATER IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.0000886