State Water Resources Research Institute Program

State Water Resources Research Institute
2009 State Program Projects

 


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PROJECT TITLE
AK
Study of Streamflow Response to Seasonal Snowcover Change in the Yukon River
AK
The diminishing role of glacier runoff into Eklutna Lake; potential impacts of hydropower and water supply for the Municipality of Anchorage
AK
Impacts of Cold Regions Open Dumps on Microbial Water Quality
AK
Effect of raw water quality and membrane characteristics on membrane fouling and effluent quality for filtration of surface water with high organic matter content
AL
Evaluation of Stormwater Quality Improvement Through Pervious Concrete Pavement
AL
Assessment of Groundwater Flow Paths and Discharge to the Coastal Region of Baldwin County, Alabama to Understand Contaminant Transport Using a Cross-Sectional Groundwater Flow and Transport Model
AL
Understanding the Role of Denitrification as a Mechanism for Nitrogen (N) Removal Along a River Continuum in Central Alabama
AR
Denitrification, Internal N Cycling, and N Retention in River Impoundment Reservoirs
AR
Land-use effects on resistance and resilience of stream metabolism to flood events in Ozark Highland headwater streams
AR
Longitudinal evolution of nutrients in a mixed-use watershed under storm and non-storm flow regimes
AZ
The Ecohydrology and Management of Pinus Ponderosa Forests in the Southwest
AZ
Transport and fate of mercury and other metals in Tucson's urban metropolitan area: Role of watershed sources versus atmospheric deposition
AZ
Mercury Source Fingerprinting in Arid Lands Aquatic Ecosystems
CA Assessing Orchard and Vinyard Irrigation Needs with Thermal Aerial Imagery
CA Reducing Water Use in Naval orange Production with Partial Root Zone Drying - Comparison with Conventional Irrigation at the Same Reduced irrigation Rates
CA Development and Application of the Coupled Vadose Zone-Ground Water Flow Modeling Environment
CA UC Irrigation Water Management - Web-based Research and Information Center
CO Hydrologic Analysis and Process-based Modeling for the Upper Cache la Poudre Basin, Year 2
CO Development of Oilseed Crops for Biodiesel Production Under Colorado Limited Irrigation Conditions
CO Understanding the Hydrologic Factors Affecting the Growth of the nuisance diatom Didymosphenia Geminata in Rivers
CO Developing Barriers to the Upstream Migration of New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) Phase III - Laboratory and Field Evaluations of Mudsnail Response to Copper-Based Materials Under Varied Water Quality Conditions
CO High Resolution Soil Moisture Retrieval in the Platte River Watersheds
CT Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Total Coliforms and E. coli Using SWNT Membrane
CT Optimization of Acidogenic Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment with The Potential for Water Reclamation
CT Evaluation of Turbidity Acidification During Sampling and Analytical Preparation as the Cause of Observed Manganese Anomalies in Drinking Water Wells
CT Stream chemical interactions within the urban environment: assessing the fate of nitrogen and mercury in a stream impacted by combined sewer overflows
DC Modeling Model Uncertainty for Storm Water Quantity and Quality Analysis
DC Clam Active Biomonitoring and POM Passive Monitoring for Anacostia Watershed Contaminant Point Sources
DC Speciation of Some Trioganotin Compounds in Anacostia and Potomac River Sediments using NMR Spectroscopy
DC Development of a Fast Optimization Technique Using Interactive Spatial Join for GIS Application in Water Resources
DC Application of Spatiotemporal Informatics to Water Quality (Phase II)
DC Development of Web-based Rainfall Statistical Analysis Tool for Urban Stormwater Management Analysis (Phase II)
DE Hydrogeologic Characterization of the Potomac Aquifer, Delaware
DE Modeling Hydrologic and Geochemical Effects of Land-Based Wastewater Disposal
DE Evolution of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen (Don) from the Headwaters to the Catchment Outlet: Sources, Variation with Scale, and Differences with Dissolved Organic Carbon
DE Development of an Assay to Monitor the Activity of Fungal Enzymes in Soil
DE Endangered Species on the Delaware River: Ecological, Economic and Institutional Concerns
DE Newly Constructed Wetland Management
DE Direct Contact Membrane Distillation
DE Investigation of Source and Dynamics of Bacterial Contamination in a Coastal Lagoon
DE Physical characterization of infiltration facilities used for disposal of wastewater and stormwater
DE Characterizing the chemistry of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in watershed runoff using innovative techniques
DE A Comprehensive Management Plant to Reduce Nonpoint Pollution of the Cool Run Watershed on the University of Delaware Campus
DEMicrobiome of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica
DE Hydrology of Freshwater Marsh Nature Preserve, New Castle County, Delaware
FL In-Filling Missing Daily Rain Gauge Data Using NEXRAD Rainfall Data
FL Expansion of Measurement of evapotranspiration, recharge, and runoff in a transitional water table environment
