The United States Geological Survey Water Resources Research Act Program: Grant Lookup

The United States Geological Survey Water Resources Research Act Program: Grant Lookup
Water Resources Research Act Program
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104b:
Annual Base Grants
104g:
National Competitive, AIS, and PFAS Grants
Year
Institute
Grant Type
Title
Funding
PIs
Keywords
2024
CO
PFAS
Molecular-level investigation of diel cycling on PFAS precursor fate in photosynthesis­ influenced sediments and surface waters
Federal:
$310,000
Non-Federal:
$310,000
Jonathan O. Sharp
water quality, surface water, wetlands, sediments, water supply, treatment, PFAS precursors, quantum chemical computations
2024
IN
PFAS
Microbiome Interactions with PFAS: An Invisible Risk for Wild and Farmed Fish
Federal:
$309,800
Non-Federal:
$379,307
Michael Pfrender
toxic substances, water quality, ecology, pfas, omics
2024
IN
PFAS
Bioaccumulation and effects of PFAS on largemouth bass reproduction
Federal:
$310,000
Non-Federal:
$312,873
Tyler Hoskins
toxic substances, surface water, wastewater, pfas, bioaccumulation, large-mouth bass, toxicity, biosolids, biomarkers
2024
IN
National Competitive
Impacts of hydrologic intensification on the long-term mean water budget in the continental United States
Federal:
$208,047
Non-Federal:
$208,220
Zhiying Li
hydrology, water quality, climatological processes
2024
KS
PFAS
BIOSAFE: Quantifying bioaccumulation of PFAS in photosynthetic organisms for safe reservoir management
Federal:
$310,000
Non-Federal:
$310,001
Justin M. Hutchison
PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, bioaccumulation, microcystis, Anabaena, Dolichospermum, bioconcentration factor, bioaccumulation factor
2024
KY
PFAS
The Effects of PFAS Loading on Biogeochemical Cycling, Fate, and Transport in Wetlands
Federal:
$309,908
Non-Federal:
$309,908
Tiffany L. Messer
PFAS, non-point pollution, nitrate contamination, wastewater, treatment, wetlands, water quality, biogeochemical processes, surface water, water supply
2024
MI
PFAS
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and the microbiome-gut-brain axis: linking microbiome dysbiosis and neurotoxicity in Great Lakes fish
Federal:
$310,000
Non-Federal:
$310,000
Cheryl Murphy
aquatic toxicology, Great Lakes, microbiome, metabolomics, transcriptomics, microbiome-gut-brain axis, PFAS
2024
MN
AIS
Next generation AIS monitoring: Comparing the speed, sensitivity, specificity, cost, and throughput of multiple eDNA detection methods
Federal:
$155,784
Non-Federal:
$155,784
Satoshi Ishii
invasive species, methods, management and planning
2024
MN
AIS
Genomic Surveillance of Zebra Mussel Populations Using Genotyping by Sequencing
Federal:
$347,974
Non-Federal:
$347,974
Daryl Gohl
invasive species, ecology, conservation, genomics
2024
MN
AIS
Optimizing MinION field protocols for detecting aquatic invasive plants in Upper Mississippi River Basin
Federal:
$300,001
Non-Federal:
$300,001
Grant Vagle
invasive species, methods, models
2024
NE
National Competitive
Physics-based crop, soil, and groundwater modeling of nitrate transport to understand and manage groundwater contamination in agricultural regions
Federal:
$310,000
Non-Federal:
$310,002
Abia Katimbo
groundwater nitrate, process-based models, 2DSOIL-crop models, MODFLOW6,conservation strategies
2024
NV
National Competitive
Flooding Frequency and Severity across the Wildfire Continuum throughout the Western United States.
Federal:
$296,458
Non-Federal:
$296,458
Guo Yu
hydrology, floods, models
2024
OK
AIS
Next-Generation Monitoring: Satellite Remote Sensing and eDNA Integration for the Early Detection and Management of Aquatic Invasive Plants in the Upper Mississippi Basin
Federal:
$344,527
Non-Federal:
$344,565
Antonio R. Castilla
aquatic invasive plant species, environmental DNA, freshwater ecosystems, multiscale-remote sensing, qPRC-based eDNA detection, seasonal changes
2024
OR
National Competitive
Integrating USGS NGWOS Observations, Physics-based Hydrology Model and AI/ML Technologies for Accurate and Reliable Streamflow Forecasting
Federal:
$309,995
Non-Federal:
$309,995
Peyman Abbaszadeh
hydrologic modeling, data assimilation, machine learning, streamflow forecasting, floods, streamflow observations
2024
OR
PFAS
From Source to Receptor: PFAS Fingerprints of AFFF, Water, and AFFF-Impacted Fish
Federal:
$309,646
Non-Federal:
$309,646
Gerrad Jones
fish tissue, PFAS, chemical fingerprinting, source tracking
2024
SC
PFAS
How well does Total Organic Fluorine Reflect Total PFAS?
Federal:
$310,000
Non-Federal:
$310,000
Susan D. Richardson
PFAS, total organic fluorine, TOF, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, surface waters, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, LC-MS, GC-MS
2024
SD
AIS
Assessing Preventative Actions and Barriers for Minimizing Aquatic Invasive Species Pathways in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Federal:
$174,399
Non-Federal:
$174,399
Alison Coulter
invasive species, management and planning, conservation
2024
TN
National Competitive
Leveraging Geospatial Data to Explain Urbanization Effects on Flood Response with the Hydrologic-Connectivity-Based Index of Urbanization HCIU
Federal:
$249,680
Non-Federal:
$249,680
Claudio I. Meier
rainfall-runoff, stormwater, land development, curve number, peak flows, urban hydrology
2024
TX
National Competitive
The Vulnerability to Drought, Wildfire, and Climate Change and the Impact of Risk Aversion on the Decision-Making in the South Portion of the Ogallala Aquifer
Federal:
$310,000
Non-Federal:
$310,000
Chengcheng Fei
management and planning, drought, agriculture, risk management
2024
WI
PFAS
Elucidating the health impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on an apex bird predator in the Great Lakes region river systems
Federal:
$310,000
Non-Federal:
$310,000
Gavin Dehnert
ecology, non-point pollution, toxic substances, surface water, water quality
2023
AZ
National Competitive
Developing the Next Generation of U.S. Water Accounts: A Water Tower Methodology for Natural Capital Accounting
Federal:
$215,115
Non-Federal:
$215,115
Benjamin Ruddell
natural capital accounts, system of environmental economic accounting, SEEA, water accounting portfolio, water use, water towers, water use vulnerability
2023
FL
PFAS
Fate, trophic uptake, and toxicity of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Mixtures in a Florida Estuary
Federal:
$277,590
Non-Federal:
$277,609
Katherine Y. Deliz Quiñones
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), sorption-desorption, trophic uptake, ecotoxicology, lipidomic, epigenetics, metagenomics, transcriptomics
2023
IA
National Competitive
Multi-scale spatio-temporal analysis of the U.S. water budget using CONUS404
Federal:
$310,000
Non-Federal:
$310,000
Antonio Arenas
national water budget, bias, uncertainty, high-resolution
2023
ID
National Competitive
Improving hydrological predictions across CONUS through better characterization of below-ground soil-vegetation processes
Federal:
$309,324
Non-Federal:
$309,324
Meng Zhao
hydrology, models, ecology, water quantity, water supply
2023
IN
PFAS
Tracking PFAS accumulation and transfer in Lake Michigan using molecular tools
Federal:
$278,999
Non-Federal:
$279,346
Daniele de Almeida Miranda
toxic substances, biomarkers, maternal offloading, oxidative stress, PFAS, RNA
2023
IN
PFAS
Pre-treatment assisted PFAS analysis in the understudied complex media
Federal:
$255,787
Non-Federal:
$256,709
Linda Lee
methods, toxic substances, sediments, complex media, biota, biosolids
2023
IN
PFAS
Bioaccumulation and biosorption of PFAS and their precursors in the environment
Federal:
$279,000
Non-Federal:
$279,203
Zhi Zhou
water quality, toxic substances, non point pollution, bioaccumulation
2023
MN
AIS
Development of new eDNA tools to detect aquatic invasive plants in Upper Mississippi River Basin
Federal:
$229,440
Non-Federal:
$229,440
Lynn Waterhouse
eDNA, early detection, rapid detection, invasive aquatic plants, occupancy modeling
2023
MN
AIS
Go with the flow: hydrodynamic resilience to invasive mussels
Federal:
$278,536
Non-Federal:
$278,536
Miki Hondzo
zebra mussel, dreissenid, turbulence, veliger
2023
MO
AIS
Investigating the effects of turbulence on swimming behavior of advanced carp larvae using laboratory experiments and modeling
Federal:
$217,140
Non-Federal:
$217,140
Binbin Wang
turbulence, invasive carps, larvae, large rivers, echo-hydraulics, swimming
2023
MO
PFAS
Occurrence, Bioaccumulation, and Biomagnification of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Wetlands
Federal:
$279,000
Non-Federal:
$279,005
Feng (Frank) Xiao
trophodynamics, trophic transfer, environmental contamination, bioaccumulation factors, trophic magnification factors
2023
MO
AIS
Evaluating the use of side-scan sonar with an N-mixture modeling framework for estimating Silver Carp abundance in the Upper Mississippi basin
Federal:
$104,118
Non-Federal:
$104,118
Allison A. Pease
invasive carp, abundance model, hydroacoustic fish monitoring, detection probability
2023
NE
PFAS
Release, Adsorption, and Biotransformation of Biosolid-Borne PFAS at the Water-Sediment Interface in Agricultural Watersheds
Federal:
$278,969
Non-Federal:
$279,377
Xu Li
release, adsorption, biotransformation, PFAS, biosolids, sediment, anaerobic conditions
2023
NJ
PFAS
Molecular-level investigation of distribution and transformation of per-and polyflouroalkyl substances (PFAS) in aquifers impacted by multiple contaminant sources
Federal:
$279,000
Non-Federal:
$279,001
Mengyan Li
groundwater, PFAS, non-target analysis, biotransformation, adsorption
2023
OH
PFAS
Tracing the Shortest: method development and analysis of ultrashort-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the Ohio River basin
Federal:
$268,288
Non-Federal:
$320,162
Xi-Zhi Niu
ultra-short chain PFAS, mixed-mode liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, solid phase extraction, occurrence, Ohio River
2023
OR
National Competitive
Advancing Partitioning of Water Budget Components in CONUS404 Applications Through Integration of Stable Water Isotope Tracers with USGS Hydrologic Model Outputs
Federal:
$304,474
Non-Federal:
$316,989
Stephen P. Good
2023
RI
PFAS
Atmospheric transport of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and its impact on surface water contamination
Federal:
$276,719
Non-Federal:
$277,068
Rainer Lohmann
PFAS, surface waters, atmospheric transport, volatile precursors, passive sampling, suspect screening
2023
SD
National Competitive
A scalable decision support tool (s-DST) for equitable water resources allocation and management under projected climate
Federal:
$310,000
Non-Federal:
$310,000
Mengistu (Stu) Geza
physically based models, machine learning, integrated models, equity, sustainability
2023
TN
PFAS
Developing a sensor platform for rapid on-site detection of field-relevant levels of PFAS in the environment
Federal:
$279,000
Non-Federal:
$279,912
Jayne Wu
PFAS, on-site sensor, multiplexed detection, surface water, sediment, water quality
2023
TX
PFAS
Biomarker discovery and verification of single PFAS or mixtures effects on estuarine biota
Federal:
$279,000
Non-Federal:
$279,000
David Hala
PFAS, micro-respirometry, bioinformatics, biomarkers, risk assessment
2023
UT
National Competitive
Quantification and Projection of The CONUS Water Budget Using a Hierarchical Modeling System
Federal:
$249,536
Non-Federal:
$250,146
Wei Zhang
water budget, CONUS, soil moisture, runoff, streamflow
2023
VA
National Competitive
Sanitation infrastructure in vulnerable communities: Current and future risks to water security
Federal:
$292,355
Non-Federal:
$292,355
Kirin Emlet Furst
water security, climate change, sanitation infrastructure, socioeconomic, contaminant transport
2023
WI
AIS
Assessing Behaviors of Trout Anglers Related to Aquatic Invasive Species in the Upper Mississippi Basin
Federal:
$130,992
Non-Federal:
$130,992
Tim Campbell, Adam Driscoll, Deidre Peroff
trout anglers, social science, prevention, outreach
2022
CA
PFAS
Fate, Transport and Transformation of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Horizontal Levees
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$266,810
David Sedlak
PFAS, PFAS precursors, Total Oxidizable Precursor Assay, High Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Potable Water Reuse, Biotransformation, Sorption
2022
DE
PFAS
Assessing the transport, transformation, and fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across the land-sea transition
Federal:
$249,486
Non-Federal:
$249,486
Mi-Ling Li
Coastal watersheds, Groundwater, PFAS Partitioning, Sequestration, Salinity, Surface Water, Wetland
2022
IA
AIS
Habitat associations and biotic interactions of invasive Rusty Crayfish to inform risk assessment and management of shallow glacial lakes at the invasion front
Federal:
$122,971
Non-Federal:
$122,972
Michael Weber
Invasive Species, Crayfish, Habitat Associations, Competition, Macrophytes, Upper Mississippi Basin, Aquatic Habitat Management
2022
IL
AIS
Causes and consequences of mollusk invasions throughout the Illinois River watershed
Federal:
$300,000
Non-Federal:
$300,000
Joel Corush
Aquatic invasive species, mollusks, environmental DNA, species co-occurrence, Illinois River
2022
IL
AIS
Habitat selection of juvenile black carp and associated predatory effects on native and non-native bivalves
Federal:
$122,318
Non-Federal:
$122,318
Joseph J. Parkos III
Black carp, bivalves, velocity, substrate, habitat preference, predation risk
2022
IL
PFAS
PFAS transport from contaminated areas to surface waters
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$250,000
David Lampert
PFAS, groundwater-surface water interactions, passive sampling, fate and transport modeling, competitive sorption
2022
IN
AIS
An assessment of three sources of data for predicting the presence/absence and human-mediated spread of AIS throughout the UMRB
Federal:
$286,248
Non-Federal:
$288,177
Paul Venturelli
AIS management, big data, connectivity network, fishing apps, mobile location data, spread, watercraft inspections
2022
IN
PFAS
PFAS Precursor Bioaccumulation and Biotransformation in Agriculturally Impacted Wetland Food Webs
Federal:
$243,721
Non-Federal:
$243,776
Maria Sepulveda
Biosolids, fish, amphibians, invertebrates, plasma, mesocosms, toxicity, community effects
2022
LA
National Competitive
Linking Watershed Phosphorus Discharge and Legacy sediment P to Climate Variability and Occurrence of Harmful Algal Blooms
Federal:
$201,945
Non-Federal:
$201,960
John R. White
watershed nutrients, legacy phosphorus, HABs, nutrient flux, P release methodology
2022
MN
AIS
Predicting from the past - identifying characteristics of invasion-resistant and invasion-prone waterbodies to aid horizon scanning
Federal:
$272,927
Non-Federal:
$272,936
Nick Phelps
climate matching, horizon scanning, invasion risk assessment, machine learning, resistance, targeted management
2022
MN
PFAS
Tracing Atmospherically Deposited PFAS from Source to Sediment in the Great Lakes Region the impacts of PFAS deposition on hydrologic systems
Federal:
$249,977
Non-Federal:
$249,977
Alexander Frie
per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), wet deposition, source apportionment, fate and transport
2022
MN
National Competitive
Field to stream: analyzing the network timescale of sediment transport and legacy phosphorus mobilization
Federal:
$221,897
Non-Federal:
$221,897
Diana Karwan
phosphorous, sediment, legacy, watershed, model
2022
MN
PFAS
Quantification of total PFAS concentrations and PFAS binding using 19F-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Federal:
$169,876
Non-Federal:
$169,876
William Arnold
PFAS, 19F-NMR, total fluorine, quantification, binding, biomolecules, natural organic matter
2022
NE
National Competitive
Linking the riverine microbiome and process rates to ecosystem function in two Nebraska river systems
Federal:
$248,418
Non-Federal:
$248,418
Paul Ayayee
freshwater ecosystem, degradation, microbiome, trophic dynamics, ecosystem process rates
2022
NE
National Competitive
Using a Coupled Surface Water/Groundwater Model Informed by Groundwater Age, Geophysics, and Vadose Zone Coring to Identify Type and Placement of Management Practices to Reduce Legacy Groundwater Nitrate Concentrations
Federal:
$249,977
Non-Federal:
$249,989
Aaron Mittelstet
Legacy nitrate, Age-dating, SWAT-MODFLOW, Climate change
2022
NE
National Competitive
Nitrate loading and legacy effects on nitrogen and carbon cycling in playa wetlands of the High Plains
Federal:
$246,482
Non-Federal:
$246,482
John Hribljan
nitrate, wetlands, playa, nitrogen, water quality, carbon
2022
NH
PFAS
Uptake and bioaccumulation of PFAS and precursor compounds in lake food webs
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$250,000
Celia Chen
per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), aquatic food web, lakes, fish
2022
NY
National Competitive
Remote sensing measurements of water velocity and flux to integrate hydrology with biogeochemical models during restoration of the Herring River Estuary at Cape Cod National Seashore
Federal:
$236,534
Non-Federal:
$236,534
Edwin A. Cowen
estuary hydrodynamics, wetland restoration, biogeochemical fluxes, rating curve
2022
OH
PFAS
Field observations and numerical simulations to enhance the understanding of
Federal:
$234,649
Non-Federal:
$234,712
Andrew May
PFAS, air dispersion, surface deposition, field observations, numerical modeling
2022
OK
PFAS
A Raman Sensor for In-situ Measurement of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Water
Federal:
$236,187
Non-Federal:
$236,235
Binbin Weng
In-Situ, Real-Time, PFAS Sensor, SERS, Raman Spectroscopy
2022
VA
National Competitive
Understanding the drivers of interbasin water transfers to identify and mitigate future conflict
Federal:
$248,458
Non-Federal:
$248,464
Landon Marston
Interbasin Water Transfers, Water Conflict, Agent-Based Modeling, Socio-Environmental Analysis, Water Demand and Supply
2022
WI
PFAS
Quantifying PFAS bioaccumulation and health impacts on economically important plants and animals associated with aquatic ecosystems in the Ceded Territories
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$250,000
Gavin Dehnert
PFAS, Bioaccumulation, Maple Sugar Sap, Wild Rice, Fish, Ceded Territories, Immune Function, Health
2022
WI
National Competitive
Forecasting the impact of climate and nitrate loading changes on nitrate contamination in the Central Sands region of Wisconsin: a tool for local governments
Federal:
$170,208
Non-Federal:
$172,601
David J. Hart, Paul F. Juckem
climate change, nitrate contamination, groundwater modeling, transport modeling
2022
WI
AIS
Do freshwater species invasions alter ecosystem responses to external drivers?
Federal:
$299,974
Non-Federal:
$305,986
Jake Vander Zanden
Aquatic invasive species, nutrient loading, water quality, climate change, rRNA gene sequencing, zebra mussel, spiny water flea, nutrients
2021
CT
PFAS
Quantifying PFAS Fate and Biotransport in Stream-to-riparian Food Webs
Federal:
$249,631
Non-Federal:
$249,631
Jessica Brandt
2021
GA
National Competitive
Monitoring and Modeling Expanding Risk of Hydrilla, Neurotoxic Aetokthonos Hydrillicola, and Vacuolar Myelinopathy.
Federal:
$242,136
Non-Federal:
$242,136
Susan Wilde
2021
IA
National Competitive
Pathways to Exposure to Pathogens During Floods
Federal:
$249,114
Non-Federal:
$253,594
Chris Rehmann
2021
IL
AIS
Enemy of My Enemy?: Ecohydraulic Assessment of Interactions of Multiple Invasive Species in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Federal:
$238,013
Non-Federal:
$238,013
Rafael O. Tinoco
2021
IN
AIS
Freshwater Eco-Hydrological Connectivity : A Transport Network For Invasive Species
Federal:
$244,638
Non-Federal:
$244,647
Antoine Aubeneau
2021
ME
PFAS
Developing and Deploying a Risk Framework for PFAS Management in Rural America: Connecting Predictive Models of PFAS Contamination with Risk Perceptions to Guide Management Decisions
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$257,394
Caroline L. Noblet
2021
MN
AIS
Managing Water Quality and Invasive Plants to Promote Healthy Native Plant Communities
Federal:
$249,988
Non-Federal:
$251,831
Raymond M. Newman
2021
NM
National Competitive
Closing the Supply-Demand Gap for Sustainable Water-use Under Climate Change: Impacts using Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence
Federal:
$249,979
Non-Federal:
$249,979
Hatim M. E. Geli
2021
NV
National Competitive
Use of Viral and Genetic Marker Surrogates to Assess Transport of Human Enteric Viruses in Water Reclamation Systems
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$250,000
Rishi Parashar
2021
OK
National Competitive
Forecasting Harmful Hlagal Blooms Using Molecular Mehods and Unmanned Systems
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$250,000
Mark James Krzmarzick
2021
TN
National Competitive
Increasing Water Treatment Resiliency by Using Natural Flood Records to Reduce the Uncertainty of Water Hazard Predictions Under Changing Climate
Federal:
$88,046
Non-Federal:
$109,879
John Schwartz
2021
VA
PFAS
Characterizing Prevalence and Risk Factors of PFAS in Rural Private and Community Water Supplies
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$250,004
Leigh-Anne Krometis
2021
VT
National Competitive
Multi-modal UAS Sensor System for Harmful Algal Bloom Mapping and Monitoring
Federal:
$106,545
Non-Federal:
$126,000
Tian Xia
2021
WI
PFAS
Quantifying Multi-media Loadings of PFAS in the Great Lakes Basin Using Targeted and Non-targeted Analyses
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$250,000
Christina K. Remucal
2021
WV
AIS
Evaluation of Potential Factors Limiting the Expansion of Invasive Carp in the Ohio and Tennessee-Cumberland River Basins; Lessons to Apply to the Upper Mississippi
Federal:
$151,395
Non-Federal:
$151,763
Brent Murry, Caroline C. Arantes
2020
AZ
National Competitive
In-stream contaminant attenuation by sunlight: benefits for water reuse
Federal:
$243,563
Non-Federal:
$243,564
David Quanrud
2020
IL
AIS
Water Quality as a Deterrent to the Movement of Invasive Fishes in the Illinois Waterway: Implications for the Upper Mississippi Basin
Federal:
$240,624
Non-Federal:
$243,976
Cory Suski
2020
IN
AIS
Using Data from a Popular Fishing App to Predict the Spread of Aquatic Invasives and Identify Characteristics of Resistant/Resilient Lakes in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Federal:
$79,195
Non-Federal:
$84,490
Paul Venturelli
2020
KS
National Competitive
Integrated data science - mechanistic modeling framework to predict cyanoHABS in contrasting freshwater systems
Federal:
$44,193
Non-Federal:
$249,993
Trisha Moore
2020
ME
National Competitive
Using paleolimnological and sedDNA reconstructions to assess links between warmer winters and summer cyanoHABs in Maine's lakes
Federal:
$114,080
Non-Federal:
$116,026
Jasmine Saros
Harmful algal blooms (HABS); cyanobacteria; environmental DNA; paleolimnology
2020
ME
National Competitive
Investigation of Harmful Algal Bloom effects on Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) through Decision Support Tools in Connected Watershed-Estuary Systems
Federal:
$82,685
Non-Federal:
$82,783
Dr. Lauren Ross
Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB); Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP); estuary; freshwater flow; numerical modeling; particle tracking; stakeholder engagement
2020
MN
AIS
Local and Landscape-Level Effectiveness of Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention
Federal:
$242,843
Non-Federal:
$322,614
Nick Phelps
2020
MN
AIS
Quantifying Heterogeneous Impacts of Invasive Zebra Mussels on Walleye Habitat, Food Webs, and Mercury Concentrations
Federal:
$228,183
Non-Federal:
$259,677
G.J. Hansen
2020
MO
AIS
Quantifying the Effect of River Turbulence Associated with Channel-Training Structures on the Transport Processes of Eggs and Larvae of Invasive Carps in Large Rivers of the Mississippi River Basin
Federal:
$200,535
Non-Federal:
$200,535
Binbin Wang
2020
OK
National Competitive
Harmful algal blooms and public safety: a monitoring and research program aimed at understanding cyanobacterial blooms and toxin production
Federal:
$82,245
Non-Federal:
$83,052
K.D. Hambright
Harmful algal blooms and public safety: a monitoring and research program aimed at understanding cyanobacterial blooms and toxin production
2020
WI
National Competitive
Process-Based Prediction of Present and Future Flood Conditions and Uncertainties across the United States
Federal:
$239,885
Non-Federal:
$239,889
Daniel Wright
Floods; Hydrologic Trends; Extreme Rainfall; Hydrologic Processes; Modeling
2019
IN
National Competitive
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – An emerging environmental and human health concern for the Great Lakes?
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$321,742
Dr. Gary A. Lamberti
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS, sportfish, emerging contaminant
2019
KS
National Competitive
Mapping and modeling of interbasin water transfers within the United States
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$250,000
Landon Marston
Interbasin Water Transfers, Hydrologic Modeling, Water Budget, Water Supply and Demand
2019
NY
National Competitive
Characterizing transformation products of organic micropollutants in groundwater and hydrologically connected water supplies impacted by onsite wastewater treatment systems
Federal:
$180,335
Non-Federal:
$181,625
Teng Zeng
Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems; Organic Micropollutants; Transformation Products
2019
WI
National Competitive
Microbial drivers of mercury methylation in freshwater eutrophic systems
Federal:
$221,160
Non-Federal:
$221,160
Katherine D. McMahon
Mercury cycling, microbial ecology, eutrophication, metagenomics
2018
DE
National Competitive
104G: Measurements and Modeling to Improve Prediction of Vulnerability of Coastal Water Resources and Ecosystems to Salinization by Storm Surges and Sea-Level Rise
Federal:
$195,215
Non-Federal:
$195,215
Holly A. Michael
2018
MA
National Competitive
104G: Fate and Impacts of Silver Nanoparticles in Treatment Wetlands
Federal:
$248,201
Non-Federal:
$248,438
Niveen Ismail
2018
MS
National Competitive
104G: Assessing Microplastic Pollution in the Mississippi River System and at Oyster Reefs in the Mississippi Sound Estuary
Federal:
$220,173
Non-Federal:
$220,882
James Cizdziel
2018
WI
National Competitive
104G: Importance of Bioavailability of Multiple Mercury Sources for Environmental Applications of Stable Isotopes
Federal:
$193,831
Non-Federal:
$193,831
James P. Hurley
2017
CA
National Competitive
The Use of NMR Logging Measurements to Estimate Hydraulic Conductivity in Glacial Aquifers
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$253,336
Rosemary Knight
2017
CO
National Competitive
Hydrodynamic-Enhancement of Nitrate Attenuation by Integrating Reactive Biobarriers into Shallow, Open Water Treatment Wetlands
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$287,623
Jonathon Sharp
2017
IA
National Competitive
Fate and Ecological Impacts of Pharmaceuticals in a Temperate Stream Dominated by Wastewater Effluent
Federal:
$249,415
Non-Federal:
$250,109
Gregory H. LeFevre
2016
MT
National Competitive
Using weathering geochemistry to understand the sources of base flow water supply in rivers across mountain-basin transitions in the Upper Missouri Watershed
Federal:
$130,381
Non-Federal:
$130,381
Stephanie Ewing, Robert Payn, James Paces, Rob Striegl
Strontium, uranium, Missouri River watershed, groundwater, baseflow, stream flow
2016
NC
National Competitive
The role of environmental buffers in potable water reuse
Federal:
$109,123
Non-Federal:
$109,123
Olya Keen, Mariya Munir, Michael Meyers
water reuse, environmental buffers, emerging contaminants, antibiotic resistance
2016
NH
National Competitive
Effects of dissolved organic carbon on methylmercury bioavailability in stream ecosystems
Federal:
$126,875
Non-Federal:
$126,877
Kathryn Cottingham, Celia Chen, James Shanley
methylmercury, DOC, periphyton, microbial biofilm, uptake, trophic transfer
2016
NV
National Competitive
Controls on Hydrologic Partitioning, Residence Time and Solute Export in a Snow-Dominated Watershed
Federal:
$249,625
Non-Federal:
$250,783
Rosemary Carroll, Rina Schumer, Christopher Green
residence time; flow paths; TTDs; ParFlow.CLM; snow-dominated catchment; climate change
2016
WI
National Competitive
Detection of sewage contamination in urban areas of the Great Lakes
Federal:
$240,000
Non-Federal:
$250,510
Sandra McLellan, Steve Corsi
sewage pollution, optical sensor technology
2015
CO
National Competitive
Trace Organic Contaminants (TOrCs) in Urban Stormwater and Performance of Urban Bioretention Systems: a Field and Modeling Study
Federal:
$249,960
Non-Federal:
$253,099
Christopher Higgins, Edward Furlong, Terri Hogue, John McCray
urban stormwater quality, best management practice performance, urban hydrology models
2015
IL
National Competitive
Using bioavailability to assess pyrethroid insecticide toxicity in urban sediments
Federal:
$249,329
Non-Federal:
$250,978
Michael Lydy, Amanda Harwood, Kara Huff Hartz, Samuel Nutile
Bioavailability, toxicity, pyrethroid, urban, benthic invertebrates, risk assessment
2015
SC
National Competitive
Human and Ecological Health Impacts Associated with Water Reuse: Engineered Systems for Removing Priority Emerging Contaminants
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$250,771
Susan Richardson, Dionysios Dionysiou, Daniel Schlenk
water reuse, emerging contaminants, advanced oxidation, toxicology
2015
SD
National Competitive
Hydrologic Life Cycle Impact of Mountain Pine Bark Beetle Infestations
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$250,000
James Stone, Scott Kenner, Heidi Sieverding
Mountain Pine Beetle, Watershed Management, Dissolved Organic Carbon, Life Cycle Assessment, Disinfection By-Products
2014
IA
National Competitive
Development of a Comprehensive Hazard to Loss Modeling Methodology for the Residential Damage Associated with Inland Flooding from North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
Federal:
$248,556
Non-Federal:
$249,182
Gabriele Villarini, Jeffery Czajkowski, Erwann MichelKerjan
flood, tropical cyclones, losses, claims, NFIP, inland flood risk modeling
2014
IN
National Competitive
Can there ever be enough? Analysis of the adoption, penetration and effectiveness of urban stormwater best management practices
Federal:
$246,254
Non-Federal:
$246,324
Laura Bowling, Linda Prokopy
stormwater, Best Management Practices, water quality, social norms
2014
MD
National Competitive
Environmental Concentrations and Exposure Effects of Environmental Gestagens on a Sentinel Teleost Fish
Federal:
$238,055
Non-Federal:
$238,811
Edward Orlando, Michael Meyer, Patrick Phillips
Emerging Contaminants, Pharmaceuticals, Wastewater Treatment, Contraceptives, Hormone Replacement Therapy
2014
NE
National Competitive
Nitrate Mediated Mobilization of Naturally Occurring Uranium in Groundwater
Federal:
$230,839
Non-Federal:
$236,661
Karrie Weber, Daniel Snow
nitrate, uranium, groundwater
2014
OK
National Competitive
Hydrogeophysics and Geochemistry of the Boone Aquifer in the Vicinity of the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Ottawa County, OK
Federal:
$86,543
Non-Federal:
$86,543
Kumar Ramachandran, Cas Bridge, Bryan Tapp
Tar Creek Superfund Site, Groundwater geochemistry, Heavy Metal Contamination, Acid Mine Drainage, Electrical Resistivity Tomography
2013
GA
National Competitive
Integrated Hydrogeologic models for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the Southeast US
Federal:
$249,978
Non-Federal:
$257,000
Aris Georgakakos, Jian Luo
2013
ND
National Competitive
Comprehensive Investigation of Hydroclimatic Changes in the North Central United States
Federal:
$121,262
Non-Federal:
$124,521
Wei Lin, Peter Oduor, Karen Ryberg
Hydrology, streamflow, climate, climate change, land use, land use change, land cover, precipitation
2013
WA
National Competitive
Predicting the impacts of climate change on post-fire sediment generation to explore post-fire restoration strategies and associated costs
Federal:
$249,718
Non-Federal:
$251,579
Jennifer Adam, Michael Barber, Barry Green, Balasingam Muhunthan, Molly Wood
extreme hydrometeorological events erosion fire landslide
2012
AL
National Competitive
Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) Dynamics at the Gulf Shores of Alabama: Characterization of Nutrient Loading and Saltwater Intrusion using Numerical Modeling Constrained by Geophysical Field Data
Federal:
$35,885
Non-Federal:
$35,893
Geoffrey Tick, Natasha Dimova
Numerical Analysis, Nutrients, Contaminant Transport, Coastal Zone, Groundwater Hydrology, Submarine Groundwater Discharge, Saltwater Intrusion, Electrical Resistivity and Geophysical Methods
2012
IA
National Competitive
Watershed scale water cycle dynamics in intensively managed landscapes: bridging the knowledge gap to support climate mitigation policies
Federal:
$154,513
Non-Federal:
$155,554
Thanos Papanicolaou, Keith Schilling, Douglas Schnoebelen, Christopher Wilson
Agriculture Surface Runoff and Agricultural Tile Drainage; Land Use/ Land Cover (LU/LC) Changes & Urban Development, Watershed Modeling/Adaptive Watershed Management Strategies, Extreme events
2012
MN
National Competitive
Understanding Pesticide Photolysis in Prairie Potholes for Water Management Strategies
Federal:
$102,681
Non-Federal:
$102,686
William Arnold
indirect photolysis, agricultural drainage, runoff management, reconstructed wetlands
2012
NY
National Competitive
The Remote Monitoring of Surface Velocity, Bathymetry, and Discharge
Federal:
$91,894
Non-Federal:
$91,935
Edwin Cowen
Monitoring, Flowrate, Bathymetry, Surface Water Velocity, Turbulence, Remote Sensing, Quantitative Imaging, Discharge Measurement
2012
OR
National Competitive
Biological drivers of freshwater cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom extremes assessed via next-generation DNA sequencing technology
Federal:
$243,835
Non-Federal:
$246,791
Theo Dreher
Cyanobacterial bloom, microcystin, geosmin, genetic identification
2012
WV
National Competitive
Modeling the hydrologic response in surface mining watersheds with redesigned reclamation practices
Federal:
$224,690
Non-Federal:
$224,802
Leslie Hopkinson, Ben Mack, John Quaranta
fluvial geomorphic landform design, valley fill design
2011
AL
National Competitive
Forecasting toxic cyanobacterial blooms throughout the southeastern U.S.
Federal:
$247,891
Non-Federal:
$262,722
Alan Wilson, Kevin Schrader, Russell Wright
cyanobacteria, blue-green algae, forecasting, toxins, water quality, phytoplankton, modeling, management
2011
CO
National Competitive
Water Quality Impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation in the Rocky Mountain West: Heavy Metals and Disinfection Byproducts
Federal:
$140,162
Non-Federal:
$140,259
John McCray, Reed Maxwell
hydrogeochemistry, water treatment, mountain pine beetle, water quality, public water supplies, disinfection byproducts, metals
2011
IL
National Competitive
Determining the Fate and Toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Associated with Coal-Tar and Other Carbonaceous Material Particles in Urban Lakes
Federal:
$249,949
Non-Federal:
$298,300
Charles Werth, Michael Plewa
Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Urban Lake Sediments, Coal-tar Sealcoat, Fate, Toxicity
2011
KS
National Competitive
Aquifer Storage and Recovery in Near-Surface Aquifers: Development of a New Recharge Approach Using Small-Diameter, Low-Cost Wells
Federal:
$177,336
Non-Federal:
$178,610
Gaisheng Liu, Andrea Brookfield, James Butler, Marios Sophocleous, Donald Whittemore, Andrew Ziegler
Aquifer Storage and Recovery, Artificial Recharge, Direct-Push Technology, Integrated Hydrological Modeling, Recharge Wells, Infiltration Basin and Trench
2011
NJ
National Competitive
Drought and Flood in the Eastern US
Federal:
$249,416
Non-Federal:
$249,416
James Smith, Justin Sheffield, Eric Wood
non-stationary time series, spatial statistics, Delaware River Basin, Potomac River Basin, Catawba River Basin
2010
AZ
National Competitive
Improving Hydrologic Investigations through Multi-Model Analysis and Discriminatory Data Collection
Federal:
$122,136
Non-Federal:
$122,140
Paul Ferre
Hydrology, Monitoring, Modeling
2010
LA
National Competitive
Hierarchical Multimodel Saltwater Intrusion Remediation and Sampling Designs: A BMA Tree Approach
Federal:
$217,645
Non-Federal:
$228,868
Frank Tsai, Jeff Hanor
Remediation Design, Sampling Design, Saltwater Intrusion, Optimization, Uncertainty
2010
OK
National Competitive
Scale Dependent Phosphorus Leaching in Alluvial Floodplains
Federal:
$200,000
Non-Federal:
$200,000
Garey Fox, Brian Haggard, Todd Halihan, Phil Hays, Chad Penn, Andrew Sharpley, Daniel Storm
Leaching, Phosphorus, Preferential Flow, Riparian Floodplain
2010
TX
National Competitive
Institutional Mechanisms for Accessing Irrigation District Water
Federal:
$102,443
Non-Federal:
$102,724
Ron Griffin
irrigation districts, irrigation organizations, water marketing, water pricing, water policy
2010
VA
National Competitive
Denitrifying bacterial community structure and diversity, and denitrification potential as affected by hydrologic design and soil properties in wetlands created in Chesapeake Piedmont, USA
Federal:
$60,396
Non-Federal:
$60,402
Changwoo Ahn
Denitrification, created wetlands, wetland function, hydrologic connectivity, denitrifying bacterial community, wetland soil
2010
WI
National Competitive
Implications of Climate Change and Biofuel Development for Great Lakes Regional Water Quality and Quantity
Federal:
$247,563
Non-Federal:
$284,450
Anita Thompson, Bruno Basso, Mike Fienen, David Hyndman, Randall Jackson, K. Karthikeyan, Anthony Kendall, Brian Lepore
groundwater, land use, recharge, hydrology, modeling
2009
CO
National Competitive
Adjoint Modeling to Quantify Stream Flow Changes Due to Aquifer Pumping
Federal:
$117,847
Non-Federal:
$121,998
Roseanna Neupauer
Stream Depletion, Adjoint Model, Modeling
2009
MA
National Competitive
Characterizing and Quantifying Recharge at the Bedrock Interface
Federal:
$174,490
Non-Federal:
$181,817
David Boutt, Stephen Mabee
Fractured-rock aquifers, recharge, storage, groundwater availability, groundwater sustainability, well yield
2009
NJ
National Competitive
Does urbanization decrease baseflow? A historical, empirical analysis in the coastal states of Eastern United States
Federal:
$82,489
Non-Federal:
$87,935
Joshua Galster, Kirk Barrett
baseflow; urbanization; imperviousness;
2009
OK
National Competitive
Eastern redcedar encroachment and water cycle in tallgrass prairie
Federal:
$226,890
Non-Federal:
$286,511
Chris Zou, Dave Engle, Sam Fuhlendorf, Don Turton, Rodney Will, Kim Winton
Eastern redcedar, invasion, ecosystem water use, streamflow, tall grass prairie, water supply and cycle
2009
TX
National Competitive
The Role of Epikarst in Controlling Recharge, Water Quality and Biodiversity in Karst Aquifers: A Comparative Study between Virginia and Texas
Federal:
$59,300
Non-Federal:
$59,299
Benjamin Schwartz
Epikarst, Karst, Recharge, Water Quality, Biodiversity
2009
TX
National Competitive
Hydrological Drought Characterization for Texas under Climate Change, with Implications for Water Resources Planning and Management
Federal:
$235,148
Non-Federal:
$242,866
Vijay Singh, Ashok Mishra
Hydrological Drought, Climate Change, Critical Basin, Teleconnection
2007
CA
National Competitive
A Bayesian approach to snow water equivalent reconstruction
Federal:
$61,312
Non-Federal:
$62,102
Noah Molotch, Steven Margulis
Snow; Data Assimilation; Remote Sensing; Modeling
2007
CA
National Competitive
Improving aquifer storage recovery operation to reduce nutrient load and benefit water supply
Federal:
$242,508
Non-Federal:
$311,431
Andrew Fisher, Marc Los Huertos, Charles Wheat
aquifer storage and recovery, denitrification, surface water - ground water interactions
2007
GA
National Competitive
Multi-Scale Investigation of Seawater Intrusion and Application in Coastal Georgia
Federal:
$194,083
Non-Federal:
$194,346
Jian Luo, Jian Luo
seawater intusion; groundwater withdrawal; variable-density flow; transport; mixing
2007
IN
National Competitive
Nutrient and carbon delivery to streams in artificially drained landscapes of the Midwest: matrix flow, overland flow or macropore flow?
Federal:
$129,042
Non-Federal:
$131,041
Philippe Vidon, Nancy Baker, Jeffrey Frey
Macropore flow, tracer, tile drain, nutrients
2007
MD
National Competitive
Integration of Stormwater Management Ponds into Urban Communities: Long-term Water Quality Protection, Wildlife, and Environmental Awareness
Federal:
$187,474
Non-Federal:
$187,690
Joel Snodgrass, Ryan Casey, Edward Landa, Steven Lev
metals, amphibians, stormwater, groundwater, water quality, wildlife
2006
IL
National Competitive
Evaluating Alternatives for Watershed-Scale Design of BMPs
Federal:
$90,948
Non-Federal:
$91,755
John Nicklow
Best Management Practices, Decision Support
2006
MN
National Competitive
Application of Wireless and Sensor Technologies for Urban Water Quality Management
Federal:
$149,176
Non-Federal:
$150,482
William Arnold, Miki Hondzo, Raymond Hozalski, Paige Novak
Sensor Network, Best Management Practices
2006
ND
National Competitive
Collaborative Research on In Situ Denitrification and Glyphosate Transformation in Ground Water: NAWQA Eastern Iowa Basins Study Unit
Federal:
$91,988
Non-Federal:
$91,988
Scott Korom, Paul Capel
Nitrate, Denitrification, Glyphosate, Transformation, Ground Water, In Situ Study
2006
NM
National Competitive
Validation, Calibration, and Improvement of Remote Sensing ET Algorithms in Mountainous Regions
Federal:
$74,795
Non-Federal:
$74,795
Jan Hendrickx, Jan Kleissl
Mountain hydrology, Evapotranspiration
2006
TX
National Competitive
An Econometric Investigation of Urban Water Demand in the U.S.
Federal:
$103,683
Non-Federal:
$104,972
Ron Griffin
urban water use, water demand analysis, water policy, water rates
2006
VA
National Competitive
Grant No. 06HQGR0189 Microtopography Effects on Vegetative and Biogeochemical Patterns in Created Wetlands: A Comparative Study to Provide Guidance for Wetland Creation and Restoration
Federal:
$58,115
Non-Federal:
$58,117
Changwoo Ahn, Gregory Noe
Microtopography, Wetland Creation and Restoration, Plant Diversity
2006
WA
National Competitive
West-Wide Drought Forecasting System: A Scientific Foundation for NIDIS
Federal:
$250,000
Non-Federal:
$250,000
Anne Steinemann, Dennis Lettenmaier, Andrew Wood
Drought Forecast, Drought Mitigation
2006
WI
National Competitive
Identifying High-Infiltration and Groundwater Recharge Areas
Federal:
$90,952
Non-Federal:
$90,954
Stephen J. Ventura, John Norman, Cynthia Stiles
Geographic Information Systems, Infiltration, Groundwater Recharge
2005
AZ
National Competitive
Chemolithotrophic denitrification: The missing link in the biogeochemical cycle of arsenic
Federal:
$121,163
Non-Federal:
$136,209
Reyes Sierra, James Field, Ronald Oremland
Arsenic speciation, arsenite, arsenate, iron, microbial oxidation, denitrification, anoxic; groundwater
2005
CA
National Competitive
Model Development for Conjunctive Use Planning and Aquifer Protection in Semi-arid Regions
Federal:
$98,534
Non-Federal:
$98,534
William W-G. Yeh
Conjunctive planning, Optimization, Model calibration, Inverse problem, Aquifer protection, Genetic algorithm
2005
CO
National Competitive
Development of Characterization Approaches and a Management Tool for the Groundwater-Surface Water System in the Vicinity of Sutherland Reservoir and Gerald Gentlemen Station, Lincoln County, Nebraska
Federal:
$132,731
Non-Federal:
$142,795
Eileen Poeter, Eileen Poeter
groundwater management characterization inversion parameter-estimation data-needs-assessment
2005
HI
National Competitive
Coastal Groundwater Management in the Presence of Positive Stock Externalities
Federal:
$148,021
Non-Federal:
$184,150
Kaeo Duarte, James Roumasset
Coastal Aquifers, Estuarine Ecosystems, Groundwater Externalities
2005
LA
National Competitive
Saltwater Intrusion Management with Conjunctive Use of Surface Water and Ground Water
Federal:
$172,842
Non-Federal:
$173,616
Frank Tsai, Vijay Singh
Management modeling, Saltwater Intrusion, Optimization, Conjunctive Use
2005
MN
National Competitive
Assessing the ecotoxicology of alkylphenol mixtures accross the aquatic food chain
Federal:
$63,014
Non-Federal:
$81,257
Heiko Schoenfuss, Larry Barber, Matthew Julius
Alkylphenol, Bioassay, Fathead minnow, diatom, daphnia, wastewater
2005
ND
National Competitive
Assessing the Effectiveness of Local Water Institutions in Water Management
Federal:
$150,392
Non-Federal:
$150,393
Robert Hearne
watershed districts, water institutions, water quality, water resources
2005
NE
National Competitive
The impact of rural water supply systems on property values
Federal:
$62,728
Non-Federal:
$78,027
Steven Shultz, Jay Leitch
rural water supply, property values, North Dakota
2004
AZ
National Competitive
Forward and Inverse Transient Analytic Element Models of Groundwater Flow
Federal:
$131,976
Non-Federal:
$134,003
Shlomo Neuman
Groundwater, Flow, Transient, Heterogeneity, Three-dimensional, Forward Modeling, Inverse Modeling, Analytic Element, Laplace Transform, Parallel Computation, Visualization
2004
AZ
National Competitive
Pharmaceutically Active Compounds: Fate in Sludges and Biosolids Derived from Wastewater Treatment
Federal:
$152,926
Non-Federal:
$186,899
David Quanrud, Robert Arnold, Jon Chorover, Gail Cordy, Wendell Ela
Biosolids, soil amendement, pharmaceutically active compounds, estrogenic activity
2004
CA
National Competitive
Institutional Re-arrangements: forging smart use water policy coalitions at the intersection of geo-technical engineering with urban open space
Federal:
$70,767
Non-Federal:
$74,489
Helen Ingram
institutional change, coalition formation, urban open space, watershed planning, management, policy, engineering, economic
2004
FL
National Competitive
Space-based monitoring of wetland surface flow
Federal:
$158,687
Non-Federal:
$158,687
Shimon Wdowinski
Wetlands, remote-sensing, Everglades, surface flow
2004
IL
National Competitive
Estimating shallow recharge and discharge in northeastern Illinois using GIS and pattern recognition procedure
Federal:
$91,197
Non-Federal:
$91,197
Yu-Feng Lin, Albert Valocchi
Groundwater Modeling, Recharge/Discharge, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Image Processing, Process, Illinois
2004
IL
National Competitive
Development and Validation of a 3D Coupled Hydrologic-Biogeochemical Model for Evaluation of the Impact of Water-Table Management on Nitrate Loads from Tile-Drained Agricultural Fields
Federal:
$108,948
Non-Federal:
$115,971
Robert Hudson, Albert Valocchi
Best Management Practices, Tile-Drained Fields, Conjunctive Models, Biogeochemical Models, Drainmod-N
2004
IL
National Competitive
Carbonaceous Material Fractions in Sediments and Their Effect on the Sorption and Persistence of Organic Pollutants in Small Urban Watersheds
Federal:
$170,956
Non-Federal:
$176,261
Charles Werth, Barbara Mahler, Peter Van Metre
particle associated contaminants,hydrophobic organic pollutants, persistence, sorption
2004
IL
National Competitive
Development of Water Use Benchmarks for Thermoelectric Power Generation in the United States
Federal:
$94,245
Non-Federal:
$40,203
Ben Dziegielewski, Tom Bik
thermoelectric water use, benchmarking
2004
WA
National Competitive
Using environmental tracers to improve prediction of nonpoint pollutant loadings from fields to streams at multiple watershed scales
Federal:
$157,586
Non-Federal:
$212,360
C Keller, Richelle Allen-King, Shulin Chen
catchment hydrology, environmental tracers
2004
WA
National Competitive
Collaborative Research:Hydraulic and Geomorphic Controls on the Evolution of Cluster Bedforms in Gravel-Bed Streams
Federal:
$103,134
Non-Federal:
$103,470
Thanos Papanicolaou, Lisa Ely
Restoration, Bedforms Migration, Stage-Discharge Relations
2004
WI
National Competitive
Groundwater sustainability in a humid climate: Groundwater pumping, groundwater consumption, and land use change.
Federal:
$69,246
Non-Federal:
$70,230
Madeline Gotkowitz, David J. Hart, Charles Dunning
aquifer sustainability, groundwater use, hydrologic systems
2003
CA
National Competitive
Distribution and toxicity of sediment-associated pesticides in the Sacramento River watershed.
Federal:
$199,927
Non-Federal:
$199,986
Donald Weston, Michael Lydy, Chris Ingersoll
Sediment, Pyrethroid Insecticides, Non-point Source Pollution
2003
CA
National Competitive
Dynamics of Point and Non-Point Source Fecal Pollution from an Urban Watershed in Southern California
Federal:
$159,045
Non-Federal:
$250,000
Stanley Grant, Patricia Holden, Brett Sanders
non-point source pollution, fecal indicator bacteria, water quality, microbial ecology, surface water transport
2003
MA
National Competitive
A Regional Approach to Conceptualizing Fractured-Rock Aquifer Systems for Groundwater Management
Federal:
$92,839
Non-Federal:
$94,608
Stephen Mabee, Michele Cooke
fracture characterization, domain analysis, well yield, fractured rock aquifers, groundwater availability, groundwater mapping, borehole geophysics
2003
MN
National Competitive
Photochemistry of Antibiotics and Estrogens in Surface Waters: Persistence and Potency
Federal:
$134,070
Non-Federal:
$134,092
Kristopher McNeill, Deborah Swackhamer
antibiotics, estrogens, photochemistry, fate, reaction kinetics
2003
NY
National Competitive
An Assessment of New Advances in Low Streamflow Estimation and Characterization
Federal:
$154,058
Non-Federal:
$154,589
Chuck Kroll
Risk Assessment, GIS Geographic Information Systems, Watershed Hydrology, Statistical Hydrology, Regional Hydrology
2003
TX
National Competitive
Bridging the Gap Between Plankton Dynamics and Spatial Variability in Water Quality in the Guadalupe Estuary (Texas): The Importance of Freshwater Pulses
Federal:
$233,953
Non-Federal:
$234,718
Stephen Davis, Daniel Roelke
estuary, freshwater inflows, pulsed events, salinity, nutrients, phytoplankton
2002
AZ
National Competitive
Agricultural Chemicals as a Major Non-Point Source of Arsenic: Microbial Transformation of Organic Arsenicals
Federal:
$137,448
Non-Federal:
$166,227
James Field, A. Gandolfi, Reyes Sierra, John Garbarino, Robert Wershaw
Organic arsenicals, biotransformation, biodegradation, pesticide, arsenic, metabolite, detection
2002
CO
National Competitive
Occurrence and Fate of Emerging Organic Chemicals in Onsite Wastewater Systems and Implications on Water Quality Management in the Rocky Mountain Region
Federal:
$106,822
Non-Federal:
$113,470
Robert Siegrist, John McCray, Kathryn Lowe
decentralized wastewater systems, onsite wastewater treatment, emerging organic chemicals
2002
GA
National Competitive
Mid Infrared Water Quality Sensors for the detection of organic pollutants
Federal:
$115,822
Non-Federal:
$115,822
Boris Mizaikoff
in-situ water quality sensor, mid-infrared evanescent wave sensor (MIR-EWS), chlorinated hydrocarbons, pesticides, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), sol-gels, endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs)
2002
IA
National Competitive
An Integrated Immunological-GIS Approach for Bio-monitoring of Ecological Impacts of Swine Manure Pollutants in Streams
Federal:
$135,328
Non-Federal:
$163,067
James Roth, Dusan Palic, Bruce Menzel, Clay Pierce
water quality, fish, immunology, GIS, swine manure, non-point source pollution
2002
IA
National Competitive
Relationship of Nitroso Compound Formation Potential to Drinking Source Water Quality and Organic Nitrogen Precursor Source Characteristics
Federal:
$134,914
Non-Federal:
$175,042
Richard Valentine
Contaminant, agricultural wastes, drinking water sources, disinfectant by-products
2024
AK
Annual Base
Baseline Study of the Snake River Estuary Dynamics, Nome, Alaska
Federal:
$22,901
Non-Federal:
$22,901
Evan Joyce
hydrology, geomorpological processes
2024
AK
Annual Base
Impacts of beaver engineering on arctic aquatic community composition
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Sebastian Zavoico
ecology, geomorpological processes, water quality
2024
AK
Annual Base
Household Water Insecurity Experiences Network Research
Federal:
$57,308
Non-Federal:
$44,198
Nicole Misarti
water supply, water quality
2024
AL
Annual Base
Is Cover Crop a Threat to Water Quality in Alabama? Challenges and Opportunities
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$35,001
Debolina Chakraborty
non point pollution, surface water, conservation, agriculture, sediments
2024
AL
Annual Base
Assessing the Capacity of Local Officials in Alabama to Plan for Climate-Resilient Water Infrastructure and Management
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$35,000
Megan Heim-LaFrombois
drought, floods, law, institutions and policy, management and planning, water supply
2024
AL
Annual Base
Rates of Private Well Use and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Alabama
Federal:
$34,765
Non-Federal:
$34,765
Matthew Loop
groundwater, water supply, hydrogeochemistry
2024
AR
Annual Base
Occurrence, Fate, and Transport of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Northwest Arkansas Region
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$20,834
Lei Guo
management and planning, methods, non point pollution
2024
AR
Annual Base
Effects of whole reservoir draining on nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in Lake Conway, Arkansas
Federal:
$32,838
Non-Federal:
$32,838
Shannon Speir
water quality, nutrients, sediments
2024
AR
Annual Base
A comparison of internal and external nutrient loading in Brewer Lake, Arkansas
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$35,000
Halvor Halvorson
nutrients, water supply, hydrogeochemistry
2024
AR
Annual Base
Evaluating combinations of cyanobacteria remediation solutions and their impact on zooplankton species
Federal:
$17,268
Non-Federal:
$17,268
Sarah Webb
water quality, nutrients, surface water
2024
AZ
Annual Base
Native American Water Rights Analysis
Federal:
$20,377
Non-Federal:
$15,101
Sharon Megdal
law, institutions, and policy, management and planning, water supply, indian water settlements, water rights, arizona
2024
CA
Annual Base
Evaluating effects of deficit irrigation strategies on forage sorghum attributes and nutrient composition grown in the San Joaquin Valley of California
Federal:
$11,518
Non-Federal:
$12,312
Jackie Atim
water supply, conservation, agriculture, forage sorghum, deficit irrigation, production functions, yields
2024
CA
Annual Base
Assessing Soil Water Distribution under Regenerative Agricultural Practices using Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography
Federal:
$4,928
Non-Federal:
$4,928
Nall Moonilall
agriculture, drought, methods, soil water, soil pore, regeneratieve agriculture, computed tomography
2024
CA
Annual Base
Cooling California Rivers: Using a spectral physically-based energy balance model to predict flow and river temperatures under current and future climates
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$11,367
Erin Bray
conservation, wetlands, management and planning, river, steam flow, dams, water temperature, water supply
2024
CA
Annual Base
Leveraging Water System Consolidations to Advance Equity and Resilience
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$9,998
Kristin Dobbin
water quality, water supply, climatological processes, drinking water, water system consolidation, climate resilience
2024
CA
Annual Base
Timing of Winter Cover Crop Termination to Conserve Soil Moisture
Federal:
$10,308
Non-Federal:
$4,164
Sarah Light
agriculture, drought, conservation, cover crop termination, soil water, soil health
2024
CA
Annual Base
A Stem Water Potential Model Based on Evapotranspiration and Soil Type
Federal:
$10,707
Non-Federal:
$3,992
Abdelmoneim Mohamed
agriculture, conservation, drought
2024
CA
Annual Base
Managing Peak Water Demand in Water Distribution Systems
Federal:
$9,814
Non-Federal:
$25,602
Jorge Pesantez
management and planning, methods, water supply, peak consumption, agent-based model, opinion dynamics, water demand
2024
CA
Annual Base
Mitigating Flood Risk in California’s Unincorporated Communities
Federal:
$12,765
Non-Federal:
$12,766
Danielle Rivera
floods, education, law, institutions, and policy, flooding, unincorporated areas, mitigation, environmental planning
2024
CA
Annual Base
Global Change Impacts to Groundwater Contaminants in California
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$9,994
Christopher Olivares Martinez
water quality, climatological processes, management and planning, groundwater quality, climate change, data tools, databases
2024
CA
Annual Base
Undergraduate Internship Program at the California Institute for Water Resources
Federal:
$23,758
Non-Federal:
$17,377
Erik Porse
education, management and planning, models
2024
CO
Annual Base
Recognizing the Value of Agricultural Water in Colorado Water Management Decisions
Federal:
$10,004
Non-Federal:
$10,002
Steve Conrad
law, institutions, and policy, management and planning, water supply
2024
CO
Annual Base
Evaluating Changes in Colorado's Snow Dynamics on Alpine to Prairie Forest Success
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,051
Steven Fassnacht
hydrology, surface water, water quantity
2024
CO
Annual Base
Wastewater Impacted Waters: An Investigation of Unregulated Disinfection By-product Formation in Downstream Rural and Urban Communities in Colorado
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Sheldon Masters
wastewater, water quality, surface water
2024
CO
Annual Base
Impacts of Freshwater Salinization on Drinking Water Corrosion Control Efficacy and Disinfection Byproduct Formation
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Sheldon Masters
drought, surface water, water quality
2024
CO
Annual Base
Modeling Colorado Water Supply Reservoirs: Moving Toward Sustainable Water Management
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Peter Blanken
drought, management and planning, water supply
2024
CO
Annual Base
High Efficiency Nitrogen Removal from Reclaimed Water
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Tzahi Cath
water quality, wastewater, treatment
2024
CO
Annual Base
Toxic Mixture Effects of Contaminants in DPR Water vs. Drinking Water
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Tzahi Cath
toxic substances, water quality, treatment
2024
CT
Annual Base
High-resolution Water Use Efficiency Mapping in Connecticut: Integration of Novel Remote Sensing Data and the State-of-the-Art Numerical Modeling
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Yakai Wang
water use efficiency, diverse terrestrial ecosystems, remote sensing, ecosystem model, solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence
2024
CT
Annual Base
Influence of salinity on PFAS impacts in Sheepshead minnows
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Margot Grimmelpont
PFAS, road salts, fish, reproduction, bioenergetics
2024
CT
Annual Base
Field tests for an affordable and robust stream-side alkalinity titrator
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Peter Raymond
alkalinity, ocean acidification, Long Island Sound
2024
DC
Annual Base
Investigation into the concentration and distribution of bisphenol A (BPA) in Anacostia and Potomac River sediments
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,082
Stephen E. MacAvoy
hydrogeochemistry, non point pollution, water quality
2024
DC
Annual Base
Assimilation of Land Surface Temperature and Moisture into a Soil Moisture-Temperature Model for Retrieving Farm-Scale Root Zone Soil Moisture
Federal:
$14,999
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Leila Farhadi
water quantity, surface water, agriculture
2024
DC
Annual Base
Characterization of soil-root system to mitigate erosion from the District of Columbia's receiving waters.
Federal:
$14,496
Non-Federal:
$16,658
Pradeep K. Behera, Ujwalkumar Patil
sediments, models, surface water
2024
DC
Annual Base
Assessment of Saturated and Unsaturated Soil Conditions for Generation of Urban Runoff Potential in Washington, D.C
Federal:
$14,996
Non-Federal:
$16,918
Ujwalkumar Patil, Pradeep Behera
sediments, non point pollution, conservation
2024
DC
Annual Base
Spatial distribution and chemical characterization of microplastic and microbeads in river sediments in the DC area
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Barbara Balestra
sediments, non point pollution, conservation
2024
DC
Annual Base
Assessing household-level water security, quality, and trust in Washington, DC
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$19,878
Tolessa Deksissa, Alicia Cooperman
water quality, nutrients, toxic substances
2024
FL
Annual Base
Environmental Monitoring of Natural Waters of Florida: Assessment of microbial loads in coastal waters using remote sensing data and machine learning algorithms
Federal:
$28,067
Non-Federal:
$13,681
Antar Jutla
surface water, water quantity, floods, ecology, hydrology
2024
FL
Annual Base
Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on Coastal Hydrology, Ecology, and Economics
Federal:
$28,068
Non-Federal:
$52,230
David Kaplan
water quality, water quantity, agriculture, fisheries, coastal ecosystems, economics, modeling, sustainability, water use
2024
FL
Annual Base
Effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) on microbial community structure and function at the Indian River Lagoon: Implications on sediment biochemical cycles
Federal:
$28,068
Non-Federal:
$12,827
Katherine Deliz Quinones
toxic substances, sediments, nutrients, pfas, irl
2024
FL
Annual Base
Tailoring the Surface Chemistry of Activated Carbon with Molecular Imprinted Polymers for Ultra-Selective Removal of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Water
Federal:
$28,068
Non-Federal:
$12,835
Andreia Fonseca de Faria
pfas, treatment, activated carbon, adsorption, selective adsorbents, molecule imprinted polymers
2024
GA
Annual Base
Optimization of Water Level Monitoring Networks for Enhanced Flood Resilience in the Savannah River Basin
Federal:
$21,000
Non-Federal:
$21,000
Jian Luo
floods, hydrology, models
2024
GA
Annual Base
Identifying and apportioning sources of fecal pollution to surface waters using shotgun metagenomics and bioinformatics
Federal:
$21,000
Non-Federal:
$21,000
Katherine Graham
water quality, surface water, methods
2024
GA
Annual Base
Towards a Large Scale Particle Image Velocimetry (LSPIV) system for lower order streams in urban areas for flash flood monitoring.
Federal:
$20,927
Non-Federal:
$22,139
Dr. Tien Yee, Da Hu
floods, surface water, water quantity, flash floods
2024
GA
Annual Base
Sattelite-based Lake Chlorophyll-a Assessment for Georgia Lakes
Federal:
$20,981
Non-Federal:
$20,985
Husayn El Sharif, Aris Georgakakos
water quality, methods, remote sensing, lake water quality assessment, algal blooms
2024
GA
Annual Base
Evaluating longitudinal declines in water quality in the Conasauga River using aquatic macroinvertebrates: Year 2
Federal:
$20,995
Non-Federal:
$20,995
Seth Wenger
water quality, conservation, ecology, bioassessment, water quality, macroinvertebrates, upper coosa river
2024
GU
Annual Base
Establishing a GIS-based Model for Updating GPZs in Guam
Federal:
$34,088
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen
groundwater, models, methods
2024
GU
Annual Base
Comparisons of Patterns and Trends of Salinity in the Basins, NGLA
Federal:
$34,588
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen
groundwater, models, methods, GIS
2024
GU
Annual Base
Aquifer characterization for water exploitation on Pohnpei Island and Sapwuahfik Atoll, FSM
Federal:
$14,762
Non-Federal:
$0
Blaz Miklavic
groundwater, water supply, management and planning, el nino droughts
2024
GU
Annual Base
MAppFx: Deep Observation Wells in the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$15,912
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan C. Habana
Guam, online data visualization, deep observation wells, DOWs, freshwater lens
2024
GU
Annual Base
MAppFx: Flow duration curves of river and streams in the Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$8,050
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan C. Habana, Leroy F. Heitz
FSM, watersheds, online data visualization, streamflow duration curves
2024
GU
Annual Base
MAppFx: CNMI production well chloride history
Federal:
$2,620
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan C. Habana
CNMI, production wells, online data visualization, chloride history
2024
GU
Annual Base
Nitrate-N solute transport model of the Yigo-Tumon Basin, Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$10,482
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan C. Habana
Northern Guam lens aquifer, Yigo-Tumon Aquifer Basin, production wells, nitrate-N sources, solute transport
2024
GU
Annual Base
MAppFx data visualization database: Guam hydrologic and geologic field photo gallery
Federal:
$9,490
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan C. Habana, Blaz Miklavic
Guam, online data visualization, field photos, geologic map, gallery
2024
GU
Annual Base
PFAS movement patterns in groundwater caused by the pumping activity of production wells
Federal:
$44,155
Non-Federal:
$0
Yong Sang Kim, Mallary Duenas
groundwater contamination, production well, perfluoroalkyl substances
2024
GU
Annual Base
The analysis of saltwater intrusion into a freshwater resource with deep learning tools.
Federal:
$20,460
Non-Federal:
$0
Yong Sang Kim, Byoungyong Lee
groundwater contamination, production well, salinity
2024
GU
Annual Base
Investigation of Water Availability under Climate Change Condition - Pohnpei, FSM
Federal:
$30,899
Non-Federal:
$0
Myeong-Ho Yeo, Danko Toborosi
trends analysis, climate change, extreme temperatures, and rainfalls
2024
GU
Annual Base
Identification of hydrological characteristics of Talofofo and Ugum Watersheds - Phase 1
Federal:
$23,793
Non-Federal:
$0
Myeong-Ho Yeo, Jin Park
water quality, watershed characteristics
2024
GU
Annual Base
Assessment of climate change impacts on water quality in the CNMI - Phase 1
Federal:
$36,880
Non-Federal:
$0
Myeong-Ho Yeo, Jin Park
trends analysis, climate change, extreme temperatures, and rainfalls
2024
HI
Annual Base
Assessment of the long-term socio-economic, health, and institutional trust implications of the Red Hill Jet Fuel Spill
Federal:
$40,176
Non-Federal:
$40,177
Leah Bremer, Ruben Juarez
water contamination, human health
2024
HI
Annual Base
Identification of disinfection byproduct precursor compounds in JP-5 jet fuel
Federal:
$41,501
Non-Federal:
$41,503
Emily Marron
disinfection byproducts, drinking water chlorination
2024
HI
Annual Base
Harnessing bacteria-microalgae interactions for enhanced onsite wastewater treatment
Federal:
$42,000
Non-Federal:
$42,000
Zhiyue Wang, Marek Kirs
cesspool replacement, onsite wastewater treatment, nutrient removal, biochemical model
2024
HI
Annual Base
Bridging Knowledge and Action: Developing a Student-Led Ridge to Reef Conservation Strategy in American Samoa
Federal:
$42,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Mia Comeros
science-to-decision making, ridge-to-reef management, student engagement, traditional ecological knowledge
2024
HI
Annual Base
Animal reservoirs of pathogenic Leptospira in American Samoa
Federal:
$42,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Marek Kirs
NPP, REC, WQL
2024
IA
Annual Base
Investigating the Mississippi River as a source for PFAS contamination in nearby private drinking water wells
Federal:
$19,997
Non-Federal:
$23,611
David Cwiertny
water quality, toxic substances, hydrology, pfas
2024
IA
Annual Base
Beyond Microcystin: Distributions and Drivers of Multiple Cyanotoxins in Iowa Lakes
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,447
Charlie Loewen
agriculture, ecology, non point pollution
2024
IA
Annual Base
Evaluation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Iowa Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Treated Effluent, and Biosolids
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,215
Juhe Liu
toxic substances, wastewater, treatment, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, pfas
2024
IA
Annual Base
Of Water and Wildlife: Evaluating Wildlife Responses to Water Quality Conservation Practices in Working Landscapes in Iowa.
Federal:
$4,917
Non-Federal:
$6,788
Adam Janke
conservation, agriculture, models, spatial occupancy, agricultural conservation planning framework, multiple species inventory and monitoring, biodiversity, species of concern
2024
ID
Annual Base
Scaleup in-field ground measurement, remote sensing and Evapotranspiration Modeling for Wildfire Prediction and Precision Forestry
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Johnny Li
drought, models, water quantity
2024
ID
Annual Base
Magnesium-Modified Biochar for Removing Phosphorus from Aquaculture Facilities in Hagerman Valley: Production, Characterization, and Sustainable Treatment
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Ethan Struhs
water quality, nutrients, treatment, phosphorous reduction
2024
IL
Annual Base
Leveraging Smart Water Meter Data for Supportive Services in Permanent SupportiveHousing
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Ashlynn Stillwell
management and planning, methods, models
2024
IL
Annual Base
Conversion of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) to Valuable Chemicals viaElectrochemical Destruction Process
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Jung Hyun Park
pfas, toxic substances, treatment
2024
IL
Annual Base
Using continuous water quality monitoring combined with stratified sampling to assess the presenceof emerging contaminants in the Upper Illinois River.
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,048
John Sloan
hydrology, pfas, water quality
2024
IL
Annual Base
Enhancing Field-scale Drainage Mapping through Geospatial Artificial Intelligence
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,726
Ruopu Li
geomorpological processes, hydrology, models
2024
IN
Annual Base
Quantifying sources and rates of aquifer recharge and aquifer-river exchange rates in Tippecanoe County, IN
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,357
Marty Frisbee
groundwater, hydrogeochemistry, surface water
2024
IN
Annual Base
Assessing and addressing the quality of Indiana’s most sensitive aquatic habitats, using mayflies as an indicator
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$1,500
Luke Jacobus
conservation, ecology, surface water
2024
IN
Annual Base
Impacts of Drought-Flood Abrupt Alternation on Water Quality in Indiana
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,657
Zhiying Li
drought, floods, hydrogeochemistry
2024
IN
Annual Base
Resilience and distribution of Faxonius rusticus (Rusty crayfish) in the upper Mississippi River basin creeks impaired by methylmercury
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Kathryn Mudica
ais, ecology, geochemical processes
2024
KS
Annual Base
Water-Use Efficient Sorghum Development for Kansas through High-throughput Molecular Marker Discovery and Deployment
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Terry Felderhoff
agriculture, drought, conservation
2024
KS
Annual Base
Playa recharge characterization by nuclear magnetic resonance profiling
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Gaisheng Liu
hydrology, groundwater, methods, recharge
2024
KS
Annual Base
Early Detection of Harmful Algal Blooms in Kansas Lakes and Reservoirs Using Satellite Remote Sensing
Federal:
$24,946
Non-Federal:
$25,371
Jeeban Panthi
water quality, hydrology, models, toxins
2024
KS
Annual Base
Optimizing variety maturity and deficit-irrigation strategy for thermally-limited cotton production in Kansas
Federal:
$23,417
Non-Federal:
$23,417
Logan Simon
agriculture, irrigation, water supply
2024
KY
Annual Base
Integrated Research and Education to Assess the Sustainability of a Mobile Water Treatment System for Emergency Response in Kentucky
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Diana Byrne
water supply, management and planning, economics, sustainability
2024
KY
Annual Base
Prevalence and Source Tracking of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) Substances in Urban Karst Groundwater Systems
Federal:
$19,980
Non-Federal:
$19,980
Jason Polk
groundwater, water quality, toxic substances
2024
KY
Annual Base
Renewal Application: Predicting greenhouse gas fluxes in bottomland hardwood wetlands across levels of spatial soil complexity and hydrogeomorphic setting.
Federal:
$19,996
Non-Federal:
$22,049
Jessica B. Moon, Bassil El Masri
wetlands, hydrology, nutrients
2024
KY
Annual Base
Evaluating effects of ecological restoration efforts on ecosystem function in the inner Bluegrass
Federal:
$19,780
Non-Federal:
$19,783
Kenton Sena
ecology, water quality, conservation, stream restoration
2024
KY
Annual Base
Spatiotemporal Shifts in Extreme Streamflow Events Across the Kentucky River Watershed
Federal:
$9,861
Non-Federal:
$10,152
C. Andrew Day
climatological processes, floods, drought
2024
LA
Annual Base
LaGAMI: Louisiana Groundwater Availability Model Initiative
Federal:
$44,689
Non-Federal:
$44,692
Frank Tsai
groundwater, water quantity, models
2024
LA
Annual Base
Precise Land Subsidence Determination with InSAR for enhancing groundwater management
Federal:
$20,102
Non-Federal:
$20,102
Ahmed Abdalla
groundwater, methods, models
2024
LA
Annual Base
Unraveling the role of microplastics in shaping subsurface hydrologic processes and its implications for the migration of microplastics in the soil-groundwater environment
Federal:
$18,562
Non-Federal:
$18,562
Xi Zhang
toxic substances, groundwater, water quality
2024
LA
Annual Base
Modeling and Forecasting Microcystin Contamination to Lake Pontchartrain
Federal:
$20,102
Non-Federal:
$20,102
Zhiqiang Deng
models, water quality, non point pollution
2024
LA
Annual Base
Carbon transport and transformation in the Amite River – Maurepas estuarine complex
Federal:
$19,745
Non-Federal:
$19,747
Yi-Jun Xu
toxic substances, surface water, water quality, carbon capture
2024
MA
Annual Base
Sustainable Solutions: Rethinking Microplastics Removal from Wastewater with Upcycled Filtration Materials
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Baoshan Xing
wastewater, treatment, water quality
2024
MA
Annual Base
U.S. Geological Survey’s Annual Water Resources Institute Program (WRIP)
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Mariana Lanzarini-Lopes
treatment, water quality, surface waters
2024
MD
Annual Base
Characterization of climate change and its impacts on streamflow and evapotranspiration in Maryland forested, agricultural, and urban catchments
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Karen Prestegaard
climatological processes, drought, hydrology
2024
MD
Annual Base
Assessing Stormwater Reuse in Maryland
Federal:
$44,489
Non-Federal:
$44,489
Allen P. Davis
surface water, water supply, nutrients, stormwater, reuse, irrigation, best management practices, economics
2024
MD
Annual Base
Water Budgets of Maryland Watersheds
Federal:
$43,743
Non-Federal:
$43,743
Kaye L Brubaker
hydrology, surface water, water quantity
2024
ME
Annual Base
Guiding Sustainable Enhanced PFAS Drinking Water Treatment Options
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$40,059
T. Reed Miller
water quality, toxic substances, economics
2024
ME
Annual Base
Investigating Shoreline Impacts Of Boat Wakes & Understanding Stakeholder Response: A Case Study Of East Pond
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$43,451
Alejandra Ortiz
geomorpological processes, water quality, recreation
2024
MI
Annual Base
Assessing Aquifers in Irrigated Fields using a Surface Geophysical Tool
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Dr. Younsuk Dong
agriculture, groundwater, hydrology
2024
MI
Annual Base
Neglected aspects of water insecurity and health in Michigan post-industrial cities
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$42,322
Dr. Jennifer Carrera
economics, law, institutions, and policy, water supply
2024
MI
Annual Base
Salinization of West Michigan Lakes: Surveying Prevalence, Severity, and Location
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,011
Dr. Alan Steinman
water quality, nutrients, ecology
2024
MN
Annual Base
Urban Flood Prediction from Limited Data: A Data-Model Integrated Approach
Federal:
$9,263
Non-Federal:
$5,095
Kun Zhang
hydrology, floods, models
2024
MN
Annual Base
Water Chemistry and Manoomin Health; a Snapshot of the Ottertail Watershed
Federal:
$9,876
Non-Federal:
$5,019
Cara Santelli
water quality, geochemical processes, agriculture
2024
MN
Annual Base
Sediment-Facilitated Transport of Infectious Prions in Minnesota Surface Waters
Federal:
$9,882
Non-Federal:
$5,045
Diana Karwan
surface water, hydrology, sediments
2024
MO
Annual Base
Study the Vertical Distribution of Tire Wear Particles within the Water Column
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Maryam Salehi
water quality, non point pollution
2024
MO
Annual Base
Mitigating Nonpoint Source Nutrient Pollution in Urban Runoff with Full-Scale Floating Treatment Wetlands
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Dr. Dev Niyogi
water quality, non point pollution, nutrients
2024
MO
Annual Base
Microplastic fluxes among environmental compartments over multiple flow conditions in an urban watershed
Federal:
$24,969
Non-Federal:
$66,763
Elizabeth A. Hasenmueller
water quality, surface water, hydrogeochemistry, microplastics, contaminant transport, flooding, urbanization
2024
MS
Annual Base
Beyond Cover Crops and No-Tillage: Alternative Strategies to Reduce Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution
Federal:
$30,626
Non-Federal:
$31,487
Dave Spencer
water quality, non point pollution, agriculture, sediment
2024
MT
Annual Base
Freshwater Species of Concern as Bio-Sentinels of PFAS Contamination
Federal:
$24,728
Non-Federal:
$24,775
Kayhan Ostovar
pfas, water quality, ecology
2024
MT
Annual Base
From Probes to Pixels: scaling-up soil water content monitoring across Montana
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,088
Andrew Felton
drought, agriculture, water supply
2024
MT
Annual Base
Fire on the mountain: paleolimnological investigations of lake productivity post-fire
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$1,175
Brooke Bannerman
ecology, nutrients
2024
MT
Annual Base
A bird’s eye view: Using Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) to assess the effects of aquatic metal contamination on riparian insectivores in the Upper Clark Fork River Superfund site
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$1,175
Bridger Creel
ecology, water quality
2024
MT
Annual Base
Quantifying geomorphic resilience in rivers to hydroclimatic extreme events
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$1,175
Riley Henson
geomorpological processes, floods
2024
MT
Annual Base
Assessing Snowmelt Infiltration into Groundwater: Impacts of Snowmelt on Seasonal Water Supply and Overall Water Availability in the Bozeman Creek Watershed
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$1,125
Mary O'Flaherty
water supply, groundwater, drought
2024
MT
Annual Base
Assessing Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Irrigated Fields
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$1,125
Megan Robinson
irrigation, nitrate contamination, water quality
2024
MT
Annual Base
Montana Indigenous Water Research Fellowship
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$4,500
Russell Conti
water quality, nutrients, ecology
2024
MT
Annual Base
Using Environmental Tracers to Estimate Distributed Groundwater Discharge, Source and Residence Time
Federal:
$18,245
Non-Federal:
$18,245
Payton Gardner
groundwater, hydrogeochemistry, hydrology
2024
NC
Annual Base
Novel techniques to enhancephysical and biological nutrienttreatment and recovery atrural wastewater facilities
Federal:
$42,424
Non-Federal:
$16,052
Michael Burchell
wastewater, treatment, wetlands
2024
NC
Annual Base
Probabilistic Streambank Erosion Curves for Advancing Assessment and Prediction inthe Context of Climate Change
Federal:
$12,012
Non-Federal:
$6,246
Celso Castro-Bolinaga
climatological processes, sediments, models
2024
NC
Annual Base
Improved Quantification of Stormwater Dilution in Wastewater Treatment PlantInfluent Using Organic Matter Fluorescence
Federal:
$11,575
Non-Federal:
$6,019
Christopher Osburn
wastewater, treatment, water quality
2024
NC
Annual Base
Potential impacts of lithium mining on water quality in North Carolina
Federal:
$30,671
Non-Federal:
$13,000
Avner Vengosh
surface water, groundwater, water quality
2024
NC
Annual Base
Microplastic sources, abundance, and cycling dynamics in water, sediments, and caddisfly larvae of a representative Appalachian headwater basin.
Federal:
$25,447
Non-Federal:
$13,000
Jerry Miller
water quality, surface water, toxic substances
2024
ND
Annual Base
Metal/Metal oxide-modified bio-based adsorbent for phosphate removal and recovery
Federal:
$12,360
Non-Federal:
$13,044
Achintya Bezbaruah
agriculture, water quality, irrigation, phosphate, adsorption, iron modified nanocellulose, wheat straw, agricultural waste
2024
ND
Annual Base
A Novel Hybrid Machine Learning Method for Streamflow Forecasting in Cold Regions
Federal:
$9,400
Non-Federal:
$9,795
Xuefeng Chu
hydrology, models, surface water, streamflow modeling, kernel ridge regression (krr), weighted mean of vectors (info) algorithm
2024
ND
Annual Base
Incorporating wetland characteristics in watershed-scale hydrologic modeling in depression-dominated areas
Federal:
$9,400
Non-Federal:
$9,795
Xuefeng Chu
wetlands, hydrology, models, wetlands, watershed, hydrologic modeling, swat
2024
ND
Annual Base
Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) leaching from yard waste compost
Federal:
$14,832
Non-Federal:
$15,081
Syeed Md Iskander
toxic substances, treatment, wastewater, pfas, coagulation, sludge, incineration, onsite treatment
2024
ND
Annual Base
Turbulent characteristics in locations with potential ice jams
Federal:
$7,360
Non-Federal:
$7,394
Trung Bao Le
sediments, surface water, geomorpological processes, river ice, shear stress, secondary flow patterns
2024
ND
Annual Base
Formation and Decay of Disinfection Byproducts (DBP) in Water Distribution Systems
Federal:
$14,338
Non-Federal:
$14,875
Mohsin Uddin
water quality, water supply, toxic substances, water treatment, disinfection, disinfection byproducts, distribution systems, pipe materials
2024
ND
Annual Base
Biodegradation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Water
Federal:
$12,360
Non-Federal:
$13,070
Yun Ji
water quality, treatment, methods, pfas, water treatment, biodegradation, enzymes, microorganisms
2024
ND
Annual Base
Adsorption of Lithium from Bakken Oilfield-Produced Water Using Metal-Organic Framework (UiO-66) Impregnated in Activated Carbon.
Federal:
$9,393
Non-Federal:
$9,514
Yeo Howe Lim
groundwater, wastewater, treatment, produces water, lithium, adsorption, mof, activated carbon, treatment
2024
ND
Annual Base
Enhancing Water Quality Monitoring Through Regional Machine Learning Models
Federal:
$9,393
Non-Federal:
$9,514
Yeo Howe Lim
water quality, models, nutrients, water quality, nutrients, surface water, remote sensing, machine learning
2024
NE
Annual Base
Is fish tissue methylmercury related to lake sediment methylmercury?
Federal:
$29,801
Non-Federal:
$30,513
Chad Brassil
sediments
2024
NE
Annual Base
Grassroots Conservation: Engaging Communities in WaterSmart Lawn Care Practices
Federal:
$19,374
Non-Federal:
$19,375
Wei-zhen Liang
conservation, irrigation, education
2024
NE
Annual Base
Monitoring monthly groundwater level variation in the NSH using remote sensing
Federal:
$14,716
Non-Federal:
$14,716
Nawaraj Shrestha
groundwater, methods, lidar
2024
NE
Annual Base
Growing Groundwater Science
Federal:
$11,358
Non-Federal:
$19,309
Dan Snow
groundwater, nitrate contamination
2024
NH
Annual Base
Water Quality and the Landscape: Long-term monitoring of rapidly developing suburban watersheds
Federal:
$29,999
Non-Federal:
$69,145
William H. McDowell
water quality, surface water, non point pollution, long-term, water quality, water supply, land use change, development, nitrogen, salt
2024
NH
Annual Base
Evaluation of geomorphic river restoration on potential channel mobility and groundwater connectivity of the Zealand River, White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire
Federal:
$29,814
Non-Federal:
$29,872
Anne Lightbody
geomorpological processes, surface water, groundwater
2024
NJ
Annual Base
Impacts of flooding in the Passaic River watershed on potable water quality for marginalized communities using citizen science.
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Siddhartha Roy
floods, water quality, methods, overburdened communities, passaic river
2024
NJ
Annual Base
Process Modeling and Evaluation of an Intensive Microalgal Process to Reduce Point Source Phosphorus Load from Wastewater
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Yalin Li
wastewater, models, nutrients, eutrophication, tertiary treatment, surface water
2024
NJ
Annual Base
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Bioswale Retrofitting in Mitigating PFAS Inputs into Freshwater Systems
Federal:
$24,954
Non-Federal:
$29,762
Zhiming Zhang, Kauser Jahan
pfas, toxic substances, non point pollution, treatment, green infrastructure, retrofitting
2024
NJ
Annual Base
Modeling the movement of water in Urban Areas using two-dimensional transient HEC-RAS while accounting for Infiltration.
Federal:
$6,250
Non-Federal:
$6,250
Taha Adnan, Michel Boufadel
floods, groundwater, hydrology, urban flooding, infiltration modeling, stormwater management
2024
NJ
Annual Base
Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms by 2D MoS2-Based Field-Effect Transistor Sensors
Federal:
$6,250
Non-Federal:
$6,250
Md Mohidul Alam Sabuj, Mengqiang Zhao
water quality, methods, toxic substances, harmful algal blooms, electronic nanosensors, detection
2024
NJ
Annual Base
Assessing Heavy Metals Groundwater Contamination and Its Health Implications in Northern New Jersey
Federal:
$6,168
Non-Federal:
$6,194
Chima Eke, Duke Ophori
groundwater, non point pollution, toxic substances, private wells, drinking water, heavy metal pollution index
2024
NJ
Annual Base
Unraveling the silent invasion of Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl substances in New Jersey groundwater systems
Federal:
$6,168
Non-Federal:
$6,194
Odera Richard Umeh, Duke Ophori
pfas, groundwater, models, water supply, solute transport, ecology
2024
NM
Annual Base
Geographic Information System for Water Resources Research Planning and Outreach
Federal:
$6,948
Non-Federal:
$3,335
Alexander G. Fernald
management and planning, agriculture, models
2024
NM
Annual Base
Evaluating PFAS ecotoxicity using zebrafish in vivo and in vitro experiments
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Runwei Li
toxic substances, pfas, zebrafish, co-exposure, ecotoxicity, hepatotoxicity
2024
NM
Annual Base
Produced Water Desalination by Membrane Distillation: What Properties Matter?
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Allyson L. McGaughey
treatment, methods, wastewater
2024
NM
Annual Base
Water quality in the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge: implications for aquatic life and agriculture
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Rachel Coyte
hydrogeochemistry, groundwater, surface water, agriculture, conservation
2024
NM
Annual Base
Wildfire, Water, and Wildlife: Assessing Beaver Pond’s Role in Mitigating Wildfire Impacts on Aquatic Ecosystems and Water Security
Federal:
$39,947
Non-Federal:
$44,893
Corey S. Green
ecology, hydrology, toxic substances
2024
NV
Annual Base
Applying Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) to Study the Toxicity of Heavy Metals in Lake Mead Due to Climate Change
Federal:
$34,187
Non-Federal:
$42,992
Zaijing Sun
drought, radioactive substances, water quality
2024
NV
Annual Base
Comparative Analysis of Climate Driven Shifts in Streamflow Trends for the Upper Carson and Walker River Basins
Federal:
$35,068
Non-Federal:
$37,160
Saftner
hydrology, management and planning, surface water, water quantity
2024
NV
Annual Base
A Storyline Approach to Assess the 1997 New Year’s Flood in Western Nevada
Federal:
$28,226
Non-Federal:
$28,226
Guo Yu
floods, hydrology, climatological processes
2024
NY
Annual Base
Combined impacts of rainfall events and urbanization on microplastic pollution and microplastic-associated contaminants in the Mohawk River
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$35,000
Jennifer Goff
water quality, toxic substances
2024
NY
Annual Base
FY2024 USGS 104b Annual Application (Program Administration)
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$35,000
Yuxin Wang
water quality, surface water, toxic substances
2024
NY
Annual Base
A 15-Year Profile of Chemical Discharges into New York’s Water Bodies
Federal:
$15,050
Non-Federal:
$8,579
Brian Rahm
toxic substances, water quantity
2024
OH
Annual Base
Socio-technological evaluation of treatment for arsenic contamination of private wells in Licking County, Ohio
Federal:
$40,321
Non-Federal:
$46,546
Kelsea Best
water quality, groundwater, treatment, education
2024
OH
Annual Base
Probabilistic risk assessment of levees in Ohio in the face of compound flooding hazards
Federal:
$24,792
Non-Federal:
$24,795
Lei Wang
floods, climatological processes, models, levees
2024
OK
Annual Base
Investigating Changes in Consumptive Water Use in Furrow and Subsurface Drip Irrigated Cotton Fields
Federal:
$24,995
Non-Federal:
$24,996
Sumon Datta
agriculture, drought, conservation
2024
OK
Annual Base
Removal efficiencies and transformation of micro- and nanoplastics in conventional water treatment plants
Federal:
$24,999
Non-Federal:
$24,999
Jorge Gonzalez Estrella
water quality, treatment, toxic substances, micropplastics
2024
OK
Annual Base
Investigating the source and load of fine-suspended sediment in Dave Blue Creek and Hog Creek, Oklahoma using a passive, time-integrated sediment trap
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$7,207
Caitlin Hodges, Brittany Moehnke
sediments, water quality, hydrogeochemistry
2024
OK
Annual Base
Artificial Intelligence to Assist Small Water Treatment Plant Operations
Federal:
$24,121
Non-Federal:
$25,122
Jeff Sadler
treatment, water quality, methods, machine learning
2024
OR
Annual Base
Transboundary Groundwater Management in Klamath Basin, Oregon and California
Federal:
$14,646
Non-Federal:
$17,249
Stephen Good
groundwater, law institutions and policy, agriculture
2024
OR
Annual Base
Assessment of Legal and Policy Options to Restore Water Levels in Lake Abert and Summer Lake
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$7,500
Michelle Smith
law institutions and policy, management and planning, surface water
2024
OR
Annual Base
Workforce Development for Water-Related Careers in Oregon
Federal:
$24,514
Non-Federal:
$24,755
Fletcher Beaudoin
education
2024
PA
Annual Base
A Collective Identity Approach to Addressing Water Quality in the Chesapeake Watershed Regions of Pennsylvania
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,003
Stephen Mainzer
management and planning, water quality, ecology, education, methods
2024
PA
Annual Base
Investigating compound drought-water quality events in the Susquehanna River Basin
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Renee Obringer
drought, water quality, climatological processes, models, nutrients
2024
PA
Annual Base
Trace metal transport by colloids in the Shamokin Creek watershed
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Molly McGuire
hydrogeochemistry, solute transport, water quality, surface water
2024
PA
Annual Base
Potential pathways to mitigating climate change impacts on flooding with nature-based solutions in a central Pennsylvania watershed
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Lauren McPhillips
floods, hydrology, surface water, management and planning
2024
PA
Annual Base
Microplastics in aquatic organisms in Pennsylvania
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$17,000
Jay R. Stauffer, Jr.
microplastics
2024
PR
Annual Base
Traffic Evacuation Simulation and Development of Contingency Plan for a Flood-Prone Community in Puerto Rico
Federal:
$23,112
Non-Federal:
$28,370
Ivette Cruzado
flood control, risk management, urban planning
2024
PR
Annual Base
A proximal sensing approach to sediment transport using an erosion plot and rainfall simulation
Federal:
$22,111
Non-Federal:
$31,836
Salvador F. Acuna-Guzman
soil erosion, rainfall-runoff processes, tropical soils, land-water interactions
2024
PR
Annual Base
Continuation: Biocomposites for Caffeine Detection and Removal in Aquatic Ecosystems
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$23,922
Magda Latorre Esteves, Oscar Marcelo Suárez, Matías Cafaro
ecotoxicology, caffeine, biopolymeric membranes, zebrafish
2024
PR
Annual Base
Multispectral Imaging and Artificial Intelligence in a Rapid, Portable and Low-Cost Water Quality Sensor
Federal:
$21,933
Non-Federal:
$10,967
Pedro J. Resto Irizarry
bacteria, beaches, biomonitoring, data analysis, remote sensing, water quality, water quality monitoring
2024
RI
Annual Base
Assessing activated carbon fibers for use in remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-contaminated wastewater lagoons in Westerly, RI
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,787
Rainer Lohmann
toxic substances, surface water, water quality
2024
RI
Annual Base
Establishing a Neonicotinoid Monitoring Program Across Audubon Society of Rhode Island Wildlife Refuges
Federal:
$26,778
Non-Federal:
$35,369
Vinka Oyanedel-Craver
toxic substances, water quality, surface water
2024
RI
Annual Base
River Discharge Monitoring from Remote Ground Motion
Federal:
$24,991
Non-Federal:
$24,958
Brian Savage
models, groundwater, hydrology
2024
RI
Annual Base
The use of macroalgae as indicators of pollution by Platinum Group Elements (PGEs) in estuaries
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$27,131
Carol Thornber
nonpoint pollution, water quality
2024
SC
Annual Base
Estimating Economic Value of Alternative Residential Wastewater Management in South Carolina
Federal:
$34,970
Non-Federal:
$65,082
Clemson University
economics, wastewater, water quality
2024
SC
Annual Base
Sediment Source-Sink Analysis to Inform Phosphorous and Sediment Management Plan for a Eutrophic Reservoir in South Carolina
Federal:
$25,443
Non-Federal:
$32,061
Steven O'Shields
nutrients, surface water, sediments, internal loading, legacy phosphorous, lakes, reservoirs
2024
SC
Annual Base
Geospatial Analysis to Identify Ephemeral Wetlands in South Carolina
Federal:
$42,199
Non-Federal:
$42,199
David White
wetlands, conservation, models
2024
SD
Annual Base
Assessment of Groundwater Contamination in the Madison Aquifer
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Liangping Li
groundwater, models, water quantity
2024
SD
Annual Base
Integrated Remote Sensing and Water Quality Analysis for Spatiotemporal Assessment of Surface Water Quality in Eastern South Dakota
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,001
Sushant Mehan
water quality
2024
SD
Annual Base
Development of a non-contact, AI-driven method for rapid assessment of surface water quality based on imagery and smells
Federal:
$12,372
Non-Federal:
$12,372
Xufei Yang
water quality, methods, surface water
2024
TN
Annual Base
Determining Bioavailability and Trophic Movement of Cyanotoxins in an Aquatic System
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$38,599
Frank C. Bailey, Dan Hua
cyanobacteria, HABs, cyanotoxins, microcystin, trophic movement
2024
TN
Annual Base
Development of a low-cost camera-based turbidity sensor
Federal:
$34,955
Non-Federal:
$35,110
Alfred J. Kalyanapu
turbidity, water quality, Secci Disk, camera-based turbidity sensors, Internet-of-Things, IoT
2024
TN
Annual Base
Assessing Stream Health in West Tennessee: Advancing Scalable GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques for Stream System Analysis
Federal:
$23,548
Non-Federal:
$24,898
Youngsang Kwon
remote sensing, riparian buffer management, watershed headwaters, stream health assessment, UAVs, Python/GIS
2024
TX
Annual Base
Assessing river-floodplain connectivity and material movement in coastal zones through paired hydrodynamic and particle transport modeling
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$7,500
Andrew Moodie
surface water, hydrology, solute transport
2024
TX
Annual Base
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Texas aquatic ecosystems: evaluating connectivity between urban riverine, estuarine, and marine ecosystems
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$7,500
Antonietta Quigg
pfas
2024
TX
Annual Base
Assessing the Potential for Naegleria fowleri and Opportunistic Pathogens in Splash Pad Water as the Climate Warms
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$7,500
Mary Jo Kirisits
water quality, climatological processes
2024
UT
Annual Base
Advance the representation of groundwater in a water management system model for the Bear River watershed
Federal:
$32,000
Non-Federal:
$32,016
Pin Shuai
management and planning, models, groundwater, groundwater-surface water interactions, water management modeling, weap, modflow
2024
UT
Annual Base
Bear Lake’s Microbial Dynamics in the Shoreline: Unraveling the Hidden Threats to Ecosystems and Human Health
Federal:
$32,000
Non-Federal:
$31,998
Liyuan Hou
water quality, non point pollution, toxic substances, microbial dynamics, metagenomic sequencing, anthropogenic activities, fecal pollution, harmful algal blooms, environmental health
2024
UT
Annual Base
Assessing the Impacts of Persistent La Niña on Utah's Drought Risk to Strengthen Community Resilience
Federal:
$30,397
Non-Federal:
$30,400
Yoshimitsu Chikamoto
drought, climatological processes, hydrology, drought, utah el niño southern oscillation, seasonal predictions, early warning
2024
UT
Annual Base
The Potential for Virtual Water Trade to Augment Water Availability in the Great Salt Lake and Colorado River Basins
Federal:
$32,001
Non-Federal:
$32,036
Christopher Lant
water quantity, agriculture, law, institutions, and policy, virtual water trade, water markets, colorado river basin, great salt lake basin
2024
VA
Annual Base
Cage experiments to assess eDNA detection distance in small temperature streams
Federal:
$9,956
Non-Federal:
$9,956
Paul Angermeier
ecology, methods, water quality
2024
VA
Annual Base
An Integrated Approach to Assess Freshwater Mussel Response to Anti-Inflammatory Pharmaceuticals in Virginia, USA
Federal:
$8,615
Non-Federal:
$8,615
Austin Gray
water quality, toxic substances, non point pollution
2024
VA
Annual Base
Microplastic Exchange Between Water and Gravel Beds in Streams: A Combined Flume Experiment and Numerical Simulation Approach
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Hosein Foroutan
water quality, geomorpological processes, sediments
2024
VI
Annual Base
Providing accessible water quality testing services for cistern water with focus on bacteria, disinfection byproducts, and other contaminants of local concern in St. Thomas, USVI
Federal:
$54,253
Non-Federal:
$0
Amber Packard
water quality, toxic substances, water supply
2024
VI
Annual Base
Water Heroes
Federal:
$54,558
Non-Federal:
$0
Howard Forbes, Jr.
water quality, education, conservation
2024
VT
Annual Base
Identifying the environmental drivers of toxic vs. non-toxic cyanobacteria strain abundance in two eutrophic bays of Lake Champlain.
Federal:
$15,400
Non-Federal:
$15,400
Rodrigo Mauricio Soares
ecology, water quality, toxic substances, surface water
2024
VT
Annual Base
Assessing the impact of imparied lakes on zooplankton community responses to salt stress
Federal:
$14,992
Non-Federal:
$14,992
Jason Stockwell
ecology, water quality, non point pollution, freshwater salinization, lakes, zooplankton, road salt, biodiversity
2024
VT
Annual Base
Mapping Vermont Flooding and Underserved Communities in Preparation for Future Events
Federal:
$13,183
Non-Federal:
$13,183
Kris Stepenuck
floods, management and planning, education, flooding hazard, underserved communities, vulnerability, resilience
2024
VT
Annual Base
Investigating the hydrological processes underlying mid-winter thaw events in a Northeastern U.S. catchment.
Federal:
$10,744
Non-Federal:
$10,744
Andrew Schroth
hydrology, climatological processes, geomorpological processes, rain-on-snow, stable isotopes, climate change, precipitation
2024
VT
Annual Base
Feasibility of using a low-cost sensor network to capture rain-on-snow events and episodic event-based material transport in the La Platte River Watershed
Federal:
$37,000
Non-Federal:
$37,000
Clay Williams
hydrology, sediments, water quality, suspended solids, soil flux, low-cost custom sensor network, adaptive multi-modal sensor systems
2024
VT
Annual Base
Recycling Phosphorus at the Catchment Scale: Optimization and Field-Scale Demonstration for Farmer’s Adoption
Federal:
$25,953
Non-Federal:
$25,953
Nicolas Perdrial
water quality, nutrients, agriculture, dtwr, zeolite, phosphorus, tile drain, fertilizer, sustainability
2024
WA
Annual Base
Nitrogen retention in restored riparian buffers: impacts of stand age and nitrogen inputs
Federal:
$24,714
Non-Federal:
$24,748
David Hooper
nitrogen, riparian buffers, chronosequence, restoration, water quality
2024
WA
Annual Base
Evaluating the temporal dynamics of drought propagation to groundwater
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,004
Alexandra (Sasha) Richey McLarty
groundwater, drought, emergency use
2024
WA
Annual Base
Understanding how tungsten, an emerging contaminant, affects nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Nikolay Strigul
tungsten fate and transport, tungsten ecotoxicology, nutrient cycles
2024
WI
Annual Base
Long-term threat of geogenic contaminants to water quality and quantity in the Midwestern Cambrian Ordovician Aquifer System
Federal:
$70,272
Non-Federal:
$32,341
Matthew Ginder-Vogel
geochemical processes, groundwater, hydrogeochemistry
2024
WI
Annual Base
Water Resources Fellow
Federal:
$32,490
Non-Federal:
$24,877
Jennifer Hauxwell
water quality, management and planning
2024
WI
Annual Base
Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
Federal:
$14,459
Non-Federal:
$13,966
Alison Mikulyuk
surface water
2024
WV
Annual Base
Prediction Modeling for AMD Treatment Costs
Federal:
$84,052
Non-Federal:
$88,993
Leslie Hopkinson
treatment, management and planning
2024
WY
Annual Base
Evaluation of Critical Minerals (CMs) Deposits, Mainly Lithium (Li) and Rare Earth Elements (REEs), in Wyoming as well as the Economic Viability of Mining These Resources
Federal:
$14,931
Non-Federal:
$18,090
Maohong Fan
treatment, management and planning, conservation, resource recovery
2024
WY
Annual Base
Evaluating Toxicity of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Wyoming Lakes and Reservoirs
Federal:
$19,034
Non-Federal:
$41,147
Sarah Collins
water quality, ecology, nutrients
2024
WY
Annual Base
High Resolution Upland and Riverbank Erosion Monitoring to Inform Best Management Practices that Seek to Reduce Sediment Accumulation at the Willwood Dam
Federal:
$23,840
Non-Federal:
$36,564
Austin Madson
sediments, geomorpological processes, water quality, management and planning
2023
AK
Annual Base
Assessing Environmental DNA Analysis as a Transformative Approach to Building Climate Resilience in Alaska’s Rural Subsistence Fishing Communities
Federal:
$21,639
Non-Federal:
$21,639
Maggie Harings
conservation, ecology, methods, Environmental DNA, Salmon, Climate change adaptation, Subsistence fishing, Fisheries management, Aquatic resources
2023
AK
Annual Base
Has Peak Flow been reached? Hindcasting and Forecasting Dixon Glacier Runoff
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$17,000
Kai Myers
hydrology, water quantity, climatological processes
2023
AK
Annual Base
Analysis of a persistent late freezing zone on the Tanana River: a case to study to understand the processes causing winter travel hazards in Alaska
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Matthew Scragg
hydrology, surface water, groundwater
2023
AL
Annual Base
Land Use Change Effects on Coastal Headwater Wetland Hydrology
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Thorsten Knappenberger
wetlands, hydrology, surface water
2023
AL
Annual Base
IMPACTS OF RE-NOURISHMENT OR ACCRETION ON MARSH VEGETATION SURVIVAL
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Michael Perez
geomorpological processes, wetlands, management and planning
2023
AL
Annual Base
How does extreme rainfall events influence surface runoff from Alabama cropping systems?
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$8,006
Rishi Prasad
agriculture, climatological processes, floods
2023
AR
Annual Base
Monitoring Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Central Arkansas water systems
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,067
Gunnar Boysen
water quality, solute transport, methods, PFAS
2023
AR
Annual Base
Development of On-Site Fluorescence PFAS Sensors
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$35,109
Lei Guo
non point pollution, toxic substances, treatment, PFAS
2023
AR
Annual Base
Influence of phytoplankton stoichiometry on the prodcution of secondary metabolites in a central Arkansas reservoir
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$35,000
Felicia Osburn
water quality, ecology, nutrients, HABS
2023
AR
Annual Base
Investigating electrocoagulation as a Pretreatment for the Nanofiltration of Cyanotoxin-Contaminated Water Resources
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Ranil Wickramasinghe
treatment, toxic substances, water quality
2023
AR
Annual Base
Identifying Genetic Markers for Microcystin-Producing Algal Blooms
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Wen Zhang
water quality, methods, surface water
2023
AR
Annual Base
Why and When does Microcystin Exceed Recreational Guidelines at Lake Fayetteville?
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Brian Haggard
water quality, toxic substances, models
2023
AZ
Annual Base
Water Stories: Enhancing Arizona Water Knowledge with Indigenous Perspectives
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,002
Myla Vicenti Carpio
law, institutions, and policy, management and planning, education, Indigenous knowledge, environmental justice
2023
AZ
Annual Base
Multifunctional Rainwater Harvesting Impacts on Soil Health
Federal:
$9,353
Non-Federal:
$9,353
Laura Meredith
drought, conservation, water supply, Soil Health, rainwater harvesting
2023
CA
Annual Base
Evaluating effects of deficit irrigation strategies on forage sorghum attributes and nutrient composition grown in the San Joaquin Valley of California
Federal:
$13,309
Non-Federal:
$12,777
Jackie Atim
water supply, conservation, agriculture, forage sorghum, deficit irrigation, production functions, yields
2023
CA
Annual Base
Assessing Soil Water Distribution under Regenerative Agricultural Practices using Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography
Federal:
$14,077
Non-Federal:
$14,077
Sangeeta Bansal
agriculture, drought, methods, soil water, soil pore, regeneratieve agriculture, computed tomography
2023
CA
Annual Base
Cooling California Rivers: Using a spectral physically-based energy balance model to predict flow and river temperatures under current and future climates
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$13,736
Erin Bray
conservation, wetlands, management and planning, river, stream flow, dams, water temperature, water supply
2023
CA
Annual Base
Leveraging Water System Consolidations to Advance Equity and Resilience
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,002
Kristin Dobbin
water quality, water supply, climatological processes, drinking water, water system consolidation, environmental justice, climate resilience
2023
CA
Annual Base
Timing of Winter Cover Crop Termination to Conserve Soil Moisture
Federal:
$14,693
Non-Federal:
$5,304
Sarah Light
agriculture, drought, conservation, cover crop termination, soil water, soil health
2023
CA
Annual Base
A Stem Water Potential Model Based on Evapotranspiration and Soil Type
Federal:
$14,291
Non-Federal:
$4,924
Abdelmoneim Mohamed
agriculture, conservation, drought
2023
CA
Annual Base
Managing Peak Water Demand in Water Distribution Systems
Federal:
$14,926
Non-Federal:
$26,645
Jorge Pesantez
management and planning, methods, water supply, peak consumption, agent-based model, opinion dynamics, water demand
2023
CA
Annual Base
Mitigating Flood Risk in California’s Unincorporated Communities
Federal:
$12,235
Non-Federal:
$12,235
Danielle Rivera
floods, education, law, institutions, and policy, flooding, unincorporated areas, mitigation, environmental planning
2023
CA
Annual Base
Undergraduate Internship Program at the California Institute for Water Resources
Federal:
$13,373
Non-Federal:
$10,930
Erik Porse
education, management and planning, management and planning
2023
CO
Annual Base
Historic Mapping of the Colorado River Headwaters
Federal:
$4,588
Non-Federal:
$9,359
Michael Childers
hydrology, ecology, agriculture
2023
CO
Annual Base
Settler-Colonialism and the Role of Military-Government Relationships in Environmental Crises: Extended Case Study of Peterson Air Force Base PFAS Water Contamination
Federal:
$9,996
Non-Federal:
$20,766
Malin
law, institutions, and policy, toxic substances, management and planning
2023
CO
Annual Base
Using mental models to understand the governance of adaptive river management for aquatic ecosystem sustainability
Federal:
$9,619
Non-Federal:
$9,618
Jonathan Salerno
management and planning, law, institutions, and policy, models
2023
CO
Annual Base
Geomorphic factors influencing post-wildfire fluvial response
Federal:
$9,982
Non-Federal:
$34,212
Wohl
geomorpological processes, water quality, conservation
2023
CO
Annual Base
Evaluation of Simulated Wildfire and WUI-fire Ash Through Toxicological Assays
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Cresten Mansfeldt
toxic substances, wastewater, water quality, Ecotoxicology, Wildfire, Water Security
2023
CO
Annual Base
Evaluation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ash and Surface Waters after Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Cresten Mansfeldt
surface water, toxic substances, water quality, Fire-residue contamination, surface water quality, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
2023
CO
Annual Base
Analysis of the rainwater harvesting potential for residential irrigation in Colorado’s main urban areas under future climate conditions
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Aditi Bhaskar
management and planning, conservation, irrigation
2023
CT
Annual Base
Development of a Continuous Aquatic Plant Tracking and Imaging Network to Monitor Surface Water Bodies in Connecticut
Federal:
$23,994
Non-Federal:
$23,994
Chandi Witharana
invasive species, management and planning, models, Remote Sensing
2023
CT
Annual Base
Road salt in soils and its effects on overwintering amphibians
Federal:
$24,971
Non-Federal:
$25,206
Steven Brady
2023
DC
Annual Base
Biocomposites for Caffeine Detection and Removal in Aquatic Ecosystems
Federal:
$23,000
Non-Federal:
$23,495
Magda La Torre
ecology, agriculture, conservation
2023
DC
Annual Base
Rapid, Portable and Low-Cost Water Quality Sensor Using Artificial Intelligence
Federal:
$22,843
Non-Federal:
$26,881
Pedro Resto Irizarry
water quality, wastewater, methods
2023
DC
Annual Base
Installation and integration of a rainwater collection system with a rainfall simulator to enhance water erosion research in Puerto Rico
Federal:
$23,026
Non-Federal:
$23,580
Salvador Acuña Guzman
agriculture, hydrology, sediments
2023
FL
Annual Base
Environmental Tracking of Water in Florida: Assessment of pathogens in coastal waters after extreme weather events.
Federal:
$27,937
Non-Federal:
$13,166
Antar Jutla
surface water, water quantity, floods, Ecology, Hydrology
2023
FL
Annual Base
Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on Coastal Hydrology, Ecology, and Economics
Federal:
$27,937
Non-Federal:
$45,086
David Kaplan
water quality, water quantity, agriculture, Fisheries, Coastal Ecosystems, Economics, Modeling, Sustainability, Water Use
2023
FL
Annual Base
Effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) on microbial community structure and function at the Indian River Lagoon: Implications on sediment biochemical cycles
Federal:
$27,937
Non-Federal:
$11,768
Kathy Deliz
toxic substances, sediments, nutrients, PFAS, IRL
2023
FL
Annual Base
Tailoring the Surface Chemistry of Activated Carbon with Molecular Imprinted Polymers for Ultra Selective Removal of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Water
Federal:
$27,937
Non-Federal:
$12,399
Andreia Faria
treatment, Activated carbon, adsorption, selective adsorbents, PFAS, molecule imprinted polymers
2023
GA
Annual Base
Bias Corrected and Spatio-Temporally Downscaled Climate Sequences for the Southeastern U.S.
Federal:
$20,981
Non-Federal:
$20,985
Husayn El Sharif
climatological processes, climate change, climate models, statistical downscaling, impact assessments
2023
GA
Annual Base
Spatial changes in trace element water chemistry across Piedmont rivers of Georgia with applications for native fish species conservation
Federal:
$20,410
Non-Federal:
$20,410
Martin Hamel, James Shelton
ecology, conservation, water quality, microchemistry
2023
GA
Annual Base
Evaluating longitudinal declines in water quality in the Conasauga River using aquatic macroinvertebrates
Federal:
$20,854
Non-Federal:
$20,874
Seth Wenger
ecology, conservation, non point pollution
2023
GA
Annual Base
Development of A Green Infrastructure by Using Biochar Amended Topsoil for On-Site Stormwater Runoff Treatment – Phase II
Federal:
$20,989
Non-Federal:
$20,989
George Yuzhu Fu
treatment, water quality, non point pollution, Biochar Amended Topsoil, On-Site Stormwater Treatment
2023
GU
Annual Base
Surface hydrology and terrain analysis of Southern Guam
Federal:
$9,386
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan C. Habana
hydrology, surface water, models, Hydrologic boundaries and streams/rivers
2023
GU
Annual Base
MAppFx: Flow duration of southern Guam rivers and streams
Federal:
$8,386
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan C. Habana
hydrology, models, surface water, Interagency partnership hydrologic database system
2023
GU
Annual Base
MAppFx: production well nitrates, Saipan, CNMI
Federal:
$10,241
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan C. Habana
groundwater, water quality, nitrate contamination, Interagency partnership data visualization database system
2023
GU
Annual Base
Study of tectonic and freshwater plubming system history based on marine terraces
Federal:
$30,676
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Blaž Miklavič
groundwater, models, geomorpological processes, water resources
2023
GU
Annual Base
Field orientation, information-sharing, and team-building in FSM
Federal:
$10,084
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Blaž Miklavič
groundwater, models, geomorpological processes, water resources
2023
GU
Annual Base
Water Quality Monitoring of Agana Swamp on Guam
Federal:
$20,792
Non-Federal:
$0
Yong Sang Kim
water quality, nitrate contamination, surface water
2023
GU
Annual Base
PFOS trend monitoring in Saipan production wells
Federal:
$44,335
Non-Federal:
$0
Yong Sang Kim
water quality, groundwater, solute transport
2023
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer of Water Quality Analysis Techniques for FSM Water Utility Agencies
Federal:
$49,015
Non-Federal:
$0
Yong Sang Kim
water quality, water supply, wastewater
2023
GU
Annual Base
Investigate Geographical and Environmental Challenges of Marpi Landfill in Saipan, CNMI
Federal:
$28,614
Non-Federal:
$0
Myeong-Ho Yeo
non point pollution, hydrology
2023
GU
Annual Base
Establishing a GIS Model for Mapping Groundwater Protection Zones in Guam: Phase II
Federal:
$33,254
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen
groundwater, models, methods, GIS
2023
GU
Annual Base
Spatio-temporal Analysis of Patterns and Trends fo Salinity in Mangilao Basin
Federal:
$28,754
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen
groundwater, models, methods, GIS
2023
HI
Annual Base
Understanding the impact of nutrient loading on the ecology of Staphylococcus aureus in Hawaii beach sand
Federal:
$39,985
Non-Federal:
$39,985
Marek Kirs
water quality, sediments, nutrients
2023
HI
Annual Base
Assessing Watershed Pollutant Impacts Using Nearshore Coral Microbiome Bioindicators
Federal:
$39,927
Non-Federal:
$39,927
Craig Nelson
non point pollution, water quality, ecology
2023
HI
Annual Base
Characterizing network-wide, spatially explicit current and future stream temperature distribution.
