Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2008AL68B

On-Farm and Watershed Approaches to Community-Based Nutrient and Pathogen Management

Institute: Alabama
Year Established: 2008 Start Date: 2008-03-01 End Date: 2009-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $24,998 Total Non-Federal Funds: $33,739

Principal Investigators: William Deutsch

Abstract: The researchers will test newly developed technologies and testing equipment, as well as statistically analyze years of data on Alabama lakes to evaluate the development of a citizen monitoring protocol for nutrient testing, and the development of credible surrogates by which citizen monitors can estimate eutrophication of waterbodies.