FL Evaluation of the Geochemical and Microbial Processes Controlling Arsenic Mobilization during Artificial Recharge (AR) and Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR)
FL Sensitivity Analysis of South Florida Regional Modeling
FL Addition of Ecological Algorithms into the RSM Model
GA Quantification of Vegetative Flow Resistance in Constructed Wetlands
GA Identifying Locations of High Connectivity between Floridan Aquifer Water and Surface Waters at Lineament Intersections with Tributaries of the Lower Flint River
GA Assessing the impacts of a major wildfire in the Okefenokee Swamp on mercury levels in resident macroinvertebrates and mosquitofish
GU Protect Guam's Fresh Water: Taking Personal Responsibility for Pollution, Conservation and Community Action
GUCalibration and Application of LUOM (Luo, ) in Southern Guam Watersheds With and Without Flow Data flow data
GU Reconstructing the Ancient Rainfall-Drought History of Guam
GU Impacts of Land Cover Change on Groundwater Quality in Guam
GU Sustainable Well Yield Determinations Using Conductivity Probes on Active Wells
GU Development of Optimal Operation of Saipan's Water Distribution System Using a Newly Developed Hydraulic Model
GU Influence of Stormwater and Wastewater Discharges on the Distribution and Abundance of Heavy Metals in Sediments from Saipan Lagoon
GU Atoll Water Budget Modeling, Information Transfer and Training for the Federated States of Micronesia
GU Prediction of Flow Duration Curves for Use in Hydropower Analysis at Ungaged Sites in Pohnpei, FSM
HI A decision support tool for managing the pipe network of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply
HI Experimental Study of Humidification-Dehumidification (HDH) Seawater Desalination Driven by Solar Energy
HIAssessing the Influence of Land-Based Discharges (Streams, Storm Drain, Groundwater) on the Concentrations and Ratio of Four Human Pathogenic Marine Vibrio spp. in Four Categories of Coastal Water Environments of Hawaii.
HI Optimal Groundwater Extraction and Water Recycling
IA Biomass Harvest and Nutrient Management Systems Impacts on Water Quality.
IA Time-Series Modeling of Reservoir Effects on River Nitrate Concentrations
ID Community Economic Impacts of Water Transfer in the Magic Valley
ID Modeling Energy Implications of Water Management Decisions in the Upper Snake River Basin
ID Development of a Hydrologic Frame Work and Estimation of the Water Balance in the Mountainous Watersheds of Idaho
IL Nitrate Remeidation by Iron Redox Reactions in Soils
ILAttachement and Transport Mechanisms of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Subsurface Environments: A Multi-Scale Study
IN Remote Sensing of Water Quality Indicators in the Wabash River
IN Fish Responses to Sediment Associated with Increasing Biofuel-related Crop Production in the Wabash River Watershed
IN Environmental Implications of Manufactured Nanomaterials: Silver, Gallium and Indium
IN The Influence of Nonprescription Pharmaceuticals on Aquatic Ecosystems: Direct Toxicity and Indirect Trophic Interactions
IN Hydrology, Substrates and Fish Assemblages of the Wabash River
KS Sediment Baseline Assessment
KY Elemental flow through food webs in restored and reference stream reaches
KY Effects of Roundup exposure on behavior and reproductive function in a pond-breeding salamander
KYTracing the fate of Nitrogen-15 in isotopcially-labeled E. coli and determining fecal indicator die-off rates in an Inner Bluegrass karst basin, central Kentucky
KY Study of turbulent processes driving sedimentation in the rivers of Kentucky
KY Evaluating the impact of hemlock woolly adelgid invasion on headwater streams
KY Impacts of Bush honeysuckle on ephemeral aquatic ecosystems
KYTen year assessment of the Kentucky River Watershed Watch Program
LA Modeling Turbulent Enhancement of Sediment Transport
LA Bayesian Model Averaging for Saltwater Intrusion Management under Model Uncertainty
LA Fecal Coliform TMDL Development for Holly Beach
MA Bacterial Toxicity of Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Adhesion
MA Impact of Nanoparticles on the Activated Sludge Process: Effects on Microbial Community Structure and Function
MA Assessing the Transport and Fate of Effluent Organic Nitrogen in the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound Using Mass-Mapping Proteomics Technology
MACharacterization of Flow and Water Quality of Stormwater Runoff from a Green Roof
MA Acid Rain Monitoring Project (ARM)
MD Nearshore sediment inputs due to shore erosion in the Maryland Chesapeake Bay
MD Low-cost Anaerobic Digesters for Dairy Manure Treatment and Renewable Energy Production
MD Role of Invertebrate Bioturbation in Phosphorus Retention of Agricultural Ditch Soils--Summer Fellowship
MD Correlating Nutrient, Pesticide, and Bacteria levels in the Choptank River--Summer Fellowship
ME Regional Pilot to Reduce Stormwater Polluting Behaviors through Social Marketing as an Environmental Education Tool in the Bangor Urbanized Area
ME Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy as a Rapid, Cost-Effective Method to Monitor and Analyze Low Levels of Pharmaceuticals in Three Maine Rivers.