Federal:
$39,822
Non-Federal:
$39,822
Henrietta Dulai
hydrology, models, ecology
2023
HI
Annual Base
Daily Streamflow Forecasting in American Samoa by Deep Learning Approaches
Federal:
$39,737
Non-Federal:
$0
Sayed Bateni
hydrology, management and planning, models
2023
HI
Annual Base
Strengthening understanding of land-sea systems: illuminating drivers of nutrient and sediment loads and links to coral reefs in American Samoa
Federal:
$39,654
Non-Federal:
$0
Leah Bremer
ecology, non point pollution, nutrients
2023
HI
Annual Base
Urban pūnāwai: nucleating participatory water research and education networks
Federal:
$22,828
Non-Federal:
$11,858
Aurora K. Kagawa-Viviani
hydrology, wetlands, education
2023
HI
Annual Base
Probing algae-bacteria interactions in coastal wastewater treatment systems
Federal:
$22,828
Non-Federal:
$11,414
Zhiyue Wang
methods, nutrients, wastewater, microalgae, wastewater, gene quantification, community analysis
2023
IA
Annual Base
Using Optical Brighteners as Proxies for Probing Waste in Surface Water
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$29,156
Jacob Petrich
methods, groundwater, surface water
2023
IA
Annual Base
FloodRSS: Flood Resilience Support System for Participatory Community Action
Federal:
$19,999
Non-Federal:
$20,055
Ibrahim Demir
floods, hydrology, management and planning
2023
IA
Annual Base
Stream Nitrate Load Monitoring for Watershed Scale Assessment of Edge-of-Field Practices
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Thomas Isenhart
water quality, non point pollution, agriculture, tile drainage, best management practices
2023
ID
Annual Base
Estimating change in crop water demand and water withdrawals for irrigation in southern Idaho due to climate change
Federal:
$39,000
Non-Federal:
$39,000
Karen Humes
irrigation, water quantity, drought, water demand
2023
ID
Annual Base
Physical modeling of vegetated fluvial systems: examining the flow-vegetation coupling through realistic plant analogues and their role on hyporheic exchange
Federal:
$39,000
Non-Federal:
$39,000
Gianluca Blois
groundwater, surface water, water quality
2023
IL
Annual Base
Land use impacts on environmental quality and aquatic biodiversity in the Vermillion River drainage, Illinois
Federal:
$15,141
Non-Federal:
$19,079
Christopher A. Taylor
conservation, invasive species, surface water
2023
IL
Annual Base
Development of next-generation electrochemical systems for short-chain PFAS removal and remediation
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Xiao Su
groundwater, treatment, wastewater
2023
IL
Annual Base
Fast and Energy-Efficient Destruction of PFAS compounds with Piezoelectric Formulations on Aqueous Sorbents (FEED-PFAS)
Federal:
$14,998
Non-Federal:
$15,003
Andres Prada
toxic substances, treatment, water quality
2023
IL
Annual Base
Assessing the Vulnerability of Public Water Systems to Droughts with an Integrated Remote Sensing and Social Sensing Approach
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,726
Ruopu Li
drought, hydrology, management and planning
2023
IN
Annual Base
Fish and macroinvertebate assemblages of the upper Wabash River: preliminary data prior to flow restoration by modifying dam operations
Federal:
$24,972
Non-Federal:
$24,972
Mark Pyron
ecology, hydrology, Ecosystem, Fish assemblages, flow restoration
2023
IN
Annual Base
Crayfish as Bioindicators of Water Quality in Freshwater Ecosystems in Indiana
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Jennifer Latimer
geochemical processes, water quality, Biogeochemistry, Pollution, Metals, Water Quality, Crayfish, Macroinvertebrates
2023
IN
Annual Base
A novel approach to evaluate the occurrence and mechanisms of flash drought and its impacts on crop yield over Indiana
Federal:
$24,988
Non-Federal:
$45,823
Lixin Wang
agriculture, climatological processes, drought, Climate change, Crop production, Ecohydrology, Flash drought, Multi-sensor remote sensing, Regional drivers
2023
IN
Annual Base
Examining the sustainability of large trans-basin diversions in Indiana
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,932
Laura Bowling
groundwater, water supply, management and planning, Water rights, groundwater sustainability, streamflow impact, water demand, trans-basin diversions
2023
KS
Annual Base
Investigating management techniques for irrigation with contaminated waters in the closed-basin Arkansas River region of western Kansas
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$31,176
Jonathan Aguilar
irrigation, conservation, drought, Closed-basin
2023
KS
Annual Base
Unraveling Spatiotemporal Patterns in Watershed Nutrient and Sediment Loads under Conditions of Rapid Crop Conversion using Direct Sampling and Remote Sensing Observations.
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Amy Hanson
sediments, nutrients
2023
KS
Annual Base
Forecasting streamflow and groundwater depletion with deep learning models to sustain Kansan water resources
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Admin Husic
groundwater, streamflow
2023
KS
Annual Base
Herbal medicine for sick ponds: Are native aquatic macrophytes a cheap and easy wayt to Mitigate HABs?
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,173
Jennifer Moody
water quality, HABs
2023
KY
Annual Base
Implications of PFAS to Water Quality Improvement in Treatment Wetlands
Federal:
$19,981
Non-Federal:
$20,172
Tiffany Messer
water quality, wetlands, non point pollution, PFAS, emerging contaminants, biogeochemical processes
2023
KY
Annual Base
Evaluating the effects of ecological restoration efforts on stream health in the inner Bluegrass
Federal:
$19,507
Non-Federal:
$19,516
Kenton Sena
water quality, ecology, methods, Macroinvertebrates, Index of biotic integrity
2023
KY
Annual Base
Perceptions of greenness: Wetland assessments through field measurements, remote sensing, and citizen engagement
Federal:
$17,500
Non-Federal:
$18,588
Andrea Gaughan
wetlands, hydrology, water quality, remote sensing, satellite, drone, algal bloom, methane, carbon
2023
KY
Annual Base
Predicting greenhouse gas fluxes in bottomland hardwood wetlands across levels of spatial soil complexity and hydrogeomorphic setting.
Federal:
$19,995
Non-Federal:
$20,862
Jessica B. Moon
wetlands, hydrology, sediments, carbon cycling
2023
KY
Annual Base
Understanding nitrate pollution sources during flooding events in Kentucky
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Andrea Erhardt
nitrate contamination, hydrogeochemistry, floods
2023
LA
Annual Base
Determination of precise land subsidence for groundwater management using InSAR
Federal:
$19,060
Non-Federal:
$19,093
Ahmed Abdalla
groundwater, management and planning, methods
2023
LA
Annual Base
Catalytic Composite Ultrafiltration Membrane for Simultaneous Degradation and Separation of Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Federal:
$19,060
Non-Federal:
$19,093
Kofi Christie
treatment, groundwater, wastewater
2023
LA
Annual Base
Forecasting harmful algal blooms in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana
Federal:
$19,533
Non-Federal:
$19,587
Zhiqiang Deng
models, water quality, non point pollution
2023
LA
Annual Base
Time-lapse Electrical resistivity tomography and seismic reflection imaging of a shallow groundwater aquifer (0-50m) in the Mississippi Flood Plain: Duncan Point, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Federal:
$19,480
Non-Federal:
$20,678
Juan Lorenzo
groundwater, floods, methods
2023
LA
Annual Base
Exploring the potential of using cover cropping for making soil resilient to extreme weather and promoting weather-proofing agriculture
Federal:
$18,902
Non-Federal:
$18,904
Xi Zhang
agriculture, drought, water quantity
2023
MA
Annual Base
Co-Hydrothermal Conversion of Microplastic Pollutants and Harmful Algal Bloom into Biocrude Oil
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Wan-Ting (Grace) Chen
toxic substances, water quality, treatment, Microplastic pollutants
2023
MA
Annual Base
Tailorable, Dynamically Crosslinked Polymer Adsorbents for Targeted Capture and Release of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
James Reuther
treatment, water quality, methods
2023
MA
Annual Base
Conjunctive Water Use for Managing Drought in the Middle Connecticut River
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$12,139
Timothy Randhir
drought, agriculture, water supply
2023
MD
Annual Base
Assessing and understanding spatiotemporal variation in stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope values of Maryland’s rivers
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$64,001
Lee W Cooper
climatological processes, geochemical processes, groundwater, stable isotopes
2023
MD
Annual Base
Water Budgets and Water Quality Trends of Interstate Watersheds on the Delmarva Peninsula
Federal:
$84,840
Non-Federal:
$53,786
Kaye L Brubaker
hydrology, non point pollution, education
2023
ME
Annual Base
Socio‐Economic and Environmental Analyses for Using Woody Biochar to Conserve Water and Sustain Agriculture in Maine
Federal:
$34,000
Non-Federal:
$36,027
Ling Li
drought, hydrology, economics, agriculture
2023
ME
Annual Base
Shifting Seasonality: consequences of the changing autumn season for Maine’s ecologically and recreationally valuable mountain ponds
Federal:
$33,920
Non-Federal:
$37,302
Jasmine Saros
climatological processes, water quality, conservation
2023
ME
Annual Base
Hydrologic and hydraulic performance of novel shallow wells in agricultural landscapes
Federal:
$33,001
Non-Federal:
$34,227
Rachel Schattman
groundwater, water supply, agriculture
2023
MI
Annual Base
Utilizing Machine Learning for Assessing the Effects of Climate Change and Human Actions on the Replenishment of Michigan's Groundwater
Federal:
$49,996
Non-Federal:
$50,014
Amirpouyan Nejadhashemi
groundwater, models, water quantity
2023
MI
Annual Base
Developing stable isotope fingerprinting LC-Orbitrap-MS method to investigate PFAS provenance, fate, and transport in water
Federal:
$24,991
Non-Federal:
$24,954
James Moran
water quality, solute transport
2023
MI
Annual Base
Estimation of Agricultural Return Flow and Groundwater Recharge Using Computation Model and Sensor Technology
Federal:
$49,803
Non-Federal:
$49,809
Younsuk Dong
agriculture, irrigation, groundwater
2023
MN
Annual Base
Snow hydrology in Minnesota headwater catchments
Federal:
$8,555
Non-Federal:
$17,227
Xue Feng
hydrology, wetlands, climatological processes
2023
MN
Annual Base
Assessing the impact of industrial agriculture on water quantity and water quality in the Park Rapids region
Federal:
$10,928
Non-Federal:
$18,158
John Nieber
nitrate contamination, hydrology, groundwater
2023
MO
Annual Base
Study the Vertical Distribution of Tire Wear Particles within the Water Column
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Maryam Salehi
water quality, plastic pollution, tire wear particles
2023
MO
Annual Base
Mitigating Nonpoint Source Nutrient Pollution in Urban Runoff with Full-Scale Floating Treatment Wetlands
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Dev K. Niyogi
non point pollution, nutrients, wetlands
2023
MO
Annual Base
Microplastic fluxes among environmental compartments over multiple flow conditions in an urban watershed
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$67,153
Elizabeth A. Hasenmueller
water quality, surface water, hydrogeochemistry, microplastics, contaminant transport, flooding, urbanization
2023
MS
Annual Base
Impoundment of oxbow lakes for enhanced qquifer recharge: geophysical exploration for identifying target sitres and potential impact of altered hydroperiod on wetland trees
Federal:
$30,626
Non-Federal:
$32,399
Gregg Davidson
hydrology, wetlands, ecology, sediment
2023
MT
Annual Base
Exploring water quality in Montana groundwater and understanding associated drivers of human health risk
Federal:
$15,756
Non-Federal:
$15,868
W. Adam Sigler
water quality, hydrogeochemistry, groundwater
2023
MT
Annual Base
Understanding Irrigator Decision-Making to Design for Drought in the Upper Missouri Headwaters
Federal:
$18,678
Non-Federal:
$18,678
Arica Crootof
management and planning, drought, irrigation
2023
MT
Annual Base
Temporal and spatial variation of microbial community dynamics related to nitrogen removal in constructed wetlands.
Federal:
$2,495
Non-Federal:
$1,123
Stephanie Ayotte
wastewater, treatment, nitrate contamination
2023
MT
Annual Base
Drought Conflict and Cooperation in Montana: Trends Across the State
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$1,125
Erin Bjorklund
drought, water supply, management and planning
2023
MT
Annual Base
Assessment of Water Availability for Irrigation within the Elevational Gradient of a Mountainous Catchment in Southwestern Montana
Federal:
$2,414
Non-Federal:
$1,086
Eliza Rickenbaugh
water supply, irrigation, surface water
2023
MT
Annual Base
Beavers and their analogs: the effects of restoration tools on western stream ecosystems
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$1,175
Hilary Schultz
water quality, ecology, hydrogeochemistry
2023
MT
Annual Base
The influence of nutrients on the accumulation of dissolved, colloidal, and particulate metals in a stream food web
Federal:
$2,490
Non-Federal:
$1,170
Dylan White
water quality, ecology, surface water
2023
NC
Annual Base
Novel techniques to enhance physical and biological nutrient treatment and recovery at rural wastewater facilities
Federal:
$30,017
Non-Federal:
$29,970
Michael Burchell
wastewater, treatment, wetlands
2023
NC
Annual Base
Probabilistic Streambank Erosion Curves for Advancing Assessment and Prediction in the Context of Climate Change
Federal:
$24,628
Non-Federal:
$35,372
Celso Castro-Bolinaga
climatological processes, sediments, models
2023
NC
Annual Base
Improved Quantification of Stormwater Dilution in Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent Using Organic Matter Fluorescence
Federal:
$24,468
Non-Federal:
$35,520
Christopher Osburn
wastewater, treatment, water quality
2023
NC
Annual Base
Potential impacts of lithium mining on water quality in North Carolina
Federal:
$25,208
Non-Federal:
$0
Avner Vengosh
surface water, groundwater, water quality
2023
NC
Annual Base
Microplastic sources, abundance, and cycling dynamics in water, sediments, and caddisfly larvae of a representative Appalachian headwater basin.
Federal:
$32,221
Non-Federal:
$0
Jerry Miller
water quality, surface water, toxic substances
2023
ND
Annual Base
Smart radiometer for soil moisture detection in view of an efficient irrigation system
Federal:
$5,552
Non-Federal:
$5,565
Shuvashis Dey
agriculture, irrigation, water supply,
2023
ND
Annual Base
Enhancing Machine Learning Methods for Rainfall-Runoff Forecasting
Federal:
$4,653
Non-Federal:
$4,694
Xuefeng Chu
hydrology, models, surface water
2023
ND
Annual Base
Polyelectrolyte biopolymers (PEBs) for chloride remediation in water and soils impacted by brine spills
Federal:
$4,620
Non-Federal:
$5,798
Thomas M. DeSutter
toxic substances, acid deposition, treatment
2023
ND
Annual Base
Activated Carbon Modified Chitosan Membranes/Beads for Bromate Removal from Drinking Water
Federal:
$4,532
Non-Federal:
$4,821
Achintya Bezbaruah
water quality, toxic substances, treatment
2023
ND
Annual Base
Looking Ahead: A Sustainable Approach to PFAS Removal From Drinking Water
Federal:
$4,100
Non-Federal:
$4,174
Achintya Bezbaruah
water quality, treatment, toxic substances
2023
ND
Annual Base
Aquatic macroinvertebrates as indicators of restoration success in Prairie Pothole Region wetlands
Federal:
$4,100
Non-Federal:
$6,881
Marinus Otte
wetlands, management and planning, water quality
2023
ND
Annual Base
Social Sensing for Supporting Water Infrastructure Resilience
Federal:
$3,961
Non-Federal:
$4,174
Chau Le
floods, management and planning
2023
ND
Annual Base
Utilizing remote-controlled drip irrigation for high tunnel tomato and pepper productions in North Dakota
Federal:
$3,961
Non-Federal:
$4,174
Xinhua Jia
irrigation, agriculture, conservation
2023
ND
Annual Base
InSAR, Repeat Photography, and GPS to Monitor Landslides in North Dakota
Federal:
$3,961
Non-Federal:
$3,961
Benjamin Laabs
hydrology, geomorpological processes, climatological processes
2023
ND
Annual Base
Enhanced Removal of Organic Micropollutants in Agricultural Runoff and Wastewater Effluent by Novel KrCl* Excimer Lamp (222 nm)
Federal:
$3,615
Non-Federal:
$3,615
Jiale Xu
treatment, wastewater, toxic substances
2023
ND
Annual Base
Development of a Joint Modeling Framework for Assessing the Impacts of Wetland Restoration on Hydrologic Processes in an Impaired Wetland-Influenced Watershed in North Dakota
Federal:
$3,615
Non-Federal:
$3,627
Xuefeng Chu
wetlands, hydrology, models
2023
ND
Annual Base
Reconstructing glyphosate use in the Prairie Pothole Region: A paleolimnological approach
Federal:
$3,630
Non-Federal:
$8,217
Marinus Otte
ecology, sediments, wetlands, agriculture
2023
ND
Annual Base
Evaluating the Impact of Constructed Wetlands at the Watershed Scale
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$2,782
Marinus L. Otte
wetlands, water quality, models
2023
ND
Annual Base
Automated irrigation for commercial production of watermelon, squash, and muskmelon cultivars in Oakes
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$2,782
Xinhua Jia
irrigation, agriculture, conservation
2023
ND
Annual Base
Developing Machine Learning and Deep Learning Soil Moisture Models for Precision Agricultural Applications
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$2,782
Zhulu Lin, Xin (Rex) Sun
water supply, agriculture, models
2023
ND
Annual Base
Cross-stream shear stress distribution in ice-covered
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$2,782
Trung Bao Le
floods, climatological processes, hydrology
2023
ND
Annual Base
Building NRCS Technical Capacity in Irrigation Water Management for Variable Rate Irrigation
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$2,782
Dean D. Steele
irrigation, water quantity, conservation, sensors
2023
ND
Annual Base
Towards a Low-cost, Pervasive Metasurface-based Dielectric Resonator Wireless Soil Salinity and Moisture Sensing System for Precision Agriculture
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$2,782
Shuvashis Dey
water quality, agriculture, hydrology
2023
ND
Annual Base
Sustainable Management of Dams and Reservoirs in North Dakota: Sediment Transport Characterization
Federal:
$4,572
Non-Federal:
$4,933
Yeo Howe Lim
sediments, water supply, management and planning, water quality
2023
ND
Annual Base
Salts Removal as an Effective and Economical Method of Bakken Formation Treatment
Federal:
$4,572
Non-Federal:
$4,933
Yeo Howe Lim
treatment, water quality, groundwater, produced water
2023
ND
Annual Base
Data mining of hybrid processes for microplastics treatments in wastewater and landfill leachate
Federal:
$4,363
Non-Federal:
$4,759
Yun Ji
wastewater, water quality, treatment
2023
ND
Annual Base
Determination of Water Quality Parameters in Small Waterbodies using UAV Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
Federal:
$3,554
Non-Federal:
$3,700
Yeo Howe Lim
water quality, nutrients, surface water, remote sensing
2023
ND
Annual Base
Data mining of hybrid processes for microplasitics treatments in wastewater and landfill leachate
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$3,995
Yun Ji
wastewater, models, methods
2023
ND
Annual Base
Detecting Scale-Specific Changes in Wetland Water Quality and Ecological Communities
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$2,991
Mark Kaemingk
ecology, methods, wetlands
2023
NE
Annual Base
Grassland wildfire impacts on lake ecosystems
Federal:
$29,841
Non-Federal:
$29,841
Jessica Corman
water quality, nutrients, surface water
2023
NE
Annual Base
Managing Irrigated Cropping Systems for Drought Resilience and Vadose zone Nitrate Control: Field Evaluations and Modeling
Federal:
$29,962
Non-Federal:
$29,966
Abia Katimbo
water quality
2023
NE
Annual Base
Synergistic effect of biochar and biosolids to limit nitrate leaching beneath cropland
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$14,958
Arindam Malakar
nitrate contamination, nutrients, geochemical processes, hydrogeochemistry
2023
NE
Annual Base
Growing Groundwater Science
Federal:
$14,119
Non-Federal:
$16,283
Dan Snow
groundwater, nitrate contamination
2023
NE
Annual Base
Metal Oxide precipitates on irrigation center pivots as a non-invasive screening tool for redox sensitive trace metals in groundwater
Federal:
$11,299
Non-Federal:
$11,331
Jeffrey Westrop
water quality, geochemical processes, groundwater
2023
NH
Annual Base
Water Quality and the Landscape: Long-term monitoring of rapidly developing suburban watersheds
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$69,251
William H. McDowell
water quality, surface water, non point pollution
2023
NH
Annual Base
Revealing the Dark Cyanotoxin Biosphere
Federal:
$29,494
Non-Federal:
$30,859
Jeffrey Miller
water quality, toxic substances, methods, Cyanobacteria, Blooms, Picocyanobacteria, ddPCR, Metagenomics
2023
NJ
Annual Base
Pre-and post-storm PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) distribution in Atlantic City Reservoir and connected streams
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Thivanka Ariyarathna, Brian T. Buckley
non point pollution, surface water, solute transport, toxic substances, water quality, hydrogeochemistry, floods
2023
NJ
Annual Base
Assessing spatiotemporal variations and driving forces of harmful algal blooms in New Jersey lakes using remote sensing and artificial intelligence
Federal:
$19,090
Non-Federal:
$20,966
Huiran Jin
water quality, surface water, methods, education
2023
NJ
Annual Base
Bioretention system optimization for effective stormwater quality management
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,012
Viravid Na Nagara, Michel Boufadel
water quality, non point pollution, treatment
2023
NJ
Annual Base
Mixed media biologically active filters for water reuse in agriculture
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Tanvir Ahmed, Lisa Axe
agriculture, irrigation, non point pollution, treatment, nutrients
2023
NJ
Annual Base
Reductive defluorination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in sediments
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,002
Melissa Caruana, Donna Fennell
sediments, treatment, toxic substances, PFAS, biodegradation
2023
NJ
Annual Base
Metal complexation in New Jersey brownfield soils, a critical water quality issue
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Eshariah Dyson, Nina Goodey
geochemical processes, water quality, sediments, toxic substances, wetlands
2023
NJ
Annual Base
Assessing hydrologically sensitive areas as a novel indicator of flood risks using a hedonic pricing method
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Wenlong Feng, Zeyuan Qiu
economics, floods, hydrology, management and planning, models
2023
NJ
Annual Base
Algal separation using recoverable magnetic particles under a tunable magnetic field
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Lili Li, Yihan Zhang, Wen Zhang
treatment, water quality, water supply
2023
NJ
Annual Base
An integrated approach to groundwater management in northern New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Toritseju Oyen, Duke Ophori
water quality, groundwater, geochemical processes, model, salinity, deicing salts
2023
NJ
Annual Base
Development of graphene oxide quantum dot immobilized multifunctional super hydrophilic membranes for the removal of diverse contaminants: from gasoline to PFAS
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Sumona Paul, Somenath Mitra
water quality, wastewater, treatment
2023
NJ
Annual Base
Nanobubble-enhanced oxygenation of reduced iron-bearing minerals for organic phosphorus removal from wastewater
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,040
Lai Wei, Lijie Zhang
wastewater, treatment, water quality, nutrient
2023
NM
Annual Base
Geographic Information System for Water Resources Research Planning and Outreach
Federal:
$22,952
Non-Federal:
$22,952
Alexander G. Fernald
management and planning, agriculture, models
2023
NM
Annual Base
Collective effects of different PFAS chemicals on migration behaviors and toxicity
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Runwei Li
solute transport, toxic substances, water quality, PFAS, co-transport, migration, co-exposure, ecotoxicity
2023
NM
Annual Base
New Mexico Statewide Drought Vulnerability Analysis Under Future Climate Change Scenarios Using a Physically-Based Coupled Model
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Huidae Cho
drought, hydrology, methods
2023
NM
Annual Base
Numerical modeling of root water uptake of forage crops in semi-arid environments
Federal:
$27,000
Non-Federal:
$27,000
Rajan Ghimire
conservation, irrigation, models, soil health
2023
NV
Annual Base
Removal of Fluoride from Groundwater in Rural Communities of Nevada
Federal:
$34,768
Non-Federal:
$34,768
Erick Bandala
groundwater, water quality
2023
NV
Annual Base
A Storyline Approach to Assess the 1997 New Year’s Flood in Western Nevada
Federal:
$28,653
Non-Federal:
$28,653
Guo Yu
floods, hydrology, climatological processes
2023
NV
Annual Base
Applying Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) to Study the Concentration Variation of Heavy Metals in Lake Mead Due to Climate Change and Population Growth in Southern Nevada
Federal:
$35,790
Non-Federal:
$98,870
Zaijing Sun
drought, radioactive substances, water quality
2023
NY
Annual Base
Satellite-based monitoring and web-based visualization of sediment and turbidity of the Finger Lakes
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$36,143
Bahram Salehi
water quality, methods, sediments
2023
NY
Annual Base
Does this taste salty to you? Chronic effects of road salt application on stream food webs
Federal:
$35,355
Non-Federal:
$38,670
Whorley
ecology, surface water, water quality, road salt
2023
OH
Annual Base
Using long-term satellite data and machine learning to quantify changes in riverine phosphorus in the Ohio River Basin
Federal:
$35,983
Non-Federal:
$40,824
Dongmei Feng
water quality, models, nutrients
2023
OH
Annual Base
Evaluating the relationship between variable winter/spring conditions and cyanobacteria dynamics in Ohio reservoirs
Federal:
$35,208
Non-Federal:
$35,403
Lesley Knoll
ecology, nutrients, non point pollution
2023
OH
Annual Base
Decision-tool to prioritize water line repair to combat water inequity
Federal:
$30,172
Non-Federal:
$30,198
Yalin Dong
water supply, models, economics
2023
OK
Annual Base
Technology for Measurement and Remediation of PFAS in Contaminated Water
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,002
Allen Apblett
water quality, wastewater, groundwater, Polyfluroalkyl substances
2023
OK
Annual Base
Recovering Water and Metals From Produced Water
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$48,438
Mark Krzmarzick
water quality, wastewater, water supply
2023
OK
Annual Base
Evaluating Regenerative Agricultural Practices (RAPs) as a Strategy to Mitigate Flash Flooding in Southwest Oklahoma
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,663
Ali Mirchi
floods, agriculture, water quantity, Soil Health
2023
OK
Annual Base
Estimating runoff and nitrate leaching from the Oklahoma TAPS program using the DNDC model
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Mary Foltz
models, nitrate contamination, agriculture
2023
OK
Annual Base
Fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in wastewater treatment facilities in Oklahoma
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Kiranmayi Mangalgiri
water quality, surface water, toxic substances, PFAS
2023
OK
Annual Base
Improving Membrane Distillation Technology by Controlling Hydrophobicity of Microporous Membrane
Federal:
$4,946
Non-Federal:
$4,953
Khaled Sallam
wastewater, treatment, drought
2023
OR
Annual Base
Transboundary Groundwater Management in Klamath Basin, Oregon and California
Federal:
$14,646
Non-Federal:
$17,249
Stephen Good
groundwater, law, institutions, and policy, agriculture
2023
OR
Annual Base
Assessment of Legal and Policy Options to Restore Water Levels in Lake Abert and Summer Lake
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$7,500
Michelle Smith
law, institutions, and policy, management and planning, surface water
2023
OR
Annual Base
Workforce Development for Water-Related Careers in Oregon
Federal:
$24,514
Non-Federal:
$24,755
Fletcher Beaudoin
education
2023
PA
Annual Base
Identification, characterization and risk assessment of PFAS in Schuylkill River Watershed
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Gangadhar Andaluri
water quality, toxic substances, surface water, PFAS
2023
PA
Annual Base
Defluorination of PFAS by iron/carbon/nanofiber composites under UVC light
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,065
Dipendu Saha
water quality, toxic substances, treatment
2023
PA
Annual Base
Evaluating the spatial and temporal variability of microplastics in freshwater stream macroinvertebrates in Central Pennsylvania
Federal:
$24,931
Non-Federal:
$24,931
Jon Sweetman
toxic substances, water quality, non point pollution, Ecology, Surface Water
2023
PR
Annual Base
Biocomposites for Caffeine Detection and Removal in Aquatic Ecosystems
Federal:
$23,000
Non-Federal:
$23,495
Magda La Torre
ecology, agriculture, conservation
2023
PR
Annual Base
Rapid, Portable and Low-Cost Water Quality Sensor Using Artificial Intelligence
Federal:
$22,844
Non-Federal:
$26,881
Pedro Resto Irizarry
water quality, wastewater, methods
2023
PR
Annual Base
Installation and integration of a rainwater collection system with a rainfall simulator to enhance water erosion research in Puerto Rico
Federal:
$23,026
Non-Federal:
$23,580
Salvador Acuña Guzman
agriculture, hydrology, sediments
2023
RI
Annual Base
Assessing the risk of PFAS-contaminated sediments in textile mill waste lagoons along the Pawcatuck River in Westerly, RI
Federal:
$19,303
Non-Federal:
$19,301
Rainer Lohmann
toxic substances, surface water, water quality
2023
RI
Annual Base
Septic-groundwater interaction: water table variability over seasons and storms in Charlestown, RI
Federal:
$26,403
Non-Federal:
$31,586
Chrisopher Russoniello
water quality, surface water, groundwater
2023
RI
Annual Base
Sampling and characterization of nanoplastics in tap water of Rhode Island
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$28,756
Yang Lin
toxic substances, water quality
2023
RI
Annual Base
Nanoparticle-based sensors for real-time, continuous PFAS identification
Federal:
$19,300
Non-Federal:
$18,112
Ryan Poling-Skutvik
toxic substances, water quality
2023
SC
Annual Base
Integrating Alligator Tissues and Environmental Samples as Novel Matrices for Monitoring PFAS and Microplastic Contamination in South Carolina Wetlands
Federal:
$34,419
Non-Federal:
$35,554
James Anderson
conservation, water quality, wetlands, microplastic, PFAS, alligaors
2023
SC
Annual Base
Development of Statewide Baseline Microcystin GIS Database for South Carolina Ponds: Capturing Initial Microcystin Data for Research and Analysis
Federal:
$34,670
Non-Federal:
$36,310
Debabata Sahoo
toxic substances, water quality, surface water
2023
SC
Annual Base
A High-resolution Inventory of South Carolina’s Waterbodies from Multi-source GIS products
Federal:
$33,448
Non-Federal:
$33,537
Cuizhen (Susan) Wang
water quantity, surface water, management and planning, GIS, Remote Sensing
2023
SD
Annual Base
Pilot scale (Year 2) study for utilizing nanobubble technology for dairy processing effluent
Federal:
$37,583
Non-Federal:
$37,585
Maneesha Mohan
treatment, wastewater, water quality
2023
TN
Annual Base
Quantifying Agricultural Water Use in Tennessee and Assessing Areas of Potential Water Availablility Concern
Federal:
$26,000
Non-Federal:
$32,959
Emine Fidan
2023
TN
Annual Base
Reconstruct missing data in water system with machine learning
Federal:
$26,000
Non-Federal:
$34,988
Haochen Li
2023
TN
Annual Base
Optimizing sampling and processing techniques for improved microplastic source dtermination in Tennesseee waterways
Federal:
$25,999
Non-Federal:
$41,138
Stephanie DeVries
2023
TX
Annual Base
Transport of antibiotics and bacterial antibiotic-resistance genes in soils of semi-arid regions of Texas
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,008
Itza Mendoza
solute transport, water quality, irrigation
2023
TX
Annual Base
The Impact of Artificial Aquifer Recharge on the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in the Hueco Bolson Aquifer
Federal:
$7,497
Non-Federal:
$7,486
Itza Mendoza
wastewater, water quality, solute transport
2023
TX
Annual Base
Ecohydrology of Yaupon Holly
Federal:
$7,494
Non-Federal:
$15,362
Bradford Wilcox
conservation, ecology, hydrology
2023
TX
Annual Base
Constraining How Riverbank Microbial Communities Influence Watershed Scale Denitrification
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$15,376
Peter Knappett
geochemical processes, water quality, nutrients
2023
UT
Annual Base
Forage crop water use under subsurface drip irrigation in Utah
Federal:
$34,310
Non-Federal:
$40,090
Burdette Barker
agriculture, irrigation, drought, subsurface drip irrigation, evapotranspiration, forage crops
2023
UT
Annual Base
Unveiling the Interactions between Antimicrobial Resistome and Microplastics Influenced by Heavy Metals and Antimicrobics in Wastewater Treatment Plants in Utah
Federal:
$33,844
Non-Federal:
$34,145
Liyuan Hou
wastewater, water quality, treatment, antimicrobial resistance genes, municipal wastewater, microplastics, heavy metals, antimicrobics, environmental health
2023
UT
Annual Base
Enhancing Urban Irrigation Analysis in Utah with Remote Sensing
Federal:
$34,000
Non-Federal:
$34,000
Robert Sowby
conservation, irrigation, water quantity, water conservation, urban water use, remote sensing, drought, irrigation, NDVI
2023
UT
Annual Base
Evaluating Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in Surface Water Aerosols near Utah Lake
Federal:
$34,379
Non-Federal:
$33,863
Sierra Young
water quality, toxic substances, surface water, cyanobacteria, harmful algal bloom, HAB, bioaerosols, cyanotoxins
2023
VA
Annual Base
Can free chlorine cause electrochemical reversal of copper and lead solder in drinking water systems?
Federal:
$19,692
Non-Federal:
$19,692
Marc Edwards
treatment, water supply, drinking water
2023
VA
Annual Base
An investigation of septic sludge resistomes to inform public health and wastewater surveillance of antimicrobial resistance
Federal:
$19,762
Non-Federal:
$19,762
Leigh-Anne Krometis
wastewater, antibiotic resistance
2023
VA
Annual Base
Using agent-based modeling to evaluate the role of shear flows in limiting chemotactic response to NAPL sources
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Roseanne M Ford
toxic substances, groundwater, NAPLs
2023
VA
Annual Base
Hazard identification of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in locally consumed fishes of the tidal freshwater Potomac River
Federal:
$19,956
Non-Federal:
$19,956
Thomas Huff
toxic substances, water quality, PFAS
2023
VI
Annual Base
Biodiversity analyses to secure US Virgin Islands water quality
Federal:
$50,116
Non-Federal:
$0
Guilherme Corte
water quality, non point pollution, ecology
2023
VI
Annual Base
Providing accessible water quality testing services for cistern water with a focus on bacteria, disinfection byproducts, and other contaminants of local concern in St. Thomas, USVI
Federal:
$52,527
Non-Federal:
$0
Amber Packard
water quality, water supply, nitrate contamination
2023
VT
Annual Base
Consequences of warming winters on nutrient export to Lake Champlain
Federal:
$37,961
Non-Federal:
$37,961
E. C. Adair
water quality, nutrients, hydrogeochemistry, Climate change, winter events, rain-on-snow, snowmelt, nutrient and sediment sources and flowpaths, nutrient loading, watershed nutrient transport
2023
VT
Annual Base
Lake Champlain interannual winter microbial dynamics
Federal:
$29,763
Non-Federal:
$29,923
Erin Eggleston
ecology, nutrients, methods, bacteria, winter, phytoplankton, ice cover, long-term monitoring data
2023
VT
Annual Base
Influence of artificial aeration on nitrogen fixation and nutrient limitation of phytoplankton in Lake Carmi, VT
Federal:
$14,861
Non-Federal:
$14,861
Ana M. Morales-Williams
ecology, nutrients, water quality, nutrient limitation, phytoplankton, cyanobacteria, nitrogen fixation, nitrogen
2023
VT
Annual Base
Identifying the environmental drivers of toxic vs. non-toxic cyanobacteria strain abundance in two eutrophic bays of Lake Champlain.
Federal:
$14,860
Non-Federal:
$14,860
Ana M. Morales-Williams
ecology, water quality, toxic substances, surface water
2023
VT
Annual Base
Assessing mechanisms of phosphorous removal at a Champlain Basin wastewater treatment plant
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$13,000
Matthew Scarborough
nutrients, wastewater, treatment, wastewater treatment, phosphorus, biological nutrient removal
2023
WA
Annual Base
Evaluation of drawdown dynamics and implications for groundwater detectability with
Federal:
$28,861
Non-Federal:
$28,861
Jonathan Yoder
2023
WA
Annual Base
Exploring drainage water management as a tool for improving water quality in Washington
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Jonathan Yoder
groundwater, remote sensing, seasonal dynamics
2023
WA
Annual Base
Evaluation of Remote Sensing Based Monitoring of Lake Water Quality in WA State
Federal:
$28,806
Non-Federal:
$28,845
Jonathan Yoder
2023
WI
Annual Base
Aligning the Wisconsin Idea on water: Interpreting public perspectives and values
Federal:
$4,939
Non-Federal:
$2,741
Michael Cardiff
groundwater, water supply
2023
WI
Annual Base
Biomanipulation of groundwater flooding
Federal:
$55,276
Non-Federal:
$24,018
Steven Loheide
groundwater, floods
2023
WI
Annual Base
Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
Federal:
$18,633
Non-Federal:
$20,542
Alison Mikulyuk
surface water
2023
WI
Annual Base
Water Resources Fellow
Federal:
$33,299
Non-Federal:
$25,261
Jennifer Hauxwell
water quality, management and planning
2023
WV
Annual Base
Evaluating trends using 3 Rivers QUEST (3RQ) Data
Federal:
$49,393
Non-Federal:
$52,304
Leslie Hopkinson
water quality, surface water, hydrology
2023
WV
Annual Base
Assessment of Economic Benefits from Restoration of Three Fork Creek of the Tygart River Drainage
Federal:
$49,993
Non-Federal:
$50,079
Julian Hwang
economics, water quality, ecology
2023
WY
Annual Base
Improving Hydrologic Predictions in Wyoming's Headwaters Through Detailed Quantification of Snowmelt
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$21,198
Fabian Nippgen
hydrology, surface water, drought, modeling
2023
WY
Annual Base
Evaluation of Critical Minerals (CMs) Deposits, Mainly Lithium (Li) and Rare Earth Elements (REEs), in Wyoming as well as the Economic Viability of Mining These Resources
Federal:
$19,000
Non-Federal:
$34,831
Maohong Fan
treatment, management and planning, conservation, resource recovery
2023
WY
Annual Base
Evaluating Toxicity of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Wyoming Lakes and Reservoirs
Federal:
$15,019
Non-Federal:
$30,232
Sarah Collins
water quality, ecology, nutrients
2023
WY
Annual Base
High Resolution Upland and Riverbank Erosion Monitoring to Inform Best Management Practices that Seek to Reduce Sediment Accumulation at the Willwood Dam
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$27,129
Austin Madson
sediments, geomorpological processes, water quality, management and planning
2022
AK
Annual Base
Characterization of Biofilms from Full-scale Drinking Water Distribution Pipe Mains in an Arctic Utilidor System
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Md Ibnul Hasan
2022
AK
Annual Base
Microbial recovery of rare-earth elements from acid mine drainage waters in Alaska
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Fayzul Kabir
2022
AK
Annual Base
Fire Influence on Primary Production in Boreal Streams
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Jacob Adams
2022
AK
Annual Base
Controls on carbon transport and fate in boreal forest headwater streams
Federal:
$19,629
Non-Federal:
$19,629
Kristin Olson
2022
AK
Annual Base
Evaluating the effluent quality of wastewater lagoons in the remote Alaskan communities
Federal:
$19,592
Non-Federal:
$19,592
Subhabrata Dev
2022
AL
Annual Base
Building A Private Well Contamination Risk Model To Reduce
Federal:
$22,652
Non-Federal:
$49,525
Jake Nelson
2022
AL
Annual Base
Effect of cover cropping on soil pore properties and nutrient leaching
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$26,557
Jasmeet Lamba
2022
AL
Annual Base
Role of cover crops on cotton root architecture and physiology for sustaining soil and water
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Jagdeep Singh
2022
AL
Annual Base
Drought Impacts on Reservoir Water Quality: Relating Climate, Retention Time, and
Federal:
$9,985
Non-Federal:
$9,985
Benjamin Webster
2022
AL
Annual Base
Interactive Effects Of Nutrient Enrichment And Wave Energy On
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Julia Cherry
2022
AR
Annual Base
Why and when does microcystin exceed recreational guidelines at Lake Fayetteville
Federal:
$28,502
Non-Federal:
$28,503
Brian Haggard
2022
AR
Annual Base
Quantifying watershed-scale responses to conservation in three agricultural watersheds dominated by poultry and pasture-raised livestock production
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$2,115
Shannon Speir
2022
AR
Annual Base
Application of functional gene array technology to understanding biogeochemical processes in small reservoirs across a nutrient and land use gradient
Federal:
$34,581
Non-Federal:
$34,581
Erik Pollock
2022
AR
Annual Base
Nanofiltration for the removal of harmful algal toxins from Lake Fayetteville
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Ranil Wickramasinghe
2022
AR
Annual Base
Antibiotic resistance genes in reuse water
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Wen Zhang
2022
AR
Annual Base
Drought Patterns and Trends in Arkansas, USA, from 1985 to 2021
Federal:
$25,441
Non-Federal:
$27,107
Hamdi Zurqani
2022
AZ
Annual Base
Adaptive Rotational Grazing: Increasing Soil Water Retention in Arid Landscapes
Federal:
$8,932
Non-Federal:
$8,934
Joey Blankenship
2022
AZ
Annual Base
Model Optimization and Testing of Low-Energy Inland Brackish Water Desalination in Arid Climates
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Kerri Hickenbottom
2022
AZ
Annual Base
Impact of Climate Change on Localized Flooding and Affected Populations
Federal:
$9,998
Non-Federal:
$9,998
Kevin Lansey
2022
AZ
Annual Base
Three-dimensional characterization of Grand Canyon's deep karst aquifer
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Temuulen Sankey
2022
CA
Annual Base
Deep Connections: Studying Deep Recharge and Healthy Soil Management Practices in California
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Nathaniel Bogie
2022
CA
Annual Base
Assessing wildlife use of 3 types of agricultural ditches: data for co-management of water quality and food safety
Federal:
$9,991
Non-Federal:
$0
Jennifer Duggan
2022
CA
Annual Base
Mitigating the impact of agriculture on groundwater levels by increasing irrigation efficiency through soil moisture sensing in Siskiyou County
Federal:
$12,560
Non-Federal:
$14,078
Giuliano Carneiro Galdi
2022
CA
Annual Base
Assessing contaminant distributions and sources in Castaic Lake, a mercury-impacted reservoir in Los Angeles County, CA
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Priya M. Ganguli, Scott C. Hauswirth
2022
CA
Annual Base
Understanding historical and future drought evolution and propagation across California
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Laurie Huning
2022
CA
Annual Base
Better understanding of where water goes when it rains to improve water management
Federal:
$12,670
Non-Federal:
$12,670
Scott Jasechko
2022
CA
Annual Base
Climate-smart actions and indicators for increasing available water capacity of California soils
Federal:
$12,517
Non-Federal:
$0
Mallika Nocco
2022
CA
Annual Base
Comprehensive Characterization and Geospatial Analysis of Legal Controls on New Groundwater Extractions in the West to Inform Groundwater Sustainability Plans in California
Federal:
$12,685
Non-Federal:
$12,685
Debra Perrone
2022
CA
Annual Base
Smoke on the Water - disentangling the mechanisms through which mega-wildfires in California affect lake productivity at regional scales
Federal:
$11,605
Non-Federal:
$11,605
Steven Sadro
2022
CA
Annual Base
Access to Cleaner Water Sources for Vulnerable Communities in California
Federal:
$15,464
Non-Federal:
$0
Samuel Sandoval Solis
2022
CO
Annual Base
A Combined Machine-Learning and Kriging Surface Temperature Approach for Crop Water Stress Mapping
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$5,200
Jose Chavez
2022
CO
Annual Base
Post-fire sediment retention to enhance watershed resilience to wildfire, Colorado Rocky Mountains
Federal:
$9,979
Non-Federal:
$5,189
Sarah Rathburn
2022
CO
Annual Base
Pop-Up Hyporheic Zones: A New Technology for Cleaning Urban Drool in Colorado
Federal:
$9,850
Non-Federal:
$0
John McCray
2022
CO
Annual Base
Recovery of semi-arid grassland plant populations and communities from extreme drought
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$5,200
Melinda Smith
2022
CO
Annual Base
Lab and Field Evaluation of Biopolymers to Reduce Seepage in Colorado Irrigation Canals
Federal:
$9,997
Non-Federal:
$5,198
Joseph Scalia
2022
CO
Annual Base
Forest Fire Influences on Snowpack Timing
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$5,200
Steven Fassnacht
2022
CO
Annual Base
Cameron Peak Fire effects on snowpack and streamflow across an elevation gradient
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$5,200
Stephanie Kampf
2022
CO
Annual Base
Examining nuance in variability of climate-hydrological trends over the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basins
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$5,200
Steven Fassnacht
2022
CT
Annual Base
Establishing a model system to restore zooplankton abundance in Connecticut lakes
Federal:
$6,305
Non-Federal:
$4,000
Theodora Pinou, Laurence Marsicano
2022
CT
Annual Base
Assessment of PFAS-impacted soil and groundwater in the State of Connecticut
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$28,452
Nefeli Maria Bompoti
2022
CT
Annual Base
Investigating the Impact of Beavers in Connecticut Upland Rivers
Federal:
$15,438
Non-Federal:
$15,438
William Ouimet
2022
CT
Annual Base
Field Hydrogeologic Study to Confirm Orchard Sources of Arsenic Contamination
Federal:
$25,024
Non-Federal:
$25,024
Gary Robbins
2022
CT
Annual Base
Building Environmental and Community Resilience with Rain Gardens: A Collaboration of SCSU and Neighborhood Housing Services in Newhallville, New Haven
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,002
Sara Baker-Bailey
2022
DC
Annual Base
Emerging pollutants in the Anacostia River: Determining concentration of siloxanes (D4, D5, D6, and 2.4.6.8) and specific PAHs
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,022
Stephen E. MacAvoy
2022
DC
Annual Base
Assessing cellular mechanisms underlying behavioral changes in larval fish raised in Anacostia River water
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,042
Victoria P. Connaughton
2022
DC
Annual Base
Urban Heat Island Analysis over Washington DC using Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurements
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Leila Farhadi
2022
DC
Annual Base
Economical production of methane (CH4) and hydrogen (H2) and struvite recovery from agricultural waste, energy crops, and food waste
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$16,080
Hossain Azam
2022
DC
Annual Base
Storm Event Analysis Tool for Urban Infrastructure Design
Federal:
$14,993
Non-Federal:
$15,080
Pradeep K Behera
2022
DC
Annual Base
Assessing benzophenone contamination in DC area watersheds
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$16,080
Ozlem Dilek
2022
FL
Annual Base
Assessment of coastal sustainability to (re)emerging biothreats: Assessment of population regions prone to biological agents in water systems
Federal:
$20,531
Non-Federal:
$10,386
Antarpreet Jutla
2022
FL
Annual Base
Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on Coastal Hydrology, Ecology, and Economics
Federal:
$20,531
Non-Federal:
$48,870
David Kaplan
2022
FL
Annual Base
Effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) on microbial community structure and function at the Indian River Lagoon: Implications on sediment biochemical cycles
Federal:
$18,478
Non-Federal:
$8,323
Kathy Deliz
2022
FL
Annual Base
Tailoring the Surface Chemistry of Activated Carbon with Molecular Imprinted Polymers for Ultra Selective Removal of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Water
Federal:
$18,479
Non-Federal:
$8,971
Andreia Faria
2022
FL
Annual Base
Modeling nutrient/metal partitioning and distribution for clarification with machine learning
Federal:
$21,436
Non-Federal:
$16,030
John Sansalone, Haochen Li
2022
GA
Annual Base
Hydraulic transients in water distribution systems – the role of unsteady friction and groundwater contamination
Federal:
$24,000
Non-Federal:
$24,000
Chris Lai
2022
GA
Annual Base
Scenario Analysis of Flood Risk in Savannah by an Integrated Urban-Hydrology-Hydraulics Model - Phase II
Federal:
$24,000
Non-Federal:
$24,000
Jian Luo
2022
GA
Annual Base
Development of a Green Infrastructure by Using Biochar Amended Topsoil for On-Site Stormwater Runoff Treatment
Federal:
$23,993
Non-Federal:
$23,993
George Yuzhu Fu
2022
GU
Annual Base
Wastewater-N Solute Transport Model Scenarios of the Swamp Road Development Plan
Federal:
$17,748
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan C. Habana, John W. Jenson
2022
GU
Annual Base
Northern Guam Lens Aquifer Web MApps Tethys Portal, Production well, Nitrates Map and Historical Graphs
Federal:
$8,971
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan C. Habana
2022
GU
Annual Base
Southern Guam Hydrologic Web MApp: Tethys Portal, Ugum Watershed Streamflow Duration Curves
Federal:
$10,597
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan C. Habana, Leroy F. Heitz
2022
GU
Annual Base
PFOS trend monitoring in Saipan production wells
Federal:
$38,987
Non-Federal:
$0
Yong Sang Kim, Myeong-Ho Yeo, Heidi Yelin
2022
GU
Annual Base
Protection of fresh water resources through proper solid waste management
Federal:
$20,686
Non-Federal:
$0
Myeong-Ho Yeo, Youngmin Cho
2022
GU
Annual Base
A sustainable plan for stormwater management and flooding at Garapan Saipan Phase III - Building Stormwater Model
Federal:
$38,359
Non-Federal:
$0
Myeong-Ho Yeo
2022
GU
Annual Base
Sustainability of water resources through education - Chuuk Lagoon
Federal:
$47,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Myeong-Ho Yeo, Danko Taborosi, Manuel Rauchholz
2022
GU
Annual Base
Guam Water Kids - Protecting Guam's Freshwater Resources
Federal:
$25,144
Non-Federal:
$0
Myeong-Ho Yeo, Shinhwa Lee
2022
GU
Annual Base
Establishing a GIS Model for Mapping Groundwater Protection Zones in Guam
Federal:
$14,681
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen, Brian Bearden, John Jenson
2022
GU
Annual Base
Spatio-temporal Analysis of Patterns and Trends of Salinity in Hatgana Basin
Federal:
$24,941
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen, John Jenson
2022
GU
Annual Base
An exploratory analysis of the impact of climate change on GWA built infrastructure
Federal:
$20,978
Non-Federal:
$0
Yong Sang Kim
2022
HI
Annual Base
Understanding the impact of nutrient loading on the ecology of Staphylococcus aureus in Hawaii beach sand
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Marek Kirs
2022
HI
Annual Base
Characterizing network-wide, spatially explicit current and future stream temperature distribution
Federal:
$39,572
Non-Federal:
$39,828
Henrietta Dulai
2022
HI
Annual Base
Daily Streamflow Forecasting in American Samoa by Deep Learning Approaches
Federal:
$39,751
Non-Federal:
$0
Sayed Bateni, Christopher Shuler
2022
HI
Annual Base
Strengthening understanding of land-sea systems: illuminating drivers of nutrient and sediment loads and links to coral reefs in American Samoa
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Leah Bremer
2022
HI
Annual Base
Assessing Watershed Pollutant Impacts Using Nearshore Coral Microbiome Bioindicators
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$40,001
Craig Nelson
2022
IA
Annual Base
Denitrification potential in floodplain forests: Investigating water quality improvements to reduce negative impacts in downstream communities.
Federal:
$13,179
Non-Federal:
$27,147
William Beck, Emily Zimmerman
2022
IA
Annual Base
Treatment Impacts on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Discharge in Wet-Weather Flows
Federal:
$19,934
Non-Federal:
$39,967
Joe Charbonnet
2022
IA
Annual Base
Identify causal pathways of how household flood recovery measures lead to the reduction of unmet social needs
Federal:
$3,503
Non-Federal:
$7,008
Md Asif Rahman, Eric Tate
2022
IA
Annual Base
Probing Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions as a Driver of Complex Mixture Evolution in an Effluent-Impacted Stream in Iowa
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,035
Gregory H. LeFevre, Jessica R. Meyer
2022
ID
Annual Base
Developing drone-based thermal imagery to quantify the thermal and hydrologic retention capacity of beaver habitat and their restoration analogs
Federal:
$33,461
Non-Federal:
$33,132
Brian Kennedy
2022
ID
Annual Base
Partitioning of snowmelt in the critical zone: effect of vegetation on snow water input and groundwater recharge
Federal:
$39,999
Non-Federal:
$40,328
James McNamara
2022
ID
Annual Base
Building a water isotope database to quantify hydrologic partitioning in Mores Creek Basin, Idaho
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Anna Bergstrom
2022
IL
Annual Base
Analyzing nutrient sources in the production of harmful algal blooms in Long Lake and reducing energy use for wastewater nutrient removal using machine learning
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,001
David Lampert
2022
IL
Annual Base
Evaluating Sources of Fine Sediment to Headwater Streams in Intensively Managed Agricultural Landscapes of Illinois
Federal:
$9,700
Non-Federal:
$9,708
Bruce Rhoads
2022
IL
Annual Base
A hybrid plasma-electrocatalyst activated process for the synthesis of ammonia from air and water
Federal:
$9,999
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Mohan Sankaran
2022
IL
Annual Base
Measuring the effect of flood pulses on ecosystem function in lakes created by mining (Kickapoo State Recreation Area)
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$23,123
Carla Caceres
2022
IN
Annual Base
Effects of Nutrient Loading on PFAS Bioaccumulation in Aquatic Food Webs
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Gary Lamberti
2022
IN
Annual Base
Nutrient stoichiometry and cyanobacterial blooms in the Ohio River
Federal:
$23,878
Non-Federal:
$81,117
Todd Royer
2022
IN
Annual Base
Cyanophages Therapy: A Novel and eco-friendly method to control cyanobacteria in Indiana lakes
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,530
Halis Simsek
2022
IN
Annual Base
Agricultural Ditch Biotic Integrity Assessment-An Ex-stream Context
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,861
Reuben Goforth
2022
KS
Annual Base
Investigating management techniques for irrigation with contaminated waters in the closed-basin Arkansas River region of western Kansas
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,261
Jonathan Aguilar
2022
KS
Annual Base
Unraveling Spatiotemporal Patterns in Watershed Nutrient and Sediment Loads under Conditions of Rapid Crop Conversion using Direct Sampling and Remote Sensing Observations
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$38,000
Amy Hansen
2022
KS
Annual Base
Forecasting streamflow and groundwater depletion with deep learning models to sustain Kansan water resources
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$38,000
Admin Husic
2022
KS
Annual Base
Herbal medicine for sick ponds: Are native aquatic macrophytes a cheap and easy way to mitigate HABs?
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$38,375
Jennifer Moody, Ted Harris
2022
KY
Annual Base
An interdisciplinary approach to improving epikarst protection
Federal:
$15,119
Non-Federal:
$22,387
Benjamin W. Tobin
2022
KY
Annual Base
Establishing Linkages between Nutrients, Nitrogen-fixation, and Microcystin Production by Phytoplankton Communities in a Hypereutrophic Lake
Federal:
$8,100
Non-Federal:
$8,111
Elisa D'Angelo
2022
KY
Annual Base
It’s not easy being green: rapid assessment of wetland carbon source-sink status through remote sensing
Federal:
$19,998
Non-Federal:
$19,999
Andrea Gaughan
2022
KY
Annual Base
Quantifying impacts of climate change on water availability and streamflow permanence on the Cumberland Plateau: insights from 50-years of data collection and a hydrologic model
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,440
David Tyler Mahoney
2022
KY
Annual Base
Predictive Real-time Flood Modeling for Emergency Response Planning in Urban Karst Groundwater Systems
Federal:
$19,980
Non-Federal:
$19,980
Jason Polk
2022
LA
Annual Base
AI-Based Automated Monitoring of Water Quality Indicators for Lake Pontchartrain
Federal:
$16,560
Non-Federal:
$16,979
Zhiqiang Deng
2022
LA
Annual Base
Monitoring Louisiana groundwater storage changes using GRACE/GRACE-FO data
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$18,000
Chunli Dai
2022
LA
Annual Base
Efficient Screening for Antibiotic Resistance in Surface Waters Receiving Wastewater Effluent from On-site Treatment Units
Federal:
$17,993
Non-Federal:
$41,258
Aaron Bivins
2022
LA
Annual Base
Investigation of dissolved carbon discharge from wastewater treatment plants to the Mississippi River
Federal:
$16,628
Non-Federal:
$28,566
Y. Jun Xu
2022
LA
Annual Base
The effects of environmental salinity on eco-mechanical performance in a ubiquitous coastal fish (mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis)
Federal:
$17,872
Non-Federal:
$17,872
Emily Kane
2022
MA
Annual Base
Decreasing toxicity of DBP of drinking water through light driven reactions
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$50,020
Mariana Lopes
2022
MA
Annual Base
Evaluating hydroclimatic controls on riverine flooding in New England using reanalysis data and model simulations
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$50,786
Samuel Munoz
2022
MD
Annual Base
Assessing and understanding spatiotemporal variation in stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope values of Maryland’s rivers
Federal:
$69,004
Non-Federal:
$82,637
David Nelson, Keith Eshleman, Lee Cooper
2022
MD
Annual Base
Assessment of Salinization in Metro Baltimore Drinking Water: Implications for Disinfection Byproduct Formation
Federal:
$49,578
Non-Federal:
$63,203
John D. Sivey
2022
ME
Annual Base
Interpreting the extent and characteristics of microplastics pollution in Maine freshwater streams to guide a holistic mitigation strategy
Federal:
$34,136
Non-Federal:
$34,816
Onur Apul, Sean Smith
2022
ME
Annual Base
Valuing the Economic Benefits of Maine’s Great Ponds in the 21st Century
Federal:
$33,037
Non-Federal:
$34,764
Adam Daigneault, Susan Gallo, Linda Bacon
2022
ME
Annual Base
Relative impacts of human-induced and natural wave erosion and deposition processes on large alum treated lakes: A case study on East Pond
Federal:
$22,488
Non-Federal:
$33,933
Alejandra Ortiz, Danielle Wain, Alison Bates
2022
MI
Annual Base
Advancement of catchment-scale models for simulating PFAS fate and transport
Federal:
$25,594
Non-Federal:
$24,993
Amirpouyan Nejadhashemi
2022
MI
Annual Base
Characterizing changes in stream flow over time for socioeconomically and ecologically important rivers across Michigan
Federal:
$20,707
Non-Federal:
$20,752
Dana Infante, Hao Yu
2022
MI
Annual Base
Impacts of plant species on relative infiltration in runoff BMPs – a foundational study for future citizen science research
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,080
Dawn Dechand, Younsuk Dong
2022
MN
Annual Base
Snow hydrology in Minnesota headwater catchments
Federal:
$10,600
Non-Federal:
$17,608
Xue Feng
2022
MN
Annual Base
Assessing the impact of industrial agriculture on water quantity and water quality in the Park Rapids region
Federal:
$9,923
Non-Federal:
$16,185
John Nieber
2022
MN
Annual Base
Nitrogen Rate, Cover Crops, and Living Mulches: Their Impact on Irrigated Corn and Soybean Production and the Environment
Federal:
$10,344
Non-Federal:
$17,070
Fabian Fernandez
2022
MN
Annual Base
Protecting groundwater: An assessment of hydrophysical and social risks
Federal:
$10,465
Non-Federal:
$17,325
Amit Pradhananga
2022
MO
Annual Base
Year-round cyanotoxin threats to Missouri surface waters
Federal:
$24,952
Non-Federal:
$25,153
Rebecca North
2022
MO
Annual Base
Microplastic contamination in groundwater as a function of land use
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$43,509
Elizabeth A. Hasenmueller
2022
MS
Annual Base
Irrigation Systems, Row Spacing, and Applied Fertilizer Effects on Water Use and Crop Productivity
Federal:
$37,176
Non-Federal:
$37,176
Drew Gholson
2022
MS
Annual Base
Resource recovery from Agricultural Industry Wastewater through Sustainable Technologies – Plant and Soil Microbiome Studies
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,005
Veera Gnaneswar Gude
2022
MS
Annual Base
Multi-Scale Evaluation of the Hydrological Extremes on Coastal Wetland Vegetation
Federal:
$37,879
Non-Federal:
$37,879
Wei Wu
2022
MT
Annual Base
How does white bark pine affect snowpack and streamflow?
Federal:
$17,500
Non-Federal:
$17,541
Danielle Ulrich, Brian Smithers
2022
MT
Annual Base
The Next Generation of Water Policy to Support Farms and Fish in Montana
Federal:
$12,340
Non-Federal:
$12,339
Brian Chaffin
2022
MT
Annual Base
Exploring diffusion of information from volunteer water monitoring and the effect on public trust in science
Federal:
$13,796
Non-Federal:
$13,801
Sarah Church, Adam Sigler
2022
MT
Annual Base
Managing for Drought & Climate: Understanding Enabling and Constraining Factors for Adaptive Decision-making Among Montana Ranchers
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Ada Smith
2022
MT
Annual Base
Cold Climate Nitrification in Treatment Wetlands
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Mohammad Mozaffari
2022
MT
Annual Base
Aerobic Granular Sludge: Assessing a Novel Approach to Pharmaceutical Removal from Wastewater
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Kylie Bodie
2022
MT
Annual Base
Irrigation ditches as novel agricultural streams that promote ecological connections across aquatic-terrestrial boundaries through aquatic insect emergence
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathaniel Heili
2022
MT
Annual Base
Chemical and Biological Impacts of Increased Treated Mining Discharge on a Restored Ecosystem
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Juan Andres Changoluisa
2022
NC
Annual Base
Performance Evaluation of Novel Resins in Flow-Through Columns for PFAS removal from Drinking Water and Treated Wastewater
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Orlando Cornell
2022
NC
Annual Base
Fecal contamination source tracking and forecasting to support recreational and cultural development in the Black River watershed
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$45,481
Angela Harris
2022
NC
Annual Base
Enabling Rural Water Utilities to Create, Transfer Information, and Use Digital Service Area Boundaries
Federal:
$15,400
Non-Federal:
$0
Lauren Patterson
2022
NC
Annual Base
A Citizen Science Internship Program to Quantify Racial and Economic Disparities in Lead Levels in Drinking Water Across North Carolina
Federal:
$18,600
Non-Federal:
$62,882
Caren Cooper
2022
NC
Annual Base
Developing a watershed prioritization index to guide restoration initiatives in the Upper Little Tennessee River Basin.
Federal:
$16,912
Non-Federal:
$0
Keith Gibbs
2022
ND
Annual Base
Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal from landfill leachate by coagulation
Federal:
$11,201
Non-Federal:
$11,201
Syeed Iskander
2022
ND
Annual Base
Reconstructing glyphosate use in the Prairie Pothole Region: A paleolimnological approach
Federal:
$4,326
Non-Federal:
$4,326
Marinus Otte
2022
ND
Annual Base
Treatment and reuse of produced water through the measurement and elimination of coagulated petrochemicals/hydrocarbons in inorganic and organic aqueous solutions
Federal:
$9,647
Non-Federal:
$9,647
Hallie Boyer Chelmo
2022
ND
Annual Base
Landfill leachate plastics: occurrence, transformation, fate, and environmental implications
Federal:
$13,773
Non-Federal:
$13,773
Syeed Iskander
2022
ND
Annual Base
Environment Friendly Phosphate Removal and Recovery from Surface and Agricultural Waters
Federal:
$8,939
Non-Federal:
$8,940
Achintya Bezbaruah
2022
ND
Annual Base
Assessing the role of wetlands in reducing sediment and nutrient loads from an impaired watershed in North Dakota
Federal:
$11,620
Non-Federal:
$11,620
Xuefeng Chu, Marinus Otte
2022
ND
Annual Base
Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Novel Carboxyl-Based Grafted Polyacrylamide fibers for Ions Removal from Produced Water (PW)
Federal:
$11,285
Non-Federal:
$11,286
Ali Alshami
2022
ND
Annual Base
Building NRCS Technical Capacity in Irrigation Water Management for Variable Rate Irrigation
Federal:
$9,837
Non-Federal:
$9,837
Dean Steele
2022
ND
Annual Base
Aquatic macroinvertebrates as indicators of restoration success in Prairie Pothole Region wetlands
Federal:
$3,090
Non-Federal:
$3,090
Marinus Otte
2022
NE
Annual Base
Surface Water Antibiotic Exposure from adjacent WWTPs, CAFOs, and Agricultural Fields
Federal:
$24,971
Non-Federal:
$24,971
Keeley MacNeill, Steven Thomas
2022
NE
Annual Base
A Biological and Chemical Approach to Restoring Eutrophic Ponds in Nebraska
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Aaron Mittelstet, Steve Comfort
2022
NE
Annual Base
Knowing Your Well Northwest
Federal:
$7,000
Non-Federal:
$7,001
Michael Leite
2022
NE
Annual Base
Compound Specific Stable Isotope Analysis (CSSI) for Soil Source Fingerprinting
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Trenton Franz, Daniel Snow
2022
NH
Annual Base
Water Quality and the Landscape: Long-term monitoring of rapidly developing suburban watersheds
Federal:
$24,121
Non-Federal:
$54,733
William H. McDowell
2022
NH
Annual Base
Water Quality and the Landscape: Real time monitoring in the Lamprey River watershed
Federal:
$15,983
Non-Federal:
$8,418
William H. McDowell
2022
NH
Annual Base
Hedonic Analysis of the Impact of PFAS Contamination on New Hampshire Municipal Water Supplies on House Prices
Federal:
$24,211
Non-Federal:
$24,211
Stephanie Brockmann, John Halstead, Scott Lemos
2022
NH
Annual Base
Open-source, low-cost environmental sensing: development and education
Federal:
$21,220
Non-Federal:
$21,005
Amy Villamagna, Simon Pendleton
2022
NJ
Annual Base
Employing environmental DNA to investigate seasonal dynamics of harmful algal blooms for New Jersey drinking water sources
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,435
Tsung-Ta David Hsu, Meiyin Wu
2022
NJ
Annual Base
Smart salt application using road water conductivity
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
William Pennock, Branislav Dimitrijevic
2022
NJ
Annual Base
2D MoS2-Based Electronic Sensors for Multiplex PFAS Molecules Detection
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,674
Mengqiang Zhao
2022
NJ
Annual Base
Biological removal of 1,4-dioxane by psychrophilic microorganisms
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Jose Antunes
2022
NJ
Annual Base
Development of Fouling Resistant, Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Immobilized Membranes for the Removal of Micro and Nano Plastics from Water
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Mitun Chandra Bhoumick
2022
NJ
Annual Base
Biodegradation of Anthropogenic Organic Pollutants by Microplastic Associated Biofilms
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Matthew Finegan
2022
NJ
Annual Base
Electrochemically Reactive Membrane System for Simultaneous Nitrate Reduction and Ammonia Recovery
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,227
Jianan Gao
2022
NJ
Annual Base
Novel Detection of Ranavirus and other Viral Aquatic Pathogens
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,001
Corbin Hudson
2022
NJ
Annual Base
Impacts of Salt and Artificial Root Exudates on Coastal Soil Function and Plant Growth
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,001
Nicolina Lentine
2022
NJ
Annual Base
Effects of UV exposure on environmental microplastic quality, quantity, and ability to identify polymer type by vibrational spectroscopy
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Lilia Ochoa Romero
2022
NJ
Annual Base
Green Soil Washing and Decontamination with Nanobubble Water
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,227
Shan Xue
2022
NM
Annual Base
Geographic Information System for Water Resources Research Planning and Outreach
Federal:
$10,037
Non-Federal:
$1,973
Alexander G. Fernald
2022
NM
Annual Base
A Water Control System to Deliver the Correct Amount of Water and Reduce Losses for Acequias and Other Run of the River Irrigation Delivery Canal Systems
Federal:
$33,000
Non-Federal:
$33,000
Blair L. Stringam
2022
NM
Annual Base
Morphology of the Rio Grande will evolve with climate change; will we be ready?
Federal:
$32,986
Non-Federal:
$34,593
Kate Leary, John L Wilson
2022
NM
Annual Base
Drying Rivers: Responses of Riverine Biota in Isolated Pools during Reduced Stream Flow
Federal:
$32,673
Non-Federal:
$33,204
Zachary Mitchell
2022
NV
Annual Base
Sensitivity of Mountain Hydrology to Changing Climate: Exploring Source Mixing and Residence Time Distributions in Basin Outflows
Federal:
$46,087
Non-Federal:
$71,682
Rosemary Carroll
2022
NV
Annual Base
Long-term effects of beaver-related stream restoration on fluvial sediment transport
Federal:
$22,131
Non-Federal:
$52,189
Mark Hausner
2022
NV
Annual Base
Climatic and hydrologic aridification in mid- and high-elevation ecosystems of southern Nevada
Federal:
$39,773
Non-Federal:
$39,779
Matthew D. Petrie
2022
NY
Annual Base
NYSWRI Internship Program
Federal:
$22,788
Non-Federal:
$14,036
Brian G Rahm
2022
NY
Annual Base
Effects of Iron and Manganese on the Decomposition of Plant Litter in Tidal Wetlands
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Matthew Reid
2022
NY
Annual Base
FloodViz: a low-cost, camera-based distributed sensor network to improve the efficacy and equity of urban flooding mitigation and response
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$35,015
Elizabeth Carter, Rebecca Schewe, Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas, Joshua Cousins
2022
OH
Annual Base
Evaluating Current and Future Drinking Water Affordability in Ohio
Federal:
$20,484
Non-Federal:
$20,715
Daniel Gingerich, Jeffrey Bielicki
2022
OH
Annual Base
The use of shotgun metagenomics to longitudinally track stream resistome dynamics: From headwaters to wastewaters
Federal:
$14,967
Non-Federal:
$14,973
Jonathon B. Van Gray
2022
OH
Annual Base
Oxidative exhaustion: Assessing the time frame for the cessation of acid mine drainage production within impacted watersheds
Federal:
$28,375
Non-Federal:
$28,375
David M Singer
2022
OH
Annual Base
Understanding hyporheic exchange dynamics in a headwaters stream impacted by urban karst
Federal:
$34,264
Non-Federal:
$66,947
Dylan Ward, Reza Soltanian, Daniel Sturmer, Adam Lehmann
2022
OK
Annual Base
Toxic effects of microplastics on biological wastewater treatment processes
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,002
Jorge Gonzalez Estrella
2022
OK
Annual Base
Fostering Student Training and Enhanced Educational Opportunities on Groundwater Management and climate variability
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Jacqueline M. Vadjunec
2022
OK
Annual Base
Green Technology for Combating Harmful Algal Blooms
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$24,999
Allen W. Apblett
2022
OK
Annual Base
Growth and ionome-wide responses of phytoplankton to relative supplies of nitrogen, phosphorus, and trace metals in Oklahoma Reservoirs
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Punidan Jeyasingh
2022
OK
Annual Base
E. coli Loading in Surface Runoff – Disentangling the Role of Cattle Grazing and Wildlife
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$5,000
Chis Zou
2022
OR
Annual Base
UPP - Workforce Development
Federal:
$19,436
Non-Federal:
$37,074
Alison Hopcroft
2022
OR
Annual Base
Oregon Water Futures Groundwater Reliability
Federal:
$14,342
Non-Federal:
$29,231
Michelle Smith
2022
PA
Annual Base
Real-time sensing groundwater in urban areas by underground telecommunication fiber optics
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Tieyuan Zhu
2022
PA
Annual Base
Sediment and Nutrient Transport Dynamics’ Impact on Biodiversity in a Small Urban Stream Prior to Restoration
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Shirley E. Clark, Yen-Chih Chen
2022
PA
Annual Base
Status of Invasive Snakeheads in Pennsylvania’s Waters
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Jay R. Stauffer
2022
PA
Annual Base
Contaminants of emerging concern in impaired streams of the Delaware River watershed
Federal:
$24,825
Non-Federal:
$24,856
Lisa A. Emili, Heather E. Preisendanz, Robert Mathers, Patrick Drohan, Raymond G. Najjar, Jill M. Arriola
2022
PA
Annual Base
Flood maps and residential housing characteristics
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,000
Lilliard Richardson, Pin Sun
2022
PR
Annual Base
Rapid, Portable and Low-Cost Water Quality Sensor Using Artificial Intelligence
Federal:
$23,433
Non-Federal:
$0
Pedro Resto
2022
PR
Annual Base
Installation and assessment of an in-field runoff collector
Federal:
$23,522
Non-Federal:
$0
Salvador Acuña
2022
PR
Annual Base
Market Solutions for Water Sustainability in Puerto Rico
Federal:
$21,865
Non-Federal:
$0
Teresa Longobardi
2022
RI
Annual Base
Water Availability Assessment through the integration of hydrologic model and water management optimization tool for Chipuxet River Watershed, Rhode Island
Federal:
$24,993
Non-Federal:
$30,237
Soni Pradhanang
2022
RI
Annual Base
Quantifying impact of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) from onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) in the Ninigret Pond watershed
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$25,051
Alissa Cox
2022
RI
Annual Base
Public perceptions and willingness to pay to mitigate microplastic fibers from the Narragansett Bay Watershed
Federal:
$25,053
Non-Federal:
$25,110
Emi Uchida
2022
SC
Annual Base
Developing an online GIS tool for South Carolina to estimate bacteria sources and loading rates at a watershed scale
Federal:
$22,281
Non-Federal:
$22,281
Landon Knapp
2022
SC
Annual Base
Identifying PFAS Hotspots in Surface Waters of South Carolina Using a New Optimized Total Organic Fluorine Method
Federal:
$32,000
Non-Federal:
$32,000
Susan D. Richardson
2022
SC
Annual Base
Quantifying ecological responses following floating treatment wetland application in brackish stormwater ponds
Federal:
$33,545
Non-Federal:
$37,270
William Strosnider, Joshua Stone, Matthew Kimball, Amy Scaroni, Sarah White
2022
SD
Annual Base
Improving Crop Resilience to Climate Variability through Refinement of Crop Water Use in the Skunk Creek Watershed
Federal:
$12,952
Non-Federal:
$12,952
Ruben Behnke
2022
SD
Annual Base
Nanobubble technology for dairy processing effluent management
Federal:
$22,112
Non-Federal:
$22,112
Maneesha Mohan
2022
SD
Annual Base
Transformation of Nitrate to Ammonia by Biochar Supported Ru Catalysts and Recovery of Ammonia as N-Fertilizer on Biochar
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Tao Ye
2022
TN
Annual Base
Validation of the nitrogen balance model used in Tennessee to determine the application rate of secondary-treated reclaimed water-second year
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
John Buchanan
2022
TN
Annual Base
Towards Enhancing Bioretention Treatment of Emerging Plastic Pollution in Urban Runoff
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Jejal Reddy Barhi
2022
TN
Annual Base
Quantifying Microplastics from Tennessee's Wastewater Treatment Plants into Receiving Streams
Federal:
$26,175
Non-Federal:
$26,473
Tania Datta, Justin Murdock
2022
TX
Annual Base
Groundwater salinity forecast of the Simsboro Aquifer in Brazos County, Texas, U.S. using a numerical model for groundwater flow and transport
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$11,105
Hongbin Zhan
2022
TX
Annual Base
Mapping tap water distribution using isotope-based metrics to improve water management in the metropolitan region of north-central Texas
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$7,500
Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo
2022
UT
Annual Base
Understanding Pollutant Mobilization at the Water-Shore Interface of a Drying Great Salt Lake
Federal:
$29,974
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Sierra Young, Joan McLean
2022
UT
Annual Base
Developing High-Resolution Seasonal Snow Forecasts for Utah’s Watersheds
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Wei Zhang, Yoshimitsu Chikamoto, Simon Wang, Hamid Karimi
2022
UT
Annual Base
Quantifying the Effect of Potential Submerged Control Structures on Density-Driven Exchange Flows through the Breach of the Great Salt Lake
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Brian M. Crookston, Som Dutta
2022
UT
Annual Base
Monitoring for Assessment of Cyanobacterial Hazards in Five Drinking Water Reservoirs in Utah
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
David K. Stevens, Joan McLean
2022
VA
Annual Base
Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Impacts of Beaver Activity on Stream Restoration
Federal:
$7,779
Non-Federal:
$7,779
W. Cully Hession
2022
VA
Annual Base
Wastewater Characterization and Enteropathogen Quantification in a Rural Virginia Sewershed and Associated Implications for Local Water Resources
Federal:
$7,977
Non-Federal:
$7,976
Alasdair Cohen
2022
VA
Annual Base
Geochemical drivers of effective manganese mitigation by hypolimnetic oxygenation in drinking water reservoirs
Federal:
$5,897
Non-Federal:
$5,898
Madeline Schreiber
2022
VA
Annual Base
Equity-informed Optimal Watershed Management
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$8,000
Teresa Culver
2022
VA
Annual Base
Survival of wastewater-associated antibiotic resistant bacteria in riverine ecosystems
Federal:
$7,990
Non-Federal:
$7,991
Rima Franklin
2022
VI
Annual Base
Assessing the role of ephemeral streams as conduits for nutrient and sediment pollution within the U.S. Virgin Islands
Federal:
$56,912
Non-Federal:
$0
Brittany Lancellotti, David Hensley
2022
VI
Annual Base
Water Heroes: Changing the Landscape of Water Quality Education Through Immersive Technologies
Federal:
$36,776
Non-Federal:
$0
Howard Forbes Jr
2022
VT
Annual Base
Lake Champlain winter microbial dynamics and long-term data trends
Federal:
$33,061
Non-Federal:
$33,121
Erin Eggleston
2022
VT
Annual Base
Potential impacts on drinking water from road salt storage facilities in vulnerable communities
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Stephanie Hurley
2022
VT
Annual Base
Nutrient loading during winter and growing season high-flow events in different gauged watersheds of the Lake Champlain Basin
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Andrew Schroth, Sonya Vogel
2022
VT
Annual Base
Food Web Responses to Round Goby and Quagga Mussel Invasions Across the Gradient of Lake Types within the Lake Champlain Ecosystem
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Jason Stockwell
2022
WA
Annual Base
Furthering drone-based technologies to map stream velocities, temperatures, grain size distributions and salmon spawning habitat
Federal:
$29,944
Non-Federal:
$29,944
Alexander Fremier
2022
WA
Annual Base
Building Tribal-Academic Partnerships to Protect Pacific Salmon from Toxic Urban Stormwater
Federal:
$29,933
Non-Federal:
$33,467
Jenifer McIntyre
2022
WA
Annual Base
Integrating agricultural water use for extreme-weather-management into climate change impact assessments
Federal:
$29,894
Non-Federal:
$29,894
Kirti Rajagopalan
2022
WI
Annual Base
Wisconsin Water Resources Fellowship: Collaborating with Water Managers
Federal:
$37,468
Non-Federal:
$26,566
Jennifer Hauxwell
2022
WI
Annual Base
Water@UW Summer Research Opportunity Program
Federal:
$18,757
Non-Federal:
$13,391
James Hurley
2022
WI
Annual Base
Aligning the Wisconsin Idea on water: Interpreting public perspectives and values
Federal:
$21,021
Non-Federal:
$19,451
Michael Cardiff
2022
WI
Annual Base
Biomanipulation of groundwater flooding
Federal:
$24,133
Non-Federal:
$25,413
Steven P. Loheide II, Kenneth W. Potter
2022
WV
Annual Base
Implementing a Stream Flow Monitoring Program to Inform Management and Conservation Decisions in the Monongahela River Watershed
Federal:
$45,125
Non-Federal:
$80,650
Brent Murry, Carol Arantes, Michael Strager, Jason Fillhart
2022
WV
Annual Base
Evaluation of Voluntary Discharge Management System for Reducing High-TDS Events in the Monongahela River Basin
Federal:
$19,337
Non-Federal:
$10,055
Jason Fillhart, Rachel Pell
2022
WV
Annual Base
Evaluation of the Contribution of Microbial Biofilms in Drinking Water Distribution Systems to Formation of Disinfection Byproducts
Federal:
$39,612
Non-Federal:
$52,589
Emily Garner
2022
WY
Annual Base
Identifying, predicting and managing the occurrence of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in Wyoming reservoirs
Federal:
$10,224
Non-Federal:
$34,376
Sarah Collins, William Fetzer, Lindsay Patterson, Matt Ross
2022
WY
Annual Base
Improved Forecasting of Water Content Spatial Distribution and Aquifer Potential Assessment Using Geostatistical and Hydro Geophysical Methods.
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$23,800
Dario Grana, Andrew Parsekian
2022
WY
Annual Base
Improving Hydrologic Predictions in Wyoming’s Headwaters Through Detailed Quantification of Snowmelt
Federal:
$12,999
Non-Federal:
$29,263
Fabian Nippgen, Ginger Paige
2022
WY
Annual Base
Economic Impacts of Curtailment and Demand Management in the Wyoming Colorado River Basin
Federal:
$8,968
Non-Federal:
$27,985
Kristiana Hansen, Roger H. Coupal, Ginger Paige
2022
WY
Annual Base
Evaluation of Critical Minerals (CMs) Deposits, Mainly Lithium (Li) and Rare Earth Elements (REEs), In Wyoming as well as the Economic Viability of Mining These Resources
Federal:
$20,091
Non-Federal:
$35,471
Maohong Fan
2021
AK
Annual Base
Measuring snow depth via Structure from Motion (SfM) methods within the Eklutna Lake Watershed
Federal:
$13,750
Non-Federal:
$27,500
Caroline Brisbois
2021
AK
Annual Base
Exploring Hydrologic Impacts of Snow and Ice Bridges Used in Seismic Exploration Surveys to Cross Streams on the Arctic Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Federal:
$6,097
Non-Federal:
$12,194
Julian Dann
2021
AK
Annual Base
Evaluating Water Quality Impacts of COVID-19 Building Closures in Above-Ground Distribution System Water Mains and Tap Water at a University Campus
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Md Ibnul Hasan
2021
AK
Annual Base
Tracking the fate of mercury in downstream freshwater habitats affected by rapid deglaciation in Alaska using stable isotopes
Federal:
$13,800
Non-Federal:
$27,600
Drew Porter
2021
AK
Annual Base
Calculation of sublimation from tundra snowpack in Alaska
Federal:
$23,855
Non-Federal:
$47,710
Kelsey Stockert
2021
AK
Annual Base
Development of sulfidogenic bioremediation technology for the treatment of sulfate and metal-rich industrial wastewater in Alaska
Federal:
$24,938
Non-Federal:
$49,876
Qifan Yang
2021
AL
Annual Base
Water Quality Dynamics Of Permeable Pavement in Alabama
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$53,633
Frances O’Donnell
2021
AL
Annual Base
Interactions of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances with dissolved organic matter as potential contributor to water contamination
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$52,718
Yaniv Olshansky
2021
AL
Annual Base
Engineering a Cost-Effective Biochar-Surfactant System for Sorption and Degradation of PFAS in Drinking Water and Groundwater in Alabama
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$52,504
Dengjun Wang
2021
AL
Annual Base
Determining Sources of E. coli Using Human Proxies in Choccolocco Creek, AL
Federal:
$4,990
Non-Federal:
$12,106
Eleanore Larson
2021
AL
Annual Base
Better Measurement of Mineralizable Soil N for Protected Water Quality
Federal:
$4,938
Non-Federal:
$9,867
Annabelle McEachin
2021
AL
Annual Base
Understanding Preferential Flow Patterns in No-Till Manured Pastures Using Dye Tracer and X-Ray CT Image Analysis
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,100
Kritika Malhotra
2021
AL
Annual Base
A quantitative PCR-based approach to assess fecal pollution sources in the Lake Martin Watershed
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,303
Wenjing Ren
2021
AL
Annual Base
Assessing the Source, Distribution, and Attenuation of Radon Contamination in Fractured Groundwater Aquifers
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,099
Tyler Smith
2021
AL
Annual Base
Geochemical Controls and Environmental Relevance of Arsenic-DOC Complexes
Federal:
$4,935
Non-Federal:
$12,078
Caitlyn Herron
2021
AZ
Annual Base
Diversifying Voices in Water Resources (DViWR)
Federal:
$21,901
Non-Federal:
$25,288
Sharon Megdal
2021
AZ
Annual Base
Distribution of groundwater ages to constrain paleo- to modern recharge
Federal:
$3,807
Non-Federal:
$11,273
Jennifer McIntosh
2021
CA
Annual Base
Deep Connections: Studying Deep Recharge and Healthy Soil Management Practices in California
Federal:
$14,956
Non-Federal:
$27,814
Nathaniel Bogie
2021
CA
Annual Base
Assessing Wildlife Use of 3 Types of Agricultural Ditches: Data for Co-Management of Water Quality and Food Safety
Federal:
$14,969
Non-Federal:
$6,437
Jennifer Duggan
2021
CA
Annual Base
Assessing Contaminant Distributions and Sources in Castaic Lake, a Mercury-Impacted Reservoir in Los Angeles County, CA
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$41,991
Priya Ganguli, Scott Hauswirth
2021
CA
Annual Base
Understanding Historical and Future Drought Evolution and Propagation Across California
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$51,295
Laurie Huning
2021
CA
Annual Base
Better Understanding of Where Water Goes When it Rains to Improve Water Management
Federal:
$12,330
Non-Federal:
$32,134
Scott Jasechko
2021
CA
Annual Base
Climate-Smart Actions and Indicators for Increasing Available Water Capacity of California Soils
Federal:
$12,426
Non-Federal:
$7,083
Mallika Nocco
2021
CA
Annual Base
Comprehensive Characterization and Geospatial Analysis of Legal Controls on New Groundwater Extractions in the West to Inform Groundwater Sustainability Plans in California
Federal:
$12,315
Non-Federal:
$31,549
Debra Perrone
2021
CA
Annual Base
Smoke on the Water - Disentangling the Mechanisms Through Which Mega-Wildfires in California Affect Lake Productivity at Regional Scales
Federal:
$13,395
Non-Federal:
$11,102
Steven Sadro
2021
CO
Annual Base
Impacts of extreme events on forest recovery and streamflow across Colorado’s forest-dominated ecosystems
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$18,200
Miranda Redmond
2021
CO
Annual Base
Post-fire watershed conditions and climate in the 416 Fire, southwest Colorado and their influence on forest health and watershed recovery
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Julie Korb, Michael Remke
2021
CT
Annual Base
Groundwater and catch basin roles in regional salt pollution dynamics at multiple scales
Federal:
$24,908
Non-Federal:
$50,451
Steven Brady
2021
CT
Annual Base
Investigating Root Water Uptake Variations between Younger and Older Riparian Trees
Federal:
$20,465
Non-Federal:
$40,930
James Knighton
2021
CT
Annual Base
Contaminant threats to groundwater-supplied ecosystem services in the Farmington River watershed
Federal:
$22,297
Non-Federal:
$44,594
Jessica Brandt
2021
CT
Annual Base
Recent Changes in the Form, Frequency, and Amount of Cold-Season Precipitation in New England and Their Impact on Streamflow Dynamics
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Guiling Wang
2021
DC
Annual Base
Removal of Estrogens and Antibiotics by Innovative Treatment Technologies and Determination of Their Effects on Planarians
Federal:
$14,949
Non-Federal:
$7,176
Hossain M Azam
2021
DC
Annual Base
Exploring anomalously high calcium in suburban MD streams in the absence of bedrock carbonate and geochemical indicators of concrete dissolution
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,277
Stephen MacAvoy
2021
DC
Annual Base
Next Generation Modeling Techniques for Determining N & P from Point & Non-Point Sources and for Predicting & Controlling Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Federal:
$14,968
Non-Federal:
$7,185
Pradeep K Behera
2021
DC
Annual Base
Real-Time Low Flow Forecast System Using Multiple Machine Learning Methods
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$7,200
Nian Zhang
2021
DC
Annual Base
Performance evaluation of bioretention cells for stormwater treatment and reuse
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$7,200
Tolessa Deksissa
2021
DC
Annual Base
A Metobolomic Investigation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Neurotoxicity in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$7,200
Alexandra Taraboletti
2021
DE
Annual Base
Delaware Water Resources Center Research Institute Program Annual Proposal for Fiscal Year 2021
Federal:
$125,000
Non-Federal:
$250,000
Gerald Kauffman
2021
FL
Annual Base
Assessment of coastal sustainability to (re)emerging biothreats under extreme weather events
Federal:
$18,969
Non-Federal:
$34,296
Antarpreet Jutla
2021
FL
Annual Base
Predictive assessment water-ecological conditions on abundance and presence of Aedes vectors in Florida
Federal:
$18,969
Non-Federal:
$34,296
Antarpreet Jutla
2021
FL
Annual Base
Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on Coastal Hydrology, Ecology, and Economics
Federal:
$20,966
Non-Federal:
$44,792
David Kaplan
2021
FL
Annual Base
Coupling computational fluid dynamics-artificial intelligence (CFD-AI) as digital twins for resilient urban water infrastructure
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$54,401
John Sansalone, Haochen Li
2021
GA
Annual Base
Changing flood dynamics in Southeastern rivers: consequences for water and habitat quality
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Darold Batzer
2021
GA
Annual Base
Assessing dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Conasauga River
Federal:
$17,996
Non-Federal:
$36,640
Byron Freeman
2021
GA
Annual Base
Using the one-dimensional Dupuit equation to build a topographically based, GIS-driven, two-dimensional water table model for estimating water table position and transit times
Federal:
$17,955
Non-Federal:
$35,910
C. Rhett Jackson
2021
GA
Annual Base
Developing a Species Distribution Model for Aetokthonos hydrillicola in Georgia Waters
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Susan Wilde
2021
GA
Annual Base
Scenario Analysis of Flooding Risk at City of Savannah by an Integrated Urban-Hydrology-Hydraulics Model
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Jian Luo
2021
GU
Annual Base
Groundwater Model of the Machanao Basin, Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$15,054
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan Habana
2021
GU
Annual Base
Surface Hydrology of the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer, Phase II
Federal:
$15,054
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan Habana
2021
GU
Annual Base
PFOS trend monitoring in Saipan production wells
Federal:
$43,045
Non-Federal:
$0
Yong Sang Kim
2021
GU
Annual Base
In-situ characterization of extreme rainfall on Guam, FSM and the CNMI
Federal:
$23,535
Non-Federal:
$0
Mark Lander
2021
GU
Annual Base
Establishing Groundwater Protection Zones in Guam, Phase II
Federal:
$15,736
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen
2021
GU
Annual Base
Spatial-temporal Analysis of Patterns and Trends of Salinity in Yigo-Tumon Basin
Federal:
$14,854
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen
2021
GU
Annual Base
Phase II – A sustainable plan for stormwater management and flooding at Garapan, Saipan
Federal:
$33,024
Non-Federal:
$0
Myeong-Ho Yeo
2021
GU
Annual Base
Comprehensive review of hydrogeological assessments of sinkholes on NGLA, Guam
Federal:
$20,978
Non-Federal:
$0
Myeong-Ho Yeo
2021
HI
Annual Base
Forecasting daily reference evapotranspiration for water resources conservation and sustainable agriculture in Hawai'i
Federal:
$35,023
Non-Federal:
$81,045
Sayed Bateni
2021
HI
Annual Base
Linking watershed and groundwater management to groundwater dependent ecosystems and their linked ecological, cultural, and socio-economic values
Federal:
$59,972
Non-Federal:
$51,596
Leah Bremer
2021
HI
Annual Base
Space-time rainfall map development for the Hawaiian Islands
Federal:
$26,236
Non-Federal:
$11,806
Jonghyun Lee
2021
HI
Annual Base
Fecal indicators and their associated health risk in American Samoa’s watersheds
Federal:
$61,063
Non-Federal:
$39,068
Marek Kirs
2021
HI
Annual Base
Integrating geological, geophysical, remote sensing, and groundwater data into a geothermal resource assessment for American Samoa
Federal:
$34,189
Non-Federal:
$8,889
Nicole Lautze
2021
IA
Annual Base
Environmental Justice for All: Nutrient Impacts on Lake-Based Recreation and Tourism by Rural and Socially Disadvantaged Iowans
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,749
Wendong Zhang
2021
IA
Annual Base
Catchment-scale hydrologic modeling of urban residential stormwater best management practices (BMPs)
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Breanna Marmur
2021
IA
Annual Base
Understanding the Impacts of Coronavirus‐related Reduction in Aerosols and Pollution on Precipitation and Discharge across Iowa
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,013
Gabriele Villarini
2021
IA
Annual Base
A Serious Game on Flood Mitigation for K-12 and Public Education
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Bekir Zahit Demiray
2021
IA
Annual Base
Coupling Physical and Societal Objectives for Decision Making in Water Resources Management
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Gregory Ewing, Ibrahim Demir
2021
ID
Annual Base
Professional training to address critical groundwater issues: resolving flow dynamics from porescale laboratory experiments and watershed-scale field measurements
Federal:
$31,906
Non-Federal:
$63,812
Vibhav Durgesh
2021
ID
Annual Base
Carbonized biomass production and characterization for water treatment system across aquaculture facilities in Hagerman Valley
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,004
Amin Mirkouei
2021
ID
Annual Base
The Idaho Water Resources Research Institute Mobile Laboratory
Federal:
$7,654
Non-Federal:
$15,308
Alan Kolok
2021
ID
Annual Base
Advancing streamflow simulation and forecasting using Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) at snow-dominated watersheds
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Jae Ryu
2021
ID
Annual Base
Fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on dairy farms and water remediation
Federal:
$30,095
Non-Federal:
$60,191
Sarah Wu
2021
IL
Annual Base
Impacts of Geothermal Energy Use and Multi-Source Data Fusion on Groundwater Modeling
Federal:
$29,670
Non-Federal:
$17,387
Maryam Ghadiri
2021
IL
Annual Base
Efficacious, recyclable, and low-cost inorganic adsorbent to remove harmful PFAS compounds in aqueous matrices
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$21,704
Jaemin Kim
2021
IL
Annual Base
Floodplain morphology, floodplain inundation, and riparian ecology in the context of the changing hydrology of rivers in Illinois
Federal:
$9,500
Non-Federal:
$18,894
Bruce Rhoads
2021
IL
Annual Base
Assessing the Feasibility of Non-Potable Water Reuse in Illinois
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Ashlynn Stillwell
2021
IL
Annual Base
Triboelectric devices for water-motion energy-harvesting and contamination sensing
Federal:
$9,999
Non-Federal:
$20,353
Yi-Cheng Wang
2021
IN
Annual Base
A survey of forever chemicals in Indiana: does agricultural biosolid application contaminate wetland ecosystems with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)?
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,549
Maria Sepulveda
2021
IN
Annual Base
An on-line tool to evaluate groundwater sustainability in the Upper Wabash basin
Federal:
$24,304
Non-Federal:
$49,091
Laura Bowling, Keith Cherkauer
2021
IN
Annual Base
Pilot study to evaluate potential use of fatty acids as condition index of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in response to upstream environmental effects
Federal:
$16,750
Non-Federal:
$33,949
Thomas Hook
2021
IN
Annual Base
Monitoring and Assessment of Streamflow Regime in Headwater Streams of the Upper White River Watershed
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,235
Bangshuai Han
2021
KS
Annual Base
Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Fluid-Fluid and Rock-Fluid Compatibility between Arbuckle and Lansing Kansas City Formations
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$42,600
Reza Barati
2021
KS
Annual Base
Benthic Cyanobacterial Mats: A Potential Source of Harmful & Nuisance Compounds to Kansas Streams
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$44,357
Admin Husic
2021
KS
Annual Base
Simulating the effects of reservoir management strategies on in-stream sediment load, streambank stability, and water quality
Federal:
$10,192
Non-Federal:
$22,985
Tony Layzell
2021
KS
Annual Base
Improving Irrigation Water Use Efficiency Using Novel Root Sensors
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,013
Colby Moorberg
2021
KS
Annual Base
A New Statewide System for Tracking and Forecasting Drought
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,045
Andres Patrignani
2021
KS
Annual Base
Spatial variability and subsurface controls of groundwater recharge and nutrient mobilization in dry streams
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$42,602
Erin Seybold
2021
KY
Annual Base
Analyzing recent spatio-temporal rainfall erosivity patterns and trends across Kentucky
Federal:
$4,306
Non-Federal:
$8,612
C. Andrew Day
2021
KY
Annual Base
Motivations and Barriers to the Implementation of Riparian Buffer Zones on Central Kentucky Horse Farms
Federal:
$19,413
Non-Federal:
$34,206
Steven Evans
2021
KY
Annual Base
Early Detection and Quantitative Risk Assessment of Microbial Contamination in Karst Basins
Federal:
$10,001
Non-Federal:
$23,084
Alan Fryar
2021
KY
Annual Base
The role of small Kentucky wetlands in carbon sequestration and methane emissions
Federal:
$9,812
Non-Federal:
$19,624
Andrew Mehring
2021
KY
Annual Base
Emerging Contaminant Exposure Following WWTP Processes to Surface Waters and Agroecosystems
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,002
Tiffany Messer
2021
KY
Annual Base
Improving Best Management Practices for Siting, Maintenance, and Design of Urban Karst Groundwater Injection Wells
Federal:
$7,469
Non-Federal:
$25,492
Jason Polk
2021
KY
Annual Base
Reforest the Bluegrass: Evaluating effects of riparian reforestation on urban stream health
Federal:
$9,982
Non-Federal:
$28,298
Kenton Sena
2021
KY
Annual Base
Exploring the links between soil moisture, O2, CO2, and long-term P cycle along forested river valley bottoms in western Kentucky USA
Federal:
$9,954
Non-Federal:
$24,658
Gary Stinchcomb
2021
KY
Annual Base
Evaluating the effects of beaver dam removal on the hydrology, water quality, and bioindicators of a restored wetland
Federal:
$5,249
Non-Federal:
$13,717
Kinga Stryszowska-Hill
2021
KY
Annual Base
Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing of the gut microbiome to understand the effects of freshwater mussels on water quality
Federal:
$9,968
Non-Federal:
$19,953
David Weisrock
2021
LA
Annual Base
Well Log Interpretation for Louisiana Coastal Plains Stratigraphy
Federal:
$16,228
Non-Federal:
$32,456
Ipsita Gupta
2021
LA
Annual Base
A bounds-preserving, higher-order numerical method for Richards’ equation
Federal:
$17,320
Non-Federal:
$34,798
Christopher Kees
2021
LA
Annual Base
Estimating cyanobacterial regrowth after wastewater disinfection processes
Federal:
$17,700
Non-Federal:
$35,366
Samuel Snow
2021
LA
Annual Base
Molecular characterization and food source identification of Naegleria fowleri in potable water distribution systems in Louisiana
Federal:
$16,543
Non-Federal:
$33,354
Samendra Sherchan
2021
LA
Annual Base
Transport and emission of dissolved carbon from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River System
Federal:
$16,360
Non-Federal:
$32,721
Y. Jun Xu
2021
LA
Annual Base
Cyanotoxins in south Louisiana estuaries: implications for water quality and oyster health
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Beth Stauffer
2021
MA
Annual Base
Investigating dam removal as a tool to increase ecological resilience through water quality improvements
Federal:
$15,001
Non-Federal:
$33,113
Allison Roy, Keith Nislow
2021
MA
Annual Base
Revealing the drivers of water quality change in the critical zone amidst urban-ecological transitional systems using isotope tracers and ecohydrological comparison
Federal:
$57,948
Non-Federal:
$115,916
Christian Guzman
2021
MA
Annual Base
Nature’s Filter: Wetland water quality before and after restoration in Plymouth, MA
Federal:
$14,980
Non-Federal:
$33,380
Christine Hatch
2021
MA
Annual Base
Assessing the Effectiveness of Floodplain Reconnection, a Growing Practice in River Restoration
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,924
Anna Martini
2021
MA
Annual Base
Developing Continuous Sampling and Drones as Monitoring Strategies of Water Flow, Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen During Low Flow Periods
Federal:
$6,500
Non-Federal:
$13,048
Robert Stevenson
2021
MD
Annual Base
Quantifying chloride and sodium inputs to the Baltimore City drinking water reservoirs
Federal:
$18,225
Non-Federal:
$46,438
Joel Moore
2021
MD
Annual Base
Sand populations in urban rivers: sources, storage, and impacts on storm sediment loads
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$70,000
Karen Prestegaard
2021
MD
Annual Base
Application of Machine Learning and Uncertainty Assessment for a More Robust Precipitation Analysis Considering Changing Climate for the State of Maryland
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$16,000
Michelle Bensi
2021
MD
Annual Base
Hydrologic Controls of Carbon Storage in Tidal and Non-Tidal Freshwater Wetlands
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$16,000
Karen Prestegaard
2021
MD
Annual Base
Unit Hydrograph Theory and Applications in Maryland
Federal:
$28,521
Non-Federal:
$57,077
Kaye Brubaker
2021
MD
Annual Base
Isotopic fingerprinting of Maryland wetlands methane
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
James Farquhar
2021
ME
Annual Base
Integrated assessment of alternative management strategies for PFAS-contaminated wastewater residuals
Federal:
$39,820
Non-Federal:
$80,640
Dianne Kopec
2021
ME
Annual Base
Stakeholders, earth scientists, and design professionals can shape the dynamics of river restoration
Federal:
$10,801
Non-Federal:
$22,006
Peter Koons
2021
ME
Annual Base
Outcomes Based Diagnostics for Maine Woodlands Headwater Stream Corridor Sustainability Solutions
Federal:
$31,400
Non-Federal:
$62,891
Neil Thompson
2021
MI
Annual Base
Integrating Applied Research and Technology Advancements to Improve Water Resource Management
Federal:
$74,420
Non-Federal:
$187,715
Dana Infante
2021
MI
Annual Base
PFAS and other Groundwater Contaminants: Assessing Attitudes and Perceptions Concerning Risks to Drinking Water in Michigan
Federal:
$15,235
Non-Federal:
$29,370
Lois Wolfson
2021
MI
Annual Base
Exploring relationships between harmful algal blooms and socioeconomics in Michigan
Federal:
$6,248
Non-Federal:
$14,136
Jeremiah Asher
2021
MI
Annual Base
Reflecting water quality measurement variability and uncertainty in decision support systems
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Andrew Gronewold
2021
MN
Annual Base
Investigating whether soil health systems improve field workability and quality of life
Federal:
$15,719
Non-Federal:
$51,271
Anna Cates
2021
MN
Annual Base
Assessing the implications of chloride from land application of manure for Minnesota waterways
Federal:
$15,719
Non-Federal:
$51,271
Melissa Wilson
2021
MO
Annual Base
Bizarro cyanotoxins: when do green reservoirs become toxic?
Federal:
$21,736
Non-Federal:
$43,471
Rebecca North, Binbin Wang, Jennifer Graham
2021
MO
Annual Base
Microplastic contamination in groundwater as a function of land use
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$54,160
Elizabeth Hasenmueller
2021
MS
Annual Base
Nutrient Reuse in Agriculture through Microbial Electrochemical Systems – Effects on Plant Growth and Soil Microbiome
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,001
Veera Gnaneswar Gude
2021
MS
Annual Base
Irrigation Systems, Row Spacing, and Applied Fertilizer Effects on Water Use and Crop Productivity
Federal:
$36,001
Non-Federal:
$76,080
Gurbir Singh
2021
MS
Annual Base
Multi-scale evaluation of the impact of hydrological extremes on coastal wetland vegetation
Federal:
$35,030
Non-Federal:
$42,292
Wei Wu
2021
MT
Annual Base
Exploring diffusion of information from volunteer water monitoring and the effect on public trust in science
Federal:
$13,796
Non-Federal:
$28,183
Sarah Church, Adam Sigler
2021
MT
Annual Base
The Next Generation of Water Policy to Support Farms and Fish in Montana
Federal:
$12,341
Non-Federal:
$24,935
Brian Chaffin
2021
MT
Annual Base
How does whitebark pine affect snowpack and streamflow?
Federal:
$17,500
Non-Federal:
$35,606
Danielle Ulrich, Brian Smithers
2021
MT
Annual Base
Estimating the Snowmelt Derived Runoff in Upper Missouri River Basin with Snowmelt Runoff Modelling
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Ninad Bhagwat
2021
MT
Annual Base
Testing the Climate Variability Hypothesis in Montana’s aquatic insects from thermally-distinct habitats
Federal:
$1,165
Non-Federal:
$0
James Frakes, Jackson Birrell
2021
MT
Annual Base
Groundwater and Soil Chemistry Controls on Surface Water Quality at Abandoned Mines
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Tyler Kamp
2021
MT
Annual Base
Quantifying the effects of beaver mimicry on fish habitat and populations in Western Montana
Federal:
$1,965
Non-Federal:
$0
Andrew Lahr
2021
MT
Annual Base
Assessment of the hydro‐economics of agriculture in Montana
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Zachary Lauffenburger
2021
MT
Annual Base
Determining controls on snowpack and soil isotopic spatial heterogeneity
Federal:
$1,186
Non-Federal:
$0
Jenna Rolle
2021
MT
Annual Base
An Examination of the Impacts of Beaver Dam Mimicry Structures on Groundwater-Suraface Water Interactions in Lower Mountain Riparian Systems
Federal:
$1,525
Non-Federal:
$0
Mercedes Salazar
2021
MT
Annual Base
Biofouling Mitigation using Polydopamine/Copper Coater Polypropylene Spacers with Periodic Hydrogen Peroxide Cleaning
Federal:
$1,510
Non-Federal:
$0
Amos Taiswa
2021
NC
Annual Base
Performance Evaluation of Novel Resins in Flow-Through Columns for PFAS removal from Drinking Water and Treated Wastewater
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$43,000
Orlando Coronell
2021
NC
Annual Base
Fecal contamination source tracking and forecasting to support recreational and cultural development in the Black River watershed
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$50,643
Angela Harris
2021
NC
Annual Base
Enabling Rural Water Utilities to Create, Transfer Information, and Use Digital Service Area Boundaries
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$42,987
Lauren Patterson
2021
NC
Annual Base
A Citizen Science Internship Program to Quantify Racial and Economic Disparities in Lead Levels in Drinking Water Across North Carolina
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$51,839
Caren Cooper
2021
NC
Annual Base
Developing a watershed prioritization index to guide restoration initiatives in the Upper Little Tennessee River Basin
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$43,000
Keith Gibbs
2021
ND
Annual Base
Remediation of PFAS-contaminated Soils to Protect Groundwater
Federal:
$5,360
Non-Federal:
$10,720
Feng Xiao
2021
ND
Annual Base
Dynamics of flows under ice-coverage in the Red River
Federal:
$5,180
Non-Federal:
$10,360
Trung Bao Le
2021
ND
Annual Base
Does wetland restoration affect the accumulation of glyphosate?
