Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID TN_2023_DeVries

Optimizing sampling and processing techniques for improved microplastic source dtermination in Tennesseee waterways

Institute: Tennessee
Year Established: 2023 Start Date: 2023-09-01 End Date: 2024-08-31
Total Federal Funds: $25,999 Total Non-Federal Funds: $41,138

Principal Investigators: Stephanie DeVries

Project Summary: This proposal aims to optimize sampling and processing techniques for microplastic source determination in Tennessee waterways. Microplastics have emerged as a contaminant of concern for freshwater and marine ecosystems, and their abundance., distribution, and sources to streams are not accurately known. The proposed research will measure the abundance and distribution of different types of microplastics in small, medium, and large streams to better constrain their souces in urban and rural watersheds.