ME A sequential time-weighted average monitoring approach for monitoring pesticide levels in Maine surface waters.
ME Sustainable water allocation and rulemaking for Maine's surface waters: Adaptation consideration in a changing climate
ME Influences of dissolved organic carbon and iron on phosphorus photochemistry in surface waters
ME Temporal changes of the phosphorus concentration profiles in two Maine lake sediment porewaters using a passive sampling technique.
ME Conserving Significant Vernal Pools through Collaborative Local Initiatives
ME Citizen Science: Solving Groundwater Issues in New England
ME Impacts of White Perch Introductions on Trophic Dynamics: Paleolimnological Record of Zooplankton Grazing and Nutrient Cycling
ME Using GC/FT-ICR MS for the Identification of Disinfection By-products
MI Water Quantity and Water Quality Effects of BMPs Implementation in Urban Areas
MI An Estimation of Self-supplied Residential Water Use in Michigan
MI Community Capacity and Use of Groundwater Information: Social Networks, Coalitions, Abilities, and Stratification in Use of the Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool
MI Natural Resources Integrated Information System
MN Reductive degradation of pesticides: Solid-state and solution-phase dynamics
MN Fate and bioavailability of litter mercury in Minnesota streams and rivers
MN Urban Stormwater Inputs of Perfluorochemicals
MO Visible Light-activated Titanium Dioxide-based Photocatalysts: Synthesis and Potential Environmental Applications
MO Developing Guidelines for Polyacrylamide Use for Erosion and Runoff Reduction
MSAssessing the effectiveness of measures to reduce sediment loads in surface waters using 210Pb activity in lacustrine sediments
MS Influences of Land Surface / Land Use Characteristics on Precipitation Patterns over the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Plain
MS Water quality and other ecosystem services performed in wetlands managed for waterfowl in Mississippi
MS Molecular Identification of Bacterial Communities Associated with Biodegradation of Pentachlorophenol in Groundwater
MT Tracking Human-Derived Nitrogen through Stream Food Webs in a Rapidly Developing Mountain Watershed
MT Organic Wastewater Chemicals in Ground Water and Blacktail Creek, Summit Valley, Montana
MT Quantification of Coal-Aquifer Baseflow in Montana Rivers Using Carbon Isotopes
MT Student Fellowship: Variability in the Characteristics of Wildfire Ash: Implications for Post-Fire Runoff, Erosion, and Water Quality
MT Student Fellowship: A More Efficient Micro-hydro that Utilizes a Tesla Turbine Technology
MT Student Fellowship: Bayesian Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis for Complex Environmental Models, with Applications in Watershed Management
MT Student Fellowship: Tree-ring based reconstruction of Bighorn River Flow During the Last Millennium
NC Protecting Receiving Waters: Removal of Biochemically Active Compounds from Wastewater by Ozonation and Activated Carbon Adsorption Processes
NC Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts for the Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC-8) Basins in North Carolina utilizing Multimodel Climate Forecasts
NC Using PCR-based Methods to Assess Microbial Contamination from Swine CAFOs in Surface and Groundwaters
ND Effects of Iron Bacteria on Subsurface Tile Drains: Influence on Nutrient Transport
NDSource tracking of Cryptosporidium in rural watersheds
ND Polymer Modified Zero-valent Iron Nanoparticles for Arsenic Remediation: Longevity and Ionic
ND Development of GAC-NZVI Adsorbent for Arsenic Removal
ND Interactions Between Microorganisms and Metal Nanoparticles: A New Approach for Groundwater Remediation (Final Phase)
ND Ion Imprinted Polymer for Removal and Monitoring of Arsenic (Phase II)
ND Chemical Fingerprinting of Sediments and Water of the Souris River for Identification of Diffuse Pollution Sources II
ND Fate of Biodegradable Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in Fargo Wastewater
ND Regional Flood Frequency Analysis in the Missouri River Basin Based on L-moments and GLS Regression
NE A Solute Transport System for Systematically Evaluating Remedial Technologies for Chlorinated Solvent-Contaminated Groundwater
NE Understanding Microbial Communities in Hyper Alkaline-Saline Sandhills Lakes as an Indicator of Global Warming
NE Nitrate stimulated oxidative dissolution of U(IV) bearing minerals leading to U mobility in Nebraska groundwater