Federal:
$10,920
Non-Federal:
$21,840
Jon Sweetman
2021
ND
Annual Base
A Novel Numerical Model for Transient Mixed Flow Analysis in Sewer Pipes
Federal:
$6,890
Non-Federal:
$13,780
Yeo Howe Lim
2021
ND
Annual Base
Impact of groundwater tables on the water use, yield, root growth distribution and quality of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Federal:
$4,450
Non-Federal:
$12,400
Halis Simsek
2021
ND
Annual Base
Use of LIDAR and Synthetic Bathymetry to Develop Stream Cross Sections for Alternative Modeling of Streamflow in North Dakota Using HEC-RAS: A Case Study on the Tongue River
Federal:
$5,920
Non-Federal:
$11,840
Yeo Howe Lim
2021
ND
Annual Base
Assessment of agricultural impact on biotic components of North Dakota wetland resources using habitat suitability landscape genomics of amphibians
Federal:
$3,940
Non-Federal:
$9,942
Craig Stockwell
2021
ND
Annual Base
Understanding the impacts of hydrology on seasonal and spatial water chemistry changes in two adjacent prairie potholes in North Dakota using stable isotopes
Federal:
$9,620
Non-Federal:
$22,308
Jon Sweetman
2021
ND
Annual Base
Fate and Transport of Microplastics in the Natural Environment
Federal:
$7,470
Non-Federal:
$14,940
Feng Xiao
2021
ND
Annual Base
Drought identification, categorization, and prediction in cold climate regions
Federal:
$10,380
Non-Federal:
$21,845
Xuefeng Chu
2021
ND
Annual Base
Thermal Stability of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and the Impact on the Aquatic Environment
Federal:
$5,360
Non-Federal:
$10,720
Feng Xiao
2021
ND
Annual Base
Fabrication of a tailor-made surface for microalgal biofilm mediated nutrient removal from municipal wastewater
Federal:
$6,890
Non-Federal:
$15,881
Halis Simsek
2021
ND
Annual Base
Simulation of soil water dynamics for drip-mulch fields using Hydrus-2D
Federal:
$6,890
Non-Federal:
$14,679
Xinhua Jia
2021
ND
Annual Base
Hydraulic and hydrologic routing parameters in natural channels in North Dakota under snowmelt-induced flooding conditions
Federal:
$4,140
Non-Federal:
$8,280
Yeo Howe Lim
2021
NE
Annual Base
Image-Based Streamflow and Water Quality Modeling
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$43,616
Troy Gilmore
2021
NE
Annual Base
A Data-Led Approach to Visualizing and Assessing Nitrate Contamination in Northeastern Nebraska
Federal:
$19,000
Non-Federal:
$38,635
Erin M.K. Haacker
2021
NE
Annual Base
Evaluation of Nitrogen-based Redox Processes in the Vadose Zone
Federal:
$9,982
Non-Federal:
$20,083
Michael Kaiser
2021
NE
Annual Base
Advancing Groundwater/Surface Water Models using Geophysics-Derived Hydrostratigraphy
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,997
Jesse Korus
2021
NE
Annual Base
Know Your Well - Northwest
Federal:
$5,950
Non-Federal:
$11,987
Michael Leite
2021
NE
Annual Base
Examining surface and groundwater contamination from use of byproducts derived from ethanol processing of pesticide-treated crop seeds and the potential impacts on biological indicator organisms
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,033
Judy Wu-Smart
2021
NH
Annual Base
Water Quality and the Landscape: Long-term monitoring of rapidly developing suburban watersheds
Federal:
$24,990
Non-Federal:
$67,380
William McDowell
2021
NH
Annual Base
Land Conservation for Flood Risk Management: Ecosystem-based Approaches in NH’s Coastal Watershed
Federal:
$20,579
Non-Federal:
$41,158
Catherine Ashcraft
2021
NH
Annual Base
Impact of Geomorphology and Riparian Vegetation on New England Riverbank Erosion
Federal:
$21,391
Non-Federal:
$42,784
Anne Lightbody
2021
NH
Annual Base
Water Quality and the Landscape: Real time monitoring in the Lamprey River watershed
Federal:
$10,055
Non-Federal:
$35,126
William McDowell
2021
NJ
Annual Base
Assessing the influence sea level rise on increased microbial sulfate reduction and the release of sediment bound metals in the tidal Raritan River, New Jersey
Federal:
$17,952
Non-Federal:
$35,904
Katherine Dawson
2021
NJ
Annual Base
Targeted Groundwater Remediation using Engineered Nanocarriers
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,002
Sujit S. Datta
2021
NJ
Annual Base
Comparison of ferric sulfate and ferric chloride for utility coagulant selection
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
William Pennock
2021
NJ
Annual Base
Isolation and characterization of anaerobic debrominating bacteria in estuarine sediments of New Jersey through substrate dependent enrichment cultures
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Chloe Costea
2021
NJ
Annual Base
Pandemic impacts on hosts and prevalence of aquatic antibiotic resistance across NJ
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Aishwarya Santosh Deshpande
2021
NJ
Annual Base
Effects of Spatial Heterogeneity in Substrate Conditions on Green Roof Plant Growth
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Lin Zheng
2021
NJ
Annual Base
Reshaping Conventional Water Purification with Ferrate(VI) Activation: One-step Treatment Enables Removals of Harmful Algal Blooms-Derived Emerging and Traditional Contaminants
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,655
Lisitai Yang
2021
NJ
Annual Base
Generating Ultra-Pure Water from Ground and Surface Water for Drinking and Medical Purposes
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Indrani Gupta
2021
NJ
Annual Base
Microplastics as Hubs Enriching Antibiotic-Resistant and Pathogenic Bacteria during Municipal Wastewater Treatment Processes
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Dung Ngoc Pham
2021
NM
Annual Base
Geographic Information System for Water Resources Research Planning and Outreach
Federal:
$16,178
Non-Federal:
$7,765
Alexander Fernald
2021
NM
Annual Base
Using UAV for Precision Agriculture & water Conservation based on Real-time Irrigation Scheduling
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Zohrab Samani
2021
NM
Annual Base
Informing groundwater management and agricultural crop choice using a dynamic discrete decision-making model in the Eastern High Plains of New Mexico
Federal:
$17,445
Non-Federal:
$35,075
Haoying Wang
2021
NM
Annual Base
Quantifying the longitudinal propagation of disturbances in rivers
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Ricardo Gonzalez-Pinzon
2021
NM
Annual Base
Understanding the public’s questions and concerns related to potable water reuse: An analysis of survey write-in responses from residents of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Federal:
$8,996
Non-Federal:
$18,159
Caroline Scruggs
2021
NV
Annual Base
Sensitivity of Mountain Hydrology to Changing Climate: Exploring Source Mixing and Residence Time Distributions in Basin Outflows
Federal:
$32,844
Non-Federal:
$65,685
Rosemary Carroll
2021
NV
Annual Base
Long-term effects of beaver-related stream restoration on fluvial sediment transport
Federal:
$16,558
Non-Federal:
$33,892
Mark Hausner
2021
NV
Annual Base
Trace Element Compositions in Spring Waters in Southern Nevada: An Avenue to Train Young Hydrologists in Nevada
Federal:
$21,828
Non-Federal:
$43,695
Shichun Huang
2021
NV
Annual Base
Strain-Specific Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in Rural Wastewater Systems
Federal:
$35,646
Non-Federal:
$71,291
Duane Moser
2021
NY
Annual Base
Regulated Disinfection By-Products: Correlation Analyses and Prediction Models for NYS Treatment Plants (Phase I)
Federal:
$28,805
Non-Federal:
$22,716
Brian Rahm
2021
NY
Annual Base
Comprehensive Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms via Molecular Tools and Remote Sensing
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$52,801
Ruth Richardson
2021
NY
Annual Base
Genomic Insights into Microbial Mechanisms Responsible for Increased Carbon Bioavailability and Denitrification within Woodchip Bioreactors Subject to Oxic-Anoxi Cycling
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$6,400
Matthew Reid
2021
NY
Annual Base
The Impacts of Vacant Lots and Engineered Green Infrastructure on Groundwater Nutrient Dynamics
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Richard Marinos
2021
NY
Annual Base
Exploring the Sources, Fate, and Processing of Microplastics in Seasonally Stratified Lakes
Federal:
$14,500
Non-Federal:
$29,000
Charles Driscoll
2021
OH
Annual Base
Quantifying the Relationship between Algal Blooms and Carbon Budgets and Quality in Lake Erie
Federal:
$34,215
Non-Federal:
$34,255
Rachel Gabor, Rachel Eveleth
2021
OH
Annual Base
Assessment of large woody debris as a low‐cost best management practice for improving water quality in urban headwater streams
Federal:
$39,017
Non-Federal:
$59,246
Michael Booth, Steve Matter, Adam Lehmann
2021
OH
Annual Base
The influence of surface water-groundwater exchange on fate and transport of emerging contaminants
Federal:
$34,599
Non-Federal:
$68,491
Reza Soltanian
2021
OK
Annual Base
Microplastic pollution of Oklahoma freshwater systems and the potential interactions with contaminants of environmental and health concern
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Jorge Gonzalez Estrella
2021
OK
Annual Base
Zooplankton-Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) feedback loops in Oklahoma Reservoirs
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,001
Andrew Dzialowski
2021
OK
Annual Base
Utilizing high resolution space-air-ground platforms for early detection of cyanobacteria at near shore locations in reservoirs
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$9,999
Andrew Dzialowski
2021
OK
Annual Base
Synthesizing a novel fouling-resistant polyacrylic acid (PAA) membrane utilizing ultraviolet (UV)-grafted technique on alpha-alumina support for treating PW
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$9,999
Seokjhin Kim
2021
OK
Annual Base
Testing the relationship between isopod distributions and groundwater connectivity in the Prairie Plains of Eastern Oklahoma
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Alexander J. Hess
2021
OK
Annual Base
Bioelectric Treatment of Nitrate Impaired Waters
Federal:
$20,005
Non-Federal:
$42,466
2021
OR
Annual Base
Water and Sanitation Access: Challenges and Recommendations for Linn, Benton, and Lincoln Counties of Oregon
Federal:
$14,488
Non-Federal:
$24,267
Mary Santelmann
2021
OR
Annual Base
Young Professionals Blue Peace Whitepaper: Columbia River Basin
Federal:
$13,800
Non-Federal:
$52,060
Mary Santelmann
2021
OR
Annual Base
Microplastics and fire-associated pollutants generated by Western wildfires affecting sensitive riverine ecosystems
Federal:
$8,999
Non-Federal:
$25,942
Elisa Granek
2021
PA
Annual Base
Effectiveness of Riparian Buffers for Removing Nitrogen Toward Meeting Water Quality Goals in Pennsylvania
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Tyler Groh
2021
PA
Annual Base
Investigating the role of deep weathering in retention and reaction of chlorinated solvents in a contaminated, fractured bedrock aquifer
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Xin Gu
2021
PA
Annual Base
Effects of solar farms on landscape hydrology
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Lauren McPhillips
2021
PA
Annual Base
Assessing Impacts of Agrochemicals on Water Quality: A Case Study from a Pennsylvania Stream
Federal:
$9,052
Non-Federal:
$18,217
Linghao Zhong
2021
PR
Annual Base
Hydrograph Separation Method (HSM) for Stormwater Design Using Storm Drain Inlets
Federal:
$23,991
Non-Federal:
$11,995
Walter Silva-Araya
2021
PR
Annual Base
Removal of Organosilanol Compounds from Water by Synthetic Zeolites
Federal:
$23,000
Non-Federal:
$58,082
Pedro Tarafa Velez
2021
PR
Annual Base
Nanotechnology-based wastewater treatment for reuse
Federal:
$20,100
Non-Federal:
$10,050
Oscar Marcelo Suarez
2021
RI
Annual Base
Characterizing Seasonal Dynamics and Sources of PFAS in the Pawcatuck River
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,546
Rainer Lohmann
2021
RI
Annual Base
Systematic assessment of plastic waste in the freshwater systems of Rhode Island
Federal:
$25,041
Non-Federal:
$52,233
Andrew Davies
2021
RI
Annual Base
Water Use and Availability on Block Island, RI
Federal:
$20,213
Non-Federal:
$41,964
Thomas Boving
2021
RI
Annual Base
A Geospatial Risk Model for Assessing Threats to Rhode Island Water Resources
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,632
Ali Akanda
2021
SC
Annual Base
Establishing a Framework of Payments for Ecosystem Services in the Edisto Basin
Federal:
$25,298
Non-Federal:
$50,181
Marzieh Motallebi
2021
SC
Annual Base
Application of Agent-based System to Investigate Water Allocation across the Edisto River Basin, South Carolina
Federal:
$30,295
Non-Federal:
$61,378
Vidya (Seyedehzahra) Samadi
2021
SC
Annual Base
Algae blooms producing taste and odor issues in Upstate drinking water reservoirs
Federal:
$30,188
Non-Federal:
$60,375
Peter van den Hurk, James Strickland
2021
SD
Annual Base
Nitrogen Fixing Cyanobacteria Cultured for Cost Effective Biofertilizer Using Wastewater
Federal:
$10,089
Non-Federal:
$20,184
Gary Anderson
2021
SD
Annual Base
Soil-Water Function of Established Conservation Systems
Federal:
$13,993
Non-Federal:
$27,986
John McMaine
2021
SD
Annual Base
Optimal Well Design for Water Resource Management of the Split Rock Creek Aquifer for the City of Sioux Falls
Federal:
$19,999
Non-Federal:
$39,998
Liangping Li
2021
SD
Annual Base
Sensing through smell: Developing an affordable UAV-based system to pinpoint where lake water quality decay occurs
Federal:
$10,967
Non-Federal:
$21,935
Xufei Yang
2021
TN
Annual Base
Validation of the nitrogen balance model used in Tennessee to determine the application rate of secondary-treated reclaimed water
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,001
John Buchanan
2021
TN
Annual Base
Improved remote-sensing imagery techniques to identify riparian corridor characteristics in headwater streams and inventory wetlands, lakes, and permanent streams in West Tennessee
Federal:
$10,096
Non-Federal:
$33,603
Brian Waldron
2021
TN
Annual Base
Identifying patterns of water scarcity for Tennessee under climate change and urban growth
Federal:
$29,816
Non-Federal:
$59,754
Yaoping Wang
2021
TN
Annual Base
Auto-Depuration Due to Hyporheic Exchange/Filtration under Bars of Headwater Streams in Tennessee
Federal:
$29,975
Non-Federal:
$62,634
Claudio Meier
2021
TN
Annual Base
An Interdisciplinary Approach towards Understanding Antibiotic Resistance in Urban Karst Groundwater Systems
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Tania Datta
2021
TX
Annual Base
Impact of soil management practices on water conservation and enhancing climate resilience
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,557
Sayantan Samanta
2021
TX
Annual Base
Evaluation and Characterization of Microplastics along an Ephemeral Stream
Federal:
$4,110
Non-Federal:
$8,220
Andre Felton
2021
TX
Annual Base
Exploring Groundwater Recoverability in Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,029
Michael Young
2021
UT
Annual Base
Real-time generation of multispectral and thermal aerial maps for immediate Utah water decision-making activities in urban, agriculture and natural environments
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$32,583
Steve Petruzza
2021
UT
Annual Base
Quantifying the impact of reservoir sedimentation on water security in the Weber River watershed
Federal:
$30,056
Non-Federal:
$68,111
Patrick Belmont
2021
UT
Annual Base
Assessing the sources, transport, and fate of microplastic in the Logan River watershed
Federal:
$30,312
Non-Federal:
$41,142
Kyle Moor
2021
UT
Annual Base
Public views on water strategies for protecting the Great Salt Lake and its wetlands
Federal:
$29,568
Non-Federal:
$108,165
Joanna Endter-Wada
2021
VA
Annual Base
Virginia Water Resources Research Center Student Seed
Federal:
$4,779
Non-Federal:
$9,536
Stephen Schoenholtz
2021
VA
Annual Base
Forecasting Drinking Water Quality in a Southwest Virginia Reservoir to Improve Drinking Water Management
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,003
Dexter Howard
2021
VA
Annual Base
New Conceptualizations of Catchment-Scale Storm.water Pollutant Generation Processes·
Federal:
$7,000
Non-Federal:
$14,002
Mina Shahed Behrouz
2021
VA
Annual Base
Soil dissolved organic matter and nutrient sources from urban wetlands and stormwater control measures
Federal:
$6,726
Non-Federal:
$13,471
Katherine Wardinski
2021
VI
Annual Base
Integrating Education Initiatives into FEMA Funded Improvements to the USVI Microclimate Monitoring Network Through Authentic Student Research Experiences
Federal:
$20,118
Non-Federal:
$0
N. Brice Orange
2021
VI
Annual Base
Investigating links between fecal contamination and coral disease in the threatened species, Acropora palmata
Federal:
$38,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Marilyn Brandt
2021
VT
Annual Base
Vermont cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom ecology and toxin biosynthesis gene activity: a path to novel management strategies
Federal:
$23,121
Non-Federal:
$46,876
Erin Eggleston
2021
VT
Annual Base
Paleolimnological data synthesis to assess and predict long-term ecological change in Vermont inland lakes
Federal:
$25,125
Non-Federal:
$51,421
Ana Morales-Williams
2021
VT
Annual Base
Quantifying mineral-bound phosphorus sources in rock and soil in forested headwater watersheds
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,348
Don Ross
2021
VT
Annual Base
Quantifying the Response of Lake Carmi Legacy Phosphorus to Aeration
Federal:
$14,292
Non-Federal:
$29,292
Ashton Kirol
2021
VT
Annual Base
Feasibility of using open-source, custom designed cyanobacteria, algae, and turbidity sensor (CATS) systems to monitor water quality in real-time along Lake Champlain’s swimming beaches in Burlington, Vermont
Federal:
$25,911
Non-Federal:
$53,014
Clayton Williams
2021
WA
Annual Base
Can water stargrass harvest mitigate the effects of climate change on migrating salmon?
Federal:
$29,622
Non-Federal:
$59,257
Sarah Roley
2021
WA
Annual Base
Post-fire water quality effects of biopolymer and polymer stabilization of burnt Washington hillslopes
Federal:
$29,732
Non-Federal:
$59,984
Idil Akin
2021
WA
Annual Base
Links between policy and riparian restoration for nutrient retention in the Nooksack River watershed
Federal:
$29,154
Non-Federal:
$61,164
David Hooper
2021
WI
Annual Base
Wisconsin Water Resources Fellowship: Collaborating with Water Managers
Federal:
$36,507
Non-Federal:
$19,030
Jennifer Hauxwell
2021
WI
Annual Base
Fate of Groundwater Phosphorus from Septic Systems Near Lakes
Federal:
$30,934
Non-Federal:
$0
Paul McGinley
2021
WI
Annual Base
Scientific Observation and Environmental Storytelling: Engaging Youth and Educators in Urban Settings to Improve Great Lakes Literacy
Federal:
$18,874
Non-Federal:
$5,575
R. Justin Hougham
2021
WV
Annual Base
Integrating Data Sets to Understand Climate Change Vulnerability for Aquatic Fauna in West Virginia Watersheds
Federal:
$19,845
Non-Federal:
$39,299
Caroline Arantes
2021
WV
Annual Base
Economic Impacts of Environmental Restoration Efforts in Three West Virginia Watersheds
Federal:
$33,046
Non-Federal:
$72,428
Eric Bowen
2021
WV
Annual Base
Modeling and measuring drivers of erosion in a sediment-impaired stream
Federal:
$19,550
Non-Federal:
$39,560
Charles Shobe
2021
WV
Annual Base
Analysis of passive AMD treatment system components over lifespans, seasons, and storms
Federal:
$33,637
Non-Federal:
$59,816
Christopher Russoniello
2021
WY
Annual Base
Recycling Co-Produced Waters (CWS) in the Energy Industry for Economic Development
Federal:
$6,500
Non-Federal:
$3,275
Maohong Fan
2021
WY
Annual Base
Understanding the contribution of different microbial sources to surface water for informed management of waterborne pathogens in Wyoming
Federal:
$6,612
Non-Federal:
$94,678
Sarah Collins
2021
WY
Annual Base
Sediment and Fisheries: An Assessment to Inform Sediment Management Practices at Wyoming Dams
Federal:
$10,006
Non-Federal:
$29,736
Annika Walters
2021
WY
Annual Base
Identifying, predicting and managing the occurrence of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in Wyoming reservoirs
Federal:
$9,388
Non-Federal:
$72,818
Sarah Collins
2021
WY
Annual Base
Understanding the contribution of different microbial sources to surface water for informed management of waterborne pathogens in Wyoming
Federal:
$10,384
Non-Federal:
$48,438
Dario Grana
2021
WY
Annual Base
Improving Hydrologic Predictions in Wyoming’s Headwaters Through Detailed Quantification of Snowmelt
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$67,437
Fabian Nippgen
2020
AK
Annual Base
Application of Large Scale Particle Image Velocimetry (LSPIV) in wide rivers
Federal:
$23,428
Non-Federal:
$46,856
Horacio Toniolo
visual discharge, SI-LSPIV, image stitching
2020
AK
Annual Base
Constructing a strontium isotope map (isoscape) for watersheds in interior Alaska with broad applications for hydrologic and wildife research
Federal:
$10,300
Non-Federal:
$20,600
Matthew Wooller
Interior Alaska, strontium, caribou, isotopes
2020
AK
Annual Base
How far can you go? Tracking deposition of microplastics in Alaska
Federal:
$36,509
Non-Federal:
$73,018
Dr. Nicole Misarti
microplastics, precipitation
2020
AL
Annual Base
HIGH-PERFORMANCE ADSORPTIVE MEMBRANES FUNCTIONALIZED BY SUPER-FINE POWDER ACTIVATED CARBON FOR ENHANCED REMOVAL OF LONG-CHAINED- AND SHORT-CHAINED PERFLUOROALKY SUBSTANCES (PFAS)
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Milad Esfahani
2020
AL
Annual Base
Development of a Practical, Efficient, and Inexpensive On-Site Sensor for Real-Time Effective Determination of Trihalomethanes in Treated Drinking Water
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Evan Wujcik
Water Quality, Water Quality Monitoring, Disinfection, Health Effects, Distribution System, Toxic Substances, Trace Organics, Water Treatment Facilities
2020
AL
Annual Base
DEVELOPMENT OF A PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR TASTE AND ODOR EPISODES IN REGIONAL DRINKING WATER RESERVOIRS
Federal:
$24,976
Non-Federal:
$0
Brendan Higgins
algae, bacteria, water chemistry, water quality modeling, water treatment
2020
AL
Annual Base
DETERMINATION OF HYDROLOGIC BEHAVIOR OF POROUS PAVEMENTS ON ALABAMA SOIL
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$52,877
Frances C. O'Donnell
infiltration, rainfall-runoff models, storm water management, urban hydrology, water quality management
2020
AR
Annual Base
Why and When does Microcystin Exceed Recreational Guidelines at Lake Fayetteville?
Federal:
$12,665
Non-Federal:
$25,331
Water Quality, Harmful Algal Blooms, Microcystin, Recreational Guidelines.
2020
AR
Annual Base
Nonpoint Source Pollution and Water Quality under Increasing Pressure from Poultry Agriculture in the Eleven Point and Lower Black River Watersheds
Federal:
$12,812
Non-Federal:
$51,255
Allyn Dodd
Algae, macroinvertebrates, microcystin, nonpoint source, nutrients, poultry, water sources, water quality
2020
AR
Annual Base
Is rice as effective as barley straw or hydrogen peroxide in inhibiting cyanobacterial blooms and reducing microcystin concentrations?
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,058
reactive oxygen species (ROS), phenolic compounds, no lag time, toxin release, allelopathic algal control, eco-friendly, natural
2020
AR
Annual Base
Integrated Electrocoagulation-Membrane Distillation-Crystallization for Treating Hydraulic Fracturing Produced Water
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Crystallization; Direct contact membrane distillation; Hydraulic fracturing produced water; Pretreatment
2020
AR
Annual Base
Mechanisms, Kinetics and Toxicity of Microcystin-LR Biodegradation by Free and Immobilized Enzymes
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
membranes, microcystin, enzymatic degradation
2020
AR
Annual Base
In Situ Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation: Net Design to Enhance Coagulation and Photocatalytic Degradation Mechanisms
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$28,944
In situ treatment; retrievable net; catalysis; coagulation; titanium dioxide, harmful algal blooms; cyanotoxins
2020
AZ
Annual Base
Flow Discharge Measurements Using Small Unmanned Aerial Systems
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Dr. Jennifer Duan
Floods, Discharge, LSPIV, Velocity Index, Small Unmanned Aerial Systems, Drones
2020
AZ
Annual Base
Removal of Microplastics by Soil Aquifer Treatment of Reclaimed Wastewater
Federal:
$9,990
Non-Federal:
$20,113
Dr. Charles P. Gerba
Microplastics, Soil Aquifer Treatment, Manage Aquifer Recharge
2020
CA
Annual Base
Groundwater Regulation and Land Fallowing: How Does Water Salinity Impact Land Use?
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$18,343
Dr. Ellen M. Bruno
GROUNDWATER, WATER SCARITY, AQUIFER, LAND USE
2020
CA
Annual Base
Precision Irrigation Management for Optimizing In-Season and Post-Harvest Use of Limited Water in Young and Mature Almond Orchards
Federal:
$12,696
Non-Federal:
$35,748
Dr. Isaya Kisekka
irrigation, almonds
2020
CA
Annual Base
Determining the Effect of Pricing Scructure on Urban Water Demand: A long Term Analysis of Major Water Utilities in California
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Mehdi Nemati
URBAN, UTILITIES, CONSERVATION, PRICING, IRRIGATION
2020
CA
Annual Base
Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of the Multi-Scale Effects on Drought on Rivervine Biodiversity
Federal:
$10,610
Non-Federal:
$25,837
Albert Vidal Ruhi
drought, hydrologic connectivity, conservation, invertebrates
2020
CA
Annual Base
Assessment of Water Storage for Manament of California's Oak Woodlands
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$5,400
Margaret Zimmer
Oak, ecosystems, woodlands, drought, resilience, climate
2020
CA
Annual Base
Water and Wildfire in California Workshop
Federal:
$39,768
Non-Federal:
$6,364
Doug Parker
Water Resources, fire
2020
CA
Annual Base
Persistence of Rate Structure Effect on Water Consumption
Federal:
$7,000
Non-Federal:
$3,885
Mehdi Nemati
Water rates, utilities, drought, pricing
2020
CA
Annual Base
Assessing Health Impacts of Impaired Water Quality in California
Federal:
$19,925
Non-Federal:
$25,116
Maura C. Allaire
water quality, communities, drinking water, health impacts
2020
CO
Annual Base
Evaluating the Future of Colorado's Outdoor Ice Rinks in a Changing Climate
Federal:
$4,987
Non-Federal:
$0
Steven Fassnacht
Climate change, ice skating, modeling
2020
CO
Annual Base
Assessing Depositional Patterns and Sourcing of Floodplain Large Wood on the Colorado Front Range
Federal:
$4,974
Non-Federal:
$0
Katherine Lininger
Logjams, Floodplains, Extreme Events
2020
CO
Annual Base
Steamboat Resort Recreational Impacts on Streamflow
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Stephanie Kampf
Disturbance, Recreation, Streams
2020
CO
Annual Base
Establishment of Industrial Hemp Study in Western Colorado to Evaluate Consumptive Use Rates Under Irrigated Conditions
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Perry Cabot
Hemp,Consumptive Use, Drip Irrigation, Hemp Disease
2020
CO
Annual Base
Snowpack Accumulation Model: Accounting for the Effects of Snowfall Induced Landscape Resurfacing
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Steven Fassnacht
Snow Accumulation, Surface Processes, Modeling
2020
CO
Annual Base
A Genetic Assessment of Cutthroat Trout Movement Across the Continental Divide
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Yoichiro Kanno
Trans-basin Diversion, Greenback Cutthroat Trout, Conservation Genetics
2020
CT
Annual Base
A Quantitative Assessment of the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Algae, Cyanobacteria, Cyanotoxins, and Water Quality in Lower Bolton Lake
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,002
Christopher R. Perkins
Cyanobacteria, harmful algal blooms, microcystin, monitoring
2020
CT
Annual Base
Paleolimnology and molecular investigation to understand blooms of Didymosphenia hullii, Didymosphenia geminata, and Cymbella janischii; nuisance stalk-forming diatoms in the West Branch of the Farmington River, Connecticut, USA.
Federal:
$10,683
Non-Federal:
$33,519
Diba A. Khan-Bureau
Diatoms, Didymosphenia hullii, Didymosphenia geminata, nuisance, Paleolimnology, rock snot, stalk-forming
2020
CT
Annual Base
Vernal pool and BMP pond impacts on regional salt pollution dynamics
Federal:
$24,515
Non-Federal:
$49,032
Steven P. Brady
road salt pollution; freshwater salinization; land use; BMP ponds; vernal pools
2020
DC
Annual Base
Performance evaluation of membrane bioreactor (MBR) in sustainable buildings for potable water in DC area.
Federal:
$9,933
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Pradeep K. Behera
Membrane Bioreactor (MBR), Membrane flux, Membrane fouling
2020
DC
Annual Base
Using zebrafish to assess water health of Paint Branch Stream, an upstream tributary within the Anacostia Watershed
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,020
Victoria Connaughton
Zebrafish (Danio rerio), ecotoxicology, Anacostia
2020
DC
Annual Base
A New Framework for Estimating Groundwater Recharge from Remotely Sensed Surface Observations
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Leila Farhadi
recharge, soil hydraulic parameters, soil moisture profile, remote sensing, data assimilation
2020
DC
Annual Base
Next-generation effects-based monitoring of contaminants in the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Scott Glaberman
effects-based monitoring, contaminants, toxicity prediction
2020
DC
Annual Base
Impact of high strength wastes (HSW) co-digestion with sludges on the performance of lab-scale anaerobic digesters and biogas methane potential (BMP) assays with potential to generate H2.
Federal:
$9,980
Non-Federal:
$0
Hossain M. Azam
Water Resources Recovery Facilities (WRRF); Co-digestion; Cheese whey (CW); Fat, oil & grease (FOG); Pulped food waste (PFW); Biogas methane potential (BMP); Hydrogen (H2)
2020
DC
Annual Base
Toxicity of organic contaminants in urban and suburban areas of the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,105
Stephen E. MacAvoy
organic contaminants, endocrine disruption, BPA, PAHs
2020
DC
Annual Base
Developing a flexible modeling tool for integrated optimal control of stormwater BMPs
Federal:
$9,962
Non-Federal:
$38,280
Arash Massoudieh
Green Infrastructure, Urban Hydrology, Water Quality, Machine Learning
2020
DC
Annual Base
Monitoring E. coli, Trace metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Contamination in the Downstream Tributaries of the Anacostia River in Washington DC.
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Sania Rose
Semi-volatile Organic Compounds, Water Quality, Sediment
2020
DC
Annual Base
Development of a Real-Time Low Flow Forecast System Based on Machine Learning Methods
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Nian Ashlee Zhang
Time Series Prediction, Machine Learning, Water Quantity Prediction, Streamflow Prediction
2020
DE
Annual Base
Delaware Water Resources Center Research Institute Program Annual Proposal for Fiscal Year 2020
Federal:
$125,000
Non-Federal:
$250,000
Gerald J. Kauffman
2020
FL
Annual Base
Predictive assessment water-ecological conditions on abundance and presence of Aedes vectors in Florida
Federal:
$19,094
Non-Federal:
$40,287
Antarpreet Jutla
Water Scarcity and Availability, Water Hazards and Climate Variability
2020
FL
Annual Base
Assessment of coastal sustainability to (re)emerging biothreats under extreme weather events
Federal:
$19,094
Non-Federal:
$40,287
Antarpreet Jutla
Water Scarcity and Availability, Water Hazards and Climate Variability
2020
FL
Annual Base
Agricultural Water Security Through Sustainable Use of the Floridan Aquifer: An Integrated Assessment of Economic and Environmental Impacts
Federal:
$20,137
Non-Federal:
$39,755
David Kaplan
Water Quality, Water Quantity, Agriculture, Economics, Modeling, Sustainability, Groundwater, Water Use, Environmental Regulation
2020
FL
Annual Base
Computational fluid dynamics as a tool for urban water particulate transport and fate during infiltration through permeable systems
Federal:
$29,957
Non-Federal:
$52,051
John Sansalone
Computational fluid dynamics, filtration, urban water cycle, sediment, particle size
2020
GA
Annual Base
Changing flood dynamics in Southeastern rivers: consequences for water and habitat quality
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Darold Batzer
Water Quantity, Ecology, Floods/Drought
2020
GA
Annual Base
Microplastics in wastewater effluent as a vehicle for bacterial and viral transport in an urban river
Federal:
$17,924
Non-Federal:
$37,913
Lisa Casanova
2020
GA
Annual Base
Per-/Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Two Wastewater Treatment Plants in Georgia: Significance of Precursor Transformation by Biological Treatment Processes
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Ching-Hua Huang
2020
GA
Annual Base
Development of a Storm Water Management Model for Assessing Compound Flooding Risk in Chatham County
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Jian Luo
2020
GA
Annual Base
Assessing drought effects on consumer-mediated ecosystem processes using experimental wetlands
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,127
Jose C. Colon-Gaud
Macroinvertebrates, Decomposition, Water Quality, Ecosystem Processes
2020
GU
Annual Base
PFOS trend monitoring in Saipan production wells
Federal:
$40,929
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Yong Sang Kim
Groundwater contamination, Production well, Perfluoroalkyl substances
2020
GU
Annual Base
A comprehensive review and consolidation of unpublished WERI research on the NGLA response to variations of sea level and rainfall
Federal:
$29,270
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Mark Lander
The Northern Guam Lens Aquifer, rainfall variations, sea level, extreme rainfall events, residence time, water table response lag times, hydrology
2020
GU
Annual Base
Establishing Groundwater Protection Zones in Guam
Federal:
$12,240
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Yuming Wen
GIS, modeling, Groundwater Protection Zone, Northern Guam Len Aquifers
2020
GU
Annual Base
Geospatial-temporal Analysis of Patterns and Trends of Salinity in Finegayan
Federal:
$13,524
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Yuming Wen
Salinity, GIS, modeling, Finegayan, Guam
2020
GU
Annual Base
Comprehensive hydrological database for secure water resources in Tofol watershed, Kosrae Island
Federal:
$64,147
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Myeong-Ho Yeo
Hydrology, water resources, sustainability
2020
GU
Annual Base
A sustainable plan for stormwater management and flooding at Garapan, Saipan
Federal:
$29,947
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Myeong-Ho Yeo
Extreme events, stormwater, hydrology
2020
GU
Annual Base
Development of the Groundwater Model of the Yigo-Tumon Basin, Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$14,387
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Nathan Habana
Groundwater availability, groundwater quality
2020
GU
Annual Base
Hydrologic Spatial Analysis of Basins and Suspect Sinkholes on the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$14,772
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Nathan Habana
Surface Basins, suspected sinkholes, cumulative and secondary Impact, groundwater protection
2020
GU
Annual Base
Production well nitrate-N trends in the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$27,745
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Nathan Habana
Nitrate, production well, time-series trends, NGLA map series
2020
GU
Annual Base
Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA) production-well rehabilitation assessment: Lessons Learned/Manual for Well Exploration and Development
Federal:
$8,496
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Yong Sang Kim
Well rehabilitation, hydrogeology, water production, contaminant (salinity)
2020
HI
Annual Base
Forecasting daily reference evapotranspiration for water resources conservations and sustainable agriculture in Hawaii
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$70,942
Sayed Bateni
Forecast, Reference Evapotranspiration, Water Conservation, Sustainable Agriculture
2020
HI
Annual Base
Linking watershed and groundwater management to groundwater dependent ecosystems and their linked ecological, cultural, and socio-economic values
Federal:
$60,973
Non-Federal:
$75,986
Leah Bremer
groundwater dependent ecosystems; submarine groundwater discharge; ecosystem services; cultural values
2020
HI
Annual Base
Fecal Indicators and Their Associated Health Risk in American Samoa's Watersheds
Federal:
$61,213
Non-Federal:
$73,646
Marek Kirs
American Samoa, water quality, microbial source tracking, pathogens, QMRA
2020
HI
Annual Base
Integrating Geological, Geophysical, Remote Sensing, and Groundwater Data into a Geothermal Resource Assessment for American Samoa
Federal:
$34,740
Non-Federal:
$62,091
Nicole Lautze
American Samoa, geothermal, groundwater, geochemistry, seismology; InSAR, borehole
2020
HI
Annual Base
Providing upgraded climate monitoring infrastructure in support of hydrological research in American Samoa
Federal:
$12,487
Non-Federal:
$0
Kelley Anderson Tagarino
weather monitoring, streamflow monitoring
2020
IA
Annual Base
Measuring Impacts of Lake Management Practices on Harmful Algal Blooms using Con-tinuous Monitoring at the Iowa Great Lakes
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,007
Corey Markfort
harmful algal blooms, continuous monitoring, water quality buoy, aquatic vegetation management, spatial/temporal non-equilibrium dynamics
2020
IA
Annual Base
Next-Generation Stage Measurement at Ungauged Locations using IoT
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Yusuf Sermet
water level measurement, elevation estimation, virtual sensor, citizen science, hydrologic data retrieval
2020
IA
Annual Base
Does food web structure modify the resilience of shallow lakes to harmful algal blooms?
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,006
Tyler Butts
Eutrophication, food web structure, ecosystem resilience, shallow lakes, nutrient pollution, lake restoration
2020
IA
Annual Base
Strengthening the Foundation of Agroecosystem Models for Water Research: Precision Land Surface Analysis and Machine Learningfor Enhanced Soil Maps
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$17,950
Meyer Bohn
spatial modeling, nutrient reduction, soil erosion, crop production, digital soil mapping, precision remote-sensing analysis, machine learning, soil carbon, soil texture, a horizon thickness, water table
2020
IA
Annual Base
Hydro-NPOSS: A Non-Proprietary Open-Source Software for Hydrologic Data Visualization and Model Evaluation
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Navid Jadidoleslam
informatics, cyberinfrastructure, web application, data visualization, open access
2020
ID
Annual Base
Multi-Criteria Stakeholder Analysis Framework for Western United States Irrigation Modernization
Federal:
$14,961
Non-Federal:
$29,924
Thomas Ptak
Irrigation Modernization, Western United States, Stakeholder Engagement and Planning
2020
ID
Annual Base
Snowpack aging, evolution of snow 2H and 18O, and alteration of the snowmelt recharge signal to a multilayer aquifer system.
Federal:
$14,973
Non-Federal:
$29,946
Jeff Langman
Snowpack Aging, Water Isotopes, snowmelt signal
2020
ID
Annual Base
Engineered, Porous-Structured Biochar for Removing Phosphorus in Water: Production, Characterization, and Sustainable Treatment
Federal:
$14,950
Non-Federal:
$29,973
Amin Mirkouei
Phosphorous Reduction, Engineered Biochar, Aquaculture, Water Quality
2020
ID
Annual Base
Quantifying bed architecture and interstitial processes within granular sediment beds by laser induced fluorescence
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,002
Ralph Budwig
hyporheic Flow, Biofilms, Irregular granular particles, porous media flow, sediment bed scour, Refractive index matching, Laser induced fluorescence
2020
IL
Annual Base
Illinois Water Resources Center Research for Future Generations
Federal:
$27,386
Non-Federal:
$8,736
Dr. Maryam Ghadiri
food-energy nexus, urban resilence
2020
IL
Annual Base
Low cost mycelial stabilization of coal combustion products to reduce As, and Se contamination of groundwater
Federal:
$9,988
Non-Federal:
$21,608
Dr. Linduo Zhao
energy-water nexus, coal combustion products, fungal mycelium, arsenic, selenium
2020
IL
Annual Base
Towards better agricultural drought assessment and irrigation management: improving the simulation and understanding of plant water stress for crops in Noah-MP land surface model
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,001
Dr. Kaiyu Guan
soil moisture, plant water stress, land surface modeling
2020
IL
Annual Base
A Coupled Urban Spatial Simulation and Stormwater Runoff Model and its Implications for Physical Design: The Case of Chicago
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Dr. Brian Deal
hydrologic modeling, land-use modeling, urban stormwater, design application
2020
IL
Annual Base
Modeling the Effects of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Implementation on Urban Hydrology and Urban Heat Islands in Illinois
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Dr. Lei Zhao
green stormwater infrastructure, urban flooding, urban heat island (UHI), urban hydrology, water-energy nexus
2020
IL
Annual Base
Utilizing a tracer test to calculating the transport and fate of nitrate within a saturated buffer zone
Federal:
$9,887
Non-Federal:
$20,350
Eric W. Peterson
nitrate, denitrification, saturated buffer zone, tile water, groundwater
2020
IN
Annual Base
Evaluating Old Mill Ponds: Can They Provide Clean Water and Sustainable Energy?
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,004
Antoine Aubeneau
Mill ponds, Water Quality, Sustainable Energy
2020
IN
Annual Base
A framework for optimization of green infrastructure practices selection and placement to attain runoff and water quality goals in urban watershed
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,004
Jingqiu Chen
Hydrologic modeling; optimization; green infrastructure; cost; runoff; water quality; urban watershed
2020
IN
Annual Base
Biogeochemical Cycling of Lead in Indiana Waterways
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,001
Jennifer Latimer
Biogeochemistry, Pollution, Metals, Water Quality, River Otters
2020
IN
Annual Base
Evaluation of direct and contaminant-associated effects of microplastic exposure on the reproductive behavior of fish
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,009
Jess Ward
Microplastics, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, reproductive behavior, wastewater treatment, fish
2020
IN
Annual Base
Seasonal and hydrological controls of bioavailability of organic phosphorus in agricultural drainage waters
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,681
Pierre-Andre Jacinthe
tile drainage, P loading, P-hydrolytic enzymes
2020
IN
Annual Base
Mapping the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Cover Crops to Model Water Quality Outcomes
Federal:
$14,966
Non-Federal:
$38,225
Landon Yoder
Cover crops, spatial analysis, remote sensing, hydrological modeling
2020
IN
Annual Base
Impacts of urbanization on urban runoff and water quality in the contiguous U.S.
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$2,000
Jingqiu Chen
Hydrologic modeling; Hydrologic impacts; urbanization; runoff; water quality; L-THIA Tabular Tool
2020
KS
Annual Base
A New Statewide System for Tracking and Forecasting Drought
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,065
Dan Devlin
forecasting, drought, web-based tracking
2020
KS
Annual Base
Benthic cyanobacterial mats: A potential source of harmful and nuisance compounds to Kansas streams
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$48,243
2020
KS
Annual Base
Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Fluid-Fluid and Rock-Fluid Compatibility between Arbuckle and Lansing Kansas City Formations with the Purpose of Produced Water-Exchange Between the Two Formations to Reduce both Fresh Water Usage and Water Dispo
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Geological formations, produced water reuse
2020
KS
Annual Base
Simulating the effects of reservoir management strategies on in-stream sediment load, streambank stability, and water quality.
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,002
Tony Layzell
Streambank stability, erosion, reservoir, water quality
2020
KS
Annual Base
Spatial variability and subsurface controls of groundwater recharge and nutrient mobilization in dry streams
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,002
2020
KY
Annual Base
Magnetic Nanoparticles to Remove Arsenite from Water
Federal:
$12,553
Non-Federal:
$30,325
David Atwood
arsenite, As(III), nanoparticle, magnetic separation, remediation, water
2020
KY
Annual Base
Evaluation of a New Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films Sampler for Determining Time-Averaged Concentrations of Cyanotoxins in Kentucky Water Bodies.
Federal:
$9,812
Non-Federal:
$23,796
Elisa D'Angelo
harmful algal blooms, microcystins, anatoxins, cylindrospermopsins, saxitoxins, passive samplers, DGT, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ELISA
2020
KY
Annual Base
Aerobic scope in Kentucky stream fishes as a fitness indicator of climate change impacts
Federal:
$7,925
Non-Federal:
$10,552
Richard D. Durtsche
metabolic scope, standard metabolic rate, maximal metabolic rate, climate change, embryogenesis, rainbow darter, bluntnose minnow, mosquitofish
2020
KY
Annual Base
Analysis of Contaminated Karst Groundwater Supplying "Off the Grid" Religious Communities in Southcentral Kentucky
Federal:
$9,999
Non-Federal:
$20,003
Dr. Chris Groves
groundwater, karst, water supply, hydrogeology
2020
KY
Annual Base
Lawn Establishment in Kentucky: Balancing Green Lawns with Waterbody Eutrophication Risks
Federal:
$7,000
Non-Federal:
$15,708
Brad Lee
fertilizers, lawn care, urban land use, nutrients, phosphorus, stormwater
2020
KY
Annual Base
Geophysical imaging of ridgetop wetland-perched groundwater systems
Federal:
$4,789
Non-Federal:
$9,934
Dr. Jonathan Malzone
wetlands, groundwater surface water interaction, electrical resistivity, perched groundwater, vernal pools
2020
KY
Annual Base
A Comparison of Sedimentation Rates and Hydrological Regimes in Floodplain Wetland Easements and Natural Bottomland Forested Wetlands of Western Kentucky
Federal:
$5,711
Non-Federal:
$11,555
Jessica B. Moon
Floodplain Wetlands, Sedimentation, Hydrology, Wetland Stressors
2020
KY
Annual Base
Examining Hydrogeological Dynamics of Flooding and Flow Reversals of the Green River and Major Springs of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Jason Polk
karst groundwater, river reversals, flooding, hydrogeology, sustainable water resources
2020
KY
Annual Base
In-situ 3D Electrical Resistivity Method for Understanding Water Dynamics in Shallow Karst Features
Federal:
$7,047
Non-Federal:
$14,333
Junfeng Zhu
karst aquifer, electrical resistivity, in-situ survey, epikarst, sinkhole
2020
LA
Annual Base
Identification of Critical Sources and Loadings of Nutrients for Reducing Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Pontchartrain
Federal:
$15,100
Non-Federal:
$30,310
Zhiqiang Deng
Critical Source Areas, Harmful Algal Blooms, Nutrients, Watershed
2020
LA
Annual Base
Integrated geophysical mapping of a Mississippi Flood Plain Aquifer (0-30 m): 3D seismic and 2D resistivity imaging
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,134
Juan Lorenzo
Sand boils, groundwater flow, flooding, infrastructure, seismic, resistivity, geophysics
2020
LA
Annual Base
A numerical assessment of Louisianan's surface water resource over the past three decades
Federal:
$14,960
Non-Federal:
$30,002
Zuo Xue
WRF-Hydro, Climate Change, Soil Moisture, Evapotranspiration, Lower Mississippi
2020
LA
Annual Base
Managed Aquifer Storage and Recovery in Coastal Louisiana
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,002
Emad Habib
water stress, aquifer storage, recovery, modeling, floods, water quality
2020
LA
Annual Base
Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Efficiency Assessment through Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,001
Celalettin Ozdemir
Sediment diversion, computational fluid dynamics, sediment transport modeling
2020
MA
Annual Base
Microplastic Pollution in Freshwater Systems: Impacts of Biofilm Formation on Microplastic Surface
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,138
Wan-Ting (Grace) Chen
Microplastic, Biofilm, Freshwater Systems, Surface Characterization
2020
MA
Annual Base
Thermal Regeneration Technologies for Granular Activated Carbons Laden with Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$99,998
Onur Apul
Adsorption, Granular Activated Carbon, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, Regeneration
2020
MA
Annual Base
Manganese sourcing and transport in Massachusetts groundwater: Understanding dissolution mechanisms and creating a temporally variant database
Federal:
$9,996
Non-Federal:
$21,107
David Boutt
manganese, groundwater, water quality, transport, time series
2020
MA
Annual Base
Testing the River Process Corridor in the Deerfield River Watershed, Massachusetts
Federal:
$9,844
Non-Federal:
$23,300
Christine Hatch
River corridor, fluvial hazard, mapping, fluvial geomorphology, GIS
2020
MA
Annual Base
Investigating dam management impacts to downstream fluvial hydrology and temperature
Federal:
$15,006
Non-Federal:
$30,649
Allison Roy
winter lake drawdown, hydrology, temperature, stream ecosystems
2020
MD
Annual Base
Using high-frequency data and concentration-discharge relationships to describe solute mobilization and transport in suburban and urban watersheds (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,003
Joel Moore
Solutes, watershed, urban, suburban, transport, export
2020
MD
Annual Base
Developing an isotopic fingerprint for methane from Maryland wetlands
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$70,000
James Farquhar
Methane Emissions and Inventory, Wetlands, Clumped Isotopes, Isotopologues.
2020
MD
Annual Base
Application of Particle Image Velocimetry and Structure from Motion to reconstruct discharge hydrographs for an extreme urban flood
Federal:
$21,962
Non-Federal:
$43,923
Andrew J. Miller
Particle Image Velocimetry, PIV, Flood, Hydrograph
2020
MD
Annual Base
Implications of flooding for equitable access to transportation and emergency services
Federal:
$17,278
Non-Federal:
$34,951
Allison C. Reilly
Flood, Emergency management, roads, communities, equity
2020
MD
Annual Base
Precipitation frequency in Maryland: Investigating epistemic uncertainty
Federal:
$17,278
Non-Federal:
$34,951
Michelle T Bensi
Precipitation, Frequency, IDF, DDF, Epistemic uncertainty
2020
ME
Annual Base
Data-driven support for adaptive pollution-based closure decisions in shellfish growing areas of Maine
Federal:
$36,000
Non-Federal:
$49,725
Dr. Samuel Roy
shellfish, fecal borne pathogens, pollution-based closures, decision-making, public health, spatial data analytics, decision-support tools
2020
ME
Annual Base
Farms and Rivers for the Future: Advancing Partnerships in the Meduxnekeag Watershed
Federal:
$19,523
Non-Federal:
$39,817
Dr. Bridie McGreavy
Watershed conservation, water quality, riparian buffers, community partnerships
2020
ME
Annual Base
20 years of River Restoration in Maine: Using Socio-economics and Benefit Transfer to Inform Decision-Making on Dam Removals
Federal:
$26,402
Non-Federal:
$54,829
Lynne Lewis
Dam Removal; River Restoration; Social Sciences; Monitoring; Economics
2020
MI
Annual Base
Improving Ecosystem Services and Water Quality through Applied Research and Technology Advancements
Federal:
$125,000
Non-Federal:
$250,089
Watershed Planning and Management, Water Quality, Water Use, Decision Support, Wetlands, Aquatic Invasive Species, Inland Lakes, Online Courses; Contaminants, PFAS, Sensors
2020
MN
Annual Base
What drives soil health test variability in Minnesota?
Federal:
$9,964
Non-Federal:
$21,286
Anna Cates
soil organic matter, active carbon pools, soil temperature, soil moisture
2020
MN
Annual Base
Environmental impacts of potassium acetate as an alternative deicing chemical to Lake Superior: Water chemistry and ecotoxicity
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$43,805
Chan Lan Chun
chloride pollution, urban runoff, alternative deicing chemical, stormwater, and toxicity
2020
MN
Annual Base
Assessing lakeshore residents' perspectives on Aquatic Invasive Species management
Federal:
$24,953
Non-Federal:
$34,785
Amit Pradhananga
Aquatic Invasive Species; Valuation; Beliefs and Values; Lakeshore Owners
2020
MO
Annual Base
Advanced Materials for Low-Cost Electronic Nitrate Sensors to Prevent Harmful Algal Blooms in Missouri Water Resources
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$44,000
Dr. Matthias Young
Sensor, Nitrate-Selective, Molecular Layer Deposition, Conducting Polymer, Thin films, Crosslinking
2020
MO
Annual Base
Preoxidation strategies to improve treatment of algal bloom impacted source water
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$46,383
Dr. Kimberly Parker
Harmful algal blooms; cyanotoxin; microcystin; cylindrospermopsin; chlorination; preoxidation; disinfection byproducts.
2020
MO
Annual Base
Assessment of Cyanobacteria diversity and their toxigenic potential within the Little Sac Watershed ecosystem using Next Generation DNA sequencing
Federal:
$22,030
Non-Federal:
$45,372
Dr. Babur Mirza
cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs); cyanotoxins; Next-Gen DNA sequencing; qPCR
2020
MS
Annual Base
Innovative Nutrient Recovery Schemes for Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,001
Dr. Veera Gnaneswar Gude
Surface Water - performance and effectiveness of innovative and established nutrients, sediment, bacteria, and storm water management methodologies, and small community wastewater treatment
2020
MS
Annual Base
Irrigation Systems, Row Spacing, and Applied Fertilizer Effects on Water Use and Crop Productivity
Federal:
$35,638
Non-Federal:
$71,288
Dr. Gubir Singh
Water Reuse and Conservation
2020
MS
Annual Base
Multi-scale Evaluation of the Impact of Hydrological Extremes on Coastal Wetland Vegetation
Federal:
$34,976
Non-Federal:
$70,126
Dr. Wei Wu
Modeling and Tool Development, Climatwe
2020
MT
Annual Base
Aerobic granular sludge: assessing PFAS adsorption to enhance wastewater treatment and water quality
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Catherine Kirkland
per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, aerobic granular sludge, biofilm, wastewater
2020
MT
Annual Base
Vanishing Glaciers & Emergent Lakes: physical and chemical constraints on aquatic ecosystem metabolism
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Ashley Ballantyne
nutrient and light constraints on ecosystem metabolism
2020
MT
Annual Base
Rapid Wetland Benefit Assessment (WBA) for Montana State and Tribes
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
William Kliendl
Ecosystem Service, Wetland, Riparian, Rapid Assessment, Delphi Survey
2020
MT
Annual Base
Interdisciplinary Research on Developing a New Model for Bioelectrochemical Denitrification
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,266
Tianyu Zhang
Bioelectrochemical Denitrification, Mathematical Modeling, Eutrophication
2020
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Exploring Trends in Warm Season Precipitation in the northern North American Great Plains
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Gabriel Bromley
2020
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Reproductive and life-history traits of western pearlshell mussels in Montana
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Kristen Cook
2020
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Modeling Adaptive Capacity of Water Law by Integrating Water Rights into a Hydro-economic Model: A Case Study of Instream Flow Policies in MT
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Anna Crockett
2020
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: A hand-held, structure from motion, photogrammetric approach to riparian and stream assessment and monitoring of the Upper Clark Fork River, MT
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Joseph Dehnert
2020
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Effects of Floodplain Shade on Hyporheic and Stream Channel Temperatures
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Katie Fogg
2020
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Developing the first river ice mapping tool for the Yellowstone River
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Ross Palomaki
2020
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Using DNA metabarcoding techniques to evaluate responses of river food webs to heavy metals along the Clark Fork River, Montana
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Jose Sanchez Ruiz
2020
NC
Annual Base
Understanding the FOG deposit adhesion mechanism on different sewer line surfaces
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$71,520
Joel J. Ducoste
Sanitary sewer overflows, FOG deposits, Sustainability, Alternative binder materials, Sewer line surfaces
2020
NC
Annual Base
Assessing Controls on Nutrient Loading at the Watershed Scale through Data-Driven Modeling
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$4,704
Daniel R. Obenour
watershed, nitrogen, phosphorus, modeling, BMP
2020
NC
Annual Base
Multidimensional Assessment of North Carolina Community Water System Vulnerabilities
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$57,912
Megan Mullin
drinking water, community water systems, public information, decision support
2020
NC
Annual Base
Effects of Extreme Flooding on Water Quality in Areas of Dense Food Animal Production
Federal:
$10,068
Non-Federal:
$77,657
Jill Stewart
one health, environmental change, hurricanes, flooding, Escherichia coli, antimicrobial resistance, resilience
2020
NC
Annual Base
Investigating the microbial culprits of taste/odor issues in City of Durham drinking water reservoir Lake Michie and algicidal mitigation tactics.
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$12,762
Dr. Ryan W. Paerl
City of Durham; drinking water odor/taste; picocyanobacteria; cyanobacteria
2020
ND
Annual Base
The ecotoxicological effects of saline water characteristics on amphibian survival and development
Federal:
$3,289
Non-Federal:
$6,578
Matthew Smith
Salinity; Amphibians
2020
ND
Annual Base
Flood and Bathymetry Alteration Simulations Under Ice-Coverage in Red River
Federal:
$2,731
Non-Federal:
$5,462
Trung Bao Le
Ice-coverage, Flood model, Sediment transport
2020
ND
Annual Base
Does wetland restoration affect the accumulation of glyphosate?
Federal:
$2,160
Non-Federal:
$4,320
Jon Sweetman
Glyphosate, Wetland restoration, Prairie potholes
2020
ND
Annual Base
Assessment of agricultural impact on biotic components of North Dakota wetland resources using habitat suitability landscape genomics of amphibians
Federal:
$4,489
Non-Federal:
$8,978
Craig Stockwell
Habitat, Wetland, Genomics
2020
ND
Annual Base
Rejuvenation of Urban Streams in Cold Climate Regions Using Hydroponic Systems: A Case Study on English Coulee in Grand Forks, North Dakota
Federal:
$8,262
Non-Federal:
$16,524
Yeo Howe Lim
Urban Stream, Nutrient, Algal Bloom, Dissolved Oxygen, Bioremediation, Hydroponic
2020
ND
Annual Base
Impact of Subsurface Drainage and Subirrigation on Water Quality in Richland County, North Dakota
Federal:
$4,290
Non-Federal:
$8,580
Xinhua Jia
Subsurface drainage, Subirrigation, Water quality
2020
ND
Annual Base
Understanding intra-lake seasonal and spatial variability in shallow prairie lake diatom communities: implications for paleolimnological studies
Federal:
$6,816
Non-Federal:
$21,625
Jon Sweetman
Prairie Pothole wetlands, water chemistry, diatoms, spatial variability
2020
ND
Annual Base
Development of a new depression-oriented watershed hydrologic model and its application in North Dakota
Federal:
$7,508
Non-Federal:
$23,738
Xuefeng Chu
Hydrologic Modeling, Watershed, Surface Topography
2020
ND
Annual Base
Effectively and Practically Remove Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Landfill Leachate and Groundwater
Federal:
$6,200
Non-Federal:
$12,400
Feng
Treatment; Emerging contaminants; PFOS; PFOA
2020
ND
Annual Base
Influence of habitat characteristics on amphibian stress and reproductive success in North Dakota
Federal:
$2,685
Non-Federal:
$5,370
Matthew Smith
Amphibian; Habitat; Physiochemical; Water Quality
2020
ND
Annual Base
Hydrological Changes Due to Recent Wetting in a Cold Region Riverine Headwaters Environment
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$2,000
Taufique Mahmood
Hydrologic modeling, Watershed, Cold region
2020
ND
Annual Base
Soil Amendment for Reducing the Runoff of Nutrients from Agricultural Lands
Federal:
$5,192
Non-Federal:
$10,384
Feng
Non-point source pollution; Nutrients; Soil amendment; Runoff
2020
ND
Annual Base
Using Coupled Human and Natural Systems for Water Resources Management in the Bakken Region of Western North Dakota
Federal:
$3,212
Non-Federal:
$6,424
Zhulu Lin
Hydraulic fracturing, MODFLOW, Water management
2020
ND
Annual Base
Fabrication of Point of Use Treatment Systems for Aqueous Arsenic and their Evaluation
Federal:
$11,115
Non-Federal:
$34,517
Achintya N. Bezbaruah
Arsenic, Graphene-oxide-iron-nanohybrid, Point-of-use-treatment
2020
ND
Annual Base
Automatic sensor-controlled drip irrigation under mulches for tomato and watermelon productions
Federal:
$6,477
Non-Federal:
$20,555
Xinhua Jia
Drip irrigation, water supply, agricultural production
2020
ND
Annual Base
Soil moisture mapping using Landsat data in a frigid glaciolacustrine landscape with agricultural production
Federal:
$4,263
Non-Federal:
$8,526
Aaron Daigh
Soil moisture, Weather station, Remote sensing
2020
ND
Annual Base
Hydraulic and hydrologic routing parameters in natural channels in North Dakota under spring snowmelt conditions
Federal:
$4,647
Non-Federal:
$9,294
Yeo Howe Lim
Snowmelt, Devil Lake, Stump Lake, Routing, HEC-RAS
2020
ND
Annual Base
Imprinting and hydromulch for soil erosion reduction and plant establishment in semi-arid soils disturbed from oil and gas development
Federal:
$6,875
Non-Federal:
$21,673
Thomas DeSutter
Imprint, Hydromulch, Microtopography, Runoff
2020
ND
Annual Base
Red Lake River and Red River Raw Water Quality Investigation
Federal:
$2,199
Non-Federal:
$4,398
Feng
Surface water monitoring; Water treatment; Natural organic matter
2020
NE
Annual Base
Bank Filtration: An efficient and economical water treatment technology for cyanotoxins removal
Federal:
$11,746
Non-Federal:
$23,515
2020
NE
Annual Base
Monitoring of nitrate leaching at and below the crop rooting depth
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$55,802
2020
NE
Annual Base
Setting nitrogen surplus benchmarks to control nitrate pollution of groundwater in the northeast Nebraska
Federal:
$18,954
Non-Federal:
$37,175
2020
NE
Annual Base
PFAS exposure from WWTPs to Surface Waters and Agricultural
Federal:
$19,928
Non-Federal:
$39,923
2020
NH
Annual Base
Water Quality and the Landscape: Long-term monitoring of rapidly developing suburban watersheds
Federal:
$26,672
Non-Federal:
$67,143
Bill McDowell
Long-term, water quality, water supply, land use change, development, nitrogen
2020
NH
Annual Base
Invasive Species Detection in New Hampshire lakes and streams using Environmental DNA (eDNA) - 2020 Pilot study
Federal:
$19,990
Non-Federal:
$40,095
Alison Watts
Invasive species, lakes, streams, eDNA
2020
NH
Annual Base
Water Quality and the Landscape: Real time monitoring in the Lamprey River watershed
Federal:
$34,610
Non-Federal:
$75,333
Bill McDowell
Real-time, water quality, sensors, land use change, nitrogen, climate variability
2020
NJ
Annual Base
Electrochemical Device Development for Detection and Removal of Perfluorinated Substances in Water
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,099
Joshua Young
PFAS, sensing, metal-organic frameworks
2020
NJ
Annual Base
Security and Sensitivity of Hydrological Model Forecasting to the Disruption of Sensor Networks
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Ruo-Qian Wang
Ensemble Kalman Filter, data aggregation, data assimilation, flood early warning, sensor network, missing data imputation
2020
NJ
Annual Base
Impact of extreme precipitation events on eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) ecosystem services
Federal:
$4,995
Non-Federal:
$9,990
Janine Barr
Oysters, salinity, aquaculture, filtration, ecosystem services
2020
NJ
Annual Base
Well water microbiome and its relation to nontuberculous mycobacteria in New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Sophia Blanc
Opportunistic pathogens, Drinking water, Nontuberculous mycobacteria, Microbial community
2020
NJ
Annual Base
Assessment of Spent Lithium-ion Batteries on Surface Water Quality: Delineating Baseline Level Changes of Lithium, Cobalt and Lithium Hexafluorophosphate
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,874
Le-qi Lin
Lithium-ion batteries, lithium hexafluorophosphate, cobalt, lithium, water quality
2020
NJ
Annual Base
Carbon-Metal Nanohybrids (CMNHs)-Impregnated Reactive Electrochemical Membrane (REM) Filtration for PFAS Removal
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,874
Qingquan Ma
CMNHs, REM, PFASs Removal, New Jersey
2020
NJ
Annual Base
Effects of Microbubble Formation on Sediment Pollutant Resuspension
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,874
Xiaonan Shi
microbubble technology, sediment, contaminant release
2020
NJ
Annual Base
Effects of water table level and storm strength on the redistribution of trace metals in the Meadowlands of New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,322
Ying Yao
Trace metals, Water table level, Precipitation, Estuaries, Remobilization
2020
NM
Annual Base
Geographic Information System for Water Resources Research Planning and Outreach
Federal:
$18,139
Non-Federal:
$8,344
2020
NM
Annual Base
Adding snow physics to PyRANA to understand the impacts of climate change on diffuse recharge in New Mexico headwaters
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Alex Rinehart
recharge, estimating recharge, climate change, snow modeling
2020
NM
Annual Base
Electrical Resistivity Mapping of Rio Grande River-Groundwater Connectivity
Federal:
$19,926
Non-Federal:
$39,852
Kenneth C. Carroll
water table
2020
NM
Annual Base
Improving Water Use Efficiency Using Ground-based Microwave and Optical Scintillometer Measurements of Evapotranspiration of Pecan Orchards
Federal:
$29,676
Non-Federal:
$59,352
Hatim M.E.Geli
water supply, evapotranspiration, semiarid regions, agricultural production, socioeconomic stability, sustainability
2020
NM
Annual Base
Investigating the effects of reservoir water releases on spawning activities of fishes in the Pecos River
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$16,771
Jesse E. Filbrun
pelagic spawning minnows
2020
NV
Annual Base
Occurrence and Mass Balance of PFAS during Wastewater Treatment
Federal:
$41,236
Non-Federal:
$82,348
Xuelian Bai
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), wastewater, wastewater treatment, water quality
2020
NV
Annual Base
Engineered processes for the separation and degradation of microplastics in freshwater
Federal:
$28,508
Non-Federal:
$57,017
Erick Bandala
Microplastics, electrocoagulation, microfluidics, acoustic focusing, removal, degradation.
2020
NV
Annual Base
Development and evaluation of iron based strategies for arsenic removal in contaminated groundwater
Federal:
$39,982
Non-Federal:
$79,964
Lazaro Perez Jorge
Geochemical Modeling, Groundwater, Column Experiments
2020
NY
Annual Base
Evaluation of the effectiveness of green infrastructure for stormwater management under current and future climates in urban Buffalo
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Green infrastructure, rain gardens, infiltration, recharge, urban management, wastewater
2020
NY
Annual Base
Sources and Speciation of Elevated Manganese in a Surface Water Supply Reservoir
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,002
Manganese, Speciation, Sediments, Water Supply, Stable Isotopes
2020
NY
Annual Base
Mobile toolkit for rapid in-field screening of freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,066
Harmful Algal Blooms, Citizen Science, Monitoring, Microcystin, Cyanobacteria
2020
NY
Annual Base
Species interactions may enhance resilience and ecosystem services within an urban living shoreline project
Federal:
$19,681
Non-Federal:
$41,007
Restoration, Bivalves, Mutualism, Carbon Sequestration, Denitrification
2020
NY
Annual Base
NYSWRI Internship Program
Federal:
$12,701
Non-Federal:
$0
2020
OH
Annual Base
What role does nutrient cycling by zooplankton play in supporting HAB production in western Lake Erie?
Federal:
$35,572
Non-Federal:
$35,867
James Hood
Harmful algal blooms, nutrients, zooplankton, microzooplankton, Lake Erie, zooplankton-mediated nutrient recycling, cyanobacteria
2020
OH
Annual Base
Microorganisms and enzymes driving glyphosate degradation in Lake Erie
Federal:
$32,276
Non-Federal:
$34,369
Mathew Saxton
Glyphosate, Eutrophication, Harmful Algal Blooms, Nonpoint Source Pollution
2020
OH
Annual Base
Electrochemical sensors for microbial activities in benthic sediments: a sentry for lacustrine P biogeochemistry
Federal:
$35,120
Non-Federal:
$39,043
John M. Senko
Sediment biogeochemistry, geomicrobiology, electrochemical monitoring, internal P
2020
OK
Annual Base
Soil Monitoring through UAV-Assisted Internet of Things Wireless Underground Sensors
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Sabit Ekin
Soil monitoring; IoT sensors; UAV-assisted soil monitoring
2020
OK
Annual Base
Passive samplers for monitoring perfluoroalkyl substances at contaminated sites
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
David Lampert
Passive sampler, Sediment, PFAS, Pore water
2020
OK
Annual Base
Design of Novel Electrocoagulation Systems for Produced Water Treatment
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Pankaj Sarin
Electrocoagulation, Produced Water, Water Treatment, Electrodes
2020
OK
Annual Base
A new dolomite filtration technology to remove heavy metals and NORM from produced water
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,025
Javier Vilcaez
Treatment of produced water; Heavy metals; NORM; Dissolved oil; Dolomite filtration; Beneficial use of produced water.
2020
OK
Annual Base
Investigation of Indicator Bacteria in Oklahoma Streams
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Jason Vogel
2020
PA
Annual Base
Integrating Water Quality and Cyanotoxin Production to Combat Harmful Algal Blooms
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$24,000
Sarah Princiotta
harmful algal blooms, cyanobacteria, water quality, cyanotoxins
2020
PA
Annual Base
Adaptive management in stream restoration across Pennsylvania: historical trends, recent case studies, and future directions/strategic challenges
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Benjamin Hayes
adaptive management, stream restoration, best practices, fluvial processes
2020
PR
Annual Base
Geomorphic evolution of the Río Grande De Añasco Lower Valley and its impact on water resources
Federal:
$23,000
Non-Federal:
$16,086
Walter Silva
Morphodynamic multidimensional model iRIC, meanders evolution, geomorphologic, hydrodynamic
2020
PR
Annual Base
Atrazine and glyphosate monitoring in water streams and degradation using a novel TiO2-based biopolymer
Federal:
$23,000
Non-Federal:
$50,212
Pedro Javier Tarafa
Agriculture, Herbicides, Organic Compounds, Pollutants, River, Streams, Water Quality Monitoring, Water Treatment, Weeds
2020
PR
Annual Base
Nanotechnology-based wastewater treatment for reuse - Phase II
Federal:
$23,000
Non-Federal:
$11,500
Oscar J. Perales-Perez
Nanomaterials, Water reuse, antimicrobial capacity, biopolymer
2020
RI
Annual Base
Hybrid nano-bioreactors for the treatment of recalcitrant contaminants in drinking water.
Federal:
$11,618
Non-Federal:
$26,505
Nanomaterials, biodegradation, persistent pollutants.
2020
RI
Annual Base
Understanding Urban Water Resources and Energy Nexus in Rhode Island
Federal:
$23,234
Non-Federal:
$58,476
Ali Shafqat Akanda
Sustainability, Water-Energy Nexus, Climate, Urban Heat Island
2020
RI
Annual Base
The Applicability of South Korean Aquatic Litter Management Strategies to Rhode Island Freshwater Bodies
Federal:
$22,743
Non-Federal:
$45,497
Elizabeth Mendenhall
Aquatic Litter Management, Plastic, Rhode Island, South Korea
2020
SC
Annual Base
Identifying Iodine Hotspots in Freshwater of South Carolina and Their Impact on Iodinated Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water
Federal:
$23,227
Non-Federal:
$64,234
Susan Richardson
iodide, iodine, surface water, disinfection by-products, DBPs, South Carolina
2020
SC
Annual Base
Fish dispersal as mechanism for contaminant movement in South Carolina streams
Federal:
$30,190
Non-Federal:
$61,097
Peter Van den Hurk
Multi-species experiment, Dispersal, Behavior, Ecotoxicology
2020
SC
Annual Base
Quantifying the effect of instream flow on larval fish abundance in the Edisto River Basin
Federal:
$23,849
Non-Federal:
$47,698
Luke Bower
Instream flow, Edisto River, larval fish, fish assemblages
2020
SD
Annual Base
Understanding Contaminant Transport Processes in the Madison Aquifer
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Liangping Li
Groundwater; Karst; Contamination; Water Supply; Conduit
2020
SD
Annual Base
Assessment and Improvement of Performance of Septic Systems in Cold Climates (Year 2)
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Mengistu Geza Nisrani
Septic Systems, Site Scale, Watershed Scale, Water quality
2020
SD
Annual Base
Improvement of Denitrification Bioreactor Performance Using Weathered Woodchips and Wet-Dry Cycle Control (Year 2)
Federal:
$22,636
Non-Federal:
$45,484
Guanghui Hua
Subsurface Drainage, Nitrate, Woodchips, Denitrification Bioreactor
2020
TN
Annual Base
Sourcing Runoff and Chemical Origins in Urban Stormwater Runoff: An Application in Second Creek
Federal:
$17,190
Non-Federal:
$38,783
Jon Hathaway
Isotopes,Urban, Pollutant Transport, Storm water, Watershed
2020
TN
Annual Base
Pollutant Sourcing Identification in Impaired Surface Waters
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,342
Dr. Qiang He
Water quality; Pollution; Machine learning; Surface water; Watershed management
2020
TN
Annual Base
Development of a low-cost real-time water Quality monitoring network for rural watersheds
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Dr. Alfred Kalyanapu
Water-Quality sensor; Sensor network, Real-time network, Low-cot sensors, Cloud-based Services
2020
TN
Annual Base
Development of Lentic Periphytic Algal Indies of Trophic Status Needed to Assess and Monitor the Effects of Eutrophication in Littoral Habitats of Middle and East Tennessee
Federal:
$6,870
Non-Federal:
$13,602
Dr. Jeff Lebkuecher
Algal indices, Diatoms, Soft Algae, Eutrophication
2020
TN
Annual Base
Organic acid fate and behavior in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,550
Dr. John S. Schwartz
Organic, Sulfate, Nitrate, pH, Buffering
2020
TN
Annual Base
Assessing Water Quality of Rivers Feeding Riparian Wetlands in Agroecosystems: Research Supporting the Evaluation of the USDA Wetlands Reserve Program
Federal:
$4,995
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Justin Murdock
Nutrient Retention, Hydrology, Watershed Management
2020
TX
Annual Base
Impact of climatic extremes on net subsurface discharge considering hydrologic linkage among vadose zone-unconfined aquifer-stream in Rio Grande basin
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,002
Zhuping Sheng
climate extremes, hydrologic exchange, net subsurface discharge, surface-subsurface interaction
2020
TX
Annual Base
Improving Surface Water Availability Estimates by Accounting for Projected Changes of Reservoir Evaporation: A Case Study in Upper Trinity River Basin
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Huilin Gao
climate change, reservoir evaporation, water availability
2020
UT
Annual Base
Leveraging LIDAR and Citizen-Science for Low-Cost, High-Resolution Snow-Depth Estimation
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$70,166
Carlos A. Oroza
LIDAR, Citizen science, Snow-depth estimation
2020
UT
Annual Base
Dynamic, Adaptive Management of the Colorado River to Enhance Water Supply and River Ecosystem Outcomes
Federal:
$44,521
Non-Federal:
$59,357
John Schmidt
water supply, water-supply and river-management policy, drought
2020
UT
Annual Base
Obtaining Lidar Data to Support Research in the Logan River Watershed
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$58,957
Bethany Neilson
surface water hydrology, snow hydrology, karst hydrology, lidar
2020
UT
Annual Base
Improving the Hydraulics of Urban Flooding
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$49,750
Zachary B. Sharp
water supply, stage discharge relationships, flooding, urban flooding
2020
VI
Annual Base
Raising Awareness and Participation With a Social Media App: Reducing Terrestrial Sedimentation and Promoting Clear Coastal Waters
Federal:
$43,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Sedimentation, Watershed, Terrestrial Sediment, Gobiidae, Cleaning Stations
2020
VT
Annual Base
Impact of Storms on Lake Phytoplankton Community Dynamics
Federal:
$30,583
Non-Federal:
$61,210
Jason Stockwell
cyanobacteria blooms, phytoplankton, water, extreme events
2020
VT
Annual Base
Cyanobacteria bloom impacts on fish: ecological and human health considerations
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,021
Jason Stockwell
Cyanobacteria blooms, Toxins, Fatty acids, Fish
2020
VT
Annual Base
How Much Carbon is in those Mussels? The Potential Impact of a Quagga Mussel Invasion on Energy Pathways in Lake Champlain
Federal:
$35,866
Non-Federal:
$71,742
Quagga mussels, zebra mussels, carbon, phosphorus, food web
2020
VT
Annual Base
Hydraulic Modeling to Support Vermont's Functioning Floodplain Initiative
Federal:
$31,000
Non-Federal:
$62,000
Hydraulic models, floodplain function, flood risk
2020
WA
Annual Base
Fate and Transport of Micro- and Nano-scale Plastics in Washington State
Federal:
$29,993
Non-Federal:
$60,834
Indranil Chowdhury
Microplastics, Nanoscale Plastics, Treatment Plant, Fate and Transport
2020
WA
Annual Base
Do snow algae and black carbon contribute to surface albedo reduction of snow and glacier surfaces in the Nooksack River Headwaters?
Federal:
$29,608
Non-Federal:
$60,135
Alia L. Khan
snowmelt, albedo, black carbon, snow algae, snow darkening, climate change
2020
WA
Annual Base
Farmer adaptation to climate change may increase water use: facilitating quantification of potential increase.
Federal:
$29,994
Non-Federal:
$59,996
Kirti Rajagopalan
double cropping, climate change, satellite imagery, Sentinel
2020
WI
Annual Base
Impact of changing snow cover and frozen ground regimes on groundwater recharge
Federal:
$21,466
Non-Federal:
$23,419
James Hurley
hydrology, water resources, groundwater recharge, snow cover
2020
WI
Annual Base
Fate of Groundwater Phosphorus from Septic Systems Near Lakes
Federal:
$36,223
Non-Federal:
$19,923
James Hurley
water quality, septic, phosphorus, biological
2020
WV
Annual Base
Addressing Challenges in Monitoring Fecal Coliforms and E. coli in Watersheds Impacted by AMD
Federal:
$19,923
Non-Federal:
$39,921
Emily Garner
Fecal indicator bacteria, acid mine drainage, fecal coliforms, viable but non-culturable
2020
WV
Annual Base
Drinking Water Treatment Methods to Reduce THM
Federal:
$19,914
Non-Federal:
$41,033
LianShin Lin
water, water quality, drinking water, total trihalomethane, THM, disinfection byproducts
2020
WV
Annual Base
PFAS Occurrence in the Upper Ohio River Basin
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$5,200
Paul Ziemkiewicz
Water, water quality, drinking water, PFAS, perfluorinated compounds, PFOS, PFOA
2020
WV
Annual Base
Fine Coal Sediment Transport Analysis Due to Extreme Storm Events
Federal:
$19,633
Non-Federal:
$40,212
Leslie Hopkinson
erosion, coal impoundments
2020
WV
Annual Base
Piney Creek Watershed Water Monitoring and Management Project
Federal:
$19,992
Non-Federal:
$65,440
Matthew Williams
Education, Quality, Monitoring, TDS, Fecal, Coliforms, Flow, Hydrology, Undergraduate, Research, STEM, Outreach, Stations, Watershed
2020
WY
Annual Base
Numerical simulations of the impact of cloud seeding in the Wind River Range on precipitation, snowpack, and streamflow
Federal:
$27,610
Non-Federal:
$17,469
Bart Geerts
Snowpack, Snowfall, Runoff
2020
WY
Annual Base
RECYCLING CO-PRODUCED WATERS (CWS) IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$96,509
Maohong Fan
Energy, Recycling, Economics
2020
WY
Annual Base
Understanding the contribution of different microbial sources to surface water for informed management of waterborne pathogens in Wyoming
Federal:
$12,750
Non-Federal:
$227,482
Sarah Collins
Waterborne Pathogens, E. coli
2020
WY
Annual Base
Sediment and fisheries: an assessment to inform sediment management practices at Wyoming dams
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$84,662
Annika Walters
sediment, fisheries, irrigation
2019
AK
Annual Base
Quantification and Partitioning of Evapotranspiration in Arctic Tundra
Federal:
$23,998
Non-Federal:
$47,996
Jason A. Clark
Echohydrology, arctic tundra, lysimeter, evapotranspiration partitioning, Alaska, shrub water balance, moss evaporation, plant-atmosphere interactions
2019
AK
Annual Base
Rural Alaskan households’ economic energy-water nexus
Federal:
$11,000
Non-Federal:
$22,000
Barbara Johnson
Economics, utility management, water-energy nexus
2019
AK
Annual Base
Laboratory Investigation of Infiltration Process of Non-Newtonian Fluids through Porous Media in a Non-Isothermal Flow Regime for Effective Remediation of Adsorbed Contaminants
Federal:
$24,998
Non-Federal:
$49,996
Fawad Naseer
Non-Newtonian fluid, Flow Characteristics, Non-Isothermal Flow Regime, Adsorbed Contaminant, Soil Remediation
2019
AK
Annual Base
Statistical Approach to Photochemical Reactivity of Sub-Arctic Permafrost Natural Organic Matter and its Implications of Surface Water Biogeochemistry
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Kristin R. Gagne
Permafrost, Organic Matter, Photochemistry, Metals
2019
AL
Annual Base
Sediment transport, nutrient deposition, and water quality through time for the Coosa River: The paleolimnology of Weiss Lake and Lay Lake
Federal:
$24,635
Non-Federal:
$49,317
Matthew Waters
Impoundments, Sedimentation, Geochemistry, Nutrients, Heavy Metals, Reservoir Management, Water Quality, Eutrophication
2019
AL
Annual Base
Beaver Impoundments as Flow Experiments: effects of Dam Removal on Instream flow, Water Quality, and Species Diversity
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Jennifer Howeth
Instream Flow, Dams, Impoundments, Water Quality, Streams, Wetlands, Fish Ecology, Crustaceans
2019
AL
Annual Base
Cost Optimization of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,644
Frances C. O'Donnell
Infiltration, Optimization, Sedimentation, Storm Water Management, Urban Hydrology, Water Quality Management
2019
AR
Annual Base
Nitroxyl – The missing link in NDMA formation in chloramine systems
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$22,789
Julian Fairey
NDMA, formation pathway, chloramine, disinfection byproduct
2019
AR
Annual Base
Utilization of Biodegradable Hydroponic Growth Media as a Carbon Source for Greenhouse Wastewater Denitrification
Federal:
$9,803
Non-Federal:
$20,333
Kristen E. Gibson
hydroponics, nutrient solution, nitrogen, growth substrate, wastewater, bioreactors
2019
AR
Annual Base
Herbicide Mitigation Potential of Tailwater Recovery Systems in the Cache River Critical Groundwater Area
Federal:
$25,008
Non-Federal:
$51,080
Cammy D. Willett
Tailwater recovery, residual herbicides
2019
AR
Annual Base
Assessing Water Quality and Biological Impacts of Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Eleven Point and Lower Black River Watersheds
Federal:
$21,223
Non-Federal:
$43,129
Allyn Dodd
Algae, macroinvertebrates, microcystin, nonpoint source, nutrients, poultry, water sources, water quality
2019
AZ
Annual Base
Solar nanofiltation for off-grid water purification in Navajo Nation
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$20,019
Dr. Kerri Hickenbottom
Off-grid water treatment; Membrane filtration; Electrochemical water treatment; Arsenic; Uranium
2019
AZ
Annual Base
A Citizen Science Approach to Monitoring Water Resources in a Vulnerable Aquifer
Federal:
$5,125
Non-Federal:
$28,058
Jennifer McIntosh
Arizona, age-dating, citizen science, drought, groundwater, groundwater-surface water interface, isotopes, recharge
2019
AZ
Annual Base
Detecting Colorado River Tamarix phenology using publicly available satellite images
Federal:
$9,152
Non-Federal:
$34,275
Temuulen Sankey
Water yield reduction, begetation evapotranspiration, remote detection, satellite image classification, monitoring
2019
CA
Annual Base
Assessment of water storage for management of California’s oak woodlands
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$44,600
Margaret Zimmer
Oak, ecosystems, woodlands, drough, resilience, climate
2019
CA
Annual Base
Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of the Multi-Scale Effects of Drought on Riverine Biodiversity
Federal:
$14,390
Non-Federal:
$21,795
Albert Vidal Ruhi
drought, hydrologic connectivity, conservation, invertebrates
2019
CA
Annual Base
Determining the Effect of Pricing Structure on Urban Water Demand: A Long-Term Analysis of Major Water Utilities in California
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Mehdi Nemati
urban, utilities, conservation, pricing, irrigation
2019
CA
Annual Base
Precision Irrigation Management for Optimizing In-Season and Post-Harvest Use of Limited Water in Young and Mature Almond Orchards
Federal:
$12,304
Non-Federal:
$24,604
Dr. Isaya Kisekka
irrigation, almonds, orchard
2019
CA
Annual Base
Groundwater Regulation and Land Fallowing: How Does Water Scarcity Impact Land Use?
Federal:
$13,899
Non-Federal:
$27,798
Dr. Ellen M. Bruno
groundwater, water scarcity, aquifer, land use
2019
CA
Annual Base
Assessing Health Impacts of Impaired Water Quality in California
Federal:
$14,980
Non-Federal:
$8,163
Maura C. Allaire
water quality, communities, drinking water, health impacts
2019
CO
Annual Base
Participatory Mapping of Colorado Watershed Ecosystem Services
Federal:
$4,969
Non-Federal:
$2,584
Kelly Jones
Ecosystem Services, Participatory GIS, Wildfires
2019
CO
Annual Base
Quantifying Groundwater Recharge Below a Losing Stream Reach in the Denver Basin
Federal:
$4,992
Non-Federal:
$2,596
Michael Ronayne
Groundwater-Surface Water Exchange, Recharge, Aquifer Response
2019
CO
Annual Base
Floodplain Forest Establishment and Legacy Sediment within the Yampa River Basin, Northern Colorado
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,600
Sara Rathburn
Riparian forests, Legacy sediment, Floodplain
2019
CO
Annual Base
Snowmelt Modeling at Fine Scale for Mine Infiltration Estimation at Summitville
Federal:
$4,241
Non-Federal:
$2,205
Steven Fassnacht
Snowmelt, Fine-scale, Modeling
2019
CO
Annual Base
Diel Signals in Hydrologic and Chemical Signals along the North Saint Vrain
Federal:
$4,992
Non-Federal:
$2,596
Tim Covino
River Function, Physiochemical Fluxes, Water Quality Monitoring, Water Quality, Water Quantity
2019
CO
Annual Base
The Dynamic Nature of Snow Surface Roughness
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,600
Steven Fassnacht
Snow Surface Roughness, LIDAR
2019
CO
Annual Base
Selecting cost-effective water quality management practices under climate change
Federal:
$4,951
Non-Federal:
$2,575
Jordan Suter
Water Quality, Conservation, SWAT Model
2019
CT
Annual Base
Nitrogen and Phosphorus Leaching from Compost-Amended Lawns
Federal:
$24,633
Non-Federal:
$44,922
Karl Guillard
Lysimeters, Percolate, Fertilizers
2019
CT
Annual Base
Forecasting the Resilience of Vernal Pool Exosystems to Climate-Mediated Hydrological Disruptions
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$49,867
Mark C. Urban
Climate change, wetland hydrology, vernal pools, climate change refugia
2019
CT
Annual Base
Paleolimnology and molecular investigation to understand blooms of Didymosphenia hullii, Didymosphenia geminata, and Cymbella janischii; nuisance stalk-forming diatoms in the West Branch of the Farmington River, Connecticut, USA
Federal:
$14,268
Non-Federal:
$57,473
Diba A. Khan-Bureau
Diatoms, Didymosphenia hullii, Didymosphenia geminata, nuisance, Paleolimnology, rock snot, stalk-forming
2019
DC
Annual Base
Monitoring Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the downstream tributaries of Anacostia River and Rock Creek watershed in DC
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Sania Rose
Semi-volatile Organic compounds, Water Quality, Sediment
2019
DC
Annual Base
Concentrations of siloxanes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and cations in urban and suburban areas of the Anacostia
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,036
Stephen E. MacAvoy
urban stream syndrome, land use change, siloxanes, PAHs
2019
DC
Annual Base
Resilience-Based Water Infrastructure Rehabilitation Planning in the District of Columbia
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Dr. Zeinab Farahmandfar
Resilience, Rehabilitation, Water Infrastructure, Mulit-Hazard, Quantitative analysis, Urban Area
2019
DC
Annual Base
Development of Streamflow Prediction Model and Software Package for Anacostia River at Non-gauged Locations based on Bayesian Approach
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Dr. Amir Shahirinia
Water Quantity Prediction, Streamflow Prediction, Bayesian Statistics
2019
DC
Annual Base
Application of deep reinforcement learning in optimizing the operation of biofilters in carbon and nitrogen removal from stormwater
Federal:
$9,999
Non-Federal:
$22,050
Arash Massoudieh
Green Infrastructure, Urban Hydrology, Water Quality, Machine Learning
2019
DC
Annual Base
Risk Assessment of Levees in the Face of Flood Hazards in the District of Columbia
Federal:
$9,966
Non-Federal:
$13,644
Lei Wang
Levee, Flood Hazard, Groundwater, Risk Assessment, Reliability, Finite Element Method, Uncertainty
2019
DC
Annual Base
Runoff control performance evaluation and development of design guideline for green roof systems for District of Columbia- Phase II
Federal:
$9,980
Non-Federal:
$0
Dr. Pradeep K. Behera
Green Infrastructure, Green Roof, Urban stormwater management, Green Roof Performance
2019
DE
Annual Base
State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Delaware Water Resources Center, annual proposal for fiscal year 2019
Federal:
$92,335
Non-Federal:
$185,696
Gerald J. Kauffman
Watershed, Water Quality, Hydrology, Water Policy
2019
FL
Annual Base
Agricultural water security through sustainable use of the Floridan aquifer: An integrated assessment of economic and environmental impacts
Federal:
$17,464
Non-Federal:
$50,287
David Kaplan
Water Quality, Water Quantity, Agriculture, Economics, Modeling, Sustainability, Groundwater, Water Use, Environmental Regulation
2019
FL
Annual Base
Evaluation of methods for improved management of water resources within karst systems
Federal:
$24,512
Non-Federal:
$81,692
water flux, contaminant flux, karst
2019
FL
Annual Base
Computational fluid dynamics as a tool for urban water sediment transport and fate during clarification
Federal:
$21,113
Non-Federal:
$11,807
John Sansalone
Computational fluid dynamics, clarification, urban water, sediment, particle size
2019
GA
Annual Base
Impact of beaver dams and beaver dam analogues on hydrologic and nitrate retention in Atlanta, GA
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$48,566
Dr. Sarah H. Ledford
2019
GA
Annual Base
Developing an effective and targeted monitoring system for tracking toxic harmful algal blooms across Georgia
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$37,298
Deepak Mishra
2019
GA
Annual Base
Assessing Georgia water resources using satellite data and novel precipitation metrics
Federal:
$17,942
Non-Federal:
$43,934
Marshall Shepherd
Water Supply
2019
GU
Annual Base
Comprehensive Guam and CNMI WERI-web-based comprehensive rainfall data utility
Federal:
$15,076
Non-Federal:
$0
climate, climate change, climate data, extreme events, water quantity, drought
2019
GU
Annual Base
Improvements to sewage treatment on yap: Hydroponics and composting of waste sludge
Federal:
$49,989
Non-Federal:
$0
Joseph Rouse
Sustainability, Hydroponics, Composting, Sludge, Reuse
2019
GU
Annual Base
Hydrological features and analysis in the Finegayan area
Federal:
$24,931
Non-Federal:
$0
Salinity, GIS, modeling, Northern Guam Len Aquifers
2019
GU
Annual Base
Phase-II of N-baseline data and abatement methods for the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$20,800
Non-Federal:
$0
Joseph Rouse
Baseline data, aquifer, NGLA, nitrate, ammonium, contaminants, septic tank, package plant
2019
GU
Annual Base
Development of a GIS based imagery database for groundwater recharge areas and key reaches of streams on Guam phase II
Federal:
$25,256
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy F. Heitz
Stream Channel Orthophoto Database, Identifying Changes in Stream Morphology from Low level Ortho Photos, Identifying Sources of Non-Point Pollution from Low Level Ortho Photos
2019
GU
Annual Base
Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA) production-well rehabilitation assessment: Lessons Learned/Manual for Well Exploration and Development
Federal:
$11,908
Non-Federal:
$0
Well rehabilitation, hydrogeology, water production, contaminant (salinity)
2019
GU
Annual Base
PFOS trend monitoring in Saipan production wells
Federal:
$42,687
Non-Federal:
$0
Heidi Yelin
Groundwater contamination, Production well, Perfluoroalkyl substances
2019
HI
Annual Base
Collaborative investigation of hydraulic and geochemical connectivity between wastewaters and other land uses with the ocean waters
Federal:
$26,212
Non-Federal:
$0
Craig R Glenn
Groundwater, Coastal Pollution, OSDS
2019
HI
Annual Base
Providing information and technology in support of hydrological research in American Samoa
Federal:
$12,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Kelley Anderson Tagarino
2019
HI
Annual Base
Evaluation of Pepper mild mottle viruses as a sewage marker in Hawaii
Federal:
$20,025
Non-Federal:
$60,945
Marek Kirs
viruses, wastewater treatment, microbes, water quality, source tracking
2019
HI
Annual Base
Economic activity, technological progress, and water resource utilization on Oahu
Federal:
$26,213
Non-Federal:
$72,158
Peter Fuleky
index of economic activity, water demand, forecasting, eficiency
2019
ID
Annual Base
Assessing the risk of emerging contaminants in managed aquifer recharge in Idaho’s Eastern Snake River Plain
Federal:
$14,991
Non-Federal:
$29,980
Sarah Godsey
Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, Managed Recharge, Emerging Contaminants, Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions
2019
ID
Annual Base
Synthesis of multi-year remote sensing to model annually-recurrent snowmelt pattern from mountainous watersheds in Idaho for runoff and water supply simulation
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Russell J. Qualls
Snow, Remort Sensing, Snowmelt Pattern, multiple year, Runoff, Climatology, Hydrology, Water Supply, Agriculture, Irrigation, Cooperative Extension
2019
ID
Annual Base
Watershed scale assessment of water quality and nutrient retention in conservation agriculture
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Zachary Kayler
Nutrient Contaminants, Watershed Assessment, Sediment Record, Modeling, Isotopes
2019
ID
Annual Base
Characterizing water-based recreationists’ perceptions of toxic metal contaminants
Federal:
$14,684
Non-Federal:
$29,418
Dr. Chloe Wardropper
Water-based recreation, health belifes, risk perceptions, metal contamination, education
2019
IL
Annual Base
Estimating residential hot water use from smart electricity data
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Ashlynn S. Stillwell
electricity, water heating, energy-water nexus, data analytics, data disaggregation
2019
IL
Annual Base
Electrochemically-mediated adsorption systems for selective nitrate recovery: agriculture and the water-energy nexus
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Dr. Xiao Su
Nitrate recovery, electrochemical water purification, nutrient recovery and remediation, on-site waste remediation, water-energy nexus
2019
IL
Annual Base
Improving denitrifying woodchip bioreactor design and management through denitrification potential testing
Federal:
$9,968
Non-Federal:
$27,900
Dr. Laura Christianson
Agricultural drainage, bioreactor, denitrification, nitrous oxide
2019
IL
Annual Base
Assessment of floating gardens to improve the water quality of the Chicago River
Federal:
$9,998
Non-Federal:
$20,175
Eric W. Peterson
Chicago River, floating garden, urban stream syndrome, nitrate, denitrification
2019
IN
Annual Base
Effectiveness of wetland restoration in mitigating extreme streamflows under future climate change in the White River Watershed of Indiana
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,080
Bangshuai Han
Climate Change, Modeling, White River Watershed, Wetland, Flooding, Droughts
2019
IN
Annual Base
Characterizing aquifer geometries in northern Indiana by profiling the buried bedrock surface with geophysical techniques
Federal:
$14,994
Non-Federal:
$31,032
Robin Rupp
groundwater, aquifer geometry, water quality
2019
IN
Annual Base
Using sedimentary lipid biomarkers to track historical changes to Lake Michigan
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$45,000
Dr. Melissa A. Berke
Aquatic Communities, Lake Michigan, Ecosystem Change, Sediments, Biomarkers
2019
IN
Annual Base
Impacts of urban ecosystem services on human health and water quantity and quality in Northwestern Indiana communities: An unexplored opportunity to study service accessibility
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$33,200
Brady S. Hardiman
terrestrial hydrologic ecosystem services, accessibility, urban region
2019
IN
Annual Base
Creating a high resolution hydrologic model for simulating and forecasting floods in the Wabash River Basin
Federal:
$14,990
Non-Federal:
$29,996
Venkatesh Merwade
Flooding, Wabash River Basin, Hydrologic Modeling, ICPR
2019
KS
Annual Base
Determining if riparian buffer strip age impacts phosphorus retention potential
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,065
Colby Moorberg
Buffer strips, phosphorus
2019
KS
Annual Base
Evaluation of the geomorphological adjustment of a meandering, alluvial river subject to streambank stabilization structures
Federal:
$14,985
Non-Federal:
$29,980
Tricia Moore
Sedimentation, Streambank Stabilization
2019
KS
Annual Base
Stochastic forecasting of Harmful Algae Blooms in Cheney Reservoir
Federal:
$15,133
Non-Federal:
$30,437
Aleksey Sheshukov
Harmful Algae Blooms, HABs, modeling, nutrient inflows
2019
KS
Annual Base
Does nutrient form control harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxin release?
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$34,602
Ted Harris
Nutrients, Harmful Algal Bloom
2019
KY
Annual Base
Identification of the causes and extent of elevated groundwater methane concentrations in Eastern Kentucky
Federal:
$9,602
Non-Federal:
$19,792
Andrea M. Erhardt
stable isotopes, mining, hydraulic fracturing
2019
KY
Annual Base
Quantifying the source of dissolved reactive phosphate in karst drainage of the Inner-Bluegrass using oxygen isotopes
Federal:
$8,800
Non-Federal:
$18,130
Dr. William Ford
dissolved reactive phosphorus, karst, nutrient fingerprinting, isotopes, anthropogenic disturbance, hydrology
2019
KY
Annual Base
Predicting harmful cyanobacteria blooms in central Kentucky lakes
Federal:
$9,988
Non-Federal:
$20,136
Jason W. Marion
cyanobacteria, blue-green algae, cyanotoxins, N:P ratio, cyanobacterial algal blooms, fluorometry, phycocyanin, microcystin, anatoxin, inland lakes, recreational water
2019
KY
Annual Base
Development of buoyant photocatalysts for cleaning contaminated streams and water bodies
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Dr. Matthew J. Nee
Photocatalytic degradation, Toxic discharge, Buoyant polymer substrate
2019
KY
Annual Base
Comparison of water loss audit methodologies in high loss Kentucky utilities
Federal:
$8,413
Non-Federal:
$16,832
Scott Yost
water loss auditing, nonrevenue water
2019
LA
Annual Base
Simulation of air-sea-ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange in the Gulf Coast
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,029
Hongliang Zhang
Carbon Dioxide, Air-Sea-Ecosystem model, Climate Change, the Gulf of Mexico
2019
LA
Annual Base
A low cost and low energy consumption desalination battery for brackish and seawater treatment
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,094
Salt water, Desalination, Agriculture, Battery
2019
LA
Annual Base
Quantifying fluxes of dissolved carbon and CO2 outgassing from the Lower Mississippi River before entering the Gulf of Mexico
Federal:
$16,800
Non-Federal:
$38,265
Y. Jun Xu
River biogeochemistry, Riverine carbon, CO2 emission, Stream ecology, Non-point pollution, Mississippi River
2019
LA
Annual Base
Soil and groundwater salinity measurements in the Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer (MRAA), economic impacts, and adaptive measures to address salinity concerns
Federal:
$8,700
Non-Federal:
$17,802
Changyoon Jeong
irrigation, water, salinity, adaptation
2019
LA
Annual Base
Assessing present and potential effects of cyanotoxins in south Louisiana estuaries
Federal:
$9,168
Non-Federal:
$18,336
Beth A. Stauffer
Cyanobacteria, Toxins, Estuaries, Water Quality, Salinity
2019
MA
Annual Base
Wireless network of smart graphene sensors for large-scale monitoring of water heavy metals
Federal:
$49,998
Non-Federal:
$0
wireless sensor network, smart sensor, heavy metal monitoring, graphene, microelectrode
2019
MA
Annual Base
Real-time responsive nutrient loading management in urban catchments through sewer-embedded sensing and controls
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$31,435
Nutrient management, TMDL, phosphorous, real-time sensing
2019
MA
Annual Base
Microbial community characterization and pharmaceuticals analysis of agricultural soils irrigated with calcium hydroxide (lime)-treated urine from the Grow Food Northampton Community Garden in Florence, Massachusetts
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Urine, composting toilet, calcium hydroxide, lime, pharmaceuticals, soil, agriculture
2019
MD
Annual Base
Investigating precipitation patterns in Maryland: Implications for infrastructure design and planning
Federal:
$10,110
Non-Federal:
$24,090
Kaye L. Brubaker
2019
MD
Annual Base
Why is sulfate elevated in (sub)urban watersheds? Fingerprinting sources of sulfate in forested, suburban, and urban streams
Federal:
$28,093
Non-Federal:
$57,358
Maya Gomes
Isotope Geochemistry, Anthropogenic Impacts, Sulfur Cycling, Transport Processes, Acidification, Nutrient Cycling
2019
MD
Annual Base
Evaluating seasonal variations in where trees get their water
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
2019
MD
Annual Base
Why is sulfate elevated in (sub)urban watersheds? Fingerprinting sources of sulfate in forested, suburban, and urban streams
Federal:
$6,895
Non-Federal:
$13,796
Maya Gomes
Isotope Geochemistry, Anthropogenic Impacts, Sulfur Cycling, Transport Processes, Acidification, Nutrient Cycling
2019
MD
Annual Base
Dynamic measurements of flow and sediment transport through urban stream confluences
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$70,000
Dr. Karen Prestegaard
urban streams, bedload, river confluences
2019
ME
Annual Base
Coastal Maine Estuaries (CoMEE) response to freshwater runoff
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$70,118
Dr. Lauren Ross
Data Analysis, Estuaries, Estuarine Modeling, Fluid Mechanics, Pollutants, Rainfall-Runoff Professes, Water Quality
2019
ME
Annual Base
Fishy business: identifying synergies between researchers and stakeholders for improved transportation infrastructure and ecological resilience through coordinated road culvert improvement
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$77,805
Dr. Samuel Roy
Decision models, Data Analysis, Economics, Ecosystems, Fisheries, Fluid Flow, Geographic Information Systems, Hydraulics, Instream Flow, Mathematical Models, Multiple-Objective Planning, Optimization, Planning, Risk Analysis, Rivers, Numerical Analysis
2019
MI
Annual Base
Developing and enhancing sustainable water use of natural and agricultural systems
Federal:
$34,322
Non-Federal:
$99,986
Glenn O'Neil
Watershed Planning and Management; Water Quality; Water Use; DSS
2019
MI
Annual Base
Online drought forecast dissemination system
Federal:
$15,559
Non-Federal:
$16,772
Glenn O'Neil
drought monitoring, drought forecasting, online, web-based
2019
MI
Annual Base
Assessing the accuracy of the Michigan EnviroImpact tool
Federal:
$4,902
Non-Federal:
$7,593
Jason Piwarski
runoff, forecasting, evaluation, photography
2019
MI
Annual Base
Perceptions of decision support system success: Lessons from the North Central Region
Federal:
$11,339
Non-Federal:
$15,432
Douglas Bessette
decision support, decision making, agriculture, water resource management, evaluatio
2019
MO
Annual Base
Algae, stench, and death: are algal toxins present in Missouri fish?
Federal:
$21,085
Non-Federal:
$42,616
Dr. Rebecca North
Algal toxins; cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs); fish health; microcystin; cylindrospermopsin; agriculture; food web; fish advisories; fish consumption
2019
MO
Annual Base
Nonpoint source pollution mitigation in an urban watershed
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$44,079
Dr. Dev Niyogi
water quality, nonpoint pollution, nutrients, phosphorus, algae, harmful algal blooms
2019
MS
Annual Base
Microplastics in the Mississippi River and Mississippi Sound: concentrations, sources, sizes, types, and loadings to the northern Gulf of Mexico (Year 2)
Federal:
$25,805
Non-Federal:
$51,797
James Cizdziel
surface water, portection of source water
2019
MS
Annual Base
Aquatic vegetation management to enhance multiple-user benefits of southeastern wetlands
Federal:
$29,810
Non-Federal:
$60,226
Gary N Ervin
surface water
2019
MT
Annual Base
Assessing the costs and benefits of beaver dam analogs to create resilience to climate change for aquatic ecosystems
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$29,999
Lisa Eby
beaver, restoration, water storage, aquatic habitat, nutrients, organic carbon quantity, organic carbon quality, fish movement and composition
2019
MT
Annual Base
Developing cloud-based tools to predict monthly streamflow in Montana using SnowCloudHydro
Federal:
$14,824
Non-Federal:
$34,089
Eric A. Sproles
Water resources, hydrology, snow, remote sensing, cloud computing, Google Earth Engine
2019
MT
Annual Base
Effects of changing stream temperatures on Montana stonefly communities
Federal:
$14,953
Non-Federal:
$36,637
H. Arthur Woods
aquatic insects, climate change, gas exchange, gill, hypoxia, flow, oxygen, plasticity, respiration, temperature, tracheal system
2019
MT
Annual Base
Aquatic insect ecosystem engineering creates resource hot spots in Montana streams
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Benjamin B. Tumolo
2019
MT
Annual Base
Optimization of two-stage solids and nutrient removal wetland treatment system operating at a fish hatchery in a cold climate
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Luke Thompson
2019
MT
Annual Base
The Influence of Beavers on Amphibian Parasite Dispersal in Glacier National Park
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$440
Leah Joyce
2019
MT
Annual Base
Dynamics of changing water availability and water rights administration in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin, MT
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Holly Nesbitt
2019
MT
Annual Base
Quantification of groundwater flux at a hydrothermal feature in the Yellowstone River
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Jesse Bunker
2019
MT
Annual Base
Primary controls on nitrate use in lotic systems
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$440
Kimberly Bray
2019
MT
Annual Base
Variation in oxygen, temperature and flow in streams and how they influence the behavior of the giant salmonfly, Pteronarcys californica
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$770
Jackson H. Birrell
2019
NC
Annual Base
Improving performance and examining expansion of constructed wetlands for tertiary treatment of nitrogen from domestic and municipal wastewater
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$71,269
Michael Burchell
Constructed wetlands, wastewater treatment, nitrogen, water quality
2019
NC
Annual Base
Hidden sediment sources: Locating and studying road-draining gullies using a geospatial model and field measurements
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$37,201
John P. Gannon
Storm water, erosion, sedimentation, hydrology, remote sensing, geomorphology
2019
NC
Annual Base
Occurrence of pesticides in North Carolina private drinking water wells and identification of point-of-use treatment options
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$76,200
Detlef Knappe
Groundwater quality, drinking water quality, home filtration, adsorption
2019
ND
Annual Base
Understanding E. coli and water quality in stormwater retention and detention basins in Fargo as part of the Red River watershed
Federal:
$9,000
Non-Federal:
$18,000
Christina L.M. Hargiss
E. coli, Stormwater, Watershed
2019
ND
Annual Base
Drought identification and prediction for cold climate regions
Federal:
$1,962
Non-Federal:
$3,924
Drought, Watershed, Cold Climate
2019
ND
Annual Base
Effect of different water table levels on canola growth and quality parameters
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Halis Simsek
Water table, Canola, Salinity
2019
ND
Annual Base
Application of green iron nanoparticles synthesized using barley polyphenols to combat lake eutrophication
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Achintya N. Bezbaruah
Iron Nanoparticles, Eutrophication, Nutrient Removal
2019
ND
Annual Base
Evaluation of the costs between Devils Lake flooding adaptations and Sheyenne River salinity damages resulted from Devils Lake outlet operations
Federal:
$5,500
Non-Federal:
$11,000
Haochi Zheng
Costs, Flooding Adaptations, Policymaking
2019
ND
Annual Base
Assessment of agricultural impact on biotic components of North Dakota wetland resources using landscape genomics of northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Craig Stockwell
Wetlands, Leopard Frog, Agricultural Impact
2019
ND
Annual Base
Development of a puddle-based-unit oriented SWAT (SWATPBU) model and its application in North Dakota
Federal:
$5,500
Non-Federal:
$11,000
Hydrologic Modeling, Watershed, Surface Topography
2019
ND
Annual Base
Enhanced removal of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances from water
Federal:
$6,469
Non-Federal:
$12,938
Feng
PFAS, Organic Contaminants, Treatment
2019
ND
Annual Base
Influence of wetland water quality on amphibian stress and reproductive success in Eastern North Dakota
Federal:
$5,625
Non-Federal:
$11,250
Matthew Smith
Wetlands, Water Quality, Amphibian
2019
ND
Annual Base
Using UAV and thermal imaging to determine soil moisture in Red River Valley
Federal:
$5,500
Non-Federal:
$11,000
Xinhua Jia
Soil Moisture, UAV, Remote Sensing
2019
ND
Annual Base
Fabrication of point of use treatment systems for aqueous arsenic and their evaluation
Federal:
$13,440
Non-Federal:
$26,880
Achintya N. Bezbaruah
Arsenic, Treatment, Nanoscale
2019
ND
Annual Base
Interdisciplinary approach to understanding fluvial geomorphology of post-glaciolacustrine meandering rivers: a case study of the Red River
Federal:
$3,504
Non-Federal:
$7,008
Stephanie S. Day
Fluvial Geomorphology, Rivers, Erosion
2019
NE
Annual Base
Sustainability assessment of small Nebraska wastewater treatment systems
Federal:
$19,652
Non-Federal:
$39,761
Phil Barutha
Small systems, wastewater treatment alternatives, lagoons, sustainability modeling, life cycle assessment
2019
NE
Annual Base
Connecting groundwater quality to surface water quality in intensively managed landscapes
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Andrew Miller
groundwater, water quality, water quantity, agriculture, restored prairie
2019
NE
Annual Base
Defend and attack strategy to develop fouling-resistant reverse osmosis membranes
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Siamak Nejati
Reverse osmosis, thin-film composite, interface, antibacterial, click-chemistry, chelation
2019
NH
Annual Base
Water Quality and the Landscape: Long-term monitoring of rapidly developing suburban watersheds
Federal:
$24,806
Non-Federal:
$62,392
Long-term, water quality, water supply, land use change, development, nitrogen
2019
NH
Annual Base
Anthropogenic Micropollutant Inventory of Great Bay Estuary, NH
Federal:
$15,027
Non-Federal:
$44,734
Dr. Jenna Luek
Emerging Contaminants, PPCPs
2019
NH
Annual Base
Pressure-cooked: Synergistic impacts of chemical, thermal and physical threats to native Brook trout
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$50,116
Amy M. Villamagna
Habitat fragmentation, thermal barriers, water chemistry, genetics
2019
NJ
Annual Base
Potential impact of aeromicrobes on surface water
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,201
Kevin P. Dillon
rain, algae, microbes, aquatic ecology, cyanobacteria
2019
NJ
Annual Base
Bugs on drugs: the influence of environmental conditions on the microbial degradation of pharmaceuticals and bacterial community structure in the Raritan River
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Michelle Zeliph
Anaerobic degradation, pharmaceuticals, wastewater, microbial community analysis
2019
NJ
Annual Base
Disease impact on denitrifying potential of oysters in Delaware Bay
Federal:
$4,852
Non-Federal:
$9,704
Heidi Yeh
Disease, microbiome, oysters, denitrification
2019
NJ
Annual Base
Resolving aesthetic issues and disinfection byproducts in drinking water through biofiltration
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
William R. Morales-Medina
Biofiltration, drinking water, DBPs, Manganese, microbial community
2019
NJ
Annual Base
Monitoring chlorophyll-a concentration in New Jersey lakes using remote sensing and ground observations
Federal:
$13,400
Non-Federal:
$26,933
Marzi Azarderakhsh
Chi-a, Water quality, remote sensing
2019
NJ
Annual Base
Integrative system approach to investigate the effect of contaminant mixtures in the efficiency of bioremediation processes
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$88,539
Lucia Rodriguez-Freire
mixtures, contaminants, microorganisms, treatment, exposure
2019
NJ
Annual Base
Biotic and abiotic transformation of fluorotelomer carboxylic acids during wastewater treatment processes
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Chen Wu
PFAS, activated sludge, denitrification, disinfection, toxicity
2019
NJ
Annual Base
Identification and characterization of organotin pollution in Northern New Jersey Estuary
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,005
Ran Yan
Organotin, sediment, estuaries
2019
NM
Annual Base
Evaluating focused aquifer recharge in arid regions using chloride profile analysis
Federal:
$21,173
Non-Federal:
$42,369
Daniel Cadol
2019
NM
Annual Base
Geographic information system for water resources research planning
Federal:
$57,842
Non-Federal:
$26,607
2019
NV
Annual Base
Degradation of emerging contaminants in treated wastewater using immobilized non-zero valent iron
Federal:
$28,287
Non-Federal:
$55,873
Erick Bandala
Emerging contaminants, treated wastewater, immobilized nano-zero valent iron
2019
NV
Annual Base
Evaluation of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGS) in the Urban Wetland Exosystem: Las Vegas Wash
Federal:
$24,953
Non-Federal:
$50,972
Xuelian Bai
Antibiotic resistance, antibiotic resistance genes, wastewater contaminants, urban water supply, wetland ecosystem
2019
NV
Annual Base
Improving wastewater treatment using biofilms that degrade phenolic and aromatic contaminants
Federal:
$27,050
Non-Federal:
$52,554
Henry Sun
Biodegradation, The Fenton reaction, phenolics
2019
NY
Annual Base
Shifts in Hudson River valley flood frequency following eastern hemlock loss and succession
Federal:
$5,748
Non-Federal:
$0
M. Todd Walter
flooding, plant hydraulic regulation, hydrologic modeling, root water uptake
2019
NY
Annual Base
NYSWRI Internship Program
Federal:
$17,050
Non-Federal:
$0
Education, water quality, undergraduate, internship
2019
NY
Annual Base
Hyperspectral drone detection of harmful algal blooms: Ground truthing new approaches for water quality assessment
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,006
Dr. Timothy de Smet
hyperspectral imaging, unmanned autonomous systems, ground truthing, water quality
2019
NY
Annual Base
Microplastic pollution in Onondaga and Skaneateles lakes in central New York
Federal:
$9,853
Non-Federal:
$4,926
Charles Driscoll
Microplastics, surface water, water quality, plastic pollution
2019
OH
Annual Base
Linking wetland ecological functions: towards a combined-ecosystem service quantification to promote ecosystem health in Lake Erie
Federal:
$39,710
Non-Federal:
$45,282
Jorge A. Villa
Coastal wetlands, carbon, nutrient retention, hydrological modeling, dissolved organic carbon, climate regulation
2019
OH
Annual Base
Capillary trapping of buoyant particles by cylindrical collectors and its application in transport of floating fertilizers in overland flow
Federal:
$36,239
Non-Federal:
$36,239
Lei Wu
Nutrient transport, controlled-release fertilizers, buoyant particle, dispersion, interception, vegetation system, overland flow
2019
OK
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$32,335
Non-Federal:
$16,038
Kevin Wagner
2019
OK
Annual Base
Understanding economic impacts of groundwater and soil moisture interactions in Oklahoma – A decision support tool for sustainable water management
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Dr. Jad Ziolkowska
Drought, socio-economic analysis, groundwater, soil moisture, Palmer index, geographically weighted regression, geospatial and spatio-temporal models, decision-support tool
2019
OK
Annual Base
Four-step PW desalination process with zeolite and aAlumina membranes
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
David Lampert
Produced water, Desalination, Membrane, Filtration, Ceramic
2019
OK
Annual Base
Rational Design of SolarEnergy-Combined Desalination Systems for Treatment of Produced Water
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,001
Seok-Jhin Kim
Membrane, Solar evaporation, Produced water
2019
OK
Annual Base
Effects of deficit irrigation on water use of warm season turfgrasses under fairway maintenance
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,062
Charles Fontanier
Conservation, Evapotranspiration, Turfgrass, Irrigation, Water Use Rate, Soil Moisture Sensing
2019
PA
Annual Base
Phosphorus and ammonia removal and recovery from wastewater effluents
Federal:
$26,510
Non-Federal:
$53,020
Acner Ronen
phosphorous recovery, wastewater treatment, electrically conducting membranes
2019
PA
Annual Base
Long-term water quality performance at a central pennsylvania constructed wetland designed to treat domestic sewage
Federal:
$19,444
Non-Federal:
$38,887
Robert D. Shannon
Constructed wetlands, nutrient removal
2019
PA
Annual Base
Long-term effectiveness of stream restoration activities
Federal:
$20,957
Non-Federal:
$41,914
Shirley E. Clark
stream restoration, floodplain reconnection, stormwater management, nutrients, sediments
2019
PR
Annual Base
Nanotechnology-based wastewater treatment for reuse
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$21,226
Oscar J. Perales-Perez
Nanomaterials, Water reuse, antimicrobial capacity, biopolymer
2019
PR
Annual Base
Atrazine and glyphosate monitoring in surface water bodies in the Western Region of Puerto Rico
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$35,786
Pedro Javier Tarafa
Pesticides, toxic substances, agriculture, public health, non-point sources
2019
RI
Annual Base
Decreasing trihalomethanes in the providence drinking water system
Federal:
$21,601
Non-Federal:
$111,211
Joseph E. Goodwill
2019
RI
Annual Base
Providing a new perspective on groundwater hydrometry using thermal infrared sensor equipped unmanned aerial vehicle
Federal:
$21,601
Non-Federal:
$25,646
Soni M. Pradhanang
Groundwater, TIR, SWD, UAV, coastal ponds
2019
RI
Annual Base
Clean drinking water in Rhode Island
Federal:
$8,335
Non-Federal:
$4,459
2019
SC
Annual Base
Tire wear particles in road runoff as non-point source microplastic pollution in SC waterways
Federal:
$31,040
Non-Federal:
$62,083
Peter Van den Hurk
Water quality, Environmental toxicants, Microplastics, Nonpoint pollution, Management tools
2019
SC
Annual Base
Fecal coliform pollution and antibiotic resistance in Sand River in Aiken, SC
Federal:
$11,000
Non-Federal:
$22,284
Sarah Michele Harmon
Watershed, nonpoint source, microbial source tracking, antibiotic resistance
2019
SD
Annual Base
Mitigating impacts of excess water quantity through improved soil health
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$16,000
John McMaine
Soil health, water quantity, runoff, modeling, flood mitigation
2019
SD
Annual Base
Evaluating and predicting the risk of algal blooms in South Dakota lakes using remote sensing (Year 2)
Federal:
$24,127
Non-Federal:
$48,254
Rachel McDaniel
Algal blooms, algae, modeling, water quality, nutrients
2019
SD
Annual Base
Assessment and improvement of performance of septic systems in cold climates
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Stu Geza
Septic systems, site scale, watershed scale, water quality
2019
SD
Annual Base
Improvement of dentrification bioractor performance using weathered woodchips and wet-dry cycle control
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,078
Guanghui Hua
Subsurface drainage, nitrate, woodchips, denitrification bioreactor
2019
TN
Annual Base
Investigate industrial facilities storm water quality and SWPPP performance
Federal:
$24,945
Non-Federal:
$50,414
Maryam Salehi
Storm water, water quality, BMP, industrial facilities
2019
TN
Annual Base
Flood history from paleoflood deposits in cut bank soil profiles in Chickamaugua Reservoir, Tennessee River
Federal:
$4,790
Non-Federal:
$2,443
Larry McKay
Paleofloods, Holocene, Tennessee River, Chickamauga Reservoir, Extreme floods
2019
TN
Annual Base
From the plot to the catchment scale: Towards the next generation of hydrodynamics - sediment transport models
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,550
Christos P. Giannopoulos
Landscape connectivity, hydrodynamics, erosion, sediment transport modeling, intensively managed landscapes
2019
TN
Annual Base
Real-time adaptive detention control network: An application in the Conner Creek catchment
Federal:
$5,306
Non-Federal:
$7,343
Aaron Akin
Adaptive controls, detention, streambank erosion and protection, stormwater, watershed
2019
TN
Annual Base
Harmful algal blooms in critical amphibian habitats at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Brittaney Hogan
Harmful algal blooms, Lampenflora, Amphibians, Microcystin, qPCR, National PArk
2019
TN
Annual Base
Understanding effluent movement in clayey soils when using subsurface drip dispersal to apply domestic wastewater
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$41,210
John R. Buchanan
Decentralized Wastewater Management, Subsurface Drip Dispersal, Hydraulic Loading Rate, Soil-Based Wastewater Treatment
2019
TX
Annual Base
Environmental impacts and runoff dynamics associated with urban landscape conversions
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$17,449
Benjamin Wherley
Residential landscape, runoff, turfgrass
2019
TX
Annual Base
Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) parameter adaptation for seasonal variations
Federal:
$4,950
Non-Federal:
$9,900
Dr. Mark E. Everett
2019
UT
Annual Base
Use of sUAS for mapping wetland flow paths and consumptive use on the San Rafael River, Utah
Federal:
$15,979
Non-Federal:
$19,294
Alfonso Torres-Rua
fish habitat, invasive vegetation, wetlands, water use, tamarisk intermountain west
2019
UT
Annual Base
Bathymetric surveying using sonar and drones for recurring data analysis
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Rollin H. Hotchkiss
Sediment yield, reservoir sedimentation, bathymetric measurements
2019
UT
Annual Base
New design and analysis guidance regarding potential scour of hydraulic structures located in canals, rivers, dams, and levees
Federal:
$28,394
Non-Federal:
$41,053
Brian M. Crookson
Public safety, potential scour
2019
UT
Annual Base
Characterizing streamflow and temperature patterns to determine impacts of summer dewatering on the Blacksmith Fork River
Federal:
$12,410
Non-Federal:
$28,388
Belize Lane
water supply, water management, streamflow
2019
VA
Annual Base
Virginia Water Resources Research Center Student Seed-Grant Research Proposals 2019
Federal:
$92,335
Non-Federal:
$184,671
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
Student water-resources research, water science, water policy, water management, water engineering
2019
VI
Annual Base
How much water can I get from my roof: Historical efficiency of rainwater harvesting in the Virgin Islands
Federal:
$26,423
Non-Federal:
$0
Gregg Guannel
Rainwater harvesting, cistern, roofs, runoff coefficient, water management
2019
VT
Annual Base
Impact of storms on lake phytoplankton community dynamics
Federal:
$18,258
Non-Federal:
$36,655
Jason Stockwell
cyanobacteria blooms, phytoplankton, water, extreme events
2019
VT
Annual Base
Influence of changing lake temperatures on early life stages of freshwater whitefishes at local to global scales: modeling and experimental approaches
Federal:
$41,737
Non-Federal:
$83,579
Taylor Stewart
water temperature, reproductive phenology, bioenergetics, freshwater whitefishes
2019
VT
Annual Base
Response of phytoplankton communities to recovery from acidification in Vermont lakes
Federal:
$9,999
Non-Federal:
$20,146
Ana M. Morales-Williams
Acid deposition, algal blooms, cyanobacteria, pH, nutrients (phosphorous, nitrogen), dissolved organic carbon
2019
VT
Annual Base
Identifying drivers of change in denitrification capacity of riparian soils during the spring snowmelt/runoff period
Federal:
$9,298
Non-Federal:
$18,653
Brittany Lancellotti
Nitrogen, denitrification, riparian soils, molecular biology techniques
2019
WA
Annual Base
Reuse of food processing wastewater in Washington State
Federal:
$27,423
Non-Federal:
$54,847
Indranil Chowdhury
Food, wastewater, reuse, treatment
2019
WA
Annual Base
The contribution of water retention, nutrient loading and microbial community to mosquito breeding and West Nile virus transmission in Spokane County
Federal:
$29,251
Non-Federal:
$58,502
Krisztian Magori
stormwater catch basins, nutrients, microbiome, mosquitoes, West Nile virus
2019
WI
Annual Base
Impact of changing snow cover and frozen ground regimes on groundwater recharge
Federal:
$47,535
Non-Federal:
$34,759
Steven P Loheide II
Hydrology, water resources, groundwater recharge, snow cover
2019
WV
Annual Base
Evaluation of a water allocation model for West Virginia
Federal:
$9,786
Non-Federal:
$19,963
Leslie Hopkinson
water quantity modeling, water budget
2019
WV
Annual Base
WRI 265 TSS sampling in the Upper Ohio River Basin & reestablishment of sampling sites
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$41,307
Benjamin Pursglove
Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio, Rivers, Water quality, Water quantity, Modeling, Upper Ohio River Basin, Total suspended solids
2019
WV
Annual Base
WRI 264 Upper Ohio River Basin data analysis and reporting
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$41,307
Benjamin Pursglove
Monongahela, water quality, water quantity, Upper Ohio River Basin, mass balance, Bromide, Halogens
2019
WV
Annual Base
WRI 263 Modeling water quality changes in the Monongahela River basin
Federal:
$19,888
Non-Federal:
$41,098
J. Todd Petty
Monongahela, water quality, water quantity, modeling
2019
WV
Annual Base
Updating the West Virginia State Water Budget: Quantifying monthly and seasonal water use, thresholds, and stress at the watershed-scale
Federal:
$7,893
Non-Federal:
$16,099
Nicolas Zegre
Water use, watershed sensitivity and stress, thresholds
2019
WY
Annual Base
Recycling co-produced waters (CWS) in the energy industry for economic development
Federal:
$9,450
Non-Federal:
$117,064
Maohong Fan
2019
WY
Annual Base
Developing a framework for estimating groundwater connections to Wyoming reservoirs
Federal:
$8,999
Non-Federal:
$95,187
Kevin Befus
Wetlands, groundwater level, reservoir management, numerical modeling
2019
WY
Annual Base
Numerical simulations of the impact of cloud seeding in the Wind River range on precipitation, snowpack, and streamflow
Federal:
$9,529
Non-Federal:
$123,238
Bart Geerts
2019
WY
Annual Base
Treatment of produced water and rare earth element resource cost-offsets, Wyoming
Federal:
$4,946
Non-Federal:
$29,601
Charles Nye
2018
AK
Annual Base
A low-cost alternative to mitigate heavy metal and phosphorus contamination in water
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Debasmita Misra, Srijan Aggarwal, Brittany Blood
heavy metals, phosphate, water treatment, contamination, biosorption
2018
AK
Annual Base
Changes and trends in snowmelt hydrology in the Alaska Arctic
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Svetlana Stuefer, Kelsey Dean
Arctic hydrology, snowmelt runoff, flooding, modeling
2018
AK
Annual Base
Photochemical Reactivity of Sub-Arctic Permafrost Natural Organic Matter and its Implications of Surface Water Biogeochemistry
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Jennifer Guerard, Kristin Gagne
Permafrost, Organic Matter, Photochemistry, Metals
2018
AK
Annual Base
Water quality and off-highway vehicle stream crossings in the Nelchina Recreation Area
Federal:
$10,692
Non-Federal:
$22,559
Roman Dial, Kristina Ryland
Recreation ecology, Trail erosion, Water quality, Universal Soil Loss Equation, Soil erosion, GIS
2018
AL
Annual Base
2018 Auburn University, AL WRRI 104(b) Proposal
Federal:
$17,476
Non-Federal:
$35,935
Puneet Srivastava
2018
AL
Annual Base
APPLICATION OF CELLULAR CONFINEMENT SYSTEMS TO MITIGATE SEDIMENTRELATED ISSUES IN STORMWATER SYSTEMS
Federal:
$24,970
Non-Federal:
$52,967
Jose Vasconcelos Neto, Leigh Terry
Storm Water Management, Suspended sediments, Water Quality, Surface Drainage, Soil Erosion
2018
AL
Annual Base
ASSESSING SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN THE CLEBURNE COUNTY, ALABAMA, CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA CLUSTER
Federal:
$24,890
Non-Federal:
$63,767
LOCHA ASHWOOD, Ming-Kuo Lee
heavy metals, radon, groundwater quality
2018
AL
Annual Base
INTEGRATING SONAR AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY TO QUANTIFY HABITAT PERSISTENCE FOR SHOAL DWELLING FISHES AND INVERTEBRATES IN RELATION TO FLOW PRESCRIPTIONS.
