U.S. Geological Survey - State Water Resources Research
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State Water Resources Research Institutes 1996 Competitive Grant Awards
The following projects were awarded grants under the fiscal year 1996 Regional Competitive Grant Program. For a synopsis of a project, click on the state abbreviation to the left of the title.
The Project Abstracts are also available in Adobe® (.PDF) format. If you do not have Adobe® Acrobat® you can download a free copy of Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® here.
Table of Contents
| AL | An Evaluation of Data Needs to Support Flood Frequency Estimation for Regulated Sites [PDF] |
| AR | Effects of Zebra Mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, Infestation on Lake Dardanelle Water Quality [PDF] |
| AR | Vulnerability and Use of Ground and Surface Waters in the Southern Mississippi Valley Region [PDF] |
| AR | Assessing the Effects of a Small Community Using Onsite Waste Water Treatment Systems on Ground and SurfaceWater Quality [PDF] |
| AZ | Enteric Pathogen Reduction by Artificial Wetlands [PDF] |
| AZ | One Thousand Years of Colorado Rive Flow: The Proxy Record of Oxygen Isotopes in Marine Mollusks from the Colorado Delta [PDF] |
| CT | Using a Paleolimnological Approach as a Tool for Protecting, Restoring, and Understanding Aquatic Ecosystems [PDF] |
| DE | Geochemistry, Geostatistics and Hydrology of Phosphorus Losses in Agricultural Drainage in the Atlantic Coastal Plain: Developing Improved Phosphorous Management Practicesfor Surface Water Protection (3 yr) [PDF] |
| GA | Microbial Reductive Dehalogenationof Compounds under Iron-Reducing Conditions [PDF] |
| GA | Protecting High Risk Wetlands in Georgia's Coastal Plain from Anthropogenic Groundwater Pertubations [PDF] |
| GU | Development and Monitoring of Best Agricultural Management Practices to Minimize Nitrate Pollution in a Shallow and Calcareous Soil [PDF] |
| HI | Investigation of Sorption, Desorption, and Bioregeneration of Natural Organic Matter and Pesticides on Granular Activated Used to Treat Contaminated Drinking Water [PDF] |
| HI | Experimental Analysis and Modeling of Diesel Fuel Bioremediation in a Tidally Influenced Aquifer [PDF] |
| HI | A Prototype Swine Waste Treatment and Utilization Plant for the Tropic Hawaii Environment [PDF] |
| IA | Effectiveness of a Constructed Buffer Strip in Capturing Nitrogen in the Midwestern Agricultural Landscape [PDF] |
| ID | Near-Surface Hydrology of the Eastern Palouse Region [PDF] |
| IL | Optimizing Control Strategies for Disinfection By-Products for Small Water Supplies Using Ozone As An Alternative Disinfectant Process [PDF] |
| IL | Novel Molecular-Recognition-Based Sensors for Groundwater Quality Assessment [PDF] |
| IN | Investigation of Three-Point Scheme for Identifying Local and Regional Groundwater Flow Characteristics as Applied to Wellhead Protection and Site Remediation [PDF] |
| KY | Influence of Soil Structural Heterogeneity on Transport of Fecal Pathogens and Solutes within the Vadose Zone [PDF] |
| KY | Spatial and Temporal Variability in Seepage Fluxes Between Contaminated Aquifers and Tributary Streams [PDF] |
| LA | Use of Plant-Based Natual Surfactants and Mineral-Oxide Adsorbants in Soil Remediation [PDF] |
| LA | Cotton-Leaf Analytical Test for the Mid-South U.S. To Prevent Over-application of Nitrogen Fertilizer [PDF] |
| LA | Toxicity of Azadirachtin Insecticide to Selected Saltwater and Freshwater Species in the Southeastern United States [PDF] |
| MA | Effectiveness of Remotely Sensed Lineaments and Outcrop-Scale Fractures in Identifying Bedrock Aquifers in New England (2 yr) [PDF] |
| MA | The Continued Development and Application of Region Hydro-Climatological Models for the Northeast United States (2 yr) [PDF] |
| MD | Interactions Between Estuarine Microbial Biofilms and Trace Levels of Cadmium and Their Combined Effects on Oyster Laval Set and Metamorphosis (1 yr) [PDF] |
| MD | Chromium Oxidation and Reduction Chemistry in Soils (2 yr) [PDF] |
| MN | Particulate Transport of Mercury Through Forested Watersheds [PDF] |
| MN | Assessing the Effects of Land Use on Wetland Quality: Development of Biotic Indicators [PDF] |
| MO | Filter-Adsorbers and Watershed Management for Herbicide Control in Drinking Water: Addressing Small Utilities with Impounded Water Supplies in Midwest Farmlands [PDF] |
| MO | Influence of Soils on Hydraulic and Treatment Properties of Submerged Flow Wetlands [PDF] |
| MS | Enhanced Biodegradation of Organic Wood-Preservative Contaminated Wastewater by Commercial Surfactants [PDF] |
| MT | Evaluation of Processes Controlling Sediment Entrapment by Rangeland Riparian Vegetation [PDF] |
| NC | Microbial Impacts of Animal Wastes on Water Resources [PDF] |
| NC | Utilization of Best Management Practices for the Treatment of AnimalWaste, Sludge, and Herbicides [PDF] |
| NC | Limiting Factors in the Bioremediation of Soil and Groundwater Contaminated with Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PDF] |
| NC | Treatment Technologies for Control of Haloacetic Acids and Disinfection By-Product Precursors as Mandated by U.S. EPA's Disinfectants/Disinfection By-Products and Information Collection Rules [PDF] |
| ND | Influences of Fathead Minnows on Nutrient and Water Quality in Praire Wetlands [PDF] |
| NE | Advanced Assessment for Spot Spraying Plants to Reduce Chemical Input and Improve Water Quality [PDF] |
| NE | Reducing Atrazine Contamination of Interstate Surface Water [PDF] |
| NE | Field Verification of the Dipole Flow Test: A New Approach for the In-situ Determination of Transport Parameters [PDF] |
| NH | An Assessment of Historical and Contemporary Atmospheric Deposition of Mercury to a New Hampshire Watershed and Lake (1 yr) [PDF] |
| NJ | Pollution and Predator/Prey Interaction (3 yr) [PDF] |
| NM | Institutional Adjustments for Coping with Prolonged and Severe Drought in the Rio Grande Basin [PDF] |
| NV | Paleohydrological and Hydro-Climtological Analysis of the Magnitude and Frequency of Large Floods in the Verde River Basin, Central Arizona [PDF] |
| OH | Sunlight Induced Degradation of Agricultural Pollutants in Wetlands [PDF] |
| SC | Assessment of the Effect of Bioturbation on Advective Contaminant Exchange at the Sediment-Stream Interface [PDF] |
| TN | Rapid Detection and Validation of Ecotoxicity in Watershed Drainages [PDF] |
| VA | Sediment Flushing Capabilities of Unsteady River Flows and Effects on Spawning Gravel (2 yr) [PDF] |
| VT | Characterizing Ground Water Flow in a Vermont Upland Basin (1 yr) [PDF] |
| WA | Effectiveness of Irrigation District Conservation Pricing Programs [PDF] |
| WI | Molecular Probes for Human Pathogens in Water and Soils [PDF] |
| WV | Water-Soluble Emissions from Marine Engines (2 yr) [PDF] |
Projects by Year: || 1996 || 1997 || 1998 || 1999 || 2000 || 2001 || 2002 || 2003 || 2004 || 2005 ||
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