NH Urbanization Impacts on NH Streamwater Thermal Loading
NH Water Quality and the Landscape: Long-term monitoring of rapidly developing suburban watersheds
NH Water Quality Change-Effects of Development in Selected Watersheds
NH A pilot study of septic impacts on water quality using Boron concentrations and isotopes as a source tracer
NJ Antibiotic pollution of aquatic habitats and impact on the development of environmental pools of resistance in natural microbial communities
NJ A modified photosynthesis process for water purification
NJ Development of a profile SOD measurement technique
NJ Innovative Research and Development for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Waste and Wastewater Management System Design
NJ Development of two in vivo fish assays to study the anti-estrogenic action of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and to evaluate endocrine activity in NJ wastewater effluents
NJ Application of molecular and metabolic biomarkers of anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation as evidence for natural attenuation in New Jersey groundwater samples
NJ Development of a Municipal Scale Water Resources Decision Support System to Assess the Potential Impacts of Development and BMPs
NM Land application of industrial effluent on a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem: Impact on soil physical and hydraulic properties
NV Quagga Mussel Invasion in Lake Mead: Ecological Impact and Containment
NV Estimation of Spatio-Temporal Statistics of Precipitation and Snow-Water Equivalent in the Truckee River Watershed
NV Uncertainty and Sensitivity of Ground-Water Discharge Estimates for the Shrublands in the Great Basin Area
NV Black Carbon in Sierra Nevada Snow: Impacts on Snowmelt and Water Supply
NY Silica dynamics and nutrient retention modeling in the Hudson River Watershed
NY Assessment of drug degradation in New York State waters
NY Restoring access to American eel habitat in tributaries to the Hudson River Estuary: Identifying opportunities and implications for stream communities
NY Performance of a Retrofit Stormwater Treatment System in an Institutional Setting, New Paltz, NY.
NY Investigation of roadside ditches as contributors to in-stream bank erosion, suspended sediment loads, and degraded water quality across New York
NY The fate of non point sources of nitrate in lawn maintenance
OHMonitoring the Role of Biofilm Biopolymers Against Disinfectants in Water Distribution Systems
OH Evaluating Colloid Release from Natural and Model Porous Media
OH Destruction of Cyanobacterial Toxins in Water with Germicidal UV-254 nm-based Homogeneous and Solar-based Heterogeneous Advanced Oxidation Processes
OH Exploring Spatial and Temporal Demand Aggregation on Transport Characteristics in Distribution System Modeling
OK Alternative Water Conservation Policy Tools for Oklahoma Water Systems
OK Stream Depletion by Ground Water Pumping: A Stream Depletion Factor for the State of Oklahoma
OK Quantification of water fluxes and irrigation use through remote sensing
OR Detecting Heavy Metal Contamination in the Umatilla River of Eastern Oregon
OR Vegetation and Soil Processes in Restored Wetlands
OR Synthesis of Traceable Nanoparticles for Studying the Fate and Transport of Engineered Nanomaterials in Aquatic Systems
OR Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD): Developing an Integrated Water Resource Strategy
OR Colloidal transport in variably saturated porous media: A detailed evaluation of colloid mobilization mechanisms
OR Dams and Development: Ecological, Socioeconomic, and Policy Dimensions
OR A Local Assessment of "Abandoned Wells" in Linn and Benton Counties
PA An Emerging Technology for Emerging Contaminants: Biocatalysis of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Wastewater for Beneficial Reuse
PA Characterization, Treatment, and Reuse of Frac Water related to Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing of Marcellus Shale and Natural Gas Exploration in Pennsylvania
PA Stream Storm Flow Dynamics Below Combined Sewer Systems: Human and Runoff Inputs
PA Developing Numeric Criteria to Guide Nutrient Controls for Streams in Pennsylvania
PROpen Pit Quarry Restoration to Bio-Viable Lands
RI Nanosilver-clay composite material as a reactive permeable barrier to control microbiological and chemical contamination in groundwater
RI Rhode Island Clean Drinking Water