Federal:
$24,999
Non-Federal:
$49,931
Thorsten Knappenberger, Elise Irwin
125.Instream Flow, 110.Hydraulics, 175.Planning, 57.Decision Models, 71.Ecosystems, 206.Rivers,
2018
AR
Annual Base
Overcoming adoption barriers to promote surface water irrigation in the Arkansas Delta Region
Federal:
$9,920
Non-Federal:
$20,385
Kent Kovacs
2018
AR
Annual Base
An In Situ Approach to Harmful Algal Blooms: Simultaneous Treatment of Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in Natural Water Sources Using Catalytic Nanoparticle-Fiber Nets
Federal:
$24,996
Non-Federal:
$51,170
Lauren Greenlee, Wen Zhang
Harmful algal bloom, in situ treatment, photocatalysis
2018
AR
Annual Base
Quantifying flow sources and their impacts on water quality in forested Ozark streams
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,002
Michelle Evans-White, Allyn Dodd, Erik Pollock
flow regime, water sources, water chemistry
2018
AR
Annual Base
Do stream phosphorus dynamics correspond with biological condition in the Lake Conway Point Remove Watershed, Arkansas?
Federal:
$7,677
Non-Federal:
$18,708
Sally Entrekin, Matt Trentman, Jennifer Tank
phosphorus, streams, land use
2018
AR
Annual Base
Arkansas Water Resources Center - Information Transfer
Federal:
$8,757
Non-Federal:
$19,574
Brian Haggard, Erin Scott
annual conference, website, electronic newsletter, social media
2018
AZ
Annual Base
Microplastic Contamination in the Lower Santa Cruz River
Federal:
$8,641
Non-Federal:
$17,338
Michael Bogan, David Quanrud, Drew Eppehimer
microplastic, effluent-dependent stream, fish
2018
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$68,441
Non-Federal:
$36,616
Sharon Megdal, Jean McLain, Susanna Eden
Water Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Outreach, Water Information
2018
AZ
Annual Base
Using Fresh Water Algae to Remove Lead from Water
Federal:
$9,903
Non-Federal:
$20,891
Robert Root, Amanda Minke, Jon Chorover, Joel Cuello, Jean McLain
Lead; Algae; Bioremediation; Phytochelatin
2018
CA
Annual Base
Suitability of alfalfa forage crops for winter groundwater recharge
Federal:
$11,165
Non-Federal:
$6,364
Helen Dahlke
Water conservation, water use, groundwater, sustainability
2018
CA
Annual Base
Water and nitrogen use efficiencies of sub-surface drip irrigated and fertilized forage corn and sorghum in the San Joaquin Valley of CA
Federal:
$14,006
Non-Federal:
$3,642
Nicholas Clark
Water, Nitrogen, Irrigation, Fertilizer
2018
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Federal:
$37,405
Non-Federal:
$0
Reagan Waskom
2018
CO
Annual Base
Investigating Bi-Directional Water Exchanges Across Intact and Degraded Floodplains
Federal:
$4,934
Non-Federal:
$2,566
Tim Covino
Hydrologic Connectivity, River Floodplain Function, River Restoration
2018
CO
Annual Base
Dirty Snow: Turning Qualittative Assessments into Quantitative Factors for the Effect of Dust on Snow Albedo and Melt Rate
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,600
Steven Fassnacht
Albedo, Snowmelt Forecast
2018
CO
Annual Base
Streamflow Depletion on the South Platte River due to Groundwater Pumping: Analysis via Field Work and Groundwater Modeling
Federal:
$4,996
Non-Federal:
$2,598
Ryan Bailey
Streamflow, Pumping Wells, MODFLOW
2018
CO
Annual Base
History of South Platte River Riparian Ecosystem and Channel Change
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Jessica Salo
Geospatial Analysis, Riparian Ecosystem Change, South Platte River
2018
CO
Annual Base
Assessment of Floodplain Storage Dynamics in Colorado
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$13,000
Ryan Morrison
2018
CT
Annual Base
Quantifying road salt impacts on forested wetland structure and function in Eastern Connecticut
Federal:
$25,791
Non-Federal:
$51,582
Beth Lawrence, Gary A. Robbins
cation, forested wetland, groundwater, methane, road salt, vegetation
2018
CT
Annual Base
Fe-OM Coprecipitation and its Effects on Bioavailability of Cu and OM to Denitrifiers
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$16,000
Timothy Vadas
storm water runoff, heavy metals, denitrification
2018
CT
Annual Base
Nitrogen and Phosphorus Leaching from Compost-Amended Lawns
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$52,443
Karl Guillard, Thomas Morris
Lysimeters, Percolate, Fertilizers
2018
CT
Annual Base
CTIWR Technology Transfer
Federal:
$5,361
Non-Federal:
$3,190
Michael Dietz, James Hurd
2018
DC
Annual Base
Inorganic geochemistry and endocrine disrupters in urban streams: quantifying links between development patterns and water chemistry
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,106
Stephen MacAvoy
urban stream syndrome, land use change, endocrine disrupters
2018
DC
Annual Base
Development of Urban Sustainability Model for Metropolitan DC based on Population, Food, Water, Energy and Infrastructure
Federal:
$9,974
Non-Federal:
$4,788
Lei Wang, Pradeep Behera, Bryan Higgs
Urban Sustainability, Population, Water Supply, Infrastructure, Geographic Information System, Logistic Model
2018
DC
Annual Base
Chlorine and Chloramine Removal from Drinking Water by A Novel Polymer Resin with A Covalently Bonded Reducing Agent
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$4,800
Xueqing Song, William Li
Harmful Oxidants; Chlorine; Free Radicals; DC Drinking Water
2018
DC
Annual Base
Using zebrafish to determine biological water health at Anacostias Bladensburg Waterfront Park
Federal:
$9,581
Non-Federal:
$20,226
Victoria Connaughton
Zebrafish (Danio rerio), ecotoxicology, Anacostia
2018
DC
Annual Base
Quantifying Innovative Productive Green Infrastructure
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$4,800
Harris Trobman, Kamran Zendehdel
Green Infrastructure, Urban Agriculture , Greenroof, Productive Greenroof, Urbanization
2018
DC
Annual Base
Long-term Hydraulic performance assessment of bio-retention and permeable pavement systems with and without underdrains using monitoring study and modeling
Federal:
$9,946
Non-Federal:
$22,020
Arash Massoudieh
Green Infrastructure, Urban Hydrology, Water Quality
2018
DC
Annual Base
Hydraulic parameter estimation by remotely-sensed top soil moisture observations with the model reduce variational data assimilation scheme
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Leila Farhadi
soil hydraulic parameters, soil moisture profile, remote sensing, data assimilation
2018
DC
Annual Base
Runoff Control Performance Evaluation and Development of Design Guideline for Green Roof Systems for District of Columbia
Federal:
$9,980
Non-Federal:
$4,790
Pradeep Behera
Green Infrastructure, Green Roof, Urban stormwater management, Green Roof Performance
2018
DE
Annual Base
State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Delaware Water Resources Center, Annual Proposal for Fiscal Year 2018
Federal:
$92,335
Non-Federal:
$185,696
Gerald Kauffman
2018
FL
Annual Base
Computational fluid dynamics as a tool for urban water sediment transport and fate during clarification
Federal:
$16,000
Non-Federal:
$32,000
John Sansalone
Computational fluid dynamics, clarification, urban water, sediment, particle size
2018
FL
Annual Base
Florida Water Resources Information Transfer
Federal:
$23,372
Non-Federal:
$16,845
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
2018
GA
Annual Base
A Hybrid Approach of Analyzing Urban Flood Risk: A Case Study in the City of Atlanta, GA
Federal:
$13,008
Non-Federal:
$36,860
Nirajan Dhakal
floods, modeling, flood loss, flood inundation maps, demographics, critical infrastructures
2018
GA
Annual Base
Developing real-time sensor networks for monitoring stream water quality to improve water resource management: Year 2
Federal:
$17,997
Non-Federal:
$36,464
Seth Wenger, Amy Rosemond, John Dowd, Phillip Bumpers
real-time monitoring, conductivity, urban streams, sensor network
2018
GA
Annual Base
Enhanced human mtDNA assays for fecal source tracking applications
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Joe Brown
Source tracking, methods, mtDNA
2018
GA
Annual Base
Effects of storm surge on coastal storm water systems in Georgia
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Hermann Fritz
coastal hazards, storm water, storm surge
2018
GU
Annual Base
Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA) production-well rehabilitation assessment: Lessons Learned/Manual for Well Exploration and Development
Federal:
$10,090
Non-Federal:
$0
YongSang Kim, Nathan Habana, John Jenson
Well rehabilitation, hydrogeology, water production, contaminant (salinity, TCE)
2018
GU
Annual Base
Development of a GIS Based Imagery Database for Groundwater Recharge Areas and Key Reaches of Streams on Guam
Federal:
$6,980
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan Habana, Leroy Heitz
Groundwater education workshop, GIS training workshop, geospatial visualization, aquifer models
2018
HI
Annual Base
3rd Conference on Water Resource Sustainability on Tropical Islands
Federal:
$6,999
Non-Federal:
$2,905
Darren Lerner
Water Resource Sustainability Conference Symposium
2018
HI
Annual Base
Evaluation of Pepper mild mottle viruses as a sewage marker in Hawaii
Federal:
$20,017
Non-Federal:
$56,057
Marek Kirs
viruses, wastewater treatment, microbes, water quality, source tracking
2018
HI
Annual Base
Solving the Silica Conundrum in Hawaiian Streams and Groundwaters using Non-Traditional Isotope Geochemistry
Federal:
$14,137
Non-Federal:
$64,374
Olivier Rouxel, Nicole Lautze, Eric De Carlo
silica concentration, groundwater, geothermal, hydrological flow
2018
HI
Annual Base
Economic activity, technological progress, and water resource utilization on Oahu
Federal:
$25,792
Non-Federal:
$52,591
Peter Fuleky, Kimberly Burnett
index of economic activity, water demand, forecasting, efficiency
2018
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Communications- HI
Federal:
$15,190
Non-Federal:
$22,345
Darren Lerner
2018
IA
Annual Base
2018-2019 Iowa Water Center Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$34,803
Non-Federal:
$37,704
Richard Cruse, Melissa Miller
2018
IA
Annual Base
The Economic Benefits of Mitigating Harmful Algal Blooms in Iowa
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
YauHuo Shr, Catherine Kling, Chuan Tang, Wendong Zhang
Harmful algal blooms, hypoxic zones, nutrient reduction, economic valuation
2018
IA
Annual Base
Spatial Potential for Enhanced In-field Denitrification from Perennial Vegetative Filter Strips
Federal:
$4,790
Non-Federal:
$27,346
Daniel Linton, Bradley Miller
Critical source area, perennial vegetation, filter strips, potential denitrification, spatial analysis
2018
ID
Annual Base
Post-fire phosphorus availability and mobility in forest soils and the effects on water quality
Federal:
$14,923
Non-Federal:
$29,847
Erin Brooks, Daniel Strawn
Droughts, wildfire, nutrient availability, smoke pollution
2018
ID
Annual Base
Toward Understanding Current and Future Pressures on Water Supply/Use in the Eastern Snake Plain: Spatial Patterns of Drought, Sectorial Competition, Excess Nutrients and Water-Energy Interconnections
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,028
Karen Humes, John Abatzoglou
Drought, Water Scarcity, Water Use by Sector and Water Right Seniority, Irrigated Agriculture, Aquifer Recharge, Industrial and Residential Water Use, Water Quality, Water Treatment, Energy-Water Nexus
2018
ID
Annual Base
The Coeur d’Alene Catfish: An autonomous underwater drone for deep-water lake research.
Federal:
$12,666
Non-Federal:
$25,333
Alan Kolok, John Shovic
Metals, hypolimnion, deep lake research, environmental reconnaissance
2018
ID
Annual Base
Contextualizing Experiments and Eliciting Stakeholder Input from Idaho’s Water Sector
Federal:
$14,754
Non-Federal:
$29,508
Alex Maas
Experimental Economics, Understanding Water Preferences, Research through Outreach
2018
ID
Annual Base
Seeing through a sediment bed: A novel transparent sediment simulant for unveiling the bed topography and interstitial processes
Federal:
$14,714
Non-Federal:
$29,458
Daniele Tonina, Ralph Budwig
Hyporheic flow, Biofilms, Irregular granular particles, Porous media flow, Sediment bed scour, Refractive index matching, Particle image velocimetry, Planar laser induced fluorescence
2018
ID
Annual Base
Outreach and Engagement
Federal:
$20,278
Non-Federal:
$40,496
Mark Solomon, Alan Kolok
Stakeholder Engagement, Outreach, Education
2018
IL
Annual Base
An experimental evaluation of the contribution of rain barrels to mosquito production
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,098
Brian Allan, Allison Parker
rain barrel, mosquito control, green infrastructure
2018
IL
Annual Base
Redefine Droughts in the U.S. Corn Belt: Stomatal conductance constraints attributable to atmospheric demand and/or soil water supply
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Kaiyu Guan, Hyungsuk Kim
Eddy covariance flux tower measurement, soil moisture, VPD
2018
IL
Annual Base
Characterization of harmful algal blooms using small unmanned aircraft systems and watershed analysis in southern Illinois
Federal:
$9,982
Non-Federal:
$19,974
Ruopu Li, Di Wu
Harmful algal blooms, drone, image analysis, watershed, southern Illinois
2018
IL
Annual Base
Groundwater phytoremediation and biofuels production for Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Federal:
$9,937
Non-Federal:
$19,880
Jia Liu, Md Hadiuzzaman
Groundwater, Phytoremediation, Biofuel, Energy Crops, Crab Orchard
2018
IL
Annual Base
Transferring Water Resources Information to the People of Illinois
Federal:
$43,956
Non-Federal:
$25,770
Yu-Feng Lin
information transfer, community decision making
2018
IN
Annual Base
Quantification of tributary nutrient transport and HABs in Lake Wawasee, Indianas largest natural lake
Federal:
$14,910
Non-Federal:
$43,890
Nathan Bosch
Stream Flow, Harmful Algal Blooms, Kosciusko County, Economic
2018
IN
Annual Base
Evaluation of sub-lethal effects of neurodegenerative cyanotoxins on predator-prey interactions in a freshwater fish
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,030
Jessica Ward
neurotoxin, harmful algal bloom, predator-prey interactions, fish
2018
IN
Annual Base
Assessing Nutrient Sources and Usage During Harmful Algae Blooms (HAB) and Eutrophication Events Using Stable Isotopes: Implications for Water Quality in the Wabash River
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,322
Greg Michalski
Harmful Algae Blooms, eutrophication, nitrate, phosphorous, Wabash River
2018
IN
Annual Base
Nutrient removal from greenhouse wastewater using a phosphorus removal structure
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,001
Hye-Ji Kim, Chad Penn
nitrogen, phosphorus, eutrophication, harmful algal bloom, wastewater
2018
IN
Annual Base
Estimating watershed residence times in artificially-drained landscapes and relation to nutrient concentrations
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,014
Lisa Welp
watershed, land use, tile drain, flow pathway, nutrients, residence time, stable isotopes
2018
KS
Annual Base
2018 Governor's Water Conference
Federal:
$10,949
Non-Federal:
$16,091
Dan Devlin
Conference
2018
KS
Annual Base
Stochastic Forecasting of Harmful Algae Blooms in Cheney Reservoir
Federal:
$14,867
Non-Federal:
$30,304
Aleksey Sheshukov, Trisha Moore
Harmful Algae Blooms, HABs, modeling, nutrient inflows
2018
KS
Annual Base
Evaluation of the geomorphological adjustment of a meandering, alluvial river subject to streambank stabilization structures.
Federal:
$14,933
Non-Federal:
$29,954
Tricia Moore
Sedimentation, Streambank Stabilization
2018
KS
Annual Base
Determining if Riparian Buffer Strip Age Impacts Phosphorus Retention Potential
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,065
Colby Moorberg
Buffer strips, phosphorus
2018
KS
Annual Base
Does Nutrient Form Control Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) toxin release?
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$37,099
Ted Harris
Nutrients, Harmful Algal Bloom
2018
KS
Annual Base
Assessing the Effectiveness of Streambank stabilization projects on the Cottonwood River using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (drones)
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$37,056
Tony Layzell
Unmanned Aircraft Systems, UAS, streambank stabilization
2018
KY
Annual Base
Assessment of MRSA presence in suburban WWTPs effluent in Lexington, Kentucky
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,100
Gail Brion, Atena Amirsoleimani
Water quality, antibiotic resistant bacteria, treated effluent, streams
2018
KY
Annual Base
Evaluation of Untreated Karst Groundwater as Community Water Sources, Barren and Monroe Counties, Kentucky
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Chris Groves, LeeAnn Bledsoe, Cayla Baughn
groundwater, karst, water supply, hydrogeology
2018
KY
Annual Base
Developing a Threat Assessment and Monitoring Framework for Urban Karst
Federal:
$4,999
Non-Federal:
$11,216
Jason Polk, Rachel Kaiser
Urban Karst Groundwater, Superbugs, Groundwater Quality, Data-driven
2018
KY
Annual Base
Water and Solute Movement in a Fragipan Soil as Modified by Ryegrass
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$16,907
Christopher Matocha, Keegan Smith
fragipan, water flow paths, ryegrass
2018
KY
Annual Base
Phosphorus Contributions to Urban Runoff from Non-Anthropogenic Animal Waste
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,437
Brad Lee, Dwayne Edwards, Gregg Munshaw
urban nutrient management, phosphorus, canine feces
2018
KY
Annual Base
Modeling impacts of seasonal land cover change on fluvial sediment loads of the Upper Floyds Fork watershed, KY
Federal:
$9,646
Non-Federal:
$19,357
Andrew Day, Aimee Downs
sedimentation, water quality, land cover, soil erosion
2018
KY
Annual Base
Kentucky information transfer project
Federal:
$44,470
Non-Federal:
$84,366
Lindell Ormsbee
symposium, web sites, research translation
2018
KY
Annual Base
Evaluating and Addressing Climate Awareness and Water in Kentucky
Federal:
$4,820
Non-Federal:
$10,485
Carmen Agouridis, Lauren Cagle
climate, education, water resources
2018
LA
Annual Base
Disinfection of Amoebae in Municipal Water Supplies
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$27,669
Samuel Snow
Naegleria fowleri, disinfection, amoeba, drinking water, pathogen, and treatment technologies
2018
LA
Annual Base
Development of Low-Cost Online Water Level Monitoring Platform Based on Capacitive Sensing
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$29,316
Kidong Park
water level, sensor, capacitive, real-time, online
2018
LA
Annual Base
Assessing the Economic Impact of Delayed Irrigation in Agronomic Crops
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,052
Stacia Davis, Krishna Paudel, Todd Spivey
irrigation, moisture, rainfall, scheduling
2018
LA
Annual Base
Fine-Grained Floodplain Forest Flow Paths and Source Water Mixing in Shrink-Swell Clays of a Bottomland Hardwood Forest Using Stable Isotope Tracers
Federal:
$14,000
Non-Federal:
$28,640
Richard Keim
soil water, flow paths, shrink-swell soils, adaptive management, stable
2018
LA
Annual Base
Ecological Consequences of Low-Level Sodium Inputs in Riparian Zones on Decomposition Processes and Inputs to Freshwater Ecosystems
Federal:
$11,000
Non-Federal:
$25,855
Natalie Clay, Sally Entrekin, Michelle Evans-White
Sodium, Salt, Water Quality, Riparian, Freshwater, Non Point Pollution
2018
MA
Annual Base
Forest land cover as a tool in water quality management: Developing a valuable addition to the Cape Cod Commission’s 208 Technologies Matrix
Federal:
$55,000
Non-Federal:
$118,012
Ivan Valiela, Javier Lloret, Anne Reynolds, Heather McElroy
Nitrogen loads, nitrogen retention, water quality, groundwater, forest area, watersheds, land use spatial configuration, models, path analysis, outreach to users
2018
MA
Annual Base
Water Symposium
Federal:
$17,189
Non-Federal:
$28,173
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2018
MA
Annual Base
Strategizing for future research in current water resources topics
Federal:
$3,300
Non-Federal:
$13,367
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2018
MD
Annual Base
Using continuous conductivity data to investigate the temporal and spatial variability of chloride concentrations in streams
Federal:
$41,299
Non-Federal:
$96,580
Joel Moore
road salt, chloride, high frequency
2018
MD
Annual Base
Hydrometeorological indicators of critical infrastructure resilience to climate change in Maryland: A case study in agriculture
Federal:
$34,956
Non-Federal:
$67,113
Allison Reilly, Michelle Bensi
agriculture, climate, mitigation, crop yield
2018
ME
Annual Base
Addressing the mess: developing evaluative methods for group participatory decision support in riverine systems
Federal:
$30,786
Non-Federal:
$61,581
Sharon Klein, Bridie McGreavy, Aaron Strong
Dams, Rivers, Decision Models, Operation Research, Resource Planning, Energy Use and Conservation, Hydropower, Water Use Planning
2018
ME
Annual Base
Estuary Margin Watershed Characterization to Compare Coastal Bacteria Pollution Vulnerability in Maine
Federal:
$37,818
Non-Federal:
$75,672
Sean Smith, Kate Beard, Bridie McGreavy
19, 22, 23, 36, 43, 48, 57, 75, 77, 78, 84, 91, 92, 144, 182, 189, 190, 207, 273, 275, 276, 257
2018
ME
Annual Base
Maine Information Transfer
Federal:
$12,776
Non-Federal:
$27,248
David Hart
Information transfer, outreach, education
2018
MI
Annual Base
Improving nutrient management through a drainage tile monitoring program
Federal:
$18,836
Non-Federal:
$22,053
Jeremiah Asher
tile drains, monitoring, changing behaviors, phosphorus, sampling, data sharing
2018
MI
Annual Base
Michigan Water Resources Continuing Education Learning Modules
Federal:
$30,609
Non-Federal:
$106,138
Darrell Donahue, Steven Safferman
Water Resources, Professional Education, Certification, Water Use, Policy, Water Quantity, Water Quality, Water Management
2018
MI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer Training, Dissemination and Program Development in Water Resources
Federal:
$28,532
Non-Federal:
$51,950
Lois Wolfson, Ruth Kline-Robach
Inland Lakes, Great Lakes, Aquifers, Watershed Management; Leadership; Invasive Species; Online Education; Interactive Web-based Systems, Contaminants
2018
MI
Annual Base
Nutrient Loading Forecasting for Western Lake Erie
Federal:
$14,358
Non-Federal:
$4,597
Glenn O'Neil, Margaret Kalcic, Rebecca Muenich
water quality, runoff, agriculture, algal blooms, SWAT
2018
MO
Annual Base
Algae, stench, and death: are algal toxins present in Missouri fish?
Federal:
$21,085
Non-Federal:
$44,370
Rebecca North, Alba Argerich
Algal toxins; cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs); fish health; microcystin; cylindrospermopsin; agriculture; food web; fish advisories; fish consumption
2018
MO
Annual Base
Nonpoint Source Pollution Mitigation in an Urban Watershed
Federal:
$21,795
Non-Federal:
$43,591
Dev Niyogi, Mark Fitch
water quality, nonpoint pollution, nutrients, phosphorus, algae, harmful algal blooms
2018
MO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$34,861
Non-Federal:
$69,723
Baolin Deng
2018
MO
Annual Base
Admin
Federal:
$14,594
Non-Federal:
$29,188
Baolin Deng
2018
MS
Annual Base
Microplastics in the Mississippi River and Mississippi Sound: concentrations, sources, sizes, types, and loadings to the northern Gulf of Mexico
Federal:
$36,166
Non-Federal:
$72,352
James Cizdziel
Surface water,k protection of source water
2018
MS
Annual Base
Aquatic vegetation management to enhance multiple-user benefits of southeastern wetlands
Federal:
$35,014
Non-Federal:
$70,875
Gary Ervin, Lee Turnage
Surface water
2018
MT
Annual Base
Student Research: Microbial reduction of selenium at the Colstrip power plant
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Hannah Koepnick
2018
MT
Annual Base
Student Research: Are Montana's Aquatic Ecosystems Becoming a "Hot Mess" Due to Climate Change
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$6,271
Kristen Cook
2018
MT
Annual Base
Student Research: Assessing pharmaceuticals in Montana’s waste water and drinking water to determine exposure risk, and inform targeted environmental and public health regulatory initiatives to protect Montanan communities
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Miranda Margetts
2018
MT
Annual Base
Identifying seasonal spatial distribution of geothermal groundwater discharge to surface water using UAV-based thermal infrared imaging, LaDuke hot springs, MT.
Federal:
$14,850
Non-Federal:
$31,010
Jeremy Crowley, Alan English, Raja Nagisetty
ground water surface water interaction, geothermal systems, forward looking infrared (FLIR), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
2018
MT
Annual Base
Deciphering the combined effects of artificial and natural water storage structures on late-season flows
Federal:
$14,998
Non-Federal:
$39,774
Hongyi Li
Basin-scale hydrological modeling, natural water storage, artificial reservoir storage, lateseason flows, up-scaling, coordinated management
2018
MT
Annual Base
Reducing Acid Rock Drainage Volume using Passive Solar Evaporation Islands
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Katherine Zodrow
acid mine waste, acid rock drainage, retention pond treatment, passive solar evaporation islands,
2018
MT
Annual Base
Student Research: Understanding root-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Emma Raeside
treatment wetlands, plant roots, rhizosphere, aerobic microbial degradation
2018
MT
Annual Base
Student Research: Limitations to Photosynthesis in Silver Bow Creek
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$670
Isaiah Robertson
microbial and macrophyte photosynthesis, Clark Fork River headwaters, heavy metal toxicity
2018
MT
Annual Base
Student Research: Interactive effects of metal and nutrient cycling in the Upper Clark Fork River, Montana
Federal:
$1,610
Non-Federal:
$725
Kaitlin Perkins
2018
NC
Annual Base
Occurrence of pesticides in North Carolina private drinking water wells and identification of point-of-use treatment options
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$52,800
Detlef Knappe, Francis de los Reyes, Catherine LePrevost
Groundwater quality, drinking water quality, home filtration, adsorption
2018
NC
Annual Base
Hidden sediment sources: Locating and studying road-draining gullies using a geospatial model and field measurements
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$41,870
John Gannon, Diane Styers, David Kinner, Mark Lord
Storm water, Erosion, Sedimentation, Hydrology, Remote Sensing, Geomorphology
2018
NC
Annual Base
Adding Additional Model Years and Other Model Refinements to the Updated Neuse Estuary Eutrophication Model
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$45,000
James Bowen
water quality, model, nutrient response, bioreactivity, organic, inorganic, nitrogen
2018
NC
Annual Base
Improving performance and examining expansion of constructed wetlands for tertiary treatment of nitrogen from domestic and municipal wastewater
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$45,000
Michael Burchell, Tarek Aziz, Francois Birgand
Constructed wetlands, wastewater treatment, nitrogen, water quality
2018
NC
Annual Base
WRRI Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$9,342
Non-Federal:
$0
Nicole Wilkinson
2018
NC
Annual Base
A Watershed Model to Understand Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions to Support Sewer Utility Resilience at the Jacksonville N.C. Forest Water Re-Use Facility
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Elizabeth Nichols, Ge Sun, Nancy Gibson, Katherine Martin
wastewater, water reuse, watershed modeling, sewer utility resilience
2018
NC
Annual Base
Phytoplankton Nutritional Ecology and the Eutrophication Trajectory in a Piedmont Reservoir with Elevated Ammonium
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
JoAnn Burkholder, Nicole Lindor
Ammonium, cultural eutrophication, harmful phytoplankton, nutrients, potable source-water reservoir
2018
NC
Annual Base
Cometabolic Degradation of 1,4-Dioxane in Biologically Active Carbon Filters with Locally Enriched Biota
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Detlef Knappe, Michael R. Hyman, Amie McElroy
Biodegradation, Water Treatment, Unregulated Contaminants
2018
NC
Annual Base
Electrochemical Mineralization of Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Mei Sun, Vivek Pulikkal
Water treatment, perfluoroalkyl substances, perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, electrochemical mineralization
2018
ND
Annual Base
Examining the Impact of Devils Lakes Outlets on Flood Risk and Water Quality of the Sheyenne River
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Xiaodong Zhang
Devils Lake, Sheyenne River, Flood, Water quality, SWAT, HEC-RAS
2018
ND
Annual Base
Restoring the Bigmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus), a Native Species Beneficial to Water Quality and Ecological Functioning of North Dakota’s Aquatic Ecosystems
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$16,000
Mark Clark
Bigmouth Buffalo Fish, Diversity, Extinction, Water Quality
2018
ND
Annual Base
Assessing Effect of Precise Evapotranspiration Measurement on Crop Coefficient and Water Use
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
Xinhua Jia
Evapotranspiration, Shallow groundwater, Crop
2018
ND
Annual Base
Implications of Stormwater Control Measures on Hydrology of an Urban Watershed in the Fargo, ND Area
Federal:
$2,900
Non-Federal:
$5,800
Stephanie Day
Flow regime, Stormwater control measures, Urbanization
2018
ND
Annual Base
Mathematical Modeling of Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms
Federal:
$2,250
Non-Federal:
$4,500
Halis Simsek
Adaptive network-based fuzzy inference systems, Artificial neural network, Harmful algal blooms
2018
ND
Annual Base
Application of Green Iron Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Barley and other Plant-borne Polyphenols to Combat Lake Eutrophication
Federal:
$6,650
Non-Federal:
$13,300
Achintya Bezbaruah
Green synthesis, Iron nanoparticles, Phosphate, Polyphenols
2018
ND
Annual Base
Landscape Genetics of Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) to Evaluate Biotic Connectivity and Environmental Quality of North Dakota Wetland Resources
Federal:
$9,000
Non-Federal:
$18,000
Craig Stockwell
Northern leopard frog, Stability, Wetland
2018
ND
Annual Base
Evaluating the Response of Diatoms and Cladocerans Communities to Climate Change over the Last Century in Lake P1, North Dakota
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Jon Sweetman
Cladocerans, Climate Change, Diatoms, Wetland ecosystems
2018
ND
Annual Base
Treatment of Produced Water for Discharge to Surface Waters and Non-potable Uses
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Feng Xiao
Metals, Non-potable uses, Produced water, Radium
2018
ND
Annual Base
Enhanced Removal of Heavy Metals from Stormwater by Bioretention Cells
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
Feng Xiao
Biochar, Bioretention cells, Heavy metals, Wood chips
2018
ND
Annual Base
An Integrated Social and Ecological Model for Stream Flow Simulation
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Zhulu Lin
Agent based model, Hydraulic fracturing, Water stress
2018
ND
Annual Base
Effect of Water Level on Soybean Growth and Quality Parameters with High Salinity Water
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,000
Halis Simsek
Climatic conditions, Root-zone, Soybean, Water table
2018
ND
Annual Base
Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Fluvial Geomorphology of Post-glaciolacustrine Meandering Rivers: A Case Study of the Red River
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
Stephanie Day
Erosion, Fluvial geomorphology, Glacial isostatic adjustments
2018
ND
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Communication
Federal:
$10,432
Non-Federal:
$20,864
Eakalak Khan
Annual seminar, Communication, Information dissemination, Newsletter, Website
2018
NE
Annual Base
Microalgae Treatment of Meat Processing Wastewater for Nutrient Removal and Water Reconditioning
Federal:
$19,869
Non-Federal:
$39,756
YULIE MENESES, Ashraf AlyHassan
Wastewater treatment, microalgae treatment, water reuse, sludge
2018
NE
Annual Base
Pesticide Exposure in Recreational Lakes
Federal:
$19,842
Non-Federal:
$40,273
Tiffany Messer, Aaron Mittelstet, Daniel Snow
neonicotinoids, recreational lakes, GIS Modeling
2018
NE
Annual Base
The chemistry and ecotoxicology of microplastics - water quality research experience in Nebraska waterways
Federal:
$10,080
Non-Federal:
$20,160
Daniel Snow, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Jerald Bricker
microplastics, municipal wastewater, streams
2018
NJ
Annual Base
Extent and effects of microplastic contamination in New Jersey lakes
Federal:
$18,905
Non-Federal:
$37,810
Aaron Stoler
ecotoxicology, fish, lakes, microplastic, tadpoles, zooplankton
2018
NJ
Annual Base
Developing a new, compact, and modular design for revolutionizing urban water reuse
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$41,741
Yong Yan, Yang Deng
water reuse, secondary effluent, urban runoff, nano-material electrodes, electrochemical treatment
2018
NJ
Annual Base
Rapid, DNA-Based Test for Ranavirus Detection
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,220
Allyssa Angel, Nina Goodey
emerging disease, rapid test, aptamers, SELEX
2018
NJ
Annual Base
Development of An Innovative and Resilient Emergency Water Treatment (EWT) for Natural Disasters
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,754
Junkui Cui, Yang Deng
emergency water supply, natural disasters, urban runoff, surface water, ferrate(VI), water contaminants
2018
NJ
Annual Base
Characterization and Assessment of Microplastic Interactions with Persistent Organic Pollutants in Surface Waters of New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Wanyi Fu, Wen Zhang
microplastics, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), New Jersey, surface water, interaction
2018
NJ
Annual Base
Assessment of the Occurrence, Toxicity, and Biotransformation of Disinfection Byproducts of 1,4-Dioxane
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Fei Li, Mengyan Li
1,4-dioxane, disinfection byproducts, toxicity, kinetics, biodegradation
2018
NJ
Annual Base
Keeping up with Sea Level Rise: The Role of Vegetation in the Resilience of Tidal Marshes
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Johnny Quispe, JeanMarie Hartman
Spartina alterniflora, Phragmites australis, marsh accretion, sea-level rise
2018
NM
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$18,577
Non-Federal:
$70,617
Catherine Ortega Klett
Water Resources Education, Information Transfer, Information Dissemination
2018
NM
Annual Base
Geographic Information Systems for Water Resources Research Planning
Federal:
$38,250
Non-Federal:
$37,699
Alexander Fernald
2018
NM
Annual Base
Increase soil water for desirable plants through invasive plant management
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Kert Young, Doug Cram
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2018
NV
Annual Base
Degradation of Emerging Contaminants in Treated Wastewater Using Immobilized Non-zero Valent Iron
Federal:
$26,831
Non-Federal:
$54,669
Erick Bandala
Emerging Contaminants, Treated Wastewater, Immobilized nano-zero valent iron
2018
NV
Annual Base
Evaluation of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGS) in the Urban Wetland Ecosystem: Las Vegas Wash
Federal:
$26,592
Non-Federal:
$51,373
Xuelian Bai
Antibiotic resistance, antibiotic resistance genes, wastewater contaminants, urban water supply, wetland ecosystem
2018
NV
Annual Base
Improving wastewater treatment using biofilms that degrade phenolic and aromatic contaminants
Federal:
$23,125
Non-Federal:
$50,016
Henry Sun
Biodegradation; The Fenton reaction; phenolics
2018
NV
Annual Base
NWRRI Website & Newsletter
Federal:
$6,808
Non-Federal:
$14,567
Kumud Acharya
Information Transfer, Website, Newsletter
2018
NY
Annual Base
The Pathogen Panel for rapid quantification of 17 waterborne viral, bacterial and protozoal pathogens and fecal indicators at New York State Beaches
Federal:
$9,924
Non-Federal:
$5,624
Ruth Richardson, Yolanda Brooks
swimming, pathogens, viruses, monitoring, fecal contamination
2018
NY
Annual Base
Invasive round goby as a water quality assessment tool: bioindicators of contaminants in Northeastern U.S. inland waters
Federal:
$9,750
Non-Federal:
$5,525
Suresh Sethi, James Jackson, Lars Rudstam, Katie Fiorella
bioindicators, contaminants, inland waterbodies, invasive species, round goby, water quality
2018
NY
Annual Base
Balancing cyanotoxin removal and N-nitrosamine formation control during ozonation of harmful algal bloom-impacted source waters
Federal:
$14,968
Non-Federal:
$29,936
Teng Zeng
Harmful Algal Bloom, Cyanotoxin, N-Nitrosamine, Ozone
2018
NY
Annual Base
Turning Vacant Lots into Green Infrastructure: Application of A Multi-objective Optimization Tool in the City of Buffalo
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Zhenduo Zhu, Shawn Matott, Alan Rabideau
Stormwater management; green infrastructure, optimization, Buffalo, vacant lots
2018
NY
Annual Base
Owasco Lake impairment and the link to land use and tributary health
Federal:
$17,105
Non-Federal:
$9,693
Todd Walter
2018
NY
Annual Base
Strengthening regional extension on flood resiliency
Federal:
$11,295
Non-Federal:
$6,401
Todd Walter
2018
OH
Annual Base
Can health of aquatic wildlife indicate the quality of water resources?
Federal:
$21,636
Non-Federal:
$37,710
Jeanine Refsnider
frog, immune function, physiology, snake, stress, turtle, wildlife
2018
OH
Annual Base
Maumee River sediments as a nitrogen source or sink to Lake Erie: the competing roles of ammonium recycling and denitrification
Federal:
$39,998
Non-Federal:
$53,784
Mark McCarthy
Maumee River, Lake Erie, nitrogen, cyanobacteria, sediments, denitrification
2018
OH
Annual Base
Landscape fragmentation and water yield with unconventional shale oil and gas development in Ohio
Federal:
$19,591
Non-Federal:
$26,049
Elizabeth Toman, Kaiguang Zhao
Streams, peak flow, fragmentation, hydraulic fracturing, land use, land disturbance, shale oil and gas, paired watersheds, GIS, Landsat, MODIS, NAIP, edge effects, remote sensing, Bayesian time-series
2018
OK
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$32,335
Non-Federal:
$16,038
Kevin Wagner
2018
OK
Annual Base
Developing Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts to Inform Surface Water Management in Oklahoma
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Tyson Ochsner, Erik Krueger, Briana Wyatt, Eric Jones
Soil Moisture, National Weather Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service
2018
OK
Annual Base
Conserving Agricultural Water Resources in Oklahoma Using Smart Technologies
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Saleh Taghvaeian, Sumon Datta
Soil moisture sensors, Irrigation Scheduling, Smart Technologies, Water Conservation, Oklahoma
2018
OK
Annual Base
Control of Problematic Halanaerobiales that Limit the Reuse of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Joseph Suflita, Irene Davidova
Fracking, produced water re-use, anaerobic bacteria Halanaerobium
2018
OK
Annual Base
Evaluating the potential of Sentinel-2 and Landsat images for mapping open surface water body areas and water quality in Oklahoma
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,014
Xiangming Xiao, Zhenhua Zou
water body area, water quality, mapping, sentinel-2, Landsat
2018
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$43,922
Non-Federal:
$159,106
Todd Jarvis
Newsletter, Webpage, Symposium
2018
PA
Annual Base
Data-Driven Models to Assess Water Quality in the Region of Marcellus Shale
Federal:
$21,657
Non-Federal:
$44,817
Zhenhui Li
water quality, data mining
2018
PA
Annual Base
Integrative Modeling to Quantify Systems-Level Benefits of Green and Grey Infrastructure Networks to Urban Water Quality
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$68,444
Carla Ng
Green Infrastructure; non-point pollution; flooding; benefit valuation; modeling; resilient design
2018
PA
Annual Base
Photocatalytic Water Purification Under Visible Light: A New Direction For Water Treatment Process
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$44,017
Dipendu Saha
Water Pollution, Water Treatment, Photocatalyst, Visible Light, Carbon Nitride
2018
PA
Annual Base
Advancing Public Education about Water Resources in Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic Region
Federal:
$28,678
Non-Federal:
$32,698
Elizabeth Boyer
water, education, STEM, conferences, symposium
2018
PR
Annual Base
Willingness to pay for water scarcity eradication and water service attributes in Puerto Rico: Results from contingent valuation and choice experiments methods
Federal:
$19,039
Non-Federal:
$57,015
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Economics, Drought, Water Resources Development, Water Demand
2018
PR
Annual Base
Atrazine degradation through an inclined, gravity-influenced plane system embedded with surface-modified TiO2 nanoparticles
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$35,796
Pedro Tarafa, Sylvia RodriguezAbudo
Pesticides, toxic substances, agriculture, oxidation, water treatment, public health, photocatalysis, open channels
2018
PR
Annual Base
Geomorphic impacts in rivers of Puerto Rico before and after Hurricane Maria using UAV’s
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$2,115
Walter Silva
Geomorphology, Hydrologic Models, Rivers
2018
RI
Annual Base
Assessing Microplastic and Microfibers Contamination in Small Water Utilities and Private Wells
Federal:
$13,162
Non-Federal:
$29,844
Vinka Craver
microplastics
2018
RI
Annual Base
Assessment of Ferrate for Treating Drinking Water Sources Impacted by Harmful Algal Blooms
Federal:
$21,127
Non-Federal:
$47,198
Joseph Goodwill
algal blooms, preoxidation, disinfection byproducts, water technology
2018
RI
Annual Base
Clean Drinking Water in Rhode Island
Federal:
$8,709
Non-Federal:
$16,886
Christopher Hunter
contamination, wastewater, quality
2018
SC
Annual Base
Statewide Survey of Irrigation Source Water Quality and Water use Techniques in the Specialty Crops Production Industry
Federal:
$28,610
Non-Federal:
$57,378
Sarah White, Natasha Bell, Megan Chase, Lauren Garcia Chance
Water quality, specialty crops, water supply, irrigation
2018
SC
Annual Base
Monitoring Distribution and Toxicity of Coal Tar Chemicals in the Congaree River Using Passive Samplers
Federal:
$30,061
Non-Federal:
$60,129
Peter Van Den Hurk
Water Quality, Environmental Toxicants, Remediation, Passive Samplers, Management Tools
2018
SD
Annual Base
Evaluation of Nitrate Removal Rates of Denitrification Bioreactors Using Agricultural Residue Media (Year 2)
Federal:
$22,258
Non-Federal:
$44,803
Guanghui Hua, Christopher Schmit
Subsurface Drainage, Nitrate, Denitrification, Agricultural Residue
2018
SD
Annual Base
Evaluating and predicting the risk of algal blooms in South Dakota lakes using remote sensing
Federal:
$24,147
Non-Federal:
$48,294
Rachel McDaniel, Bruce Bleakley, John McMaine
Algal blooms, algae, modeling, water quality, nutrients
2018
SD
Annual Base
Stormwater management and ecosystem health: The complementary role of green infrastructure in urban environments
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$24,000
James Stone, Charles Fenster, Henning Nottebrock, A Leffler, Heidi Sieverding
water remediation, stormwater, pollinators, ecosystem health, plant communities, functional traits.
2018
SD
Annual Base
South Dakota Water Resources Institute FY2018 Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$20,762
Non-Federal:
$41,527
Van Kelley, Rachel McDaniel, David Kringen, John Maursetter
Outreach, Service, Communication, Interaction, Information.
2018
TN
Annual Base
Rethinking Bank Stabilization in Tennessee to Develop a Classification Protocol for Agriculture and Urbanized Systems
Federal:
$16,533
Non-Federal:
$41,753
Thanos Papanicolaou, John Schwartz, Christopher Wilson
Bank Erosion, Classification System, Literature Review
2018
TN
Annual Base
Low-cost Real-time Streamflow Network for Falling Water River Watershed
Federal:
$16,459
Non-Federal:
$47,951
Alfred Kalyanapu
Water-level Sensor, Sensor Netwok, Real-time network, Cloud-based Services
2018
TN
Annual Base
Three-Dimensional Modeling of River Flows Under Extreme Weather Scenarios
Federal:
$19,998
Non-Federal:
$42,070
Jejal Bathi, Kidambi Sreenivas
Extreme Flows;River Hydraulics; 3D Modeling; Fate and Transport of Pollutanta
2018
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$82,335
Non-Federal:
$0
John Tracy, Danielle Kalisek, Lucas Gregory, Troy Berthold
2018
TX
Annual Base
Identification of Sources of Salinity in the Northern Segment of the Brazos River Alluvium Aquifer
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Erin Noonan, Joe Yelderman
salinity, alluvium, aquifer, Brazos River
2018
TX
Annual Base
Evaluating the impact of the Katy Prairie and adding HCAD Plan 5 Reservoir on Flooding of Addicks and Barker Reservoirs in Houston, Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Philip Bedient, Ferne Maulsby
Urban flooding, flood management, Katy Prairie, stormwater management
2018
UT
Annual Base
Understanding the Variability of Recharge and Groundwater Control on Mountainous Stream Discharge in Karst Environments
Federal:
$25,173
Non-Federal:
$38,482
Tianfang Xu, Bethany Neilson
Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions, Snow Hydrology, Karst Hydrology, Machine Learning
2018
UT
Annual Base
Improving Representation of Environmental Objectives in Systems Models to Inform Integrated Water Management Strategies
Federal:
$25,087
Non-Federal:
$49,584
Belize Lane, David Rosenberg, Bethany Neilson
Hydraulic modeling; instream water needs; systems modeling; integrated water resources management
2018
UT
Annual Base
Mapping Subsurface Tile Drainage Systems with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Federal:
$21,522
Non-Federal:
$32,141
Ruijie Zeng, Alfonso Torres-Rua, Niel Allen
tile drainage, subsurface, soil moisture, unmanned aerial vehicles, visible and invisible band images
2018
VA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$74,856
Non-Federal:
$149,715
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2018
VI
Annual Base
FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATES OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AS QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS OF ECOLOGICAL CHANGE
Federal:
$21,815
Non-Federal:
$0
Edwin CruzRivera
Biological indicators, Community index, Macroinvertebrates, Monitoring
2018
VI
Annual Base
Geo-Referenced Inventory and Initial Modeling of Engineered Stormwater Network(s) in the Virgin Islands
Federal:
$42,847
Non-Federal:
$0
Greg Guannel, Georgio Tachiev, Stevie Henry
stormwater; drainage; infrastructure; engineering; planning; riverine flooding
2018
VT
Annual Base
A field study to investigate potentially toxic cyanobacteria aerosols from Shelburne Pond and a farm field in Vermont
Federal:
$9,997
Non-Federal:
$21,753
Jason Stockwell, Natalie Flores, Elijah Stommel
cyanobacteria toxins, aerosols, human health
2018
VT
Annual Base
Governing water quality limits in agricultural watersheds: Farmer behavior and perceptions under Vermont
Federal:
$6,615
Non-Federal:
$11,379
Asim Zia, Courtney HammondWagner
non point source pollution, agriculture, conservation behavior, water quality policy, adoption
2018
VT
Annual Base
A mental models approach to understanding public knowledge of harmful algal blooms in Lake Champlain
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$19,430
Rachelle Gould, Diana Hackenburg
cyanobacteria bloom, harmful algal bloom, Lake Champlain, public awareness, public information, mental models, nonmaterial beliefs
2018
VT
Annual Base
Impact of storms on lake phytoplankton community dynamics
Federal:
$38,116
Non-Federal:
$76,006
Jason Stockwell
cyanobacteria blooms, phytoplankton, water, extreme events
2018
WA
Annual Base
Washington wildfires disrupt water quality: Are drinking water systems resilient to climate change?
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,013
Amanda Hohner, Jan Boll
treatability, turbidity, natural organic matter, source water quality
2018
WA
Annual Base
Understanding controls on mobility and toxicity of tungsten, an emerging threat to Washington’s waters
Federal:
$27,492
Non-Federal:
$54,984
Nikolay Strigul, John Harrison
tungsten occurrence, tungsten dissolution, tungsten mobility
2018
WI
Annual Base
University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute - Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$19,990
Non-Federal:
$45,996
Moira Harrington
public information, communications, publications, library
2018
WI
Annual Base
Wisconsin Water Resources Fellowship: Collaborating with Water Managers
Federal:
$32,011
Non-Federal:
$35,268
Jennifer Hauxwell
Fellowship
2018
WI
Annual Base
Linking groundwater and nutrients to monitor fen ecosystems using airborne imaging spectroscopy
Federal:
$10,214
Non-Federal:
$46,968
Eric Booth, Steven Loheide
2018
WI
Annual Base
New proxy-based hydrological reconstructions over the past five centuries in southwest Wisconsin
Federal:
$25,120
Non-Federal:
$24,853
Christopher Underwood, Evan Larson
tree-rings, hydroclimatology
2018
WV
Annual Base
High resolution assessment of economic sector water use, water supply, and water economy – A novel approach for managing West Virginia’s water resources
Federal:
$14,442
Non-Federal:
$28,884
Nicolas Zegre
water use, water supply, water stress, watershed management, water economy
2018
WV
Annual Base
Evaluating the state of dam infrastructure under a changing climate
Federal:
$16,767
Non-Federal:
$38,461
Leslie Hopkinson, John Quaranta
Probable maximum precipitation, dam design, flood hydrographs
2018
WV
Annual Base
WV State Water Conference 2018
Federal:
$10,328
Non-Federal:
$10,298
Paul Ziemkiewicz
information transfer; education; research findings
2018
WV
Annual Base
3RQ 05 - Drinking Water Treatment Methods to Reduce THM
Federal:
$19,985
Non-Federal:
$48,714
Lian-Shin Lin, Paul Ziemkiewicz, Melissa ONeal
TTHM, Total Trihalomethane, Drinking Water, Water Supply, Disinfection By-Products, DBPs, Chlorination, Bromide, Halognes
2018
WV
Annual Base
Modeling Flood Risk Potential in WV
Federal:
$16,938
Non-Federal:
$33,885
Michael Strager, Nicolas Zegre
Flood modeling, GIS and spatial analysis, Climate data, Watershed management
2018
WY
Annual Base
Developing a Framework for Estimating Groundwater Connections to Wyoming Reservoirs
Federal:
$10,939
Non-Federal:
$110,895
Kevin Befus
Wetlands, Groundwater Level, Reservoir Management, Numerical Modeling
2018
WY
Annual Base
Numerical Simulations of the Impact of Cloud Seeding in the Wind River Range on Precipiation, Snowpack, and Streamflow
Federal:
$11,997
Non-Federal:
$126,497
Bart Geerts
Numerical Simulations, Cloud Seeding, Water Quantity
2017
AK
Annual Base
Characterization of Groundwater Hydrology in Two Thermokarst Lake Systems
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
David Barnes
Permafrost, Taliks, Groundwater
2017
AK
Annual Base
Assessment of climate and land-use change impacts on surface water runoff and connectivity in a continuous permafrost watershed in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Anne Gaedeke, Christopher Arp
Arctic, Climate Change, Land-Use Change, Industrial Development, Modeling, Water Resources
2017
AK
Annual Base
Laboratory Investigation of Rheology and Infiltration Process of Non-Newtonian Fluids through Porous Media in a Non-Isothermal Flow Regime for Effective Remediation of Persistent Contaminants
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Debasmita Misra
Non-Newtonian fluid, Flow Characteristics, Non-Isothermal Flow Regime, Adsorbent Contaminant, Soil Remediation
2017
AK
Annual Base
Variable lapse rates and the mass balance of a well-studied glacier in south-central Alaska: Confirmation and extension
Federal:
$19,996
Non-Federal:
$40,003
Roman Dial, Jason Geck
glacier runoff, atmospheric coupling, snowpack, water supply
2017
AL
Annual Base
Utilizing Biogeochemical Cycling Processes for the Remediation/Treatment of Persistent Perfluorinated Chemical (PFCs) in Soil and Groundwater
Federal:
$24,976
Non-Federal:
$49,952
Geoffrey Tick
Synthetic Organics, Biological Treatment, Contaminant Transport, Soil Microbiology, Pollution Control, Water Quality, Water Treatment, Biodegradation
2017
AL
Annual Base
Enhancing Seasonal Hydrological Forecasts in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River Basin using the North American Multi-Model Ensemble
Federal:
$24,987
Non-Federal:
$49,997
Di Tian
Drought, Evaporation, Instream Flow, Rainfall, Weather Forecasting
2017
AL
Annual Base
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COASTAL SEDIMENTS AS A SOURCE/SINK OF NUTRIENTS TO COASTAL WATERS IN THE MOBILE BAY
Federal:
$24,948
Non-Federal:
$49,930
Natasha Dimova
Groundwater quality, Geochemistry, Coastal Zone, Coastal Water Quality
2017
AR
Annual Base
Assessment of strategies to address future irrigation water shortage in the Arkansas Delta
Federal:
$5,067
Non-Federal:
$10,406
Qiuqiong Huang
irrigation practices; willingness to pay; surface water; awareness of groundwater shortage
2017
AR
Annual Base
Investigating impact of lead service lines in drinking water distribution systems at the City of Tulsa
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,554
Wen Zhang
lead, biofilm, drinking water distribution systems
2017
AR
Annual Base
Combined application of nutrient manipulation and hydrogen peroxide exposure to selectively control cyanobacteria growth and promote eukaryote phytoplankton production in aquaculture ponds
Federal:
$25,318
Non-Federal:
$50,487
Amit Sinha, William Green, Sixte Ntamatungiro
Cyanobacteria, Aquaculture, Hydrogen peroxide, TN:TP ratios, Lanthanum-modified clay, Nutrient manipulation
2017
AR
Annual Base
Herbicide Mitigation Potential of Tailwater Recovery Systems in the Cache River Critical Groundwater Area
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,350
Cammy Willett, Deborah Leslie
tailwater recovery, herbicide, water analysis, infiltration gallery, surface reservoir
2017
AR
Annual Base
Regionalizing agricultural field evapotranspiration observations
Federal:
$17,158
Non-Federal:
$34,317
Benjamin Runkle
Evapotranspiration, rice, cotton
2017
AR
Annual Base
Arkansas Water Resources Center - Information Transfer
Federal:
$1,423
Non-Federal:
$2,964
Brian Haggard, Erin Scott
annual conference, electronic newsletter, social media, website
2017
AZ
Annual Base
Impact of projected climate changes on mountain-block recharge processes
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,359
Thomas Meixner, Jennifer McIntosh, Ravindra Dwivedi, Paul Ferre
Mountain systems, mountain-block recharge, climate change, groundwater age, multi-tracer approach, and multi-model approach
2017
AZ
Annual Base
Might Recycled Wastewater Solve the Rising Problem of Toxin-Producing Algae?
Federal:
$9,463
Non-Federal:
$18,929
Kevin Fitzsimmons, Robert Lynch
Cyanobacteria; Microcystins; Quantitative PCR; Algal Toxins; Heavy Metals
2017
AZ
Annual Base
Water Resources Research Center
Federal:
$65,822
Non-Federal:
$35,215
Sharon Megdal, Susanna Eden, Jean McLain
2017
CA
Annual Base
Can habitat restoration mediate predator-prey interactions to increase juvenile salmon survival in California’s central valley?
Federal:
$24,926
Non-Federal:
$13,460
Eric Palkovacs
Water use, natural habitat, juvenile salmon, biology
2017
CA
Annual Base
Fish habitat response to streamflow augmentation in support of salmon recovery in the Russian River Basin
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$14,250
Theodore Grantham
fish habitat, streamflow, groundwater, ecology
2017
CA
Annual Base
Optical and Thermal Remote Sensing of Turfgrass Response to Different Deficit Irrigation Strategies in Central and Southern CA
Federal:
$24,946
Non-Federal:
$13,768
Amir Haghverdi
Irrigation, water use, water supply, water conservation
2017
CA
Annual Base
Evaluating Water Conservation Policy in California
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$13,375
Leah Stokes
Water conservation, water use, water policy, sustainability
2017
CA
Annual Base
Groundwater Dynamics in Sacramento Aquifers Following California’s Historic Drought
Federal:
$24,998
Non-Federal:
$6,500
Amelia Vankeuren
Ground water management, conservation, water use, hidrology
2017
CO
Annual Base
Water yield sensitivity to snow loss in Colorado headwater streams
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Gigi Richard, Stephanie Kampf
snow, runoff generation, water supply
2017
CO
Annual Base
Diagnosing the Role of External Forcings on Streamflow Variability
Federal:
$4,999
Non-Federal:
$0
Ben Livneh
Climate Change Signals
2017
CO
Annual Base
Effects of Water Velocity on Algal-Nutrient Interactions in Streams of the Poudre Watershed, Colorado
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,550
N. Leroy Poff
algae, nutrients, streams
2017
CO
Annual Base
Understanding Post-Flood Channel Adjustments and Reservoir Sedimentation To Inform Water Management Practices
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,550
Sara Rathburn
Post-Flood Sediment Transport, Channel Geometry, Reservoir Management
2017
CO
Annual Base
Effects of snow persistence on soil water nitrogen along the Colorado Front Range
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,550
Stephanie Kampf
snow, soil moisture, watershed monitoring
2017
CO
Annual Base
The effect of wastewater effluent on soil and water chemistry along the South Platte River
Federal:
$3,776
Non-Federal:
$0
Sarah Schliemann
South Platte River, Wastewater, Hallogens
2017
CO
Annual Base
Estimating agricultural consumptive use for grass and hay pasture fields on Colorado
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Gigi Richard, Perry Cabot
consumptive use, evapotranspiration, pasture grass
2017
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Federal:
$33,560
Non-Federal:
$171,921
Reagan Waskom
2017
CT
Annual Base
Investigation of Bedrock Well Contamination by Uranium, Radium and Radon Resulting from Deicing Salt Exchange
Federal:
$20,995
Non-Federal:
$42,724
Michael Dietz, Meredith Metcalf, Gary A. Robbins
road salt, groundwater, radon, radium, chloride
2017
CT
Annual Base
Evaluation of created thermal refugia in streams as a climate adaptation strategy for fish populations experiencing thermal stress
Federal:
$7,800
Non-Federal:
$25,500
Jason Vokoun, Martin Briggs
thermal refugia, climate change, rivers
2017
CT
Annual Base
Integrating fine-scale field measurements with regional groundwater models to predict legacy nitrogen transport in Long Island Sound watersheds
Federal:
$13,831
Non-Federal:
$32,504
Ashley Helton, Jeffrey Starn, Martin Briggs
legacy nitrogen, groundwater discharge
2017
CT
Annual Base
CTIWR Technology Transfer
Federal:
$1,197
Non-Federal:
$712
Glenn Warner, James Hurd
2017
DC
Annual Base
Measurement and Performance Analysis of UDC Van-Ness Campus Green Roof System with automated sensors
Federal:
$9,901
Non-Federal:
$4,752
Sasan Haghani, Pradeep Behera, Sassan Aflaki
Green Infrastructure, Green Roof, Urban stormwater management, Urban Runoff, Sensors, Low Impact Development, Water Flow Measurements, Sensor Networks, Urban storm water models, Urban runoff, Green
2017
DC
Annual Base
In-Situ Comparison of Extensive and Intensive Greenroof Infiltration
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$4,800
Kamran Zendehdel, Thomas Harris
Greenroof Performance, Intensive Green Roof, Extensive Green Roof, Resilience,
2017
DC
Annual Base
Performance Monitoring of Green Infrastructure Maintenance in the District
Federal:
$9,989
Non-Federal:
$4,795
Harris Trobman, Kamran Zendehdel, Dwane Jones
Green Infrastructure, Performance, Monitoring, Maintenance, sustainable urban infrastructure, best management practices
2017
DC
Annual Base
Anatomical and Behavioral Outcomes of Toxicant Exposure in the Anacostia River: Building a Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Model of Biological River Health
Federal:
$9,980
Non-Federal:
$20,732
Victoria Connaughton
Zebrafish (Danio rerio), ecotoxicology, Anacostia
2017
DC
Annual Base
Examination of nutrient and land use patterns in the tidal Anacostia River
Federal:
$9,987
Non-Federal:
$21,505
Stephen MacAvoy
impervious surface, urban stream syndrome, land use change
2017
DC
Annual Base
Assessing the effectiveness of urban gardens in reducing stormwater pollution
Federal:
$9,790
Non-Federal:
$19,675
Karen Knee
Urban gardens, urban agriculture, runoff, stormwater, nutrients, water quality
2017
DC
Annual Base
Quantifying the Recharge and Evapotranspiration Rates of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed using Land Surface State Observations
Federal:
$9,929
Non-Federal:
$20,104
Leila Farhadi
Evapotranspiration, Groundwater, Remote sensing, Data assimilation
2017
DC
Annual Base
Examining genetic microbial diversity to monitor pathogens and toxins and in the Anacostia River, DC
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,001
Caroline Solomon, Derek Braun, Gaurav Arora
genetic diversity, bacteria, phytoplankton, nutrients, toxins, contamination
2017
DE
Annual Base
State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Delaware Water Resources Center, Annual Proposal for Fiscal Year 2017
Federal:
$92,335
Non-Federal:
$185,697
Gerald Kauffman
Watershed, Water Quality, Hydrology, Aquatic Ecology, Water Policy
2017
FL
Annual Base
Florida Water Resources Information Transfer
Federal:
$22,978
Non-Federal:
$16,638
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
2017
GA
Annual Base
Quantifying the relative contributions of the physical mechanisms responsible for the Atlanta 2009 flood
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$40,440
Marshall Shepherd, Neil Debbage
Urban Floods, WRF Modeling, Urban Planning
2017
GA
Annual Base
Developing real-time sensor networks for monitoring stream water quality to improve water resource management
Federal:
$17,924
Non-Federal:
$47,654
Seth Wenger, Amy Rosemond, John Dowd, Phillip Bumpers
real-time monitoring, conductivity, urban stream, sensor network
2017
GA
Annual Base
Estimation of irrigation withdrawals in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Jian Luo
groundwater withdrawal, irrigation, geostatistics
2017
GA
Annual Base
The 2017 Biennial Georgia Water Resources Conference
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,314
Laurie Fowler, Duncan Elkins
Georgia, water resources conference
2017
GU
Annual Base
Expansion of N-baseline data in the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$47,118
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan Habana, Joe Rouse, John Jenson
baseline data, aquifer, NGLA, nitrate, ammonium, contaminants, septic tank, package plant
2017
GU
Annual Base
Exploring the natural limits of the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer: Phase 4 – model implementation, determining ultimate yield in basal and parabasal zones
Federal:
$55,492
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan Habana, John Jenson
Groundwater availability, Groundwater quality
2017
GU
Annual Base
Annual trend reporting, and maintenance and development of the GHS/WERI water resources database
Federal:
$7,942
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan Habana, John Jenson
database, annual trend reports
2017
GU
Annual Base
Professional Workshop Series on Guam Groundwater Resources
Federal:
$7,942
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan Habana, John Jenson
Groundwater education, Aquifer field trips, Aquifer models
2017
GU
Annual Base
PFOS Trend Monitoring in a Guam Drinking Water Production Well
Federal:
$45,921
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton, John Jenson, Mark Lander
Groundwater; Guam; Guam Waterworks Authority; Drinking water production wells; Unregulated drinking water contaminant; Perfluoroalkyl substances; Perfluorooctane sulfonate; PFOS; Trend monitoring; Temporal trends; Rainfall data
2017
GU
Annual Base
Composting waste sludge in Yap, FSM
Federal:
$84,764
Non-Federal:
$0
Joe Rouse, Hyun-Jong Hahm
Composting, sludge, sewage, treatment, reuse, sustainability, public health
2017
GU
Annual Base
Digital Atlas of Yap – A Geospatial Map and Data Server for Resource Management
Federal:
$53,340
Non-Federal:
$0
Joe Rouse, Danko Taborosi
GIS, geospatial data, maps, natural resources, infrastructure, hydrology
2017
GU
Annual Base
Impact of Stormwater from a Constructed Wetland in American Memorial Park, Saipan, CNMI, on Receiving Waters and Fisheries Resources
Federal:
$69,009
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
Monitoring, Fish, Sediments, Mercury, American Memorial Park, Saipan Lagoon, Saipan, Micronesia
2017
GU
Annual Base
Determination of Rainfall Erosivity Factors for Selected Islands in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Accounting for Climate Variability
Federal:
$48,875
Non-Federal:
$0
Mark Lander, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Erosivity, erosion control, sedimentation
2017
GU
Annual Base
WERI Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$59,356
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2017
HI
Annual Base
IDENTIFYING GROUNDWATER FLOW AND CONTAMINATION TO STREAMS: KAHALUU WATERSHED, OAHU
Federal:
$21,741
Non-Federal:
$43,495
Craig Glenn
Groundwater, Onsite Disposal Systems, Water Pollution, Water Management, Groundwater Fate and Transport, Water Quality, Environmental Impacts
2017
HI
Annual Base
Influence of anthropogenic and climatic forcing on water quality within a tropical coastal ecosystem
Federal:
$11,279
Non-Federal:
$22,560
Rosanna Alegado
Coral reefs; molecular methods; microbial and benthic community responses; land-based sources of pollution
2017
HI
Annual Base
Understanding the hydrology of a rainforest watershed in Hawaii
Federal:
$18,820
Non-Federal:
$37,670
YinPhan Tsang
Hydrology, stream flow monitoring, rainforest, SWAT, climate, land cover
2017
HI
Annual Base
Wastewater treatment for point source processing and resuse
Federal:
$14,093
Non-Federal:
$28,197
Michael Cooney
ANAEROBIC, AEROBIC, DIGESTION, MICROPOLLUTANTS, PATHOGENS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT
2017
HI
Annual Base
Microbial communities and sources of bacteria in Honolulu’s water supply
Federal:
$18,869
Non-Federal:
$37,770
Marek Kirs
groundwater, drinking water, microbial communities, water quality, bioterrorism
2017
IA
Annual Base
Information Transfer 2017
Federal:
$40,076
Non-Federal:
$20,038
Richard Cruse
2017
IA
Annual Base
Enhancing phosphate removal in woodchip bioreactors
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Emily Martin, Michelle Soupir
Denitrification bioreactor, woodchip bioreactor, nitrate, biochar, tile drainage, hydraulic retention, non-point source pollution
2017
IA
Annual Base
Simulation of Watershed-Scale Nitrate Transport in Fractured Till Using Upscaled Parameters Obtained from Till Core
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,627
Nathan Young, William Simpkins, Robert Horton
Till, fractures, solute transport, preferential flow, groundwater, column experiments, watershed-scale modeling
2017
IA
Annual Base
Quantifying the Role of Soils in Salinization: Winter Road Maintenance Impacts to Runoff and Right-of-Way
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Rebecca Kauten
Stormwater, Winter Runoff, Chloride, Sediment, Stormwater, Urban Roadways
2017
ID
Annual Base
Influence of Sulfur Form on Metal Mobility and Water Quality in a Mining-Impacted Lateral Lake of the Coeur d’Alene River
Federal:
$14,550
Non-Federal:
$29,100
Jeff Langman, James Moberly
porewater, sulfur intermediary form, ligand competition, metal mobility, mining impacts, seasonal solute flux
2017
ID
Annual Base
ASSESSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF WATER USE TRANSITION IN URBANIZING AREAS: QUANTIFYING WATER USE IN FARMLAND AND CORRESPONDING URBANIZED AREA
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Jairo Hernandez
Water use, water management, irrigation, urbanization, sustainability
2017
ID
Annual Base
Development of the Idaho Waters Digital Library, Phase Two
Federal:
$5,100
Non-Federal:
$10,200
Evan Williamson, Devin Becker, Jodi Haire
Library, Watershed
2017
ID
Annual Base
Estimating the bulk exchange of water and solutes between fringing wetlands and lakes to estimate the role of wetlands in water quality
Federal:
$14,807
Non-Federal:
$29,668
Frank Wilhelm
Lake-wetland exchange, phosphorus, internal loading, source/sink
2017
ID
Annual Base
Idaho Dairy Industry Vulnerability to Long-term Drought
Federal:
$14,961
Non-Federal:
$30,231
Barbara Cosens, Mark Solomon
Water Rights, Irrigated Agriculture, Dairy Industry, Drought
2017
ID
Annual Base
Idaho Outreach and Engagement Project FY2017
Federal:
$27,917
Non-Federal:
$55,471
Mark Solomon, Teresa Cohn
Stakeholder Engagement, Outreach, Education
2017
IL
Annual Base
Modeling the integration of green infrastructure into urban landscapes using a reliability-based framework
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Ashlynn Stillwell, Reshmina William
green infrastructure, network reliablity, stormwater mitigation
2017
IL
Annual Base
Identifying nitrogen removal limitations in constructed wetlands treating agricultural tile drainage
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$46,624
Karl Rockne
agriculture, drain tile, nutrients, water quality, denitrification, wetland
2017
IL
Annual Base
Evaluating the ability of wetland mitigation banks in the Chicago region to replace plant species lost to impacts to natural wetlands
Federal:
$4,668
Non-Federal:
$9,487
Jeffery Matthews
wetland mitigation banks, plant communities, wetland policy
2017
IL
Annual Base
Impacts of stormwater-induced road salt runoff on soil and water quality in urban greenspaces
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$26,450
Aaron Packman
stormwater, water quality, road salt, urban greenspaces
2017
IL
Annual Base
Diurnal and Seasonal Variation in Groundwater Nitrate-N Concentration in a Riparian Buffer Zone
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Eric Peterson
nitrate, denitrification, riparian buffer, tile water, groundwater
2017
IL
Annual Base
Transferring Water Resources Information to the People of Illinois
Federal:
$41,608
Non-Federal:
$24,382
Lisa Merrifield
information transfer, community decision making
2017
IN
Annual Base
Effects of Land use Type on Abundance and Type of Microplastic Pollution- A Contaminant of Emerging Concern in Indiana Rivers
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$42,921
Gary Lamberti
Microplastics, Land Use, Ecotoxicology, Pollution, Rivers
2017
IN
Annual Base
WaterWorks: A Game to Teach Water Systems Thinking
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$37,226
Shahzeen Attari, Mike Sellers
water game, gamification, systems thinking, perceptions, education, drinking water, system dynamics
2017
IN
Annual Base
Examining Anthropogenic Impacts on the Wabash River System
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,865
Jeffrey Stone, Jennifer Latimer
Diatoms, Biogeochemistry, Pollution, Nutrients, Invasive Species
2017
IN
Annual Base
Effects of Viruses on the Development of Harmful Algal Blooms
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,063
Zhi Zhou
Harmful algal blooms, viruses, nutrients
2017
IN
Annual Base
Communicating the State of Indiana Water Resources
Federal:
$20,444
Non-Federal:
$40,958
Keith Cherkauer, Laura Bowling
Water Resources, Groundwater supply, Surface water supply
2017
KY
Annual Base
Temporal performance assessment of wastewater treatment plant by using multivariate statistical analysis
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Tom Rockaway
sanitary sewers, combined stormwater flow, temporal characteristics
2017
KY
Annual Base
The ecological importance of perched aquifers and their hydrologcial connectivity to ridge top ephemeral wetlands in Daniel Boone National Forest
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Jonathan Malzone
groundwater surface water interaction, groundwater conservation, vernal pools
2017
KY
Annual Base
Application of pedotransfer function for estimating soil water permeability at field scale, western Kentucky: calibration and validation
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Ole Wendroth
saturated hydraulic conductivity, soil properties, artificial neural network
2017
KY
Annual Base
Effects of stream restoration on pollutant load reductions in an urban watershed
Federal:
$4,825
Non-Federal:
$9,990
Carmen Agouridis
regenerative design, filter media, design recommendations
2017
KY
Annual Base
Using anthropogenic compounds in sewage to create new fecal source and fecal age indicators for use in protecting and improving water quality in Kentucky watersheds
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,188
Gail Brion
pathogens, stormwater, Acetaminophen, Sucralose
2017
KY
Annual Base
Predictive hydrologic and hazard modeling of injection well density and usage in urban karst aquifers
Federal:
$4,936
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Jason Polk
hazard mitigation, emergency preparedness, flooding
2017
KY
Annual Base
Optimizing yield and water use efficiency of soybean production in Kentucky - experimental and modeling approach
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,001
Montserrat Salmeron
irrigation, water use efficiency, soybean maturity group
2017
KY
Annual Base
Water quality analysis in municipal water supply system for Lexington, KY with a focus on corrosivity
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,003
Junfeng Zhu, Alan Fryar
chloride-sulfate mass ratio, lead/copper leaching, drinking water
2017
KY
Annual Base
Soil moisure conditions and yield across slope positions under western Kentucky irrigated management
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,692
Brad Lee
soil moisture, water use efficiency
2017
KY
Annual Base
Kentucky information transfer project
Federal:
$39,174
Non-Federal:
$80,079
Lindell Ormsbee
symposium, web sites, research translation
2017
LA
Annual Base
Determination of chloride, nitrate and other ion concentrations in Mississippi Alluvial Aquifer in Northeast Louisiana
Federal:
$15,080
Non-Federal:
$31,595
Douglas Carlson
Chloride, Nutrients, Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer
2017
LA
Annual Base
Effects of climate change on nitrogen and sulfur deposition to Louisiana water bodies using climate downscaling meteorology and chemical transport model
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,029
Hongliang Zhang
Nitrogen, Sulfur, Deposition, Climate Change, Louisiana
2017
LA
Annual Base
Coupled chemical and hydraulic impacts of saltwater intrusion on the fate and transport of spilled chemicals in the Mississippi River
Federal:
$15,400
Non-Federal:
$37,680
Zimeng Wang
Chemical Spill, River, Saltwater, Chemical Fate, Transport
2017
LA
Annual Base
Desalination of salt water for agriculture based on a novel battery system
Federal:
$15,400
Non-Federal:
$31,454
Xiuping Zhu
Salt water, Desalination, Agriculture, Battery
2017
MA
Annual Base
Development of an in-field method for detecting engineered nanoparticles and their transformations in aquatic environments using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,465
Baoshan Xing
Engineered nanoparticles, in-field detection, transformation, SERS, water
2017
MA
Annual Base
Addressing water supply issues through the modeling, analysis and optimization of renewable hybrid systems for water and electricity production
Federal:
$24,400
Non-Federal:
$48,804
Jon McGowan, Matthew Lackner
desalination, renewable energy, solar, water supply
2017
MA
Annual Base
The Massachusetts Isoscape Project: A tool for understanding hydrologic processes and water resource sustainability
Federal:
$25,642
Non-Federal:
$51,292
David Boutt
Isotope, Water Tracing, Groundwater, Surface Water
2017
MA
Annual Base
WRRC Workshops
Federal:
$20,433
Non-Federal:
$47,813
Paula Rees
conference, seminar, water
2017
MD
Annual Base
Can Carbon Amendments Improve Wetland Restoration and Jump-Start Microbial Activity?
Federal:
$34,996
Non-Federal:
$69,990
Stephanie Yarwood, Andrew Baldwin
Sequestration, Soil organic matter, Wetland restoration
2017
MD
Annual Base
Listening to Rivers: Seismic and Hydraulic Monitoring to Determine River Turbulence and Erosive Power
Federal:
$35,000
Non-Federal:
$70,000
Karen Prestegaard, Vedran Lekic
Turbulence, Fluvial Seismology, Erosion
2017
MD
Annual Base
Assessing nitrate reduction potential in Maryland’s agricultural water resources (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$15,127
Eric Davidson, Kaye Brubaker
Nitrogen, denitrification, nitrogen budget, agriculture, runoff, isotope analysis, greenhouse gas
2017
MD
Annual Base
Major ions, strontium isotopes, and geochemical cycling across a forested to urban gradient (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$15,725
Joel Moore, Kaye Brubaker
urbanization, weathering, solute sources
2017
MD
Annual Base
Seismo-Acoustic Observation of Cavitation and Erosive Potential in a Bedrock River (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
Karen Prestegaard, Kaye Brubaker
erosion, turbulence, seismo-acoustic monitoring, flume experiment, field measurement
2017
ME
Annual Base
REAL TIME DATA FOR SEBAGO LAKE TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, LAKE RESEARCH, UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAINING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Federal:
$28,200
Non-Federal:
$56,704
Emily Lesher, Brie Holme, Ryan Dorland, Nina Eduljee
Water chemistry, algae, water quality control, water treatment facilities, water quality monitoring, watershed management
2017
ME
Annual Base
Improved delineation and analysis of Flood Attenuation in Maine’s watersheds: Natural Infrastructure support of state of Maine’s Clean Water Initiative (Chapter 589)
Federal:
$33,258
Non-Federal:
$67,081
Shaleen Jain, David Courtemanch, Daniel Coker
Conservation, Hydrology, Flood Control, Geographic Information Systems
2017
ME
Annual Base
Contamination of Messalonskee Lake by pharmaceuticals and chemical ingredients in personal care products: an emerging ecological and public health threat
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$5,400
William McDowell, Denise Bruesewitz, Gail Carlson, Rachel Whitney
Biomonitoring, Ecosystems, Environmental Sanitation, Health Effects, Lakes, Organic Compounds, Pollutants, Public Health, Septic Tanks, Synthetic Organics, Toxic Substances, Trace Organics, Wastewater, Water Chemistry, Water Quality Monitoring, Watershed Management
2017
ME
Annual Base
(Seed Grant) Maine’s Changing Winter: focus on natural resources, ecology, and the economy
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,250
Sarah Nelson, Karen Wilson, Ivan Fernandez, Julia Daly, Jean MacRae, Glenn Hodgkins, Erik Blomberg, Mindy Crandall, Hamish Greig, Robert Dudley, Amanda Shearin
Atmospheric Processes, Climate, Conservation
, Wildlife Management, Economics, Ecosystems
, Fish Ecology, Flood Control
, Geochemistry
, Landscape Management, Land-Water Interactions, Rainfall
, Resource Planning, Runoff, Snow
, Soil-Water Relationships
, Storm Water Management
, Water Quality Management, Weather Data Collection, Water Chemistry
, Water Levels, Water Quality
2017
ME
Annual Base
Maine Information Transfer
Federal:
$12,046
Non-Federal:
$26,701
David Hart, John Peckenham
Information transfer, Outreach
2017
MI
Annual Base
Developing and Enhancing Sustainable Water Use of Natural and Agricultural Systems
Federal:
$3,780
Non-Federal:
$44,975
Darrell Donahue
Watershed Planning and Management, Water Quality, Water Use, Decision Support Systems, DSS
2017
MI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer Training, Dissemination and Program Development
Federal:
$9,912
Non-Federal:
$23,966
Lois Wolfson, Darrell Donahue
Inland Lakes, Great Lakes, Aquifers, Watershed Management; Leadership; Invasive Species; Online Education; Interactive Web-based Systems
2017
MI
Annual Base
Inline Wetland Treatment Effectiveness for Treating Nutrients from Tile Drains
Federal:
$21,331
Non-Federal:
$25,902
Jeremiah Asher, Dawn Reinhold
Phosphorus, Wetlands, Algae Blooms, Lake Erie
2017
MI
Annual Base
Nutrient Monitoring of the River Raisin Watershed to Inform Farmers and Optimize Decision Making for BMP Implementation
Federal:
$11,145
Non-Federal:
$13,701
James Martin
Watershed Planning and Management; Water Quality
2017
MN
Annual Base
Investigation of a novel approach to mitigate nitrogen and phosphorus from tile drainage
Federal:
$18,015
Non-Federal:
$36,029
Jeffrey Strock
bioreactor, tile drainage, water quality
2017
MN
Annual Base
Open-Source Turbidity Sensor to Monitor Suspended and Dissolved Matter in Surface Water
Federal:
$29,187
Non-Federal:
$57,271
Andrew Wickert, Diana Karwan, Chad Sandell
Turbidity, suspended load, dissolved load
2017
MN
Annual Base
Assessing the role of buffer strips in nutrient and organic matter export and mitigation of harmful algal blooms
Federal:
$29,701
Non-Federal:
$59,404
James Cotner
buffer strips, harmful algae, nutrients, heterotrophic bacteria
2017
MO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$31,904
Non-Federal:
$64,445
Baolin Deng
2017
MO
Annual Base
Satellite-Imagery Based Method for Water-Quality Monitoring and Sediment Budgeting along the Middle-Mississippi River and Its Tributaries Phase 2
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$44,000
Amanda Cox, Abuduwasiti Wulamu
Suspended Sediment Concentration, Suspended Sediment Load, Sediment Budget, Remote Sensing, Mississippi River, Confluence
2017
MO
Annual Base
A Novel Artifical Hormone Receptor for the Sensing of Total Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals (EDCs) Concentration in Natural Waters
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$44,754
Maria Fidalgo, Chung-Ho Lin
endocrine disruptor chemical; molecularly imprinted polymers; water quality monitoring
2017
MS
Annual Base
Study of Sediment and Nutrients in Pelahatchie Bay and Upland Mill-Pelahatchie Creek Watershed
Federal:
$21,534
Non-Federal:
$43,208
Xiaobo Chao
Surface Water, Modeling and Tool Development
2017
MS
Annual Base
Applied use of unmanned aerial vehicles in surface water quality protection
Federal:
$15,253
Non-Federal:
$30,421
Joby Czarnecki, John Ramirez-Avila
Surface Water
2017
MS
Annual Base
Assessing and predicting in-stream processes in the Catalpa Creek Watershed
Federal:
$21,663
Non-Federal:
$44,155
John Ramirez-Avila, Sandra OrtegaAchury
Surface Water
2017
MS
Annual Base
Assessing the Effectiveness of Community-Based Research Strategies to Analyze Risk of lead Coontamination in Public Water Supplies in the Mississippi Delta
Federal:
$15,045
Non-Federal:
$30,185
Kristine Willett
Drinking Water Quality, Mitigation of Lead Corrosion in PWSs, Development of Social Science Applications to Advance Water Resource Management
2017
MT
Annual Base
Rocky Mountain Juniper influences on Stream Flow Dynamics
Federal:
$14,984
Non-Federal:
$41,372
Jia Hu
Rocky Mountain Juniper, willow, hydrology, water source use, transpiration, stable isotopes
2017
MT
Annual Base
Improving Climate Information to Enhance the Drought Preparedness of Montana Agricultural Producers
Federal:
$25,062
Non-Federal:
$50,125
Laurie Yung
drought preparedness, climate information, water decisions, agriculture
2017
MT
Annual Base
Effects of floating treatment wetlands on the abundance and removal of dissolved and nanoparticulate contaminants in waste water lagoons
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$40,463
Benjamin Colman
Wastewater lagoons, colloids, nanoparticles, floating treatment wetlands
2017
MT
Annual Base
Exploring Hydrologic Connectivity Between Shallow and Deep Groundwater Flow Systems in Upland Catchments
Federal:
$20,520
Non-Federal:
$41,497
Payton Gardner
Watershed hydrology, Mountain block recharge, Natural storage, Groundwater-stream water interactions
2017
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship Project: Science to inform restoration: Effects of channel reconstruction on hydraulic exchange and baseflow generation
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$900
Christine Brissette
hydrology, base flow, late season flow
2017
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship Project: Remote Sensing of Snowpack in the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$900
Jonathan Byers
snowpack, remote sensing, water quantity, snow water equivalent
2017
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship Project: Microbially induced metal precipitation and co‐precipitation in mine influenced water
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Emily Stoick
mine, metal precipitation, microbe
2017
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship Project: Estimate Mountain Front Recharge in a Basin and Range Provence in Southwest Montana.
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$670
Charles Shama
groundwater recharge, groundwater flow, aquifer
2017
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship Project: Leaf Water Potential as an Improved Predictor of Drought Induced Conifer Stress
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$900
Caelan Simeone
drought predictor, leaf water potential, conifer, stress
2017
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship Project: Influence of wood on sediment storage in a low order stream in the northern Rocky Mountains
Federal:
$769
Non-Federal:
$346
Robin Welling
sediment storage, sediment transport
2017
NC
Annual Base
Tracing Groundwater Contamination Near And Away From Coal Ash Ponds in North Carolina
Federal:
$49,993
Non-Federal:
$29,495
Avner Vengosh
oal ash, water quality, contamination, metals, groundwater, geochemical tracers
2017
NC
Annual Base
How, where, when, and why: Defining Eutrophication Related Trends in Water Quality for the Middle and Lower Cape Fear River Basin
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$72,414
Nathan Hall, Hans Paerl
trend analysis, nutrients, phytoplankton, flow, sources
2017
NC
Annual Base
WRRI Informtaion Transfer Program
Federal:
$9,342
Non-Federal:
$4,811
Nicole Wilkinson
2017
ND
Annual Base
Assessing Devils Lake Water Quality with Remote Sensing and Coupled SWAT and CE-QUAL-W2 Model
Federal:
$2,625
Non-Federal:
$5,250
Xiaodong Zhang
Remote sensing, Water quality models, Suspended solids, Algae
2017
ND
Annual Base
Crop Evapotranspiration Measurement by Eddy Covariance, Bowen Ratio, and Soil Water Balance for a Control Drained and Subirrigated Field
Federal:
$6,500
Non-Federal:
$13,000
Xinhua Jia
Evapotranspiration, Soil water balance, Subirrigated field
2017
ND
Annual Base
Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Surface Runoff of the Red River Basin
Federal:
$4,054
Non-Federal:
$8,108
Feng Xiao
Perfluoroalkyl substances, Urban stormwater, Land use
2017
ND
Annual Base
Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Phosphate Removal from Wastewater
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Achintya Bezbaruah
Adsorbent, Phosphate, Wastewater
2017
ND
Annual Base
Application of Green Iron Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Barley Polyphenols to Combat Lake Eutrophication Problem
Federal:
$10,080
Non-Federal:
$20,160
Achintya Bezbaruah
Plant extract, Phosphate, Lake
2017
ND
Annual Base
Endoxifen in Wastewater and Surface Water in North Dakota: Detection and Biodegradation
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$16,000
Eakalak Khan, John McEvoy
Biodegradation, Cancer drug, Detection
2017
ND
Annual Base
Development of a Macro-Scale Physical-Based Gridded Hydrologic Model (GHM) and Applications in North Dakota
Federal:
$8,190
Non-Federal:
$16,380
Xuefeng Chu
Gridded hydrologic model, Cold climate, Watershed
2017
ND
Annual Base
Nutrient Removal from Domestic and Livestock Wastewaters Using Integrating Electro-Coagulation and Biological Processes
Federal:
$5,510
Non-Federal:
$11,020
Halis Simsek
Livestock, Wastewater, Nitrogen, Organic, Removal
2017
ND
Annual Base
Capturing the Lost Phosphorous by Enhanced Bioretention Cells Amended with Low-cost Adsorbents
Federal:
$6,754
Non-Federal:
$13,508
Feng Xiao
Adsorbent, Phosphate, Iron-based materials
2017
ND
Annual Base
Study On-Farm Evaluation of Interactive Effect of Subsurface Tile Drainage, Tillage and Crop Rotation on Nitrate Leaching
Federal:
$3,149
Non-Federal:
$6,298
Amitava Chatterjee
Nitrate, Surface water, Tile drainage
2017
ND
Annual Base
Removal of Trichloroethylene and Fluoride from Water by Nanoscale Zero-valent Iron Supported on Novel Activated Carbon
Federal:
$5,510
Non-Federal:
$11,020
Achintya Bezbaruah
Activated carbon, Nanoscale zero-valent iron, Adsorption
2017
ND
Annual Base
Effect of Water Level on Soybean Growth with High Salinity Water
Federal:
$3,936
Non-Federal:
$7,872
Halis Simsek
Soybean, Root-zone, Water table, Climatic conditions
2017
ND
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Communication
Federal:
$10,424
Non-Federal:
$20,848
Eakalak Khan
Information Dissemination, Communication, Website, Newsletter, Annual Seminar
2017
NE
Annual Base
Impact of Variable Rate Irrigation on Consumptive Use of Water Resources
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,002
Derek Heeren, Daran Rudnick, Francisco MunozArriola
variable rate irrigation, consumptive use
2017
NE
Annual Base
Utilizing biotrickling filters to reduce water consumption at fermentation and dryer stacks in ethanol plants
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,065
Ashraf AlyHassan
biotrickling filter, VOCs, Ethanol plant
2017
NE
Annual Base
Spatial Variability of Streambed Hydraulic Conductivity across Multiple Stream Orders
Federal:
$19,992
Non-Federal:
$39,706
Aaron Mittelstet, Troy Gilmore
streambed hydraulic conductivity; SWAT-MODFLOW; hydrologic model
2017
NH
Annual Base
Hot and Salty: Assessing ecological stress in New Hampshire streams at community, population, and molecular levels
Federal:
$13,365
Non-Federal:
$33,393
Amy Villamagna
salt stress, thermal stress, bioindicators
2017
NH
Annual Base
Stormwater and Development: How do New Hampshire’s communities address the impacts in the land use planning process?
Federal:
$12,192
Non-Federal:
$30,517
June HammondRowan
stormwater, land use planning
2017
NJ
Annual Base
Marsh Plants-Derived Biochar for Synergistic Decontamination of Dioxins, PCBs, and Mercury in Passaic River
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Mengyan Li, Francisco Artigas
Passaic River, Biochar, Dioxins, PCBs, Mercury, Capping
2017
NJ
Annual Base
Using geophysical technologies to delineate and monitor saltwater intrusion within New Jersey coastal aquifers
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Judy Robinson, Lee Slater
saltwater intrusion, geophysics, water quality
2017
NJ
Annual Base
Removal of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and other micropollutants using spiky sweetgum seeds as renewable bioadsorbents to support "waste control by waste" and point-of-use (POU) water treatment devices
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Likun Hua, Wen Zhang
PFASs, Micropollutant, Biomass, Point-of-use, Bioadsorbents
2017
NJ
Annual Base
Designer Bacteria for Restoring the Passaic River
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Rachel Dean, Donna E. Fennell
diozin, 2,3,7,8-TCDD, biodegradation, novel, remediation, application
2017
NJ
Annual Base
Developing a Multitasking "Green" Technology for Removal of Wastewater Contaminants and Bioethanol Production
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Saumik Panja, Dibyendu Sarkar
Vetiver, wastewater, stress-response, bioethanol, constructed wetland
2017
NJ
Annual Base
Finding the source: towards quantitative methods for microbial sourcing tracking
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Sarah Phelan, Nicole Fahrenfeld
Microbial Source Tracking, Amplicon Sequencing, qPCR
2017
NJ
Annual Base
Mercury (Hg) Flux at the Sediment-Water Interface: The Effect of Microbial Hg(0) Oxidation
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Yuwei Wang, Nathan Yee
Sediment, Bacteria, Hg(0) oxidation, Model
2017
NM
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$21,637
Non-Federal:
$27,889
Catherine Ortega Klett
Water Resources Education, Information Transfer, Information Dissemination
2017
NM
Annual Base
Geographic Information Systems for Water Resources Research Planning
Federal:
$38,698
Non-Federal:
$55,167
Alexander Fernald
2017
NM
Annual Base
Digital Soil Mapping for Improving Hydrological Modeling of NM Water Resources
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Colby Brungard
Hydrology, Digital Soil Mapping, Hydrologic Modeling, Ecohydrologic modeling
2017
NM
Annual Base
EFFECT OF WILDFIRE ASH ON WATER QUALITY
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$34,000
Jose Cerrato
2017
NV
Annual Base
Wastewater Reuse and Uptake of Contaminants of Emerging Concerns by Plants
Federal:
$17,557
Non-Federal:
$36,354
Kumud Acharya, Daniel Gerrity
water resources, emerging contaminants, trace organic chemicals, bioaccumulation, plants
2017
NY
Annual Base
Remote Sensing of Harmful Algal Blooms by Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drones)
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Ileana Dumitriu, John Halfman
Remote Sensing, Harmful Algal Blooms, Spectroscopy, Unmanned Aerial Systems
2017
NY
Annual Base
Variability in water quality and the effect of climate change and teleconnections on lake thermal structure in the Sky Lakes of Shawangunk Ridge
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$0
David Richardson
water quality, climate change, lakes, Shawangunk Ridge
2017
NY
Annual Base
Dynamic sediment-discharge rating curve models to support climate-smart management of water quality in the New York City water supply system
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Scott Steinschneider
Extreme Events; Suspended Sediment; Water Management
2017
NY
Annual Base
Otsego Lake Water Quality Constant Monitoring System
Federal:
$7,105
Non-Federal:
$0
Kiyoko Yokota, Paul Lord
climate change, lake temperature, climate sentinel, lake stratification, turnover, ice-in/out, winter limnology, high resolution data, long term data, GLEON, global trends
2017
NY
Annual Base
Quantifying the ecosystem services of nitrogen removal and carbon sequestration in restored urban tidal wetlands
Federal:
$19,675
Non-Federal:
$39,351
Chester Zarnoch
Restoration, Eutrophication, Nitrogen, Denitrification
2017
OH
Annual Base
Bog HELPR: Bog History, Ecosystem status and Land-use for Peatland Restoration in Ohio
Federal:
$26,566
Non-Federal:
$27,397
Gwilym Davies, Gil Bohrer
restoration, peatland, ecohydrology, hydrochemical, ecosystem services, historical ecology
2017
OH
Annual Base
Characterizing the Link Between Algal Bloom Biomass and Methane Production in Ohio Reservoirs
Federal:
$29,806
Non-Federal:
$49,483
Ishi Buffam, Trinity Hamilton
algae, nutrient loading, labile organic carbon, methane emissions, methanogens
2017
OH
Annual Base
Quantifying direct groundwater discharge to Lake Erie and vulnerability to hidden nutrient loads
Federal:
$29,087
Non-Federal:
$31,001
Audrey Sawyer
surface water-groundwater interactions, nutrients, direct groundwater discharge, Lake Erie
2017
OK
Annual Base
Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$15,956
Non-Federal:
$31,912
Justin Moss
2017
OK
Annual Base
Utilizing native isopods to assess the connectivity and quality of Oklahoma groundwater
Federal:
$24,921
Non-Federal:
$49,842
Ronald Bonett, Alexander Hess
Connectivity, Biodiversity
2017
OK
Annual Base
Quantifying sedimentation in upstream flood control reservoirs across Oklahoma
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,001
Ronald Miller, Lucie Guertault
Flood control structures, sedimentation, watershed yield, erosion model
2017
OK
Annual Base
Combining Remote Sensing and In-Situ Data to Estimate Soil Moisture Across Mixed Land Cover Types
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Tyson Ochsner, Chris Zou
Soil moisture, plant available water, remote sensing
2017
OK
Annual Base
The Impact of Drought on Vegetation Water Use in Different Climatic Divisions across Oklahoma
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Saleh Taghvaeian, Prasanna Gowda
Evapotranspiration, climate, drought, remote sensing
2017
OK
Annual Base
Economics of Groundwater Interaction and Competing Crops
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Arthur Stoecker
2017
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$43,895
Non-Federal:
$166,866
Todd Jarvis
Undergraduate Training, Graduate Training, Public Outreach
2017
PA
Annual Base
Toward Improved Predictability of Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Streamflow in Pennsylvania
Federal:
$19,885
Non-Federal:
$38,890
Alfonso Mejia
streamflow, prediction, climate, water
2017
PA
Annual Base
Evaluating Septic Systems as a Source of Enteric Pathogens in Private Water Supply Wells of Pennsylvania
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$47,645
Heather Murphy
groundwater, septic systems, enteric pathogens, viruses, public health, acute gastrointestinal illness
2017
PA
Annual Base
Impacts of Shale Gas Produced Water on Disinfection Byproduct Formation in Water Utilities
Federal:
$21,991
Non-Federal:
$43,845
Yuefeng Xie
Produced water; Disinfection byproduct; Treatment; Hydraulic fracturing
2017
PA
Annual Base
Impact of Spreading Oil & Gas Wastewater as Road Treatments on Water Quality
Federal:
$19,997
Non-Federal:
$43,298
William Burgos
oil and gas wastewater, road spreading, road salt, dust suppressants, salinization, groundwater
2017
PR
Annual Base
Willingness to pay for water scarcity eradication and water service attributes in Puerto Rico: Results from contingent valuation and choice experiments methods
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$47,708
Hector Tavarez, Carmen Alamo, Mildred Corts
Economics, Drought, Water Resources Development, Water Demand
2017
PR
Annual Base
Atrazine degradation with visible-light photocatalysis using iron-grafted TiO2 nanoparticles: Evaluation and applications for water treatment
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$32,890
Pedro Tarafa, OMarcelo Suarez, Sylvia RodriguezAbudo
Pesticides, toxic substances, agriculture, oxidation, water treatment, public health, photocatalysis, open channels
2017
PR
Annual Base
Third Conference on Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical Islands
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Jorge Rivera-Santos, Walter Silva
Island Institutes, tropical Islands
2017
RI
Annual Base
Water Purification via Hydrogels with Voltage-Controlled Electrodynamic Properties
Federal:
$22,067
Non-Federal:
$60,135
Samantha Meenach, Stephen Kennedy
wastewater, hydrogel, treatment, controlled adsorption
2017
RI
Annual Base
Occurrence and formation of N-DBPs in source waters of Rhode Island
Federal:
$20,746
Non-Federal:
$48,367
Soni Pradhanang, Tom Boving, David Reckhow
N-DBPs, Nitrosamines, Chlorination, Drinking water, Rhode Island
2017
RI
Annual Base
Clean Drinking Water in Rhode Island
Federal:
$8,429
Non-Federal:
$21,319
Christopher Hunter
Clean water
2017
SC
Annual Base
Endemic Bartram
Federal:
$24,641
Non-Federal:
$49,252
Brandon Peoples, Yoichiro Kanno
restoration planning, land cover, sentinel species, endemic
2017
SC
Annual Base
Phosphorus removal from nutrient enriched agricultural runoff water
Federal:
$28,294
Non-Federal:
$56,335
Sarah White, John Majsztrik
euttrophication, surface water, runoff, specialty crops
2017
SD
Annual Base
Evaluation of Nitrate Removal Rates of Denitrification Bioreactors Using Agricultural Residue Media
Federal:
$23,062
Non-Federal:
$46,151
Guanghui Hua, Christopher Schmit
Subsurface Drainage, Nitrate, Denitrification, Agricultural Residue
2017
SD
Annual Base
Evaluating E. coli particle attachment and the impact on transport during high flows (Year 2)
Federal:
$24,946
Non-Federal:
$49,892
Rachel McDaniel, Bruce Bleakley
E. coli, fecal indicators, water quality
2017
SD
Annual Base
South Dakota Water Resources Institute FY2017 Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$32,113
Non-Federal:
$64,225
Van Kelley, Rachel McDaniel, David Kringen
Outreach, Service, Communication, Interaction, Information.
2017
TN
Annual Base
Evaluation of Fecal Indicators and Pathogens at Recreational Beaches in Central Tennessee
Federal:
$16,439
Non-Federal:
$56,853
Frank Bailey, Megan Stallard
fecal indicators, Coliphages, snad, freshwater beaches, pathogens, E.coli
2017
TN
Annual Base
Sediment Source Tracking in Urban Watersheds: An Applicationin the Second Creek Observatory
Federal:
$8,964
Non-Federal:
$17,806
Jon Hathaway, Thanos Papanicolaou, Christopher Wilson
sediment, source tracking, urban, stormwater, stream
2017
TN
Annual Base
Characteristics of Fine Sediment Embeddedness: Towards Understanding Drainage Network Transport Lags
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$18,972
John Schwartz
sediment transport processes. fine sediment, sediment TMDL, embeddedness
2017
TN
Annual Base
Examining Sediment Rating Curve Hysteresis with State-of-the-Art Sensors
Federal:
$7,144
Non-Federal:
$13,848
Achilleas Tsakiris, Thanos Papanicolaou, Jon Hathaway
radio frequency identification, tracers, temperature, hysteresis, rating curve
2017
TN
Annual Base
Combined Field Study of Turbulenceand Bed Morphology in Mountainous Boulder Arrayed Streams
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,550
Micah Wyssmann, Thanos Papanicolaou
beadload transport, mountainous streams, boulder arrays, bedload pulsation, gravel bed streams
2017
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$82,335
Non-Federal:
$83,465
John Tracy, Danielle Kalisek, Kevin Wagner
2017
TX
Annual Base
Analyzing the Impact of Land Use Changes on Urban Flood Risk in Northwest Houston, Texas, and Prediction of Future Flood Vulnerability
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Philip Bedient, Avantika Gori
Urban Flooding, Land Use Change, Development Planning, Stormwater Management
2017
TX
Annual Base
Effects of Salinity on Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) Removal in Combined Biological Activated Carbon/Reverse Osmosis Systems
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,003
Audra Morse, Asef Redwan
Salinity, Dissolved Organic Carbon, Biological pretreatment, Reverse Osmosis
2017
UT
Annual Base
Mapping Didymosphenia in the Logan River Drainage
Federal:
$33,763
Non-Federal:
$64,803
Janice Brahney, Bethany Neilson
invasive species, nutrients, physical properties, gauging, groundwater/surface water interactions, public outreach
2017
UT
Annual Base
Use of sUAS for Mapping Wetland Flow Paths and Consumptive Use in the San Rafael River, Utah
Federal:
$39,060
Non-Federal:
$52,910
Alfonso Torres-Rua, Ian Gowing, Leila HassanEsfahani
Fish habitat, invasive vegetation, wetlands, water use, Tamarisk, Intermountain West
2017
VA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$72,990
Non-Federal:
$120,010
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2017
VI
Annual Base
Water Ambassador Program III
Federal:
$19,849
Non-Federal:
$0
christina chanes, David Morris, Stanley Latesky, Norton Orange
Outreach, Citizen Science, Water conservation, Water resources, Water quality
2017
VI
Annual Base
The USVI-Climate Monitor: Unifying Precipitation Monitoring Across the St. Thomas Microclimates
Federal:
$23,650
Non-Federal:
$0
David Morris, Roy Watlington, Norton Orange, William Wilson
2017
VI
Annual Base
Third Conference on Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical Islands
Federal:
$7,115
Non-Federal:
$0
Kristin Wilson Grimes, Darren Lerner, Jorge Rivera-Santos, John Jenson
2017
VT
Annual Base
Trails to remediation: the effects of seasonal variations on the acid mine drainage microbiome at Ely Copper Mine in Vershire, VT
Federal:
$33,985
Non-Federal:
$67,973
LesleyAnn Giddings
acid mine drainage, metabolites, microbiome, acidophiles, metal-resistance genes
2017
VT
Annual Base
Phosphorus export from forested watersheds in the Missisquoi Basin
Federal:
$10,004
Non-Federal:
$28,342
Donald Ross, Beverley Wemple, Vanesa Perillo
phosphorus, sediment, forests
2017
VT
Annual Base
Application of neural networks to classify erosional and depositional stream reaches in glacially-conditioned Vermont catchments
Federal:
$9,998
Non-Federal:
$19,958
Donna Rizzo, Mandar Dewoolkar, Kristen Underwood
sediment flux, geomorphology, stream power, clustering algorithms
2017
VT
Annual Base
Pharm-free surface waters: Identifying barriers and motivators that influence Vermonters' participation in pharmaceutical take-back programs
Federal:
$5,376
Non-Federal:
$4,406
Christine Vatovec, Alexandra Millar
pharmaceutical contamination, multi-disciplinary, points of intervention
2017
VT
Annual Base
Global to local assessment of cyanotoxins in fish
Federal:
$39,859
Non-Federal:
$74,873
Jason Stockwell, Todd Miller
cyanobacteria, toxins, water, fish, human health
2017
WA
Annual Base
Scaling of hydrologic and land-surface responses: Are the right processes represented at the right scale?
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,000
Nicholas Engdahl, Alexandra Richey
Hydrologic modeling, integrated models, upscaling
2017
WA
Annual Base
Adaptive governance of riparian lands in Washington State: coordinating policy and practice to leverage river and floodplain benefits
Federal:
$25,646
Non-Federal:
$61,386
Alexander Fremier, Barbara Cosens
riparian, biological conservation, resource conservation, water law, planning
2017
WA
Annual Base
Frequency Analysis of Historic and Future Droughts in Yakima Basin
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,002
yonas Demissie, Jennifer Adam, Akram Hossain
Drought, Yakima basin, Frequency analysis
2017
WA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$11,689
Non-Federal:
$13,283
Jonathan Yoder, Jennifer Adam
Information Transfer, outreach
2017
WI
Annual Base
University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute - Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$19,990
Non-Federal:
$92,026
Moira Harrington
public information, communications, publications, library
2017
WI
Annual Base
Wisconsin Water Resources Fellowship: Collaborating with Water Managers
Federal:
$32,318
Non-Federal:
$44,381
Jennifer Hauxwell
fellowship, state agency, water resources, policy
2017
WI
Annual Base
Wisconsin Inititative on Climate Change Impacts: Water Resources Working Group
Federal:
$20,331
Non-Federal:
$10,776
Daniel J. Vimont, David Liebl
climate change, water quantity, water quality
2017
WI
Annual Base
Geologic sources of radium to municipal wells in Wisconsin
Federal:
$14,696
Non-Federal:
$4,963
Matthew GinderVogel, Madeline Gotkowitz
Radium, Groundwater, Municipal Water Supplies, Geochemistry
2017
WV
Annual Base
2017 Mid-Atlantic Water Resources Conference
Federal:
$13,931
Non-Federal:
$27,861
Tamara Vandivort, Andrew Stacy
Water resources, research, management, planning, technology, funding, policy, education, information transfer
2017
WV
Annual Base
Phase 2: Environmental STEM (E-STEM) Research Program: West Virginia University/Boy Scouts of America Summit Bechtel Reserve 2017 National Scout Jamboree
Federal:
$57,886
Non-Federal:
$115,773
Paul Ziemkiewicz, Andrew Stacy
STEM, aquatic ecology, climate, water monitoring
2017
WY
Annual Base
Produced Water Treatment with Smart Materials for Reuse in Energy Exploration
Federal:
$24,593
Non-Federal:
$214,196
Dongmei Li
Water quality, Water treatment, Produced water, Smart Materials,
2016
AK
Annual Base
Transport of CH4 through Open Taliks in Discontinuous Permafrost Aquifers
Federal:
$17,889
Non-Federal:
$35,779
David Barnes
Permafrost, Taliks, Methane
2016
AK
Annual Base
Initiating a network of long-term records of lake-level fluctuations in interior Alaska in relation to climate change
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Matthew Wooller
Interior Alaska, lake level reconstruction, climate change, paleoclimate record, radiocarbon dating
2016
AK
Annual Base
Removal of Toxic Heavy Metals from Contaminated Water Using a Metal-Organic Framework (MOF)-Graphene Oxide (GO) Hybrid Material
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Lei Zhang
water treatment, adsorption, metal-organic framework, graphene oxide, heavy metals
2016
AK
Annual Base
Variable lapse rates and the mass balance of a well-studied glacier in south-central Alaska
Federal:
$19,920
Non-Federal:
$41,671
Roman Dial, Jason Geck
glacier runoff, atmospheric coupling, snowpack, water supply
2016
AL
Annual Base
Integrating Remote Sensing and Biogeochemical Characterizations at High Resolutions to Determine Source and Amount of inorganic and Organic Nutrients Exported From Agricultural Watersheds
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$44,828
Yuehan Lu, Eben Broadbent
Land-Water Interactions, Landscape Management, Organic Compounds
2016
AL
Annual Base
Identification of Stream Bed Sediment Sources Using Sediment Fingerprinting
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$43,742
Jasmeet Lamba
Sedimentation, Soil Erosion, Phosphorus, Watershed Management, Trace
2016
AL
Annual Base
Onsite Wastewater Management in Hale and Wilcox Counties: Failing Septic Systems, Direct Discharge by "Straight Pipes" and Microbial Source Tracking
Federal:
$21,980
Non-Federal:
$43,964
Mark Elliott, Kevin White
Septic Tanks, Water Quality, Bacteria, Viruses, Public Health, Wastewater,
2016
AL
Annual Base
Science and Policy of Environmental Instream Flows in the Tombigbee River Basin, Alabama and Mississippi: An Interstate Comparison
Federal:
$21,915
Non-Federal:
$43,830
Sarah Praskievicz, Bennett Bearden
Instream Flow (125), Ecosystems (71), Policy Analysis (180), Rivers (206), Channels (37), Law (140)
2016
AR
Annual Base
Partitioning rice field evapotranspiration into evaporation and transpiration components
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Benjamin Runkle
Evaporation, transpiration
2016
AR
Annual Base
Comparative Microbial Community Dynamics in a Karst Aquifer System and Proximal Surface Stream in Northwest Arkansas
Federal:
$22,931
Non-Federal:
$46,954
Matthew Covington, Kristen Gibson
karst; microbial community; contaminant transport; E. coli.
