State Water Resources Research Institutes 1997 Competitive Grant Awards
The following projects were awarded grants under the fiscal year 1997 Regional Competitive Grant Program. For a synopsis of a project, click on the state abbreviation to the left of the title.
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Table of Contents
| AL | Enhanced Bubble and Wave-Mediated Aeration of Treated and Natural Waters [PDF] |
| AL | Models of Interstate Water Allocations in Theory and Practice [PDF] |
| AR | Investigation of Optimum Sample Number and Timing for Determining Pollution Loads [PDF] |
| CT | A Multiple Study of Vernal Pools: From Leaf Litter to Landscape Level [PDF] |
| DE | The Effect of Biosurfactants on Fate and Transport of Nonpolar Organic Contaminants on Porous Media [PDF] |
| FL | Well-Field Pumping Effects on Isolated Wetlands [PDF] |
| GA | Effects of Sedimentation on Biodiversity in Rivers and Streams of the Southeastern United States [PDF] |
| GA | Development of Efficient Planning and Management Models for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basins [PDF] |
| GU | Development of Guidelines for Rainwater Catchment Systems in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, the State of Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands [PDF] |
| GU | Validation of Soil Leaching Computer Simulation Models to Manage Nitrate Pollution in a Shallow, Calcareous Soil [PDF] |
| HI | Wastewater Treatment for Odor/Nutrient Control [PDF] |
| HI | In Situ Experimental Analysis and Modeling of Diesel Fuel Bioremediation in a Tidally Influenced Aquifer [PDF] |
| IA | Enhancing Abiotic Degradation of Trichloroethylene with Bimetals [PDF] |
| IA | Watershed level Approach to Siting Wetlands for Hydrologic and Water Quality Functions [PDF] |
| IL | Use of Constructed Wetlands to Improve Water Quality [PDF] |
| IL | Controlling Cryptosporidium in Drinking Water Supply for Small Communities [PDF] |
| IN | Restoration of Degraded Midwestern Streams: Implications for Water Quality and Biological Communities [PDF] |
| KS | Phosphorous in Surface Runoff: Best Management Practices and Soil Dynamics [PDF] |
| KY | Natural Attenuations of Trichloroethene in Wetland Soils and Paleowetland Sediments [PDF] |
| KY | Development of a Novel In Vitro Screening Assay for Analysis of Bioavailable Metal [PDF] |
| LA | Cotton-leaf Analytical Test for the Mid-South U.S. to Prevent the Over-Application of Nitrogen Fertilizer [PDF] |
| MA | Watershed Assessment Training Program [PDF] |
| MA | Comparison of Contingent Valuation and Conjoint Analysis for Measuring the Total Economic Value of Water Resources [PDF] |
| MD | Development of a Systematic Approach for Channel Restoration Activities [PDF] |
| ME | A Study of the Effect of Lake-Water Quality on the Prices of Lake-Front Property in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont [PDF] |
| ME | Public Educational Access to Resources on Lakes in Maine: A Proposal to Establish a GIS-Based internet Database for Maine Lakes [PDF] |
| MI | Protecting Water Quality with an Integrated Rural Watershed Analysis System [PDF] |
| MN | Remediation of Atrazine Contamination in Municipal Drinking Water [PDF] |
| MS | Chemical Mixtures: Consequences for Water Quality [PDF] |
| MS | Assessment of Environmental Estrogens in Wastewater: Potential for Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity in Fish [PDF] |
| MT | Getting at Background Chemistry of Mineral Rich Drainages: A Study of Two Montana Mining Districts [PDF] |
| MT | The Fate and Transport of Virus and Bacteria in Groundwater: A Mass Balance Approach [PDF] |
| NC | Biologically Mediated Nitrogen Dynamics in Eutrophying Estuaries: Assessing Denitrification and N2 Fixation Responses to Proposed N Loading Reductions in the Neuse River Estuary [PDF] |
| NC | An Improved Characterization of a Fractured-Rock Aquifer by the Transient Flowmeter Test [PDF] |
| NE | Site Specific Management Strategies for Improving Nitrogen Efficiency Under Furrow Irrigation [PDF] |
| NE | Herbicide Effects on Water Quality in the Great Plains: Mechanisms of Selective Atrazine Toxicity in Freshwater Algae [PDF] |
| NH | Statewide Water Resources Research Conference [PDF] |
| NH | Bacterial and Nutrient Dynamics in Stormwater Control Systems in New Hampshire [PDF] |
| NV | Salinity Management in Western Wetlands: Effects of Irrigated Agriculture on Avian Diversity [PDF] |
| NY | The Development of a Regional Approach to Estimate Low Streamflow Frequency at Unguaged River Sites in the NE U.S. [PDF] |
| NY | Cryptosporidium Parvum: Fate of Oocysts in Soil [PDF] |
| OH | Economic and Hydrologic Analysis of Integrated Wetland Reservoir and Subirrigated Agricultural Production Systems in the Mid-South U.S. to Prevent the Over-Application of Nitrogen Fertilizer [PDF] |
| OH | Degradation of Groundwater Quality from Pumping-Induced Surface-Water Infiltration: Bacterial Contamination [PDF] |
| OK | Geochemical and Microbiological Influences on Terminal Electron Accepting Processes and its Relation to the Biodegradation of Pollutants in the Subsurfaces: A Study of an Aquifer Contaminated by Landfill Leachate [PDF] |
| PA | Evaluating Contributions of Atmospheric Deposition to Nitrate in Mid-Appalachian Streams by Isotrophic Separation [PDF] |
| PA | An Updated Assessment of Acidic Deposition in Pennsylvania [PDF] |
| PR | Recirculation of Leachate Within the Landfill for the Leachate Treatment [PDF] |
| RI | The Feasibility of Cost Sharing in Nonpoint Source Pollution Control [PDF] |
| SD | Geochemistry of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Big Sioux Basin, Eastern South Dakota [PDF] |
| TN | Field-Training of Krypton-85 as an Emerging Tool for Age-Dating Groundwater [PDF] |
| TX | Value Assessments in Surface Water Transfer: Deterministic and Stochastic Issues for Buyer, Seller and Third Parties [PDF] |
| VA | A Framework for Evaluating BMP Effects on N and P Discharges from Watersheds [PDF] |
| VA | Generation of Non-point Source pollution and Flood Waters: Identifying Source Areas From Considerations of Soil Moistures [PDF] |
| VA | An Optimal Rehabilitation Design Model for a Reliable Water Distribution Network System [PDF] |
| VI | Erosion and Sedimentation on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands [PDF] |
| WA | Impact of Climatic Variations on Flood Magnitude and Frequency in Three Hydroclimatic Regions of the Western US [PDF] |
| WA | A Problem-Solving Tool for Mitigating the impact on Water Quality of Management Practices in Small Rural Watersheds [PDF] |
| WI | Use of Specific Sorbents and Rapid Bioassays for Ground-Water Monitoring [PDF] |
| WV | Evaluation of Biocidal Polymers for the Treatment of Domestic Water Supplies: Application of Polymers to the Surface of Carrier Particles [PDF] |
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