RI Sequential Inactivation of Microorganisms in Drinking Water using Ultraviolet Radiation and Residual Chlorine
SC Sediment Pollution Potential Assessment of Abandoned Developments Using Remote Sensing and GIS
SC Developing a theoretical framework for water quality trading in the Saluda-Reedy watershed, South Carolina
SD Development of a Decision Support System for Water Resources Management of Shallow Glacial Alluvial Aquifers: A Laboratory Proof of Concept Study (Year 2)
SD Simulating the Soil Erosion from Land Removed from CRP
SD Determining Soil Moisture and Temperature Condition Effects on Potential Run-Off for Cold Season Manure Application
SD Acidic Leaching Tests to Determine Arsenic Mobility from Concrete-Encapsulated Limestone Waste
TN Effect of Wastewater Strength on Soil Physical Properties when using Subsurface Drip Irrigation
TN Drought Variability in Reconstructed Streamflow
TX Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) at an effluent-dominated wastewater application site: Estrogens, Triclosan, and Caffeine
TXRole of Free-ranging Wildlife in the Deposition of Escherichia coli into a Texas River Floodplain
TX Sources and Risks of Waterborne Pathogens in the El Paso del Norte Region
TX Economic analysis of proposed seawater desalination facility in Brownsville, TX
TX Lake Houston Watershed Water Quality Prediction System
TX Biotransformation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) at an effluent land application site
TX Influence of Land Use and Terrain on Surface Hydrology in Shrink-Swell Soils.
TX Regulated Deficit Irrigation Application and Cotton Production in SW Texas
TX In Situ Groundwater Arsenic Removal using Iron Oxide Coated Sand
TX Ecohydrology of Forested Wetlands on the Texas Gulf Coast
UT Drought Planning Including Carryover Surface Water Storage for a Utah Water Service Provider
UT Increasing Data Accuracy, Reliability, Accessibility, and Understandability to Improve Basin-Wide Water Resources Decision Making
VI Point-of-Entry (POE) Cistern Water Purification Units (CPU) Development
VI Alternative Water Treatment Technologies for An Aquaponic System.
VI Investigation of Sediment Export from St Thomas Watersheds
VT Treatment Solutions to Reduce Nutrient and Bacterial Inputs to Lake Champlain at Shelburne Farms
VT Improvement of Phosphorus Load Estimates through the use of Enzyme-Hydrolysis Measures of Phosphorus Bioavailability
VT Quantifying Sediment Loading due to Stream Bank Erosion in Impaired and Attainment Watersheds in Chittenden County, VT Using Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing Technologies
VT Estimating Soil Phosphorus Concentrations along Erodible Stream Corridors in Chittenden County, Vermont
WA Adaptive Management of Mountain Forests to Prevent Mass Wasting under Climate Change
WA Understanding Controls on Cyanobacteria Blooms: Vancouver Lake as a Model System
WA Influence of Large Wood Addition on Nitrogen Transformations at the Surface water/groundwater interface
WI From Sandbags to Sanity: Lessons from the Midwest Floods of 2008
WI Combination of Co-Precipitation with Zeolite Filtration to Remove Arsenic from Contaminated Water
WI The Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Elevated Groundwater Nitrate Concentrations on Infaunal Invertebrates in the Central Sand Plains
WV (WRI-117) Controlling Phosphate in Agricultural Field Leachate Using Mine Drainage Treatment Ferrihydrite
WV (WRI-119) Development and Presentation of Current Water Quality Data for the Public
WY Integrated Management of Groundwater and Surface Water Resources: Investigation of Different Management Strategies and Testing in a Modeling Framework
WY Detecting the Signature of Glaciogenic Cloud Seeding in Orographic Snowstroms in Wyoming Using the Wyoming Cloud Radar
WY Weather Modification Impacts and Forecasting of Streamflow
WY A New Method for Tracing Seepage from CBNG Water Holding Ponds in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
WY Water Quality Criteria for Wyoming Livestock and Wildlife
WY Detecting the Signature of Glaciogenic Cloud Seeding in Orographic Snowstorms in Wyoming II: Further Airborne Cloud Radar and Lidar Measurements
WY Effects of Warm CBM Product Water Discharge on Winter Fluvial and Ice Processes in the Powder River Basin
WY Characterization of Algal Blooms Affecting Wyoming Irrigation Infrastructure: Microbiological Groundwork for Effective Management

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