2016
AR
Annual Base
Investigating Fate of Engineered Nanoparticles in Wastewater Biofilms
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,138
Wen Zhang
Engineered nanoparticles, wastewater, biofilms
2016
AR
Annual Base
Tracking the growth of on-site irrigation infrastructure in the Arkansas Delta with remote sensing analysis
Federal:
$4,852
Non-Federal:
$9,828
Kent Kovacs
Remote Sensing, Irrigation, Aquifer
2016
AR
Annual Base
Biological and ecological consequences of sub-lethal ion concentrations on microbial and macroinvertebrate detritivores.
Federal:
$12,093
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Sally Entrekin, Michelle Evans-White, Natalie Clay
ions, detritivores, ecosystem functions
2016
AR
Annual Base
Characterization of nutrient sources, transport pathways, and transformations using stable isotope and geochemical tools in the Big Creek watershed of northwest Arkansas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,068
Phil Hays, Erik Pollock, Kelly Sokolosky
nutrient sources, nitrogen, phosphate, Big Creek
2016
AR
Annual Base
Does macrograzer activity drive seasonal variations in algal biomass in Ozark streams?
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Michelle Evans-White
stonerollers, Campostoma spp., total nitrogen, total phosphorus, algae, grazers, nutrient criteria, stressor-response, dose-reponse
2016
AR
Annual Base
Arkansas Water Resources Center - Information Transfer
Federal:
$2,599
Non-Federal:
$8,341
Brian Haggard, Erin Scott
conference, social media, newsletter, electronic library, website
2016
AZ
Annual Base
Sunlight-driven reactive oxygen species production for natural attenuation of wastewater trace organic compounds
Federal:
$9,999
Non-Federal:
$20,092
Robert Arnold, David Quanrud
emerging contaminant, advanced oxidatio processes
2016
AZ
Annual Base
Recycled water use for Agriculture: On-farm Demonstration and Evaluation
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$22,757
Channah Rock
recycled water, agriculture, best management practices
2016
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$69,336
Non-Federal:
$140,234
Sharon Megdal, Susanna Eden, Jean McLain
2016
CA
Annual Base
Using Soil Exopolysaccharides (EPS) to make California grapes more drought-adapted
Federal:
$12,396
Non-Federal:
$6,632
Joseph Blankinship
Soil, Exopolysaccharides, drought
2016
CA
Annual Base
Explaining Current and Future Trends in Adoption by California Municipalities and Counties of Policies Limiting or Banning High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$4,091
Gwen Arnold
Law, Institutions, and Policy, Management and Planning, Water Use
2016
CA
Annual Base
Characterizing the Impact of Salton Sea Water Management and Restoration Practices on Regional Air Quality
Federal:
$10,867
Non-Federal:
$3,547
Roya Bahreini
Salton Sea, particulate matter
2016
CA
Annual Base
Metagenomic Analysis of Groundwater Wells for Risk Assessment and Development of Intervention Strategies to Improve Water Efficacy
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$5,500
Clarissa Noble
groundwater well, biofilm
2016
CA
Annual Base
Monitoring tree survival and performance in street-side stormwater management facilities
Federal:
$9,991
Non-Federal:
$2,598
Igor Lacan
stormwater facilities, trees, water treatment
2016
CA
Annual Base
Quantifying methylmercury loads from California rice fields
Federal:
$11,100
Non-Federal:
$2,886
Bruce Linquist
rice, methylmercury, irrigation
2016
CA
Annual Base
Debris flow and debris basin management impacts on water quality
Federal:
$24,378
Non-Federal:
$5,274
Andrew Gray
Water quality, debris flow and basin, water use
2016
CA
Annual Base
The Influence of Incubation Temperature on Aerobic Swimming Performance of Juvenile Salmonids
Federal:
$24,654
Non-Federal:
$6,410
Amanda Banet
Juvenile Salmonids, Incubation Temperature, water use
2016
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Federal:
$44,614
Non-Federal:
$162,410
Reagan Waskom
Technology Transfer, Information Dissemination
2016
CO
Annual Base
Investigating relationships between drought managment strategies and factors contributing to their selection in analysis of adaptive capacity of South Platte River Basin water providers
Federal:
$4,948
Non-Federal:
$2,474
Dennis Ojima, Amber Childress-Runyon
Institutions, Adaptation, Providers
2016
CO
Annual Base
Watershed monitoring across the snow transition zone: an east slope-west slope comparison
Federal:
$4,770
Non-Federal:
$2,385
Stephanie Kampf, John Hammond
Snow, Soil Moisture, Runoff Generation, Watershed Monitoring
2016
CO
Annual Base
Changes in water, sediment and organic carbon storage in active and abandoned beaver meadows
Federal:
$4,912
Non-Federal:
$2,456
Ellen Wohl
Beaver Meadows,Water Storage,Carbon Storage
2016
CO
Annual Base
Evaluating wood jam stability in rivers
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,500
Ellen Wohl
Wood, Stability, Guidelines
2016
CO
Annual Base
Channel restoration monitoring of the Upper Colorado River, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,500
Sara Rathburn
Channel Restoration, Hyporheic Exchange, Sediment Transport
2016
CO
Annual Base
Water sampling and the effects of plastic absorption on heavy metals
Federal:
$3,200
Non-Federal:
$0
Randi Brazeau
Sampling, Heavy Metals, Plastic Absorption
2016
CO
Annual Base
Microbial community responses to metals contamination: mechanisms of metals exposure and bioaccumulation in a stream food web.
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,500
Will Clements, Brian Wolff
Stream Assessment, Water Quality, Superfund Site
2016
CO
Annual Base
Comparing fine scale snow depth measurements at rocky and flat surfaces using lidar and photogrammetry derived digital elevation models
Federal:
$4,891
Non-Federal:
$2,446
Steven Fassnacht
Snow, Photogrammetry, Lidar
2016
CT
Annual Base
State of Water Resources in Connecticut from a Human Dimensions Perspective – Baseline Data
Federal:
$14,992
Non-Federal:
$32,422
Anita Morzillo
human dimensions, natural resources management and planning, public perceptions, social science, water use
2016
CT
Annual Base
Microfluidic-based Biosensor Chip for Rapid and Calibration-free Detection of Viable E. coli and Total Coliforms for Water Quality Control
Federal:
$48,988
Non-Federal:
$118,991
Yu Lei, TaiHsi Fan
Microfluidic Sensor, E. coli, total coliforms, detection
2016
CT
Annual Base
CT IWR Technology Transfer
Federal:
$27,228
Non-Federal:
$19,031
Glenn Warner, James Hurd
2016
DC
Annual Base
Influence of consistently high levels of ammonium on food web dynamics in the Anacostia River
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$24,900
Caroline Solomon
phytoplankton, nitrogen, ammonium, physiological stress, fisheries
2016
DC
Annual Base
Assessing the effectiveness of interactive signage at advancing communicating, promoting, and educating the public on green infrastructure projects in public spaces
Federal:
$9,996
Non-Federal:
$4,798
Kamran Zendehdel, Harris Trobman, Xiaochu Hu
Green Infrastructure, Low Impact Development, Public Perception, Environmental Benefits, Interactive Signs, Public Perception Barriers, Experimental Research, Pre- and Post-Test Evaluation, Focus Group
2016
DC
Annual Base
Performance evaluation of urban stream restoration using process-based modeling
Federal:
$9,920
Non-Federal:
$23,872
Arash Massoudieh
Stream Restoration, Modeling, Sediments
2016
DC
Annual Base
Analysis of perchlorate in drinking water, surface water by AxION Direct sample analysis (DSA) /Time of flight (TOF) Mass Spectrometer
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$4,800
Sebhat Tefera, Yacov Assa
Perchlorate, Water, Plant
2016
DC
Annual Base
Development of A Novel Stormwater Runoff Collection and Treatment System for Urban Agriculture and Food Security
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$34,400
Jiajun Xu
Nanotechnology, Nanoparticles, Mesoporous Materials, Pollutnt, Removal, Wastewater Treatment, Stormwater Management, Water Quality
2016
DC
Annual Base
A Comparative Study of Nearest-Neighbor Method (NNM) and Extended Nearest-Neighbor (ENN) Method for Annual Streamflow Prediction
Federal:
$9,779
Non-Federal:
$19,663
Nian Zhang, Pradeep Behera
Water Quantity Prediction, Streamflow Prediction, Time Series Prediction, Nearest-Neighbor Method, Extended Nearest-Neighbor Method
2016
DC
Annual Base
Analysis of External and Internal Storm Event Characteristics for Washington DC based on different IETDs
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$16,640
Pradeep Behera
Storm event, Precipitation Analysis, Hydrology, Urban Stormwater Managment
2016
DC
Annual Base
31P NMR Studies on the oxidative degradation of Glyphosate and its primary metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) by transition metal oxide nanomaterilas in soil, water and sediment samples
Federal:
$9,954
Non-Federal:
$4,778
Xueqing Song
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Glysophate, Catalyst, Degradation
2016
DE
Annual Base
State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Delaware Water Resources Center, Annual Proposal for Fiscal Year 2016
Federal:
$92,335
Non-Federal:
$185,697
Gerald Kauffman
Watershed, Water Quality, Hydrology, Aquatic Ecology, Water Policy
2016
FL
Annual Base
Transport and loss of nitrogen within the Upper Floridan Aquifer in the Silver Springs Springshed
Federal:
$32,000
Non-Federal:
$64,000
James Jawitz
denitrification, solute flux, groundwater age
2016
FL
Annual Base
Agricultural Water Security Through Sustainable Use of the Floridan Aquifer
Federal:
$48,000
Non-Federal:
$103,594
David Kaplan, Damian Adams
Water Quality, Water Quantity, Agriculture, Economics, Modeling, Sustainability, Groundwater, Water Use, Environmental Regulation
2016
FL
Annual Base
Development of Methods for Quantifying Water and Contaminant Fluxes in Karst Systems
Federal:
$89,623
Non-Federal:
$178,173
Mark Newman, Kirk Hatfield
water flux, contaminant flux, karst
2016
FL
Annual Base
Data Quality Improvement for NEXRAD and Stage Data Phase II
Federal:
$16,000
Non-Federal:
$32,000
Ramesh Teegavarapu
Hydrometeorological Data, Stage, South Florida Water Management District, outliers, anomaly detection, statistical, rule-based and data mining methods
2016
FL
Annual Base
Florida Water Resources Information Transfer
Federal:
$29,032
Non-Federal:
$19,016
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
2016
GA
Annual Base
Phosphorus and Metal Speciation Dynamics during Thermal Treatment of Sewage Sludges
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Yuanzhi Tang
sludge, phosphorus, metals, thermal treatment, nutrient recycling
2016
GA
Annual Base
Geostatistical Models for Optimizing Groundwater Monitoring Network in the Lower Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River basin
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Jian Luo
geostatistical models; optimization; groundwater monitoring
2016
GA
Annual Base
Fecal bacteria source tracking, nutrient analysis, and modeling of an urban TMDL watershed
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
David Radcliffe, Mussie Habteselassie
fecal bacteria, nitrogen, source tracking, urban watershed, stormwater management model,
2016
GA
Annual Base
Comparison of Oconee and Ocmulgee river basins for sustainable ecosystem and economic development of Middle Georgia
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Ernest Tollner, Todd Rasmussen, Abhyuday Mandal
Water flow, Water quality, Economic Development, Ocmulgee River
2016
GU
Annual Base
Expansion of baseline data for the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer and evaluation of innovative treatments to reduce contaminant input to the aquifer
Federal:
$35,455
Non-Federal:
$0
Joe Rouse, Nathan Habana, John Jenson
Baseline data, aquifer, Nitrates, Ammonium, Contaminants, Wastewater treatment
2016
GU
Annual Base
Exploring the natural limits of the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer: A step toward optimum sustainable management, Phase 3 model implementation: determining ultimate yield
Federal:
$27,579
Non-Federal:
$0
Nathan Habana, John Jenson
Groundwater availability, Groundwater quality
2016
GU
Annual Base
Enhancing Predictions of Average Flow and Flow Duration Curves at Ungauged Stream Sites in Guam Using the USGS South Guam Streamflow Model
Federal:
$19,264
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz, Shahram Khosrowpanah, Mark Lander
Stream Flow Modeling, Stream Flow Variability, Flow Duration Curves
2016
GU
Annual Base
Identification and Delineation of Land-Based Mercury Sources Impacting Fisheries in the Southern Central Coastal Region of Saipan Lagoon
Federal:
$37,823
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton, Michael Trianni, Michael Tenorio, Hyun-Jong Hahm
Monitoring, Mercury, Fish, Sediments, Soils, Stormwater Runoff, Drainage Pathways, Saipan Lagoon, Saipan, CNMI, Micronesia
2016
GU
Annual Base
Real-time investigation of the impacts of the 2015-16 El Nin water resources in the CNMI
Federal:
$17,702
Non-Federal:
$0
Mark Lander, Shahram Khosrowpanah
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2016
GU
Annual Base
Building the Resilience of Communities and their Ecosystems to the Impacts of Climate Change through an Integrated Natural Resource Management, Education, and Outreach campaign in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$20,681
Non-Federal:
$0
Francisca Obispo, Joseph Eugene
Community outreach & awareness, Climate change Disaster adaptation, Water quantity
2016
GU
Annual Base
Digital Atlas of Pohnpei State
Federal:
$26,160
Non-Federal:
$0
Danko Taborosi, Shahram Khosrowpanah
GIS, geospatial data, maps, natural resources, infrastructure, hydrology
2016
GU
Annual Base
Beneficial use of Piggery Waste with a Focus on Energy Production
Federal:
$25,111
Non-Federal:
$0
Joe Rouse, Hyun-Jong Hahm
Pigs, swine, hogs, manure, waste, wastewater, reuse, recycle, energy
2016
GU
Annual Base
Real-time investigation of the impacts of the 2015-16 El Nin water resources in the FSM
Federal:
$15,729
Non-Federal:
$0
Mark Lander, Shahram Khosrowpanah
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2016
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$27,191
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2016
HI
Annual Base
Understanding the hydrology of a rainforest watershed in Hawaii
Federal:
$18,820
Non-Federal:
$40,054
YinPhan Tsang, Carl Evensen
Hydrology, stream flow monitoring, rainforest, SWAT, climate, land cover
2016
HI
Annual Base
Wastewater treatment for point source processing and resuse
Federal:
$14,093
Non-Federal:
$29,961
Michael Cooney, Marek Kirs
ANAEROBIC, AEROBIC, DIGESTION, MICROPOLLUTANTS, PATHOGENS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT
2016
HI
Annual Base
Influence of anthropogenic and climatic forcing on water quality within a tropical coastal ecosystem
Federal:
$11,265
Non-Federal:
$23,616
Rosanna Alegado
Coral reefs; molecular methods; microbial and benthic community responses; land-based sources of pollution
2016
HI
Annual Base
IDENTIFYING GROUNDWATER FLOW AND CONTAMINATION TO STREAMS: KAHALUU WATERSHED, OAHU
Federal:
$21,668
Non-Federal:
$45,160
Craig Glenn, Henrieta Dulai
Groundwater, Onsite Disposal Systems, Water Pollution, Water Management, Groundwater Fate and Transport, Water Quality, Environmental Impacts
2016
HI
Annual Base
Microbial communities and sources of bacteria in Honolulu’s water supply
Federal:
$18,869
Non-Federal:
$39,980
Marek Kirs
groundwater, drinking water, microbial communities, water quality, bioterrorism
2016
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$2,510
Non-Federal:
$5,061
Philip Moravcik
technology transfer, outreach, public information, information dissemination
2016
IA
Annual Base
Information Transfer 2016
Federal:
$40,841
Non-Federal:
$20,421
Richard Cruse, Melissa Miller
2016
IA
Annual Base
Validation of Satellite Observations of Soil Moisture to Facilitate Forecasts of Soil Water Storage in Iowa
Federal:
$9,423
Non-Federal:
$4,711
Brian Hornbuckle
soil moisture; satellite remote sensing; weather forecasting; climate prediction; agriculture
2016
IA
Annual Base
Evaluation of subsurface drainage on P losses in the Black Hawk Lake Watershed, Iowa
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$13,752
Conrad brendel, Michelle Soupir
Nutrients, Phosphorous, Drainage
2016
IA
Annual Base
The role of iron mobility from anoxic sediments in stimulating harmful algal blooms
Federal:
$29,911
Non-Federal:
$95,201
Elizabeth Swanner
eutrophic lakes, nutrient loading, harmful algal blooms (HABs), anoxia, iron bioavailability
2016
ID
Annual Base
Seasonal Flux of Environmental Conditions and Metal Solutes in the Shallow Groundwater Environment of the Mining-Impacted Upper Coeur d
Federal:
$13,914
Non-Federal:
$27,928
Jeff Langman
interstitial microenvironments, metal mobility, mining impacts, seasonal solute flux
2016
ID
Annual Base
Idaho Drought Planning
Federal:
$14,908
Non-Federal:
$35,554
Mark Solomon
Drought, Planning, Policy
2016
ID
Annual Base
Stakeholder Engagement, Outreach and Education
Federal:
$48,500
Non-Federal:
$71,663
Mark Solomon, Brant Miller, Julie Scanlin, Jerry Long
Stakeholder Engagement, Outreach, Education
2016
IL
Annual Base
Identifying wetland inundation extent and patterns in Illinois
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Michael Eichholz
Wetland inundation, habitat availability, wetland resources, water allocation
2016
IL
Annual Base
Under the Cover of Darkness: Nighttime water use by native, biofuel and agricultural crops of Illinois
Federal:
$9,853
Non-Federal:
$26,911
Max Berkelhammer, Benjamin Alsip
Transpiration, water use, economic plants, agriculture, climate change, hydrological impact
2016
IL
Annual Base
Spatial and temporal modeling of road salts in a watershed with mixed, urban and agricultural, land use
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$24,780
Eric Peterson
Deicers; Road salts; transport and fate; modeling
2016
IL
Annual Base
Evaluating Water Quantity and Water Quality Issues in Illinois Streams using Large-Scale Particle Image Velocimetry (LSPIV)
Federal:
$9,915
Non-Federal:
$19,829
Bruce Rhoads
stream gauging, river velocity measurements, mixing processes, particle image velocimetry, unmanned aircraft systems in hydrology
2016
IL
Annual Base
Technology Transfer to the People of Illinois
Federal:
$46,567
Non-Federal:
$11,828
Lisa Merrifield
2016
IN
Annual Base
Floodplain restoration and nutrient retention in the Wabash River Basin
Federal:
$14,981
Non-Federal:
$30,452
Sara McMillan, Venkatesh Merwade
Yellow Floodplains, nutrients, water quality, resotration, nitrogen, phosphorus
2016
IN
Annual Base
Pilot investigation of variable contaminant loads in fish as a result of foraging and habitat specialization
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,142
Tomas Hook, Timothy Malinich
Yellow Perch, Mercury, PCBs, Population Trophic Structuring
2016
IN
Annual Base
Water and nutrient recovery from aquaculture effluents through vegetable production
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$53,892
Hye-Ji Kim, Paul Brown, Cary Mitchell, Robert Rode
nitrogen, phosphorus, eutrophication, aquaponics, wastewater, water reuse, sustainability, food security
2016
IN
Annual Base
Predicting toxic cyanobacteria blooms in the Wabash River Watershed
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Allison Rober, Kevin Wyatt
cyanobacteria, harmful algal bloom, human health, microcystin, temperature, toxin, freshwater
2016
IN
Annual Base
Nutrient removal efficiency of a combined surface/subsurface flow wetland system
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$41,400
Pierre-Andre Jacinthe
constructed wetlands, edge of field, nitrate, SRP, greenhouse gas
2016
KS
Annual Base
Governor's Conference on the Future of Water in Kansas
Federal:
$24,958
Non-Federal:
$34,920
Dan Devlin
Conference
2016
KS
Annual Base
Quantifying Ephermeral Gully Erosion and Evaluating Mitigation Strategies with Field Monitoring and Computer Modeling
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$52,010
Aleksey Sheshukov
Ephemeral Gully, Erosion, Modeling
2016
KS
Annual Base
Monitoring the Effectiveness of Streambank Stabilization Projects in Northeast Kansas
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,860
Charles Barden
Erosion, Streambanks, Revetment
2016
KS
Annual Base
Assessing the impact of constructed wetlands on nitrogen transformation and release from tile outlet terraces (TOTs) in Kansas
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$72,518
Pamela Sullivan, Ted Peltier
TOTs, wetlands, nitrogen
2016
KS
Annual Base
Contaminant Barriers or Pathways? Hydraulic and chemical methods to improve characterization of shallow aquitards.
Federal:
$29,786
Non-Federal:
$75,002
Jordi Batlle-Aguilar, James Butler
Shallow Aquitards
2016
KS
Annual Base
Examining Sedimentation and water quality of small impoundments: Sediment capturing opportunity upstream of federal reservoirs
Federal:
$29,982
Non-Federal:
$60,982
Vahid Rahmani
Sedimentation, Water Quality, Impoundments
2016
KY
Annual Base
Selenium removal by biological processes in water supplies
Federal:
$9,966
Non-Federal:
$20,092
Yi-Tin Wang
bioreactor, microbial reduction,water treatment, coal mining
2016
KY
Annual Base
Novel methods for the incorporation of AqpZ water channel protein in membranes for water filtration
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,055
Yinan Wei
water recycling, biomimetic membrane, molecular engineering
2016
KY
Annual Base
Assessing the curve number method for modeling urban watersehd stormwater runoff across Louisville, Kentucky
Federal:
$4,844
Non-Federal:
$10,366
Christopher Day
urbanization, rainfall, flooding, surface runoff
2016
KY
Annual Base
Dynamics of trace metal and ion concentrations in reclaimed mountaintop removal and reference headwater streams
Federal:
$4,656
Non-Federal:
$10,471
Steven Price
central Appalachia, electrical conductance, valley fills
2016
KY
Annual Base
Sediment fingerprinting and biogeochemical erosional model of the Otter Creek Basin, Fort Kox Army Post, Kentucky
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,909
Alan Fryar
stable isotope, miltary land, restoration
2016
KY
Annual Base
Bankfull regional curves and hydraulic geometry for the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field
Federal:
$4,178
Non-Federal:
$8,933
Carmen Agouridis
strean restoration, watersheds, fluvial geomorphology
2016
KY
Annual Base
The use of eDNA to detect bacterial genetic markers associated with fecal contamination in the Triplett Creek Watershed, Rowan County, Kentucky
Federal:
$4,836
Non-Federal:
$9,854
Geoff Gearner
source tracking, Escherichia coli, qPCR
2016
KY
Annual Base
Climate change impacts on soil-water availability under different land management: forest and grasslands
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,832
Brad Lee
plant available water, drought resilience, climate change
2016
KY
Annual Base
Impact of climate change on extreme hydrologic events in the Kentucky River Basin
Federal:
$4,991
Non-Federal:
$9,983
Dwayne Edwards
rainfall variability, SWAT model, meteorological events
2016
KY
Annual Base
Kentucky information transfer project
Federal:
$40,447
Non-Federal:
$80,504
Lindell Ormsbee
symposium, web sites, research translation
2016
LA
Annual Base
Occurrence and Control of Naegleria fowleri in Groundwater Sources in Louisiana
Federal:
$17,653
Non-Federal:
$37,270
Samendra Sherchan, Jeffrey Wickliffe
Naegleria fowleri, groundwater, emerging pathogen, water quality, drinking water
2016
LA
Annual Base
Assessing the Spatial Extent, Temporal Variability and Mechanisms of Inland Hypoxia in Louisiana Waters
Federal:
$15,480
Non-Federal:
$31,599
Tracy Quirk, Kanchan Maiti
Water quality, dissolved oxygen, freshwater, low-flow
2016
LA
Annual Base
Economic Impacts of Groundwater Salinity in Louisiana Agriculture
Federal:
$15,650
Non-Federal:
$31,331
Krishna Paudel
Conjunctive surface and ground water use, dynamic modeling, economic impact, soil salinity
2016
LA
Annual Base
Satellite-Assisted Approach to Adaptive Water Quality Management of Lower Boeuf River
Federal:
$16,200
Non-Federal:
$33,081
Zhi-Qiang Deng
Adaptive management, remote sensing, water resources
2016
MA
Annual Base
Adaptive Drought Vulnerability Index for Strategic Emergency Response (ADVISER) Model
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,024
Sheree Pagsuyoin
drought risk management, drought vulnerability, adaptive model, input-output analysis, climate change
2016
MA
Annual Base
Water Resources Symposia
Federal:
$16,729
Non-Federal:
$42,714
Paula Rees
Symposium, workshop, stormwater, water resources
2016
MA
Annual Base
The stable isotopic composition of shallow and deep ground waters in Massachusetts
Federal:
$23,141
Non-Federal:
$48,569
David Boutt
Stable Isotopes of Water, Groundwater Surface water interactions
2016
MA
Annual Base
Understanding the interaction of renewable energy generation and desalination within the water-energy system
Federal:
$5,021
Non-Federal:
$11,601
Matthew Lackner
Renewable energy, desalination
2016
MD
Annual Base
Assessing riparian hydrologic pathways as controls on forested buffer function in the Antietam Creek watershed, western Maryland
Federal:
$34,957
Non-Federal:
$83,193
Keith Eshleman
Riparian forest buffer systems, Ridge and Valley Province, hydrology, nutrient runoff, best management practices, Chesapeake Bay watershed
2016
MD
Annual Base
Comparison of velocity, momentum, and flood wave celerity in natural versus channelized Coastal Plain streams
Federal:
$23,746
Non-Federal:
$47,492
Karen Prestegaard
Hydraulic geometry, flood wave,
2016
MD
Annual Base
Maryland Water 2016 Symposium
Federal:
$783
Non-Federal:
$6,153
Kaye Brubaker
2016
MD
Annual Base
Maryland Watershed App Development (Seed Grant)
Federal:
$4,578
Non-Federal:
$6,774
Kaye Brubaker
2016
ME
Annual Base
Maine Information Transfer
Federal:
$22,699
Non-Federal:
$34,730
John Peckenham, David Hart
Information Transfer, Outreach
2016
ME
Annual Base
Vernal pools for me
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,001
Aram Calhoun
Education, Wetlands, Ecosystems, Conservation
2016
ME
Annual Base
Assessing the Vulnerability of Maine’s Drinking Water Resources to Extreme Precipitation Events
Federal:
$27,277
Non-Federal:
$67,773
Jasmine Saros
Algae, Benefit Cost Analysis, Climate, Economics, Ecosystems, Health Effects, Lakes, Organic Compounds, Rainfall, Socioeconomic Issues, Water Quality, Water Quality Management, Water Treatment
2016
ME
Annual Base
Mining in Maine: Exploring Public Perceptions
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$37,583
Sandra De Urioste-Stone, Amanda Olsen, Jean MacRae
Law, mining
2016
MI
Annual Base
Developing and Enhancing Sustainable Water Use of Natural and Agricultural Systems
Federal:
$21,504
Non-Federal:
$68,998
Jon Bartholic, Lois Wolfson, Jeremiah Asher, David Lusch, Glenn O'Neil
Watershed Planning and Management; Water Quality; Water Use; DSS
2016
MI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer Training, Dissemination and Program Development
Federal:
$27,095
Non-Federal:
$65,141
Lois Wolfson
Great Lakes, Inland Lakes, Watershed Management; Climate Change; Invasive Species; Online Education; Interactive Web-based Systems
2016
MI
Annual Base
Cooling the Hotspots: Motivating Farmers to Reduce Nutrient Losses
Federal:
$16,877
Non-Federal:
$24,585
Stephen Gasteyer
Engagement, Non point-source pollution, Runoff, Conservation Practices, Motivations, Communication
2016
MI
Annual Base
Creation of Water Resource and Watershed Management-related Short Courses for use by Organizations offering Continuing Education Credits
Federal:
$15,453
Non-Federal:
$19,844
Saichon Seedang, James Duncan, Jerry Harte
Water resources, Watershed, Management, Courses, Continuing education
2016
MI
Annual Base
Chemical Monitoring of the River Raisin to Inform Farmers and Optimize Decision Making for BMP Implementation
Federal:
$11,406
Non-Federal:
$6,102
James Martin
Watershed Planning and Management; Water Quality
2016
MN
Annual Base
Making Farm-Scale Decisions to Improve Watershed-Scale Environmental Quality: Policy Comparisons Based on Farm-Level Abatement Costs
Federal:
$20,760
Non-Federal:
$53,463
Jay Coggins, Brent Dalzell
nutrient, runoff, farming practices, water quality trading
2016
MN
Annual Base
Development of a reactive-transport model for arsenic mobility in glacial aquifers using arsenic and iron X-ray absorption spectroscopy data
Federal:
$24,767
Non-Federal:
$48,135
Brandy Toner, GeneHua Ng
reactive-transport modeling, arsenic, iron, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, glacial aquifer
2016
MN
Annual Base
Enhanced Microbial Sulfate Removal and Recovery through a Novel Electrode-Integrated Bioreactor
Federal:
$26,676
Non-Federal:
$53,029
ChanLan Chun, Daniel Jones
Sulfate, Bioremediation, Electrical stimulation, Elemental Sulfur, and Bioreactor
2016
MO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$31,904
Non-Federal:
$64,445
Baolin Deng
2016
MO
Annual Base
A Novel Artificial Hormone Receptor for the Sensing of Total Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals (EDCs) Concentration in Natural Waters
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$44,126
Maria Fidalgo, Chung-Ho Lin, Susan Nagel
endocrine disruptor chemical; molecularly imprinted polymers; water quality monitoring
2016
MO
Annual Base
Satellite-Imagery Based Method for Water-Quality Monitoring and Sediment Budgeting along the Middle-Mississippi River and Its Tributaries
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$44,000
Amanda Cox, Abuduwasiti Wulamu
Suspended Sediment Concentration, Suspended Sediment Load, Sediment Budget, Remote Sensing, Mississippi River, Confluence
2016
MS
Annual Base
Oxbow Lake-Wetland Systems as a Source of Recharge to the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer
Federal:
$24,697
Non-Federal:
$49,486
Gregg Davidson, Andrew OReilly
recharge, groundwater, wetlands, oxbow lakes
2016
MS
Annual Base
Wastewater Management in Mississippi Coastal Communities
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$98,861
Veera Gnaneswar Gude, James Martin
small community wastewater treatment technologies
2016
MT
Annual Base
Understanding how beaver mimicry restoration influences natural water storage in Missouri River headwater streams
Federal:
$29,922
Non-Federal:
$74,556
Robert Payn
Stream hydrology, groundwater hydrology, surface subsurface exchange, alluvial aquifer, natural storage, stream restoration, riparian restoration, beaver mimicry
2016
MT
Annual Base
Impacts of river flow and temperature on salmonfly productivity and terrestrial subsidy
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$83,098
Lindsey Albertson
global change, drought, stream warming, macroinvertebrates, phenology, ecohydrology
2016
MT
Annual Base
Characterizing Microbial Activity as Related to Water Quality in the Clark Fork Headwaters: A Baseline Study
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,738
Alysia Cox
microbial community, microbial activity, water chemistry, Clark Fork headwaters
2016
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Impacts of glacial processes on nitrogen cycling in the Beartooth Mountains, Montana
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$440
Jordan Allen
nitrogen, glaciers, glaciated, nutrient cycling
2016
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Transportation, Sediment-Association, and the Future of Microbial Contaminants on the Little Bighorn River
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$440
Keenan Brame
microbes, E. coli, nutrients, Montana
2016
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Riparian Ecosystem Succession Following Fire Disturbance on the North Fork Flathead River, Montana
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$450
Rachel Powers
2016
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Snowpack controls on nitrogen availability and nitrogen uptake in a Rocky Mountain conifer forest
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$440
Claire Qubain
fire, soil moisture, nitrogen, conifer
2016
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Removal of selenium by co-precipitation with microbially induced calcite precipitation
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$440
Neerja Zambare
selenium, wastewater, contaminant
2016
NC
Annual Base
Role of organic nitrogen to eutrophication dynamics along the Neuse River Estuary, NC
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Hans Paerl, Alexandria Hounshell
2016
NC
Annual Base
Particle-bound Nutrients in Stormflow: A New Approach for Monitoring and Predicting N and P Transport and Fate in Watersheds of the NC Piedmont
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Curtis Richardson, Mark River
Nutrients, Sediment, Water Quality, Drinking Water
2016
NC
Annual Base
Impact of Hospital and Patient Discharges on North Carolina Surface and Drinking Water Quality as Measured by Iodinated Contrast Agents
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Howard Weinberg, Kirsten Studer
Iodoacids, Disinfection byproducts, Water Quality
2016
NC
Annual Base
Comparing the Impact of Organic vs. Inorganic Nitrogen Loading to the Neuse Estuary with a Mechanistic Eutrophication Model
Federal:
$9,199
Non-Federal:
$44,999
James Bowen
water quality, model, nutrient response, bioreactivity, organic, inorganic, nitrogen
2016
NC
Annual Base
How, where, when, and why: Defining Eutrophication Related Trends in Water Quality for the Middle and Lower Cape
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$47,654
Nathan Hall, Hans Paerl
trend analysis, nutrients, phytoplankton, flow, sources
2016
NC
Annual Base
Tracing Groundwater Contamination near Coal ash Ponds in North Carolina
Federal:
$24,974
Non-Federal:
$24,974
Avner Vengosh
coal ash, water quality, contamination, metals, groundwater, geochemical tracers
2016
NC
Annual Base
WRRI Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$3,162
Non-Federal:
$0
Nicole Wilkinson
2016
NC
Annual Base
Field testing of mesocosm-scale derived nitrate removal models to verify water quality improvement potential of restored coastal forested wetlands
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$2,038
Michael Burchell, Jalmar Kurki-Fox
Wetland Restoration, Agricultural Drainage, Nitrate
2016
NC
Annual Base
Understanding how land use characteristics affect the prevalence of antibiotic resistant, virulent E. coli and host-specific markers in watersheds with and without swine CAFOs
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$2,039
Jill Stewart, Elizabeth Christenson
Land use, watershed management, microbial source tracking
2016
ND
Annual Base
Modeling Water Balance and Flows of Sediment and Nutrient in Devils Lake Watershed Using SWAT
Federal:
$2,625
Non-Federal:
$5,250
Xiaodong Zhang
Modeling, Nutrient, Sediment, Watershed
2016
ND
Annual Base
Impacts of Climate Change on Embankment Dams in the Upper Midwest Region: Critical Design Parameters and Adaptation Measures
Federal:
$4,200
Non-Federal:
$8,400
Yeo Lim
Climate Change, Embankment Dams, Adaptation Measures
2016
ND
Annual Base
Effect of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment on Rivers and Drainage Basins in the Red River Valley
Federal:
$5,013
Non-Federal:
$10,026
Phil Gerla
Glacial, Rivers, Drainage Basins
2016
ND
Annual Base
Effects of Climate Change, Agricultural Land Use Change, and Dynamic Contributing Area on Streamflow Input to Devils Lake: A Case Study of the Mauvais Coulee Sub-Basin
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Paul Todhunter
Climate Change, Agricultural Land Use, Stream Flow
2016
ND
Annual Base
A Comparison of Wetlands across the Urban - Peri-Urban - Rural Gradient
Federal:
$5,650
Non-Federal:
$11,300
Christina Hargiss
Water Quality, Wetlands, Urbanization
2016
ND
Annual Base
Contribution of Soluble Microbial Products on Dissolved Organic Nitrogen and its Biodegradability in Wastewater Effluent
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
Halis Simsek
Biodegradability, Organic Nitrogen, Wastewater
2016
ND
Annual Base
Snowmelt Water Infiltration into Frozen Soils in the Red River of the North Basin
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Xinhua Jia
Frozen Soils, Infiltration, Models
2016
ND
Annual Base
Holistic Risk Assessment of Surface Water Contamination Due to Lead-210 Found in Produced Water from Unconventional Oil Production in North Dakota
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Eakalak Khan, Om Yadav
Lead-210, Produced Water, Risk, Water Contamination
2016
ND
Annual Base
Tamoxifen and Endoxifen Detections in Wastewater and Receiving Waters in North Dakota
Federal:
$5,500
Non-Federal:
$11,000
Eakalak Khan, John McEvoy
Cancer Drug, Detection, Wastewater
2016
ND
Annual Base
Glutaraldehyde Removal from Flowback and Produced Waters Using Photolysis
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Eakalak Khan, Sivaguru Jayaraman
Flowback Water, Produced Water, Treatment, UV light
2016
ND
Annual Base
Biopolymers for Phosphate Removal from Eutrophic Lakes
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Achintya Bezbaruah
Bioavailability, Biopolymers, Phosphorus, Rocovery
2016
ND
Annual Base
UV Light Effect on Bioavailability of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in a Trickling Filter Process
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
Halis Simsek
Bioavailability, Biodegradability, Organic Nitrogen, UV light
2016
ND
Annual Base
Assessing the Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing at Bakken on Regional Water Resources
Federal:
$2,812
Non-Federal:
$5,624
Zhulu Lin
Hydraulic Fracturing, Water Resources, Agent Based Model
2016
ND
Annual Base
Injectable Nanoparticle-based Permeable Reactive Barriers for Groundwater Contaminant
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Achintya Bezbaruah
Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron, Nitrate, Remediation, Trichloroethene
2016
ND
Annual Base
Comparative Ultraviolet Disinfection Study for Wastewater Applications for the City of Fargo, North Dakota
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,000
Wei Lin
Disinfection, Fouling, UV, Wastewater
2016
ND
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Communication
Federal:
$11,845
Non-Federal:
$23,690
Eakalak Khan
Information Dissemination, Communication, Website, Newsletter, Annual Seminar
2016
NE
Annual Base
Evaluation of changing irrigation management on ground water recharge and quality
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$46,253
Troy Gilmore, Daniel Snow
irrigation management, groundwater recharge, nitrate
2016
NE
Annual Base
Economic, Environmental, and Crop Performance Assessment under Center Pivot, Subsurface Drip, and Furrow Irrigation Systems in a Changing Climate in West Central Nebraska
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,165
Daran Rudnick, Chuck Burr, Tim Shaver, Derrel Martin, Greg Kruger, Francisco MunozArriola, Matt Stockton
Economic Return, Irrigation Efficiency, Irrigation Requirements, Irrigation Systems, Maize Yield Response, Nitrate, Soil Water Balance
2016
NE
Annual Base
Water Usage in the Food Industry
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$34,018
Bing Wang, Rolando Flores, Jayne Stratton
Dairy food processing, wastewater, water reconditioning, water reuse, Microbial safety
2016
NE
Annual Base
Information Transfer Plan
Federal:
$68,811
Non-Federal:
$119,421
Chittaranjan Ray, Steven Ress
Information Transfer
2016
NH
Annual Base
Salt and Streams: Assessing ecological stress in New Hampshire watersheds at community, population, and molecular levels
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$49,760
Amy Villamagna
thermal stress, osmoregulation, biodiversity loss, bio-indicators
2016
NH
Annual Base
Ecosystem Indicators for Freshwater Streams
Federal:
$19,289
Non-Federal:
$41,913
Alison Watts
Algae, monitoring, adaptive management, genomics
2016
NJ
Annual Base
A molecular tool to measure dechlorinator activity in situ
Federal:
$19,724
Non-Federal:
$39,640
Valdis Krumins, Donna E. Fennell
rRNA, Dehalococcoides, dechlorinator, molecular tool
2016
NJ
Annual Base
Microplastic pollution in New Jersey surface waters
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Beth Ravit, Keith Cooper, Brian Buckley
plastic, microbeads, pollution, toxicity
2016
NJ
Annual Base
Comparing the time required for establishment of effective nutrient removal capacity of different stormwater basin designs
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,037
Theresa Censoplano, Louise Wootton
subsurface gravel wetlands, nutrients, bioretention
2016
NJ
Annual Base
Microplastics as emerging contaminants in surface waters of New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,956
Shirin Estahbanati, Nicole Fahrenfeld
microplastics, emerging contaminants, pollution
2016
NJ
Annual Base
Composition and diversity of the cutaneous microbiome of amphibians in New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Ariel Kruger, Peter Morin
amphibians, cutaneous microbiome, fungal pathogens
2016
NJ
Annual Base
Molecular mechanisms by which mercury contamination increases antibiotic resistance in the environment
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Nicole Lloyd, Tamar Barkay
mercury, antibiotic resistance, contamination
2016
NJ
Annual Base
Novel algae based multifunctional biomaterials for the removal of heavy metals from water
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Megha Thakkar, Somenath Mitra
heavy metals, multifunctional biomaterials, algae
2016
NJ
Annual Base
Toward a greener water reuse technology with ferrate(VI) - phosphorus removal and recovery
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,400
Lei Zheng, Yang Deng
ferrate(VI), pathogens, micro-pollutants, phosphorus
2016
NM
Annual Base
New Mexico’s Mountain Sources of Water: A Mechanistic Approach to Understand Mountain Recharge and Its Implications for Local and Statewide Water Budgets
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,007
Jesus GomezVelez
recharge, mountain recharge, recharge maps, groundwater-surface water interactions, watershed modeling, water budgets
2016
NM
Annual Base
What are the effects of the Gold King Mine spill on San Juan County, NM agricultural irrigation ditches and farms?
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Kevin Lombard, April Ulery, David Weindorf
water quality, contamination, mine spill, river sediment, metals, agricultural contamination
2016
NM
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$15,070
Non-Federal:
$30,768
Catherine Ortega Klett
Water Resources Education, Information Transfer, Information Dissemination
2016
NM
Annual Base
Geographic Information Systems for Water Resources Research Planning
Federal:
$10,376
Non-Federal:
$20,125
Alexander Fernald
2016
NV
Annual Base
Theoretical Analysis of Optimal Groundwater Basin Development
Federal:
$19,479
Non-Federal:
$38,967
Clay Cooper
management, water supply
2016
NV
Annual Base
Uptake of Pharmeceutical and Steroidal Compounds by Quagga Mussels in Lake Mead
Federal:
$42,041
Non-Federal:
$82,740
Xuelian Bai, Kumud Acharya
Lake Mead, Emerging Contaminants, Trace Organic Chemicals, Bioaccumulation, Quagga Mussels
2016
NV
Annual Base
An 8000-Year Paleoperspective of Hydroclimate Variability in the Southern Sierra Nevada
Federal:
$39,012
Non-Federal:
$79,355
Steven Bacon, Rina Schumer
Paleoclimate, Sierra Nevada, Hydrologic Budget, Tree Rings
2016
NV
Annual Base
Assessing Tree to Grass Water Use Ratios; Significance to Urban Water Conservation
Federal:
$21,000
Non-Federal:
$43,121
Dale Devitt
Evapotranspiration, Irrigation, Environmental Demand
2016
NV
Annual Base
Greenbox
Federal:
$22,317
Non-Federal:
$45,557
Amelia Gulling
Greenboxes, K-12 Education, STEM
2016
NV
Annual Base
NWRRI Website & Newsletter
Federal:
$10,822
Non-Federal:
$20,499
James Thomas
Information Transfer, Website, Newsletter
2016
NY
Annual Base
Water Quality and Algal Community Dynamics in the Finger Lakes
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,272
Lisa Cleckner, Roxanne Razavi, John Halfman
Water quality, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Eutrophication, Finger lakes
2016
NY
Annual Base
Evaluating Septic System Inputs into Sodus Bay using Oblique Imagery, Optical Brighteners, and DNA-based tracers
Federal:
$15,225
Non-Federal:
$30,880
Paul Richards
2016
NY
Annual Base
Innovative water treatment by chitosan modified diatomaceous earth for small public water systems in rural areas
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,884
Xinchao Wei
Drinking Water, Small Public Water Systems, Chitosan Modified Diatomaceous Earth, Arsenic
2016
NY
Annual Base
Student Researcher Support of Adaptive Management of the St Lawrence River using Novel Water Quality Monitoring Methodology
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$2,128
Michael Twiss, Joseph Skufca
adaptive management, water levels, water quality, novel water monitoring technology, nutrients, nitrate, phosphate, training
2016
NY
Annual Base
Conductivity and nutrient monitoring in surface water’s of NY’s Finger Lakes region
Federal:
$48,288
Non-Federal:
$26,558
Todd Walter
2016
OH
Annual Base
Effectiveness of Data Buoys as Early Warning Systems for cHABs (cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms) in Lake Erie
Federal:
$33,139
Non-Federal:
$36,632
Justin Chaffin, Douglas Kane
Cyanobacteria, Data buoy, Drinking water, Harmful algal bloom, Microcystin
2016
OH
Annual Base
Trace metal limitation of biofilm growth and metabolism: potential consequences for storage of nutrients in headwater streams
Federal:
$24,340
Non-Federal:
$24,340
David Costello
trace metals, biofilm, nutrient processing, watershed, biogeochemistry
2016
OH
Annual Base
Baseline measurements of methane emissions from Piedmont Lake - current and future fracking area
Federal:
$11,288
Non-Federal:
$79,238
Gil Bohrer
Climate Energy nexus, Fugitive methane emissions, methane flux, lake
2016
OH
Annual Base
Co-Optimizing Enhanced Water Recovery and CO2 Sequestration in Ohio
Federal:
$12,377
Non-Federal:
$14,928
Jeffrey Bielicki
Enhanced Water Recovery; CO2 Capture Utilization and Storage; Integrated Assessment
2016
OK
Annual Base
Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$9,177
Non-Federal:
$17,531
Garey Fox
Oklahoma, Water, Information Transfer
2016
OK
Annual Base
Evaluating the Reuse of Swine Lagoon Effluent and Reclaimed Municipal Water for Agricultural Production
Federal:
$24,956
Non-Federal:
$49,915
Hailin Zhang, Saleh Taghvaeian, Doug Hamilton, Scott Carter
Swine effluent, treated wastewater, irrigation, alternative water sources, nutrient buildup and losses, soil health, water quality, crop production
2016
OK
Annual Base
Algal Remediation of Waste Water Produced during Hydraulic Fracturing
Federal:
$24,866
Non-Federal:
$49,732
Nurhan Dunford
Water quality, waste water treatment, water reuse, biological water treatment
2016
OK
Annual Base
Western Oklahoma Irrigation Water and Energy Audits: Findings, Recommendations and Educational Materials
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Scott Frazier, Saleh Taghvaeian, Jason Warren, Cameron Murley
Irrigation water and energy efficiency, electricity, fuel, drought, center pivot, aquifer, water table, Ogallala, sustainability, Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Costing
2016
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$51,585
Non-Federal:
$150,708
Todd Jarvis
Training, Outreach
2016
PA
Annual Base
Remediation of Flowback Water by Transformation of Organic Additives Used in Fracking Operations
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$69,424
Manish Kumar
Hydraulic fracturing, Marcellus Shale gas, flowback and produced water treatment, treatability
2016
PA
Annual Base
Assessing Climate Change and Energy Choice Impacts on Drinking Water Quality Changes in Pennsylvania
Federal:
$21,195
Non-Federal:
$43,390
Matteo Pozzi
Climate Change, Drinking Water Quality, Disinfection by-products
2016
PA
Annual Base
Evaluating a Potential Win-Win for Water Quality Management in Pennsylvania: Systems-Level Quantitative Analysis of Abandoned Mine Drainage and Produced Water Co-Treatment
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$68,444
Leanne Gilbertson
Abandoned mine drainage, water treatment, flowback water, Life cycle impact assessment
2016
PA
Annual Base
Rural Drinking Water Education for Underserved Counties of Pennsylvania
Federal:
$19,800
Non-Federal:
$8,554
Bryan Swistock
Drinking Water, Water Education, Groundwater
2016
PA
Annual Base
Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center Education & Outreach Program
Federal:
$8,290
Non-Federal:
$4,742
Elizabeth Boyer
water, education, STEM, conferences
2016
PR
Annual Base
Hybrid multimedia-filter prototype (HMP) for the degradation of trihalomethanes precursors and pathogens control from raw waters
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$43,474
Pedro Tarafa, OMarcelo Suarez
trihalomethanes, titanium dioxide, biosand filter, photodegradation
2016
PR
Annual Base
Mapping Field-Scale Soil Moisture Using Ground-Based Passive Microwave Observations Phase II: Application of Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture Data Products for Hydrological Modeling in Puerto Rico
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$43,474
Jonathan MunozBarreto
2016
RI
Annual Base
Modeling and Simulation of Groundwater Contamination
Federal:
$20,029
Non-Federal:
$40,447
Angelo Lucia
groundwater contamination, point and non-point sources, modeling and simulation, flow and transport through porous media
2016
RI
Annual Base
Bench-top simulation of water treatment system to assess disinfectant byproducts precursors and formation potentials in source waters of Rhode Island
Federal:
$20,029
Non-Federal:
$40,897
Soni Pradhanang, Tom Boving
Disinfectant by-products, drinking water, trihalomethane, halo acetic acid, chlorination
2016
RI
Annual Base
Clean Drinking Water in Rhode Island
Federal:
$8,565
Non-Federal:
$17,947
Christopher Hunter
clean water; water quality
2016
SC
Annual Base
The Influence of Poultry Rearing Facilities on Nutrient Concentrations, Fecal Indicator Bacteria, and Stream Fish in the Upper Savannah River Basin
Federal:
$28,680
Non-Federal:
$58,093
Gregory Lewis, Dennis Haney, Peter Van Den Hurk, MinKen Liao
Environment Risk Assessment, Agriculture, Poultry, Water Chemistry, Environmental Microbiology, Biomarkers, Fish Toxicology
2016
SC
Annual Base
Monitoring of Organic Pollutants in the Savannah, Edisto and Ogeechee Rivers, using Passive Samplers in Combination with a Real-Time Water Quality Data Collection Network
Federal:
$30,038
Non-Federal:
$64,836
Peter Van Den Hurk, Oscar Flite
Water Quality, Environmental Toxicants, Passive Samplers, Toxicity Testing, Management Tools
2016
SD
Annual Base
Evaluating the Potential of Duckweed for Nutrient Capture and Use in Midwest Livestock Production
Federal:
$9,054
Non-Federal:
$18,128
Erin Cortus, Lin Wei, David Casper, Julie Walker
Nutrient removal; duckweed; forage production; system modeling
2016
SD
Annual Base
Evaluating Nutrient Best Management Practices to Conserve Water Quality (Year 2)
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Laurent Ahiablame, Sandeep Kumar, Jeppe Kjaersgaard
Agriculture, Conservation, Nitrate, Phosphorus, Water Quality
2016
SD
Annual Base
Evaluating E. coli particle attachment and the impact on transport during high flows.
Federal:
$23,172
Non-Federal:
$46,343
Rachel McDaniel, Bruce Bleakley
E. coli, fecal indicators, water quality
2016
SD
Annual Base
Controlling Harmful Algal Blooms in Eutrophic Lakes by Combined Phosphorus Precipitation and Sediment Capping (Year 2)
Federal:
$21,924
Non-Federal:
$43,951
Kyungnan Min, Guanghui Hua
Algal Blooms, Phosphorus Precipitation, Sediment Capping
2016
SD
Annual Base
South Dakota Water Resources Institute FY2016 Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$14,106
Non-Federal:
$28,212
Van Kelley, Scott Cortus
Outreach, Service, Communication, Interaction, Information
2016
TN
Annual Base
Using UV/Peroxyacetic Acid to Remove Pharmaceuticals from Reclaimed Wastewater
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
John Buchanan
Trace Organic Contaminants, Ultraviolet Light, Reclaimed Water, Peroxyacetic
2016
TN
Annual Base
Investigating Changes of River Course of the Tennessee River and the Impact from Regional Climate Change
Federal:
$21,941
Non-Federal:
$45,549
Joshua Fu, Xinyi Dong
Remote Sensing, Precipitation, Regional Climate Change, Hydrological Processes, River Systems
2016
TN
Annual Base
Measuring Water Table Flucations under Different Irrigation Regimes in Western Tennessee Agroecossystems
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Christopher Wilson, Jon Hathaway, Shawn Hawkins
Water Table; Soil Moisture; Irrigation; Piezometers; Tennessee
2016
TN
Annual Base
Urban Stream Restoration Planning: Towards Cost-Effective Mitigation of the Effects of Hydromodification
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,550
Robert Woockman, John Schwartz
Stream Restoration, Urban, Hydromodificiation, Mitigation
2016
TN
Annual Base
Development of a Robust Model for Cross-Scale Prediction of Flow and Sediment Transport
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,550
Benjamin Abban, Thanos Papanicolaou
Sediment Transport, Surface Water, Flow, Watershed Scale Model
2016
TN
Annual Base
Environmental Impacts of Coal Ash Spill on Nutrient Cycling and Surface Water Quality in Eastern Tennessee
Federal:
$9,000
Non-Federal:
$18,189
Anna Szynkiewicz
Coal Ash Spill, Sulfur, Carbon, Isotopes, Tennesee River, Contamination
2016
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$82,335
Non-Federal:
$87,828
John Tracy, Leslie Lee, Kevin Wagner, Kathy Wythe, Danielle Kalisek
2016
TX
Annual Base
Impact of coagulation on biofiltration: removal of trace organic contaminants to mitigate the effects of wastewater reuse on drinking water treatment
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Ricardo Lugo, Mary Kirisits
Trace organics, coagulation, biofiltration, water reuse
2016
TX
Annual Base
Connecting Climate Variability with Water Supply Reliability: A Case Study in the Trinity River Basin, Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Gang Zhao, Huilin Gao
Climate Variability, Water Supply, Trinity River Basin
2016
UT
Annual Base
Quantification of Groundwater Influences in High Gradient Utah Streams and Rivers
Federal:
$17,054
Non-Federal:
$13,341
Bethany Neilson
groundwater/surface water interactions, differential gaging, seepage studies, dilution gaging, mass balance
2016
UT
Annual Base
Water Strategy Advisory Team: An Assessment of the Envision Utah Process to Improve Water Management
Federal:
$26,360
Non-Federal:
$61,166
Daniel McCool, Marian HubbardRice
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), state water planning, collaborative planning, urbanization, conservation, Municipal and Industrial (M&I) use, irrigation, ecosystem services, capacity building
2016
UT
Annual Base
Information Transfer in Support of the Utah Center for Water Resources Research (UCWRR)
Federal:
$3,547
Non-Federal:
$18,459
R. Ivonne Harris, Carri Richards
Outreach, Publications, Web Page Development, Databases
2016
UT
Annual Base
WaterMAPS™ for Promoting Urban Landscape Water Use Efficiency
Federal:
$26,100
Non-Federal:
$54,829
Joanna EndterWada, Roger Kjelgren
Urban water demand management, Evaluating landscape water use efficiency, Water conservation programs, Assessing human behavioral change, Drought management
2016
VA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$73,612
Non-Federal:
$120,251
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2016
VI
Annual Base
Water Ambassador Program II
Federal:
$17,228
Non-Federal:
$0
christina chanes, Avram Primack, David Morris
education, crowd source, clean water, Virgin Islands, conservation, water resources, hydrology
2016
VI
Annual Base
Ecosystem integrity of riparian waterways on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands using physical and biological indicators
Federal:
$14,319
Non-Federal:
$0
Renata Platenberg
Riparian corridors; ecosystem indicators; amphibia; chiroptera; bioacoustics
2016
VI
Annual Base
Towards Real-Time Microclimate Monitoring in the US Virgin Islands: Optimizing Data Management to Maximize Scientific Production
Federal:
$19,000
Non-Federal:
$0
David Morris, Norton Orange, Sandra Maina
Microclimates, Real-time Monitoring
2016
VT
Annual Base
System-wide rapid quantification of streambank erosion
Federal:
$39,958
Non-Federal:
$80,160
Mandar Dewoolkar, Jarlath ONeilDunne, Donna Rizzo, Jeff frolik
riverbanks stability, erosion, fluvial geomorphology, unmanned aerial system, Vermont
2016
VT
Annual Base
Developing high frequency in-situ methods to accurately quantify riverine phosphorus loading to Lake Champlain
Federal:
$9,994
Non-Federal:
$20,204
Beverley Wemple, Matthew Vaughan, Beverley Wemple, Andrew Vermilyea
phosphorus, water quality, Lake Champlain, TMDL, in-situ sensors
2016
VT
Annual Base
Quantifying the consequences of water quality changes and habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of aquatic organisms in the Lake Champlain basin
Federal:
$10,013
Non-Federal:
$20,191
J Marsden, Peter Euclide
habitat fragmentation, dam, causeway, fish, genetic
2016
VT
Annual Base
Impacts of climate change on winter-spring transition in plankton communities
Federal:
$10,800
Non-Federal:
$21,652
Jason Stockwell, Allison Hrycik
cyanobacteria, winter limnology, zooplankton, climate change
2016
VT
Annual Base
Can early feeding ameliorate thiamine deficiency in wild lake trout fry?
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,200
J Marsden, Carrie Kozel
lake trout, thiamine deficiency complex, lake trout fry, early feeding
2016
WA
Annual Base
Transformation of Graphene Oxide Nanomaterials in the Aquatic Environment
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,002
Indranil Chowdhury, Rick Watts
Nanomaterials, photolysis, graphene, surface waters
2016
WA
Annual Base
Low Energy Precision (/Spray) Applications: Unmanned Aerial System based Rapid Evaluation for Crop and Site Specific System Adaptation in the Pacific Northwest
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,062
Lav Khot, Troy Peters
Low Energy Spray Application; Low Altitude High Resolution Remote Sensing; Irrigation Application Efficiency
2016
WA
Annual Base
Understanding Links Between Water, Nitrogen, and Greenhouse Gases in “Green” Infrastructure
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,130
John Harrison, Kevan Moffett
Bioswales; Urban runoff; Nitrogen; Climate
2016
WA
Annual Base
Information Transfer Plan for the State of Washington Water Reseach Center
Federal:
$2,799
Non-Federal:
$9,146
Jonathan Yoder, Jennifer Adam
Information transfer
2016
WI
Annual Base
Wisconsin Water Resources Fellowship: Collaborating with Water Managers
Federal:
$28,553
Non-Federal:
$41,859
Jennifer Hauxwell
fellowship, state agency, water resources, policy
2016
WI
Annual Base
Long-term Alterations in Groundwater Chemistry Induced by Municipal Well Pumping
Federal:
$19,884
Non-Federal:
$31,366
Jean Bahr, Madeline Gotkowitz
groundwater, geochemistry, modeling
2016
WI
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$19,898
Non-Federal:
$69,861
Moira Harrington
Public information, communications, publications, library
2016
WI
Annual Base
Wisconsin Inititative on Climate Change Impacts: Water Resources Working Group
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$10,100
Daniel J. Vimont, David Liebl
climate change, water quantity, water quality
2016
WV
Annual Base
Environmental STEM Research Program: West Virginia University/Boy Scouts of America Bechtel Summit
Federal:
$67,072
Non-Federal:
$204,168
Paul Ziemkiewicz, Richard Thomas, Nicolas Zegre, Todd Petty, James Anderson, Tamara Vandivort
STEM, aquatic ecology, climate, vernal processes
2016
WY
Annual Base
Groundwater Modeling of the Casper Aquifer, Belvoir Ranch, Cheyenne
Federal:
$42,302
Non-Federal:
$227,912
Ye Zhang
Groundwater
2016
WY
Annual Base
A New Multifunctional Sorbent for the Treatment of Coproduced Waters from the Energy Industry
Federal:
$19,389
Non-Federal:
$224,396
Maohong Fan
Coproduced water, water treatment, energy production, salinity, alkalinity, carbonate
2015
AK
Annual Base
Linking landscape characteristics and stream temperature in the coastal temperate rainforest of southeast Alaska
Federal:
$19,265
Non-Federal:
$38,545
Eran Hood, Sanjay Pyare
stream temperature, watershed characteristics, climate change, Pacific salmon, southeast Alaska
2015
AK
Annual Base
Did ongoing peat accumulation buffer permafrost carbon from Holocene climate fluctuations?
Federal:
$14,923
Non-Federal:
$23,116
Daniel Mann
Climate Change, Paleoclimate Record, Wood Isotopes, Tree-Rings, Arctic, Thermokarst
2015
AK
Annual Base
Hydrograph partitioning of a glacierized watershed, Interior Alaska – YEAR 2
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$6,359
Anna Liljedahl, Tom Trainor
Runoff, hydrograph partitioning, glacier, geochemistry, field-flow fractionation, isotopes
2015
AK
Annual Base
Creating a 10,000-year record of lake level fluctuations at Quartz Lake, Interior Alaska
Federal:
$19,994
Non-Federal:
$10,097
Matthew Wooller
Interior Alaska, lake level reconstruction, climate change, paleoclimate record, radiocarbon dating
2015
AL
Annual Base
Water Policy and Law in Alabama (Year Two)
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,000
Heather Elliott, Bill Andreen
Water Law (268), Water Rights (278), Law (140), Policy Analysis (180), Planning (175), Resource Planning (199), Institutional Relationships (124)
2015
AL
Annual Base
Identification of pollution sources on agricultural farms and evaluation of new fecal indicators for surface water quality monitoring
Federal:
$19,856
Non-Federal:
$39,045
Luxin Wang, Eric Reutebuch
Agricultural land use, pollution loads, water quality, indicator microorganisms, Enterococcus
2015
AL
Annual Base
EVALUTATION OF THERMAL AND DISSOLVED OXYGEN STRESS TO FRESHWATER MUSSELS IN A SAFE HABOR / CRITICAL HABITAT REACH OF AN ALABAMA STREAM.
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
James Stoeckel
Conservation, Hydrobiology, Dams, Base Flow, Streams, Shellfish, Water Quality, Regulatory Permits
2015
AR
Annual Base
Characterization of phosphorus stores in soils and sediments and the potential for phosphorus release to water, related to land use and landscape position within a watershed
Federal:
$10,003
Non-Federal:
$21,557
Andrew Sharpley, Rosalind Dodd
Phosphorus, soils, nutrient management planning, legacy P, riparian buffer
2015
AR
Annual Base
REWARD: Rice Evapotranspiration and Water use in the Arkansas Delta
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Benjamin Runkle
rice
2015
AR
Annual Base
Optical water quality dynamics during receding flow in five Northwest Arkansas recreational rivers
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,440
Jefferson Scott, Amie West
optical water quality, clarity, turbidity, receding flow, Ozark rivers, Northwest Arkansas
2015
AR
Annual Base
Continuation of analysis for host-specific viruses in water samples collected from select 303(d) listed streams in the Illinois River Watershed
Federal:
$5,618
Non-Federal:
$12,253
Kristen Gibson
indicator orgnanisms, microbial source tracking, coliphage
2015
AR
Annual Base
Creating an annual hydroecological dataset in forested Ozark streams
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,013
Michelle Evans-White, Douglas Leasure, Daniel Magoulick
stream metabolism, hydrology, land use
2015
AR
Annual Base
Relationship between nutrients, macrograzers abundance (Central Stonerollers and Crayfish), and algae in Ozark Streams.
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Michelle Evans-White, Jefferson Scott
nutrients, macrograzers, central stoneroller, crayfish, algae, Ozark streams, nutrient criteria
2015
AR
Annual Base
Elucidation of a Novel Reaction Pathway for N-Nitrosamine Formation
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,204
Julian Fairey
disinfection byproducts; N-nitrosamine
2015
AR
Annual Base
Does environmental context mediate stream biological response to anthropogenic impacts?
Federal:
$2,250
Non-Federal:
$7,669
Sally Entrekin
agriculture, energy extraction, macroinvertebrates
2015
AR
Annual Base
Runoff Water Quality from Managed Grassland Amended with a Mixed Coal Combustion Byproduct
Federal:
$24,320
Non-Federal:
$49,860
David Miller, Kristofor Brye, Erik Pollock
coal combustion byproducts, leaching, runoff, plant uptake
2015
AR
Annual Base
Arkansas Water Resources Center - Information Transfer
Federal:
$2,645
Non-Federal:
$5,416
Brian Haggard, Erin Scott
Conference, social media, newsletter, electronic library
2015
AZ
Annual Base
Water Sources Over Time for a Semi-Arid River- Implications for Water Resources and Groundwater Modelling
Federal:
$9,985
Non-Federal:
$20,604
Thomas Meixner, Steve Leavitt, Kiyomi Morino
Groundwater Surface Water Interaction, Paleohydrology,
2015
AZ
Annual Base
Impact of upgraded wastewater reclamation facilities on chemicals of emerging concern in the effluent-dependent Lower Santa Cruz River
Federal:
$9,998
Non-Federal:
$21,613
David Quanrud, Shane Snyder
emerging contaminant, effluent-dependent stream
2015
AZ
Annual Base
Characterization of Uranium and Arsenic in Unregulated Water Sources on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Jani Ingram
arsenic, uranium, unregulated wells
2015
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$57,853
Non-Federal:
$120,082
Sharon Megdal, Susanna Eden, Jean McLain
2015
CA
Annual Base
Explaining Current and Future Trends in Adoption by California Municipalities and Counties of Policies Limiting or Banning High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$4,850
Gwen Arnold
fracking
2015
CA
Annual Base
Characterizing the Impact of Salton Sea Water Management and Restoration Practices on Regional Air Quality
Federal:
$14,074
Non-Federal:
$6,470
Roya Bahreini
Salton Sea, particulate matter
2015
CA
Annual Base
Monitoring tree survival and performance in street-side stormwater management facilities
Federal:
$14,926
Non-Federal:
$3,881
Igor Lacan
stormwater facilities, trees, water treatment
2015
CA
Annual Base
Metagenomic Analysis of Groundwater Wells for Risk Assessment and Development of Intervention Strategies to Improve Water Efficacy
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$8,250
Clarissa Noble
groundwater well, biofilm
2015
CA
Annual Base
Quantifying methylmercury loads from California rice fields
Federal:
$13,580
Non-Federal:
$3,531
Bruce Linquist
rice, methylmercury, irrigation
2015
CA
Annual Base
Assessing Environmental Justice Impacts and Social Learning of Integrated Regional Water Management Planning
Federal:
$12,500
Non-Federal:
$7,021
Jonathon London
environmental justice, integrated regional water management
2015
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Federal:
$47,413
Non-Federal:
$167,625
Reagan Waskom
Technology Transfer, Information Dissemination
2015
CO
Annual Base
Combined Influences of Hydrologic Connectivity and Nutrient Uptake on System-scale Retention
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,435
Tim Covino
Watershed Science, Biogeochemistry, Nutrient Retention, Hydrologic Connectivity
2015
CO
Annual Base
Temporal Consistency of Spatial Snowpack Properties
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,435
Steven Fassnacht
Snow, Accumulation, Consistency
2015
CO
Annual Base
Impact of Limited Irrigation on Health and Growth of Three Ornamental Grass Species
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,435
James Klett
Ornamental Grasses, Water Requirements, Plant Quality
2015
CO
Annual Base
Identifying Differential Access in Water Allocation Mechanisms: Water Rights for Oil and Gas Development in Colorado
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,435
Melinda Laituri
Oil and Gas, Water Governance, Water Rights
2015
CO
Annual Base
Groundwater Recharge within the South Platte Basin
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
John McCray
Groundwater, recharge, modeling
2015
CO
Annual Base
Floating Wetlands Systems: Managing Aquatic Plants as a Salt and Se Sequestration Strategy
Federal:
$4,922
Non-Federal:
$0
Gigi Richard
Floating Wetlands, Se Sequestration, Water Quality
2015
CO
Annual Base
Nutrient Retention and Productivity in Rocky Mountain Streams Under Alternative Stable States
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,435
Dana Winkelman
Large Wood Debris, Mountain Streams, Trout
2015
CT
Annual Base
Effects of Road Salts on Ephemeral Wetland Ecosystems
Federal:
$11,025
Non-Federal:
$22,781
Ashley Helton, Tracy Rittenhouse
vernal pool; temporary pond; greenhouse gas; amphibian; mosquito; exurban land use
2015
CT
Annual Base
Real-time in situ monitoring nutrient fate and hypoxia occurrence in natural water sources
Federal:
$21,343
Non-Federal:
$50,038
Baikun Li, Yu Lei
Real time in situ monitoring, surface water, sediment, eutrophication, hypoxia, microelectrode chip (MEC),
2015
CT
Annual Base
Mitigating Eurasian watermilfoil invasion success and ecosystem impact using native herbivores
Federal:
$4,025
Non-Federal:
$9,818
LaTina Steele
Watermilfoil, Invasion Success, Herbivory, Chemical Defenses
2015
CT
Annual Base
Laboratory evaluation of materials to treat chloride in stormwater
Federal:
$13,951
Non-Federal:
$27,823
Michael Dietz, John Clausen
water qualiy, chloride, deicing
2015
CT
Annual Base
Internally-Calibrated Passive Samplers for Water Quality Assessment of Pharmaceuticals and Other Organic Compounds of Wastewater Origin
Federal:
$20,328
Non-Federal:
$45,413
Allison Mackay
Pharmaceuticals, Passive Sampler, Fate and Transport, Wastewater Effluent,
2015
DC
Annual Base
Evaluating Long-term water quantity and quality performance of Bioretention systems in Washington, DC using monitoring and modeling
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$23,870
Arash Massoudieh, Arash Massoudieh
Bioretention
2015
DC
Annual Base
Does hydraulic fracturing pose a threat to DCs water supply? A field and modeling study.
Federal:
$9,955
Non-Federal:
$24,588
Karen Knee
Hydraulic fracturing, metals, Potomac River, water quality, watershed
2015
DC
Annual Base
Evaluation of green roof effectiveness for nitrogen, phosphorus and suspended solid reduction in runoff from precipitation events
Federal:
$9,993
Non-Federal:
$24,604
Stephen MacAvoy
green roof, nutrient adsorption, sediment reduction.
2015
DC
Annual Base
A Novel Water Treatment Solution Using Hybrid Mesoporous Materials Embedded with Metallic Oxide Nanoparticle
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$34,400
Xueqing Song
Nanotechnology, Nanoparticles, Mesoporous Materials, Pollutnt Removal, Wastewater Treatment, Stormwater Management, Water Quality
2015
DC
Annual Base
Water Pollution Prevention and Removal Using Nanostructured Smart Fluid with Switchable Surfactants
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$34,400
Jiajun Xu
Nanotechnology, Switchable Surfactants, Wastewater Treatment, Stormwater Management, Water Quality
2015
DC
Annual Base
Evaluating Impacts of Urban Water Ways on the Transportation Networks for the District of Columbia
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$19,600
Yao Yu
Climate change, extreme event, transportation infrastructure, Vulnerability assessment, and Geographical Information Systems
2015
DC
Annual Base
Potomac River Stage Forecasting Using a Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization and Evolutionary Algorithm (PSO-EA) Algorithm with LS-SVM
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$33,217
Nian Zhang, Nian Zhang
Water Supply, Water Quantity Prediction, Time Series Prediction, Least Squares Support Vector Machine
2015
DC
Annual Base
Identifying Sources of Chlordane Contamination in Anacostia River Food Fish
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$34,400
Harriette Phelps
Chlordane, Anacostia River, Fish
2015
DE
Annual Base
State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Delaware Water Resources Center, Annual Proposal for Fiscal Year 2015
Federal:
$86,151
Non-Federal:
$182,544
Gerald Kauffman
Watershed, Water Quality, Hydrology, Aquatic Ecology, Water Policy
2015
DE
Annual Base
DWRC Information Transfer
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Gerald Kauffman, Maria Pautler
Information transfer, knowledge dissemination, outreach and public education
2015
DE
Annual Base
UD WATER
Federal:
$5,184
Non-Federal:
$3,155
Gerald Kauffman, Maria Pautler
Ecological approaches to stormwater management, internship training, education and outreach
2015
FL
Annual Base
Transport and loss of nitrogen within the Upper Floridan Aquifer in the Silver Springs springshed
Federal:
$16,000
Non-Federal:
$34,320
James Jawitz
denitrification, solute flux, groundwater age
2015
FL
Annual Base
Florida Water Resources Information Transfer
Federal:
$28,566
Non-Federal:
$18,783
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
2015
GA
Annual Base
Water supply and its potential impact on economic development along the Macon-Hawkinsville reach of the Ocmulgee River
Federal:
$17,250
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Ernest Tollner, Abhyuday Mandal, Todd Rasmussen
Environmental Flow, Water Management, Economic Development, Ocmulgee River
2015
GA
Annual Base
Market-based approaches to resolve water conflicts in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin
Federal:
$17,250
Non-Federal:
$35,769
Laurie Fowler
transboundary water management, market-based instruments, water conflicts, drought
2015
GA
Annual Base
Overland flow-sourced water quality impairment and targeted restoration of natural flow regimes in Proctor Creek, Atlanta, GA
Federal:
$17,250
Non-Federal:
$36,012
Katie Price, Daniel Deocampo
brownfields, remediation, environmental flows, urbanization, trace metals
2015
GA
Annual Base
The 2015 Biennial Georgia Water Resources Conference
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Robin McDowell, Todd Rasmussen
Georgia, water resources, conference
2015
GU
Annual Base
Workshop Series on Guam Groundwater Resources
Federal:
$14,836
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson, Nathan Habana
Groundwater education
2015
GU
Annual Base
Exploring the natural limits of the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer: A step toward optimum sustainable management, Phase 2implementation of a numerical model
Federal:
$22,429
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson, Nathan Habana, Mark Lander
Groundwater availability, Groundwater quality
2015
GU
Annual Base
Impact of Multiple Mercury Sources on Edible Quality of Fish from American Memorial Park Nearshore Waters, Saipan, CNMI
Federal:
$38,568
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
Monitoring, Fish, Sediments, Mercury, Saipan Lagoon, Micronesia
2015
GU
Annual Base
REVIEW OF HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS METHODS AND ADVANCED MODELING TECHNIQUES USING THE EPANET WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM MODEL
Federal:
$24,126
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz, Brian Bearden, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Hydraulic training, Water distribution system, hydraulic modeling
2015
GU
Annual Base
Augmented Saipan daily rainfall measurements to inform a study of well head and well salinity variations
Federal:
$17,053
Non-Federal:
$0
Mark Lander
Rainfall distribution, rain rates, daily and hourly extreme values, groundwater recharge, well head response, and well chloride levels
2015
GU
Annual Base
Impacts of Land Cover Change on Groundwater Quality in Saipan
Federal:
$24,077
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen, Brian Bearden, Derek Chambers
Land cover change, GIS, human activities, impacts, groundwater quality
2015
GU
Annual Base
Continuation and expansion of data collection for sewage treatment pilot study on Yap with addition of a composting pilot test for reuse of waste sludge
Federal:
$27,483
Non-Federal:
$0
Joe Rouse
Wastewater, Sewage, Sludge, Treatment, Reuse, Sustainability
2015
GU
Annual Base
Water System Leak detection Training for Yap State Public Services Corporation (YSPSC)
Federal:
$19,958
Non-Federal:
$0
Charles Falmeyog, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Water Resources, Training, Education, Operations and Maintenance
2015
GU
Annual Base
Sustainable Conjunctive use of Groundwater and Rain Catchment Water under Variable Climatic Scenarios for Atoll Island Communities of Yap State: Ifalik, Eauripik, Satawal, Ulithi
Federal:
$15,446
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2015
GU
Annual Base
Enhance the network of community-based engagement for Watershed Forest Reserve to conserve and protect our fresh waters ecosystems in Pohnpei, Federated States Micronesia-FSM
Federal:
$18,069
Non-Federal:
$0
Joseph Eugene, Francisca Obispo
Community-based management, watershed Forest Reserve, Water quality, Community Conservation Officers
2015
GU
Annual Base
Second Conference on Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical Islands
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah
Information Dissemination, Tropical Islands Water Resources, Climate
2015
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$26,058
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2015
HI
Annual Base
A Novel Approach for Estimation of Evapotranspiration
Federal:
$33,462
Non-Federal:
$61,116
Sayed Bateni
ET, Data Assimilation
2015
HI
Annual Base
Toward an understanding of residential water conservation behaviors on Oahu
Federal:
$30,824
Non-Federal:
$64,769
Daniele Spirandelli, Kimberly Burnett, Michael Roberts
2015
HI
Annual Base
Numerical simulation of cold intermediate depth seawater circulation through the Keauhou aquifer in North Kona, Hawaii
Federal:
$20,344
Non-Federal:
$41,596
Craig Glenn
Hawaii Groundwater, SEAWAT, seawater circulation
2015
HI
Annual Base
Second Conference on Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical Islands
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$830
Aly El-Kadi
2015
IA
Annual Base
Information Transfer 2015
Federal:
$29,605
Non-Federal:
$24,640
Richard Cruse, Melissa Miller
2015
ID
Annual Base
Linking Agronomic Soil-P with Water Quality in Palouse Cropping Systems
Federal:
$29,916
Non-Federal:
$62,003
Daniel Strawn, Erin Brooks
Phosphorous, Dryland Farming, Soil Processes, Watershed
2015
ID
Annual Base
Characterization and Analysis of Urban Storm Water Quantity and Quality
Federal:
$10,014
Non-Federal:
$18,537
Jan Boll
Urban, Storm-water, Dry-weather, Wet-weather, monitoring, Critical Source Area
2015
ID
Annual Base
The economics of flood risk management on the Columbia River and the Columbia River Treaty
Federal:
$15,003
Non-Federal:
$30,145
Barbara Cosens
Flood Risk Management, Floodplain Restoration, Reservoir Operations, Transboundary Negotiations
2015
ID
Annual Base
A study of social network among stakeholders in the South Fork Coeur d'Alene subbasin watershed
Federal:
$15,016
Non-Federal:
$29,191
Manoj Shrestha
Inter-organizational interaction, social networks, watershed governance
2015
ID
Annual Base
Idaho Outreach and Engagement Project FY2015
Federal:
$37,399
Non-Federal:
$42,762
John Tracy
Outreach, Engagement
2015
IL
Annual Base
Effects of structural rehabilitation on nutrient retention and uptake, community assemblages, and functional morphology of biotic communities in a small Midwestern stream
Federal:
$9,977
Non-Federal:
$20,754
Anabela Maia, Anabela Maia
instream rehabilitation, restroation, nutrient retention, fish communities, macroinvertebrate communities
2015
IL
Annual Base
Effect of dams on the genetic structure of fish assemblages in the Vermillion River
Federal:
$8,518
Non-Federal:
$21,128
Robert Colombo, Devon Keeney, Shannon Smith
dams, river connectivity, population genetics, biotic assemblages, community structure, habitat change
2015
IL
Annual Base
Making up for losses: A critical analysis of Section 404 compensatory stream mitigation banking in Illinois
Federal:
$5,591
Non-Federal:
$11,182
Bruce Rhoads, Thomas Bassett, Jeffery Matthews, Alex Peimer
ecological off-sets, payments for ecosystem services, Section 404 compensatory stream mitigation, fluvial geomorphology, political ecology
2015
IL
Annual Base
Modeling and prediction of watershed-scale dynamics of consumptive water reuse for power plant cooling
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Ashlynn Stillwell, Zachary Barker
hydrology, power plants, streamflow, watershed managment
2015
IL
Annual Base
Transfering Water Resources Information to the People of Illinois
Federal:
$44,249
Non-Federal:
$81,923
Lisa Merrifield, Eliana Brown
Outreach
2015
IN
Annual Base
The Impact of Cleaning Out Agricultural Sprayers and Tender Trucks on Water QualityRemoving Herbicide Residues from Tank to Tip
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$48,469
Fred Whitford
water, pesticides, tank cleanout, crop damage
2015
IN
Annual Base
Water Quality improvement demonstration effort
Federal:
$12,002
Non-Federal:
$11,515
Ronald Turco
Tile Water, Drainage Water, Antibiotic Resistance Nitrate Removal
2015
IN
Annual Base
What Is the Source of Baseflow in the Wabash River Watershed?
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,020
Marty Frisbee, Indrajeet Chaubey
groundwater/surface-water interactions, baseflow, geochemistry, environmental tracer, radon-222, tile-drainage, source partitioning
2015
IN
Annual Base
Abundance and effects of pharmaceuticals on game fish in central Indiana
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Melody Bernot
contaminants, nonpoint pollution, streams, toxicology
2015
IN
Annual Base
Developing a predictive model for algae-bacterial associations in the Wabash River Watershed
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,451
Kevin Wyatt
Water Quality, Algae, Watershed protection, Cladophora, public-health
2015
IN
Annual Base
Transport and Transformation of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Carbon in Intermittent Streams
Federal:
$14,998
Non-Federal:
$30,020
Adam Ward, Todd Royer
Nutrient management, water quality, riparian hydrology, nitrogen, carbon
2015
KY
Annual Base
Sinkhole probability mapping: Integrating human impacts and natural processes in conjunction with LiDAR to predict karst subsidence
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,050
Junfeng Zhu
sinkhole, geologic factors, urban development, risk assessment
2015
KY
Annual Base
Long term effects of forestry best management practices on hydrology and water chemistry in three Appalachian headwater catchments
Federal:
$2,550
Non-Federal:
$5,433
Carmen Agouridis
watershed hydrology, best management practices, tree harvestug
2015
KY
Annual Base
Geospatial evaluation of sewer gas to indoor air pathways relevant for vapor intrusion
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,008
Kelly Pennell
GIS, I&I, hazoardous waste sites, VOC
2015
KY
Annual Base
Toward rapid detection of Phytophthora cinnamomi and P. ramorum in Appalachian streams
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,408
Chris Barton
PCR, oospores, rapid assessment
2015
KY
Annual Base
Investigation of source, fate, and transport of sediments in a karst dominated watershed
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
James Fox
erosion, water resources, agriculture, urban, environment
2015
KY
Annual Base
Controlled drainage in western Kentucky: Mitigating water stress and reducing nutrient loss to surface waters in grain crop production
Federal:
$4,992
Non-Federal:
$11,049
Carrie Knott, Ole Wendroth
drain tile, BMP, artificial drainage
2015
KY
Annual Base
Examinng the impacts of valley fills on stream water quality and amphibian and macroinvertebrate communities in southeastern Kentucky
Federal:
$3,646
Non-Federal:
$7,297
Stephen Richter
mountaintop removal, salamanders, mining, aquatic ecosystems
2015
KY
Annual Base
Relationships between water quality and the fish community in Kentucky Lake
Federal:
$4,614
Non-Federal:
$9,404
Timothy Spier
light penetration, juvenile fish, trawl
2015
KY
Annual Base
Measuring water quality and subsurface restoration effects along Obion Creek floodplain, western Kentucky
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Gary Stinchcomb
riparian zone, nutrient dynamics, soil-water quality
2015
KY
Annual Base
Investigating karst hydrology influences on harmful algal blooms in two Kentucky lakes
Federal:
$4,964
Non-Federal:
$9,929
Jason Polk
nutrient inputs, fecal coliform bacteria, eutrophication
2015
KY
Annual Base
2015 Kentucky informaton transfer project
Federal:
$43,169
Non-Federal:
$88,374
Lindell Ormsbee
symposium, internet, www, newsletter, water quality database
2015
LA
Annual Base
Long-Term Groundwater Recharge Projection of Southeastern Louisiana and Southwestern Mississippi Under Climate Change
Federal:
$19,680
Non-Federal:
$39,503
Frank Tsai
Hydrologic Modelling, groundwater recharge, water budget and climate change
2015
LA
Annual Base
Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur to Louisiana water bodies
Federal:
$19,680
Non-Federal:
$39,503
Hongliang Zhang, Hongliang Zhang
deposition, source apportionment, modeling
2015
LA
Annual Base
Development of watershed-based dynamic total maximum daily load for dissolved oxygen in loiwer Bayou Macon
Federal:
$19,850
Non-Federal:
$39,893
Zhi-Qiang Deng
dissolved oxygen, dynamic total maximum daily load, watershed
2015
MA
Annual Base
Enhancing the Flux of Ultrafiltration Membranes using Nanofibers
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,050
Jessica Schiffman
Ultrafiltration, Membrane, Water Quality
2015
MA
Annual Base
Microbial attenuation of non-point source pharmaceutical and personal care products pollution from antiquated septic systems in coastal communities
Federal:
$29,971
Non-Federal:
$60,008
C. Butler, Kaoru Ikuma
2015
MA
Annual Base
Influence of nutrients on Microcystis blooms in the Charles River watershed
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Pia Moisander
Harmful algal blooms, Cyanobacteria, Microcystis, Nitrogen, Phosphorus
2015
MA
Annual Base
Removal of Water-borne Pathogens and Heavy Metals Using Novel Biogranules
Federal:
$13,500
Non-Federal:
$27,063
Chul Park, Yasu Morita
Pathogens, Heavy metals, Wastewater, Biogranule, Microalgae
2015
MA
Annual Base
Massachusetts Water Watch Partnership web site redesign
Federal:
$4,744
Non-Federal:
$10,374
Jerry Schoen
Citizen Science, methods, SOPs, Web
2015
MA
Annual Base
2015 Workshop Series
Federal:
$17,074
Non-Federal:
$33,871
Paula Rees, Anita Milman, David Reckhow, Eve Vogel
Symposium, water governance, water resources
2015
MD
Annual Base
The Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Poultry Litter Digestion
Federal:
$34,970
Non-Federal:
$70,549
Stephanie Lansing, Stephanie Yarwood, Lance Yonkos
Antibiotics, Hormones, Biogas, Anaerobic Digestion, Biological and Microbial Assays
2015
MD
Annual Base
Water balance of a green roof integrated with a constructed wetland and rain garden for urban water management
Federal:
$24,744
Non-Federal:
$50,110
David Tilley
green roofs, living architecture, integrated technology
2015
MD
Annual Base
Potential use of duckweed (Lemna minor) in bioremediation of rare earth element-containing effluents
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$7,436
Johan Schijf, Edward Landa
Lemna, duckweed, rare earth element, effluent, phytoremediation
2015
MD
Annual Base
Maryland Water Symposium 2015
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$1,584
Kaye Brubaker
Maryland, water resources, symposium, conference
2015
MD
Annual Base
Retrospective Analysis of Nutrient and Sediment Loadings and Trends in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
Kaye Brubaker, William Ball
WRTDS, trend, nutrient loads, sediment loads, Chesapeake Bay
2015
MD
Annual Base
Chironomus riparius: A Tool for Studying Ecological Effects of “Inert” Safeners (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,026
Kaye Brubaker, Susan Gresens
Chironomus, ecotoxicology, sediment, herbicide, safener
2015
MD
Annual Base
Assessing hydrogeomorphological constraints on water quality functions of forested riparian buffers in Western Maryland (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,337
Kaye Brubaker, Keith Eshleman
Riparian buffers, riparian forest buffers, Chesapeake Bay, Western Maryland
2015
MD
Annual Base
Storm Water Runoff and Water Quality Modeling in Urban Maryland (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
Kaye Brubaker, Barton Forman
LID, infiltration basin, storm water treatment, SWMM
2015
ME
Annual Base
Plankton N cycling and detection of cyanobacterial blooms across a gradient of lake trophic state
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$49,668
Denise Bruesewitz, Peter Countway, D King
water quality monitoring, water chemistry, toxic substances, isotopes, nitrogen, nutrients, lakes
2015
ME
Annual Base
Toward a more efficient UV disinfection system: The development of a TiO2-based photocatalyst to enhance the degradation of taste and odor compounds in drinking water
Federal:
$28,930
Non-Federal:
$60,535
Aria Amirbahman, John Peckenham
Organic Compounds, Oxidation, Pollution Control, Water Quality, Water Treatment
2015
ME
Annual Base
Water budget, groundwater exchange and hydrologic variability of central Maine
Federal:
$16,182
Non-Federal:
$30,554
Andrew Reeve, Aram Calhoun, Krista Capps
vernal pools, groundwater interaction with surface water, water budget
2015
ME
Annual Base
Maine Information Transfer
Federal:
$19,827
Non-Federal:
$30,154
John Peckenham
Outreach, Education, K-12, STEM
2015
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$34,369
Non-Federal:
$68,283
Jon Bartholic
Watershed Planning and Management; Water Quality; Water Use; DSS
2015
MI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer Training, Dissemination and Program Development
Federal:
$27,973
Non-Federal:
$56,296
Lois Wolfson
Water Quality; Great Lakes, Watershed Management; Climate Variability; Invasive Species; Inland Lakes; Lake and Stream Leadership; Interactive Web-based Systems
2015
MI
Annual Base
Microbial Water Pollution Source Characterization and Quantification at Sloan Creek
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,097
Irene Xagoraraki, Ruth Kline-Robach
E-coli, bacteroides, microbial pollution source tracking, human-farm animal-wildlife pollution genetic markers
2015
MI
Annual Base
Integration of Additional Models into the Development of an Optimization Decision Model (ODM) for Strategically Allocating Resources and Conservation Practices to Benefit Multiple Ecological and Socioeconomic Endpoints
Federal:
$19,993
Non-Federal:
$39,996
Jon Bartholic, Vicki Anderson, James Duncan, Glenn O'Neil
Watershed Planning and Management; Water Quality; Water Use; DSS
2015
MN
Annual Base
Hydrogeochemical modeling of groundwater controls on sulfate and wild rice in streams
Federal:
$29,592
Non-Federal:
$59,588
GeneHua Ng, Amy Myrbo
sulfate, wild rice, sulfide, iron, groundwater-surface water interactions
2015
MN
Annual Base
Invasive mussel shells and biogeochemistry of Minnesota lakes
Federal:
$15,409
Non-Federal:
$30,817
Ted Ozersky
dreissenid mussels, nutrients, water quality model, alkalinity, invasive species
2015
MN
Annual Base
Improving the (Bio)fouling and Mechanical Resistance of Ultrafiltration Membranes for Drinking Water Production
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
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ultrafiltration, biofilm, fouling, membrane processes
2015
MO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$42,352
Non-Federal:
$82,394
Baolin Deng
Technology Transfer, Information Transfer, Website, Newsletter, Publications
2015
MO
Annual Base
Removal of NOMs by Advanced Thin Film Composite Membranes for the Control of Disinfection Byproducts
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$45,229
Zhiqiang Hu
mixed matrix membranes, NOMs, source water, polyamide, polysulfone, nanoparticles, water permeability, DBPs, THMs, HAAs, MMM, NDMA, membrane-based nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, hyrophilicity, silica nanoparticles, membrane performance
2015
MS
Annual Base
Water Quality in Bangs Lake: effects of recurrent phosphate spills to a coastal estuary: Year 2
Federal:
$21,964
Non-Federal:
$51,012
Kevin Dillon
Water quality, contaminant transport mechanisms, sedimentation, water quality management
2015
MS
Annual Base
Influence of wetland plant community types on water quality improvement in natural and restored wetlands of the Mississippi Delta
Federal:
$21,282
Non-Federal:
$42,577
Gary Ervin
Wetlands, Water Quality, Watershed Management
2015
MS
Annual Base
Towards an understanding of surface and groundwater exchange within tailwater recovery systems
Federal:
$9,628
Non-Federal:
$19,421
Eric Dibble, Beth Baker, Joby Czarnecki
Groundwater
2015
MT
Annual Base
Assessing the capacity of natural infrastructure to increase water storage, reduce vulnerability to floods, and enhance resiliency to climate change
Federal:
$14,886
Non-Federal:
$29,774
Jamie McEvoy
Natural Water Storage, Natural Infrastructure, Climate Change Resiliency, Floodplain Management, Participatory Research, Musselshell River Basin
2015
MT
Annual Base
Nitrifying wastewater biofilms and the influence of emerging contaminants
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$51,418
Ellen Lauchnor, Ellen Lauchnor
Wastewater, nitrification, biofilm, aromatic hydrocarbons, biological nitrogen removal
2015
MT
Annual Base
Designing scenarios for hydrologic resilience in the Upper Missouri Headwaters with integrated ecosystem models
Federal:
$6,207
Non-Federal:
$48,535
Benjamin Poulter, Benjamin Poulter, Benjamin Poulter
vegetation models; graph theory; climate change; land-use change; management; adaptation; vulnerability; stakeholders; policy; high-performance computing
2015
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Climatic and geomorphologic influences on soil development and transport in the Bitterroot and Sapphire Mountains, Montana, USA
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$440
Sarah Benjaram, Sarah Benjaram
geomorphology, climate, sediment transport
2015
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Sediment routing in steep mountain streams to understand hillslope-channel connectivity
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$440
Michael Jahnke, Michael Jahnke
sediment transport, geomorphology, connectivity
2015
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Environmental DNA to evaluate individual variation in rainbow trout spawning date
Federal:
$909
Non-Federal:
$400
Taylor Wilcox
environmental DNA, genetics, ecology, rainbow trout
2015
NC
Annual Base
Heavy metal anaysis, gene proxies, and stable isotoope tracers of coal ash contamination in the Dan River food web
Federal:
$19,619
Non-Federal:
$35,954
Anne Hershey, Parke Rublee, Martin Tsz-Ki Tsui
Dan River, Coal ash, Mercury(Hg), Sulfur (S), Heavy metals, Stable isotope tracers, Gene proxies, Bioaccumulation, Food web
2015
NC
Annual Base
Legacy impacts of coal combustion residues on freshwater ecosystems in North Carolina
Federal:
$9,305
Non-Federal:
$83,803
Richard Di Giulio, Emily Bernhardt, Jessica Brandt, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Avner Vengosh
Coal combustion residues (CCRs), aquatic toxicology, selenium, trace metals, trace metal isotopes
2015
NC
Annual Base
Coal ash constituents at the base of aquatic food webs: Processes affecting bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of arsenic
Federal:
$21,192
Non-Federal:
$64,913
David Buchwalter, Dean Hesterberg
Arsenic, bioavailability, food web, speciation, toxicity
2015
NC
Annual Base
WRRI Informaiton Transfer Program
Federal:
$2,270
Non-Federal:
$0
Nicole Wilkinson
2015
NC
Annual Base
Advection and beyond: Effects of river flow on toxigenic cyanobacterial (Microcystis spp.) bloom dynamics in tidal-fresh estuarine zones
Federal:
$183,101
Non-Federal:
$252,167
Hans Paerl
2015
ND
Annual Base
Contribution of Soluble Microbial Products on Dissolved Organic Nitrogen and its Biodegradability in Wastewater Effluent
Federal:
$8,292
Non-Federal:
$16,583
Halis Simsek
Dissolved Organic Nitrogen, Wastewater Effluent, Microbial Products, Biological Wastewater treatment
2015
ND
Annual Base
Use of Mixers in Water Towers to Prevent Ice Formation and Improve Water Quality
Federal:
$4,800
Non-Federal:
$9,600
Wei Lin
Water Tanks, Mixing, Ice formation, Water quality in water supply
2015
ND
Annual Base
Evaluation of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Sand Filters and Biological Treatment on Indian Reservations
Federal:
$4,800
Non-Federal:
$9,600
Wei Lin
Septic tanks, Indian Reservations, Sand filters, Biological treatment
2015
ND
Annual Base
Glutaraldehyde Removal from Flowback and Produced Water Using Photolysis
Federal:
$6,132
Non-Federal:
$12,265
Khan Eakalak, Sivaguru Jayaraman
Glutaraldehyde, Flowback water, Hydraulic Fracturing, Photolysis
2015
ND
Annual Base
Biopolymers for Phosphate Removal from Eutrophic Lakes
Federal:
$12,608
Non-Federal:
$25,217
Achintya Bezbaruah
Phosphate removal, Eutrophic Lakes, Biopolymers
2015
ND
Annual Base
A Study of the Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Drought and its Impact in
Federal:
$11,608
Non-Federal:
$23,217
G. Padmanabhan
Drought, Drought indices, Drought impact, Agriculture Yield
2015
ND
Annual Base
Injectable Nanoparticle-based Permeable Reactive Barriers for Groundwater Contaminant Remediation
Federal:
$4,800
Non-Federal:
$9,600
Achintya Bezbaruah
Permeable reactve barriers, Groundwater remediation, Nanoparticles
2015
ND
Annual Base
Quantifying Soluble Salt Removal from Subsurface Tile-Drain Agricultural Fields
Federal:
$4,800
Non-Federal:
$9,600
Francis Casey, Abbey Wick
Salt removal, Tile drains, Agricultural drainage
2015
ND
Annual Base
Evaluation of Bioavailable Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Using Various Algal Species
Federal:
$4,002
Non-Federal:
$8,004
Halis Simsek
Dissolved organic nitrogen, Algae, Bioavailability
2015
ND
Annual Base
The Role of Algal Species on Phosphorus Bioavailability
Federal:
$8,292
Non-Federal:
$16,583
Khan Eakalak
Phosphorus, Bioavailability, Algae
2015
ND
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Communication
Federal:
$11,011
Non-Federal:
$22,022
Khan Eakalak
Information dissemination, communication, website, newsletter, Annual seminar
2015
NE
Annual Base
Design of Multi-Scale Soil Moisture Monitoring Networks in Agricultural Systems Using Hydrogeophysics
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,001
Trenton Franz
hydrogeophysics
2015
NE
Annual Base
Development of Smart Alginate Hybrid Beads for Eco-Friendly Water Treatment
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,779
Jaehong Shim, Patrick Shea
water quality, pollutants, contaminant removal, mitigation, remediation, composite reactive beads
2015
NE
Annual Base
Climate Variability and a Decision Support Tool for Optimizing Yields with Limited Water Available for Irrigation
Federal:
$16,499
Non-Federal:
$56,731
Jane Okalebo, Kenneth Hubbard
evapotranspiration, irrigation scheduling, sensitive coefficients, corn
2015
NE
Annual Base
Fate of Manure-Borne Antimicrobials Monensin, Lincomycin, and Sulfamethazine and Potential Effects to Nitrogen Transformation in Soil
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,232
Daniel Snow, Matteo DAlessio
antibiotics, biogeochemistry, nutrients
2015
NH
Annual Base
Improved Ecosystem Indicator Tools for Water Quality Management – Genomic Analysis of Periphyton to Identify Stressors
Federal:
$12,040
Non-Federal:
$24,079
Alison Watts, WKelley Thomas
Algae, monitoring, adaptive management, genomics
2015
NJ
Annual Base
Assessing the partitioning and treatment of microbial agents during wet weather flow
Federal:
$19,998
Non-Federal:
$58,060
Nicole Fahrenfeld, Nicole Fahrenfeld
2015
NJ
Annual Base
Knowledge and action on nonpoint pollution: a professional development program for educators
Federal:
$10,068
Non-Federal:
$26,873
Roberta Hunter
2015
NJ
Annual Base
Investigation into the hydrologic benefits of soil compaction management
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$24,269
Steven Yergeau, Louise Wootton
2015
NJ
Annual Base
Establishing bioremediation options for dioxins and furans for the heavily contaminated sediments of the Passaic River, New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Haider AlMnehlawi, Donna E. Fennell
2015
NJ
Annual Base
The biodegradation of pharmaceuticals in anaerobic wastewater digestate
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Julia Campbell, Lily Young
2015
NJ
Annual Base
Assessment of seasonal variations and viability of antibiotic resistant genes from hospital point sources to surface waters of New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$16,193
Alessia Eramo, Nicole Fahrenfeld
2015
NJ
Annual Base
Perflourinated compounds (PFOS, PFOA, PFNA) exposure in laboratory zebrafish and field-caught small mouth bass produce different toxicology profiles based on morphometric, gene expression, and behavioral endpoints
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Carrie Greenfield, Keith Cooper
2015
NJ
Annual Base
Suspended particulate toxicity: an emerging area of concern for physiochemical exposures to fish and other aquatic organisms
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Daniel Millemann, Keith Cooper
2015
NJ
Annual Base
Developing a green technology to remove phosphate and pharmaceuticals from wastewater effluents
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,315
Saumik Panja, Yang Deng, Dibyendu Sarkar
2015
NJ
Annual Base
Effects of hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) grow-out operations on benthic communities in Barnegat Bay, NJ
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,162
Rebecca Shell, Robert Prezant
2015
NJ
Annual Base
Development of novel membranes for reuse of brackish water and sea water desalination via membrane distillation
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Smruti Ragunath, Somenath Mitra
2015
NM
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$19,898
Non-Federal:
$38,757
Cathy Ortega Klett
Water Resources Education, Information Transfer, Information Dissemination
2015
NM
Annual Base
Geographic Information Systems for Water Resources Research Planning
Federal:
$11,174
Non-Federal:
$5,140
Alexander Fernald
2015
NM
Annual Base
Arsenic Removal from Water by Porous Polymers
Federal:
$20,547
Non-Federal:
$41,095
Reza Foudazi
Arsenic contamination, absorption methods, porous monolith
2015
NM
Annual Base
Understanding the Costs of Arid Inland Communities
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Caroline Scruggs
water scarcity, planned potable resuse, sustainable resource management, arid communities, water treatment costs
2015
NV
Annual Base
Greenpower-Empowering Nevada
Federal:
$10,451
Non-Federal:
$20,735
Amelia Gulling
greenbox, water, education
2015
NV
Annual Base
Impact of Climate Change on Low-probability, High-risk Flooding Events in the Southwestern United States
Federal:
$27,464
Non-Federal:
$55,874
Li Chen
2015
NV
Annual Base
Testing the Mortality and Settlement of Quagga Mussel Veliger Under Various Chemical Treatments
Federal:
$23,648
Non-Federal:
$48,223
Kumud Acharya
Lake Mead, Invasive Species, Quagga Mussels, Water Quality, Containment
2015
NV
Annual Base
Geologic and Seismic Effects of Large Scale Groundwater Withdrawal from Northeastern Nevada Basins
Federal:
$23,965
Non-Federal:
$47,890
Rina Schumer
groundwater withdrawal, slip rates, seismicity
2015
NY
Annual Base
Environmental Research
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$1,650
Susan Riha, Brian Rahm
2015
NY
Annual Base
Denitrifying Bioreactors Reduction of Agricultural Nitrogen Pollution at the Watershed Scale
Federal:
$9,963
Non-Federal:
$0
Larry Geohring
Denitrifying Bioreactor; Nitrogen; Edge-of-field BMP; Watershed nutrient management
2015
NY
Annual Base
Emerging Organic Pollutants: From College Campuses to Cayuga Lake
Federal:
$19,813
Non-Federal:
$66,854
Susan AllenGill, Jose Lozano
Emerging pollutants; pharmaceuticals; endocrine disruption
2015
NY
Annual Base
Western New York Watershed Network
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$44,097
Chris Lowry
Water Quality; Stream Discharge; Western New York; Lake Eire
2015
NY
Annual Base
Population and DPS Origin of Subadult Atlantic Sturgeon in the Hudson River
Federal:
$18,980
Non-Federal:
$41,455
Isaac Wirgin
Atlantic sturgeon; Migration; Subadults; DNA analyses; Population-DPS origin
2015
OH
Annual Base
Soil development on coal mine tailings; impact on trace metal sources and mobility to acid mine drainage
Federal:
$20,072
Non-Federal:
$20,072
David Singer
trace metals; coal mine tailings, shale, acid mine drainage
2015
OH
Annual Base
Policy Tools for Reducing Nutrient Loads and Combating Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Lake Erie: An Inventory and Assessment
Federal:
$24,455
Non-Federal:
$24,455
John Hoornbeek
Policy, HABs, Lake Erie, Nutrients
2015
OH
Annual Base
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Non-Point Source Pollution
Federal:
$35,217
Non-Federal:
$35,416
Gajan Sivandran
Downscaling, Global climate models, critical source areas
2015
OK
Annual Base
Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$9,203
Non-Federal:
$17,585
Garey Fox
2015
OK
Annual Base
Quantifying Streambank Erosion and Phosphorus Load for Watershed Assessment and Planning
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Daniel Storm
Streambank erosion, phosphorus, SWAT, modeling
2015
OK
Annual Base
Optimizing the Economic Value of Water from the Ogallala Aquifer used for Irrigation
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Jason Warren, Jody Campiche, Rodney Jones, Arthur Stoecker
Subsurface Drip, wheat, corn, sorghum, economics
2015
OK
Annual Base
Threats to the Lugert-Altus Irrigation District: Untangling the Effects of Drought, Land Use Change, and Groundwater Development
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Tyson Ochsner, Erik Kruger, Yohannes Yimam
Streamflow, land use change, groundwater development, drought
2015
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$52,842
Non-Federal:
$185,601
Todd Jarvis
Film Series, Humanitarian Engineering, Water Resources Seminars
2015
PA
Annual Base
Building Capacity to Assess Harmful Algal Blooms in Surface Waters of Pennsylvania
Federal:
$17,900
Non-Federal:
$35,800
Bryan Swistock
harmful algal blooms, water education
2015
PA
Annual Base
Determining How Fish Populations Cope with Rapid Environmental Fluctuation: A Case Study in Pennsylvania Streams
Federal:
$17,950
Non-Federal:
$35,759
Victoria Braithwaite
Climate change, Plasticity, Conservation, Fish
2015
PA
Annual Base
Assessment of Shale Gas Contaminants in Sediment Profiles of the Conemaugh River Lake
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$35,229
William Burgos, Pat Drohan
shale gas wastewater, sediment cores, radioactivity, radium, lakes
2015
PA
Annual Base
Passive Co-Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage and Municipal Wastewater: A Novel Solution to Protect and Restore Water Quality
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$68,030
William Strosnider
Acid Mine Drainage, Municipal Wastewater, Co-Treatment, Passive Treatment, Applied Geochemistry
2015
PA
Annual Base
Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center Education & Outreach Program
Federal:
$11,228
Non-Federal:
$8,683
Elizabeth Boyer
water, education, STEM, conferences, symposia
2015
PR
Annual Base
Development and evaluation of a hybrid multimedia-filter prototype (HMP) for the degradation of natural organic matter (NOM) and bacteriological control from raw waters.
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$43,469
Pedro Tarafa, OMarcelo Suarez
photodegradation, biosand filter, titanium oxide, pathogens, trihalomethanes, recycled glass
2015
PR
Annual Base
Mapping Field-Scale Soil Moisture Using Ground-Based L-Band Passive Microwave Observations in Western Puerto Rico
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$43,469
Jonathan MunozBarreto, Tarendra Lakhankar, Xiwu Zhan
Soil Moisture, Microwave Radiometer, Remote Sensing
2015
PR
Annual Base
Second Conference on Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical Islands
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Jorge Rivera-Santos, Walter Silva
2015
RI
Annual Base
Common Pool Resources and Water Quality Experiments
Federal:
$19,581
Non-Federal:
$39,230
Todd Guilfoos
Experiments, Common Pool Resources, Water Resources, Cooperation
2015
RI
Annual Base
Improving Methods to Assess Liquefaction Potential of Embankment Dams in the Northeast Region
Federal:
$19,076
Non-Federal:
$39,384
Aaron Bradshaw
Embankment Dam, Liquefaction
2015
RI
Annual Base
Clean Drinking Water in Rhode Island
Federal:
$8,565
Non-Federal:
$16,604
Christopher Hunter
Clean Water;
2015
SC
Annual Base
A Premilinary Investigation into the Ecology, Hydrodynamics, and Limnological Parameters of Oxbow Lakes in the Middle and Lower Savannah River Basin
Federal:
$26,097
Non-Federal:
$53,730
John Hains
Groundwater, Surface Water, Oxbows, Fish Habitat, Ecosystem Flows, Resevoir Water Management
2015
SC
Annual Base
Effect of Climate and Land Use Change on Water Availability for the Savannah River Basin
Federal:
$24,000
Non-Federal:
$48,000
Ashok Mishra
Water Availibility, Climate Change, Critical Basin, Transboundary Issues
2015
SD
Annual Base
Nutrient Removal from Agricultural Subsurface Drainage Using Denitrification 1 Bioreactors and Phosphate Adsorbents (Year 2)
Federal:
$22,563
Non-Federal:
$45,126
Guanghui Hua, Christopher Hay, Christopher Schmit
Subsurface Drainage, Nitrate, Phosphate, Denitrification, Adsorption
2015
SD
Annual Base
Controlling Harmful Algal Blooms in Eutrophic Lakes by Combined Phosphorus Precipitation and Sediment Capping
Federal:
$21,370
Non-Federal:
$42,740
Kyungnan Min, Guanghui Hua
Algal Blooms, Phosphorus Precipitation, Sediment Capping
2015
SD
Annual Base
Establishing Gene Fingerprints of Pathogenic Bacteria Along Selected Reaches of Rapid Creek
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Linda DeVeaux, Lisa Kunza
Fecal Coliforms; pathogenic bacteria; shiga toxin
2015
SD
Annual Base
South Dakota Water Resources Institute FY2015 Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$16,950
Non-Federal:
$33,900
Van Kelley, Kevin Dalsted
Outreach, Service, Communication, Interaction, Information.
2015
TN
Annual Base
Measuring evapotranspiration and soil moisture to close the hydrologic budget under different land-uses in Tennessee
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,440
Thanos Papanicolaou, Christopher Wilson
Evapotranspiration, Soil Moisture, Water Quantity, Land Use/ Land Cover; Water Budget
2015
TN
Annual Base
Evaluating Environmental and Biological Impacts of Acid Runoff from Pyrite-Bearing Rock Formations
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,094
William Sutton, DeEtra Young
Non-Point Pollution, Acid-Rock Drainage, Monitoring, Amphibians, Salamanders, First-flush
2015
TN
Annual Base
Characterizing Stream Sediment Source Potentials in Small Urbanizing Watershed
Federal:
$17,195
Non-Federal:
$34,744
John Schwartz
Channel hydraulic resistance; Geomorphic field assessments; Urbanization; Hydromodification; Stormwater management; Urban stream restoration
2015
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$82,370
Non-Federal:
$89,864
Roel Lopez, Danielle Kalisek, Leslie Lee, Kevin Wagner, Kathy Wythe
2015
TX
Annual Base
Evaluating the Efficacy of a Long-Term Residential Water Conservation Program in College Station, TX
Federal:
$4,965
Non-Federal:
$16,722
Adam Landon, Ronald Kaiser, Gerard Kyle
Residential Water Conservation, Water Conservation Policy, Demand Management
2015
TX
Annual Base
Hollow fiber membrane air stripping for the removal of carbonate species in produced water from hydraulic fracturing
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Dora Frances Sullivan-Gonzalez, Benny Freeman, Lynn Katz, Desmond Lawler
hydraulic fracturing, water purification, membrane application, pretreatment
2015
UT
Annual Base
Information Systems for Landscape Water Conservation
Federal:
$31,086
Non-Federal:
$62,200
Kelly Kopp
Irrigation companies, canal companies, urbanization, land use change, secondary irrigation, Intermountain West
2015
UT
Annual Base
Biofiltration of Utah Municipal Drinking Water
Federal:
$37,168
Non-Federal:
$105,779
David Stevens, Eva Nieminski, Darwin Sorensen
Drinking Water, Biofiltration, Pilot Study
2015
UT
Annual Base
Information Transfer in Support of the Utah Center for Water Resources Research (UCWRR)
Federal:
$3,597
Non-Federal:
$4,106
R. Ivonne Harris, Carri Richards
Outreach, Publications, Web Page Development, Drupal, Database
2015
VA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$70,765
Non-Federal:
$105,475
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2015
VI
Annual Base
Water Ambassador Program
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$0
christina chanes, David Morris, Avram Primack
Water conservation, water resources
2015
VI
Annual Base
Engineered Pervious Layer for Rooftop Rain Harvesting and Solar/Dark Inactivation of E. coli
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Sangchul Hwang, Henry Smith
Nano materials, Pervious concrete, Rainwater
2015
VI
Annual Base
Influences of Watersheds Inputs on Water Quality and Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates in Mangrove Lagoon, St. Croix, USVI
Federal:
$29,477
Non-Federal:
$0
Bernard Castillo, James Pinckney, Kynoch Reale-Munroe
Phytoplankton, St. Croix, Bioluminescence, Virgin Islands, Mangrove Lagoon
2015
VI
Annual Base
Second Conference on Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical Islands
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Henry Smith
Island Institutes, Virgin Islands,
2015
VT
Annual Base
System-wide quantification of streambank erosion
Federal:
$38,542
Non-Federal:
$78,673
Mandar Dewoolkar, Jarlath ONeilDunne, Donna Rizzo, Jeff frolik
riverbanks stability, erosion, fluvial geomorphology, unmanned aerial system, Vermont
2015
WA
Annual Base
Climate Change Effects on Water Supply: Linkages Between Wildfire and Accelerated Snowmelt
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,000
Susan Kaspari, Carey Gazis
snowmelt, runoff, water availability, fire, climate change
2015
WA
Annual Base
Development and Update of Rainfall and Runoff Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves for Washington State Counties in Response to Observed and Anticipated Extreme Rainfall and Snow Events
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,046
yonas Demissie, Jennifer Adam, Akram Hossain
2015
WA
Annual Base
Bedload dynamics at the confluence of large rivers
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,000
John Petrie, Balasingam Muhunthan
sediment transport, 3D velocity field, field measurements
2015
WA
Annual Base
2015WA-SWWRC Administration/Managment
Federal:
$5,222
Non-Federal:
$9,020
Jacqueline McCabe, Jon Yoder
2015
WA
Annual Base
SWWRC Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$4,613
Non-Federal:
$11,392
Jonathan Yoder, Jennifer Adam
Outreach, Information Transfer, Management
2015
WI
Annual Base
Wisconsin Water Resources Fellowship: Collaborating with Water Managers
Federal:
$38,990
Non-Federal:
$51,872
Jennifer Hauxwell, Jennifer Hauxwell
fellowship, state agency, water resources, policy
2015
WI
Annual Base
Effect of Source Chemistry on Mn-Bearing Solid Dissolution and Reactivity in Municipal Water Systems
Federal:
$29,796
Non-Federal:
$12,965
Matthew GinderVogel, Christina Remucal
manganese, drinking water, groundwater
2015
WV
Annual Base
2015 WV State Water Conference
Federal:
$19,866
Non-Federal:
$6,456
Tamara Vandivort
energy extraction; agricultural practices;
2015
WV
Annual Base
Development of Microbial Desalination Cells as an Innovative Low-cost Desalination Method for Produced Water Treatment
Federal:
$46,491
Non-Federal:
$22,781
Lian-Shin Lin
produced water, microbial desalination, electro-osmosis
2015
WY
Annual Base
High-Resolution Modeling of Precipitation, Snowpack, and Streamflow in Wyoming: Quantifying Water Supply Variations in Future Decades
Federal:
$57,261
Non-Federal:
$255,066
Bart Geerts
Precipitation, Snowpack, Streamflow, Modeling
2015
WY
Annual Base
Quantifying Return Flow in the Upper Wind River Basin
Federal:
$29,908
Non-Federal:
$149,903
Ginger Paige, Scott Miller
Subsurface flow, Return flow, Consumptive use
2015
WY
Annual Base
Wyoming Information Transfer
Federal:
$49,112
Non-Federal:
$21,468
Greg Kerr
2014
AK
Annual Base
Use of Gel Encapsulated Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles for Water Treatment
Federal:
$19,623
Non-Federal:
$32,560
Srijan Aggarwal
Water treatment, filtration, nanoparticle, immobilization, alginate-gel
2014
AK
Annual Base
Use of ground and aircraft-based radar to document the spatial pattern of snow accumulation on two well-studied Alaskan glaciers
Federal:
$19,730
Non-Federal:
$39,605
Michael Loso
glacier runoff, sea level rise, snowpack, ground penetrating radar, water supply, Alaska
2014
AK
Annual Base
Accounting for Thermal Processes in Alaska Coastal Erosion
Federal:
$10,935
Non-Federal:
$21,877
Tom Ravens
Coastal erosion modeling, Xbeach, thermal processes
2014
AK
Annual Base
Gone fishin’: Reconstructing temperature and productivity in Arctic lake ecosystems using lake trout (proposal to USGS NIWR)
Federal:
$18,450
Non-Federal:
$9,225
Christopher Arp
Aquatic, Arctic, Climate Change, Ecosystems, Fish Creek Watershed, Lakes, Lake Trout, Water Resources
2014
AK
Annual Base
Hydrograph partitioning of a glacierized watershed, Interior Alaska
Federal:
$18,987
Non-Federal:
$5,538
Anna Liljedahl, Tom Trainor
Runoff, hydrograph partitioning, glacier, geochemistry
2014
AL
Annual Base
Examination of bacterial levels in water and sediment for the development of refined monitoring protocols for inland recreational waters
Federal:
$41,382
Non-Federal:
$83,344
Luxin Wang, Eric Reutebuch
Public Swimming Waters; Water Quality Monitoring; Bacteria; E. coli; Salmonella, Pathogens
2014
AL
Annual Base
Water Policy and Law in Alabama
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,000
Bennett Bearden, Heather Elliott
Water Law (268), Water Rights (278), Law (140), Policy Analysis (180), Planning (175), Resource Planning (199), Institutional Relationships (124)
2014
AR
Annual Base
Assessing total nitrosamine formation and speciation in drinking water systems
Federal:
$24,600
Non-Federal:
$49,215
Julian Fairey, Wen Zhang
nitrosamines; disinfection byproducts; water treatment
2014
AR
Annual Base
Is persistence of plasmids in antibiotic resistant E. coli isolated from stream water impacted by integrons and conjugation or mobilization genes?
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$6,410
Mary Savin, FNU Suhartono
antibiotic resistance, integron, mobilization, plasmid, Escherichia coli, PCR, persistence, integrase
2014
AR
Annual Base
Visible water quality dynamics over the receding limbs of the hydrograph in five Northwest Arkansas recreational rivers
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$6,524
Jefferson Scott, Amie West
Optical water quality
2014
AR
Annual Base
Improved ensemble forecast model for drought conditions in Arkansas using residual re-sampling method
Federal:
$8,846
Non-Federal:
$18,852
Yeonsang Hwang
Hydrology, Forecast, Drought, Stochastic, Sustainability
2014
AR
Annual Base
Microbial Community under the Changing Pre-Oxidation Regime at Beaver Water District
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$6,193
Wen Zhang
microbial community, water treatment
2014
AR
Annual Base
Economics of Multiple Water-Saving Technologies across the Arkansas Delta Region
Federal:
$24,600
Non-Federal:
$49,387
Kent Kovacs, Chris Henry, Qiuqiong Huang, Eric Wailes
Economics, Irrigation, Groundwater
2014
AR
Annual Base
Hydrogeology and Biogeochemical Evolution of groundwater in Big Creek and Buffalo River Basins and Implications for Concentrated Animal-Feeding Operations
Federal:
$5,200
Non-Federal:
$6,690
Phil Hays, John Brahana, Ralph K. Davis, Erik Pollock, Victor Roland II
CAFO, Environmental Isotopes, Karst, Nutrients, Biogeochemistry, Hydrogeology, Buffalo River, Big Creek, Bacterial Contamination, Groundwater
2014
AR
Annual Base
Arkansas Water Resources Center, Information Transfer
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$8,823
Brian Haggard, Erin Scott
Conference, Electronic Media, Newsletters
2014
AR
Annual Base
Lower Cutoff Creek Monitoring
Federal:
$5,958
Non-Federal:
$11,924
Kelly Bryant, Hal Liechty
Watershed, Bayou Bartholomew
2014
AZ
Annual Base
Improving Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater Management in the United States: Case Studies of Innovative Groundwater Governance Approaches
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$10,096
Sharon Megdal, Andrea Gerlak, Robert Varady
Groundwater, governance, integrated surface/groundwater management, policy, conjunctive use
2014
AZ
Annual Base
Development of Antibiotic Resistance during Wastewater Treatment
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Jean McLain
Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance, Recycled Wastewater
2014
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$72,358
Non-Federal:
$157,011
Sharon Megdal, Susanna Eden
2014
CA
Annual Base
Minimizing Hexavalent Chromium in Californian Water: Understanding Hiding Reaction Pathways in Drinking Water and Reinventing Treatment Process
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$6,083
Haizhou Liu
chromium, water treatment
2014
CA
Annual Base
Regulating the Social and Environmental Costs of Hydraulic Fracturing in California
Federal:
$11,981
Non-Federal:
$1,705
Brent Haddad
2014
CA
Annual Base
Balancing salmon populations, aquatic biodiversity, and water resource needs during drought in coastal California
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$6,083
Stephanie Carlson
2014
CA
Annual Base
Assessing Environmental Justice Impacts and Social Learning of Integrated Regional Water Management Planning
Federal:
$12,500
Non-Federal:
$3,042
Jonathon London
2014
CA
Annual Base
Evaluation of Surface Water Quality on Soil Leaching Fraction and Alfalfa Yield in the Delta
Federal:
$16,450
Non-Federal:
$4,003
Michelle LeinfelderMiles
2014
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Federal:
$47,365
Non-Federal:
$165,196
Reagan Waskom
Technology Transfer, Information Dissemination
2014
CO
Annual Base
Ecological Functions of Irrigation Dependent Wetlands
Federal:
$4,987
Non-Federal:
$2,429
David Cooper
Canal, Wetland, Habitat
2014
CO
Annual Base
WOOD: Windows Of Opportunity for Debris Retention in Response to 2013 Front Range Flooding
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,435
Ellen Wohl
Wood, Management, River
2014
CO
Annual Base
The Effect of Normative Trends on Water Conservation
Federal:
$4,983
Non-Federal:
$0
Chad Mortensen
Social Norms, Conservation, Trends
2014
CO
Annual Base
Impact of Limited Irrigation on Health of Three Ornamental Grass Species
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,435
James Klett
Ornamental Grasses, Water Requirements, Plant Quality
2014
CO
Annual Base
Nutrient Retention and Productivity in Rocky Mountain Streams Under Alternative Stable States
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,435
Dana Winkelman
Large Woody Debris, Trout, Streams
2014
CO
Annual Base
Investigation of the Effects of Whitewater Kayak Parks on Aquatic Resources in Colorado
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,435
Brian Bledsoe
Fish Passage, Hydraulics, Management
2014
CO
Annual Base
Exploration of Morphometric Approaches for Estimating Snow Surface Roughness
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,435
Steven Fassnacht
Snow Roughness Length, Climate Modeling, Surface/Atmosphere Interaction
2014
CT
Annual Base
Evaluating and enhancing communities’ willingness to adopt N-Sink as a community based pollution mitigation decision tool
Federal:
$15,210
Non-Federal:
$31,492
Christine Kirchhoff, Juliana Barrett
nitrogen management, decision support tool, usability, Long Island Sound
2014
CT
Annual Base
Investigating the effects of storm and wastewater treatment inputs on the biouptake and transfer of heavy metals in urban stream food webs
Federal:
$12,821
Non-Federal:
$24,828
Bin Zhu, Timothy Vadas
Heavy metal, bioavailability, trophic transfer, storm runoff, wastewater effluent, urban streams, food webs
2014
CT
Annual Base
Mitigating Eurasian watermilfoil invasion success and ecosystem impact using native herbivores
Federal:
$14,010
Non-Federal:
$32,183
LaTina Steele, Michele Guidone
Watermilfoil, Invasion Success, Herbivory, Chemical Defense
2014
CT
Annual Base
Interactions between catchment land cover, storm events, and nitrogen export from Connecticut streams
Federal:
$22,272
Non-Federal:
$40,515
Ashley Helton
storm, first flush, nitrogen, impervious cover, nonpoint source pollution
2014
CT
Annual Base
CT IWR Technology Transfer
Federal:
$5,877
Non-Federal:
$4,004
Glenn Warner, James Hurd
2014
DC
Annual Base
Development of software Analytical Tool to conduct storm Event Analysis
Federal:
$12,400
Non-Federal:
$38,512
Pradeep Behera
Precipitation Analysis, Storm event analysis, software development
2014
DC
Annual Base
Prediction of Surface Water Supply Sources for the District of Columbia Using Least Squares Support Vector Machine (LS-SVM)
Federal:
$9,417
Non-Federal:
$33,208
Nian Zhang, Pradeep Behera
Water Supply, Water Quantity Prediction, Time Series Prediction, Least Square Support Vector Machine
2014
DC
Annual Base
Stormwater Flood Prediction and Mitigation in Bloomingdale and Ledroit Park Using Bayesian Network and Time Series Analysis
Federal:
$14,700
Non-Federal:
$0
Valbona Bejleri
2014
DC
Annual Base
Monitoring of Uptake of Water Soluble Phosphorus in Wastewater Samples by Algae Using 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$51,600
Xueqing Song
Harmful Algae, Phosphorus, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Sediment Sample
2014
DC
Annual Base
Developing a chance-constraint framework for optimization of long-term hydraulic performance of green roofs
Federal:
$14,918
Non-Federal:
$40,161
Arash Massoudieh, Pradeep Behera
stormwater, low impact development, green roofs, flow in unsaturated media
2014
DC
Annual Base
Geochemical characteristics of an urban river: detecting the influences of an urban landscape
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$51,804
Stephen MacAvoy
aqueous geochemistry, concrete, urban hydrology, applied geochemistry
2014
DC
Annual Base
Determining the Feasibility of Simulating the District of Columbia’s Department of the Environment Proposed Stormwater Volume Trading Market Using Agent-Based Modeling
Federal:
$10,900
Non-Federal:
$34,093
Pradeep Behera, Seth Brown
Water Quality Trading, urban stormwater management, low impact development, green infrastructure, environmental economics, agent based modeling, multi-agent simulation
2014
DE
Annual Base
DWRC Information Transfer
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$0
James Sims, Maria Pautler, James Sims
Information transfer, knowledge dissemination, outreach and public education
2014
DE
Annual Base
UD WATER
Federal:
$4,860
Non-Federal:
$2,834
James Sims, Gerald Kauffman, James Sims
Ecological approaches to stormwater mangement, internship training, education and outreach
2014
DE
Annual Base
Photoelectrochemical Process for Removal of Contemporary Organic Contaminants from Water
Federal:
$12,627
Non-Federal:
$34,829
Chin-pao Huang
photocatalysts, water quality treatment, organic contaminants
2014
DE
Annual Base
Nutrient Removal from Stormwater, Wastewater, and Agricultural Runoff Using Scrap Iron and Biochar
Federal:
$12,627
Non-Federal:
$34,829
Pei Chiu, Daniel Cha, Paul Imhoff
biochar, nutrient removal, stormwater, agricultural runoff
2014
DE
Annual Base
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Sediments in a Protected Estuary in Delaware
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$6,402
Rodrigo Vargas, Rodrigo Vargas
greenhouse gases, estuarine sediments, climate change
2014
DE
Annual Base
Quantifying Conservation Practices in the Chesapeake Bay Basin
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$2,775
Jennifer Volk
best management practices, nutrients, regional planning, Chesapeake Bay
2014
DE
Annual Base
Integrating Biochar Amendments in Green Stormwater Management Systems for Enhanced Nutrient Treatment of Stormwater Runoff.
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$6,402
Paul Imhoff, Daniel Cha, Pei Chiu
stormwater, agricultural runoff, biochar, mitigation BMP
2014
DE
Annual Base
Nutrient Loading in the Murderkill River
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$6,402
Alan Andres
nutrient loading, simulation models, monitoring and assessment of water quality
2014
DE
Annual Base
Fine-Scale Temporal Dynamics of Estuarine Virioplankton and Bacterioplankton Populations
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$6,402
Eric Wommack
environmental virology, marine systems, nutrient cycling
2014
DE
Annual Base
Investigation of Nitrogen Pollution in a Mixed Land-Use Watershed
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$6,402
Luc Claessens
nutrient loading, mixed land use watersheds, monitoring, simulation modeling
2014
DE
Annual Base
Enhanced Pollutant Biodegradation by Electrode Use
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$6,402
Steven Dentel, Steven Dentel
biodegradation, organic pollutants, electrochemical treatment
2014
DE
Annual Base
Understanding Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Estuaries
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$2,775
Angelia Seyfferth, Rodrigo Vargas
greenhouse gases, sediments, emissions, estuaries
2014
DE
Annual Base
Water Quality Performance for Paired Bioretention Basins
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$2,775
Carmine Balascio
ecological stormwater treatment, biofiltration, runoff
2014
DE
Annual Base
Procuring Abatement: Cover Crop Cost Heterogeneity and Optimal Policy Design in Delaware
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$2,775
Joshua Duke
cover crops, best management practices, economic strategies
2014
DE
Annual Base
Wetland Restoration and Mitigation Banking along the Cool Run Watershed at the UD Farm: GIS Mapping
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$2,775
Gerald Kauffman
wetland banks, water quality BMPs, watershed plans
2014
DE
Annual Base
Wetland Restoration and Mitigation Banking along the Cool Run: Ecosystem Service Analysis
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$2,775
Gerald Kauffman, Gerald Kauffman
wetlands, ecological value, management strategies
2014
FL
Annual Base
Florida Water Resources Information Transfer
Federal:
$27,533
Non-Federal:
$16,984
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
2014
GA
Annual Base
Validation of Oysters as Biomonitors of Pharmaceutical Pollution in Georgia
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,017
Marsha Black
Pharmaceuticals, oysters, tidal creeks, septic tanks, wastewater effluents
2014
GA
Annual Base
The effect of salt marsh hydrodynamics on estuarine flow
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Kevin Haas, Donald Webster
Salt Marsh, estuaries, water exhchange processes
2014
GA
Annual Base
Implications of eutrophication and climate change in promoting toxic cyanobacterial blooms in agricultural ponds across Georgia.
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,316
Susan Wilde, Deepak Mishra
2014
GA
Annual Base
Baseline Conservation Analysis for Agricultural Irrigation in Priority Watersheds of the Lower Flint River Basin
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,200
Mark Masters
water conservation, agricultural irrigation, water use, drought, water resource management, irrigation efficiency, groundwater management
2014
GU
Annual Base
Expanding Guam Water Kids with Five Modules to Prepare High School Students for Service-Learning Opportunities Beneficial to Freshwater Resources
Federal:
$12,970
Non-Federal:
$0
Arretta Card
Water resources, aquifer, groundwater, surface water, watershed, Guam, hydrological cycle, ground water, non-source pollution, non-point-source pollution, conservation, fresh water, water supply, education, teacher training, service-learning
2014
GU
Annual Base
One-Day Field Course for Water Resource Professionals and Island Educators, with Educational Webpage on the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$10,477
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Groundwater education Aquifer field trip Aquifer models
2014
GU
Annual Base
Prediction of Flow Duration Curves at Ungaged Stream Sites in Guam
Federal:
$20,156
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Stream Flow Variability, Flow Duration Curves
2014
GU
Annual Base
Estimating the natural limits of the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer: A first step toward sustainable management
Federal:
$27,283
Non-Federal:
$0
Mark Lander, John Jenson
Groundwater availability, Groundwater quality
2014
GU
Annual Base
Develop a GIS Model for Analysis of Groundwater Quality Data in Saipan
Federal:
$22,119
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen, Brian Bearden
GIS, model, groundwater, Saipan
2014
GU
Annual Base
Measurement of Groundwater Salinity for Selected Production Wells, Island of Saipan, CNMI
Federal:
$5,826
Non-Federal:
$0
Elena Alexandrova, Heidi Yelin
Saipan, groundwater, salinity, chlorides, production water wells, seasonal variation, dry season, wet season, precipitation, pumping rates
2014
GU
Annual Base
Impact of Stormwater Discharges and WWII on the Mercury Status of Fish from the Southern Section of Saipan Lagoon
Federal:
$39,832
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
Monitoring, Fish, Mercury, Saipan Lagoon, Micronesia
2014
GU
Annual Base
Optimizing operation of the Saipan's water distribution system using diurnal demand pattern and system pressure
Federal:
$11,230
Non-Federal:
$0
Brian Bearden, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Water Use Data, Water Demand, Distribution Systems, Model Studies
2014
GU
Annual Base
Pilot study to improve wastewater treatment system in Yap, FSM
Federal:
$26,432
Non-Federal:
$0
Joe Rouse
Wastewater, sewage, treatment, attached growth, biocarrier
2014
GU
Annual Base
Evaluating rainfall variability and drought thresholds for atolls and high islands of the FSM
Federal:
$15,106
Non-Federal:
$0
Mark Lander, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Rainfall, rainfall variability, drought, climate, extreme events, water quantity
2014
GU
Annual Base
Develop community based watershed management programs to improve water quality of community water systems in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-FSM
Federal:
$19,035
Non-Federal:
$0
Joseph Eugene, Francisca Obispo
Community based watershed management, improve water quality, water systems
2014
GU
Annual Base
Sustainable Conjunctive use of Groundwater and Rain Catchment Water under Variable Climatic Scenarios for Atoll Island Communities
Federal:
$20,942
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Atoll island aquifers
2014
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$23,913
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2014
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$3,250
Non-Federal:
$6,539
Philip Moravcik
technology transfer, outreach, public information, information dissemination
2014
HI
Annual Base
Evaluation of Portable Multi-use Automated Concentration System (PMACS) for the analysis of indicator bacteria and microbial source tracking markers in Hawaii
Federal:
$15,226
Non-Federal:
$31,980
Marek Kirs, Roger Fujioka, Philip Moravcik
microbial water quality, indicator bacteria, microbial source tracking, hollow fiber filtration methods, public health
2014
HI
Annual Base
Estimating Evapotranspiration Over Native Wet Montane Cloud Forests in Hawai’i and Evaluating the Impact of Climate Change on it
Federal:
$26,708
Non-Federal:
$58,646
Sayed Bateni
Evapotranspiration, Data Assimilation (DA), Climate Change, Remote Sensing
2014
HI
Annual Base
Temporal and spatial effects of sewage outfalls on the ecosystem health of coastal waters offshore of Honolulu
Federal:
$3,021
Non-Federal:
$7,071
Julie Bailey-Brock
Biological Indicator; Ecosystem Health, Sewage outfalls; Marine worms; Reproduction
2014
HI
Annual Base
Managing for multiple ecosystem services with changing land use in West Maui
Federal:
$20,208
Non-Federal:
$40,627
Kirsten Oleson
ecosystem services, sediment retention, coastal water quality, groundwater recharge, economic valuation
2014
HI
Annual Base
Tracing Interconnectivity Between High-level and Basal Groundwaters in West Hawaii
Federal:
$21,422
Non-Federal:
$43,321
Craig Glenn
Groundwater, Water Problems, Water Sustainability, Water Management, Water Resources, Fate and Transport, Water Quality, Environmental Impacts
2014
IA
Annual Base
Validation of Satellite Observations of Soil Moisture to Facilitate Forecasts of Soil Water Storage in Iowa
Federal:
$49,377
Non-Federal:
$105,548
Brian Hornbuckle
soil moisture; satellite remote sensing; weather forecasting; climate prediction; agriculture
2014
IA
Annual Base
Development of a Framework for Discharge Forecasting over Iowa
Federal:
$51,823
Non-Federal:
$61,817
Gabriele Villarini, Aaron Strong
climate variability, discharge, flood, drought, forecast, rainfall, hydrometeorology, historical records, statistical modeling
2014
IA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$12,049
Non-Federal:
$28,625
Richard Cruse, Melissa Miller
2014
IA
Annual Base
Cost-Effectiveness of Reverse Auctions for Watershed Nutrient Reductions in the Presence of Climate Variability
Federal:
$20,722
Non-Federal:
$39,639
Adriana Valcu, Philip Gassman, Catherine Kling
climate variability, water quality, watershed, conservation practices, nutrient and sediment reductions, cost efficiency, reverse auction
2014
ID
Annual Base
Dynamic modeling of rule curve reservoir operations under stochastic climate conditions
Federal:
$13,933
Non-Federal:
$27,866
Levan Elbakidze, Garth Taylor
Flood risk, Irrigation water, hydropower, stochastic runoff
2014
ID
Annual Base
Idaho Outreach and Engagement Project FY2014
Federal:
$63,402
Non-Federal:
$53,240
John Tracy, Julie Scanlin
2014
ID
Annual Base
Development of Soil Moisture Droght Index (SODI) to Characterize Hydrological Droughts in the Northwest
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Jae Ryu
Drought, drought index, soil moisture drought index
2014
IL
Annual Base
Transferring Information to the People of Illinois
Federal:
$31,521
Non-Federal:
$11,515
Lisa Merrifield
conferences, websites, outreach
2014
IL
Annual Base
Hydro-meteorological response to tropical system precipitation in Illinois
Federal:
$8,331
Non-Federal:
$16,663
David Changnon
Stream flow, tropical systems, heavy rainfall
2014
IL
Annual Base
Year-round wetland microbial activity impacts on nitrogen cycling annual budgets: is restoration impacting greenhouse gas emissions in wetlands?
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,002
Angela Kent
denitrfication, microbiology, wetland restoration, ecosystem services, climate change
2014
IL
Annual Base
Changing food webs in Lake Michigan: Dreissena and the microbial loop
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$4,318
Jerry Kavouras, Jerry Kavouras
microbiology, food webs, invasive species
2014
IL
Annual Base
Epikarstic groundwater ecosystems in Illinois: a sensitive by unstudied faunal element
Federal:
$7,483
Non-Federal:
$15,090
Steven Taylor
epikarst, karst, groundwater, aquatic invertebrate, drips
2014
IL
Annual Base
Anthropogenic litter and microplastic in urban streams: abundance, source, and fate
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$27,152
Timothy Hoellein
plastic debris, human environmental impacts, urban stream ecology
2014
IL
Annual Base
Statewide surveillance of emerging flame retardant contamination in Illinois waters via fish monitoring
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,091
Da Chen
brominated flame retardants, aquatic environments, fish, spacial distribution, temporal trends
2014
IL
Annual Base
Restoration trajectories of restored floodplain wetlands and their ecosystem services
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,000
Angela Kent
denitrification, microbiology, wetland restoration, ecosystem services
2014
IL
Annual Base
Hydrologic Impacts of an alternative agricultural land use: a woody perennial polyculture
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,000
Evan DeLucia, Kevin Wolz
land use change, ecological restoration, climate change, water balance, woody perennial crops
2014
IL
Annual Base
Influence of water quality and stormwater management on the ecology of mosquito-borne disease
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,021
Brian Allan, Andrew Mackay
mosquitoes, storm water retention, public health, aquatic ecology, urban ecosystems
2014
IN
Annual Base
Quantifying the seasonal change in the geochemical state of the Wabash River using
Federal:
$14,998
Non-Federal:
$29,996
Keith Cherkauer, Indrajeet Chaubey
water quality, remote sensing, sediment transport, Wabash River
2014
IN
Annual Base
Reconnection of floodplain lakes in the Patoka River watershed: habitat and fish assemblages
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Mark Pyron
Fish assemblages, floodplain lakes, river hydrology
2014
IN
Annual Base
A History of Metal Pollution in the Wabash River, Vigo County, Using Geochemical Records from Pond and Wetland Sediments
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Jennifer Latimer
Biogeochemistry, Pollution, Metals, Nutrients
2014
IN
Annual Base
Linking improved soil health to water quality via the planting of cover crops in the Shatto Ditch Watershed, Kosciusko Co, IN.
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$34,042
Jennifer Tank, Sheila Christopher
Cover crops, Nitrogen, Nitrate, Ammonium, Phosphorus, Tile drain, Water quality
2014
IN
Annual Base
Pollution Prevention Strategies for the Public
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$30,632
Fred Whitford, Jagadeesh Anmala
integrated pest management, consumer, water, pesticides
2014
IN
Annual Base
Evaluating the Maintenance and Diffusion of Best Management Practices in the Great Bend of the Wabash River Watershed
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Linda Prokopy
best management practices; climate change; non-point source pollution; watershed-based planning
2014
KS
Annual Base
Moving Towards a Real-Time Drought Assessment and Forecasting System for Kansas
Federal:
$28,784
Non-Federal:
$58,022
Xiaomao Lin, Robert Aiken, Gerard Kluitenberg, Daniel OBrien
Real-Time, Drought, Forecasting
2014
KS
Annual Base
Extending the Useable Life of Ogallala Aquifer through Limited Irrigation using Integrated Sensor-Based Technologies
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$68,176
Isaya Kisekka, Jonathan Aguilar, Randall Currie, Danny Rogers
Irrigation
2014
KS
Annual Base
Assessment of Deteriorating Water Quality in the Ogallala Aquifer and its Effect on Crops in Western Kansas
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,427
Jonathan Aguilar, Isaya Kisekka, Danny Rogers, Aleksey Sheshukov
Water Quality
2014
KS
Annual Base
Assessing Natural Variability in Groundwater Surface Water Interactions
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$72,894
Andrea Brookfield
Groundwater Surface water Interactions
2014
KS
Annual Base
Fate of High Uranium in Saline Arkansas River Water in Southwest Kansas: Distribution in Soils, Crops, and Groundwater
Federal:
$28,185
Non-Federal:
$69,096
Donald Whittemore
Groundwater, Saline, Uranium
2014
KS
Annual Base
Support for the Governor
Federal:
$27,282
Non-Federal:
$29,784
Dan Devlin
Water Quality
2014
KY
Annual Base
Diverse participation in watershed planning and governance: Building social-ecological resilience in Kentucky Watersheds
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$13,790
Tony Arnold
water policy, water management, water institutions, stakeholders
2014
KY
Annual Base
Effects of atrazine and metolachlor on willow in riparian zones along the Kentucky River
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,008
Kristine Hopfensperger, David Thompson
herbicide, plant growth, water quality
2014
KY
Annual Base
Real-time monitoring of phtocatalytic degradation processes
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Matthew Nee
wastewater management, drinking water remediation, Raman spectroscopy
2014
KY
Annual Base
Investigating the influence of Asian carp on primary productivity of Kentucky Lake
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,938
Michael Flinn
reservoir productivity, zooplankton shifts, invasive species
2014
KY
Annual Base
Development of passive sampling techniques for the characterization of subsurface contamination
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Kelly Pennell
vapor intrusion, sorbent samplers, hazardous waste
2014
KY
Annual Base
Does logging and surface mining increase the vulnerability of stream-associated salamanders to chytrid fungus infection?
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,163
John Cox
aquatic, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Chytridiomycosis
2014
KY
Annual Base
Streambank stability and riparian habitat relationships and mapping in the Triplett Creek watershed
Federal:
$4,807
Non-Federal:
$9,772
April Haight
erosion, flooding, GIS
2014
KY
Annual Base
Phosphorus leaching from compost bedded pack dairy barn waste
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Mark Coyne, Joseph Taraba
soil tests, nutrient management, conservation
2014
KY
Annual Base
Kentucky information transfer project
Federal:
$44,128
Non-Federal:
$88,245
Lindell Ormsbee
symposium, internet, www. newsletter
2014
KY
Annual Base
Use of time-lapse electrical resistivity to image solute transport in a karst conduit
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,053
Audrey Sawyer
contaminant transport, geophysics,
2014
LA
Annual Base
Groundwater Recharge Estimation under Climate Change Impact for the Southern Hills Aquifer System of Southeastern Louisiana and Southwestern Mississippi
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,030
Frank Tsai
Hydrologic Modeling, Groundwater Recharge, Water Budget, Climate Change
2014
LA
Annual Base
Identification of Critical Nitrogen Source Areas in Lower Boeuf River Watershed
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$37,467
Zhi-Qiang Deng
Nonpoint Source Pollution, Critical Source Area, Watershed
2014
LA
Annual Base
Effect of Herbicide Atrazine on Phytoplankton, Water Quality, and Ecosystem Functions in Louisiana Coastal Wetlands
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$36,431
Sibel Bargu, Ronald DeLaune
Herbicides, Atrazine, phytoplankton, water quality, coastal wetlands
2014
LA
Annual Base
Adaptive management of Catahoula Lake for Sediment Mobility and Control of Woody Encroachment
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,668
Richard Keim, Brandon Edwards
Catahoula Lake, adaptive management, wetland management, lake hydrodynamics
2014
MA
Annual Base
Investigating effects of annual winter lake drawdowns on fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages and diet
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,304
Allison Roy, Stephen DeStefano
winter drawdown, littoral zone, trophic structure, fish
2014
MA
Annual Base
Fate, transport, and remediation of PFOS, PFOA, perchlorate, and 1,4-dioxane at the Eastham MA landfill
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Chad Vecitis
CNT, remediation, groundwater, landfill, PFOA, PFOS, perchlorate, 1,4-dioxane
2014
MA
Annual Base
Going With or Against the Flow: Choices for Flood Mitigation Response in Massachusetts
Federal:
$23,677
Non-Federal:
$50,113
Anita Milman
Flood response, structural and nonstructural, decision-criteria, situational factors, Massachusetts, rivers
2014
MA
Annual Base
Assessing the effectiveness of a biofiltration facility and associated groundwater flow in protecting water quality of a water supply reservoir
Federal:
$24,873
Non-Federal:
$57,383
Paul Mathisen
stormwater; groundwater; water quality; Best Management Practices
2014
MA
Annual Base
Water Resources Workshops and Symposia
Federal:
$16,947
Non-Federal:
$31,226
Paula Rees
Outreach, Monitoring, Conferences
2014
MD
Annual Base
Tracing the rates of road salt runoff movement from impervious surface to stream and the effects on soil and aquifer geochemistry
Federal:
$12,516
Non-Federal:
$25,032
Joel Moore, Joel Moore
road salt, stream salinization, ionic fluxes, groundwater geochemistry, surface water geochemistry, stormwater ponds
2014
MD
Annual Base
Wetland restoration: Experimental effects of soil carbon:nitrogen ratio on growth of invasive and native Phragmites australis (common reed)
Federal:
$33,227
Non-Federal:
$67,927
Andrew Baldwin, Stephanie Yarwood
native Phragmites, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, biogeochemisty, carbon-nitrogen ratio, ecosystem restoration, invasive species management, wetlands
2014
MD
Annual Base
Validation of non-lethal laparoscopic technique for detection of intersex in regional black bass populations
Federal:
$10,027
Non-Federal:
$35,457
Lance Yonkos
Endocrine disruption, Non-lethal sampling, Keystone species
2014
MD
Annual Base
Steel Slag-Induced Surface Water and Groundwater Contamination (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$14,561
Kaye Brubaker
Steel slag, leaching, heavy metals, contaminant transport modeling, groundwater, surface water
2014
MD
Annual Base
Impacts of Stormwater Management on Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Urban Streams (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
Kaye Brubaker
Stormwater management, urban watersheds, greenhouse gases
2014
MD
Annual Base
Kinetics of the Iodination of Natural Organic Matter and Iodinated Disinfection Byproduct Formation in Drinking Water Treatment (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
Kaye Brubaker
Iodination, disinfection byproducts, drinking water treatment
2014
MD
Annual Base
Maryland Water 2014 - Symposium
Federal:
$3,651
Non-Federal:
$1,899
Kaye Brubaker
Maryland, Water Resources, Water Issues
2014
MD
Annual Base
Maryland Water Issues - Educational Event
Federal:
$1,900
Non-Federal:
$988
Kaye Brubaker
Maryland, Water Resources, Education
2014
ME
Annual Base
Controls of phosphorus cycling in Lake Auburn, Maine, USA: Spatial and temporal interactions among sediment, water column, and climate change
Federal:
$27,027
Non-Federal:
$56,550
Aria Amirbahman, Linda Bacon, Stephen Norton
Phosphorus, Eutrophication, Geochemistry, Lakes, Water Quality
2014
ME
Annual Base
Maine Information Transfer
Federal:
$22,134
Non-Federal:
$30,849
John Peckenham
Water Conference, Outreach
2014
ME
Annual Base
Connecting climate and land use to Sebago Lake drainage network processes
Federal:
$31,134
Non-Federal:
$62,406
Sean Smith
Hydrology, Runoff, Sediment, Climate, Land Cover
2014
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$32,335
Non-Federal:
$63,909
Jon Bartholic
Watershed Planning and Management; Water Quality; Water Use; DSS
2014
MI
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Technology Transfer Training Programs
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$53,336
Lois Wolfson
Water Quality; Natural Shorelines, Great Lakes, Watershed Management; Invasive Species; Inland Lakes; Lake and Stream Leadership; Interactive Web-based Systems
2014
MI
Annual Base
Citizen Monitoring of Chlorides in Drinking Water Using Newly Developed Apps and Online Mapping Program
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$36,050
Jon Bartholic, Yi Shi
Chlorides, Drinking Water, Apps, Database
2014
MI
Annual Base
Assessing Co-Creation of Knowledge Generation and Diffusion Approaches
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$26,025
Stephen Gasteyer
NRWG, WWG, Mapping, interview tool, key indicators
2014
MI
Annual Base
Improving Capacity to Collect Crowdsourced Hydrologic Data through Focused Engagement and Enhanced CrowdHydrology Software
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$5,350
Jeremiah Asher
crowdsourcing, citizen water science, stream stage monitoring
2014
MO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$42,352
Non-Federal:
$81,914
Baolin Deng
2014
MO
Annual Base
Removal of NOMs by Advanced Thin Film Composite Membranes for the Control of Disinfection Byproducts
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$46,499
Zhiqiang Hu
mixed matrix nano composite membranes, NOMs, source water, polyamide, polysulfone, nanoparticles, water permeability, BPs, THMs, HAAs, MMM, NDMA, membrane-based naofiltration, reverse osmosis, hyrophilicity, silica nanoparticles, membrane performance,
2014
MS
Annual Base
Responses of water quality and wetland plant communities to multi-scale watershed attributes in the Mississippi Delta
Federal:
$23,834
Non-Federal:
$49,529
Gary Ervin, Robert Kroger
Wetlands, Water Quality, Watershed Management
2014
MS
Annual Base
Water Quality in Bangs Lake: effects of recurrent phosphate spills to a coastal estuary
Federal:
$24,963
Non-Federal:
$52,998
Kevin Dillon
Water quality, contaminant transport mechanisms, sedimentation, water quality management
2014
MT
Annual Base
Improving accessibility to satellite soil moisture measurrements: Linking SMOS data retrievals to ground measurements in Montana
Federal:
$4,080
Non-Federal:
$8,184
Paul Stoy
evapotranspiration, remote sensing, soil moisture, web interface
2014
MT
Annual Base
Contaminants monitoring and natal dispersal of ospreys along the Yellowstone River
Federal:
$11,475
Non-Federal:
$22,950
Kayhan Ostovar
environmental contaminants, heavy metals, mercury, non point pollution, osprey, Yellowstone River
2014
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: The Impact of Irrigation on the Hydrologic Cycle under Low Water Availability
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Douglas Brugger
evapotranspiration, modeling, hydrologic cycle, climate change
2014
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Thresholds of Hydrologic Connectivity: Shallow Water Table Development at the Hillslope Scale
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Emily Clark
hydrologic connectivity, hillslope, riparian
2014
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Seasonal Timing of Evapotranspiration and the Effect on Soil Moisture and Water Availability for Groundwater Recharge with Different Crop Rotation Practices
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Elizabeth Harris
evapotranspiration, agriculture, hydrologic cycle
2014
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Estimating Evapotranspiration at the Regional Scale: An Energy Balance Approach
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Aiden Johnson, Aiden Johnson
evapotranspiration, hyrology, remote sensing
2014
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Precipitation and topographic controls over montane forest transpiration
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Justin Martin
evapotranspiration, climate change, transpiration, remote sensing
2014
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Conditions necessary to maintain chute-cutoff morphology in meandering gravel-bed rivers
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
April Sawyer
channel morphology, erosion, chute-cutoff
2014
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Enhancing Tribal Environmental Health Literacy: Developing a toolkit to improve community understanding of rights and responsibilities regarding water quality.
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$880
Miranda Margetts, Miranda Margetts
environmental literacy, health literacy, law, policy
2014
NC
Annual Base
Integrated Drought Management and Assessment Portal for the State of North Carolina
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$40,450
Sankarasubramanian Arumugam, Ryan Boyles, Tushar Sinha
Drought Management, Forecasts, Streamflow, Soil Moisture
2014
NC
Annual Base
Quantification of Fecal Bacteria Removal by Micro-zooplankton Grazing in Stormwater BMPs
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$77,868
Michael Mallin, Lawrence Cahoon
Fecal bacteria, grazing, BMP, stormwater runoff, constructed wetland
2014
NC
Annual Base
Microbial Quality and Risk Assessment of Type 2 NC Reclaimed Water for Non-potable and Potable Reuse
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$22,500
Mark Sobsey
Water quality, reclaimed water, reuse, pathogens, indicators, risk assessment
2014
NC
Annual Base
Linkages of Mercury and Methane Cycles in Piedmont Streams and Rivers in North Carolina, and Implications for Mercury Bioaccumulation in Food Webs
Federal:
$15,525
Non-Federal:
$44,475
Martin Tsz-Ki Tsui, Craig Allan, Anne Hershey, Stephen Whalen
Methane, Mercury, Bioaccumulation, Wetland, Streams and rivers
2014
NC
Annual Base
WRRI Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$7,015
Non-Federal:
$0
Nicole Wilkinson
2014
NC
Annual Base
Land Application of Aquaculture Effluents to Prevent Surface Water Eutrophication and Promote Groundwater Re-Infiltration in Coastal North Carolina
Federal:
$13,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Harry Daniels, Dennis Hazel
water quality, finfish aquaculture effluent, groundwater, nutrients, total suspended sediments
2014
ND
Annual Base
Nutrient Loading Reduction and Water Quality of Best Management Practices in Grand Forks, North Dakota
Federal:
$7,300
Non-Federal:
$14,600
Yeo Lim
Nutrient loading criteria, Best Management Practices, Urban storm runoff quality, Water quality sampling plan
2014
ND
Annual Base
Three Dimensional Analyses of Flow Dynamics & Chlorination of Ground Water Supply Reservoir in a Cold Region
Federal:
$4,100
Non-Federal:
$8,201
Yeo Lim
3D flow analysis, Computationl Fluid Dynamics model, Water Storage Tanks, tratification, Chlorination.
2014
ND
Annual Base
Where is fertilizer nitrogen going, up in smoke or down the pipe? An assessment of nitrogen transformations and water quality impacts on a tile drained sodic soil
Federal:
$5,350
Non-Federal:
$10,699
AnnMarie Fortuna
Tile Drainage, Sodic Soil, Fertilizer Nitrogen, Nitrogen transformation
2014
ND
Annual Base
Quantification of Spatio-temporal Distribution of Surface Ponding and Related Dynamic Processes
Federal:
$4,100
Non-Federal:
$8,200
Xuefeng Chu
Microtopography, Surface ponding, Puddle to Puddle modeling of flooding, prairie potholes
2014
ND
Annual Base
Sodic soil characterization and management on subsurface drainage
Federal:
$7,100
Non-Federal:
$14,200
Tom DeSutter
Sodic Soil, Subsurface drainage, Soil characerization, Tile drainage
2014
ND
Annual Base
Biopolymers for Phosphate Removal from Eutrophic Lakes
Federal:
$9,149
Non-Federal:
$18,300
Achintya Bezbaruah
Phosphate removal, Biopolymers, Eutrophication, Desorption, Bioavailability
2014
ND
Annual Base
A Study of the Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Drought and its Impact in North Dakota
Federal:
$9,151
Non-Federal:
$18,301
G. Padmanabhan
Drought characterization, Drought Indices, Drought Impact, spatio-temporal modeling
2014
ND
Annual Base
Snowmelt water infiltration into frozen soil in Red River of the North Basin
Federal:
$9,150
Non-Federal:
$18,300
Xinhua Jia
Snowmelt, Infiltration modeling, Frozen soil
2014
ND
Annual Base
Evaluation of Bioavailable Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Using Various Algal Species
Federal:
$7,300
Non-Federal:
$14,601
Halis Simsek
Bioavailable Dissolved Organic Nitrogen, Algal Species
2014
ND
Annual Base
The Role of Algal Species on Phosphorus Bioavailability
Federal:
$7,300
Non-Federal:
$14,601
Khan Eakalak
Phosphorus bioavailability, Algal species,
2014
ND
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Communication
Federal:
$10,875
Non-Federal:
$21,327
G. Padmanabhan
2014
NE
Annual Base
Fate of steroid hormone conjugates and E. coli from manure in soil: Potential sources of free hormones and pathogens in forages and the environment?
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,211
Amy Schmidt, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Xu Li, Daniel Snow
steroid, hormones, manure, pathogens, soil
2014
NE
Annual Base
Documenting Stream/Groundwater Interaction in the South Platte River
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$51,493
Douglas Hallum, Les Howard, Steve Sibray
stream flow, groundwater, gaining stream, losing stream, conceptual model, water budget, conjunctive management
2014
NE
Annual Base
Hydroclimatic controls on the conjunctive use of surface and ground water in the Platte River Basin
Federal:
$14,997
Non-Federal:
$30,493
Francisco MunozArriola
Conjunctive use, hydroclimatology, integrated hydrology
2014
NH
Annual Base
Natural dams and biogeochemistry at the river network scale: implications for water quality
Federal:
$45,192
Non-Federal:
$111,884
Denise Burchsted, Mark Green, Jennifer Jacobs, Wil Wollheim
dams, transient storage, nitrogen removal, biogeochemical processing, landscape scale
2014
NH
Annual Base
Contribution of fluvial wetlands to nitrogen retention in urbanizing coastal watersheds in New England across multiple scales
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,091
Anne Lightbody, Linda Kalnejais, Wil Wollheim
2014
NJ
Annual Base
Modeling hydrologic and stream temperature response to land-use and climate change in developed and developing watersheds: a comprehensive analysis
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,001
Joseph Daraio
2014
NJ
Annual Base
Assessing Impervious Cover for Application of Green Infrastructure Practices "Undergraduate Student Research Initiative"
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$33,000
Christopher Obropta
2014
NJ
Annual Base
Developing nano-activated carbon based technology for groundwater remediation
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Chengyu Chen, Weilin Huang
2014
NJ
Annual Base
Microbially mediated dehalogenation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) in New Jersey river sediments
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Hang Dam, Max Haggblom
2014
NJ
Annual Base
Determining the influence of Mn(II)-birnessite interactions on the retention of Zn(II) and implications for other important trace metals in New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Joshua Lefkowitz, Evert Elzinga
2014
NJ
Annual Base
Parasite biomass and nutrient stoichiometry in a stream ecosystem
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Rachel Paseka, Michael Sukdeo
2014
NJ
Annual Base
Novel approach to sea and brackish water desalination via membrane distallation
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Smruti Ragunath, Somenath Mitra
2014
NJ
Annual Base
Development of a new, effective and low-cost adsorption material to enhance Low Impact Development (LID) techniques for prevention of urban stormwater pollution in New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Hanieh Soleimanifar, Yang Deng
2014
NJ
Annual Base
Development of zirconium oxide biocomposite for drinking water defluoridation
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Megha Thakkar, Somenath Mitra
2014
NM
Annual Base
Self-Sustaining Produced Water Treatment for Concurrent Renewable Energy Production, Desalination and Organic Removal
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Pei Xu
produced water, desalination, microbial desalination cell, capacitive deionization, beneficial reuse
2014
NV
Annual Base
Water Demand and Conservation Modeling with sub-Parcel Level Landscape Characteristics
Federal:
$498,490
Non-Federal:
$498,490
Kimberly Rollins, Shawn Stoddard, Michael Taylor
water demand, conservation, economics, supply management
2014
NY
Annual Base
Pairing LIDAR, terrestrial laser scanning, and aerial photographs to make estimates of channel erosion due to large storm events
Federal:
$17,523
Non-Federal:
$35,549
Stephen Shaw, Lindi Quackenbush
2014
NY
Annual Base
The Effect of Climate Change on the Unconfined Aquifers of Long Island, New York
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuri Gorokhovich
2014
NY
Annual Base
Water Quality Assessment using Advanced Technology to Improve Adaptive Management of the St. Lawrence River
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,050
Michael Twiss, Joseph Skufca
2014
NY
Annual Base
Integrating Green Infrastructure into the Land Use Regulatory Process through the City of Newburgh Conservation Advisory Council
Federal:
$12,522
Non-Federal:
$25,049
Jeffrey LeJava
2014
NY
Annual Base
Development of Regional Unit Hydrograph Parameters for Application to Ungaged NYS Watersheds
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$14,216
James Kilduff
2014
NY
Annual Base
Evaluating Hydrological Connectivity of Septic Fields in Watersheds
Federal:
$52,324
Non-Federal:
$26,196
Paul Richards, Todd Walter
Septic systems, remote sensing, groundwater tracers
2014
OH
Annual Base
Scenario Analysis for the Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing on Stream Low Flows and Water Supplies: A Case Study of Muskingum Watershed in Eastern Ohio
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,560
Suresh Sharma, Suresh Sharma
Hydrologic Process, Fracking, climate, low flows, water resources
2014
OH
Annual Base
Surface water quality and ecosystem health with shale energy development
Federal:
$29,967
Non-Federal:
$79,654
Elizabeth Toman, Jiyoung Lee
shale development, oil and gas exploration, surface water, water quality, energy and environment, hydraulic fracturing, natural resource recovery, water resources, sedimentation, Total Suspended Solids, ecosystem health, microbial communities, cyanobacteria, public health
2014
OH
Annual Base
Characterizing stream restoration’s water quality improvement potential through hyporheic exchange enhancement
Federal:
$18,878
Non-Federal:
$37,756
Anne Jefferson
stream restoration, hyporheic exchange, water quality, biogeochemistry
2014
OH
Annual Base
Linked geomorphic and ecological responses to river restoration: Influence of dam removal on river channel structure and fish assemblages
Federal:
$24,871
Non-Federal:
$51,268
Kristin Jaeger, Mazeika Sullivan
dam removal, river restoration, ecological response to dams, hydrogeomorphology
2014
OK
Annual Base
Estimating Groundwater Recharge Using the Oklahoma Mesonet
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Tyson Ochsner, Chris Fiebrich, Chris Neel
Groundwater, recharge, soil moisture
2014
OK
Annual Base
Comparison of Grain Sorghum and Corn Productivity under Limited Irrigation with Subsurface Drip
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Jason Warren, Jody Campiche, Rodney Jones, Rick Kochenower, Arthur Stoecker
Irrigation, Economics, Corn, Sorghum, Groundwater
2014
OK
Annual Base
Increasing water yield and quality through redcedar removal and establishment of herbaceous biofuel feedstock production systems: Effect of vegetation on groundwater recharge in upland ecosystems
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,282
Chris Zou, Garey Fox, Rodney Will
Groundwater, redcedar, biofuel
2014
OK
Annual Base
Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$10,128
Non-Federal:
$17,935
Dave Engle, Leslie Elmore
2014
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$59,254
Non-Federal:
$135,415
Todd Jarvis
Outreach, Education, Information Transfer
2014
PA
Annual Base
Drinking Water Testing and Education for Roadside Springs in Pennsylvania
Federal:
$17,386
Non-Federal:
$8,606
Bryan Swistock
Water, Extension, Education, Drinking Water, Springs
2014
PA
Annual Base
Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center Outreach Program
Federal:
$24,573
Non-Federal:
$29,429
Elizabeth Boyer
Water, Education, Outreach, STEM, Conservation
2014
PA
Annual Base
Emerging Contaminants in Vernal Ponds Across a Human Impact Gradient
Federal:
$1
Non-Federal:
$37,075
Heather Gall
emerging contaminants, vernal ponds, land use, amphibians
2014
PR
Annual Base
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR THE DETECTION OF ESTROGENIC ACTIVITY IN A TROPICAL URBAN WATERSHED: PHASE III
Federal:
$16,600
Non-Federal:
$34,762
Jorge Ortiz-Zayas
biomonitoring, health effects, pollutants, public health, rivers, runoff, trace organics, toxic substances, trace organics, water chemistry, water quality monitoring, water quality
2014
PR
Annual Base
Inactivation of Bacillus subtilis with a Modified Solar-Powered Engineered Experimental Drum Filtration and Disinfection (SEED) Unit
Federal:
$16,603
Non-Federal:
$4,167
Sangchul Hwang
Filteration, Disinfection, Bacillus subtilis, field demonstration
2014
PR
Annual Base
Feasibility of sintered recycled glass functionalized with micro- and nanosized TiO2 particles for the degradation of trihalomethane precursors from surface waters
Federal:
$17,304
Non-Federal:
$34,069
Pedro Tarafa, OMarcelo Suarez
Trihalomethanes, photocatalytic degradation, titanium dioxide, recycled glass
2014
RI
Annual Base
Carbon-Based Renewable Hydrogel Nanocomposites for Water Purification
Federal:
$18,737
Non-Federal:
$37,999
Samantha Meenach
hydrogel, carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide, wastewater treatment, nanocomposite
2014
RI
Annual Base
Outreach for the Promotion of Clean Drinking Water in Rhode Island
Federal:
$10,420
Non-Federal:
$18,319
Harold Knickle, Geoffrey Bothun
outreach, academy, conference
2014
RI
Annual Base
Water Security, Sustainability, and Climate Impacts in Urban Regions
Federal:
$18,737
Non-Federal:
$37,833
Ali Akanda
Urban Hydrology, Water Quality, Water Quantity, Climate
2014
SC
Annual Base
Monitoring of Organic Pollutants in the Savannah River, using a Buoy-Deployed Data Collection Network
Federal:
$29,943
Non-Federal:
$68,607
Peter Van Den Hurk, Cindy Lee
Water Quality, Environmental Toxicants, Passive Samplers, Toxicity Testing, Management Tools
2014
SC
Annual Base
Low Impact Development (LID) Strormwater Management Techniques as a Tool for Mitigating Climate Change Induced Increases in Rainfall Intensity and Frequency
Federal:
$23,254
Non-Federal:
$46,508
Nigel Kaye, William MartinIII
Hydrology, Water Quantity, Climate Change , Floods
2014
SD
Annual Base
Nutrient Removal from Agricultural Subsurface Drainage Using Denitrification Bioreactors and Phosphate Adsorbents
Federal:
$23,353
Non-Federal:
$48,489
Guanghui Hua, Christopher Hay, Jeppe Kjaersgaard, Christopher Schmit
Subsurface Drainage, Nitrate, Phosphate, Denitrification, Adsorption
2014
SD
Annual Base
Evaluating Nutrient Best Management Practices to Conserve Water Quality
Federal:
$22,305
Non-Federal:
$35,840
Jeppe Kjaersgaard, Sandeep Kumar
Agriculture, Conservation, Nitrate, Phosphorus, Water Quality
2014
SD
Annual Base
Source water implications associated with the current Black Hills mountain pine-beetle infestation
Federal:
$19,330
Non-Federal:
$38,660
James Stone, John Stamm
Mountain pine beetle; drinking water quality; disinfection by-product
2014
SD
Annual Base
South Dakota Water Resources Institute FY2014 Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$16,950
Non-Federal:
$32,146
Van Kelley, Kevin Dalsted, Jeppe Kjaersgaard
Outreach, Service Communication, Interaction, Information
2014
TN
Annual Base
Assessment of Watershed Land Use Stressors on the Biological Integrity of the Nolichucky River in Tennessee
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$24,000
J Alford
land use, nonpoint source pollution, bioindicator, benthic, fish
2014
TN
Annual Base
High Resolution Monitoring of Urban Stormwater Quality
Federal:
$45,096
Non-Federal:
$91,213
Jon Hathaway, Kimberly Carter
stormwater, pollutants, field monitoring, emerging contaminants, urbanization
2014
TN
Annual Base
Underground Reactive Barrier to Attenuate Contaminants from Agricultural Drainage
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Jaehoon Lee, John Buchanan, Jennifer DeBruyn, Shawn Hawkins, Andrea Ludwig, Forbes Walker
underground reactive barrier, agricultural chemiclas, soil water remediation, charcoal remediation, veterinary antibiotics and pathogens.
2014
TN
Annual Base
Recalibrating the SAGT SPARROW to Accommodate Changes in Agricultural Inputs
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,009
Dayton Lambert, Christopher Boyer, Christopher Clark, John Schwartz
Watershed, Southeast, Modeling, SPARROW, Calibration
2014
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$82,966
Non-Federal:
$116,604
Roel Lopez, Danielle Kalisek, Leslie Lee, Kevin Wagner, Kathy Wythe
2014
TX
Annual Base
Increasing Water Security through Horizontal Wells
Federal:
$9,369
Non-Federal:
$54,643
Hongbin Zhan, Ben Blumenthal
Groundwater, Horizontal Drilling, Aquifer Storage and Recovery
2014
UT
Annual Base
Influence of Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions in High Gradient Mountain Streams
Federal:
$30,611
Non-Federal:
$65,247
Bethany Neilson
groundwater/surface water interactions, differential gaging, seepage studies, dilution gaging
2014
UT
Annual Base
Information Transfer in Support of the Utah Center for Water Resources Research (UCWRR)
Federal:
$5,678
Non-Federal:
$18,648
R. Ivonne Harris, Carri Richards
Outreach, Publications, Web Page Development, Data Base
2014
UT
Annual Base
Managing Western Irrigation Systems in the Face of Urbanization
Federal:
$29,989
Non-Federal:
$63,731
Douglas Jackson-Smith
Irrigation companies, canal companies, urbanization, land use change, secondary irrigation, Intermountain West
2014
VA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$68,545
Non-Federal:
$105,952
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2014
VI
Annual Base
Engineered Pervious Layer for Rooftop Rain Harvesting and Solar/Dark Inactivation of E. coli
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Sangchul Hwang, Henry Smith
E. coli, nanomaterials, pervious layer, rain harvesting
2014
VI
Annual Base
Monitoring Precipitation Patterns and Erosion Indicators Across the St Thomas Microclimates
Federal:
$19,865
Non-Federal:
$0
David Morris, Donald Drost, Michael Larson, Avram Primack, Raymond Torres
rainfall, erosion, microclimate, montoring
2014
VI
Annual Base
Active and Passive Irrigation as Means to Establish Trees on Arid and Semi-Arid Sites.
Federal:
$16,300
Non-Federal:
$0
Michael Morgan, Thomas Zimmerman
Tropical Dry Forest, Deep Pipe Irrigation, Rainwater Harvesting
2014
VI
Annual Base
Quantification and Molecular Typing of Escherichia coli from watersheds above Brewers Bay and UVI, St. Thomas
Federal:
$15,692
Non-Federal:
$0
Jennilee Robinson, Jennilee Robinson
Escherichia coli, Quantitative PCR, Genotyping, Antibiotic Resistance, Virulence Factors
2014
VT
Annual Base
Organic phosphorus forms and transformations in Lake Champlain stream corridor soils
Federal:
$80,315
Non-Federal:
$161,983
Donald Ross, Beverley Wemple
soil phosphorus, organic phosphorus, bioavailable phosphorus, phosphorus release, streambank erosion
2014
VT
Annual Base
An acoustic telemetry array for Lake Champlain: investigating effects of aquatic habitat fragmentation on lake whitefish
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$91,423
J Marsden, Jason Stockwell
aquatic habitat fragmentation, migration
2014
WA
Annual Base
Interactive effects of nutrients and grazing on the control of cyanobacteria blooms: a comparison across a eutrophication gradient in freshwater systems in Washington state
Federal:
$27,478
Non-Federal:
$55,096
Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, Stephen Bollens
cyanobacteria blooms, eutrophication, zooplankton grazing
2014
WA
Annual Base
The effects of river restoration on nutrient retention and transport for aquatic food webs
Federal:
$27,471
Non-Federal:
$40,934
Alexander Fremier, Cailin Orr
stream flow, nutrient transport, river restoration
2014
WA
Annual Base
New Generation of Iron-Enhanced Compost for Stormwater Treatment
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,000
Zhenqing Shi, Markus Flury, James Harsh
Iron-enhanced compost, stormwater treatment, lead, phosphorus, kinetics model
2014
WA
Annual Base
SWWRC Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$4,613
Non-Federal:
$16,438
Jonathan Yoder, Jennifer Adam
Outreach, Information Transfer, Management and Planning
2014
WI
Annual Base
Recent Advances in Monitoring and Analysis of Trace Metals: A Workshop to Address Applications in the Upper Great Lakes
Federal:
$12,512
Non-Federal:
$5,421
Stephen J. Ventura
trace metals, workshop, analysis
2014
WV
Annual Base
Use of Chemical Signatures as Diagnostic Tools to Identify Bromide Contamination Sources
Federal:
$30,599
Non-Federal:
$61,198
Yongtian He, Joseph Donovan
chemical signatures, total dissolved solids, water contamination, geochemical modeling, bromide, chloride, TDS, hydraulic fracturing, flowback
2014
WV
Annual Base
2014 Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Conference
Federal:
$20,511
Non-Federal:
$41,021
Tamara Vandivort, glenn waldron
water infrastructure, water supply, technology, funding, policy, research, management, planning
2014
WV
Annual Base
WRI-159: Implementation of a Drinking Water Well Sampling Protocol
Federal:
$24,547
Non-Federal:
$49,094
Jennifer Hause, Melissa O'Neal, Tamara Vandivort, Paul Ziemkiewicz
horizontal drilling, gas wells, Marcellus Shale, sampling, hydraulic fracturing, flowback water, produced water, drilling muds, water quality, environmental impact, West Virginia, Monongahela River Basin
2013
AK
Annual Base
Characterization of sediment grain-size distributions from several Alaskan rivers
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$1,238
Horacio Toniolo
Suspended sediment, grain-size distributions, river discharg
2013
AK
Annual Base
Creating long-term records of changes in past precipitation in northern Alaska using stable isotopes from willow wood.
Federal:
$13,058
Non-Federal:
$6,464
Matthew Wooller
Climate Change, Paleoclimate Record, Wood Isotopes, Tree-Rings, Arctic, Thermokarst.
2013
AK
Annual Base
Simulating the effect of wave action on fate of crude oil spilled at Alaskan shores
Federal:
$16,317
Non-Federal:
$3,943
Silke Schiewer
bioremediation, contaminated soil, crude oil, contaminants in cold regions, contaminant transport
2013
AK
Annual Base
Toxicity of Sulfolane Breakdown Products in Contaminated Groundwater
Federal:
$10,204
Non-Federal:
$27,519
Mary Leigh, David Barnes
sulfolane, toxicity, groundwater, drinking water, biodegradation, North Pole, Alaska.
2013
AK
Annual Base
Surface water and sub-permafrost groundwater exchange effects on Alaska thermokarst-lake methane cycling
Federal:
$13,446
Non-Federal:
$6,656
Katey WalterAnthony, Katey WalterAnthony
Thermokarst lakes, permafrost hydrology, methane
2013
AL
Annual Base
DEVELOPING AND CONTRASTING NUTRIENT CRITERIA THRESHOLDS FOR FOUR ALABAMA RESERVOIRS
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$36,631
Alan Wilson
Nutrient Criteria
2013
AL
Annual Base
ASSESSMENT OF STORMWATER QUALITY THROUGH POROUS PAVEMENT SYSTEM
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$33,823
Clifford Lange, Michael Hein
Storm Water Management, Surface Drainage, Water Quality Control, Nonpoint
2013
AL
Annual Base
GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR MORE COST-EFFECTIVE SAMPLING OF BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO NUTRIENT LOADS IN STREAMS AND RIVERS
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,473
Amelia Ward
Biomonitorig (30), Nutrients (158), Statistics (233), Stochastic
2013
AR
Annual Base
AWRC Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$980
Non-Federal:
$1,131
Brian Haggard
Conference, Newsletters, Web Interface, Citizen Science
2013
AR
Annual Base
Assessing Sources of Nitrosamine Precursors in Drinking Water Treatment Plants
Federal:
$17,502
Non-Federal:
$35,003
Wen Zhang, Julian Fairey
nitrosamines, disinfection byproduct, drinking water treatment
2013
AR
Annual Base
Improving Surface Water Quality by Reducing SOD and Nutrients
Federal:
$7,197
Non-Federal:
$14,416
Gregory Osborn
SOD algae nutrients TOC
2013
AR
Annual Base
Fecal Source Characterization in Select 303(d) listed Streams in the Illinois River Watershed with Elevated Levels of Escherichia coli
Federal:
$9,593
Non-Federal:
$21,056
Kristen Gibson
coliphage, fecal source tracking, recreational use, bacterial indicators
2013
AR
Annual Base
The Effect of Global Climate Change on Algal Biomass and Total Organic Carbon Concentrations in Beaver Lake
Federal:
$9,117
Non-Federal:
$18,882
Byron Winston, Jefferson Scott
climate change, TOC, algal biomass
2013
AR
Annual Base
Economics of On-Farm Reservoirs across the Arkansas Delta Region: A conjunctive management approach to preserving groundwater and water quality
Federal:
$9,300
Non-Federal:
$18,724
Kent Kovacs, Kristofor Brye, Jennie Popp, Eric Wailes
Groundwater, Reservoirs, Farms
2013
AZ
Annual Base
Do Simple Carbon Additions Reduce Resistance to Antibiotics in Environmental Bacteria?
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Jean McLain, Channah Rock
recycled water, biosolids, antibiotic resistance
2013
AZ
Annual Base
Discrimination-Inference to Reduce Expected Cost Technique (DIRECT): A new framework for water management and stakeholder negotiation
Federal:
$9,024
Non-Federal:
$18,067
Paul Ferre
Water availability, prediction uncertainty, monitoring networks, economic valuation, stakeholder negotiation
2013
AZ
Annual Base
Sequential advanced oxidation and soil-aquifer treatment for management of trace organics in treated wastewater
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$19,995
Eduardo Saez, David Quanrud
emerging contaminants, soil aquifer treatment, advanced oxidation process
2013
AZ
Annual Base
Extraction Methods for Engineered Nanoparticles From Aqueous Environmental Samples
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Paul Westerhoff, Yu Yang
Cloud point extraction, Ionic liquid extraction, solid phase extraction, nanoparticles, rapid analysis
2013
AZ
Annual Base
WRRC Information Transfer
Federal:
$12,276
Non-Federal:
$6,322
Sharon Megdal, Susanna Eden
2013
CA
Annual Base
Enhancing Groundwater Recharge through Distributed Stormwater Capture
Federal:
$10,469
Non-Federal:
$4,370
Andrew Fisher
Groundwater, Recharge, Stormwater, aquifers
2013
CA
Annual Base
Online Irrigation and Nitrogen Management Tool for Vegetables
Federal:
$10,351
Non-Federal:
$2,432
Michael Cahn
Irrigation, Nitrogen, Vegetables
2013
CA
Annual Base
Evaluation of Surface Water Quality on Soil Leaching Fraction and Alfalfa Yield in the Delta
Federal:
$7,800
Non-Federal:
$1,833
Michelle LeinfelderMiles
Surface Water, Water Quality, Alfalfa, Delta
2013
CA
Annual Base
Assessing Water Quality & Conservation Attitudes in a Low-Income Multi-Ethnic, Urban California Community
Federal:
$10,400
Non-Federal:
$2,444
Leigh Johnson
Water Quality, Conservation, Multi-Ethnic, Community
2013
CA
Annual Base
CA-CIWR Information Transfer
Federal:
$6,650
Non-Federal:
$1,645
Doug Parker
2013
CO
Annual Base
Social Network Anlysis Technique for Water Resources Management Workshop
Federal:
$4,500
Non-Federal:
$2,183
John Labadie
Social Network Analysis, Socio-Ecological Systems, Adaptive Co-management
2013
CO
Annual Base
Assessing the agronomic feasibility of partial and full season hay fallowing as part of a Western Slope Water Bank
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$9,700
Joe Brummer
Irrigation, Fallowing, Water Bank
2013
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Federal:
$21,025
Non-Federal:
$94,318
Reagan Waskom
Technology Transfer, Information Dissemination
2013
CT
Annual Base
CTIWR Technology Transfer
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$1,425
Glenn Warner, James Hurd
2013
DC
Annual Base
Monitoring Groundwater for Developing Alternative Source of Water Supply for Homeland Security in the District of Columbia
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$103,400
Kobina Atobrah, Tolessa Deksissa
Groundwater, Water Supply, Homeland Security
2013
DC
Annual Base
Stormwater Quality Management with Green Infrastructure: Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$146,780
Charles Glass
Stormwater, Quality, Low Impact Development, Monitoring, Green Infrastructure
2013
DC
Annual Base
Bayesian Parameter Estimation of Activated Sludge Processes In Blue Plains Waste Water Treatment Plant
Federal:
$12,056
Non-Federal:
$38,624
Arash Massoudieh
Wastewater, Activated Sludge Model, Inverse Modeling, Bayesian Modeling, Parameter Estimation, Markov Chain Monte Carlo
2013
DC
Annual Base
Continuous Monitoring of Urea Concentrations and Harmful Algal Productivity and Physiology
Federal:
$13,466
Non-Federal:
$32,846
Caroline Solomon
harmful algal blooms, nitrogen, urea, monitoring
2013
DE
Annual Base
Use of the White Rot Fungus as a Fungal Bioreactor to Remove E. coli from Aqueous Dairy Manure Wastewater
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Anastasia Chirnside, Anna Brady
Pathogens, manure effluent, human health
2013
DE
Annual Base
A Biogeographic Investigation of Viral Diversity within the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Eric Wommack, Alessandra Ceretto
Oysters, biofiltration, water quality
2013
DE
Annual Base
Exploring the Viability of Biochar to Treat Stormwater
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Paul Imhoff, Naomi Chang
Biochar, stormwater filtration, nonpoint pollution
2013
DE
Annual Base
The Varying Impact of Stemflow and Soil Moisture on the Diversity of Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Relation to Soil Respiration
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Delphis Levia, Katherine Junghenn
Forests, canopy, stemflow, soil microbial diversity
2013
DE
Annual Base
Methane and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in a Watershed
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Rodrigo Vargas, Kelsey McWilliams
Soil moisture, greenhouse gases, climate change
2013
DE
Annual Base
Sustainable Management of Water and Ecosystem Services on a Residential Landscape in Delaware
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Joshua Duke, Megan Murray
Urban nonpoint pollution, residential landscapes, water quality
2013
DE
Annual Base
Acid Neutralization of Stemflow in a Deciduous Forest: The Role of Edge Effects
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Delphis Levia, Alexey Shiklomanov
Forests, stemflow, soil acidification, ecosystem services
2013
DE
Annual Base
UD Watershed Team Ecological Restoration
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$17,160
James Sims, Gerald Kauffman
Stormwater, ecological treatment practices, management, policy
2013
FL
Annual Base
Development of Passive Sensor for Measuring Water and Contaminant Fluxes in the Hyporheic Zone
Federal:
$46,736
Non-Federal:
$93,475
Mark Newman, Kirk Hatfield
hyporheic, sediment, flux, contaminant, transport
2013
FL
Annual Base
Florida Water Resources Information Transfer
Federal:
$16,909
Non-Federal:
$10,967
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
2013
FL
Annual Base
Development and Evaluation of Data Accuracy Assessment Algorithms for Identifying Anomalies in Hydro-meteorological Data (Phase I: Stage)
Federal:
$32,000
Non-Federal:
$64,000
Ramesh Teegavarapu
Hydrometeorological Data, Stage, South Florida Water Management District, outliers, anomaly detection, statistical methods.
2013
GA
Annual Base
Tracking the impact of on-site wastewater treatment systems on stream water quality in the Metro-Atlanta area
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Mussie Habteselassie, David Radcliffe
Onsite wastewater treatment system, fecal indicator bacteria, isotopes, source tracking
2013
GA
Annual Base
Unimpaired Flows for the ACF River Basin: Improvement and Uncertainty Assessment
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Aris Georgakakos, Martin Kistenmacher
Unimpaired flow, water resources planning and management, uncertainty characterization, river basin modeling
2013
GU
Annual Base
One-Day Professional Educators Field Course, with Educational Webpage on the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$12,665
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Groundwater Education; Aquifer Models; Aquifer Field Trip
2013
GU
Annual Base
Heavy Metal Status of Nearshore Fisheries Impacted by Old Military Dumpsites on the Eastern Side of Saipan, CNMI
Federal:
$39,669
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
pollution impact, monitoring and assessment, land-based and submerged dumpsites, heavy metals, drainage pathways, fisheries resources, Saipan, Micronesia
2013
GU
Annual Base
Development of Optimum Water System Operation for Saipan Water Distribution System
Federal:
$15,428
Non-Federal:
$0
Mariano Iglecias, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Development of Optimum Water System Operation for Saipan Water Distribution System
2013
GU
Annual Base
Land Cover Change Detection in Saipan
Federal:
$16,033
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen, Derek Chambers, Jose Quan
Land cover change, GIS, remote sensing, Saipan
2013
GU
Annual Base
Improving the Pohnpei Water Distribution System Using Hydraulic Modeling and Geographic Information Systems
Federal:
$19,731
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Water Distribution Systems, Geographic Information Systems, Water System Modeling
2013
GU
Annual Base
Development of Environmentally Sustainable methods for Treatment of Domestic Wastewater and Handling of Sewage Sludge on Yap Island
Federal:
$24,439
Non-Federal:
$0
Joe Rouse
Wastewater, septic, sludge, treatment, reuse, sustainability
2013
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$19,992
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2013
GU
Annual Base
Water Resources of Guam: An Online One-Stop Information Center for Public and Professional Users
Federal:
$6,841
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson, Gary Denton, Mark Lander, Joe Rouse
Groundwater, Water quality, Wastewater, Climate, Education
2013
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$5,202
Non-Federal:
$14,416
Philip Moravcik
information transfer
2013
HI
Annual Base
Evaluation of the Impact of Drought Conditions Upon the Waiahole Ditch System Development Tunnels: Ground Water Sustainability Implications Under Adverse Climate Change Conditions
Federal:
$6,494
Non-Federal:
$24,294
Aly El-Kadi
climate change, drought, dike compartment, rainfall, monitor wells, tunnel discharge
2013
HI
Annual Base
Evaluation of next-generation sequencing technologies for environmental monitoring: characterization of microbial communities from wastewater plants and selected beaches of Hawaii using a metagenomics approach
Federal:
$20,400
Non-Federal:
$71,946
Marek Kirs, Veljo Kisand
microbial biodiversity, environmental monitoring, metagenomics
2013
HI
Annual Base
Engineering plant peroxidases for wastewater treatment and water pollution monitoring
Federal:
$9,600
Non-Federal:
$40,145
Qing Li, Eunsung Kan
wastewater, peroxidase, bioremediation, water treatment
2013
HI
Annual Base
Forecasting climate change impacts on watershed-based ecosystem services in Hawaii: A participatory modeling approach
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$126,874
Steven Gray, Ali Fares, Christopher Lepczyk
watershed modeling, community modeling, climate change impacts
2013
HI
Annual Base
Quantifying Toxoplasmosis gondii presence in wastewater and freshwater systems
Federal:
$18,004
Non-Federal:
$73,936
Christopher Lepczyk
toxoplasmosis gondii, feral cats, parasite, disease, marine mammal, endangered species
2013
HI
Annual Base
Impacts of Climate Change on Food Resources of Native Gobiid Fishes and Atyid Shrimp in Hawaiian Streams
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Rebecca Ostertag, Richard MacKenzie
Climate Change, Food Web, Stream Flow, Stable Isotopes
2013
IA
Annual Base
Iowa Water Center Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$20,749
Non-Federal:
$33,768
Richard Cruse, Melissa Miller
2013
ID
Annual Base
The Idaho Water Resources Outreach and Engagement Project
Federal:
$55,525
Non-Federal:
$49,257
John Tracy, Julie Scanlin
2013
IL
Annual Base
Transfering Water Resources Information to the People of Illinois
Federal:
$26,351
Non-Federal:
$6,693
Lisa Merrifield
information transfer, conferences, websites
2013
IL
Annual Base
Hydrologic Impacts of an Alternative Agricultural Land Use: A Woody Perennial Polyculture
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,288
Evan DeLucia, Kevin Wolz
Land use change, ecological restoration, climate change, water balance, woody perennial crops
2013
IL
Annual Base
Statewide Surveillance of Emerging Flame Retardant Contamination in Illinois Waters via Fish Monitoring
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,641
Da Chen
brominated flame retardants, aquatic environment, fish, spatial distribution, temporal trends
2013
IL
Annual Base
Influence of Water Quality and Stormwater Management on the Ecology of Mosquito-Borne Disease
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,017
Brian Allan, Andrew Mackay
Mosquitoes, stormwater retention, public health, aquatic ecology, urban ecosystems
2013
IL
Annual Base
Restoration Trajectories and Restored Floodplain Wetlands and their Ecosystem Services
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$11,523
Angela Kent
denitrication, microbiology, wetland restoration, ecosystem services
2013
IN
Annual Base
Attached-Growth Lagoons for Wastewater Nitrification in Small Communities
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$173,132
Ernest Blatchley, Ronald Turco
Ammonia, Attached-Growth, Lagoon, Nitrification, Treatment and Wastewater
2013
IN
Annual Base
Multi-Year Assessment of Water Use and Reuse in the Wabash River Watershed
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$21,791
Loring Nies, Chad Jafvert
Indrect Potable Water Reuse
2013
IN
Annual Base
The Role of Silver Nano Particles on Microbial Activities in Natural Surface Water: Effects of Aqueous Chemistry
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$17,808
Dong Chen
Nano Particle, Silver, Microbiology, Natural Organic Matter
2013
IN
Annual Base
Abundance, Transport, and Retention of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Central Indiana Streams
Federal:
$15,424
Non-Federal:
$32,178
Melody Bernot
Contaminants, Nonpoint Pollution, Streams, Toxicology
2013
IN
Annual Base
Estimating Capture Probabilities of Common Stream Fish in the Eastern Corn Belt Plain
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,296
Thomas Lauer, Jason Doll
Fish Assemblage, Modeling, Physiochemical, Bayesian, Water Quality
2013
IN
Annual Base
Linking Cover Crops to Improved Stream Water Quality via Field-Scale Soil Sampling, in Shatto Ditch Watershed, IN
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,592
Jennifer Tank, Sheila Christopher
Cover Crops, Nitrogen, Nitrate, Ammonium, Phosphorous, Tile Drain, Water Quality
2013
IN
Annual Base
Pollution Prevention Strategies for Farmers and Commercial Input Applicator Businesses
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$17,802
Fred Whitford
Spills, Pollution Prevention, Environment, Water
2013
KY
Annual Base
Kentucky information transfer project
Federal:
$52,125
Non-Federal:
$109,350
Lindell Ormsbee
symposium, internet, www, newsletter
2013
LA
Annual Base
Hydrostratigraphy Modeling of the Southern Hills Aquifer System
Federal:
$11,276
Non-Federal:
$22,551
Frank Tsai
hydrostratigraphy, hydrofacies, uncertainty, multimodel analysis, aquifer system, fault
2013
LA
Annual Base
Development of Total Maximum Daily Load for Dissolved Oxygen in Nutrient-Enriched Lowland Rivers
Federal:
$12,520
Non-Federal:
$25,040
Zhi-Qiang Deng
Dissolved Oxygen, River, Total Maximum Daily Load, Watershed
2013
LA
Annual Base
Sustainable Iron Removal from Groundwater Supporting Aquaculture
Federal:
$10,299
Non-Federal:
$20,599
Ron Malone, Donald Adrian
Iron, aquaculture, groundwater
2013
MA
Annual Base
Triclosan in Wastewater Effluent
Federal:
$4,997
Non-Federal:
$31,887
Jonathan Roling
Triclosan, wastewater effluent, chlorination, sterilization, surface water, microbial tolerance
2013
MA
Annual Base
Linking groundwater heatflow to fish habitat in stream catchments with till-mantled bedrock
Federal:
$9,982
Non-Federal:
$21,896
David Boutt
baseflow, stream temperature, fish habitat,
2013
MA
Annual Base
Acid rain response and recovery in New England forests: Application of the novel calcium isotope tracer to the Hubbard Brook streamwater sample archive
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,033
Andrew Kurtz
calcium, stable isotopes
2013
MA
Annual Base
Water Workshops Series
Federal:
$26,275
Non-Federal:
$32,601
Paula Rees, Marie-Francoise Hatte
workshop, symposium, agriculture, water conservation, instream flow
2013
MD
Annual Base
Bromide as a Precursor of Potent Brominating Agents During Drinking Water Chlorination
Federal:
$2,592
Non-Federal:
$6,532
John Sivey
bromide, bromine, chlorination, disinfection by-products, drinking water treatment, road salt, hydraulic fracturing, produced water, seawater intrusion
2013
MD
Annual Base
Validation of non-lethal laparoscopic technique for detection of intersex in regional black bass populations
Federal:
$30,086
Non-Federal:
$72,802
Lance Yonkos, Lance Yonkos
Endocrine disruption, Non-lethal sampling, Keystone species
2013
MD
Annual Base
Tracing the rates of road salt runoff movement from impervious surface to stream and the effects on soil and aquifer geochemistry
Federal:
$37,548
Non-Federal:
$94,618
Joel Moore, Steven Lev
road salt, stream salinization, ionic fluxes, groundwater geochemistry, surface water geochemistry, stormwater ponds
2013
MD
Annual Base
Enhancing watershed infiltration to restore urban stream hydro-ecological function (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$5,500
Non-Federal:
$13,207
Kaye Brubaker, Margaret Palmer
Watershed, restoration, urban, infiltration
2013
MD
Annual Base
The role of streams in nitrogen fluxes from watersheds in the Choptank Basin (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$5,500
Non-Federal:
$12,501
Kaye Brubaker, Thomas Fisher
Nitrogen, fate and transport, biogenic N gas
2013
MD
Annual Base
Modeling the effects of green roof substrate organic matter on stormwater retention and plant-based water cycling (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$5,500
Non-Federal:
$12,584
Kaye Brubaker, Steven Cohan, John Lea-Cox
Green roof, water balance, substrate water holding capacity
2013
ME
Annual Base
Optimized Pre-Treatment for Fluorescence Monitoring of Surface Fresh Water Contamination
Federal:
$4,907
Non-Federal:
$79,664
Howard Patterson, John Ahern, Gregory Hall
Water Quality Monitoring, Water Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals, Petrochemicals
2013
ME
Annual Base
Assessing threats of changing climate to drinking water quality
Federal:
$10,865
Non-Federal:
$77,716
Jasmine Saros, Sarah Nelson
acid deposition, algae, climate, geochemistry, water quality, water treatment
2013
ME
Annual Base
Partnership for Monitoring Maine Lake Temperatures in a changing Climate, Short-term Variability and Long-term Trends.
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$24,166
Daniel Buckley, Scott Williams
climate, ecosystem, education, heat budge, lakes, and thermodynamics, water quality
2013
ME
Annual Base
Maine Information Transfer
Federal:
$18,051
Non-Federal:
$28,160
John Peckenham
Education, outreach, student training
2013
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$27,124
Non-Federal:
$54,302
Jon Bartholic
Watershed Planning and Management; Water Quality; Water Use; Decision Support System
2013
MI
Annual Base
Dissemination, Technology Transfer Training and Program Development
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Lois Wolfson
Water Quality; Natural Shorelines, Great Lakes, Watershed Management; Invasive Species; Lake and Stream Monitoring; Interactive Web-based Decision Support Systems; Climate Outreach
2013
MI
Annual Base
Building Capacity within Township Planning Commissions to Facilitate Water User Committees in the context of Michigan's Water Withdrawal Assessment Program
Federal:
$10,401
Non-Federal:
$20,800
David Lusch
groundwater management, capacity building, local planning
2013
MN
Annual Base
Building sustainable governance frameworks to sustainably manage Minnesota's Water Resources
Federal:
$29,998
Non-Federal:
$58,621
Sherry Enzler, Mae Davenport
Sustainable, water management, governance frameworks, social-ecological systems
2013
MO
Annual Base
Removal of NOMs by Advanced Thin Film Composite Membranes for the Control of Disinection Byproducts
Federal:
$7,190
Non-Federal:
$39,472
Baolin Deng, Baolin Deng
mixed matrix nano composite membranes, NOMs, source water, polyamide, polysulfone, nanoparticiles, water permeability, mixed matrix nano composite membranes,BPs, THMs, HAAs,MMM, NDMA,membrane-based nanofiltration, reverse osmosis,
2013
MO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$31,904
Non-Federal:
$62,710
Thomas Clevenger
2013
MS
Annual Base
Interdisciplinary Assessment of Mercury Transport, Fate and Risk in Enid Lake, Mississippi
Federal:
$39,780
Non-Federal:
$80,174
Xiaobo Chao, James Cizdziel, AKM Hossain, Kristine Willett
Water Quality, Contaminant Transport Mechanisms, Sedimentation
2013
MS
Annual Base
Non-linear downward flux of water in response to increasing wetland water depth and its influence on groundwater recharge, soil chemistry, and wetland tree growth
Federal:
$37,260
Non-Federal:
$74,592
Gregg Davidson
Wetlands, Ecosystems, Surface and Groundwater Management
2013
MT
Annual Base
Do Sediments in the Warm Springs Ponds Operable Unit Act as A Sink for Organic Wastewater Compounds?
Federal:
$13,835
Non-Federal:
$27,671
Katie Hailer, Stephen Parker
organic wastewater contaminants OWCs
2013
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Rephotography as a tool to Understand the Effects of Resource Use on Rivers of the Greater Yellowstone Region
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$440
Heidi Clark
rephotography resource use Greater Yellowstone
2013
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Maintaining Migratory Pathways of Imperiled Large River and Small Stream Prairie Fishes in the Face of Climate Change
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$440
David Dockery
fish climate change migration habitat
2013
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Understanding Trends in Snow Accumulation, Water Availability and Climate Changes Using Snow Telemetry Observations in the Missouri River Headwaters
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$440
Thomas Matthews
Climate SNOWTEL Snow Missouri River
2013
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Investigating Upstream Channel Response to Dam Removal, Black Foot River MT
Federal:
$500
Non-Federal:
$220
Robert Livesay
dam removal geomorphology Black Foot River
2013
NC
Annual Base
A mesocosm study to determine nitrogen assimilation capacity of a restored wetland slated to receive pumped drainage water - a critical component to maximize improvement to the Pamlico Sound
Federal:
$29,914
Non-Federal:
$15,406
Michael Burchell, Stephen W. Broome
Wetland restoration, Nitrogen assimilation, Denitrification, DRAINMOD
2013
NC
Annual Base
Surface and Subsurface Properties Regulating Manganese Contamination of Groundwater in the North Carolina Piedmont
Federal:
$23,111
Non-Federal:
$67,789
Matthew Polizzotto, Aziz Ammozegar, Robert Austin, Rick Bolich, Phil Bradley, Owen Duckworth, Dean Hesterberg
Manganese, Groundwater Quality, Soil, Saprolite, Piedmont
2013
NC
Annual Base
WRRI Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$1,250
Non-Federal:
$14,517
Nicole Wilkinson
2013
ND
Annual Base
Sodic soil characterization and management on subsurface drainage
Federal:
$4,300
Non-Federal:
$7,474
Tom DeSutter
Sodic Soil, Subsurface drainage, Tile drainage, water quality
2013
ND
Annual Base
Measurement and modeling of soil moisture changes for subsurface drained and subirrigated fields in the Red River Valley
Federal:
$3,608
Non-Federal:
$4,272
Xinhua Jia
Soil Moisture, Tile Drainage, Modeling, Measurement, subsurface drainage, subirrigated fields
2013
ND
Annual Base
Development of a Model for Subsurface Drainage and Subirrigation Water Management
Federal:
$3,608
Non-Federal:
$4,273
Xinhua Jia
Tile Drainage, Subsurface drainage modeling, Sub-irrigation
2013
ND
Annual Base
Electron Donor Contributions to Denitrification in the Elk Valley Aquifer, ND
Federal:
$4,811
Non-Federal:
$14,789
Scott Korom
Denitrification, Aquifers, Electron Donors, Geochemical evolution
2013
ND
Annual Base
Physical model evaluations of scour holes below a singular and multiple step rock weirs
Federal:
$4,210
Non-Federal:
$12,941
Yeo Lim
Scour, Physical models, Stepped weirs
2013
ND
Annual Base
Temporal-spatial distribution (dynamics) of phytoplankton and diversity in relation to lake physical and chemical condition
Federal:
$3,007
Non-Federal:
$5,226
Wei Lin
Temporal distribution, spatial distribution, phytoplankton, Lakes
2013
ND
Annual Base
Investigation of Cryptosporidium oocysts in Influent and Effluent of the Fargo Water Treatment Plant
Federal:
$3,007
Non-Federal:
$5,226
Khan Eakalak, John McEvoy
Cryptosporidium oocysts, Water reatment plant, Influent and effluent
2013
ND
Annual Base
Drought monitoring and prediction using NOAH land surface model and GRACE satellite observation
Federal:
$4,210
Non-Federal:
$12,939
Xiaodong Zhang
Drought, monitoring, prediction, GRACE Satellite data, NOAH Land Surface model
2013
ND
Annual Base
Application of Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Model for Estimating Nutrient Loads to Lake Ashtabula, ND, under Different Climate Scenarios
Federal:
$4,510
Non-Federal:
$7,838
Zhulu Lin, G. Padmanabhan
SWAT model, Nutrient loads, Lakes, Non-point pollution, Climate scenarios
2013
ND
Annual Base
Improved Overland Flow Modeling for Hydrologic Connectivity Analysis of Potholes
Federal:
$6,915
Non-Federal:
$16,619
Xuefeng Chu
Hydrologic connectivity, prarie potholes, Overland Flow Modeling, Puddle to puddle model
2013
ND
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Communication
Federal:
$6,449
Non-Federal:
$11,060
G. Padmanabhan
2013
NE
Annual Base
Development of an affinity-based concentrator-detection kit for monitoring emerging contaminants in recycled water
Federal:
$24,054
Non-Federal:
$50,862
David Hage, Daniel Snow
Detection; emerging contaminants; recycled water
2013
NE
Annual Base
An Innovative Graphene Oxide Filter for Drinking Water Contaminants Removal
Federal:
$24,054
Non-Federal:
$48,108
Yusong Li, Yongfeng Lu, Daniel Snow
nanomaterials; water filter
2013
NJ
Annual Base
Comparing the Time Required for Establishment of Effective Nutrient Removal Capacity of Different Stormwater Basin Designs
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Theresa Censoplano, Louise Wootton
2013
NJ
Annual Base
Detoxification of dioxins in sewers
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Yashika Dewani, Lisa Rodenburg
2013
NJ
Annual Base
Developing an environmentally friendly water reuse technology using ferrate (VI)
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Nanzhu Li, Yang Deng
2013
NJ
Annual Base
Understanding the fate of MTBE in anaerobic aquatic environments of New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Tong Liu, Max Haggblom
2013
NJ
Annual Base
Effect of cadmium on accelerated metamorphosis induced by hormesis in larvae of Chironomus riparius (Diptera:Chironomidae)
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Jun Oh, Carolyn Bentivegna
2013
NJ
Annual Base
Assessing the role of wetland flora as a sink for nutrients in subsurface gravel wetlands in New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Kyle Seiverd, Louise Wootton
2013
NJ
Annual Base
Implications of historical and modern land use: urban wetland vegetation as indicators of temporal and spatial environmental heterogeneity and disturbance
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Laura Shappell, Lena Struwe
2013
NJ
Annual Base
Bioaccumulation of mercury in New Jersey aquatic ecosystems
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Natalie Sherwood, Meiyin Wu
2013
NJ
Annual Base
Dehalogenation of halogenated aromatic compounds by indigenous microorganisms in sediments of the Hackensack River, New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Seo Sohn, Max Haggblom
2013
NJ
Annual Base
Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor estuary
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Sarah Wolfson, Lily Young
2013
NJ
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$5,525
Non-Federal:
$3,039
Christopher Obropta, Lisa Galloway Evrard
2013
NM
Annual Base
The transport and accumulation of pyrogenic black carbon in fire-prone watersheds and implications for water quality
Federal:
$20,497
Non-Federal:
$42,426
Daniel Cadol, Michael Heagy, Fred Phillips
black carbon, erosion and deposition, forest fires, contaminant sorption
2013
NM
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$69,449
Non-Federal:
$31,947
Cathy Ortega Klett
Water Resources Education, Information Transfer, Information Dissemination
2013
NM
Annual Base
Geographic Information systems for Water Resources Research Planning
Federal:
$14,945
Non-Federal:
$6,875
Alexander Fernald
2013
NV
Annual Base
Optimization of ozone-biological activated carbon treatment for potable reuse applications
Federal:
$39,991
Non-Federal:
$83,396
Daniel Gerrity
2013
NV
Annual Base
Estimation of Atmospheric Wet and Dry Deposition of Nutrients to Lake Tahoe Snowpack
Federal:
$39,779
Non-Federal:
$94,643
Rina Schumer
snowpack, biogeochemical cycles, atmospheric deposition
2013
NV
Annual Base
Quantifying Surface Runoff and Water Infiltration in Arid and Semi-arid Areas
Federal:
$31,181
Non-Federal:
$69,299
Yong Zhang, Li Chen, Donald Reeves
surface runoff, infiltration, model, heterogeneity, application
2013
NV
Annual Base
Impact of climate on mercury transport in the Carson River-Lahontan Reservoir system and Management Alternatives to Mitigate Response
Federal:
$25,433
Non-Federal:
$59,510
Rosemary Carroll
mercury transport climate, bioaccumulation, remediaton
2013
OH
Annual Base
Source tracking of Microcystis blooms in Lake Erie and its tributaries
Federal:
$6,013
Non-Federal:
$12,027
George Bullerjahn
HABs, cyanobacteria, microcystin
2013
OH
Annual Base
Rural on-site waste treatment as a source of nutrients to a eutrophic watershed
Federal:
$9,100
Non-Federal:
$18,241
Christopher Spiese, Bryan Boulanger
Water quality, waste treatment, nitrogen, phosphorus
2013
OH
Annual Base
Assessment of a Novel Application of Biochar to Improve Runoff Water Quality from Vegetated Roofs
Federal:
$22,292
Non-Federal:
$45,887
Ishi Buffam, Dominic Boccelli
vegetated roofs, runoff, nutrients, dissolved metals, biochar
2013
OH
Annual Base
Characterizing the influence of surface chemistry and morphology on biofilm formation of ceramic membranes in wastewater treatment
Federal:
$17,992
Non-Federal:
$37,041
Paula Mouser, Hendrik Verweij, Linda Weavers
Ceramic membranes, biological fouling, ultrasound, filtration
2013
OK
Annual Base
Remote Sensing of Water Quality and Harmful Algae in Oklahomas Lakes
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
K. Hambright, Andrew Dzialowski, Xiangming Xiao
2013
OK
Annual Base
Comparison of Grain Sorghum and Corn Productivity under Limited Irrigation with Subsurface Drip
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Jason Warren, Nicholas Kenny, Rick Kochenower
Micro Irrigation, Corn, Sorghum, water use efficiency
2013
OK
Annual Base
Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$2,763
Non-Federal:
$5,525
Mike Langston, Leslie Elmore, Dave Engle
2013
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$27,322
Non-Federal:
$59,692
Todd Jarvis
education, outreach, newsletter, symposium
2013
PA
Annual Base
Toward Mitigating Effects of Elevated Temperatures on Aquatic Ecosystems: Monitoring Thermal Impacts to Halfmoon Creek
Federal:
$7,774
Non-Federal:
$3,809
Lysle Sherwin
stream temperature, water quality, impairment, designated use, Clean Water Act
2013
PA
Annual Base
Developing A Treatment Option for Marcellus Shale Wastewater Through Cultivation of the Algae Dunaliella salina
Federal:
$24,027
Non-Federal:
$52,620
Kyle Bibby
2013
PA
Annual Base
Range Expansion and Genetic Population Structure of Five Pennsylvania State Threatened Fish Species using Environmental DNA (eDNA) and Molecular Genetic Techniques.
Federal:
$21,851
Non-Federal:
$113,241
Brady Porter
environmental DNA (eDNA), molecular detection, imperiled species, range expansion, species composition surveillance, population structure, conservation and management
2013
PA
Annual Base
Developing Quantitative Models for the Removal of Quaternary Ammonium Ions as Representative Cationic Emerging Contaminants by Cation Exchange Resins
Federal:
$19,216
Non-Federal:
$60,035
Huichun Zhang
Cation Exchange Resins (CERs), Quaternary Ammonium Ions, Emerging Contaminants, Cation Exchange, Predictive models, Water Treatment
2013
PA
Annual Base
Evaluation of Round Goby and Tubenose Goby Habitat Disturbance and Impacts to Native Fishes – Phase II
Federal:
$23,246
Non-Federal:
$57,424
Jay Stauffer
Biological Control of Invasive Species, Invasion Restrictions
2013
PR
Annual Base
Field Demonstration of Removal of MS2 Bacteriophage and Bacillus subtilis with a Solar-Powered Engineered Experimental Drum Filtration and Disinfection (SEED) Unit
Federal:
$6,500
Non-Federal:
$11,000
Sangchul Hwang
Disinfections, Water Quality, Water Treatment
2013
PR
Annual Base
The Total Microbial Community Structure and Enterococci Population Dynamics During a “recent fecal contamination event” in Seawater samples of Puerto Rico
Federal:
$10,713
Non-Federal:
$11,628
Luis Rios-Hernandez
Enterococci, Microbial community, Recreational water quality
2013
RI
Annual Base
Drinking Water Outreach in Rhode Island
Federal:
$10,421
Non-Federal:
$17,256
Harold Knickle, Geoffrey Bothun
Water Quality, Conference, Summer Camp, High School Students, Clean Water, Careers, Rhode Island
2013
RI
Annual Base
Seismic Evaluation of the Gainer Memorial Dam
Federal:
$18,445
Non-Federal:
$40,440
Aaron Bradshaw, Gopu Potty, George Tsiatas
Seismic, Dam Safety, Earth Dams
2013
SC
Annual Base
Enhancing Sattelite Measurements of Water Surface Temperature Using a Thermal Model of the Lake Surface for Improved Evaporation Estimates
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
John Saylor, Nigel Kaye
Evaporation, Thermal Models, GIS, Remote Sensing, Surface Temperature, Water Availability, Water Quantity, Reservoirs, Lakes, Satellite
2013
SC
Annual Base
Effects of Pharmaceutical Photodegradation Products in Freshwater on Local Amphibians
Federal:
$12,030
Non-Federal:
$24,060
Allison Welch, Wendy Cory
Amphibians, Pharmaceuticals, Ecotoxicity, Photodegradation, Freshwater
2013
SD
Annual Base
Evaluating the Nitrate-Removal Effectiveness of Denitrifying Bioreactors (part 2)
Federal:
$20,526
Non-Federal:
$43,374
Jeppe Kjaersgaard, Christopher Hay, Todd Trooien
Denitrifying Bioreactors, Agricultural Drainage, Nitrate Removal, Conservation, Hydrology
2013
SD
Annual Base
Subsurface Drainage Impacts on Evapotranspiration and Water Yield
Federal:
$20,526
Non-Federal:
$43,354
Christopher Hay, Jeppe Kjaersgaard, Todd Trooien
Evapotranspiration, Subsurface Drainage, Hydrology, DRAINMOD
2013
SD
Annual Base
South Dakota Water Resources Institute FY2013 Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$7,346
Non-Federal:
$14,410
Van Kelley
Outreach, Service Communication, Interaction, Information
2013
TN
Annual Base
Long-term Evaluation of Norris Dam Operation under Changing Environments
Federal:
$11,428
Non-Federal:
$18,181
Ungtae Kim
Climate Change, Water resources management, Reservoir operation, Hydrology, Optimization, Flood, Drought
2013
TN
Annual Base
Chemical and Morphological Analyses of Trout Otoliths as a Measure of Aluminum Exposure in Streams Impacted by Acid Deposition in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$24,900
Michelle Connolly, John Schwartz
Stream, acid deposition, trout, otoliths, baseflow, stormflow, aluminum
2013
TN
Annual Base
Re-filling the Bucket: Recharge Processes for the Memphis Aquifer in the Exposure Belt in Western Tennessee
Federal:
$16,977
Non-Federal:
$30,627
Brian Waldron, Daniel Larsen
Recharge, hillslope hydrology, ground water, vadose zone, monitoring
2013
TN
Annual Base
Engineered Strategy to Remediate Trace Organic Contaminants using Recirculating Packed-Bed Media Biofilters at Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems
Federal:
$39,000
Non-Federal:
$78,497
John Buchanan, Jennifer DeBruyn
Trace Organic Contaminants, Decentralized Wastewater Treatment, Media Biofilters, Fixed-film
2013
TX
Annual Base
Evaluation of invasive aquatic species in Texas
Federal:
$19,762
Non-Federal:
$73,171
Michael Masser, Elizabeth Edgerton, Lucas Gregory, Allen Knutson
Invasive aquatic species, evaluation, ecology
2013
TX
Annual Base
Increasing Water Security through Horizontal Wells
Federal:
$19,762
Non-Federal:
$44,431
Hongbin Zhan, Ben Blumenthal, Kristine Uhlman
Groundwater, Horizontal Drilling, Aquifer Storage and Recovery
2013
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$16,001
Non-Federal:
$7,360
Roel Lopez, Danielle Kalisek, Leslie Lee, Kevin Wagner, Kathy Wythe
2013
UT
Annual Base
Quantification of Water Quality Improvements Through the 900 S Oxbow Restoration and Stormwater BMP Renovation Project
Federal:
$22,299
Non-Federal:
$36,295
R. Dupont
Stormwater, Constructed Wetlands, Water Quality, Jordan River
2013
UT
Annual Base
Capturing Aerial Imagery on the San Rafael River, Utah, Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to Monitor and Assist in Evaluating Restoration Efforts
Federal:
$19,088
Non-Federal:
$44,623
Bethany Neilson, Ian Gowing
River Restoration, Tamarisk, Remote Sensing, AggieAir, Fish Habitat
2013
VA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$40,753
Non-Federal:
$60,433
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2013
VI
Annual Base
Is Water Quality Degradation Inevitable in the VI? Linking the Human Dimension to the Governance of Water Resources Across the Territory.
Federal:
$24,232
Non-Federal:
$0
Wayne Archibald, Kala Fleming
water quality, education, engagement, outreach, water governance, runoff, nonpoint source pollution, partnerships
2013
VI
Annual Base
Plant Nutrient Management in Aquaponic System for Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo) Production
Federal:
$23,996
Non-Federal:
$0
Dilip Nandwani, Donald Bailey
BER, Nutrient Management, pH, Zucchini
2013
VI
Annual Base
Groundwater Chemistry, Flowpaths, and Flux Rates in the Mangrove System Surrounding Bovoni Landfill Within the St. Thomas East End Reserve (STEER)
Federal:
$27,284
Non-Federal:
$0
Kristin Wilson, Andrew Reeve
groundwater, mangroves, Bovoni Landfill, St. Thomas East End Reserve, geologic cores
2013
VI
Annual Base
Correlating Precipitation Patterns and Erosion Indicators Across the St. Thomas Microclimates
Federal:
$24,830
Non-Federal:
$0
David Morris, Donald Drost, Michael Larson, Avram Primack, Raymond Torres
2013
VT
Annual Base
Automated Mapping of Effective Impervious Areas (EIA) to Assess the Impact of EIA on Stream Health
Federal:
$30,628
Non-Federal:
$63,312
Leslie Morrissey, Beverley Wemple
Stream health, impervious areas, stormwater, remote sensing, GIS, LiDAR
2013
WA
Annual Base
Black Carbon and Dust Deposition on South Cascade Glacier Since 1750 AD: Implications for the Timing and Availability of Water Resources in Washington State
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Susan Kaspari, Carey Gazis
snow and glacier melt, black carbon, dust, runoff timing and magnitude
2013
WA
Annual Base
Arsenic Fate Following In-Situ Sulfate Reduction: Assessing the Sustainability of a Promising Groundwater Remediation Strategy
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,015
Rebecca Neumann, Jennifer Jay
arsenic, induced sulfate reduction, remediation, groundwater quality, sustainability
2013
WA
Annual Base
An Integrated Engineering and Economic Analysis of the Columbia River Treaty Renegotiation using Game Theory
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,001
Michael Brady, Jennifer Adam, Jonathan Yoder
Columbia River Basin Treaty, Game Theory, Reservoir Modeling
2013
WA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$1,525
Non-Federal:
$4,763
Michael Barber, Jennifer Adam, Jonathan Yoder
Outreach, Information Transfer
2013
WI
Annual Base
Establishing the Long-Term Range of Variability in Drought Conditions for Southwest Wisconsin
Federal:
$72,024
Non-Federal:
$78,126
Evan Larson, Christopher Underwood
dendrochronology, hyrdrologic variability, oak savanna, driftless area
2013
WI
Annual Base
Impacts of Climatic and Land Use Changes on Streamflow and Water Quality in the Milwaukee River Basin
Federal:
$39,088
Non-Federal:
$39,275
Woonsup Choi, Changshan Wu
Automata-Markov, impervious surfaces, urbanization, sediment and nutrient loading
2013
WV
Annual Base
Understanding variations in isotopic and molecular compositions of stray gas in areas of accelerating shale gas development
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,168
Shikha Sharma
Stray gas, isotopes, molecular composition, coalbed gas, sampling methodology
2013
WV
Annual Base
Using geomorphic landform design principles to reduce selenium loads from West Virginia valley fills
Federal:
$45,856
Non-Federal:
$91,800
Ben Mack, Leslie Hopkinson, John Quaranta
Geomorphic landform design, valley fills, water quality, selenium
2013
WY
Annual Base
Mapping annual surface area changes since 1984 of lakes and reservoirs in Wyoming that are not gauged using multi-temporal Landsat data
Federal:
$5,512
Non-Federal:
$79,048
Ramesh Sivanpillai
Lake surface area, drought, remote sensing
2013
WY
Annual Base
Micro-Patterned Membrane Surfaces with Switchable Hydrophobicity
Federal:
$12,744
Non-Federal:
$128,659
Carl Frick, Jonathan Brant
Reverse osmosis, produced water, hydrophobic surfaces, polymer engineering
2013
WY
Annual Base
Use of Fe(VI) for the Improvement of Water Quality in Wyoming
Federal:
$48,553
Non-Federal:
$219,923
Maohong Fan, Lamia Goual
Total organic carbon; heavy metals; suspended solids; ferrate; water treatment
2013
WY
Annual Base
Rumen Microbial Changes Associated With High Sulfur A Basis for Developing Treatments for Ruminant Livestock in High Sulfur Water Regions
Federal:
$36,113
Non-Federal:
$188,779
Kristi Cammack, Kathy Austin, Gavin Conant, William Lamberson, Ken Olson, Cody Wright
Sulfate, Water, Livestock, Health
2012
AK
Annual Base
Evaluating the treatability of soil contaminated with diesel and 1-chloro-octadecane via bioremediation
Federal:
$16,113
Non-Federal:
$6,083
Silke Schiewer, Mary Leigh
bioremediation, phytoremediation, contaminated soil, groundwater, remote communities, contaminants in cold regions, soil microbiology
2012
AK
Annual Base
Response of Water Supply Lakes to Climate Change in Western Alaska: a Case Study of Past, Present, and Future Thermal Regimes in Kotzebue
Federal:
$17,489
Non-Federal:
$5,004
Christopher Arp
Arctic, lakes, water supply, thermal regime, climate change
2012
AK
Annual Base
Monitoring runoff in glaciated watersheds to assess groundwater recharge and flooding risks
Federal:
$21,026
Non-Federal:
$3,230
Anna Liljedahl, Anthony Arendt
Runoff, glacier, groundwater recharge, climate change
2012
AK
Annual Base
Developing partnerships with rural high-schools along the Kvichak River, Alaska to map strontium (Sr) isotope (87Sr/86Sr) variation and aid tracking Pacific salmon migrations
Federal:
$19,266
Non-Federal:
$9,537
Matthew Wooller
Western Alaskan Rivers, salmon migration, strontium isotopes, biodiversity, conservation.
2012
AK
Annual Base
Rapid Moving Debris Lobes in the Brooks Range of Alaska
Federal:
$18,441
Non-Federal:
$9,128
Ronald Daanen
Slope stability, Permafrost, Climate change, Dalton highway
2012
AL
Annual Base
QUANTITATIVE PCR-BASED ASSAYS FOR DETECTION OF WILDLIFE AND PET
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$100,096
Yucheng Feng
bacteria, water quality, biotechnology, pollution control, water quality
2012
AL
Annual Base
Experimental Investigation of Stormwater Runoff Quality Originating
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,870
Jason Kirby
Water Quality (270), Urban Hydrology (258), Runoff (207), Nitrogen (156),
2012
AL
Annual Base
DEVELOPMENT OF AN IN-SITU CAPABLE METHOD FOR DETECTING PATHOGENIC
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,019
Ahjeong Son
Pathogenic bacteria, E. coli O157:H7, nanoparticle, DNA, in-situ detection, microfluidics
2012
AR
Annual Base
Arkansas Water Resources Center Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$7,554
Non-Federal:
$15,109
Brian Haggard
Conference, Newsletters, Web Interface, Citizen Science, Social Media
2012
AR
Annual Base
Preparing drinking water utilities on Beaver Lake reservoir to meet disinfection byproduct regulations: The impact of continued nutrient enrichments
Federal:
$63,992
Non-Federal:
$127,984
Julian Fairey, Wen Zhang
disinfection byproducts; nutrients; water treatment
2012
AR
Annual Base
Development and Implementation of Nutrient Runoff Reduction Measures for Poultry Houses
Federal:
$42,000
Non-Federal:
$84,010
Andrew Sharpley, David Miller
Chemical filters, nutrient transport, phosphorus runoff, poultry litter management,
2012
AR
Annual Base
The effect of global climate change on algal biomass and total organic carbon concentrations in Beaver Lake
Federal:
$45,108
Non-Federal:
$101,300
Jefferson Scott
total organic carbon
2012
AZ
Annual Base
Fate of Emerging Nanoparticle Contaminants during Aquifer Recharge with Treated Wastewater
Federal:
$10,450
Non-Federal:
$21,678
Reyes Sierra, James Field
Nanoparticles; Engineered nanomaterials; Wastewater reuse; Wastewater recharge; Groundwater
2012
AZ
Annual Base
"Does Increasing Solids Retention Time in the Wastewater Treatment Process Affect the Persistence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes?"
Federal:
$7,300
Non-Federal:
$14,662
Channah Rock, Leif Abrell
Water Reuse, Antibiotic Resistance, Wastewater Treatment
2012
AZ
Annual Base
Toxicity of Emerging Contaminants in an Effluent Dependent Stream: the Role of Suspended Solids and Sediments
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$21,115
David Quanrud, Robert Arnold, Eduardo Saez, Shane Snyder
emerging contaminants, bioassay, wastewater, sediment
2012
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$58,942
Non-Federal:
$115,933
Sharon Megdal, Susanna Eden, Jean McLain
2012
CA
Annual Base
Effect of forest management on water yields and other ecosystem services in Sierra Nevada forests
Federal:
$119,829
Non-Federal:
$169,455
Kevin O'Hara
2012
CA
Annual Base
Spatial Analysis of Irrigation Efficiencies for the Sate of California
Federal:
$22,008
Non-Federal:
$8,599
Samuel Sandoval Solis
2012
CA
Annual Base
CIWR Information Transfer - Outreach
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$51,787
Doug Parker
2012
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Federal:
$37,532
Non-Federal:
$158,325
Reagan Waskom
Technology Transfer, Information Dissemination
2012
CO
Annual Base
Assessing the Benefits and Drawbacks of Different Institutional Arrangements to Enhancing Forest and Water Ecosystem Services and Ecosystem Services Markest in Colorado
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,400
Antony Cheng
Watershed, Payment for Ecosystem Service (PES)
2012
CO
Annual Base
Structural and Functional Controls of Tree Transpiration in Front Range Urban Forests
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,400
David Cooper
Tree Transpiration, Urban Forests
2012
CO
Annual Base
Winter Precipitation Variability in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,400
Nolan Doesken
Streamflow Forecasting, Elevation Gradient, Precipitation Anomalies
2012
CO
Annual Base
Reconstructing a Water Balance for the San Luis Valley: Streamflow Variability, Change, and Extremes in a Snowmelt Dominated Internal Drainage Basin
Federal:
$9,890
Non-Federal:
$4,748
Steven Fassnacht
Water Balance, Streamflow Variability, San Luis Valley
2012
CO
Annual Base
The Short and Long-Term Impacts of Drought on the Structure of Regional Economics: Investigating the Farm Supply Chain
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,400
Christopher Goemans
Economics, Drought
2012
CO
Annual Base
Quantifying Risks Producers Face when Entering Agricultural Water Lease Contracts
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,400
Christopher Goemans, James Pritchett
AgLet, Water Transfers, Decision Support
2012
CO
Annual Base
Thermal preference of age-0 stonecats (Noturus flavus): Are thermal water quality standards protective for this species?
Federal:
$4,858
Non-Federal:
$2,332
Christopher Myrick
Stonecat, St. Vrain River, Republican River
2012
CO
Annual Base
Biowin Simulation to Assess Alternative Treatment Units for a Local Wastewater Treatment Plant to Meet the New Effluent Nutrient Regulations
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,400
Pinar Omur-Ozbek
Biowin
2012
CO
Annual Base
Using Water Chemistry to Characterize the Connection between Alluvial Groundwater and Streamflow Water Under Augmentation at the Tamarack Ranch State Wildlife Area, Colorado
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,400
John Stednick
Tamarack Ranch, Chemistry
2012
CT
Annual Base
Field Testing the Educational and Land Use Planning Value of a New Nitrogen Modeling Tool in the Niantic River Watershed
Federal:
$18,686
Non-Federal:
$37,372
Juliana Barrett, Chester Arnold, Emily Wilson
nitrogen source/sink
2012
CT
Annual Base
The Impacts of Wastewater from a Retirement Community on Fish Health
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$91,370
Thijs Bosker, Thijs Bosker
fish reproduction, municipal effluent, retirement community, reproductive impairment, laboratory and field assessment
2012
CT
Annual Base
Influence of dynamic copper speciation on bioavailability in streams
Federal:
$31,507
Non-Federal:
$72,397
Timothy Vadas
bioavailability, non point source, effluent, Cu, DOC
2012
DC
Annual Base
Biological Inventory of Seepage Springs and Vernal Pools; Small Isolated Wetlands in Parks of National Capital East (NPS)
Federal:
$12,224
Non-Federal:
$25,500
David Culver
Biotic Inventory, Isolated Wetlands, Seepage Springs, Vernal Pools
2012
DC
Annual Base
Anticipating Climate Change based on Precipitation Analysis for the District of Columbia
Federal:
$3,818
Non-Federal:
$2,682
Pradeep Behera
Climate Change, Precipitation analysis, Storm event analysis
2012
DC
Annual Base
Development of a physically-based model for Performance Evaluation Optimization of Green Roof Systems
Federal:
$9,230
Non-Federal:
$32,517
Arash Massoudieh, Pradeep Behera
Stormwater, Low impact development, Green roofs, Flow in unsaturated media, Contaminant fate and transport
2012
DC
Annual Base
Evaluating Water Management Alternatives in the Upper Potomac River Basin for the District of Columbia Source Water Protection
Federal:
$8,717
Non-Federal:
$29,560
Tolessa Deksissa, Heidi Moltz, James Palmer
water resources planning, water supply capacity building, best management practices
2012
DC
Annual Base
Episodic ion and nutrient inputs to the Anacostia River: constructing a chemical hydrograph of an urban stream's response to periodic rainfall
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$33,952
Stephen MacAvoy
sediment biogeochemistry, episodic stream chemical response, pollution bioaccumulation, nutrients
2012
DC
Annual Base
Development of Porous Driveway System for Districts Residential Lots
Federal:
$10,900
Non-Federal:
$5,014
Inder Bhambri, Pradeep Behera
Low Impact Development, Porous pavement, Urban Runoff
2012
DC
Annual Base
Water Pollution Modeling and Prediction Using Computational Intelligence Methods
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$5,980
Nian Zhang, Pradeep Behera
Nonpoint Source Pollution, Urban Runoff, Stormwater Management, Water Quality, Neural Networks, Prediction
2012
DC
Annual Base
Monitoring of UDC Van-Ness Campus Green Roof System to Evaluate Runoff Quantity Control Performance
Federal:
$11,512
Non-Federal:
$5,296
Pradeep Behera, Arash Massoudieh
Low Impact Development, Green Roof, Urban Runoff
2012
DC
Annual Base
A Performance-based Review of World-wide Water Reuse Facilities in Support of DC Water Reuse Policy
Federal:
$7,934
Non-Federal:
$3,650
Iveracottis Short
Water Quality, Climate Change, Water reuse, Policy, and Public Health
2012
DE
Annual Base
The Returns to Best Management Practices: Evidence from Early Proposals for Nutrient Trading in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Joshua Duke
2012
DE
Annual Base
Developing Scientifically-Based Food Safety Metrics for Water Management and Irrigation Methods
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,762
Kalmia Kniel
Pathogens, Food Safety, Irrigation Water Quality
2012
DE
Annual Base
Water Quality Impacts of Landscape Best Management Practices that Enhance Vegetation
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Shreeram Inamdar
2012
DE
Annual Base
Improving Irrigation Management through Soil Moisture Monitoring and Automated Control of Sprinkler and Sub-Surface Drip Irrigation
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
James Sims, James Sims
Irrigation management, soil moisture monitoring, sub-surface drip irrigation
2012
DE
Annual Base
Characterization of Viral Diversity within the Mantel Fluid of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Eric Wommack, Eric Wommack
Oyster health, viruses, nonpoint pollution, habitat destruction
2012
DE
Annual Base
Water Quality Management in Urban Ecosystems
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Susan Barton, Jules Bruck
Urban watersheds, stormwater, landscape design, native plants
2012
DE
Annual Base
Preventing Formation of Toxic Chlorination Byproducts in Water Using Zerovalent Iron
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Pei Chiu, Pei Chiu
Toxic chlorination byproducts, zerovalent iron, DBPs, treatment technology
2012
FL
Annual Base
Development and Evaluation of Indices for Bias Assessment for Radar-based Rainfall Estimates
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Ramesh Teegavarapu
NEXRAD, Rain gauge data, Homogeneous Rain areas, South Florida Water Management District, Indices, spatial and temporal, statistical, numerical weather prediction, spatial analysis, GIS
2012
FL
Annual Base
Florida Water Resources Information Transfer
Federal:
$30,983
Non-Federal:
$18,802
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
Information Transfer
2012
GA
Annual Base
Monitoring Diurnal and Seasonal Cycle of Evapotranspiration over Georgia using Remote Sensing Observations
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$120,000
Jingfeng Wang
Evapotranspiration, Remote Sensing
2012
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$23,442
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2012
GU
Annual Base
Teaching Teachers about Guam's Water Resources and 'Guam Water Kids': 1 Credit Hour Continuing Education Course with Guam Department of Education, Professional & International Program-University of Guam, and WERI
Federal:
$10,725
Non-Federal:
$0
Arretta Card
Water resources, teacher training, aquifer, groundwater, surface water, watershed, Guam, hydrological cycle, ground water, non-source pollution, non-point pollution, conservation, fresh water, water supply, education
2012
GU
Annual Base
One-Day Executive/Professional Field Course, with Webpage on Sustainable Management of the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$8,970
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Groundwater education; Aquifer field trip, Aquifer models
2012
GU
Annual Base
Spatial and Temporal Analyses of the Relationship Between Groundwater Salinity and Rainfall Amounts, Timing, and Intensity in the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$36,821
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson, Mark Lander
Groundwater availability; Groundwater quality
2012
GU
Annual Base
LiDAR-based Delineation and Hydrologic Modeling of Southern and Central Guam Watersheds
Federal:
$13,800
Non-Federal:
$0
Maria Kottermair
Watershed boundaries; drainages; surface water flow; flow direction; rivers; watershed management; hydrology; Southern Guam; LiDAR; elevation model
2012
GU
Annual Base
Presenting 'CNMI Water Kids': Private Elementary/Middle Schools and Northern Marianas College of Education Outreach/Teacher Relations Program
Federal:
$13,673
Non-Federal:
$0
Arretta Card
Water resources; aquifer; groundwater; surface water; watershed; CNMI; water cycle; ground water; non-source pollution; non-point pollution; conservation; Mariana Islands; limestone
2012
GU
Annual Base
Development of Water Usage Pattern (Diurnal Demand Pattern) for Saipan Water Distribution System
Federal:
$26,172
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah
Water Use Data; Water Demand; Distribution Systems; Model Studies
2012
GU
Annual Base
Environmental Impact of FUDS and Brownfields Sites in Watersheds on the Eastern Side of Saipan: Phase 2. Impact on Aquatic Resources
Federal:
$39,784
Non-Federal:
$0
John Starmer, Gary Denton
pollution monitoring and assessment, dumpsites, heavy metals, pesticides, PCBs, drainage pathways, impact on aquatic resources, Saipan, Micronesia
2012
GU
Annual Base
Inventory and Assessment of Existing Sewage Treatment Facilities and Excess Sludge Handling Practices in the Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$21,407
Non-Federal:
$0
Joe Rouse
Wastewater, treatment, sludge handling, disposal, reuse, water quality, Micronesia,
2012
GU
Annual Base
Improving the Weno, Chuuk Water Distribution System Using Hydraulic Modeling and Geographic Information Systems
Federal:
$27,912
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz
Water Distribution Systems, Geographic Information Systems, Water System Modeling
2012
GU
Annual Base
Identifying Sustainable Water Storage Infrastructure for Atoll Island Communities
Federal:
$12,946
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Atoll island aquifers
2012
GU
Annual Base
Water System Leak Detection Training for Pohnpei Utilities Corporation (PUC), the Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$17,848
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah
Water Resources, Training, Education, Operations and Maintenance
2012
HI
Annual Base
Evaluation of rapid QPCR method for enterococci with correlative assessment for molecular markers for sewage contamination in selected environmental water samples from Hawaii.
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$83,180
Marek Kirs
rapid methods, microbial source tracking
2012
HI
Annual Base
Promoting Water Sustainability Literacy
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
John Cusick, David Penn
Water Forum, sustainability literacy, civic engagement
2012
HI
Annual Base
Creating an inventory of coastal ecosystem services and their management in Hawaii
Federal:
$3,333
Non-Federal:
$6,727
Steven Gray
ecosystem services; water policy
2012
HI
Annual Base
Satisfying Growing Water Demand Through Integrated Groundwater and Watershed Management
Federal:
$10,503
Non-Federal:
$21,146
Kimberly Burnett
integrated water resource management, watershed conservation, groundwater, climate change, dynamic efficiency, economic optimization
2012
HI
Annual Base
Fate and Transport of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Simulated Bank Filtration System
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$21,442
Chittaranjan Ray, Matteo D'Alessio
Riverbank filtration, Micropollutants, Redox, Column
2012
HI
Annual Base
Molecular, Fluorometric and Confocal Microscopy Analysis of Microbial Community Composition and Structure
Federal:
$13,991
Non-Federal:
$28,150
Celia Smith, David Spafford
2012
HI
Annual Base
Acquire Sedimentation Data to Promote Reservoir Sustainability and Advance Watershed Science
Federal:
$38,000
Non-Federal:
$76,000
David Penn
RESSED
2012
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$13,632
Non-Federal:
$27,516
Philip Moravcik
technology transfer, information transfer, website, seminars, conferences
2012
HI
Annual Base
Usage of UV disinfection coupled with rain water catchment and stream water in rural areas
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,104
Bunnie Yoneyama, Joseph Lichwa
UV disinfection, water supply, slow sand filtration,
2012
HI
Annual Base
Bioaccumulation and Biotransformation of Arsenic by Marine Algae in Hawaii
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$11,840
Philip Moravcik
Algae, Arsenic, Pesticide, bioaccumulation
2012
IA
Annual Base
Quantifying Field Water Balance Components as Affected by Shifts in Land-Use Patterns: Implications for Minimizing Agricultural Impacts on Water Quality in Iowa
Federal:
$28,328
Non-Federal:
$102,584
Robert Horton, Matthew Helmers
Water Quality, Crop Water Use, Evapotranspiration, Biofuels, Hydrologic Model, Land-use change
2012
IA
Annual Base
Dielectric Measurement of Soil Nitrate Concentration
Federal:
$13,783
Non-Federal:
$48,996
Amy Kaleita
nitrate concentration, dielectric spectoscopy, permittivity, spectral analysis
2012
ID
Annual Base
Developing a Conjunctive Water Resources Planning and Management Model for the Eastern Snake River Plain
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$56,150
Jae Ryu
Surface water and Groundwater Interactions, Human and Natural Systems
2012
ID
Annual Base
An Ecosystem Services Analysis of the Boise River Basin
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Scott Lowe
Ecosystem Services, Use Values, Nonuse Values
2012
ID
Annual Base
The Idaho Water Resources Outreach and Engagement Project
Federal:
$86,170
Non-Federal:
$56,416
John Tracy, Julie Scanlin
2012
ID
Annual Base
Characterizing Boise River Watershed Water Quality Using BASINS Modeling
Federal:
$29,480
Non-Federal:
$58,984
Shawn Benner
Developing a Water Resource Management Tool
2012
ID
Annual Base
The geomorphic signature of salmon: quantifying the impact of spawner density on stream bed morphology and habitat for future spawners to inform water resources management
Federal:
$29,020
Non-Federal:
$50,336
Alexander Fremier, Elowyn Yager
biotic feedbacks, geomorphology, hydrology, salmon redd, spawning, stream bed
2012
IL
Annual Base
Measuring Public Preferences over Stormwater Management Outcomes in Illinois: Willingness to Pay and Willingness to Help
Federal:
$30,075
Non-Federal:
$60,578
Amy Ando
Stormwater management, values, flooding, water quality, aquatic habitat
2012
IL
Annual Base
The Impacts of Cellulosic Biofuel Feedstock Production on Midwest US Hydrologic Cycle
Federal:
$31,814
Non-Federal:
$148,394
Carl Bernacchi, Carl Bernacchi
Land-use-change, water use efficiency, evapotranspiration, streamflow, Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone
2012
IL
Annual Base
Transferring Water Resources Information to the People of Illinois
Federal:
$25,446
Non-Federal:
$6,438
Lisa Merrifield
Conferences, outreach, web site
2012
IN
Annual Base
Transport and retention of atrazine, metolachlor, carbaryl, and chlorothalonil in agricultural streams
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$66,482
Melody Bernot, Daniel Elias
agricultural contaminants, nonpoint pollution, streams, toxicology
2012
IN
Annual Base
Monitoring and Modeling of Hydrodynamic Processes at the Wabash-Tippecanoe Confluence
Federal:
$22,114
Non-Federal:
$44,228
Venkatesh Merwade, Indrajeet Chaubey, Reuben Goforth
Wabash River; Tippecanoe River; Hydrodynamic Modeling
2012
IN
Annual Base
Identifying Opportunities for Soil and Water Conservation With Indianas County Surveyors and Drainage Boards
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Linda Prokopy, Nathan Mullendore
Drainage Water Management, Drainage Policy, Channelized Streams, Water Quality, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Diffusion of Innovation
2012
IN
Annual Base
Niche breadth variation of fish assemblages for the entire Wabash River
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$61,678
Mark Pyron
Fish assemblages, geomorphology, hydrology, substrates, niche breadth
2012
IN
Annual Base
Connectivity & Functioning of Wetlandscapes: A Complex Network Modeling Analysis
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Suresh Rao
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2012
IN
Annual Base
Pollution Prevention Strategies for Farmers and Commercial Input Applicator Businesses
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$30,419
Fred Whitford
spills, pollution prevention, environment, water
2012
KS
Annual Base
Sediment Core Analysis for Understanding Reservoir History
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$37,208
Mark Jakubauskas, Frank deNoyelles, Jr.
Hydrological
2012
KS
Annual Base
Impacts of In-channel Dredging on the Morphology of the Kansas River
Federal:
$23,333
Non-Federal:
$56,684
Melinda Daniels
dredge, channel incision, bank erosion, sediment
2012
KS
Annual Base
Evaluation of the Kansas P Index using APEX
Federal:
$21,000
Non-Federal:
$50,212
Nathan Nelson
Phosphorus Index
2012
KS
Annual Base
Investigation of Recharge to the High Plains Aquifer, Northwestern Kansas
Federal:
$24,000
Non-Federal:
$60,016
Randy Stotler, James Butler
Recharge, Aquifer
2012
KS
Annual Base
Getting the information modelers need: Extracting hydrostatigraphic information from drillers' logs
Federal:
$24,000
Non-Federal:
$59,606
Geoffrey Bohling, James Butler, Blake Wilson
2012
KY
Annual Base
Quantifying benthic macroinvertebrate communities and habitat in a recently restored stream in eastern Kentucky
Federal:
$4,138
Non-Federal:
$8,676
Amy Braccia
stream restoration, aquatic insects, ecological study
2012
KY
Annual Base
Development of wetland assessment methods for Kentucky
Federal:
$4,295
Non-Federal:
$8,816
David Brown
assessment, condition, biological integrity, riverine wetlands
2012
KY
Annual Base
Hydrologic characterization of a tree- and shrub-vegetated rain garden
Federal:
$4,985
Non-Federal:
$12,802
Carmen Agouridis
bioretention, stormwater, infiltration, water balance
2012
KY
Annual Base
Development and calibration of biomarkers in native sunfish for use in detection of endocrine active compounds
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,166
David Peyton, Ben Brammell
endocrine disruptors, nucleic acid sequences
2012
KY
Annual Base
The combined effects of the herbicide atrazine and predator cues on larval dragonflies
Federal:
$4,976
Non-Federal:
$11,779
Claire Fuller
predator-prey dynamics, freshwater ecology, immune investment
2012
KY
Annual Base
Occurrence of synthetic estrogen in surface water, source water, and drinking water in the Barren River watershed
Federal:
$4,978
Non-Federal:
$10,586
Ritchie Taylor
pharmaceuticals, emerging contaminants
2012
KY
Annual Base
Field-scale water and bromide transport as affected by land use and rainfall characteristics
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,364
Ole Wendroth
rainfall simulation, spatial variability, scale-dependent variability
2012
KY
Annual Base
Fate & transport of herbicides in karst autogenic recharge of Kentucky's Mississippian Plateau
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,237
Chris Groves
groundwater, epikarst, atrazine
2012
KY
Annual Base
Arsenic detection using quartz crystal microbalance
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,448
David Atwood
groundwater, drinking water, analytical methods
2012
KY
Annual Base
Sampling for pharmaceuticals in Kentucky surface waters
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,022
E. Glynn Beck
emerging contaminants, antibiotics, estrogen, PPCPs
2012
KY
Annual Base
Determining groundwater flow velocities and discharge rate at the Kentucky Horse Park Royal Spring conduit monitoring station
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,068
James Currens
dye tracing, mass flux, karst hydrology, TMDL
2012
KY
Annual Base
Kentucky information transfer activities
Federal:
$38,963
Non-Federal:
$70,706
Lindell Ormsbee
symposium, Internet, www
2012
LA
Annual Base
Nutrient and harmful algal bloom (HAB) dynamics in Lake Pontchartrain during a non-spillway opening year
Federal:
$15,600
Non-Federal:
$37,948
John White, Sibel Bargu, Chunyan Li
Water quality; harmful alogal blooms; nutrients; eutrophication, Lake Pontchartain
2012
LA
Annual Base
Identification of contaminant source locations in Amite River watershed
Federal:
$16,199
Non-Federal:
$32,926
Zhi-Qiang Deng
Non-point source pollution; contaminant source location, watershed
2012
LA
Annual Base
Hydrostratigraphy Modeling of the Southern Hills Aquifer System and Faults
Federal:
$15,600
Non-Federal:
$31,927
Frank Tsai
Hydrostratigraphy, Hydrofacies, Uncertainty, Multimodel Analysis, Aquifer System, Fault
2012
LA
Annual Base
Irregular Wave Dissipation by Coastal Vegetation
Federal:
$15,495
Non-Federal:
$32,056
Heather Smith
Waves, vegetation, wetlands, turbulence
2012
MA
Annual Base
Analysis of Charles River (MA) Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Using a Prototype
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$69,864
Bruce Jackson
Submersible, SAV, blue-green algae
2012
MA
Annual Base
Fluvial Geomorphology Workshop
Federal:
$6,738
Non-Federal:
$10,921
Paula Rees, Christine Hatch, Marie-Francoise Hatte
fluvial geomorphology, assessements, methods
2012
MA
Annual Base
Biopolymer Sorbents for Tungsten Removal
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,052
Jessica Schiffman
chitosan, tungsten, biopolymer, nanoparticle, water treatment
2012
MA
Annual Base
Elucidating the impact of upgrading wastewater treatment for nitrogen removal on eutrophication and toxic algal bloom in Long Island Sound
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,249
Chul Park
Biological nitrogen removal (BNR), Connecticut River, Eutrophication, Long Island Sound, Nitrogen permit, Organic nitrogen, Toxic algal bloom
2012
MA
Annual Base
Land Use, Land Cover and Stormwater Management in Massachusetts under Conditions of Climate Change: Modeling the Linkages
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,036
Elizabeth Brabec
stormwater management; watershed planning; impervious surface impacts; watershed land use/cover impacts
2012
MA
Annual Base
Modeling of Road Salt Contamination and Transport in Ground Water
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,725
Rudolph Hon
modeling, road salt, contaminant transport, drinking water supply
2012
MA
Annual Base
Symposium on the Value of Water
Federal:
$7,051
Non-Federal:
$9,258
Paula Rees
Symposium, Water Value, Water Use
2012
MA
Annual Base
Water Managers Workshop
Federal:
$5,776
Non-Federal:
$13,618
Paula Rees
Water Management, Water Quality, Water Use, Water Supply
2012
MA
Annual Base
The River’s Calendar symposium: effects of climate change on phenology of riparian systems.
Federal:
$6,646
Non-Federal:
$3,910
Jerry Schoen
Climate, phenology, riparian, stream, river, recreation, citizen science
2012
MD
Annual Base
Quantifying remobilization rates of legacy sediment from Maryland Piedmont floodplains
Federal:
$66,326
Non-Federal:
$159,244
Andrew Miller
sediment, dams, floodplain, legacy, Piedmont
2012
MD
Annual Base
Ecohydrology of ditch-drained coastal marshes
Federal:
$52,280
Non-Federal:
$105,692
Brian Needelman, Andrew Baldwin, Paul Leisnham
Tidal marsh, hydrology, ditches, creeks, plant communities, mosquitoes, restoration potential
2012
MD
Annual Base
Maryland Water 2012 - Symposium
Federal:
$2,569
Non-Federal:
$5,238
Kaye Brubaker
Maryland, Information Transfer, Water Science
2012
MD
Annual Base
Multixenobiotic resistance (MXR) induction in amphipods (Hyalella azteca) by agricultural ditch sediment and water (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,240
Kaye Brubaker, William Lamp
ecotoxicology, non-target effects, agricultural ditches, risk assessment
2012
MD
Annual Base
Forest N retention in the Chesapeake Bay watershed: A role in water quality restoration? (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$18,497
Kaye Brubaker, Keith Eshleman
Forest, Nitrogen deposition, Nitrogen export, Climate change
2012
ME
Annual Base
Investigating the Impact of Pollutants in Street Dust on the Long Creek Watershed, South Portland, ME: Collaborative Research Between USM, CCSWCD, and LCWMD
Federal:
$18,983
Non-Federal:
$45,305
Lucille Benedict, Kate McDonald
PAH, Metals, street dust, urban watershed
2012
ME
Annual Base
Informatics approaches for reuse and modeling of heterogeneous mercury data
Federal:
$10,539
Non-Federal:
$117,463
Kate Beard, Linda Bacon, Melinda Neville
30, 44, 55, 56, 91, 251
2012
ME
Annual Base
Photocatalytic Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Natural Water using Silver-Doped Zeolites
Federal:
$6,659
Non-Federal:
$67,772
Aria Amirbahman, Howard Patterson
PPCP, Silver-doped Zeolite, Photocatalysis, DOC
2012
ME
Annual Base
Do coastal Maine lakes have fish higher in mercury? A targeted survey including lakes in Acadia National Park
Federal:
$16,546
Non-Federal:
$33,643
Sarah Nelson, Aria Amirbahman, Linda Bacon, Stephen Norton
Geochemistry, Hydrobiology, Lakes, Pollutants, Ponds, Water Quality Monitoring, Water Chemistry
2012
ME
Annual Base
Maine Salt Management Scoping Project
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$15,357
Laura Lindenfeld, Karen Hutchins
Information dissemination, institutional relationships, salinity, snow, socioeconomic issues, streams, water quality management
2012
ME
Annual Base
Analyzing Legacy Data in a Climate Context to Decipher Modern Changes in Lakewater Chemistry
Federal:
$7,369
Non-Federal:
$74,746
Jasmine Saros, Sean Birkel, Sarah Nelson, Kristin Strock
Acid Deposition; Atmospheric Processes; Climate; Data Analysis; Drought; Geochemistry; Geographic Information Systems; Lakes; Statistics; Time-Series Analysis; Water Chemistry; Water Quality Monitoring; Water Quality Management; Weather Data Collection
2012
ME
Annual Base
Improving Data to Build Trust for Community Generated Knowledge of Groundwater.
Federal:
$1,600
Non-Federal:
$8,932
John Peckenham
private well, citizen-science, data quality
2012
ME
Annual Base
Maine Information Transfer
Federal:
$21,208
Non-Federal:
$27,997
John Peckenham
education, outreach
2012
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$22,236
Non-Federal:
$44,958
Jon Bartholic
Data Analysis, Data Storage and Retrieval, Information Dissemination, System Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Water Use, Water Quantity, Water Quality Management, Watershed Management
2012
MI
Annual Base
Dissemination and Technology Transfer Training Programs
Federal:
$25,490
Non-Federal:
$52,441
Lois Wolfson
Water Quality; Natural Shorelines, Great Lakes, Watershed Management; Invasive Species; Lake and Stream Monitoring; Interactive Web-based Systems; Climate Outreach
2012
MI
Annual Base
Water Quality and Nonpoint Source Disproportionality: Addressing the Structural Factors
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,738
Stephen Gasteyer
water quality; watershed management; civic environment; disproportionality; community capitals
2012
MI
Annual Base
Landscape and lake characteristics driving the genetic and species diversity of aquatic plants
Federal:
$13,731
Non-Federal:
$26,943
Kendra Cheruvelil, Joseph Bump
Macrophytes, lake connectivity, landscape genetics, species diversity, genetic differentiation, Inter sequence simple repeats (ISSR)
2012
MI
Annual Base
Spatially distributed modeling of water and pollutant transport in the Great Lakes watersheds
Federal:
$15,677
Non-Federal:
$58,812
Chansheng He
Nonpoint source pollution, hydrological modeling, Distributed Large Basin Runoff, Saginaw River Basin
2012
MN
Annual Base
Tracing nutrient sources at the land-water interface in urban environments
Federal:
$59,484
Non-Federal:
$113,474
Jacques Finlay, Sarah Hobbie
eutrophication, storm water, urban ecosystems, phosphorus, nitrogen
2012
MN
Annual Base
Identification of Municipal Wastewater as a Key Reservoir of Antibiotic Resistance: Itasca State Park as a Model System
Federal:
$84,104
Non-Federal:
$154,710
Timothy LaPara
antibiotic resistance genes, antibiotic resistant bacteria, wastewater, public health
2012
MN
Annual Base
Improving treatment: Understanding the effect of organic carbon on the biodegradation of two endocrine disrupting compounds
Federal:
$14,000
Non-Federal:
$30,494
Paige Novak
Micropollutants, Estrone, Bisphenol A, Competition, Treatment, Biodegradation
2012
MS
Annual Base
Acoustic Measurements for Monitoring Fine Suspended Sediment in Streams
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,036
James Chambers, Wayne Carpenter, Cristiane Surbeck
Water Quality, Sedimentation
2012
MS
Annual Base
Analysis of Precipitation Variability and Related Groundwater Patterns over the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley
Federal:
$35,236
Non-Federal:
$89,608
Jamie Dyer, Andrew Mercer
Watershed Management, Water Resources Development
2012
MS
Annual Base
Soil Media Compositions for Water Quality Improvements and Stormwater Management in Urban Flow-through Facilities
Federal:
$16,249
Non-Federal:
$34,433
Robert Kroger, Warren (Cory) Gallo
Water Quality, Water Quality Management
2012
MT
Annual Base
Assessing Hydrologic, Hyporheic, and Surface Water Temperature Responses to Stream Restoration
Federal:
$28,000
Non-Federal:
$56,004
Geoffrey Poole
Groundwater, surface water, hyporheic exchange, temperature
2012
MT
Annual Base
Thresholds in fluvial systems: Flood-induced channel change on Montana rivers
Federal:
$27,766
Non-Federal:
$56,464
Andrew Wilcox
fluvial geomorphology, thresholds, floods, resilience
2012
MT
Annual Base
Nutrient dynamics and ecosystem function in coupled aquatic-terrestrial ecosystems during a mountain pine beetle infestation of whitebark pine
Federal:
$13,785
Non-Federal:
$27,700
Laurie Marczak
climate change, whitebark pine, mountain pine beetle
2012
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship Project: Evaluating hydrogeomorphic controls on bull trout spawning habitat in mountain streams, Northwestern Montana
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$420
Jared Bean
trout, geomorphology
2012
MT
Annual Base
Student Research Fellowship: Pool Response to Fine Sediment Loading from Dam Removal, White Salmon River, Washington
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$420
Erika Colaiacomo
reservoir, sediment, erosion
2012
MT
Annual Base
Student Research Fellowship: An Investigation of Natural Treatment Systems in Cold Climates
Federal:
$750
Non-Federal:
$330
Katie Davis
wastewater treatment, cold climate, denitrification
2012
MT
Annual Base
Student Research Fellowship: Quantifying the Sensitivity of Spring Snowmelt Timing to the Diurnal Snowmelt Cycle
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$420
Fred Kellner
snowmelt
2012
MT
Annual Base
Student Research Fellowship: Invisible impacts of changing stream conditions: nongame fish assemblage response to changing stream temperatures
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$840
Michael LeMoine
fisheries, species
2012
MT
Annual Base
Student Research Fellowship: Food web effects of stream invasion by Potamopyrgus antipodarum and interactions with eutrophication
Federal:
$750
Non-Federal:
$315
Eric Richins
aquatic nuisance species
2012
MT
Annual Base
Student Research Fellowship: COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY RENEGOTIATION PROCESS: COLLABORATIVE IN WORD OR DEED?
Federal:
$500
Non-Federal:
$210
Anthony Thompson
treaty, water agreement
2012
MT
Annual Base
Student Research Fellowship: The Effect of Physiographic Parameters on the Spatial Distribution of Snow Water Equivalent: an Analysis of the Representativeness of the Lone Mountain SNOTEL Site
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$440
Karl Wetlaufer
snowpack, kriging, SNOTEL
2012
MT
Annual Base
Student Research Fellowship: Soil temperature and moisture controls on stream recharge from snowmelt events, Lost Horse Canyon, Bitterroot Mountains, MT
Federal:
$750
Non-Federal:
$315
Brett Woelber
snowmelt, runoff
2012
NC
Annual Base
An Integrated Framework for Assessing the Dynamics of Population Growth, Land Use and Climate Change for Urban Water Resources Management
Federal:
$31,078
Non-Federal:
$37,347
Emily Zechman, Sankarasubramanian Arumugam
ubanization, integrated water resources management, climate change, agent-based modeling, cellular automata
2012
NC
Annual Base
Evaluation of the P Balance of a Restored, Previously Farmed Wetland
Federal:
$31,078
Non-Federal:
$43,422
Michael Vepraskas, Jeffrey White
Phosphorus, wetland, restoration
2012
NC
Annual Base
Nutrient retention and floodplain connectivity in restored Piedmont streams
Federal:
$21,079
Non-Federal:
$51,368
Sara McMillan, Greg Jennings
Nitrogen, Stream restoration, Biogeochemistry, Denitrification, Nitrification
2012
NC
Annual Base
WRRI Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$4,442
Non-Federal:
$24,018
Nicole Wilkinson
2012
ND
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Communication
Federal:
$11,450
Non-Federal:
$22,903
G. Padmanabhan
2012
ND
Annual Base
Tile drain water: identification of sources and quality improvement by a constructed wetland
Federal:
$10,375
Non-Federal:
$20,750
Marinus Otte
Tile Drains, constructed wetlands, water quality, nutrients
2012
ND
Annual Base
Studies of Seasonal Succession of Cyanobacteria and Green Algae at Heinrich-Martin Impoundment, North Dakota
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$15,001
Wei Lin
Green Algae, Cyanobacteria, Impoundments, Seasonal Variation, Phytoplankton
2012
ND
Annual Base
Vegetative Filter Strips: A Best Management Practice (BMP) for feedlot runoff pollution control in North Dakota
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
Shafiqur Rahman
BMP, Vegetative Buffer Strip, Feedlot runoff
2012
ND
Annual Base
Toward Understanding the Hydrologic Processes on Topographic Surfaces with Depressions - Development of a Physical-based Distributed Puddle-to-Puddle (P2P) Hydrologic Model
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Xuefeng Chu
Hydrologic Processes, Overland Flow, Depression topography
2012
ND
Annual Base
Quantifying Estrogens Bound to Soil and Manure Colloids and Assessing Their Bioavailability
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Francis Casey
Estrogens, bioavailability, Soil and Manure colloids
2012
ND
Annual Base
Investigation of Bromate Formation in Ozone Disinfection Systems through Comprehensive Sampling, Water Quality Analysis, and Model Simulation
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Wei Lin
Bromate, Ozone disinfection, simulation, treatment
2012
ND
Annual Base
Role of Agricultural Drainage on Transport of Cryptosporidium oocysts in North Dakota
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Khan Eakalak, John McEvoy
Agricultural drainage, Cryptosporidium oocysts, Transport
2012
ND
Annual Base
Temporal-spatial distribution (dynamics) of phytoplankton and diversity in relation to lake physical and chemical condition
Federal:
$6,650
Non-Federal:
$13,300
Wei Lin
Lake water quality, phytoplankton, temporal-spatial distribution
2012
ND
Annual Base
Sorption, Degradation, and Mobility of 17Estradiol-17-Sulfate in Agricultural Soils
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Francis Casey
Sorption, Degradation,Mobility, Agricultural soils, Estradiol
2012
NE
Annual Base
Analysis of Potential Groundwater Trading Programs for Nebraska
Federal:
$19,700
Non-Federal:
$39,840
Karina Schoengold
groundwater trading, Republican River Basin
2012
NE
Annual Base
Developing a two-tier screen to evaluate the health of Nebraska's wetlands
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Alan Kolok, Craig Allen, Paul Davis
atrazine, frogs, wetlands, two-tier screening
2012
NE
Annual Base
Direct Monitoring of Knickpoint Progression
Federal:
$23,238
Non-Federal:
$46,566
David Admiraal, David Admiraal
Knickpoint, Erosion, Bed Stabilization, Sediment
2012
NH
Annual Base
Determining the Impact of Coal Tar Based Driveway Sealant on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentrations in NH Waterbodies.
Federal:
$9,967
Non-Federal:
$13,249
Alison Watts
coal tar sealant, PAHs, stormwater, sediment
2012
NH
Annual Base
James Hall Vegetated Roof Nutrient Removal Efficiency and Hydrologic Response
Federal:
$14,000
Non-Federal:
$35,034
Robert Roseen, Thomas Ballestero
Stormwater, Vegetated Roofs, Cold Climate, Environmental Education, Water Resources
2012
NH
Annual Base
Participatory Water Quality Assessment Through the NH Lakes Lay Monitoring Program
Federal:
$8,070
Non-Federal:
$37,343
Jeffrey Schloss
2012
NJ
Annual Base
Performance Assessment of Bioretention for Car Wash Runoff Treatment
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Michele Bakacs, Steven Yergeau
bioretention, rain gardens, car wash runoff
2012
NJ
Annual Base
Application of Graphene-based Sorbents for Arsenic and Lead Removal from Drinking Water Resources
Federal:
$29,736
Non-Federal:
$59,474
Shifeng Hou, Huan Feng
graphene-based sorbents, nanomaterials, arsenic, lead
2012
NJ
Annual Base
nHFO-Microalgae and Immobilization for Water Quality Improvement
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Liping Wei
arsenic, nHFO, microalgae
2012
NJ
Annual Base
Predicting the matric potential of unsaturated porous media using nuclear magnetic resonance
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,002
Sam Falzone, Kristina Keating
NMR, matric potential, vadose zone
2012
NJ
Annual Base
Understanding metabolic flux dynamics during hydrolytic and fermentative digestion of wastewater treatment sludge for enhanced ammonia-nitrogen removal
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Amanda Luther, Donna E. Fennell
anaerobic digestion, nitrogen removal
2012
NJ
Annual Base
Mitigation of Environmental Nitrogen Release by Enrichment of Hyper Ammonia Producing (HAP) Bacteria in Waste Treatment Systems
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Sunirat Rattana, Donna E. Fennell
anaerobic biodegradation, waste treatment, nitrogen
2012
NJ
Annual Base
Urban wetland plant assemblage species diversity and invasive species dominance as expressions of flood regime
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Laura Shappell, Lena Struwe
urban wetland, invasive species
2012
NJ
Annual Base
Reductive Dehalogenation of Brominated Organic Compounds by Nano FeS Particles
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Cynthia Steiner, Weilin Huang
halogenated organic contaminants, iron sulfide
2012
NJ
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$13,742
Non-Federal:
$23,703
Christopher Obropta, Lisa Galloway Evrard
2012
NM
Annual Base
Geographic Information System for Water Resources Research Planning
Federal:
$36,105
Non-Federal:
$15,127
Susanna Glaze
2012
NM
Annual Base
Updating the Digital Hydrogeologic-Framework Model of the Mesilla Basin Area with Specific Reference to the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Project (TAAP)
Federal:
$33,750
Non-Federal:
$14,176
John Hawley
Hydrology
2012
NY
Annual Base
Relative Abundance of Blueback Herring (Alosa aestivalis) in Relation to Permanent and Removable Dams on the Mohawk River
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,146
Neil Ringler, Karin Limburg
Blueback Herring, Dams, Mohawk River, Fisheries
2012
NY
Annual Base
POLLUTION TRADE-OFFS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF RIPARIAN ZONES AS BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Federal:
$19,840
Non-Federal:
$40,722
Philippe Vidon
Riparian Zones, Nitrate Removal, Nutrient Biogeochemistry, Greenhouse Gases
2012
OH
Annual Base
Microbial Modulation of Acidic Coal Mine Drainage Chemistry: Implications for Passive Treatment of Minewater
Federal:
$22,754
Non-Federal:
$45,720
John Senko
Acid mine drainage, iron-oxidizing bacteria, microbial communities
2012
OH
Annual Base
Identification of Microcystin Degrading Bacteria in the Grand Lake St. Marys and Lake Erie Western Basin
Federal:
$20,800
Non-Federal:
$41,619
Xiaozhen Mou
Microcystin degradation, microcystin-degrading bacteria, microbial remediation
2012
OH
Annual Base
Green-House-Gas budget of constructed wetlands: Understanding the sources to maximize benefits
Federal:
$51,354
Non-Federal:
$102,906
Gil Bohrer
Water Quality, Methane Flux, Carbon Sequestration, Constructed Wetlands
2012
OH
Annual Base
Discriminating Biotic and Abiotic Arsenic Release Processes under Highly Reduced Ground Water Conditions
Federal:
$58,248
Non-Federal:
$116,608
John Lenhart, Paula Mouser
Arsenic, Methanogenesis, Biogeochemistry, Microbial Community
2012
OK
Annual Base
Impact of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent on Nitrogen Cycling by Stream Bacteria
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,557
Cindy Cisar, Jonathan Fisher, Joy Van Nostrand
nitrogen cycle, bacteria, wastewater treatment plant effluent, antibiotics
2012
OK
Annual Base
Quantitative assessment of climate variability and land surface change on streamflow decrease in the Upper Cimarron River
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Chris Zou, William Andrews, Juanjun Ge
Cimarron River, climate variability, instream flow, land use and land cover change, streamflow
2012
OK
Annual Base
Identifying Nutrient Pathways to Streams: Sediment and Phosphorus Loads from Streambank Erosion and Failure in the Illinois River Watershed
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Garey Fox, Chad Penn, Daniel Storm
Bank Stability, Phosphorus, Sediment, Streambank Erosion
2012
OK
Annual Base
OWRRI Information Transfer
Federal:
$17,348
Non-Federal:
$31,622
Dave Engle, Leslie Elmore, Mike Langston
2012
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$56,605
Non-Federal:
$127,771
Todd Jarvis, Todd Jarvis
Water Seminars, Water Film Series, Outreach
2012
PA
Annual Base
Pennsylvania Water Resources Sustainability Surveys
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$100,446
Bryan Swistock, Elizabeth Boyer, Patricia Craig, Lysle Sherwin
Water Resources Survey Stakeholders Policy Planning Management Education
2012
PA
Annual Base
Instrumenting Nature: Bringing real-time data into the K-12 curriculum
Federal:
$22,810
Non-Federal:
$87,532
Charles Cole
Education, hydrology, schoolyard wetlands, weather
2012
PA
Annual Base
Statistical Evaluation of Triclosan Measurements in Wastewater using ELISA protocol.
Federal:
$19,584
Non-Federal:
$39,170
Holly Frederick
Emerging contaminants, ELISA test, Wastewater treatment, triclosan
2012
PA
Annual Base
Evaluation of Round Goby Habitat Disturbance and Impacts to Native Fish Populations.
Federal:
$19,243
Non-Federal:
$52,164
Jay Stauffer, Jeanette Schnars
Invasive species, Round Goby, Benthic Species, Interspecific competition
2012
PA
Annual Base
Removal of Benzoic Acids by Anion Exchange Resins as Analogues for Natural Organic Matter and Emerging Contaminants
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$105,212
Huichun Zhang
Anion Exchange Resins, Benzoic Acids, Emerging Contaminants, Ion Exchange, Natural Organic Matter, Polanyi Theory, Polyparameter Linear Free Energy Relationship, Power Plant Make-up Water, Water Treatment
2012
PR
Annual Base
Field Demonstration of Removal of MS2 Bacteriophage and Bacillus subtilis with a Solar-Powered Engineered Experimental Drum Filtration and Disinfection (SEED) Unit
Federal:
$26,358
Non-Federal:
$34,922
Sangchul Hwang
Bacillus subtilis, E. coli, MS2 bacteriophage, removal
2012
PR
Annual Base
Microbial source tracking: The hunt for E. faecalis the dominant Enterococci among non-pigmented environmental enterococci in the water systems of Puerto Rico.
Federal:
$39,400
Non-Federal:
$29,178
Luis Rios-Hernandez, Luis Rios-Hernandez
Enterococci, Ecology, Water quality
2012
PR
Annual Base
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR THE DETECTION OF ESTROGENIC ACTIVITY IN A TROPICAL URBAN WATERSHED
Federal:
$39,200
Non-Federal:
$85,912
Jorge Ortiz-Zayas
biomonitoring, health effects, pollutants, public health, rivers, runoff, trace organics, toxic substances, water chemistry, water quality monitoring, water quality
2012
RI
Annual Base
A novel fabrication method for antibacterial membrane
Federal:
$17,054
Non-Federal:
$35,080
Eugene Park, Stanley Barnett
antibacterial, membrane, fiber
2012
RI
Annual Base
Clean Water Outreach in Rhode Island
Federal:
$16,093
Non-Federal:
$32,284
Harold Knickle, Geoffrey Bothun
2012
RI
Annual Base
Wave-Induced Pore Pressures in Remedial Caps in Reservoirs
Federal:
$16,540
Non-Federal:
$34,813
Aaron Bradshaw
reservoirs, sediment remediation, caps, water waves, pore pressures
2012
SC
Annual Base
Effects of Water Pollution on Fish Health in the Savannah River
Federal:
$59,862
Non-Federal:
$132,068
Peter Van Den Hurk, Michael Paller
conservation, environmental risk assessment, biomarkers, fish toxicology, point sources, non-point sources
2012
SC
Annual Base
A Modeling Study of Water Shortages in the Savannah River Basin: Sensitivity of Water Availability to Evaporative Loss and Climate Change
Federal:
$59,998
Non-Federal:
$119,330
Nigel Kaye, John Saylor
evaporation, drought, water resources management, basin-scale modeling, climate change
2012
SD
Annual Base
Evaluation of the performance of two vegetated treatment systems
Federal:
$8,250
Non-Federal:
$17,002
Todd Trooien
Wastewater, feedlot, vegetated treatment system
2012
SD
Annual Base
Identifying barriers for adopting new drainage technology among agricultural producers
Federal:
$11,806
Non-Federal:
$23,786
Nickolas Benesh, Jeppe Kjaersgaard
Agricultural management practices, Psychology, Tile drainage, Water quality,
2012
SD
Annual Base
Subsurface Drainage Impacts on Evapotranspiration and Water
Federal:
$39,286
Non-Federal:
$78,594
Christopher Hay, Jeppe Kjaersgaard, Todd Trooien
Evapotranspiration, Subsurface Drainage, Hydrology, DRAINMOD
2012
SD
Annual Base
Evaluating the Nitrate-Removal Effectiveness of Denitrifying Bioreactors
Federal:
$39,286
Non-Federal:
$78,614
Jeppe Kjaersgaard, Christopher Hay, Todd Trooien
Denitrifying Bioreactors, Agricultural Drainage, Nitrate Removal, Conservation,
2012
SD
Annual Base
Evaluation of wastewater produced in biomass pyrolysis process
Federal:
$22,720
Non-Federal:
$45,250
Lin Wei, Todd Trooien
Wastewater, biomass, pyrolysis, biofuels, catalyst
2012
SD
Annual Base
FY12 Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$17,768
Non-Federal:
$35,579
Van Kelley, kevin dalsted, Jeppe Kjaersgaard, Trista Koropatnicki
2012
SD
Annual Base
Test Project
Federal:
$187
Non-Federal:
$247
Adam Coleman
Test Keyword
2012
TN
Annual Base
Rainwater Harvesting as part of a Sustainable Urban Water Management Strategy
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$43,247
Kevin Robinson, Kevin Robinson
Rainwater Harvesting, Water Management, Water Conservation, Cooling Tower
2012
TN
Annual Base
Determining Channel Protection Flows in Urban Watersheds Through Effective Strategies for Stormwater Management and Stream Restoration
Federal:
$30,245
Non-Federal:
$74,189
John Schwartz, John Schwartz
TMDLs; Channel Protection; Stormwater Management; Stream Restoration Bank Erosion; Urbanization
2012
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$62,234
Non-Federal:
$116,650
Neal Wilkins, Danielle Kalisek, Leslie Lee, Courtney Smith, Jaclyn Tech, Kevin Wagner, Ralph Wurbs, Kathy Wythe
2012
TX
Annual Base
Evaluation of invasive aquatic species in Texas
Federal:
$21,617
Non-Federal:
$64,117
Michael Masser, Elizabeth Edgerton, Lucas Gregory, Allen Knutson
Invasive aquatic species, evaluation, ecology
2012
UT
Annual Base
UAV Monitoring and Assessment Applications in Municipal Water and Environmental Management Problems
Federal:
$70,332
Non-Federal:
$94,888
David Rosenberg, Austin Jensen
Remote sensing, UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAS, Unmanned Aerial System, Thermal Infrared, Near Infrared, Landfill Management, Management of Parks and Recreation, Wetlands, Riparian, Wetland Management, Flood Management, Flood Debris
2012
UT
Annual Base
Performance of Stormwater Bioretention Systems in Utah’s Climate and Hydrologic Conditions
Federal:
$24,037
Non-Federal:
$78,523
Steven Burian, Christine Pomeroy
Bioretention, Groundwater Recharge, Water Harvesting, Stormwater, Infiltration, Nutrient transport
2012
UT
Annual Base
Information Transfer in Support of the Utah Center for Water Resources Research (UCWRR)
Federal:
$10,959
Non-Federal:
$20,115
R. Ivonne Harris, Carri Richards
Outreach, Publications, Web Page Development
2012
VI
Annual Base
Microirrigation for Sustainable Vegetable Production in the US Virgin Islands
Federal:
$16,605
Non-Federal:
$0
Dilip Nandwani
Microirrigation, Vegetables, Drip irrigation, Soil moisture, Water stress
2012
VI
Annual Base
Terrestrial Sediment Delivery and Nearshore Water Turbidity A Case Study From the East End of St. Croix, USVI
Federal:
$21,007
Non-Federal:
$0
Kynoch Reale-Munroe, Bernard Castillo, Carlos Ramos-Scharron
Sedimentation, erosion, water quality, turbidity, US Virgin Islands
2012
VI
Annual Base
High-Resolution Mapping of Rainfall Rates Across the St Thomas Microclimates
Federal:
$22,366
Non-Federal:
$0
David Morris
Rainfall, Rate, Microclimatology, Monitoring, Data
2012
VT
Annual Base
Evaluating effectiveness of BMP implementation on gravel roads to reduce sediment and phosphorus runoff
Federal:
$52,203
Non-Federal:
$135,203
Beverley Wemple, Donald Ross
roads, best management practices, BMPs, water quality, sediment, phosphorus
2012
VT
Annual Base
Development of monitoring buoy system for lake studies
Federal:
$31,000
Non-Federal:
$43,463
Jason Stockwell, Breck Bowden
Lake, monitoring, methods, in-situ
2012
WA
Annual Base
Response of River Runoff to Black Carbon in Snow and Ice in Washington State
Federal:
$27,000
Non-Federal:
$54,000
Susan Kaspari, Carey Gazis
black carbon, snowmelt, runoff timing and magnitude
2012
WA
Annual Base
Progress towards assessing the large-scale impacts of forest fires on runoff erosion across the Pacific Northwest
Federal:
$27,000
Non-Federal:
$54,048
Jennifer Adam
erosion modeling fires
2012
WA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$3,472
Non-Federal:
$6,984
Michael Barber, Michael Barber
Outreach, Information Transfer
2012
WV
Annual Base
Identifying Geomorphic Design Parameters to Improve Flood Control and Water Quality
Federal:
$65,649
Non-Federal:
$154,923
Leslie Hopkinson, Ben Mack, John Quaranta
headwater stream mitigation, fluvial geomorphic landform design, valley-fill design
2012
WV
Annual Base
Development of a Drinking Water Well Sampling Protocol to Establish Baseline Data Prior to Horizontal Drilling of Gas Wells
Federal:
$112,686
Non-Federal:
$225,393
Jennifer Hause, Melissa O'Neal, Tamara Vandivort, Paul Ziemkiewicz
horizontal drilling, gas wells, Marcellus Shale, sampling, hydraulic fracturing, flowback water, produced water, drilling muds, water quality, environmental impact, West Virginia, Monongahela River Basin
2012
WV
Annual Base
Stable isotope fingerprinting of waters in area of accelerating Marcellus shale gas development
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,120
Shikha Sharma, Shikha Sharma
Stable Isotope, Fingerprint, Groundwater aquifers, surface waters, coal mine drainage
2012
WY
Annual Base
A Treatise on Wyoming Water Law
Federal:
$4,588
Non-Federal:
$39,598
Lawrence MacDonnell
Water Law, Prior Appropriation, Water Rights
2012
WY
Annual Base
Integrated Accelerated Precipitation Softening (APS) - Microfiltration (MF) Assembly and Process Development to Maximize Water Recovery During Energy Production and CO2 Sequestration
Federal:
$18,080
Non-Federal:
$134,647
Jonathan Brant, Dongmei Li
Reverse Osmosis, Energy Exploration Produced Water, Concentrate Management, Accelerated Precipitation Softening
2012
WY
Annual Base
Multi-frequency Radar and Precipitation Probe Analysis of the Impact of Glaciogenic Cloud Seeding on Snow
Federal:
$34,270
Non-Federal:
$244,800
Bart Geerts
Weather Modification, Snow Measurement
2012
WY
Annual Base
Decadal Scale Estimates of Forest Water Yield After Bark Beetle Epidemics in Southern Wyoming
Federal:
$63,510
Non-Federal:
$511,785
Brent Ewers, Urszula Norton, Elise Pendall, Ramesh Sivanpillai
Bark Beetles, Water Yield, Forest Succession
2011
AK
Annual Base
Integrating Remote Sensing and Local Knowledge to Monitor Seasonal River Ice Dynamics
Federal:
$22,290
Non-Federal:
$11,034
Knut Kielland
ice dynamics, integrated assessment, local knowledge, remote sensing, river conditions, travel, risk, hazards
2011
AK
Annual Base
UAA Wellfield: Research and Teaching Applications, Phase II
Federal:
$16,100
Non-Federal:
$32,224
Bryce Willems, LeeAnn Munk
Groundwater, Water Quality, Anchorage Watershed
2011
AK
Annual Base
Developing high-resolution strontium isotope maps of Alaskan Rivers to track pacific salmon migrations: The Nushagak River as a case study to evaluate spatial and seasonal variability.
Federal:
$20,098
Non-Federal:
$9,949
Matthew Wooller
Western Alaskan Rivers, salmon migration, strontium isotopes, biodiversity, conservation.
2011
AK
Annual Base
Pharmaceutical Trace Study to Identify Microbial Pathogens Sources in and around Rural Alaskan Waste Sites
Federal:
$20,705
Non-Federal:
$10,249
David Barnes
Pathogens, Solid Waste, Pharmaceuticals, Total Coliform, E. coli, Enterococcus
2011
AL
Annual Base
Development of an In-situ Capable Method for Detecting Pathogenic Bacteria in the Alabama Water Supplies
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,853
Ahjeong Son
Pathogenic Bacteria, E. coli )157:H7, nanoparticle, DNA, in-situ detection,micro-fluidics
2011
AL
Annual Base
Forage and Fertilization Management Practices to Ensure Quality of Runoff from Pasture Under Grazing Beef Cattle
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,001
Russell Muntifering, Yucheng Feng, Thomas McCaskey, Frank Owsley, Charles Wood
Watershed Management, Water Quality, Runnoff, Agriculture, Nutrients, Bacteria, Suspended Sediments
2011
AL
Annual Base
Utilizing Greywater for Landscape and Green Roof Irrigation
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,105
Amy Wright, Charlene LeBleu
Wastewater Irrigation, Water Reuse, Irrigation Scheduling, Landscape Management, Salinity, Urban Water Systems, Water Harvesting
2011
AR
Annual Base
Evaluation of septic system absorption field products with differing architectures in a profile-limited soil
Federal:
$15,389
Non-Federal:
$31,074
Kristofor Brye
household wastewater, wastewater treatment, septic systems, absorption field
2011
AR
Annual Base
Increasing awareness for water quality protection: Stream restoration through temporary and permanent animal access restrictions
Federal:
$10,634
Non-Federal:
$37,001
Dirk Philipp, Kelly Bryant
Water quality, stream restoration, livestock production
2011
AR
Annual Base
Continued Investigation of Land Use and Best Management Practices on the Strawberry River Watershed
Federal:
$14,000
Non-Federal:
$31,969
Jennifer Bouldin, Richard Warby
Bank stability, aquatic macroinvertebrates, water quality, aqueous and sediment toxicity, nutrients
2011
AR
Annual Base
Assessment of the microbial population in Beaver Lake swim beach regions to determine origin of fecal pollution
Federal:
$21,003
Non-Federal:
$42,012
Kristen Gibson, Steven Ricke
microbial source tracking, ultrafiltration
2011
AR
Annual Base
Arkansas Water Resources Center Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$17,439
Non-Federal:
$20,325
Brian Haggard
Conference, Newsletters, Web interface, Citizen Science
2011
AZ
Annual Base
Characterization of Chelating Agents in Non-regulated Water Sources on Navajo Lands
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$23,731
Jani Ingram
Speciation, Uranium, Unregulated Wells
2011
AZ
Annual Base
Hydrology Versus Ecology: The Effectiveness of Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment in a Semi-arid Climate
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$22,771
Daniel Childers, Laura Turnbull
hydrology, nutrient dynamics, plant uptake, pollution control, wastewater, water chemistry, water quality management, wetlands
2011
AZ
Annual Base
Iodinated Disinfection By-product Formation from Water Reuse Practices
Federal:
$9,886
Non-Federal:
$20,518
Shane Snyder
water reuse, iodide, trihalomethane, NOM
2011
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$57,249
Non-Federal:
$105,949
Sharon Megdal, Susanna Eden
2011
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Federal:
$37,371
Non-Federal:
$171,667
Reagan Waskom
Technology Transfer, Information Dissemination
2011
CO
Annual Base
Environmental Impacts of Ag-to-Urban Water Rights Transfers in the South Platte River Basin
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,781
Mazdak Arabi
Water Supply, irrigation, water transfers
2011
CO
Annual Base
Aquifer Storage and Recovery Optimization
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,750
Reagan Waskom
water storage, ASR
2011
CO
Annual Base
Variables Controlling Reservoir Sedimentation in the Colorado Front Range
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,700
Ellen Wohl
land cover, GIS
2011
CT
Annual Base
Testing Methods used for DNA Barcoding of Environmental Samples from the Eightmile River for Diatom (Bacillariophyta) Identification.
Federal:
$10,690
Non-Federal:
$21,420
Diba Khan-Bureau, Louise Lewis, Gary A. Robbins
diatoms, bioindicators, water quality, molecular analysis, DNA barcoding, environmental sampling, universal primers
2011
CT
Annual Base
Post-audit Verification of the Model SWMM for Low Impact Development
Federal:
$30,137
Non-Federal:
$58,960
Michael Dietz, John Clausen
2011
CT
Annual Base
CTIWR Technology Transfer
Federal:
$44,426
Non-Federal:
$77,061
Glenn Warner, Patricia Bresnahan
2011
DC
Annual Base
GIS-based Ecosystem Service Analysis of Urban Green Infrastructure as a Tool for Attaining Water and Air Quality Objectives in the District of Columbia
Federal:
$10,100
Non-Federal:
$4,646
Tolessa Deksissa
stormwater, tree covers, carbon sequestration
2011
DC
Annual Base
Monitoring of Glyphosate and its Degradation of Residue by Phosphorus-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Federal:
$14,000
Non-Federal:
$6,440
Xueqing Song
Glyphosphate, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
2011
DC
Annual Base
Urban Stormwater Runoff Prediction Using Computational Intelligence Methods
Federal:
$10,800
Non-Federal:
$4,968
Nian Zhang, Pradeep Behera
Nonpoint Source Pollution, Urban Runoff, Stormwater Management, Water Quality, Neural Network, Prediction
2011
DC
Annual Base
Pollution Source Identification in Washington DC storm-water using Bayesian Chemical
Federal:
$14,983
Non-Federal:
$49,525
Arash Massoudieh, Ali Arab, Tolessa Deksissa
Low Impact Development, Chemical Mass Balance, Source Identification, Statistical Analysis, Urban Runoff
2011
DC
Annual Base
Hormone Disruption and Environmental Pollutants in Anacostia and Potomac River Fish, Washington DC
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$34,993
Stephen MacAvoy, Cathy Schaeff
PAH, Sediment, Biogeochemistry, Reproductive health of Fish, Pollution, bioaccumulation
2011
DC
Annual Base
Integrated Water Use Impact Assessment for DC urban Infrastructure
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$40,972
Royce Francis
Life-cycle impact assessment, Life-cycle cost analysis, Multi-criteria decision analysis; Infrastructure sustainablility
2011
DC
Annual Base
Metropolitan Washington Public Officials Water Leadership Program
Federal:
$12,452
Non-Federal:
$26,967
Howard Ways, Catherine Shrier
Local water issues, Professional development, Leadership training
2011
DE
Annual Base
Sediment Transport through Historic Mill Dams of the Christina River Basin
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
James Pizzuto, Kimberly Teoli
2011
DE
Annual Base
Predation of Bacteria by the White Rot Fungi, Pleurotus ostreatus
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Anastasia Chirnside, John Harris
2011
DE
Annual Base
White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic Shad Restoration Project
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Gerald Kauffman, Chelsea Halley
2011
FL
Annual Base
Coupled Biological/Chemical Systems for Maximizing Phosphorus Removal from Natural Waters
Federal:
$32,143
Non-Federal:
$64,286
Treavor Boyer, Mark Brown
advanced oxidation processes, phosphorus, algae treatment, ozone, sodium percarbonate, sodium perborate, hydrogen peroxide, UV, calcium, natural organic matter, Everglades, nutrients
2011
FL
Annual Base
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure and Water Loss Management Including a Case Study of Sanford Florida
Federal:
$69,412
Non-Federal:
$138,828
James Heaney
Urban water, demand management, water loss control, water use efficiency modeling
2011
FL
Annual Base
Watershed Management in the face of EPA's New Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Florida Waters
Federal:
$73,600
Non-Federal:
$152,400
Wendy Graham
Numeric Nutrient Criteria, Paleolimnology, Best Management Practices, Hydrologic, Processes, Riverine Nutrient Dynamics, Aquatic Ecology, Environmental Policy, Systems Modeling
2011
FL
Annual Base
Florida Water Resources Information Transfer
Federal:
$27,947
Non-Federal:
$6,694
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
Information Transfer
2011
FL
Annual Base
In-Filling Missing Daily Rain Gauge Data Using Radar Rainfall Data: Influence of Homogeneous Rain Areas
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,500
Ramesh Teegavarapu
NEXRAD, Rain gauge data, Homogeneous Rain areas, South Florida Water Management District, In-filling, Missing Data, mathematical programming, spatial analysis, GIS
2011
GA
Annual Base
Flood Risk and Homeowners' Flood Risk Perceptions: Evidence from Property Prices in Georgia
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Susana Ferreira, Susana Ferreira
Floods, Natural Disasters, Climate Change, Hedonic Pricing, Adaptation, Coastal areas, Flood Risk, Flood Maps, Flood Risk Perception, Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, Georgia
2011
GA
Annual Base
Assessment of endocrine disruption in fish and estrogenic potency of waters in Georgia
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Robert Bringolf, Cecil Jennings, Jeffrey Zuiderveen
Intersex, wastewater, reproductive fitness, surface water
2011
GA
Annual Base
Impact of Upstream Water Use on Salinity and Ecology of Apalachicola Bay
Federal:
$58,000
Non-Federal:
$116,000
Philip Roberts, Philip Roberts
Salinity; Ecology; Hydrology; Estuarine
2011
GU
Annual Base
Presenting 'Guam Water Kids': Private, DoDEA School Outreach/Teacher Relations Program
Federal:
$7,620
Non-Federal:
$0
Arretta Card, Arretta Card
water resources, aquifer, groundwater, surface water, watershed, Guam, hydrological cycle, ground water, non-source pollution, non-point pollution, conservation.
2011
GU
Annual Base
Comprehensive Analysis of Salinity Trends in Northern Guam Lens Aquifer
Federal:
$25,595
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson, Mark Lander
groundwater availability, groundwater quality
2011
GU
Annual Base
Reconstructing the Sea Surface Temperature and Wet-Dry Climate History of Guam
Federal:
$30,475
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson, Mark Lander
west Pacific climate record, coral, seawater chemistry
2011
GU
Annual Base
Sediment Analysis and Modeling of the Ugum Watershed in Southern Guam
Federal:
$17,415
Non-Federal:
$0
Charles Luo, Shahram Khosrowpanah
turbidity, sediment concentration, LUOM-SED, distributed watershed modeling
2011
GU
Annual Base
Presenting 'CNMI Water Kids': Public School Outreach/Teacher Relations Program
Federal:
$17,887
Non-Federal:
$0
Arretta Card
water resources, aquifer, groundwater, surface water, watershed, CNMI, hydrological cycle, ground water, non-source pollution, non-point pollution, conservation.
2011
GU
Annual Base
Reconfiguration of Saipan’s Water Distribution System Model
Federal:
$27,252
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz, Mariano Iglecias
distribution systems, model studies, water system operation, water production, water demand
2011
GU
Annual Base
Environmental Impact of FUDS and Brownfields Sites in Watersheds on the Eastern Side of Saipan. Phase 1: Contaminant Analysis of Soil and Sediments
Federal:
$35,647
Non-Federal:
$0
John Starmer, Gary Denton
pollution monitoring and assessment, dumpsites, heavy metals, pesticides, PCBs, drainage pathways, sediment, soil and biota analysis, Saipan, Micronesia
2011
GU
Annual Base
Water System Leak Detection Training for Saipan, Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC)
Federal:
$14,180
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah
water resources, training, education, operations and maintenance
2011
GU
Annual Base
Heavy Metal Status of Soils and Stream Sediments Impacted by Leachate from a Municipal Dump in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$4,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Christina Fillmed
municipal dump, soil, sediments, leachate contamination, heavy metals
2011
GU
Annual Base
Identifying Watershed Discharge Patterns and Linkages with Ecological Assemblages in Nimpal Area, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$20,240
Non-Federal:
$0
Peter Houk, Yimnang Golbuu
water quality, seagrass-and-macroalgae ecology, nutrients, marine protected areas, adaptive management
2011
GU
Annual Base
Developing Flow Duration Curves for Use in Hydropower Analysis at Ungaged Sites in Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$22,292
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz
hydropower, flow duration curves, streams
2011
GU
Annual Base
Atoll Water Budget Modeling: Information Transfer and Training for the Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$10,300
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
atoll island aquifers
2011
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$22,797
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2011
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$6,262
Non-Federal:
$11,918
Philip Moravcik
technology transfer
2011
HI
Annual Base
Long-term aspects of high-elevation rainfall and climate change, O
Federal:
$50,168
Non-Federal:
$104,180
David Beilman
climate change, rainfall, stable isotopes, sediments, groundwater recharge
2011
HI
Annual Base
Development of an Advanced Surface Tensiometer for Measuring Water Quality
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,391
Yi Zuo
Surface tension, water quality, atomic force microscopy
2011
HI
Annual Base
Reshaping the Regulatory Framework for Hawaii Aquaculture - Water Quality Standards, Coastal Fishponds, and Shellfish Grounds
Federal:
$11,046
Non-Federal:
$25,674
David Penn
fishpond, shellfish, standards, Hawaii
2011
HI
Annual Base
Addressing Sewage Contamination of Nawiliwili Streams and Kalapaki Beach
Federal:
$50,182
Non-Federal:
$97,404
Marek Kirs, Joseph Lichwa, Philip Moravcik
2011
HI
Annual Base
Island Director
Federal:
$27,616
Non-Federal:
$56,926
Philip Moravcik
2011
IA
Annual Base
Identifying the primary sources of sediment in an anthropogenically altered watershed Year 2
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$21,396
Thanos Papanicolaou, Marian Muste, Douglas Schnoebelen, Larry Weber, Christopher Wilson
Sediment sources, Water quality, Phosphorus, Sediment transport
2011
IA
Annual Base
Community-wide Urban Storm Water Planning Utilizing LiDAR, the WinSLAMM Model and GIS
Federal:
$51,453
Non-Federal:
$109,965
Ramanathan Sugumaran, John DeGroote, John Voorhees
LiDAR, GIS, Water volume and source load model, Storm Water, planning, BMP
2011
IA
Annual Base
Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$46,296
Non-Federal:
$111,454
Richard Cruse, James Newman
2011
ID
Annual Base
Improving Idaho Infrastructure through Long-term Monitoring of Sediment Transport
Federal:
$11,745
Non-Federal:
$25,299
Elowyn Yager
Bedload, suspended sediment transport, sediment traps
2011
ID
Annual Base
Constructing a local meteoric water line for the Treasure Valley, Idaho
Federal:
$14,974
Non-Federal:
$30,602
Alejandro Flores, Shawn Benner
Meteoric water line, stable isotopes, precipitation
2011
ID
Annual Base
Modeling Dynamic Feedback between Surface and Groundwater Systems: Implications for the Economics of Conjunctive Management
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,372
Kelly Cobourn
Conjunctive Management, Agriculture, Irrigation, Dynamic Resource Allocation, Groundwater, Surface Water, Hydraulic Feedback, Snake Plain
2011
ID
Annual Base
Development of the Idaho Watershed Digital Library
Federal:
$11,796
Non-Federal:
$5,299
Devin Becker, Jodi Haire
Library, Watershed
2011
IL
Annual Base
Influence of Algal/ Bacterial Interactions on Denitrification in Stream Biofilms
Federal:
$22,672
Non-Federal:
$46,760
John Kelly, Kimberly Gray, Christopher Peterson, Miguel Rojas
Ecology, Denitrification, Biofilms
2011
IL
Annual Base
Characterization of Critical Shear Stresses and Bank Material Erosion Rates on Gravelly Stream Banks through Development of a New In Situ Experimental Apparatus
Federal:
$28,985
Non-Federal:
$57,313
Marcelo Garcia, David Waterman
Stream Bank Erosion, Meandering Streams, Experimental Methods
2011
IL
Annual Base
Transfering Water Research to the People of Illinois
Federal:
$34,578
Non-Federal:
$34,233
Lisa Merrifield, Carla Blue
Information Transfer
2011
IN
Annual Base
How does agricultural activity influence stream ecosystem nitrogen cycling? A multi-stressor assessment of synergistic and antagonistic effects.
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$26,001
Melody Bernot
agricultural contaminants, nonpoint pollution, streams, toxicology
2011
IN
Annual Base
Niche breadth variation with seasonal changes in local habitats: fish assemblages of the Wabash River
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$27,298
Mark Pyron
Fish assemblages, geomorphology, hydrology, substrates
2011
IN
Annual Base
Habitat Use and Movements of Shovelnose Sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, in the Wabash River, Indiana
Federal:
$10,803
Non-Federal:
$21,605
Reuben Goforth
River Fish Ecology, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus
2011
IN
Annual Base
Reduction of phosphorus concentration in the Wabash River by an environmentally-friendly nanoparticle
Federal:
$12,868
Non-Federal:
$25,847
Dong Chen
Phosphorus, eutrophication, gypsum, surface runoff, nutrients, algae
2011
IN
Annual Base
Towards a better understanding of E. coli ecology in open streams
Federal:
$10,664
Non-Federal:
$21,328
Ronald Turco
E. coli, Water Quality
2011
IN
Annual Base
Pollution Prevention Through Better Management of Fertilizers, Pesticides, and Salts In Tanks and On Trailers
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,002
Fred Whitford
spills, tank location, pollution prevention, trailers, fiberglass tank
2011
KS
Annual Base
Governor's Water Conference
Federal:
$45,724
Non-Federal:
$96,518
Dan Devlin
Water, Information Transfer, Sedimentation
2011
KY
Annual Base
Effects of streambed sediments on the fate of selenium in eastern Kentucky watersheds contaminated with surface coal mining operations
Federal:
$4,996
Non-Federal:
$10,002
Yi-Tin Wang
selenium, biotransformation, transport, reactors
2011
KY
Annual Base
Sewage to fertilizer: a proposed solution to water pollution
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$14,653
Rebecca Kelley
nutirent removal, filamentous algae, sewage
2011
KY
Annual Base
Use of gene expression in longear sunfish and green sunfish as a biomarker of polychlorinated biphenyl and metal exposure
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Ben Brammell
endocrine active compounds, biomarkers, contaminants
2011
KY
Annual Base
Using the stability of soil moisture distribution to understand soil system modularity and complexity at the landscape scale
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,190
Ole Wendroth, Junfeng Zhu
vadose zone, watershed processes, electrical resistivity
2011
KY
Annual Base
Delineating solute inputs to the headwaters portion of the Cane Run/Royal Spring basin
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,532
Alan Fryar, James Dinger
water quality, karst aquifer, nutirents
2011
KY
Annual Base
Quasi-real time sediment discharge measurements using inexpensive experimental technology
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,040
James Fox
sensor technology, suspended sediment, flow rate
2011
KY
Annual Base
Metagenomic analysis of microbial urea transformation in soil
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,034
Luke Moe, Mark Coyne
urease inhibitors, microbial processes, biotransformations
2011
KY
Annual Base
Ordination of fish morphological characteristics to investigate intraspecific differences of largemouth bass and paddlefish due to the construction of modern navigation dams on the Ohio River, USA
Federal:
$4,060
Non-Federal:
$8,120
Tamara Sluss
trophic shifts, ordination analysis
2011
KY
Annual Base
The effects of prescribed fire on amphibian diversity
Federal:
$4,997
Non-Federal:
$10,716
Howard Whiteman
freshwater ecology, community dynamics, species richness
2011
KY
Annual Base
By-proxy monitoring of aqueous nitrate photolysis and the effect of hydroxl radical
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Matthew Nee
photochemical reactions, infrared vibrational spectroscopy
2011
KY
Annual Base
Arsenic removal from water with functionalized magnetic nanoparticles
Federal:
$4,612
Non-Federal:
$13,983
David Atwood
arsenic, water treatment, filtration
2011
KY
Annual Base
Kentucky information transfer activities
Federal:
$38,670
Non-Federal:
$66,399
Lindell Ormsbee, Anna Hoover, Jim Kipp
symposium, Internet, WWW
2011
KY
Annual Base
Use of gene expression in longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) and green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) as a biomarker of polychlorinated biphenyl and metal exposure
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,736
David Peyton, Ben Brammell
nucleic acid sequences, contaminant exposure, contaminant detection
2011
LA
Annual Base
Development of a 2D Hydrodynamic Model of the Mississippi River and Application To Long-Term Management Scenarios, Contaminant Transport and Sediment Transport
Federal:
$15,600
Non-Federal:
$37,883
Clinton Willson, Clinton Willson
Mississippi River Hydrodynamics, Fate-and-Transport, Sediment Transport
2011
LA
Annual Base
Louisiana Watershed Education Initiative for Environmental Sustainability
Federal:
$15,855
Non-Federal:
$31,869
Zhi-Qiang Deng
Environmental Sustainability, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Watershed Excellence
2011
LA
Annual Base
Feasibility Study of Scavenging Approach to Stop Saltwater Toward Water Wells
Federal:
$15,606
Non-Federal:
$31,563
Frank Tsai
Scavenger Well, Uncertainty, Chance Constraint, Model Averaging, Prediction, Saltwater Intrusion, Aquifer, Subsurface, Modeling, Optimization, Management
2011
LA
Annual Base
Turbulent Interactions of Coastal Vegetation and Waves
Federal:
$15,832
Non-Federal:
$31,710
Heather Smith
Waves, vegetation, wetlands, turbulence
2011
MA
Annual Base
A Remote Sensing Algal Production Model to Monitor Water Quality and Nonpoint Pollution in New England Lakes
Federal:
$4,984
Non-Federal:
$10,029
Mi-Hyun Park
nutrients, eutrophication, algal blooms, remote sensing, GIS
2011
MA
Annual Base
Monitoring and Understanding Water Quality at Three Potential Charles River Swimming Sites
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,775
Ferdi Hellweger
Charles River, swimming, E. coli
2011
MA
Annual Base
Elucidation of the Rates and Extents of Pharmaceutical Biotransformation during Nitrification
Federal:
$29,953
Non-Federal:
$77,311
Andrew Ramsburg
nutrient control, pharmaceutical, biodegradation, nitrification, process model
2011
MA
Annual Base
Assessing Human Impacts on Sediment and Contaminant Trapping within Oxbow Lake, Northampton, Massachusetts
Federal:
$4,999
Non-Federal:
$12,678
Jonathan Woodruff, Jonathan Woodruff
Mercury, Floodplain, Sediment, Oxbow Lake, Connecticut River
2011
MA
Annual Base
Authentic Research Projects for Undergraduates based on Groundwater Contamination Issues Related to Arsenic
Federal:
$9,096
Non-Federal:
$18,964
Julian Tyson, Julian Tyson
Arsenic, groundwater, undergraduate education
2011
MA
Annual Base
Water Resources Research Conference
Federal:
$21,681
Non-Federal:
$21,910
Paula Rees, Marie-Francoise Hatte
2011
MD
Annual Base
Relating pollutant and water quality parameters to landuse in a subwatershed of the Choptank River watershed
Federal:
$22,500
Non-Federal:
$47,825
Alba Torrents, Cathleen Hapeman
Water quality, multi-variable, survey, poultry houses, Eastern Shore, antibiotics, heavy metals, nutrients, bacteria
2011
MD
Annual Base
Maryland Water 2011 - Symposium
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$5,383
Kaye Brubaker
2011
MD
Annual Base
Regional Flood Risk Initiative Seed Funds
Federal:
$15,012
Non-Federal:
$33,336
Kaye Brubaker, Gregory Baecher
2011
MD
Annual Base
Environmental Suitability of Fly Ash Use in Highway Structural Fills (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$14,988
Kaye Brubaker, Ahmet Aydilek
2011
MD
Annual Base
The Effects of Mill Dams on Suspended Sediment Yield, Northern Baltimore County, Maryland (Graduate Fellowship)
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$15,776
Kaye Brubaker
2011
MD
Annual Base
Demonstration of Integrated Stormwater & Wastewater Treatment in WaterShed, Maryland’s Solar Decathlon 2011 Entry
Federal:
$25,107
Non-Federal:
$56,072
Amy Gardner
Sustainable design, greywater, domestic, residential, on-site treatment
2011
MD
Annual Base
An Innovative Learning Tool in Communicating Flood Risk Management
Federal:
$23,631
Non-Federal:
$49,635
Bahram Momen
Cloud computing, Collaborative learning, Community demographics, Computer-assisted decision support system (DSS), Computer technology, FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL), Floodplain Management Program, Flood risk management, Geographic information system (GIS), Google Earth™, Interactive visualization, Model-building, Multi-Hazard Loss Estimation Methodology (HAZUS-MH), National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Realistic visualization, Risk communication, Scientific literacy
2011
ME
Annual Base
Release of Metals to Groundwater from Ultramafic Rocks on Deer Isle, Maine
Federal:
$9,083
Non-Federal:
$59,650
Amanda Olsen
48. Contaminant Transport 90. Geochemistry 101. Groundwater Quality 106. Heavy Metals 149. Mineralogy
150. Mining 225. Soil Chemistry 251. Toxic Substances
252. Trace Elements 266. Water Chemistry
2011
ME
Annual Base
Complex systems assessment of biogeochemical factors and microbial community members associated with naturally occurring uranium contamination in groundwater resources
Federal:
$7,250
Non-Federal:
$80,735
Paula Mouser, Charles Hess, Jean Macrae, Robert Marvinney, Donna Rizzo, Andy Tolman
Bacteria, Biotechnology, Geochemistry, Groundwater Quality, Heavy Metals, Mathematical Models, Statistics
2011
ME
Annual Base
Identification of the determinants of fish tissue mercury concentrations in temperate lakes: Factors to be considered in the establishment or revision of fish consumption advisories
Federal:
$23,400
Non-Federal:
$46,333
Aria Amirbahman, Stephen Norton
Geochemistry, Lakes, Pollutants, Water Quality Monitoring, Water Chemistry
2011
ME
Annual Base
Prototype Development of SimStream, a Computer-Based Immersive Learning-Environment for Introducing Environmental Systems Concepts to Middle-School Students
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$48,177
Shaleen Jain, Mike Scott
2011
ME
Annual Base
Maine Information Transfer
Federal:
$37,405
Non-Federal:
$38,604
John Peckenham
Information Transfer, Outreach
2011
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$21,415
Non-Federal:
$43,339
Jon Bartholic
Data Analysis, Data Storage and Retrieval, Information Dissemination, System Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Water Use, Water Quantity, Water Quality Management, Watershed Management
2011
MI
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Technology Transfer Training Programs
Federal:
$25,920
Non-Federal:
$53,364
Lois Wolfson
Water Quality; Water Quantity, Watershed Management; Interactive Web-based Systems; Water Withdrawals; Exotic Species, Lake Management; Native Shoreline
2011
MI
Annual Base
Developing Advanced Modeling Tools for Red Cedar Watershed Planning
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$37,989
Yi Shi, Phanikumar Mantha
watershed, integrated decision support system, water quality, and water quantity
2011
MI
Annual Base
Interdisciplinary Water Science and Policy Modeling Workgroup
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,574
Jinhua Zhao, Jon Bartholic
coupled human and natural systems; interdisciplinary collaboration
2011
MI
Annual Base
Building a Transforming Framework for Resilient Policy Option and Water Resource Management for Michigan and Internationally
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,808
Karim Maredia, Jon MacDonagh-Dumler
water management, resilience
2011
MN
Annual Base
Stratigraphic Distribution and Mineralogical Sources of Arsenic to Minnesota Glacial Aquifers
Federal:
$32,500
Non-Federal:
$57,488
Brandy Toner, Edward Nater
arsenic, glacial aquifer, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, GIS, mineralogy
2011
MN
Annual Base
The Role of Sulfate Reduction in Sediment of the St. Louis River Estuary: Phase II
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$36,360
Nathan Johnson
sediment, sulfate reduction, mercury, biogeochemistry
2011
MN
Annual Base
Persistence of the Fecal Indicator Bacteroides in Sand and Sediment
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,400
Michael Sadowsky, Randall Hicks
fecal indicator bacteria, Bacteroides, sand, sediments, Lake Superior, microbial source tracking
2011
MO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$63,808
Non-Federal:
$125,738
Thomas Clevenger
2011
MO
Annual Base
Microbiological Characterization and Ecological Control of Membrane Biofouling in Side Stream Municipal Sewage Treatment Reactors Operated for Nitrification
Federal:
$44,480
Non-Federal:
$98,404
Daniel Oether
Microbiological Characterization,Ecological Control, Membrane Biofouling, Sewage Treatment Reactors, Nitrification
2011
MS
Annual Base
Water quality and other ecosystem services in wetlands managed for waterfowl in Mississippi
Federal:
$14,150
Non-Federal:
$28,368
Richard Kaminski, Amy Spencer
Ecosystems, sedimentation, water quality, water resources development, wetlands
2011
MS
Annual Base
Comparisons of Indigenous and Selected Bacterial Degrading Pentachlorophenol (PCP) Consortiums for Remediation of PCP Contaminated Groundwater
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
M Prewitt, Hamid Borazjani, Ken Willeford
Water quality, groundwater contamination
2011
MS
Annual Base
Developing rapid methods for dating of sediments in Mississippi using ICP-MS
Federal:
$6,508
Non-Federal:
$13,017
James Cizdziel
Water quality, wetlands,contaminant transport mechanisms, sedimentation
2011
MT
Annual Base
Methods for estimating wetland evapotranspiration through groundwater flow modeling of diurnal groundwater fluctuations
Federal:
$14,900
Non-Federal:
$29,800
Kevin Chandler
Wetlands; Evapotranspiration; Diurnal groundwater fluctuations; groundwater flow modeling
2011
MT
Annual Base
Using 222Rn and Isotopic Tracers to Trace Groundwater-Lake Interactions
Federal:
$10,622
Non-Federal:
$34,865
Glenn Shaw
Groundwater/Lake Interactions, Radon-222, Mountain Groundwater, Tracer Hydrology, Nutrients
2011
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Development and Testing of a Model that Assesses the Effects of the Stress of Climate Change on Ecosystem Condition
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$850
William Kleindl
Climate change, model, climatic stress
2011
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Population-scale effects of hypoxia on the distribution and abundance of fishes in Silver Bow Creek
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$638
Joe Naughton
Silver Bow Creek, electrofishing, trout, sucker, dead zone
2011
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: An investigation of drought climatology, vulnerability and mitigation in the Clark Fork River Basin of Montana
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$425
Molly Smith
Clark Fork River Basin, drought, mitigation, Montana State Water Plan,
2011
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Evaluating availability and use of coldwater thermal refugia for native and nonnative salmonids: implications for Arctic grayling conservation in Montana
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$850
Shane Vatland
Arctic grayling, Big Hole River, Montana, col water refugia, coldwater habitat
2011
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Effects of the mountain pine beetle on snow hydrology in Montana
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$638
Chris Welch
mountain pine beetle, snow, climate change, snowpack, streamflow, hydrology
2011
MT
Annual Base
Statewide Education and Outreach
Federal:
$39,993
Non-Federal:
$88,582
Steve Guettermann
education, water resource education, watershed management, water resource management
2011
NC
Annual Base
Uncertainty in Surface Water Availability over North Carolina due to climate and land use changes
Federal:
$25,664
Non-Federal:
$44,601
Sankarasubramanian Arumugam, Tushar Sinha
2011
NC
Annual Base
The impact of Coal Combustion Products on the quality of water resources in North Carolina
Federal:
$31,407
Non-Federal:
$43,090
Avner Vengosh, Heileen Hsu-Kim
2011
NC
Annual Base
Identification of membrane foulants and optimum cleaning strategies for nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes treating groundwaters from the Castle Hayne and Peedee aquifers
Federal:
$25,666
Non-Federal:
$44,681
Orlando Coronell
2011
NC
Annual Base
WRRI Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$4,339
Non-Federal:
$24,018
Nicole Wilkinson
2011
ND
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Communication
Federal:
$12,275
Non-Federal:
$21,486
G. Padmanabhan
2011
ND
Annual Base
Studies of Seasonal Succession of Cyanobacteria and Green algae at Heinrich-Martin Impoundment, North Dakota
Federal:
$11,300
Non-Federal:
$22,600
Wei Lin
Green Algae, Cyanobacteria, Impoundments, Seasonal Variation, Phytoplankton
2011
ND
Annual Base
Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater Remediation by Entrapped Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,001
Achintya Bezbaruah
Groundwater remediation, nanoparticles, zero-valent iron, Arsenic contamination
2011
ND
Annual Base
Plant-based Biopolymers for Entrapping Metal Nanoparticles for Arsenic Removal: Biodegradation and Treatability Studies
Federal:
$11,300
Non-Federal:
$22,600
Achintya Bezbaruah, Khan Eakalak
Arsenic removal, Plant-based biopolymers, Metal nano particles, Nanoscale zero-valent
2011
ND
Annual Base
Temporal-spatial distribution (dynamics) of phytoplankton and diversity in relation to lake physical and chemical condition
Federal:
$5,300
Non-Federal:
$10,601
Wei Lin
Lake water quality, Nutrients, Phytoplankton, Diversity,Eutrophication
2011
ND
Annual Base
Ecosystem Services and Wetland Condition Assessment in the Prairie Pothole Region
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,001
Edward Dekeyser, Jack Norland
Wetland condition, assessment, Prairie Pothole Region, ecosystem services
2011
ND
Annual Base
Bioavailability of Dissolved and Colloidal Organic Carbon Bound Estrogen
Federal:
$7,700
Non-Federal:
$15,400
Francis Casey
Estrogen, bioavailability, estrogen transport and fate
2011
ND
Annual Base
Role of agricultural drainage on transport of Cryptosporidium oocysts in North Dakota
Federal:
$5,100
Non-Federal:
$10,202
Khan Eakalak, John McEvoy
agricultural drainage, cryptosporidium Oocysts transport,
2011
ND
Annual Base
Co-entrapment of iron nanoparticles and trichloroethylene degrading bacteria in alginate biopolymer for groundwater remediation
Federal:
$7,300
Non-Federal:
$14,600
Achintya Bezbaruah, Khan Eakalak
co-entrapment, nanozero valent iron, groundwater remediation
2011
NE
Annual Base
Developing Slow Release Persulfate to Treat BTEX Compounds at LUST Sites
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$29,451
Steve Comfort, Xu Li
Persulfate, BTEX, LUST, petroleum
2011
NE
Annual Base
A Cost Effective Fixed Film Atrazine Treatment Utilizing Nitrate as a Nutrient
Federal:
$19,000
Non-Federal:
$40,523
Mohamed Dahab, Ahmed Hosni
2011
NE
Annual Base
High-resolution imaging of the Platte River streambed using combined electromagnetic induction and hydraulic parameter estimation techniques
Federal:
$19,000
Non-Federal:
$35,676
Jesse Korus, Xun-Hong Chen
Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction, Geophysical methods, Streambed, Hydrogeology
2011
NH
Annual Base
Arsenic chemical dynamics in NH groundwater reservoirs: Insights from temporal variability in multi-element signatures of statewide samples
Federal:
$32,134
Non-Federal:
$79,613
Julia Bryce
arsenic, groundwater chemical time series
2011
NH
Annual Base
Nutrient Loading Coefficients for NH Watersheds: Development and Connectivity
Federal:
$5,330
Non-Federal:
$26,554
Jeffrey Schloss
Phosphorus, Loading, NPS pollution, Land Use, Connectivity
2011
NJ
Annual Base
An Investigation of the Water Quality of Rainwater Harvesting Systems
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Michele Bakacs, Mike Haberland
2011
NJ
Annual Base
Scrap Tire and Water Treatment Residuals as Novel "Green" Sorbents from Removal of Common Metals from Polluted Urban Stormwater Runoff
Federal:
$14,966
Non-Federal:
$29,946
Yang Deng, Sudipta Rakshit, Dibyendu Sarkar
2011
NJ
Annual Base
Evaluation of organoclay in a permeable pavement system for removal of contaminants from urban stormwater runoff
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,002
Amy Rowe
2011
NJ
Annual Base
Assessment of Green Frog, Lithobates clamitans, populations as biological indicators of risk to communities near Superfund sites
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,193
Jennifer Costello, Richard Veit
2011
NJ
Annual Base
Assessment of the water-borne pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in New Jersey amphibians and their habitat
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,175
Paola Dolcemascolo, Kirsten Monsen
2011
NJ
Annual Base
Advancing the characterization of sandstone and fractured limestone aquifers using surface electrical geophysical methods: application to water resources evaluation at two sites in New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$9,893
Mehrez Elwaseif, Lee Slater
2011
NJ
Annual Base
Identification and Characterization of Novel Antibiotic Resistance Genes from Wastewater Effluents and Surface Waters
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Maryam Honarbakhsh, Elisabetta Bini
2011
NJ
Annual Base
Development of a Push-Pull Technique to Simultaneously Characterize Volatilization and Biodegradation Rates of VOCs in Shallow Wetland Sediments
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Matthew Reid, Peter Jaffe
2011
NJ
Annual Base
Release of Hazardous Metals into Surface and Groundwater by Microbial Oxidation of Sulfide Minerals
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Alexandra Walczak, Lily Young
2011
NJ
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$6,294
Non-Federal:
$4,999
Christopher Obropta, Lisa Galloway Evrard
2011
NM
Annual Base
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Karst Conduit-Matrix Exchanges with Relevance in Contaminant Transport, and Chemical Reactions
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$30,203
John Wilson
2011
NV
Annual Base
Measuring Water Use of Tamarisk and Impacts from Biocontrol: Lower Virgin River, NV
Federal:
$47,206
Non-Federal:
$106,993
Kumud Acharya
Virgin River, Invasive Species, Tamarisk, Leaf Beetle, Water Quantity
2011
NV
Annual Base
Assessment of Resiliency of Las Vegas Water System Under Climatic and Non-Climatic Stressors
Federal:
$19,851
Non-Federal:
$39,716
Mahesh Gautam, Kumud Acharya
climate change impact, adaptation, demand management
2011
NV
Annual Base
Effects of Regional Climate Change on Snowpack in Northern Nevada: Research and Education
Federal:
$51,962
Non-Federal:
$116,822
Rina Schumer, Anna Knust
Nevada, Climate Change, Snow Water Equivalent
2011
NV
Annual Base
Quantifying the Impact of Hyporheic Exchange on In-Stream Water Quality in the Truckee River, NV
Federal:
$59,028
Non-Federal:
$99,858
John Warwick
Hyporheic Exchange, Modeling, Truckee River, Uncertainty Analysis, Water Quality
2011
NY
Annual Base
NITROGEN (N) AVAILABILITY AS DRIVER OF METHYLMERCURY PRODUCTION IN FORESTED SOILS AND STREAM SEDIMENTS
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,392
Philippe Vidon
methylmercury
2011
NY
Annual Base
Reach-Scale Patterns in Hyporheic Exchange at Pristine, Degraded and Restored Rivers
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$41,957
Theodore Endreny, Chuck Kroll
hyporheic zone; stream restoration
2011
NY
Annual Base
Two-Dimensional River Model for Predicting Bacterial Contamination of Bathing Beaches in the St. Lawrence River
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$49,085
Michael Twiss
beach bacterial contamination; hydrodynamic models
2011
OH
Annual Base
The Constructed Wetland Dilemma: Nitrogen Removal at the Expense of Methane Generation?
Federal:
$29,953
Non-Federal:
$63,308
Paula Mouser, Gil Bohrer
Bacteria, Biotechnology, Nitrate Removal, Methane Flux, Constructed Wetlands
2011
OH
Annual Base
Does Alum Addition Affect Benthic Communities and Metal and Nutrient Cycling? A Case Study from Grand Lake St. Marys, Ohio
Federal:
$29,695
Non-Federal:
$60,987
Chad Hammerschmidt, Amy Burgin, Geraldine Nogaro
aluminum sulfate, biogeochemical processes, bioturbation, lake restoration, metal, phosphorus, sediment, water
2011
OH
Annual Base
Generating Renewable Energy on Lake Erie with Wave Energy Converters: A Feasibility Study
Federal:
$25,537
Non-Federal:
$50,799
Ethan Kubatko
Modeling, waves, alternative energy
2011
OK
Annual Base
Incorporating Ecological Costs and Benefits into Environmental Flow Recommendations for Oklahoma Rivers: Phase 1, Southeastern Oklahoma
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Caryn Vaughn, Jason Julian
In-stream flows
2011
OK
Annual Base
Investigation of the Viability of Rainfall Harvesting for Long-term Urban Irrigation: Bioaccumulating Organic Compounds and the First Flush in Rooftop Runoff
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,082
Jason Vogel, Jason Belden, Glenn Brown
Rainfall Harvesting, PAHs, flame retardants, first flush
2011
OK
Annual Base
2011 Information Transfer
Federal:
$9,241
Non-Federal:
$17,098
Will Focht
2011
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$60,978
Non-Federal:
$159,624
Todd Jarvis
Seminars, Research Fellows, Documentary Film
2011
PA
Annual Base
Assessing the Influence of Nutrient Sources to Urban Streams Through the use of Triple Nitrate Isotopes
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$43,296
Emily Elliott
nitrate contamination, urban water quality, isotopes
2011
PA
Annual Base
Understanding Municipal Officials Decisions to Lease Watershed Lands for Marcellus Shale Gas Exploration
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$43,769
Charles Abdalla
Marcellus shale, gas drilling, water supply, leasing
2011
PA
Annual Base
Quantifying the Nitrogen Retention Capacity of Legacy Sediments and Hydric Soils Before and After Restoration
Federal:
$16,700
Non-Federal:
$33,403
Jason Kaye
Legacy sediment, Nitrate, Restoration, Isotopic tracer, Best Management Practice
2011
PA
Annual Base
Fish Exposure to Emerging Contaminants in Municipal Wastewater: Can Dietary Sewage Contribution Predict Severity of Estrogenic Effects?
Federal:
$9,616
Non-Federal:
$21,820
Theo Light
emerging contaminants, pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruption, estrogenic effects, intersexuality, reproductive anomalies in fish, municipal wastewater, stable isotopes, white sucker, Catostomus commersoni
2011
PA
Annual Base
Development of a Subsurface Reactive Transport Model for Predicting Potential Water Quality Problems in Marcellus Shale
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Li Li, Susan Brantley
Marcellus shale, reactive transport model, geochemistry, water quality, contamination
2011
PR
Annual Base
The Population dynamics of the dominant Enterococci in the water systems of Puerto Rico.
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$32,046
Luis Rios-Hernandez
beaches, Enterococci, septic tanks, water quality, fecal pollution
2011
PR
Annual Base
Island Institute Directors' s Conference/Workshop
Federal:
$13,805
Non-Federal:
$6,903
Jorge Rivera-Santos, Walter Silva
Island Water Resources Conference Workshop
2011
RI
Annual Base
Stimuli-Responsive Nanocomposite Coatings for Mitigating Fouling of Water Treatment Membranes
Federal:
$15,856
Non-Federal:
$34,605
Geoffrey Bothun
Membrane separation, ultrafiltration, nanocomposite, electromagnetic field
2011
RI
Annual Base
Increasing sources of water supply: advanced treatment of stormwater runoff
Federal:
$16,804
Non-Federal:
$35,098
Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, Vinka Craver
advanced treatment stormwater runoff
2011
RI
Annual Base
Drinking Water Outreach in Rhode Island
Federal:
$15,480
Non-Federal:
$26,096
Harold Knickle, Geoffrey Bothun
Water Quality, Conference, Summer Camp, High School Students, Clean Water, Careers, Rhode Island
2011
SC
Annual Base
Sediment Pollution Assessment and Verification of Abandoned Developments Using Volunteered Geographic Information in a Web Mapping Interface
Federal:
$25,170
Non-Federal:
$50,340
Elena Mikhailova, Christopher Post
sediment, water quality, development, GIS, web mapping, crowdsourcing, volunteered geographic information, VGI
2011
SC
Annual Base
The Influence of Legacy and Current Land Use on Stream Systems in teh South Carolina Piedmont
Federal:
$28,311
Non-Federal:
$73,442
Dennis Haney, Peter Van Den Hurk
conservation, sedimentation, environmental risk assessment, biomarkers, fish toxicology, water chemistry
2011
SD
Annual Base
Investigation of the Contribution of Coliform Contamination in Runoff from Scoured Bed Sediments
Federal:
$14,913
Non-Federal:
$29,826
Jennifer Benning, Arden Davis, Scott Kenner
Coliform bacteria, pollutant sources, ribo typing, stormwater runnoff
2011
SD
Annual Base
Life Cycle Assessment Analysis of Engineered Stormwater Control Methods Common to South Dakota
Federal:
$19,730
Non-Federal:
$39,460
Molly Gribb, Jennifer Benning, James Stone
Stormwater treatment, life cycle assessment
2011
SD
Annual Base
Fate and Transport of Biogenic Uraninite in the Environment
Federal:
$16,825
Non-Federal:
$33,650
Rajesh Sani
Biogenic UO2, SAED, HR-TEM, XRD, XPS, and Fe(III)(hydr)oxides
2011
SD
Annual Base
Determination of Microbial Kinetics for the Degradation of Estrogens and Triclosan in Activated Sludge Systems
Federal:
$14,253
Non-Federal:
$37,756
Christopher Schmit
Microconstituents, Estrogen, Triclosan, Respirometry, Activated Sludge, Microbial Kinetics
2011
SD
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$13,324
Non-Federal:
$22,945
Van Kelley, Kevin Dalsted, Denise Hovland, Jeppe Kjaersgaard
2011
TN
Annual Base
Evaluation of Bioretention Practices for Effective Stormwater Management and Treatment: A Laboratory to Field Study
Federal:
$46,828
Non-Federal:
$93,888
Andrea Ludwig, Daniel Yoder
Stormwater Management; Sediment, Infiltration, Bioretention; Water Quality
2011
TN
Annual Base
An Evaluation of Floodplain Forest Land Use Dynamics, Ecosystem Services and Conservation Policies in West Tennessee Watersheds
Federal:
$53,350
Non-Federal:
$106,879
Donald Hodges, Christopher Bridges
Ecosystem Services, River Restoration, Floodplain Forest
2011
TX
Annual Base
Assessing Low Ear Placement Corn Hybrids as a Way of Increasing Water Use Efficiency
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$14,760
Jacob Becker, Brent Bean
Limited irrigation, water use efficiency, corn ear height
2011
TX
Annual Base
Cotton-Biofuels Production Systems in a Changing High Plains Environment
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,035
Cora Lea Emerson, Dick Auld
cotton; biofuels; crop rotation; alternative crops; water use efficiency
2011
TX
Annual Base
Landscape Coefficients in Mixed Species Landscapes
Federal:
$4,971
Non-Federal:
$9,946
Rebecca Hammond, Tim Pannkuk
reference evapotranspiration, turfgrass, woody plants, landscape coefficients
2011
TX
Annual Base
Reusable Magnetic Janus Particle Scavengers for Environmentally-Friendly Remediation of Contaminated Water Bodies
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,055
Nina Ivanova, Nicole Zacharia
Janus Particle, Emulsion, Oil Remediation, Heavy Metal, Magnetism, Surface Water
2011
TX
Annual Base
Effect of Treatment on Harvested Rainwater Quality
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Sarah Keithley, Mary Kirisits
rainwater harvesting, roofing materials, treatment, water quality, drinking water
2011
TX
Annual Base
An Assessment of Water Availability in Texas Using the NOAH Land Surface Model
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,857
C. Prakash Khedun, Vijay Singh
Climate variability and change, ENSO, PDO, AMO, Wavelet, Drought
2011
TX
Annual Base
Benefits and Costs of Water Reuse Programs in Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Shae Luther, Laura Stroup
water reuse, Texas, integrated resource planning, water management
2011
TX
Annual Base
Effects of woody vegetation removal on groundwater recharge in the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,002
April Mattox, Jason West
recharge, unconsolidated aquifer, critical zone, range management, groundwater
2011
TX
Annual Base
Evaluation of Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) as a Biocontrol Agent for Giant Salvinia (Salvinia molesta)
Federal:
$4,136
Non-Federal:
$13,737
Michael Neisch, Michael Masser
Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), Giant Salvinia (Salvinia molesta), Biocontrol, Invasive Species
2011
TX
Annual Base
In Situ Remediation of the Trinity River Sediment Contaminated with Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,319
Prince Nfodzo, Hyeok Choi
Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Trinity River, Sediment, In Situ Remediation, Reactive Activated Carbon, Permeable Reactive Barrier, Adsorption, Sequestration, Dechlorination
2011
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$34,955
Non-Federal:
$71,112
Neal Wilkins, Danielle Kalisek, Leslie Lee, Courtney Smith, Jaclyn Tech, Kevin Wagner, Ralph Wurbs, Kathy Wythe
2011
UT
Annual Base
Reducing the Dangers of Low Head Dams in Utah
Federal:
$42,064
Non-Federal:
$44,905
Michael Johnson, Steven Barfuss
Drowning hazards, Water resources, Open channel hydraulics, Low-head dams
2011
UT
Annual Base
Analyzing the Spread of
Phragmites Australis
Over Short Time Scales Using Spatial and Genetic Tools
Federal:
$33,634
Non-Federal:
$97,500
Karin Kettenring, Shannon Clemens, Austin Jensen, Mac McKee, David Rosenberg
Water resources, Water conservation, Wetlands, System analysis
2011
UT
Annual Base
Information Transfer in Support of the Utah Center for Water Resources Research (UCWRR)
Federal:
$500
Non-Federal:
$15,341
R. Ivonne Harris
Outreach, Publications, Web Page Development
2011
VI
Annual Base
Evaluating Drought Tolerance of Virgin Islands Native Trees Suitable for Landscaping
Federal:
$31,538
Non-Federal:
$0
Michael Morgan, Thomas Zimmerman
native trees, ornamental plantings
2011
VI
Annual Base
Lesser Antilles Specific Assessment of the IPCC AR5 Models for the Current Climate
Federal:
$18,981
Non-Federal:
$0
Vasubandhu Misra
Atlantic Warm Pool; droughts; floods
2011
VI
Annual Base
QUANTIFYING SEDIMENT AND ORGANIC MATERIAL PRODUCTION RATES FROM SURFACE EROSION PROCESSES AND THE EFFECT ON MARINE WATER QUALITY IN SMALL SUBTROPICAL WATERSHEDS ON THE EAST END OF ST. CROIX, USVI
Federal:
$18,981
Non-Federal:
$0
Kynoch Reale-Munroe, Bernard Castillo, Carlos Ramos-Scharron
sedimentation, erosion, particulate organic material, NPS pollution, watersheds, U.S. Virgin Islands
2011
VI
Annual Base
IDENTIFICATION OF WATERBORNE CONTAMINANTS ENTERING THE ST. THOMAS EAST END RESERVE
Federal:
$18,601
Non-Federal:
$0
John Barimo, Stanley Latesky
water quality, trace metals, PAH, hydrocarbons, STEER
2011
VI
Annual Base
Islands' Institutes Water Conference
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Henry Smith
Island Hydrology, Climate Change, U. S. Virgin Islands
2011
VT
Annual Base
Determining phosphorus release potential from eroding streambank sediments in the Lake Champlain Basin of Vermont
Federal:
$19,989
Non-Federal:
$50,116
Donald Ross, Leslie Morrissey, Beverley Wemple
2011
VT
Annual Base
Use of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data to estimate sediment and total phosphorus loads to Lake Champlain from the Rock River
Federal:
$20,988
Non-Federal:
$30,251
Breck Bowden, James Shanley
Sediment, ADCP, Methods, Loading
2011
VT
Annual Base
Advanced and Integrative Model of Phosphorus loading from High Runoff Events
Federal:
$60,008
Non-Federal:
$144,255
Arne Bomblies, Jane Hill
Modeling, Phosphorus, Land Use
2011
WA
Annual Base
Understanding Toxin Production by Harmful Algae: Vancouver Lake as a Model System
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$62,297
Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, Stephen Bollens
cyanobacteria, toxin production, zooplankton grazing
2011
WA
Annual Base
Ecohydrology of Invasive Reed Canary Grass
Federal:
$29,992
Non-Federal:
$59,999
Camille McNeely, Rebecca Brown, Carmen Nezat, Suzanne Schwab
low flow conditions, evapotranspiration, ecohydrology, Phalaris arundinacea, stomatal conductance, stable isotope
2011
WA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$19,372
Non-Federal:
$39,114
Michael Barber, Michael Barber
Outreach, Information Transfer
2011
WA
Annual Base
Climate change, land-water transfer, and in-stream fate of nitrogen in an agricultural setting
Federal:
$54,000
Non-Federal:
$108,930
Cailin Orr, John Harrison
Nitrogen, Climate Change, Carbon, Dissolved Organic Matter, Hydrologic Flowpath
2011
WI
Annual Base
University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute - 5 Year Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$85,333
Non-Federal:
$340,013
Moira Harrington
Public information, communications, publications, library
2011
WI
Annual Base
Simulating Lake Responses to Climate Change with a Mechanistic Water Quality Model
Federal:
$35,244
Non-Federal:
$35,101
Trina McMahon
climate, lakes, water quality
2011
WI
Annual Base
Climate Change Impacts on Stream Temperature and Flow: Consequences for Great Lakes Fish Migrations
Federal:
$59,030
Non-Federal:
$60,898
Peter McIntyre
Cliamte, fish, rivers, Great Lakes
2011
WI
Annual Base
Uncertainty and Variability of Wisconsin Lakes in Response to Climate Change
Federal:
$36,848
Non-Federal:
$52,963
Chin Wu
climate, lakes, water quality, stratification, physical properties
2011
WV
Annual Base
Stable isotope fingerprinting of waters in area of accelerating Marcellus shale gas development
Federal:
$25,275
Non-Federal:
$50,550
Shikha Sharma, Shikha Sharma
Stable isotope, Fingerprint, frac flowback water, coal mine water, groundwater, surface water
2011
WV
Annual Base
WRI-119 Phase 2 Year 1: Mon River Water Quality Study
Federal:
$46,343
Non-Federal:
$92,688
Paul Ziemkiewicz, Ben Mack, Melissa O'Neal, Dave Saville, Tamara Vandivort
water quality; acid mine drainage; total dissolved solids; monitoring;
2011
WV
Annual Base
WRI-143 Potential Chemical and Biological Impacts to White Day Creek Due to Gas Well Drilling
Federal:
$4,166
Non-Federal:
$8,332
Paul Ziemkiewicz, Ben Mack
benthic macroinvertebrates; energy; total dissolved solids; monitoring
2011
WY
Annual Base
Fate of Coalbed Methane Produced Water in Disposal Ponds in the Powder River Basin
Federal:
$17,253
Non-Federal:
$140,387
Thijs Kelleners, Katta Reddy
Infiltration, Pond sediments, Sodicity, Salinty
2011
WY
Annual Base
Instrumentation for Improved Precipitation Measurement in Wintertime Snowstorms
Federal:
$14,508
Non-Federal:
$133,978
Jefferson Snider
Snow process research
2010
AK
Annual Base
Contribution of Permafrost Degradation to Shrub Expansion in Arctic Alaska
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$1,900
Matthew Nolan, Ken Tape
permafrost, shrubs, ecology, arctic, cores
2010
AK
Annual Base
The diminishing role of glacier runoff into Eklutna Lake: potential impacts on hydropower and water supply for the Municipality of Anchorage (year 2 renewal)
Federal:
$13,670
Non-Federal:
$33,911
Michael Loso
Water Supply, Hydropower, runoff, sedimentation, glaciers, climate change, Eklutna, Anchorage, Alaska
2010
AK
Annual Base
Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of the Anchorage Aquifer System: Research and Teaching Applications
Federal:
$21,834
Non-Federal:
$43,780
LeeAnn Munk, Jens Munk, Bryce Willems
groundwater, water quality, Anchorage Watershed
2010
AK
Annual Base
Characterization of major watersheds draining into Bristol Bay, Alaska using strontium isotopes: a new method for tracking water resources in Alaska
Federal:
$20,536
Non-Federal:
$6,477
Matthew Wooller
Isotopes, Strontium, Alaska, Rivers.
2010
AK
Annual Base
Application of citrus peel biosorbents in repeated adsorption/desorption cycles for removal of heavy metals from waste waters
Federal:
$22,520
Non-Federal:
$10,697
Silke Schiewer
biosorption, mine tailings, desorption, columns
2010
AL
Annual Base
Development of an In-situ Capable Method for Detecting Pathogenic Bacteria in the Alabama Water Supplies
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$102,262
Ahjeong Son
Pathogenic bacteria, nanoparticle, DNA, in-situ detection
2010
AL
Annual Base
Experimental Investigation of Runoff Mitigation from Vegetated Roofs
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,828
Jason Kirby, Robert Peters
Urban Hydrology, Urban Drainage, Runoff, Rainfall-Runoff Process, Rainfall-Runoff Models, Hydraulics, Watershed Management
2010
AL
Annual Base
Nitrogen Retention in Riverine Shoal Habitat of Central Alabama: An assessment of Direct and Indirect Mechanisms
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,251
Jennifer Edmonds
Nitrogen, Denitrification, Rivers, Eutrophication, Aquatic Plants, Bacteria
2010
AR
Annual Base
Arkansas Water Resources Center Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$14,073
Non-Federal:
$28,146
Brian Haggard
Conference, Newsletters, Web interface
2010
AR
Annual Base
Determination of the magnitude of mercury methylation in the water column of a high organic carbon river, lower Ouachita River, Union and Ashley Counties, Arkansas
Federal:
$19,761
Non-Federal:
$39,524
Phil Hays, Stephen Boss, John Brahana, Ralph K. Davis
methylmercury, mercury, dissolved organic carbon, biogeochemistry, contaminant hydrology
2010
AR
Annual Base
Assessment of water quality and stream bank stability following BMP implementation on the upper Strawberry River watershed
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$44,000
Jennifer Bouldin
Bank stability, aquatic macroinvertebrates, water quality, aqueous and sediment toxicity, nutrients
2010
AR
Annual Base
Denitrification, Internal N Cycling, and N Retention in River Impoundment Reservoirs
Federal:
$20,579
Non-Federal:
$41,160
Jefferson Scott
mass balance, nitrogen transformation, nutrient retention/removal, sediment
2010
AZ
Annual Base
Use of Fish as Integrative Samplers of Uranium and Lead Isotopes in the Colorado River
Federal:
$9,900
Non-Federal:
$19,816
Charles Sanchez, John Chesley, Peter Reinthal
Radiogenic isotopes tracers
2010
AZ
Annual Base
Perflouronated Compounds in Arizona Groundwater: Sources of Contamination
Federal:
$10,061
Non-Federal:
$20,455
David Quanrud, Leif Abrell, Robert Arnold, Eduardo Saez
2010
AZ
Annual Base
Biochar soil amendments to increase the water holding capacity of sandy, arid soils
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$21,449
Janick Artiola
biochar, charcoal, water, water holding capacity
2010
AZ
Annual Base
Bioremediation of Uranium Plumes with Nano-Scale Zero Valent Iron
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,031
James Field, Reyes Sierra
Uranium, Groundwater, Bioremediation, Microbial Reduction, Nano Zero-Valent Iron
2010
AZ
Annual Base
Sources and transport of nitrogen from sky-island ecosystems to groundwater basins
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Jennifer McIntosh, Kathleen Lohse, Armin Sorooshian
nitrogen, atmospheric deposition, nutrients, biogeochemistry
2010
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$39,374
Non-Federal:
$81,375
Sharon Megdal, Susanna Eden
2010
CA
Annual Base
Irrigating citrus with relaimed municipal wastewater.
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$8,755
Christopher Amrhein
irrigation, citrus, wastewater
2010
CA
Annual Base
An Advisory Service for Optimum Irrigation Scheduling in California
Federal:
$26,500
Non-Federal:
$14,045
Allan Fulton
irrigation
2010
CA
Annual Base
Velocity Contour Weighting Method for Increased Accuracy of Upward Looking ADVM in Irrigation Channels
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$8,683
Brett Sanders
irrigation, scheduling
2010
CA
Annual Base
CWRRI - Information Transfer Program University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Federal:
$119,114
Non-Federal:
$197,992
Barbara Allen-Diaz
Water Quality, Water Quantity, Water Supply, Education
2010
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Federal:
$38,100
Non-Federal:
$157,298
Reagan Waskom
Technology Transfer, Information Dissemination
2010
CO
Annual Base
Shear Resistance of the Nuisance Diatom Didymosphenia Geminata
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,928
Diane McKnight
Didymosphenia, nuisance geminata
2010
CO
Annual Base
Impact of Limited Irrigation on Health of Four Common Shrub Species
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,654
James Klett
Landscape Water Use
2010
CO
Annual Base
Evaluation of Herbicide Combinations for Control of Sago Pondweed (Stukenia pectinata) in Irrigation Canals
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,632
Scott Nissen
Pondweed, aquatic weeds, canal management
2010
CO
Annual Base
Paleohydrology of the Lower Colorado River
Federal:
$59,199
Non-Federal:
$14,432
Rajagopalan Balaji
Paleohydrology, streamflow reconstruction, time series analysis
2010
CT
Annual Base
Multi-temporal Assessment of Connecticut Lake Water Clarity Using Landsat Satellite Imagery
Federal:
$24,080
Non-Federal:
$48,397
Daniel Civco, James Hurd
Lake Water Clarity, Landsat Satellite, Remote Sensing
2010
CT
Annual Base
Baseline Study of Nutrient Loadings to Lake Kenosia
Federal:
$11,415
Non-Federal:
$34,142
Theodora Pinou
Stormwater, lake discharge remediation, pollution runoff
2010
CT
Annual Base
Water Education for Local Decisionmakers
Federal:
$17,531
Non-Federal:
$8,495
Glenn Warner, Patricia Bresnahan
surface water - ground water interactions, land use planning, aquifer protection
2010
DC
Annual Base
Determining the Effectiveness of the Design-Build Method on Water Infrastructure Rehabilatation Projects in the District of Columbia
Federal:
$13,400
Non-Federal:
$40,468
Kunhee Choi, Pradeep Behera
project delivery, design-build, water infrastructure,quantitative analysis, urban runoff
2010
DC
Annual Base
DC Water Issues Forum and Water Research Faculty Professional Development Program
Federal:
$6,366
Non-Federal:
$33,832
Tolessa Deksissa, Catherine Shrier
Local water issues,professional development
2010
DC
Annual Base
A Hierarchical Spatio-Temporal Dynamical Model for Predicting Precipitation Occurrence and Accumulation
Federal:
$14,996
Non-Federal:
$37,527
Ali Arab, Valbona Bejleri, Tolessa Deksissa
precipitation prediction, probabilistic flood risk assessment, hierarchical bayesian, spatio-temporal, uncertainty, climate change
2010
DC
Annual Base
Development of Analytical Tools to Evaluate the Performance of Low Impact Developments in the District of Columbia
Federal:
$11,183
Non-Federal:
$18,710
Arash Massoudieh, Pradeep Behera
Low Impact Development, Analytical Models, Urban stormwater models, Statistical analysis, Urban Runoff
2010
DC
Annual Base
Determination of Seasonal Source Variation of Hydrocarbons, Fatty Acids, Organics and Nutrients in the Anacostia River: Stable isotope Ratios of Specific Compounds
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$12,274
Stephen MacAvoy
hydrocarbons, fatty acids, sediment biogeochemistry, compound specific stable isotope analysis
2010
DC
Annual Base
Speciation of Some Triorganotin Compounds in Anacostia and Potomac River Sediments using NMR Spectroscopy (Phase II)
Federal:
$9,590
Non-Federal:
$30,061
Xueqing Song
Speciation, Triorganotin Compounds, River Sediments, NMR Spectroscopy
2010
DC
Annual Base
Comparing Clam Active Biomonitoring and POM Passive Monitoring for DC Watershed Contaminant Point Sources
Federal:
$14,000
Non-Federal:
$45,094
Harriette Phelps
2010
DC
Annual Base
The Application of Multiple-Antibiotic-Resistance (MAR) Profiles of Coliforms to Detect Sources of Bacterial Contamination of the Anacostia River
Federal:
$7,800
Non-Federal:
$4,017
David Morris
Anacostia River, Coliform Contamination, Antibiotic Resistance, MAR Analysis, Point and Non-Point Sources, Sewage Overflow
2010
DE
Annual Base
Microbiome of the Eastern Oyster, Crassastrea virginica
Federal:
$68,809
Non-Federal:
$137,618
Eric Wommack
oyster, microbial communities, taxonomy, restoration
2010
DE
Annual Base
Quantifying the Role of Carbon Amount and Quality for Transport of Contaminants on Our Landscapes: A Watershed-Scale Model
Federal:
$68,809
Non-Federal:
$137,618
Shreeram Inamdar
Contaminant transport, dissolved organic carbon, watershed models
2010
DE
Annual Base
Oyster Restoration Efforts at Delaware Inland Bays: Utilizing RIP-RAP as a Substrate for Oysters
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Gulnihal Ozbay, Jasmine Porter
2010
DE
Annual Base
The Use of Recycled Water for Irrigation of Turf and Landscape Plants
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Anastasia Chirnside, Stephanie Hahn
recycled wastewater, turf, irrigation, water quality
2010
DE
Annual Base
Education and Outreach for the Delaware Wetlands
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Kathryn O'Connell, Kristin Berry
wetlands education, websites, public outreach
2010
DE
Annual Base
Characterization of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Sites in a Coastal Lagoon
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Alan Andres, Kevin Myers
2010
DE
Annual Base
The History and Effectiveness of Wetland Mitigation
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Steven Hastings, Courtney Simmons
wetlands mitigation, local economy, government policy
2010
DE
Annual Base
Assessment of Changes in Invertebrate Populations Resulting from Wetland Restoration
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Douglas Tallamy, Katie Yost
insects, wetland restoration, biodiversity
2010
DE
Annual Base
Quality of Dissolved Organic Matter in Runoff from Various Watershed Sources
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Shreeram Inamdar, Suneil Seetharam
dissolved organic carbon, pollutants, runoff, watersheds
2010
DE
Annual Base
The Impacts of Redefining Navigable Waters Under the Clean Water Act
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Janet Johnson, Kate Miller
navigable waterways policy, streams, pollution
2010
DE
Annual Base
An Analysis of the Impact of Marcellus Shale Development on Water Resources in Pennsylvania
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Janet Johnson, Aidan Galasso
natural gas drilling, water supply, water quality, pollution
2010
DE
Annual Base
The Prevalence of Pathogenic Bacteria in Delmarva Waters from a Virus Point of View
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Eric Wommack, Mara Hyatt
viruses, bacteria, human health, surface waters
2010
DE
Annual Base
A Watershed Scale Forest Inventory of the Fair Hill Natural Resource Management Area
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Delphis Levia, Michelle Lepori-Bui
forested watersheds, tree canopy, rainfall partitioning, forest management
2010
DE
Annual Base
Resurfacing Silver Brook Stream and Comparison to Connected Water Bodies
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Chad Nelson, Hannah Starke
stream restoration, urban sites, landscape design
2010
DE
Annual Base
DWRC Information Transfer
Federal:
$7,250
Non-Federal:
$2,416
James Sims, Maria Pautler
outreach programs on water resources
2010
DE
Annual Base
UD Watershed Team for Ecological Restoration
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
James Sims, Anastasia Chirnside, Gerald Kauffman, Thomas McKenna, Maria Pautler
stormwater, best management practices, runoff control
2010
DE
Annual Base
Oyster Gardening in Delaware Inland Bays: Filtration as a Means to Remove Excess Nitrogen
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Gulnihal Ozbay, Amy Cannon
2010
DE
Annual Base
Characterization of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Sites in a Coastal Lagoon
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Alan Andres, Stephen Gonski
2010
DE
Annual Base
Hydraulic Properties of the Columbia Aquifer
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Alan Andres, Nicholas Spalt
2010
DE
Annual Base
Spatio-Temporal Hydrodynamic Variability in a Small Tidal Creek: DNERR St. Jones Reserve
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Jack Puleo, Rebecca Aiken, Thomas McKenna
2010
DE
Annual Base
Is Atmospheric Deposition and Washoff of Aluminum in Stemflow a Significant Source
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Delphis Levia, Carrie Scheik
2010
FL
Annual Base
Florida Water Resources Information Transfer
Federal:
$27,427
Non-Federal:
$7,618
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
Information Transfer
2010
GA
Annual Base
Assessing impacts of hemlock demise on a southern Appalachian stream using aquatic macroinvertebrates
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Darold Batzer
2010
GA
Annual Base
Assessment of endocrine disruption in fish and estrogenic potency of waters in Georgia
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Robert Bringolf, Cecil Jennings
Intersex,wastewater,reproductive fitness,surface water
2010
GA
Annual Base
Temporal and micro-site variation in flow characteristics in estuarine habitats
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$45,876
Donald Webster, Marc Weissburg
estuarine flow, predator-prey interactions, turbulence
2010
GU
Annual Base
The Influence of Sediment Load and Riparian Vegetation on the Diversity and Habitat use of Native Streamfish and Invertebrates of Guam.
Federal:
$15,735
Non-Federal:
$0
Frank Camacho
Riparian vegetation, sedimentation, high island, streams, surface water, streamfish, macroinvertebrates, canopy, microhabitat, freshwater, savanna, sediment trap
2010
GU
Annual Base
Presenting 'Guam Water Kids': Public School Outreach and Teacher Relations Program
Federal:
$7,685
Non-Federal:
$0
Arretta Card
Water resources, aquifer, groundwater, surface water, watershed, Guam, hydrological cycle, ground water, non-source pollution, non-point pollution, conservation.
2010
GU
Annual Base
Reconstructing the Pre-Historic Rainfall-Drought History of Guam
Federal:
$16,241
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
West Pacific Climate Record, Speleothem, Dripwater Chemistry
2010
GU
Annual Base
Continuing Calibration and Application of LUOM in Southern Guam Watersheds
Federal:
$25,971
Non-Federal:
$0
Charles Luo, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Numerical model, LUOM, distributed watershed modeling.
2010
GU
Annual Base
Applications of LiDAR Data for Inarajan Watershed Management
Federal:
$25,168
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen, Shahram Khosrowpanah
LiDAR, Hydrological Model, Watershed, Vegetation
2010
GU
Annual Base
CNMI Water Kids: An Educational Resource for Teaching Children about Fresh Water and How to Protect It (An Adaptation of Guam Water Kids)
Federal:
$7,980
Non-Federal:
$0
Arretta Card
Water resources, aquifer, groundwater, surface water, watershed, CNMI, Saipan, Rota, Tinian, hydrological cycle, ground water, non-source pollution, non-point pollution, conservation, students, teachers
2010
GU
Annual Base
Impact of Urban Runoff, Wastewater Discharges and Past Solid Waste Disposal Practices on Contaminant Profiles in Fish from Saipan Lagoon
Federal:
$39,164
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton, Michael Trianni
Monitoring, Fish, PCBs, Mercury, Lead, Saipan, Micronesia
2010
GU
Annual Base
Development of a GIS Data Base for Saipan's Drinking Water Delivery System
Federal:
$30,490
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Mariano Iglecias, Yuming Wen
Water Use Data, Water Demand, Distribution Systems, Model Studies, GIS Water System Management
2010
GU
Annual Base
Comprehensive Survey of the Current State, Infrastructure, and Usage of Freshwater Resources in the Mortlock Islands, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$27,762
Non-Federal:
$0
Danko Taborosi
Micronesia, low islands, atolls, reefs, coral islands, groundwater, wells, rainwater catchment, water storage tanks, water quality, water supply, water use, typhoons, floods, saltwater intrusion, hydrology, hydrogeology, waste disposal, burial practices, septic tanks, pit toilets, piggeries, traditional agriculture, traditional resource management, taro patches
2010
GU
Annual Base
Atoll Island Sustainability: Information Transfer and Training for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Federal:
$18,433
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Atoll island aquifers
2010
GU
Annual Base
Water System Leak Detection Training for Kosrae State, Federated State of Micronesia
Federal:
$18,770
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah
Water Resources, Training, Education, Operations and Maintenance
2010
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$22,992
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2010
HI
Annual Base
Determination of the Relationship between Biodiversity and the Trophic State of Wahiawa Reservoir, Phase II
Federal:
$20,103
Non-Federal:
$47,181
Clark Liu, Tao Yan
reservoir,eutrophication, bioproductivity,biodiversity
2010
HI
Annual Base
Cleaning up Oahu's Coastal Waters, the Role of Tube-Building Polychaetes in Sediment Dynamics
Federal:
$24,031
Non-Federal:
$46,491
Julie Bailey-Brock
invasive algae removal, tube- building, sediment dynamics
2010
HI
Annual Base
A Decision Support Tool for Managing the Pipe Network of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply (Year 2)
Federal:
$21,487
Non-Federal:
$43,997
V. Singh, Chittaranjan Ray
asset management, main breaks, best management practices, Bayesian analysis, linear programming, availability, reliability, probability of failure
2010
HI
Annual Base
Measuring Soil Water Content and Electrical Conductivity Under High Salinity Conditions Using a Novel TDR Method
Federal:
$14,000
Non-Federal:
$20,997
Xiufu Shuai
time domain reflectometry, soil water content, electrical conductivity, dielectric permittivity
2010
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer, FY2010
Federal:
$6,246
Non-Federal:
$14,097
Philip Moravcik
2010
IA
Annual Base
Identifying the primary sources of sediment in an anthropogenically altered watershed
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$63,150
Thanos Papanicolaou, Marian Muste, Douglas Schnoebelen, Larry Weber, Christopher Wilson
Sediment sources, Water quality, Phosphorus, Sediment transport
2010
IA
Annual Base
Nutrient Transport and Fate in Vegetative Treatment Systems
Federal:
$15,552
Non-Federal:
$42,367
Daniel Anderson, Robert Burns, Michael Castellano, Lara Moody
Phosphorus sorption, nitrogen mineralization, feedlot runoff, modeling, nutrients
2010
IA
Annual Base
Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$45,058
Non-Federal:
$42,497
Richard Cruse, Hillary Olson
2010
ID
Annual Base
Determining the Cause of Elevated Uranium Concentrations in the Shallow Treasure Valley Aquifer
Federal:
$5,950
Non-Federal:
$14,523
Shawn Benner
uranium, groundwater, contamination, Idaho
2010
ID
Annual Base
Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Treasure Valley: A component of a comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan and a Response to Climate Change
Federal:
$6,349
Non-Federal:
$12,714
Bryce Contor, Stacey Taylor
Managed Recharge, Climate Change, Groundwater Banking, CAMP, Basin Planning
2010
ID
Annual Base
Improving estimates of tributary underflow in the Eastern Snake River Plain
Federal:
$13,482
Non-Federal:
$28,664
Stacey Taylor, Bryce Contor
Eastern Snake River Plain, Basin Yield, tributary underflow, water budget
2010
IL
Annual Base
Transfering Water Resources Information to the People of Illinois
Federal:
$10,196
Non-Federal:
$2,580
Lisa Merrifield
outreach, information sharing, conferences
2010
IL
Annual Base
An Agent-Based Model of Nitrogen and Carbon Trading at the Watershed Scale
Federal:
$33,472
Non-Federal:
$67,460
J. Wayland Eheart, Ximing Cai
carbon trading, nitorgen trading, nutrients, agent-based modeling, environmental policy
2010
IL
Annual Base
Linking microbial community structure to water quality function: investigating nitrogen cycling during early floodplain development
Federal:
$37,662
Non-Federal:
$76,661
Angela Kent, Angela Kent
wetland restoration, denitrification, nutrient cycling, microbiology
2010
IN
Annual Base
Local and Regional Assessment of Biofuel Production Facilities Impacts on Freshwater Quality in Indiana
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$31,623
Suresh Rao, Suresh Rao
water quality, remote sensing, sediment transport, Wabash River
2010
IN
Annual Base
A First Assessment of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Middle Wabash River, Indiana
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$25,859
Marisol Sepulveda
Antibiotics, Ethynil estradiol, Fluoxetine, Pharmaceuticals, Triclosan, Tylosin, Wabash
2010
IN
Annual Base
Transport, Fate, and Effects of Pharmaceuticals derived from Animal Feeding Operations: A comprehensive assessment of central Indiana streams
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$26,039
Melody Bernot
agricultural pharmaceuticals, nonpoint pollution, streams, toxicology
2010
IN
Annual Base
LANDSCAPE CONTROLS ON RIPARIAN ZONE FUNCTION VIS-VIS MULTIPLE CONTAMINANTS AND ASSOCIATED POLLUTION TRADE-OFFS
Federal:
$12,994
Non-Federal:
$25,999
Riparian zone, Mercury, Nitrogen, Greenhouse gas, Hydrogeomorphology, Management
2010
IN
Annual Base
Plan Today For Tomorrow’s Flood: A Flood Response Plan for Agricultural Retailers
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$45,390
Fred Whitford
Flooding, flood response, planning, pesticides, fuel
2010
IN
Annual Base
Transport and fate of pharmaceutical compounds in an Indiana stream
Federal:
$11,080
Non-Federal:
$22,487
Todd Royer
pharmaceuticals, streams, wastewater treatment plant, natural assimilative capacity
2010
IN
Annual Base
Using Remotely Sensed Data in Combination with Ground Level Geochemistry to Evaluate Continued Impacts of Acid Mine Leakage on Abandoned Mine Lands
Federal:
$12,150
Non-Federal:
$24,308
Jennifer Latimer, Jagadeesh Anmala
Acid Mine Drainage, Abandoned Mine Lands, Biogeochemistry
2010
KY
Annual Base
Identification of heavy metal sources in Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky
Federal:
$3,250
Non-Federal:
$6,500
Walter Borowski
lake sediments. dissolved metals, contamination
2010
KY
Annual Base
A coupled hydrologic and biogeochemical modeling approach to understand if in-stream depositional zones are a carbon source or sink to the atmosphere
Federal:
$4,500
Non-Federal:
$9,008
James Fox
watershed, suspended sediments, erosion
2010
KY
Annual Base
Improving water quality: river channel versus riparian edge
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,881
Kristine Hopfensperger
denitrification, soil organic matter
2010
KY
Annual Base
The carboxylic acid-bound iodine layer - towards an anti-fouling coating for water sensors and water treatment facilities
Federal:
$4,999
Non-Federal:
$10,043
Yuguang Cai
biofouling, silane film, surface chemistry, sensors
2010
KY
Annual Base
Assessing short-term changes to headwater stream structure and function following alternative forest harvesting
Federal:
$4,994
Non-Federal:
$10,157
Scott Grubbs
macroinvertebrate, water quality, BMPs, stream-side management zones
2010
KY
Annual Base
Bush honeysuckle induced aquatic hypoxia
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$17,754
Richard Durtsche
dissolved carbon, dissolved oxygen, aquatic ecosystems
2010
KY
Annual Base
Biological process for manganese control in water supplies
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$17,302
Yi-Tin Wang
humic acid, manganese-oxidizing bacteria, biological filter
2010
KY
Annual Base
Estimating impacts of land use and management on soil water and solute transport
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Mark Coyne
karst topography, soil properties, tracer methods
2010
KY
Annual Base
Caffeine as a marker for sewage contamination of Wilgreen Lake
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,364
Susan Godbey
waste water effluent, anthropogenic marker
2010
KY
Annual Base
Mobililty of Nitrogen-15 enriched E. coli within the Royal Spring basin, Kentucky
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$7,919
Alan Fryar
karst aquifer, indicator microorganisms, groundwater tracer
2010
KY
Annual Base
Filtration column for the covalent removal of arsenic from water
Federal:
$4,612
Non-Federal:
$13,983
David Atwood
thiol, drinking water treatment
2010
KY
Annual Base
Flood impact due to dam failure: an assessment of current studies and the appropriateness of the methodologies applied to the Dix Dam
Federal:
$4,500
Non-Federal:
$9,116
Scott Yost
hydraulics, computer simulations, dam failure
2010
KY
Annual Base
Kentucky Information Transfer Activities
Federal:
$35,855
Non-Federal:
$47,393
Lindell Ormsbee, Anna Hoover, Jim Kipp
symposium, Internet, web
2010
LA
Annual Base
Development of an active cap for the sequestration of mercury in contaminated lake sediments in Louisiana
Federal:
$15,992
Non-Federal:
$36,654
K.T. Valsaraj, Ronald DeLaune
sediment contamination, active capping, Mackinawite
2010
LA
Annual Base
Wave-induced transport through coastal vegetation
Federal:
$17,398
Non-Federal:
$35,072
Heather Smith
storm surge, vegetation, waves
2010
LA
Annual Base
Multimodel uncertainty analysis for chance-constrained saltwater intrusion management
Federal:
$15,824
Non-Federal:
$33,714
Frank Tsai
uncertainty, chance constraint, model averaging, prediction, saltwater intrusion
2010
LA
Annual Base
Scale-dependent behavior and modeling of dissolved oxygen in coastal Louisiana rivers
Federal:
$13,689
Non-Federal:
$37,457
Zhi-Qiang Deng
dissolved oxygen, scale-dependent behavior, streams, TMDL
2010
MA
Annual Base
Monitoring and Modeling Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter in Neponset River and Boston Harbor Using GIS and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,175
Qian Yu, Weining Zhu
CDOM, DOC, Water quality, Remote sensing, Modeling
2010
MA
Annual Base
Surface water-groundwater interactions on the Deerfield River
Federal:
$4,998
Non-Federal:
$10,136
David Boutt
hyproheic zone, temperature, streambed, DTS
2010
MA
Annual Base
Impact of the hemlock woolly adelgid on the water cycle in New England: Differences in hydrologic fluxes between hemlock and deciduous forest stands
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,258
Andrew Guswa
hemlock woolly adelgid, throughfall, interception, sapflux, forest
2010
MA
Annual Base
An assessment methodology for differential impact on environmental justice populations of releases of industrial toxics to water in Massachusetts
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,023
Michael Ash
environmental justice, water toxics, drinking water
2010
MA
Annual Base
Developing a physically-based and policy-relevant river classification scheme for sustainable water and ecosystem management decisions.
Federal:
$29,937
Non-Federal:
$60,891
Ellen Douglas, Bob Bowen
ecosystem integrity, ecosystem services, aquatic habitat, streamflow, dam removal
2010
MA
Annual Base
Acid Rain Monitoring Project
Federal:
$5,191
Non-Federal:
$27,333
Marie-Francoise Hatte
acid deposition, water quality trends
2010
MA
Annual Base
2010 Water Resources Conference
Federal:
$20,473
Non-Federal:
$20,593
Paula Sturdevant-Rees, Marie-Francoise Hatte
conference water resources
2010
MD
Annual Base
Effects of Phragmites invasion on mosquito production in stormwater wetlands
Federal:
$24,178
Non-Federal:
$62,621
Paul Leisnham, Andrew Baldwin
mosquito, predation, competition, Phragmites, stormwater wetlands,
2010
MD
Annual Base
Source Characterization of Contamination by Poly- and Per-fluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) in Maryland Waterways
Federal:
$26,895
Non-Federal:
$54,175
Jinxia Liu
Perfluorochemicals, source apportionment, nonpoint pollution, wastewater, urban inputs
2010
MD
Annual Base
Leaching of Heavy Metals from High Carbon Fly Ash--Stabilized Soils in Highway Embankments
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Allen Davis, Ahmet Aydilek
Fly ash, highway, embankments, leaching, heavy metals
2010
MD
Annual Base
Occupational and Community Exposure to Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria and Antimicrobials Present in Reclaimed Wastewater
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$13,064
Allen Davis
reuse
2010
MD
Annual Base
Maryland Water 2010
Federal:
$10,444
Non-Federal:
$15,147
Allen Davis
Information Transfer
2010
ME
Annual Base
Improving Access to Wellwater Information: A Pilot Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$3,329
Non-Federal:
$23,175
Laura Wilson, John Jemison, Jessica Leahy, John Peckenham, Andy Tolman
186: Public Health, 121: Information Dissemination, 98: Groundwater Management, 101: Groundwater Quality, 104: Health Effects, 281: Water Treatment
2010
ME
Annual Base
Estimation of benthic dissolved organic carbon flux from wetland sediments using a novel technique
Federal:
$5,039
Non-Federal:
$62,570
Aria Amirbahman, Emmanuel Boss
Geochemistry, Pollutants, Solute Transport, Water Quality Monitoring, Wetlands
2010
ME
Annual Base
Permaculture Design Research Initiative
Federal:
$3,710
Non-Federal:
$4,485
Joline Blais, Owen Smith
NPS pollution, water quality, agriculture, best management practices, constructed treatment wetlands, ecosystem, landscape ecology, stormwater runoff, water quality
2010
ME
Annual Base
Fish Scales as Non-Lethal Biosensors of Surface Water Contaminants
Federal:
$10,784
Non-Federal:
$74,483
Rebecca Van Beneden, Sharon Ashworth, Adria Elskus, Julie Gosse, Brian Perkins
Bioindicators, biomonitoring, organic compounds, pollutants, toxic substances, trace elements, trace organics, wastewater
2010
ME
Annual Base
Database development to support spatiotemporal analysis of coastal Maine mercury data
Federal:
$11,149
Non-Federal:
$45,523
Kate Beard, Melinda Diehl
30, 43, 55, 91, 251
2010
ME
Annual Base
Maine Information Transfer
Federal:
$25,290
Non-Federal:
$29,392
John Peckenham, John Peckenham
Outreach
2010
ME
Annual Base
Phosphorus Dynamics in Androscoggin Lake, Wayne and Leeds, Maine
Federal:
$4,982
Non-Federal:
$2,441
John Peckenham
Eutrophication, Lakes, Nutrients, Phosphorus, Water Quality
2010
ME
Annual Base
Vegetation Response to Potential Increased Tidal Marsh Inundation in Northern
Federal:
$4,996
Non-Federal:
$2,448
John Peckenham
biomonitoring; brackish water; climate; conservation; decision models; ecosystems;
2010
ME
Annual Base
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) as an indicator of habitat quality in tributaries
Federal:
$4,972
Non-Federal:
$2,436
John Peckenham
Bioindicators, Conservation, Ecosystems, Fish Ecology, Fisheries,
2010
ME
Annual Base
Microorganisms that can alter groundwater chemistry in an arsenic enriched aquifer
Federal:
$4,999
Non-Federal:
$2,264
John Peckenham
Aquifer Characteristics, Bacteria, Geochemistry, Groundwater Quality, Hydrobiology, Trace Elements, Unsaturated Flow
2010
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$31,286
Non-Federal:
$62,901
Jon Bartholic
Data Analysis, Data Storage and Retrieval, Information Dissemination, System Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Water Use, Water Quantity, Water Quality Management, Watershed Management
2010
MI
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Technology Transfer Training Programs
Federal:
$26,049
Non-Federal:
$53,487
Lois Wolfson
Water Quality; Water Quantity, Watershed Management; Interactive Web-based Systems; Water Withdrawals; Exotic Species, Lake Management; Native Shoreline
2010
MI
Annual Base
Runoff Reduction Credits for Low Impact Development Facilities
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$37,972
Amirpouyan Nejadhashemi
Runoff Reduction, Low Impact Development
2010
MI
Annual Base
Blueprint for integration of models into a Watershed Management Spatial Decision Support System
Federal:
$19,999
Non-Federal:
$40,779
Yi Shi, Phanikumar Mantha
watershed, integrated decision support water quality, and water quantity
2010
MN
Annual Base
The role of sulfate reduction in sediment of the St. Louis River estuary
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$46,419
Nathan Johnson
sediment, sulfate reduction, biogeochemistry
2010
MN
Annual Base
Constraints and opportunities around watershed-wide riparian zone management at the urban-rural interface
Federal:
$39,584
Non-Federal:
$80,694
Mae Davenport
Human dimensions, riparian zone management
2010
MO
Annual Base
Urban Water Quality: Value of Green Roof Technology
Federal:
$66,000
Non-Federal:
$170,529
Joel Burken, William Showalter
stormwater flow; Green roofs; urban water management; green roofs in nitrogen, phosphorous, suspended solids/turbidity, and metals attenuation;
2010
MS
Annual Base
Water-Conserving Irrigation Systems for Furrow & Flood Irrigated Crops in the Mississippi Delta
Federal:
$36,078
Non-Federal:
$88,054
Joseph Massey
Surface and groundwater management, water quality
2010
MS
Annual Base
Sources, sinks, and yield of organic constituents in managed headwaters of the Upper Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi
Federal:
$12,704
Non-Federal:
$26,611
Jeff Hatten, Janet Dewey, Andrew Ezell
Water Quality, Organic Matter, Nutrients
2010
MS
Annual Base
Water quality and other ecosystem services performed in wetlands managed for waterfowl in Mississippi
Federal:
$12,206
Non-Federal:
$24,479
Richard Kaminski, Amy Spencer
ecosystems, sedimentation, water quality, watershed management, wetlands
2010
MS
Annual Base
Water-Conserving Irrigation Systems for Furrow and Flood Irrigated Crops in the Mississippi Delta
Federal:
$15,012
Non-Federal:
$42,455
Joseph Massey
surface and groundwater management, water quality
2010
MS
Annual Base
A Climate-driven model to serve as a predictive tool for management of groundwater use from the Mississippi Delta Shallow Alluvial Aquifer
Federal:
$13,779
Non-Federal:
$92,837
Charles Wax, Jonathan Pote
water resources development, surface and groundwater management
2010
MT
Annual Base
Characterization of shallow subsurface hydraulic heterogeneity in the Silver Bow Creek - Butte, Montana area through field and laboratory experiments
Federal:
$13,217
Non-Federal:
$26,435
Bwalya Malama
slug tests, hydraulic conductivity, heterogeneity, analytical modeling
2010
MT
Annual Base
Ecohydrologic Model Development for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Bitterroot Valley
Federal:
$11,710
Non-Federal:
$23,425
Marco Maneta
Ecohydrology; watershed hydrology; hydrologic modeling
2010
MT
Annual Base
Addressing computational paradigms in modeling the impacts of climate variability on watershed yield
Federal:
$13,190
Non-Federal:
$27,180
Lucy Marshall
Hydrologic modeling, scenario analysis, uncertainty
2010
MT
Annual Base
Assessing hydrologic response to channel reconfiguration: Science to inform the restoration process, Silver Bow Creek, Montana
Federal:
$8,328
Non-Federal:
$16,706
Geoffrey Poole, Brian McGlynn
Groundwater-surface water interactions, restoration, hydrology, geomorphology
2010
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Potential Meltwater Contributions from the Glaciers in Glacier National Park, Montana
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Adam Clark
glaciers, snow melt, Glacier National Park, climate change
2010
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Fine Sediment Infiltration and Sediment Routing in the Clark Fork River, Montana
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Elena Evans
sediment, sediment infiltration, sediment routing, Clark Fork River, Milltown Dam
2010
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Fisheries Restoration Potential of the Clark Fork River Superfund Site: Habitat Use and Movement in Relation to Environmental Factors
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Mariah Mayfield
trout, Heavy metals, toxic metals, mining, Clark Fork River, Superfund site, metal transport, remediation
2010
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Rapid detection of pathogens in water using a combination of molecular techniques
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Kien Lim
drinking water, pathogens, molecular techniques, Escherichia coli (E. coli), Cryptosporidium, Giardia lambilia, fluorescent in situ hybridization
2010
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Distinguishing anthropogenic influences on a changing flow regime of the Upper Smith River, Meagher County, Montana
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Andrea Stanley
Smith River, Montana, irrigation, consumptive use, groundwater, groundwater withdrawal
2010
MT
Annual Base
Statewide Education and Outreach
Federal:
$26,355
Non-Federal:
$66,656
Steve Guettermann, Mary Jo Nehasil
education, water resource education, watershed management,
2010
NC
Annual Base
Improved Statewide Soil Moisture Estimation for Hydrologic Assessment and Forecasting
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$59,265
Joshua Heitman, Robert Austin, Ryan Boyles, Jeffrey White
drought, GIS, rainfall-runoff processes, soil-water relationships, weather data collection, water use monitoring, remote sensing
2010
NC
Annual Base
Microbial Contaminants Associated with Urbanization of a Drinking Water Reservoir
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$57,896
Jill Stewart
land use, fecal coliforms, microbial source tracking, pathogens
2010
NC
Annual Base
Fate of Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) Deposit Forming Precursors in Sewer Systems
Federal:
$14,000
Non-Federal:
$56,274
Francis de los Reyes, Joel Ducoste
FOG, sanitary sewer overflows
2010
NC
Annual Base
Mineralization, Plant Availability, and Water Quality Consequences of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Land-Applied Municipal Biosolids
Federal:
$38,000
Non-Federal:
$32,720
Jeffrey White, David Hardy, Daniel Israel, David Lindbo, Deanna Osmond
biosolids, mineralization, nitrogen, phosphorus, land application, water quality
2010
NC
Annual Base
WRRI Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$5,121
Non-Federal:
$10,139
Nicole Wilkinson
2010
ND
Annual Base
The Impact of Rural and Urban Flooding on Water and Soil Quality in the Red River Valley of the North
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Tom DeSutter
Water quality, Soil quality, Flood impact, Sediment Quality, River banks
2010
ND
Annual Base
Studies of Seasonal Succession of Cyanobacteria and Green algae at Heinrich-Martin Impoundment, North Dakota
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,001
Wei Lin
Green Algae, Cyanobacteria, Impoundments, Seasonal Variation, Phytoplankton
2010
ND
Annual Base
Plant-based Biopolymers for Entrapping Metal Nanoparticles for Arsenic removal: Biodegradation and Treatability Studies
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,001
Achintya Bezbaruah
Arsenic removal, Plant-based biopolymers, Metal nano particles, Nanoscale zero-valent iron
2010
ND
Annual Base
Reference Evapotranspiration and Actual Evapotranspiration Measurements in ND
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,001
Xinhua Jia
Actual and Reference Evapotranspiration, Measurement, Estimation, Subsurface drainage,Eddy covariance method
2010
ND
Annual Base
Uptake and effects of environmental estrogens on growth of fish
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Mark Sheridan
Environmental estrogens, Uptake in fish, Aquatic ecosystems, Agriculture, Rainbow trout, Growth Hormone
2010
NE
Annual Base
Towards groundwater recharge forecasting: monitoring and modeling episodic recharge responses to weather events
Federal:
$19,644
Non-Federal:
$39,292
John Gates
groundwater recharge, radar
2010
NE
Annual Base
Investigating a New and Potentially Critical Cyanobacterial Toxin in Midwestern Reservoirs
Federal:
$19,568
Non-Federal:
$40,651
Kyle Hoagland
cyanobacteria, toxins, BMAA
2010
NE
Annual Base
Mitigate and Treat Antibiotic Residues and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Soil and Water
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,107
Xu Li, Daniel Snow
antibiotic residues, antibiotic resistance genes
2010
NE
Annual Base
Wireless Underground Sensor Networks for Irrigation Management
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$43,634
Mehmet Vuran
Wireless underground sensor networks, irrigation management, center-pivot systems, decision support tool.
2010
NH
Annual Base
Hydrologic and Isotopic Investigation of Base Flow Generation in the Headwaters Lamprey River Watershed
Federal:
$24,624
Non-Federal:
$49,825
John Davis
Base Flow, Water Resources
2010
NH
Annual Base
Public information digests in support of the UNH Stormwater Center and the NH Stormwater Commission
Federal:
$15,251
Non-Federal:
$31,850
Robert Roseen, Thomas Ballestero
stormwater, BMP, chloride, water quality
2010
NJ
Annual Base
Impact of salinization on New Jersey amphibian species: A physiological approach to water quality issues
Federal:
$18,919
Non-Federal:
$37,838
Lisa Hazard
salinization
2010
NJ
Annual Base
Evaluation of three methodologies to document improvement of water quality through stormwater management measures in an urban subwatershed
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Pat Rector, Christopher Obropta
Best Management Practices, BMPs
2010
NJ
Annual Base
Development of Sustainable Biosorbents to Recover Nutrients from Water
Federal:
$24,491
Non-Federal:
$48,982
Mahmoud Wazne
2010
NJ
Annual Base
Comparative toxicological assessment of gasoline oxygenates MTBE, ETBE and TAME, and their metabolites, in the zebrafish cardiovascular system
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Josephine Bonventre, Keith Cooper
gasoline oxygenates, MTBE, ETBE, TAME, zebrafish
2010
NJ
Annual Base
Investigation into the Role of Arsenic Reducing Bacteria in the Mobilization of Arsenic into Ground Water in New Jersey
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Adam Mumford, Lily Young
arsenic
2010
NJ
Annual Base
Hydrogeophysical investigation of subsurface controls on persistent canopy gaps in the New Jersy Pinelands
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Andrew Parsekian, Lee Slater
hydrogeophysics, New Jersey Pinelands
2010
NJ
Annual Base
Green Remediation of Tetracycline in Soil-Water Systems
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Pravin Punamiya, Dibyendu Sarkar
tetracycline
2010
NJ
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$5,500
Non-Federal:
$11,000
Christopher Obropta, Lisa Galloway Evrard
2010
NV
Annual Base
Partition of Evapotranspiration and Scale Issues in Arid Landscape
Federal:
$15,257
Non-Federal:
$31,444
Jianting Zhu
Evapotranspiration, Landscape, Water budget
2010
NV
Annual Base
Predicting Solar Still Water Production by Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques
Federal:
$7,890
Non-Federal:
$21,684
Aly Said, David James
Solar Stills, Artificial Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Performance Prediction, Distillation, Solar, Leadership in Energy
2010
NV
Annual Base
Water Quality and Eutrophication Modeling of Lake Mead under Changing Water Levels
Federal:
$20,513
Non-Federal:
$41,036
Dong Chen
Numerical models, water quality, eutrophication, water supply, Lake Mead, limnology
2010
NV
Annual Base
Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of Anisotropic Soils
Federal:
$14,415
Non-Federal:
$29,483
Jianting Zhu
Soil hydraulic properties, Anisotropy, Upscaling, Heterogeneous soils
2010
NY
Annual Base
Hydrological characterization of Woodlawn Beach State Park: Implications for pathogens
Federal:
$18,200
Non-Federal:
$37,317
Charlotte Roehm
2010
NY
Annual Base
Streamflow standards for streams of the Hudson River Valley and New York
Federal:
$18,638
Non-Federal:
$38,294
Mark Bain
2010
NY
Annual Base
Quantifying the endocrine activating potential of New York State waters using steroid-responsive bioassays.
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$34,000
Anthony Hay
2010
NY
Annual Base
Director's Office Information Transfer
Federal:
$16,852
Non-Federal:
$0
Susan Riha, Stephen Shaw
2010
OH
Annual Base
A Hydraulic Modeling Framework for Producing Urban Flooding Maps in Zanesville, Ohio
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$55,338
Michael Durand, Konstantinos Andreadis
Urban Flooding, Hydraulic Modeling
2010
OH
Annual Base
Nitrogen Removal by Microbial-Mediated Processes Under Hypoxic Conditions in Lake Erie
Federal:
$22,832
Non-Federal:
$45,666
Xiaozhen Mou, Darren Bade, Robert Heath, Laura Leff
anaerobic ammonia oxidation, anammox, denitrification, nitrogen loss, bacteria, nitrogen, hypoxia, algal bloom, eutrophication
2010
OH
Annual Base
THE INFLUENCE OF NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER ON BIOFILM GROWTH, CHLORINE EFFICACY, AND BY-PRODUCT FORMATION IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
Federal:
$12,236
Non-Federal:
$24,927
Youngwoo Seo
Biofilm, NOM, Disinfection
2010
OH
Annual Base
The Environmental Fate and Transport of Denatonium Benzoate
Federal:
$25,430
Non-Federal:
$50,862
Garry Crosson
adsorption, quaternary ammonium compounds, bittering agents, soil, organic matter
2010
OK
Annual Base
Water conservation in Oklahoma urban and suburban watersheds through modification of irrigation practices.
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$52,763
Justin Moss, Damian Adams, Tracy Boyer, Dennis Martin, Michael Smolen, Kemin Su
Water conservation, turfgrass, landscapes, irrigation, urban watersheds, suburban watersheds, evapotranspiration
2010
OK
Annual Base
A Fluvial Geomorphic and Sediment Transport Study of the Little River Upstream of Lake Thunderbird Using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$58,567
Randall Kolar, Jason Julian, Robert Nairn, Baxter Vieux
sediment transport, bed load, ADCP
2010
OK
Annual Base
Drought monitoring: a system for tracking plant available soil moisture based on the Oklahoma Mesonet
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$107,352
Tyson Ochsner, Jeffrey Basara, Chris Fiebrich, Albert Sutherland
drought, soil moisture, Mesonet
2010
OK
Annual Base
Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$7,155
Non-Federal:
$16,938
Will Focht , Jeri Fleming, Mike Langston
Film Series, Water Sypmosium, Website, Newsletter
2010
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$60,978
Non-Federal:
$139,703
Jeffrey McDonnell, Todd Jarvis
Seminars, Public Participation, Film Series
2010
PA
Annual Base
Public Education on Water Issues Related to Marcellus Gas Drilling
Federal:
$17,500
Non-Federal:
$45,400
Bryan Swistock
Marcellus shale, water quality, education, gas drilling
2010
PA
Annual Base
Simultaneous Removal of Phosphorous and Organic Acids using Magnetic Ion Exchange Resin (MIEX) Treatment and Alum Prior to Micron Filtration
Federal:
$17,482
Non-Federal:
$35,518
Brian Dempsey, Brian Dempsey
Phosphorus, membrane filtration, wastewater reuse, magnetic ion exchange resin (MIEX)
2010
PA
Annual Base
Predicting Total Mercury in Pennsylvania Soils in Order to Predict Pennsylvania Watersheds with the Highest Total Mercury Contents
Federal:
$17,373
Non-Federal:
$34,767
Pat Drohan
Mercury, soil, water quality
2010
PA
Annual Base
Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Symposium
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Elizabeth Boyer, Bryan Swistock
Watershed, water quality, water quantity, groundwater, rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands, water resources, research
2010
PA
Annual Base
Coupled Analytical and Biological Analyses of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs) of Emerging Concern in Municipal Wastewater Sources in Philadelphia
Federal:
$17,500
Non-Federal:
$35,000
Mohan Achary
endocrine disrupting compounds, estrogenicity, bioassays
2010
PR
Annual Base
Eighth Caribbean Island Water Resources Congress
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$6,500
Jorge Rivera-Santos, Walter Silva
2010
RI
Annual Base
Use of Manometric Techniques to Evaluate the Disinfection Properties of Nanomaterials for the Treatment of Different Sources of Drinking Water
Federal:
$16,667
Non-Federal:
$33,435
Vinka Craver
Water treatment, nanomaterials
2010
RI
Annual Base
Influx of Petroleum Hydrocarbons to Impermeable Surfaces and Surface Water
Federal:
$10,500
Non-Federal:
$21,078
Tom Boving
Organic contaminants, PAH, non-point source pollution, surface water pollution
2010
RI
Annual Base
Clean Water in Rhode Island
Federal:
$18,500
Non-Federal:
$37,004
Harold Knickle, Geoffrey Bothun
Water Quality, Conference, Summer Camp, High School
2010
SC
Annual Base
Effects of water pollution on fish health in the Saluda River
Federal:
$29,977
Non-Federal:
$49,671
Peter Van Den Hurk, Dennis Haney
Conservation, Environmental Risk Assessment, Biomarkers, Fish Toxicology
2010
SC
Annual Base
Sediment phosphorus flux measurement in Lake Wateree, SC
Federal:
$27,546
Non-Federal:
$55,092
Daniel Tufford, Dwayne Porter
2010
SD
Annual Base
Use of Cover Crops to Minimize Loss of Plant Nutrients to Water Resources
Federal:
$15,549
Non-Federal:
$30,634
Ronald Gelderman, Robert Berg, David German, Chris Hostetler
Water Qualaity, Water Resources, Groundwater, Non Point Pollution, Plant Nutrients, Nutrient Loss, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Cover Crops, Hypoxia, Nutrient Load
2010
SD
Annual Base
Microbial and Chemical Indicies of Soils and Water Associated with Vegetated Treatment Areas(VTAs) from Two Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in South Dakota
Federal:
$8,160
Non-Federal:
$26,433
Bruce Bleakley, Todd Trooien
Fecal Coliforms, Vegetated Treatment Areas, Animal Feeding Operations
2010
SD
Annual Base
Measurement of Human Pharmaceutical Compounds (HPC) in Surface Water
Federal:
$5,367
Non-Federal:
$10,309
Bruce Berdanier, Sharon Clay
Human Pharmaceutical Compounds (HPC), Municipal Wastewater Treatment
2010
SD
Annual Base
Investigation of Arsenic Removal from Water by Microbiologically Induced Calcite Precipitation
Federal:
$13,983
Non-Federal:
$27,966
Arden Davis, Sookie Bang, David Dixon
Arsenic, Arsenic Removal, Water, Bioremediation, Bacteria
2010
SD
Annual Base
Protein-Based Mechanisms of Uranium Detoxification in Subsurface Bacteria
Federal:
$16,771
Non-Federal:
$33,542
Rajesh Sani, Rajesh Sani
DMRB, In Situ Bioremediation, Proteomics, Subsurface Water
2010
TN
Annual Base
Development of GIS Data Management System for Water Resources and Climate Research in Tennessee
Federal:
$50,107
Non-Federal:
$95,224
Shesh Koirala, Randall Gentry
Climate, Geographic Infromation System, Water Resources, Earth System Grid
2010
TX
Annual Base
Biological Treatment of Wastewater Contaminated with Estrogenic Compounds
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Meghan Gallagher, R Karhikeyan
Animal Feeding Operations, Bioremediation, Hormones
2010
TX
Annual Base
Does native freshwater vegetation from Texas affect golden algae, Prymnesium parvum, bloom dynamics?
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$18,000
Nathan Matlock, Daniel Roelke
Prymnesium parvum, indigenous submerged macrophytes, allelopathy (chemical warfare), Harmful algal bloom mitigation, restoration
2010
TX
Annual Base
Trihalomethane Formation Potential in Rainwater Harvested from Different Roofing Materials
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Carolina Mendez, Kerry Kinney, Mary Kirisits
Rainwater quality, rainwater harvesting, roof runoff, sustainable water supply
2010
TX
Annual Base
Impact of Saline Irrigation Water on Citrus Rootstocks in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$13,251
Catherine Simpson, Shad Nelson
Citrus, Salinity, Irrigation
2010
TX
Annual Base
Anthropogenic Influence on Tetracycline Resistance in a Rapidly Urbanizing Texas Stream
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Bailey Sullivan, R Karhikeyan
antibiotic resistant genes, central Texas, gene transfer, water quality
2010
TX
Annual Base
The Effect of Photovoltaic Nanomaterial Roofing on Harvested Rainwater Quality
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Qiao Gao, Mary Kirisits
rainwater harvesting, nanomaterials, photovoltaic cells, drinking water, Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS)
2010
TX
Annual Base
Low Impact Development (LID) Structures for Groundwater Management and Watershed Protection in the AMRC10 Watershed, El Paso Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,071
Ricardo Marmolejo, John Walton
Groundwater Conservation and Management, Watershed Protection, Low Environmental Impact, Stormwater Drainage Structures
2010
TX
Annual Base
Watershed Protection Plan Development for the Geronimo Creek Watershed
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Kyna McKee, Kyna McKee
GIS modeling, Geronimo Creek, Flow Duration Curves, Load Duration Curves
2010
TX
Annual Base
Rainwater Harvesting as a Stormwater Best Management Practice
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
SaD Shannak, Bruce Lesikar
Rainwater Harvesting, BMPs, Urban Runoff, Stormwater, Flood Control, and Irrigation
2010
TX
Annual Base
Design and evaluation of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for urban stormwater quality improvement in South Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$16,177
Xubin Pan, Kim Jones
Stormwater quantity and qualify, Continuous flow monitoring, Best Management Practices, Performance evaluation
2010
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$34,694
Non-Federal:
$62,641
Bill Harris, Leslie Jordan, Danielle Supercinski, Courtney Swyden, Jaclyn Tech, Kevin Wagner, Ralph Wurbs, Kathy Wythe
2010
UT
Annual Base
Information Transfer in Support of the Utah Center for Water Resources Research (UCWRR)
Federal:
$10,909
Non-Federal:
$4,407
R. Ivonne Harris
Outreach, Publications, Web Page Development
2010
UT
Annual Base
Analyzing the Spread of Phragmites Australis Over Short-Time Scales Using Spatial and Genetic Tools
Federal:
$33,414
Non-Federal:
$61,197
Karin Kettenring, Shannon Clemens, Austin Jensen, David Rosenberg
water resources, water conservation, wetlands, system analysis
2010
UT
Annual Base
Development of Flood Emergency Response Capability Using UAV's
Federal:
$6,748
Non-Federal:
$28,415
William Rahmeyer, Shannon Clemens, Austin Jensen
mapping, unmanned aerial vehicles
2010
UT
Annual Base
Developing a Priority System for Managing Sediment in Smaller Reservoirs
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$49,757
Rollin Hotchkiss
Sediment management, Reservoirs
2010
VA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$217,816
Non-Federal:
$284,367
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2010
VI
Annual Base
Point-of-Entry (POE) Cistern Water Purification Units (CPU) Development
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Sangchul Hwang, Henry Smith
rainwater, filtration, disinfection
2010
VI
Annual Base
MEASUREMENT OF PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATERIAL AND EROSION RATES IN SMALL SUBTROPICAL WATERSHEDS ON THE EAST END OF ST. CROIX, USVI
Federal:
$20,294
Non-Federal:
$0
Bernard Castillo, Carlos Ramos-Scharron, Kynoch Reale-Munroe
Particulate Organic Material, Terrestrial Sediments, Soil Erosion, Terrigenous material, Small Island Environments, Watershed Management, Coastal Marine Bays, Marine Resources, Coral Reefs
2010
VI
Annual Base
Water Usage in Flood and Drip Irrigation of Rice Production in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Federal:
$19,984
Non-Federal:
$0
Thomas Zimmerman
Rice, Drip Irrigation, Flood Irrigation, Minority Farmers
2010
VI
Annual Base
Influence of the Atlantic warm pool on the climate of the Lesser Antilles
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Vasubandhu Misra, Henry Smith
Climate variability, Atlantic warm pool, diurnal varibility
2010
VI
Annual Base
The Eighth Caribbean Islands Water Resources Congress
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Henry Smith
Virgin Islands, Caribbean, Water Congress
2010
VT
Annual Base
Advanced Computational Methods for Designing Stormwater Management Practices
Federal:
$31,000
Non-Federal:
$50,883
Margaret Eppstein
BMP, Watershed, Stormwater, Sediment, Multiobjective Optimization, Evolutionary Algorithms
2010
WA
Annual Base
Developing a Novel, Interdisciplinary Approach to Understand Hot Moments in Reservoir Nutrient Transformation
Federal:
$27,923
Non-Federal:
$56,480
John Harrison, Stephen Henderson
nitrogen; phosphorus; reservoir
2010
WA
Annual Base
Water Quality Parameters Controlling the Photodegradation of Herbicides in Surface Waters in the Columbia Basin, Washington
Federal:
$28,000
Non-Federal:
$56,109
Olha Furman, Jeremy Rentz, Jeffrey Ullman, Rick Watts
Herbicides, photolysis, surface waters, water quality parameters
2010
WA
Annual Base
Understanding the Vulnerability of Columbia Basin Irrigated Agriculture to Predicted Climate Changes using a Coupled Hydrological-crop Model
Federal:
$28,000
Non-Federal:
$56,000
Jennifer Adam, Fok-Yan Leung, Claudio Stockle
climate irrigation hydrology modeling
2010
WI
Annual Base
Development and Application of a User-Friendly Interface for Predicting Climate Change Induced Changes in Evapotranspiration
Federal:
$51,650
Non-Federal:
$54,920
Steven Loheide
climate change, evapotranspiration, tool
2010
WI
Annual Base
Response of Ice Cover, Lake Level and Thermal Structure to Climate Change in Wisconsin Lakes
Federal:
$64,680
Non-Federal:
$64,726
Chin Wu
Lakes, stratification, physical limnology
2010
WV
Annual Base
(WRI-135) West Virginia Water Conference 2010
Federal:
$29,714
Non-Federal:
$47,467
Tamara Vandivort, Dave Saville
Water, Economics, Education, Policy, Law, Management, Planning, Research, Conference
2010
WY
Annual Base
Is the Muddy Creek Food Web Affected by Coalbed Natural Gas Inputs?
Federal:
$4,435
Non-Federal:
$90,178
Lusha Tronstad, Wendy Estes-Zumpf
Food web, Coalbed natural gas, Bioaccumulation
2010
WY
Annual Base
Using Voluntary Arrangements to Reduce Diversions and Improve Stream Flows for In-Channel Benefits in Wyoming
Federal:
$3,565
Non-Federal:
$24,350
Lawrence MacDonnell
Instream flows, Water management, Water rights, Flow restoration
2010
WY
Annual Base
Development of a Contaminant Leaching Model for Aquifer Storage and Recovery Technology
Federal:
$21,212
Non-Federal:
$140,653
Maohong Fan
Aquifer storage and recovery, Water injection, Contaminant leaching
2010
WY
Annual Base
Development of GIS-Based Tools and High-Resolution Mapping for Consumptive Water Use for the State of Wyoming
Federal:
$21,730
Non-Federal:
$144,868
Gi-Hyeon Park, Mohan Junna
Crop consumptive water use, Evapotranspiration, Reference crop ET, Crop ET, Crop irrigation requirements, Spatial interpolation of weather data
2010
WY
Annual Base
Treatment of High-Sulfate Water Used for Livestock Production Systems
Federal:
$13,566
Non-Federal:
$143,843
Kristi Cammack, Kathy Austin, Ken Olson, Cody Wright
Sulfate, Water treatment, Livestock, Health
2010
WY
Annual Base
Multi-Century Droughts in Wyoming's Headwaters: Evidence from Lake Sediments
Federal:
$33,513
Non-Federal:
$230,456
Bryan Shuman, Thomas Minckley, Jacqueline Shinker
Drought, Lakes, Water volumes, Long-term climate change
2010
WY
Annual Base
Impact of Bark Beetle Outbreaks on Forest Water Yield in Southern Wyoming
Federal:
$35,812
Non-Federal:
$367,634
Brent Ewers, Elise Pendall, David Williams
Bark beetles, Water budget, Water yield
2009
AK
Annual Base
The diminishing role of glacier runoff into Eklutna Lake; potential impacts of hydropower and water supply for the Municipality of Anchorage
Federal:
$19,514
Non-Federal:
$41,066
Michael Loso
Water supply, hydropower, runoff, sedimentation, glaciers, climate change, Eklutna, Anchorage, Alaska
2009
AK
Annual Base
Impacts of Cold Regions Open Dumps on Microbial Water Quality
Federal:
$19,633
Non-Federal:
$9,326
William Schnabel, David Barnes
Pathogens, Solid Water, E. coli, Enterococcus
2009
AK
Annual Base
Effect of raw water quality and membrane characteristics on membrane fouling and effluent quality for filtration of surface water with high organic matter content
Federal:
$19,935
Non-Federal:
$8,182
Silke Schiewer
membrane filtration, DOM, fouling surface water
2009
AL
Annual Base
Evaluation of Stormwater Quality Improvement Through Pervious Concrete Pavement
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,115
Michael Hein, Mark Dougherty, Charlene LeBleu
Nonpoint Source Pollution, Permeable Paving, Infiltration
2009
AL
Annual Base
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
Federal:
$14,257
Non-Federal:
$28,999
Geoffrey Tick
Model Studies, Numerical Analysis, Nutrients, Contaminant Transport, Coastal Zone
2009
AL
Annual Base
Understanding the Role of Denitrification as a Mechanism for Nitrogen (N) Removal Along a River Continuum in Central Alabama
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Ryan Sponseller, Jennifer Edmonds
Nitrogen Cycle, Denitrification, streams, rivers, eutrophications, bacteria
2009
AR
Annual Base
Arkansas Water Resources Center Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$14,195
Non-Federal:
$28,390
Brian Haggard
Conference, Newsletters, WEB Interface
2009
AR
Annual Base
Denitrification, Internal N Cycling, and N Retention in River Impoundment Reservoirs
Federal:
$21,180
Non-Federal:
$42,360
Jefferson Scott
mass balance, nitrogen transformation, nutrient retention/removal, sediment
2009
AR
Annual Base
Land-use effects on resistance and resilience of stream metabolism to flood events in Ozark Highland headwater streams
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Michelle Evans-White
stream, metabolism, land-use, hydrology, nutrients
2009
AR
Annual Base
Longitudinal evolution of nutrients in a mixed-use watershed under storm and non-storm flow regimes
Federal:
$20,380
Non-Federal:
$40,764
J. Romeis, Kristofor Brye, Andrew Sharpley, Jerral Skinner
land use, flow regime, groundwater, sediment, Northwest Arkansas
2009
AZ
Annual Base
The Ecohydrology and Management of Pinus Ponderosa Forests in the Southwest
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$19,999
George Koch, Lucy Mullin
Snow, rain, isotope, hydrogen, oxygen, release effect
2009
AZ
Annual Base
Transport and fate of mercury and other metals in Tucson’s urban metropolitan area: Role of watershed sources versus atmospheric deposition
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$22,225
Kathleen Lohse, Paul Brooks, Jennifer McIntosh
mercury, metals, Tucson Basin, surface runoff, sediments
2009
AZ
Annual Base
Mercury Source Fingerprinting in Arid Lands Aquatic Ecosystems
Federal:
$10,585
Non-Federal:
$21,950
Paul Gremillion, Michael Ketterer
Mercury Stable Isotopes, Environmental Tracers, Sediment, Paleolimnology
2009
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$59,450
Non-Federal:
$105,662
Sharon Megdal, Susanna Eden
2009
CA
Annual Base
Assessing Orchard and Vinyard Irrigation Needs with Thermal Aerial Imagery
Federal:
$12,150
Non-Federal:
$23,408
David Goldhamer
Iriggation, Thermal, Orchard, Vinyard
2009
CA
Annual Base
Reducing Water Use in Naval orange Production with Partial Root Zone Drying - Comparison with Conventional Irrigation at the Same Reduced irrigation Rates
Federal:
$24,999
Non-Federal:
$45,074
Carol Lovatt
Irrigation, Reducing Water
2009
CA
Annual Base
Development and Application of the Coupled Vadose Zone-Ground Water Flow Modeling Environment
Federal:
$15,514
Non-Federal:
$40,828
Jirka Simunek
Groundwater, Modeling
2009
CA
Annual Base
UC Irrigation Water Management - Web-based Research and Information Center
Federal:
$30,672
Non-Federal:
$65,272
Steve Grattan
Water management, Web based
2009
CO
Annual Base
Water Reallocation and Bioenergy in the South Platte: A Regional Economic Evaluation
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$7,976
Reagan Waskom, James Pritchett
Regional economic analysis, bioenergy, water transfers
2009
CO
Annual Base
Hydrologic Analysis and Process-based Modeling for the Upper Cache la Poudre Basin, Year 2
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$5,420
Stephanie Kampf
Hydrologic modeling, Flow forecasting, Climate variability
2009
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Federal:
$44,835
Non-Federal:
$159,751
Reagan Waskom
Information Dissemination, Technology Transfer
2009
CO
Annual Base
Development of Oilseed Crops for Biodiesel Production Under Colorado Limited Irrigation Conditions
Federal:
$12,500
Non-Federal:
$6,776
Jerry Johnson
Bioenergy, Limited Irrigation, Oilseeds
2009
CO
Annual Base
Understanding the Hydrologic Factors Affecting the Growth of the nuisance diatom Didymosphenia Geminata in Rivers
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,715
Diane McKnight
Diatom, Didymosphenia, Hydraulic Model
2009
CO
Annual Base
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
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,350
Christopher Myrick
New Zealand Mudsnail, Copper-based anti-fouling paints
2009
CO
Annual Base
High Resolution Soil Moisture Retrieval in the Platte River Watersheds
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$2,914
Lynn Johnson
Soil Moisture, Remote Sensing, Surface Flux Models
2009
CT
Annual Base
Evaluation of Turbidity Acidification During Sampling and Analytical Preparation as the Cause of Observed Manganese Anomalies in Drinking Water Wells
Federal:
$9,478
Non-Federal:
$19,243
Gary A. Robbins
Sampling, manganese, filtering, sample preservation
2009
CT
Annual Base
Stream chemical interactions within the urban environment: assessing the fate of nitrogen and mercury in a stream impacted by combined sewer overflows
Federal:
$31,355
Non-Federal:
$65,823
Joseph Bushey
URBAN STREAM WATER, NITROGEN, MERCURY, COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS, BIOAVAILAVILITY, MOBILIZATION
2009
DC
Annual Base
Modeling Model Uncertainty for Storm Water Quantity and Quality Analysis
Federal:
$14,685
Non-Federal:
$47,873
Valbona Bejleri, Tolessa Deksissa
Modeling, SWMM, Uncertainty, Wastewater
2009
DC
Annual Base
Clam Active Biomonitoring and POM Passive Monitoring for Anacostia Watershed Contaminant Point Sources
Federal:
$14,732
Non-Federal:
$45,343
Harriette Phelps
PCBs, PAH, Chlordane, Active Biomonitoring, POM monitoring, urban, Anacostia
2009
DC
Annual Base
Speciation of Some Trioganotin Compounds in Anacostia and Potomac River Sediments using NMR Spectroscopy
Federal:
$10,765
Non-Federal:
$30,540
Xueqing Song
Triorganotins, NMR, Sediments
2009
DC
Annual Base
Development of a Fast Optimization Technique Using Interactive Spatial Join for GIS Application in Water Resources
Federal:
$11,842
Non-Federal:
$30,826
Seon Kim, Pradeep Behera, Byunggu Yu
Decision support, GIS, water quality
2009
DC
Annual Base
Application of Spatiotemporal Informatics to Water Quality (Phase II)
Federal:
$14,380
Non-Federal:
$31,009
Byunggu Yu, Pradeep Behera
Water quality, Measurement, Spatiotemporal Informatics, Non-point source pollution
2009
DC
Annual Base
Development of Web-based Rainfall Statistical Analysis Tool for Urban Stormwater Management Analysis (Phase II)
Federal:
$8,536
Non-Federal:
$10,942
Pradeep Behera
Analytical models, Urban stormwater models, statistical analysis, Storm event analysis
2009
DE
Annual Base
Biogeochemistry of Base Cations in a Broadleaved Deciduous Forest
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Delphis Levia, Anna Bevan
dissolved organic N and C, forests, meterology, hydrology
2009
DE
Annual Base
Development of an Assay to Monitor the Activity of Fungal Enzymes in Soil
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Anastasia Chirnside, Brian Jayne
Microbial degradation, bioremediation, pesticides, white rot fungus
2009
DE
Annual Base
Flexible Compacts and Absolute Flows: Managing Interstate Basins for Competing Needs
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Joshua Duke, Michael Ruppell
Endangered species, dwarf wedgemussel, Delaware River Basin, water allocation
2009
DE
Annual Base
Newly Constructed Wetland Management
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Chad Nelson, Aaron Hallett
Wetlands, management, invasive plants, water quality, hydrology
2009
DE
Annual Base
Addition of Fine Particles Mitigates Flux Decline in Direct Contact Membrane Distillation
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Steven Dentel, Victoria Bryan
Desalination, technologys, membrane distillation
2009
DE
Annual Base
Investigation of Source and Dynamics of Bacterial Contamination in a Tidal Lake in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Clara Chan, Emily Olson
Bacterial contamination, salt-water ponds, E. coli, source tracking
2009
DE
Annual Base
Physical Characterizations of Rapid Infiltration Basin Systems (RIBS) Used for Wastewater and Stormwater Disposal
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Alan Andres, Jennalee Rufft
Rapid infiltration basins, ground water quality, hydrology, nonpoint pollution
2009
DE
Annual Base
Quality of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in Runoff from Various Watershed Sources
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Shreeram Inamdar, Suneil Seetharam
Dissolved organic matter, contaminant transport, chemical speciation
2009
DE
Annual Base
A Comprehensive Management Plan to Reduce Nonpoint Pollution of the Cool Run Watershed on the University of Delaware Campus
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Anastasia Chirnside, Nicole Dobbs
watershed management plan, water quality monitoring, education
2009
DE
Annual Base
Characterizing the Microbiome of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Eric Wommack, Megan Furman
oysters, ecosystem health, food safety, water purification
2009
DE
Annual Base
Hydrology of Freshwater Marsh Nature Preserve, New Castle County, Delaware
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Thomas McKenna, Kelsey Lanan
2009
FL
Annual Base
Florida Water Resources Information Transfer
Federal:
$26,558
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
Information Transfer
2009
GA
Annual Base
Quantification of Vegetative Flow Resistance in Constructed Wetlands
Federal:
$18,044
Non-Federal:
$45,095
Thorsten Stoesser
Wastewater, Wetlands, Drought, Vegetation, Hydrodynamics
2009
GA
Annual Base
Identifying Locations of High Connectivity between Floridan Aquifer Water and Surface Waters at Lineament Intersections with Tributaries of the Lower Flint River
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,041
C. Jackson, C. Jackson
connectivity, thermal refugia, Karst, fracture flow, lineaments
2009
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$22,992
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2009
GU
Annual Base
Information Management
Federal:
$1,800
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
Rainfall Data, Climate, Water Resources Management
2009
GU
Annual Base
Protect Guam's Fresh Water: Taking Personal Responsibility for Pollution, Conservation and Community Action
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Arretta Card, John Jenson
Water resources, freshwater, groundwater, aquifer, surface water, watershed, non-point source pollution, conservation, runoff, storm water overflow
2009
GU
Annual Base
Calibration and Application of LUOM (Luo, 2007) in Southern Guam Watersheds With and Without Flow Data
Federal:
$26,687
Non-Federal:
$0
Charles Luo, Shahram Khosrowpanah
2009
GU
Annual Base
Reconstructing the Ancient Rainfall-Drought History of Guam
Federal:
$33,636
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
West Pacific Climate Record, Speleothem, Dripwater Chemistry
2009
GU
Annual Base
Impacts of Land Cover Change on Groundwater Quality in Guam
Federal:
$16,177
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen
Land Cover Change, Impacts, Groundwater Quality
2009
GU
Annual Base
Sustainable Well Yield Determinations Using Conductivity Probes on Active Wells
Federal:
$17,950
Non-Federal:
$0
Derek Chambers
Groundwater, Salinity, Saipan
2009
GU
Annual Base
Development of Optimal Operation of Saipan's Water Distribution System Using a Newly Developed Hydraulic Model
Federal:
$26,950
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Mariano Iglecias
Distribution Systems, Model Studies, Water System Operation, Water Production, Water Demand
2009
GU
Annual Base
Influence of Stormwater and Wastewater Discharges on the Distribution and Abundance of Heavy Metals in Sediments from Saipan Lagoon
Federal:
$41,164
Non-Federal:
$0
John Starmer, Gary Denton
Stormwater and Freshwater Discharges, Saipan, Pollution Monitoring and Assessment, Heavy Metals, Sediments
2009
GU
Annual Base
Atoll Water Budget Modeling, Information Transfer and Training for the Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$15,382
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Atoll island aquifers
2009
GU
Annual Base
Prediction of Flow Duration Curves for Use in Hydropower Analysis at Ungaged Sites in Pohnpei, FSM
Federal:
$31,746
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz
Hydropower, Flow duration curves, Streams
2009
HI
Annual Base
A decision support tool for managing the pipe network of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply
Federal:
$21,225
Non-Federal:
$34,154
V. Singh, Chittaranjan Ray
pipe network, asset management, corroison, soil, pressure
2009
HI
Annual Base
Assessing the Influence of Land-Based Discharges (Streams, Storm Drain, and Groundwater) on the Concentrations and Ratio of Four Human Pathogenic Marine Vibrio spp. in Four Categories of Coastal Water Environments of Hawai�i
Federal:
$39,712
Non-Federal:
$78,998
Roger Fujioka, Roger Fujioka
Vibrio, point source pollution, non-point source pollution
2009
HI
Annual Base
Optimal Groundwater Extraction and Water Recycling
Federal:
$38,838
Non-Federal:
$79,470
James Roumasset
water demand management, efficiency pricing, water recycling, water treatment, dynamic optimization, welfare, marginal user cost
2009
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$6,277
Non-Federal:
$13,367
Philip Moravcik, Philip Moravcik
2009
IA
Annual Base
Time-Series Modeling of Reservoir Effects on River Nitrate Concentrations
Federal:
$24,417
Non-Federal:
$50,065
Keith Schilling, Kung-Sik Chan
reservoir, nitrate, time-series, impoundment
2009
IA
Annual Base
Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$13,650
Non-Federal:
$0
Richard Cruse
Conference, field days, publications
2009
ID
Annual Base
Community Economic Impacts of Water Transfer in the Magic Valley
Federal:
$19,961
Non-Federal:
$39,923
Phillip Watson, Stephen Cooke
Retional Economics, Water Economics, Community Impacts, Computable General Equilibrium
2009
ID
Annual Base
Modeling Energy Implications of Water Management Decisions in the Upper Snake River Basin
Federal:
$18,540
Non-Federal:
$37,080
Gary Johnson
Hydropower, River-Reservoir Model, Systems Dynamics, Snake River Basin, Surface and Ground Water Interaction
2009
ID
Annual Base
Development of a Hydrologic Frame Work and Estimation of the Water Balance in the Mountainous Watersheds of Idaho
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Venkataramana Sridhar
Water balance, Water budget, Modeling
2009
IL
Annual Base
Nitrate Remeidation by Iron Redox Reactions in Soils
Federal:
$27,389
Non-Federal:
$54,777
Joseph Stucki, Zachary Day, Fabian Fernandez
nitrate, iron, clay, mineral, reduction
2009
IL
Annual Base
Attachement and Transport Mechanisms of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Subsurface Environments: A Multi-Scale Study
Federal:
$33,807
Non-Federal:
$67,616
Helen Nguyen, Yuanyuan Liu
pathogen transport, groundwater contamination, manure
2009
IL
Annual Base
Transfering Water Resources Information to the People of Illinois
Federal:
$18,144
Non-Federal:
$4,590
Lisa Merrifield
outreach, information sharing
2009
IN
Annual Base
Remote Sensing of Water Quality Indicators in the Wabash River
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$45,348
Keith Cherkauer, Indrajeet Chaubey
water quality, remote sensing, sediment transport, Wabash River
2009
IN
Annual Base
Poly Tanks on Farms and Businesses: Preventing Catastrophic Failures
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$65,116
Fred Whitford
Poly tanks, transportation, spills, pollution, contamination, pesticides, fertilizer, water quality, storage
2009
IN
Annual Base
Fish Responses to Sediment Associated with Increasing Biofuel-related Crop Production in the Wabash River Watershed
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,532
Reuben Goforth
Biofuels, Stream fish ecology, Suspended sediments, Respirometry, Shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorychnus, Northern hogsucker, Hypentelium nigricans, Mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi, Raindow darter, Etheostoma caruleum
2009
IN
Annual Base
Environmental Implications of Manufactured Nanomaterials: Silver, Gallium and Indium
Federal:
$17,331
Non-Federal:
$34,791
Ronald Turco
Soil, groundwater, manufactured nanomaterials-nanoSilver, nanoGallium and nanoIndium ecological risk, exposure route, indicators, environmental microbiology
2009
IN
Annual Base
The Influence of Nonprescription Pharmaceuticals on Aquatic Ecosystems: Direct Toxicity and Indirect Trophic Interactions
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,714
Melody Bernot
wastewater, nonpoint pollution, streams, pharmaceuticals, toxicology
2009
IN
Annual Base
Hydrology, Substrates and Fish Assemblages of the Wabash River
Federal:
$14,004
Non-Federal:
$34,490
Mark Pyron
Fish assemblages, river habitat, hydrology
2009
IN
Annual Base
Publication 1: What Killed the Fish? Using Observations, Sampling, and Science to Solve the Mystery/Publication 2: A Field Guide for Determining the Cause of a Fish Kill
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,087
Fred Whitford
Pesticides, water quality, fish kill
2009
KS
Annual Base
Sediment Baseline Assessment
Federal:
$247,689
Non-Federal:
$465,663
Dan Devlin, Will Boyer, Brock Emmert, Bruce McEnroe, C. Young
Sediment, Assessment, Sediment Load, Reservoir Sedimentation, Banner Creek Lake
2009
KY
Annual Base
Elemental flow through food webs in restored and reference stream reaches
Federal:
$4,976
Non-Federal:
$9,995
Hwa-Seong Jin
stream restoration, food webs, macroinvertibrates, secondary production
2009
KY
Annual Base
Effects of Roundup exposure on behavior and reproductive function in a pond-breeding salamander
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,523
Howard Whiteman
freshwater ecology, amphibians, endocrine disruptors, reproductive physiology
2009
KY
Annual Base
Tracing 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
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$18,464
Alan Fryar
karst aquifer, groundwater quality, indicator microorganisms, groundwater tracers, bacterial survival
2009
KY
Annual Base
Study of turbulent processes driving sedimentation in the rivers of Kentucky
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,901
James Fox
turbulence, sediment, erosion, riverbed, secondary currents, bursting
2009
KY
Annual Base
Evaluating the impact of hemlock woolly adelgid invasion on headwater streams
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Lynne Rieske-Kinney
benthic macroinvertebrates, ecological function, stream chemistry
2009
KY
Annual Base
Impacts of Bush honeysuckle on ephemeral aquatic ecosystems
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,003
Richard Durtsche
evapotranspiration, tadpole digestion, allochthonous detritus
2009
KY
Annual Base
Ten year assessment of the Kentucky River Watershed Watch Program
Federal:
$24,024
Non-Federal:
$47,696
Jim Kipp
volunteer sampling, nutrients, metals, herbicides, E coli
2009
KY
Annual Base
Kentucky Information Transfer Activities
Federal:
$35,710
Non-Federal:
$59,838
Lindell Ormsbee, Anna Hoover, Jim Kipp
symposium, Internet
2009
LA
Annual Base
Modeling Turbulent Enhancement of Sediment Transport
Federal:
$35,946
Non-Federal:
$82,034
Heather Smith
2009
LA
Annual Base
Bayesian Model Averaging for Saltwater Intrusion Management under Model Uncertainty
Federal:
$33,818
Non-Federal:
$68,460
Frank Tsai
Uncertainty, Model Averaging, Prediction, Saltwater Intrusion, Aquifer, Subsurface, Modeling, Optimization, Management
2009
LA
Annual Base
Fecal Coliform TMDL Development for Holly Beach
Federal:
$17,689
Non-Federal:
$39,377
Zhi-Qiang Deng
Beach, bacterial source tracking, fecal coliform, TMDL
2009
LA
Annual Base
2009 Louisiana Water Symposia
Federal:
$17,972
Non-Federal:
$35,994
John Pardue
Information transfer, environmental infrastructure, coastal communities, water and wastewater treatment
2009
MA
Annual Base
Bacterial Toxicity of Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Adhesion
Federal:
$9,952
Non-Federal:
$27,934
Baoshan Xing
Nanoparticles, toxicity, bacteria, oxide, water
2009
MA
Annual Base
Impact of Nanoparticles on the Activated Sludge Process: Effects on Microbial Community Structure and Function
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,800
Juliette Rooney-Varga, Deepankar Goyal
Activated sludge, carbon nanotubes, nanomaterials, emerging contaminants, molecular microbial ecology, microbial community analysis, ARISA
2009
MA
Annual Base
Assessing the Transport and Fate of Effluent Organic Nitrogen in the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound Using Mass-Mapping Proteomics Technology
Federal:
$59,996
Non-Federal:
$126,648
Chul Park
Bioavailability, Connecticut River, effluent organic nitrogen, Long Island Sound, monitoring, protein, proteomics, transport
2009
MA
Annual Base
Characterization of Flow and Water Quality of Stormwater Runoff from a Green Roof
Federal:
$9,800
Non-Federal:
$19,646
Paul Mathisen, Suzanne LePage
green roof, water quality, stormwater runoff, NPDES Permit
2009
MA
Annual Base
2009 Water Resources Conference
Federal:
$21,192
Non-Federal:
$20,310
Paula Rees, Marie-Francoise Hatte
conference, water resources
2009
MA
Annual Base
Acid Rain Monitoring Project (ARM)
Federal:
$9,402
Non-Federal:
$39,589
Marie-Francoise Hatte, Paula Rees
acid deposition, surface waters, water quality
2009
MD
Annual Base
Nearshore sediment inputs due to shore erosion in the Maryland Chesapeake Bay
Federal:
$19,392
Non-Federal:
$38,835
Lawrence Sanford, Lawrence Sanford
shoreline erosion, sediment inputs, Chesapeake Bay, sea level rise
2009
MD
Annual Base
Low-cost Anaerobic Digesters for Dairy Manure Treatment and Renewable Energy Production
Federal:
$31,933
Non-Federal:
$64,646
Stephanie Lansing
Anaerobic digestion, dairy manure, methane, biogas, nutrients, treatment wetlands, modeling
2009
MD
Annual Base
Toxics in Maryland Waters
Federal:
$10,669
Non-Federal:
$18,059
Allen Davis, Allen Davis
2009
MD
Annual Base
Role of Invertebrate Bioturbation in Phosphorus Retention of Agricultural Ditch Soils--Summer Fellowship
Federal:
$5,500
Non-Federal:
$13,750
Allen Davis, William Lamp
2009
MD
Annual Base
Correlating Nutrient, Pesticide, and Bacteria levels in the Choptank River--Summer Fellowship
Federal:
$5,500
Non-Federal:
$13,750
Allen Davis, Alba Torrents
2009
ME
Annual Base
Regional Pilot to Reduce Stormwater Polluting Behaviors through Social Marketing as an Environmental Education Tool in the Bangor Urbanized Area
Federal:
$13,483
Non-Federal:
$18,589
Scott Wilkerson, Laura Wilson
Education, Storm Water Management, Urban Runoff, Landscape Management, Pesticides, Regulatory Permits
2009
ME
Annual Base
Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy as a Rapid, Cost-Effective Method to Monitor and Analyze Low Levels of Pharmaceuticals in Three Maine Rivers.
Federal:
$1,250
Non-Federal:
$44,826
Howard Patterson, Adria Elskus, Jim Killarney, Lawrence LeBlanc, John Peckenham
Toxic Substances, Water Chemistry, Water Quality Monitoring
2009
ME
Annual Base
A sequential time-weighted average monitoring approach for monitoring pesticide levels in Maine surface waters.
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$23,800
Aria Amirbahman, Lucner Charlestra, David Courtemanch
Pesticides, fish ecology, water quality, agriculture, POCIS
2009
ME
Annual Base
Sustainable water allocation and rulemaking for Maine's surface waters: Adaptation consideration in a changing climate
Federal:
$10,106
Non-Federal:
$57,925
Shaleen Jain, David Courtemanch, David Hart
2009
ME
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$24,571
Non-Federal:
$48,141
John Peckenham, John Peckenham
2009
ME
Annual Base
Influences of dissolved organic carbon and iron on phosphorus photochemistry in surface waters
Federal:
$4,192
Non-Federal:
$0
John Peckenham
Eutrophication, Geochemistry, Lakes, Phosphorus, Rivers, Streams, Water Chemistry
2009
ME
Annual Base
Temporal changes of the phosphorus concentration profiles in two Maine lake sediment porewaters using a passive sampling technique.
Federal:
$3,357
Non-Federal:
$0
John Peckenham
Eutrophication, Geochemistry, Lakes, Nutrients, Phosphorus, Ponds
2009
ME
Annual Base
Conserving Significant Vernal Pools through Collaborative Local Initiatives
Federal:
$3,630
Non-Federal:
$0
John Peckenham
Vernal Pool, Education
2009
ME
Annual Base
Citizen Science: Solving Groundwater Issues in New England
Federal:
$4,607
Non-Federal:
$0
John Peckenham
Education, Groundwater Quality, & Water Quality
2009
ME
Annual Base
Impacts of White Perch Introductions on Trophic Dynamics: Paleolimnological Record of Zooplankton Grazing and Nutrient Cycling
Federal:
$4,497
Non-Federal:
$0
John Peckenham
Algae, Ecosystems, Eutrophication, Fish Ecology, Lakes, Nutrients, Ponds, Water Quality, Water Quality Management, Zooplankton
2009
ME
Annual Base
Using GC/FT-ICR MS for the Identification of Disinfection By-products
Federal:
$4,500
Non-Federal:
$0
John Peckenham
Chlorination, Trace Organics, Water Treatment
2009
MI
Annual Base
Water Quantity and Water Quality Effects of BMPs Implementation in Urban Areas
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$21,103
Amirpouyan Nejadhashemi, Dawn Reinhold
Best Management Practice, Groundwater Recharge, BMP effectiveness
2009
MI
Annual Base
An Estimation of Self-supplied Residential Water Use in Michigan
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$32,841
Patricia Norris, Saichon Seedang, Mary Thompson
Groundwater use, water demand, self-supplied water use
2009
MI
Annual Base
Community Capacity and Use of Groundwater Information: Social Networks, Coalitions, Abilities, and Stratification in Use of the Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$33,492
Stephen Gasteyer
Social Networks, Community Capacity, Water Withdrawal Assessment, Ground-water Flow and Transport, Water Quality, Biological Sciences, Engineering, or Climate and Hydrologic Processes
2009
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$32,335
Non-Federal:
$65,332
Jon Bartholic
Data Analysis, Data Storage and Retrieval, Information Dissemination, System Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Water Use, Water Quantity, Water Quality Management, Watershed Management
2009
MI
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Technology Transfer Training Programs
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$50,496
Lois Wolfson
Water Quality, Water Quantity, Watershed Management, Macroinvertebrates Wetlands, Monitoring, Interactive Web-based Systems, Exotic Species
2009
MN
Annual Base
Fate and bioavailability of litter mercury in Minnesota streams and rivers
Federal:
$30,446
Non-Federal:
$57,824
Jacques Finlay, Edward Nater
Mercury; Litter; Methylation; Water chemistry; Bioavailability
2009
MN
Annual Base
Urban Stormwater Inputs of Perfluorochemicals
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$81,292
Matt Simcik
Perfluorochemicals, Urban Stormwater, Source Apportionment
2009
MO
Annual Base
Developing Guidelines for Polyacrylamide Use for Erosion and Runoff Reduction
Federal:
$44,000
Non-Federal:
$93,372
Clark Gantzer, Allen Thompson
Polyacrylamide, Soil Erosion, Runoff Reduction, Surface Water
2009
MO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$63,808
Non-Federal:
$126,644
Thomas Clevenger
2009
MO
Annual Base
Visible Light-activated Titanium Dioxide-based Photocatalysts: Synthesis and Potential Environmental Applications
Federal:
$44,000
Non-Federal:
$91,550
Baolin Deng, Baolin Deng
Treatment of organic contaminants, nanomaterials, light absorption, environmental applications
2009
MS
Annual Base
Assessing the effectiveness of measures to reduce sediment loads in surface waters using 210Pb activity in lacustrine sediments
Federal:
$16,805
Non-Federal:
$33,933
Gregg Davidson
Sediment, Water Quality, Wetlands
2009
MS
Annual Base
Influences of Land Surface / Land Use Characteristics on Precipitation Patterns over the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Federal:
$11,104
Non-Federal:
$23,034
Jamie Dyer
Watershed management, Water resources development
2009
MS
Annual Base
Water quality and other ecosystem services performed in wetlands managed for waterfowl in Mississippi
Federal:
$11,555
Non-Federal:
$23,763
Richard Kaminski, Amy Spencer
Aquatic invertebrates, Ecosystems, Sedimentation, Water Quality, Watershed management, Wetlands
2009
MS
Annual Base
Molecular Identification of Bacterial Communities Associated with Biodegradation of Pentachlorophenol in Groundwater
Federal:
$14,237
Non-Federal:
$28,474
M Prewitt, Hamid Borazjani, Susan Diehl
Water quality, Groundwater contamination
2009
MT
Annual Base
Tracking Human-Derived Nitrogen through Stream Food Webs in a Rapidly Developing Mountain Watershed
Federal:
$33,480
Non-Federal:
$66,984
Geoffrey Poole, Wyatt Cross, Brian McGlynn
Food webs, Invertebrates, Fishes, Eutrophication, Nutrients, Nitrogen, Stable Isotope Analysis, West Fork of Gallatin River
2009
MT
Annual Base
Organic Wastewater Chemicals in Ground Water and Blacktail Creek, Summit Valley, Montana
Federal:
$24,420
Non-Federal:
$61,814
Gary Icopini, Stephen Parker
Drinking Water, Organic Wastewater Contaminants, Groundwater, Pharmaceuticals
2009
MT
Annual Base
Quantification of Coal-Aquifer Baseflow in Montana Rivers Using Carbon Isotopes
Federal:
$29,000
Non-Federal:
$62,280
Elizabeth Meredith
carbon isotopes; coalbed methane; stream baseflow; Yellowstone River watershed
2009
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Variability in the Characteristics of Wildfire Ash: Implications for Post-Fire Runoff, Erosion, and Water Quality
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Victoria Balfour
forest fire, ash, ash, infiltration, runoff, erosion, water quality
2009
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: A More Efficient Micro-hydro that Utilizes a Tesla Turbine Technology
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Alaina Garcia
micro hydro, Tesla, Tesla turbine, hydropower, turbine, electricity
2009
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Bayesian Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis for Complex Environmental Models, with Applications in Watershed Management
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Able Mashamba
agriculture, pesticides, nutrient loading, irrigation, nitrogen, Yellowstone River, watershed management, water resource degradation, Bayesian inference
2009
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Tree-ring based reconstruction of Bighorn River Flow During the Last Millennium
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Bryan Swindell
Bighorn River Basin, tree rings, tree ring analysis, climate change
2009
MT
Annual Base
Statewide Education and Outreach
Federal:
$29,485
Non-Federal:
$64,110
Steve Guettermann, Mary Jo Nehasil
education, water resource education, watershed management, drinking water, policy, research, fellowships
2009
NC
Annual Base
Protecting Receiving Waters: Removal of Biochemically Active Compounds from Wastewater by Ozonation and Activated Carbon Adsorption Processes
Federal:
$25,778
Non-Federal:
$44,455
Detlef Knappe, Francis de los Reyes
endocrine disrupting chemicals, pharmaceutically active coupounds, adsorption, biodegradation, ozidation, wastewater treatment, water reuse
2009
NC
Annual Base
Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts for the Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC-8) Basins in North Carolina utilizing Multimodel Climate Forecasts
Federal:
$25,778
Non-Federal:
$41,774
Sankarasubramanian Arumugam, Ryan Boyles
Hydroclimatology, H;ydrological Forecasting, Climate, Multimodel combination, Climate forecasts
2009
NC
Annual Base
Using PCR-based Methods to Assess Microbial Contamination from Swine CAFOs in Surface and Groundwaters
Federal:
$25,779
Non-Federal:
$46,221
Bongkeun Song, Lawrence Cahoon, Michael Mallin
Swine manure, CAFO, Microbial source tracking, Quantitative PCR, Bacteroides
2009
NC
Annual Base
NC WRRI Information Technology Transfer
Federal:
$5,040
Non-Federal:
$24,942
Kelly Porter
2009
ND
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Communication
Federal:
$19,015
Non-Federal:
$38,025
G. Padmanabhan
2009
ND
Annual Base
Effects of Iron Bacteria on Subsurface Tile Drains: Influence on Nutrient Transport
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,000
Scott Korom
Tile Drainage, Nitrate Contamination, Irrigation, Iron Bacteria, Water quality
2009
ND
Annual Base
Source tracking of Cryptosporidium in rural watersheds
Federal:
$28,999
Non-Federal:
$58,001
John McEvoy, Mark Clark
Cryptosporidium, Rural Watersheds, Source tracking, Surface water quality
2009
ND
Annual Base
Polymer Modified Zero-valent Iron Nanoparticles for Arsenic Remediation: Longevity and Ionic
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Achintya Bezbaruah, Bret Chisholm
Arsenic remediation, Iron nanoparticles, Graft Co-polymer
2009
ND
Annual Base
Development of GAC-NZVI Adsorbent for Arsenic Removal
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Wei Lin
Arsenic, Granular Activated Carbon, Non zero valent iron, Nano particles, adsorption
2009
ND
Annual Base
Interactions Between Microorganisms and Metal Nanoparticles: A New Approach for Groundwater Remediation (Final Phase)
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Achintya Bezbaruah, John McEvoy
Groundwater remediation, Nanoparticle, Microorganisms,
2009
ND
Annual Base
Ion Imprinted Polymer for Removal and Monitoring of Arsenic (Phase II)
Federal:
$19,000
Non-Federal:
$38,002
Achintya Bezbaruah, Bret Chisholm
Arsenic removal, Polymer
2009
ND
Annual Base
Chemical Fingerprinting of Sediments and Water of the Souris River for Identification of Diffuse Pollution Sources II
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Marinus Otte
River sediments, Diffuse pollution, Chemical fingerprinting
2009
ND
Annual Base
Fate of Biodegradable Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in Fargo Wastewater
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$34,000
Khan Eakalak
Biodegradability,Dissolved Organic Nitrogen, Fate, Wastewater
2009
ND
Annual Base
Regional Flood Frequency Analysis in the Missouri River Basin Based on L-moments and GLS Regression
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,000
Yeo Lim
L-moments, Statistical hydrology, GLS regression, Regional flood-frequency analysis
2009
NE
Annual Base
A Solute Transport System for Systematically Evaluating Remedial Technologies for Chlorinated Solvent-Contaminated Groundwater
Federal:
$11,000
Non-Federal:
$60,438
Steve Comfort, Yusong Li
Remediation, Chlorinated Solvents, Rebound
2009
NE
Annual Base
Understanding Microbial Communities in Hyper Alkaline-Saline Sandhills Lakes as an Indicator of Global Warming
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$25,999
Julie Shaffer, Bradley Plantz
soda lakes, climate change, predictive models
2009
NE
Annual Base
Nitrate stimulated oxidative dissolution of U(IV) bearing minerals leading to U mobility in Nebraska groundwater
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$81,154
Karrie Weber, Daniel Snow
Nitration reduction, Uranium oxidation, Bacteria
2009
NH
Annual Base
A pilot study of septic impacts on water quality using Boron concentrations and isotopes as a source tracer
Federal:
$29,949
Non-Federal:
$54,770
Jeffrey Schloss
septic systems, boron tracer, nutrients, water quality, lakes
2009
NJ
Annual Base
Antibiotic pollution of aquatic habitats and impact on the development of environmental pools of resistance in natural microbial communities
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Elisabetta Bini
2009
NJ
Annual Base
A modified photosynthesis process for water purification
Federal:
$17,500
Non-Federal:
$35,000
Shaurya Prakash
2009
NJ
Annual Base
Development of a profile SOD measurement technique
Federal:
$17,500
Non-Federal:
$35,000
Robert Miskewitz
2009
NJ
Annual Base
Innovative Research and Development for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Waste and Wastewater Management System Design
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
David Babson, Donna E. Fennell
2009
NJ
Annual Base
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
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Sean Bugel, Keith Cooper
2009
NJ
Annual Base
Application of molecular and metabolic biomarkers of anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation as evidence for natural attenuation in New Jersey groundwater samples
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Amita Oka, Lily Young
2009
NJ
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$9,835
Non-Federal:
$19,670
Christopher Obropta, Lisa Galloway Evrard
2009
NM
Annual Base
Land application of industrial effluent on a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem: Impact on soil physical and hydraulic properties
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$13,530
Manoj Shukla, John Mexal, Theodore Sammis
2009
NV
Annual Base
Black Carbon in Sierra Nevada Snow: Impacts on Snowmelt and Water Supply
Federal:
$40,820
Non-Federal:
$85,936
Joe McConnell
Black Carbon, Snowmelt, Radiative Forcing, Aerosols
2009
NY
Annual Base
Silica dynamics and nutrient retention modeling in the Hudson River Watershed
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,047
Robert Howarth, Dennis Swaney
2009
NY
Annual Base
Assessment of drug degradation in New York State waters
Federal:
$19,952
Non-Federal:
$40,368
Anthony Hay, Patrick Phillips
2009
NY
Annual Base
The fate of non point sources of nitrate in lawn maintenance
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,164
Gilbert Hanson, Henry Bokuniewicz
2009
NY
Annual Base
Director's Office Information Transfer
Federal:
$20,228
Non-Federal:
$0
Susan Riha, Andrew McDonald, Stephen Shaw
Information transfer
2009
OH
Annual Base
Evaluating Colloid Release from Natural and Model Porous Media
Federal:
$10,424
Non-Federal:
$20,912
John Lenhart, John Lenhart
Toxic Substances, Water Chemistry, Geochemistry, Solute Transport, Ground Water Quality, Colloid Transport, Particle Filtration
2009
OH
Annual Base
Destruction of Cyanobacterial Toxins in Water with Germicidal UV-254 nm-based Homogeneous and Solar-based Heterogeneous Advanced Oxidation Processes
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,149
Dionysios Dionysiou, Dionysios Dionysiou
advanced chemical oxidation, advanced oxidation processes, advanced oxidation technologies, AOPs, AOTs, chemical oxidation, hydrogen peroxide, peroxymonosulfate, persulfate, reaction constants, reaction kinetics, second order, solar light, sulfate radicals, sustainability, TiO2, N-doped TiO2, NF-doped TiO2, ultraviolet technologies, UV, visible light
2009
OH
Annual Base
Exploring Spatial and Temporal Demand Aggregation on Transport Characteristics in Distribution System Modeling
Federal:
$25,540
Non-Federal:
$51,968
Dominic Boccelli
distribution systems, variability, Monte Carlo
2009
OH
Annual Base
MONITORING THE ROLE OF BIOFILM BIOPOLYMERS AGAINST DISINFECTANTS IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
Federal:
$24,534
Non-Federal:
$49,428
Youngwoo Seo
Biofilm, Extraceullular Polymerics Substances (EPS), Disinfection
2009
OK
Annual Base
Alternative Water Conservation Policy Tools for Oklahoma Water Systems
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,549
Damian Adams, Larry Sanders, Michael Smolen
Water Conservation, Policy Tools, Willingness-to-Adopt, Water Use
2009
OK
Annual Base
Stream Depletion by Ground Water Pumping: A Stream Depletion Factor for the State of Oklahoma
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,002
Garey Fox, Mike Kizer
Stream Base Flow, Stream Depletion, Ground Water Pumping
2009
OK
Annual Base
Quantification of water fluxes and irrigation use through remote sensing
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,832
Baxter Vieux, Yang Hong
ET, Remote Sensing, Irrigation, Water Use
2009
OK
Annual Base
Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$6,635
Non-Federal:
$16,696
Will Focht , Kylie Ahern, Jeri Fleming, Jenny Jafek-Jones, Mike Langston
Film Series, Water Symposium, Website, Newsletter
2009
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$18,799
Non-Federal:
$8,685
Todd Jarvis, Todd Jarvis
Outreach, Ethics, Education and Training
2009
OR
Annual Base
SHORT COURSE ON ISOTOPE HYDROLOGY AND ISOTOPE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY: DEVELOPING A CRITICAL MASS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
Federal:
$1,250
Non-Federal:
$4,483
Anne Nolin, Anne Nolin
Isotopes, Biogeochemistry
2009
OR
Annual Base
Detecting Heavy Metal Contamination in the Umatilla River of Eastern Oregon
Federal:
$19,335
Non-Federal:
$56,265
Sandra DeBano
agriculture, aquatic macroinvertebrates, bioaccumulation, crayfish, Eastern Oregon,
2009
OR
Annual Base
Vegetation and Soil Processes in Restored Wetlands
Federal:
$9,955
Non-Federal:
$42,436
Mary Santelmann
Watershed management, wetlands
2009
OR
Annual Base
Synthesis of Traceable Nanoparticles for Studying the Fate and Transport of Engineered Nanomaterials in Aquatic Systems
Federal:
$9,926
Non-Federal:
$26,066
Jeff Nason
nanomaterials, nanoparticles, fate, transport, water quality, water treatment
2009
OR
Annual Base
Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD): Developing an Integrated Water Resource Strategy
Federal:
$8,506
Non-Federal:
$38,021
Greg Perry
Oregon, long-term water planning, water conservation, interdisciplinary models
2009
OR
Annual Base
Colloidal transport in variably saturated porous media: A detailed evaluation of colloid mobilization mechanisms
Federal:
$7,810
Non-Federal:
$37,322
Dorthe Wildenschild
Groundwater, Unsaturated Zone, Colloids, Imaging
2009
OR
Annual Base
Dams and Development: Ecological, Socioeconomic, and Policy Dimensions
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$22,436
Bryan Tilt, Desiree Tullos
Integrative Dam Assessment Model, Interdisciplinary, Development, Dams, Dam
2009
OR
Annual Base
A Local Assessment of Abandoned Wells in Linn and Benton Counties
Federal:
$10,254
Non-Federal:
$22,001
Deron Carter, Deron Carter
abandoned wells, drinking water source protection,
2009
PA
Annual Base
Developing Numeric Criteria to Guide Nutrient Controls for Streams in Pennsylvania
Federal:
$1
Non-Federal:
$2
Hunter Carrick, John Regan
biofilms, nutrients, streams
2009
PA
Annual Base
Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Symposium
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Elizabeth Boyer, Bryan Swistock
watershed, water quality, water quantity, groundwater, rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands, water resources, research
2009
PA
Annual Base
An Emerging Technology for Emerging Contaminants: Biocatalysis of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Wastewater for Beneficial Reuse
Federal:
$17,500
Non-Federal:
$35,000
Rachel Brennan
endocrine disruptors, wastewater, water reuse, fungi, mycelia, mycoremediation, biocatalysis
2009
PA
Annual Base
Water Conservation Training and Public Education
Federal:
$17,500
Non-Federal:
$35,002
Bryan Swistock
water conservation, water use, education
2009
PA
Annual Base
Stream Storm Flow Dynamics Below Combined Sewer Systems: Human and Runoff Inputs
Federal:
$17,500
Non-Federal:
$35,977
Daniel Bain
hydrology, water
2009
RI
Annual Base
Nanosilver-clay composite material as a reactive permeable barrier to control microbiological and chemical contamination in groundwater
Federal:
$17,096
Non-Federal:
$37,767
Vinka Oyanedel-Craver
Treatment, ground water
2009
RI
Annual Base
Rhode Island Clean Drinking Water
Federal:
$18,500
Non-Federal:
$37,063
Harold Knickle, Geoffrey Bothun
Water Quality, Conference, Summer Camp, High School Students, Clean Water, Careers, Rhode Island
2009
RI
Annual Base
Sequential Inactivation of Microorganisms in Drinking Water using Ultraviolet Radiation and Residual Chlorine
Federal:
$15,263
Non-Federal:
$30,537
Kelly Pennell
Disinfection, Ultraviolet Radiation, Chlorine, Sequential Inactivation
2009
SC
Annual Base
Sediment Pollution Potential Assessment of Abandoned Developments Using Remote Sensing and GIS
Federal:
$46,386
Non-Federal:
$124,484
Elena Mikhailova, Christopher Post
Sediment, Water Quality, Development, GIS, Remote Sensing, Modeling
2009
SC
Annual Base
Developing a theoretical framework for water quality trading in the Saluda-Reedy watershed, South Carolina
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,246
Robert Carey, G. Michael Mikota, Jeffrey Parkey
Environmental markets, water quality trading, institutions, nutrients, watershed, point sources, nonpoint sources
2009
SD
Annual Base
Acidic Leaching Tests to Determine Arsenic Mobility from Concrete-Encapsulated Limestone Waste
Federal:
$24,262
Non-Federal:
$48,522
Arden Davis, David Dixon, Marion Hansen
Arsenic; arsenic removal; drinking water; recycling; concrete; disposal
2009
TN
Annual Base
Drought Variability in Reconstructed Streamflow
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$102,080
Glenn Tootle, Henri Grissino-Mayer
Drought, Streamflow Reconstruction, Atmospheric/Oceanic Influences, Tree-rings, Climate,
2009
TX
Annual Base
Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) at an effluent-dominated wastewater application site: Estrogens, Triclosan, and Caffeine
Federal:
$4,967
Non-Federal:
$10,025
Adcharee Karnjanapiboonwong, Todd Anderson
Micropollutants, Endocrine disruptor, Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products, Sorption
2009
TX
Annual Base
Role of Free-ranging Wildlife in the Deposition of Escherichia coli into a Texas River Floodplain
Federal:
$4,997
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Israel Parker, Roel Lopez
Wildlife, Escherichia coli, Population Estimation, Fecal Deposition Rate, Concentrations
2009
TX
Annual Base
Sources and Risks of Waterborne Pathogens in the El Paso del Norte Region
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,083
Joy Archuleta-Truesdale, George Di Giovanni
Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Microbial Source Tracking, Risk Assessment
2009
TX
Annual Base
Economic analysis of proposed seawater desalination facility in Brownsville, TX
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,149
Andrew Leidner, Ron Lacewell, M Rister
seawater desalination, water supply project economics
2009
TX
Annual Base
Lake Houston Watershed Water Quality Prediction System
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Aarin Teague, Philip Bedient
Hydrologic Models, Land Use, Watershed Protection
2009
TX
Annual Base
Biotransformation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) at an effluent land application site
Federal:
$4,967
Non-Federal:
$10,025
Deborah Carr, Todd Anderson
effluent, biotransformation, 17β-estradiol, estrone, estriol, and 17α-ethinylestradiol, ciprofloxacin, triclosan, ibuprofen
2009
TX
Annual Base
Influence of Land Use and Terrain on Surface Hydrology in Shrink-Swell Soils.
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,107
Takele Dinka, Cristine Morgan
shrink-swell, crack dynamics, land use, hydrology
2009
TX
Annual Base
Regulated Deficit Irrigation Application and Cotton Production in SW Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,097
Yujin Wen, Tom Cothren
Regulated deficit irrigation, water stress, irrigation scheduling, water supply/ demand
2009
TX
Annual Base
In Situ Groundwater Arsenic Removal using Iron Oxide Coated Sand
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Hongxu Yu, Yongheng Huang
Arsenic, Iron oxide coated sand, Adsorption, Groundwater, In situ
2009
TX
Annual Base
Ecohydrology of Forested Wetlands on the Texas Gulf Coast
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$19,259
Dex Dean, Bradford Wilcox
Ecohydrology, Wetlands, Water Budgets
2009
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$34,650
Non-Federal:
$70,330
Rosemary Payton, Bill Harris, Leslie Jordan, Danielle Supercinski, Jaclyn Tech, Kathy Wythe
2009
UT
Annual Base
Drought Planning Including Carryover Surface Water Storage for a Utah Water Service Provider
Federal:
$32,178
Non-Federal:
$35,402
David Rosenberg
Drought, Planning, Carry-over surface water storage, Water supply, Water conservation, Utah
2009
UT
Annual Base
Increasing Data Accuracy, Reliability, Accessibility, and Understandability to Improve Basin-Wide Water Resources Decision Making
Federal:
$32,486
Non-Federal:
$54,959
Blake Tullis, Steven Barfuss, Mac McKee, Gary Merkley
Flow Measurement, Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
2009
UT
Annual Base
Information Transfer in Support of the Utah Center for Water Resources Research
Federal:
$11,500
Non-Federal:
$20,932
R. Ivonne Harris
Outreach, Publications, Web Page Development
2009
VI
Annual Base
Point-of-Entry (POE) Cistern Water Purification Units (CPU) Development
Federal:
$19,750
Non-Federal:
$0
Sangchul Hwang
cistern, contamination, filtration, disinfection, development
2009
VI
Annual Base
Alternative Water Treatment Technologies for An Aquaponic System.
Federal:
$19,087
Non-Federal:
$0
Jason Danaher
Aquaculture, filtration, water quality
2009
VI
Annual Base
Investigation of Sediment Export from St Thomas Watersheds
Federal:
$30,056
Non-Federal:
$0
Kerry Brown, Gaboury Benoit
sediments, watersheds, erosion, streams, hydrology, reefs
2009
VI
Annual Base
The Eighteenth Annual Caribbean Water and Wastewater Conference and Exhibition
Federal:
$15,921
Non-Federal:
$0
Henry Smith
water supply, water use, wastewater, Caribbean
2009
VT
Annual Base
Quantifying Sediment Loading due to Stream Bank Erosion in Impaired and Attainment Watersheds in Chittenden County, VT Using Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing Technologies
Federal:
$43,204
Non-Federal:
$115,823
Leslie Morrissey, Donna Rizzo, Donald Ross, Eric Young
stream bank, erosion, sediment, fluvial geomorphology, remote sensing, GIS, LIDAR, object oriented classification
2009
VT
Annual Base
Estimating Soil Phosphorus Concentrations along Erodible Stream Corridors in Chittenden County, Vermont
Federal:
$12,826
Non-Federal:
$132,753
Donald Ross, Leslie Morrissey, Eric Young
soil phosphorus, soil mapping, spatial variability, soil-landscape, P transport
2009
WA
Annual Base
Adaptive Management of Mountain Forests to Prevent Mass Wasting under Climate Change
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,030
Jennifer Adam, Balasingam Muhunthan
Climate, Landslide, Sediment Modeling, Hydrology
2009
WA
Annual Base
Understanding Controls on Cyanobacteria Blooms: Vancouver Lake as a Model System
Federal:
$27,455
Non-Federal:
$55,165
Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, Stephen Bollens
cyanobacteria, harmful algal blooms, Vancouver Lake, zooplankton grazing
2009
WA
Annual Base
Influence of Large Wood Addition on Nitrogen Transformations at the Surface water/groundwater interface
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$56,462
Clay Arango, Carey Gazis
Surface/groundwater interaction, Hyporheic zone, Nitrification, Whole-stream nitrate uptake, Stream restoration, Large woody debris
2009
WI
Annual Base
University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute - Information Transfer
Federal:
$67,383
Non-Federal:
$151,018
Stephen Wittman, James Hurley
Public information, communications, publications, library, websites, news, newsletter, reports, conferences, workshops
2009
WI
Annual Base
From Sandbags to Sanity: Lessons from the Midwest Floods of 2008
Federal:
$25,174
Non-Federal:
$25,119
Donald Moynihan
policy, management, water resources
2009
WI
Annual Base
Combination of Co-Precipitation with Zeolite Filtration to Remove Arsenic from Contaminated Water
Federal:
$32,862
Non-Federal:
$9,999
Zhaohui Li
arsenic, drinking water, filtration, metal cations, Wisconsin
2009
WI
Annual Base
The Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Elevated Groundwater Nitrate Concentrations on Infaunal Invertebrates in the Central Sand Plains
Federal:
$15,649
Non-Federal:
$3,753
Robert Stelzer
groundwater, nitrate, aquatic invertebrates, Wisconsin
2009
WV
Annual Base
(WRI-117) Controlling Phosphate in Agricultural Field Leachate Using Mine Drainage Treatment Ferrihydrite
Federal:
$30,351
Non-Federal:
$60,705
Paul Ziemkiewicz, Richard Herd, Melissa O'Neal
phosphorus, water quality, acid mine drainage, nutrients, agriculture
2009
WV
Annual Base
(WRI-119) Development and Presentation of Current Water Quality Data for the Public
Federal:
$60,987
Non-Federal:
$108,169
Paul Ziemkiewicz, Melissa O'Neal
2009
WY
Annual Base
Detecting the Signature of Glaciogenic Cloud Seeding in Orographic Snowstorms in Wyoming II: Further Airborne Cloud Radar and Lidar Measurements
Federal:
$32,647
Non-Federal:
$216,530
Bart Geerts
Weather Modification, Cloud Radar, Aircraft Measurements
2009
WY
Annual Base
Effects of Warm CBM Product Water Discharge on Winter Fluvial and Ice Processes in the Powder River Basin
Federal:
$18,876
Non-Federal:
$124,367
Robert Ettema, Edward Kempema
Ice, Frazil, Anchor ice, Coal bed methane, Discharge water
2009
WY
Annual Base
Characterization of Algal Blooms Affecting Wyoming Irrigation Infrastructure: Microbiological Groundwork for Effective Management
Federal:
$9,342
Non-Federal:
$161,655
Naomi Ward, Blaire Steven
Algal blooms, Algae-associated bacteria, Eutrophication, Irrigation
2009
WY
Annual Base
A New Method for Tracing Seepage from CBNG Water Holding Ponds in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Federal:
$9,378
Non-Federal:
$72,188
Shikha Sharma, Carol Frost, Katta Reddy
Carbon Isotopes, CBNG co-produced water, Recharge Flowpath
2008
AK
Annual Base
Study of Streamflow Response to Seasonal Snowcover Change in the Yukon River
Federal:
$49,428
Non-Federal:
$16,210
Daqing Yang
snowcover hydrology, discharge, climate, permafrost,
2008
AK
Annual Base
Transport and biodegradation of Hydrocarbons in Soil Contaminated with Conventional or Alternative Fuel
Federal:
$34,881
Non-Federal:
$13,796
Silke Schiewer
fuel spills, bioremediation, contaminant transport, modeling
2008
AK
Annual Base
Reconstruction of the Lake Pleistocene Glacial Lake Ahtna, Copper River Basin, Alaska
Federal:
$15,667
Non-Federal:
$38,174
Michael Loso
ice-dammed lakes, Lake Ahtna, jokulhlaups, paleo-hydrology, Quaternary climate, Copper River basin, outburst floods, glaciofluvial, glaciolacustrine, strandline
2008
AL
Annual Base
Evaluating Bioretention Contaminant Uptake and Removal in an Experimental Rain Garden Study
Federal:
$17,355
Non-Federal:
$34,872
Mark Dougherty, Charlene LeBleu
Bioretention, Stormwater Management, Nonpoint Source Pollution
2008
AL
Annual Base
On-Farm and Watershed Approaches to Community-Based Nutrient and Pathogen Management
Federal:
$24,998
Non-Federal:
$33,739
William Deutsch
Water Quality Monitoring, Water Quality Management, Eutrophication, Nutrients, Fertilizers, Bacteria, Runoff, Pathogen
2008
AL
Annual Base
Estimating Regional and Local Scale Surface Moisture as an Indicator of Drought and Crop Yield Using Thermal IR Remote Sensing
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,183
Luke Marzen, Diane Hite
Drought, moisture, thermal remote sensing, MODIS, crop yield
2008
AL
Annual Base
Grountwater-Surface Water Contributions of Nitrate Contamination and Discharge to Coastal Surface Waters, Baldwin County, Alabama
Federal:
$16,000
Non-Federal:
$34,041
Geoffrey Tick
Nutrients, Contaminant Transport, Coastal Zone, Groundwater Hydrology
2008
AR
Annual Base
Role of Fluvial Sediments in Modifying Phosphorus Export from Northwest Arkansas Watersheds
Federal:
$24,098
Non-Federal:
$48,196
Andrew Sharpley, Brian Haggard
Fluvial P transport, Streams, Rivers, Northwest Arkansas, Phosphorus
2008
AR
Annual Base
Spatial and historical distribution of Geosmin and MIB producers in Beaver Reservoir, northwest Arkansas
Federal:
$25,423
Non-Federal:
$50,846
Sonja Hausmann, Stephen Boss, Ralph K. Davis
reservoir, odor and taste, cyanobacteria, nutrients, MIB, Geosmin, CCA, diatoms, paleolimnology
2008
AR
Annual Base
Biogeochemical controls and interactions of carbon and nutrient cycling in karst hydrologic systems.
Federal:
$20,814
Non-Federal:
$41,628
Erik Pollock, John Brahana, Phil Hays
soil karst, water quality, hydrology, biochemistry
2008
AR
Annual Base
Arkansas Water Resources Center Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$10,550
Non-Federal:
$21,100
Ralph K. Davis, Brian Haggard
Conference, Newsletters, WEB Interface
2008
AZ
Annual Base
Meta-Analysis of Rangeland Water-Yield Experiments for the Southwestern U.S.
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,279
Ed de Steiguer, Steven Archer
water-yield, rangelands, meta-analysis, research synthesis
2008
AZ
Annual Base
Lessons Learned: Extending the student/staff/faculty collaborative work model to the K-12 education
Federal:
$11,474
Non-Federal:
$24,623
James Riley, James Riley
Water Harvesting R&D, Water Use, System Design, Student Education
2008
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$52,095
Non-Federal:
$104,452
Sharon Megdal, Susanna Eden, Joe Gelt
Information Transfer, Education, Outreach, Newsletter, Policy, Water Supply, Water Use, Water Quality, Water Management
2008
AZ
Annual Base
Database Creation: Transboundary San Pedro Valley Aquifer
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,004
Christopher Scott
transboundary groundwater, aquifer assessment
2008
CA
Annual Base
Climate Variability of the Sierra Nevada over the last Millennium: Reconstructions from Annually Laminated Sediments in Swamp Lake, Yosemite National Park, California
Federal:
$11,817
Non-Federal:
$30,228
Daniel Cayan
2008
CA
Annual Base
High-Resolution Modeling of Flood Inundation
Federal:
$17,216
Non-Federal:
$22,555
Brett Sanders
2008
CA
Annual Base
Securing Access to Water: Institutional Strategies for Coping with Drought and Water Scarcity
Federal:
$25,511
Non-Federal:
$14,297
Ronnie Lipschutz
2008
CA
Annual Base
Integrated Regional Water Management Planning in California: Developing Institutions for Collective Action
Federal:
$15,459
Non-Federal:
$27,796
Mark Lubell
2008
CA
Annual Base
Simulating and understanding variability in runoff from the Sierra Nevada
Federal:
$17,623
Non-Federal:
$27,344
Alex Hall
2008
CO
Annual Base
Hydrologic Analysis and Process-Based Modeling for the Upper Cache la Poudre Basin
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$7,976
Reagan Waskom, Stephanie Kampf
Hydrologic modeling, Flow forecasting, Climate variability
2008
CT
Annual Base
Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Total Coliforms and E. coli Using SWNT Membrane
Federal:
$52,058
Non-Federal:
$109,026
Yu Lei
ground water, total coliforms, E.coli, amperometric biosensor
2008
CT
Annual Base
Optimization of Acidogenic Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment with The Potential for Water Reclamation
Federal:
$73,895
Non-Federal:
$156,858
Baikun Li
anaerobic wastewater treatment, acidogenic phase, water reclamation
2008
DC
Annual Base
Modeling of Integrated Urban Wastewater System in the District of Columbia (Pase II)
Federal:
$25,682
Non-Federal:
$61,528
Tolessa Deksissa, Pradeep Behera
Modeling, water quality, urban wastewater management
2008
DC
Annual Base
Development of Web-based Rainfall Statistical Analyisis Tool for Urban Stormwater Management Analsis
Federal:
$8,200
Non-Federal:
$10,828
Pradeep Behera
Analytical Models, Urban Stormwater Models, Statistical analysis, storm event analysis
2008
DC
Annual Base
Assessing the Distribution of Synthetic Organics and the degradation of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in the Anacostia River through Microbial and Stable Isotope Studies
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$29,336
Karen Bushaw-Newton, Stephen MacAvoy
Sythetic organics, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, alkanes, sediment biogeochemistry,microbial degradation, stable isotopes
2008
DC
Annual Base
Gradual Variation Analysis for Groundwater Flow in the District of Columbia (Phase II)
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$38,740
Li Chen
Groundwater flow, gradual variation, analysis, computer simulation, real data processing, MODFLOW
2008
DC
Annual Base
Application of Spaciotemporal Informatics to Water Quality
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,900
Pradeep Behera, Byunggu Yu
Water quality, Measurements, spaciotemporal Informatics, non-point source pollution
2008
DE
Annual Base
DWRC Information Transfer
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
James Sims, Maria Pautler
Outreach programs on water resources
2008
DE
Annual Base
Assessing the Presence of Natural Hormones in Litter and Excreta from Broiler Chickens
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Alexandra Barnard, William Saylor
2008
DE
Annual Base
Water Quality and Bacterial Monitoring at Delaware Inland Bays Oyster Gardening Sites, Delaware
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Christen Dillard, Gulnihal Ozbay
water quality, bioindicators, oyster aquaculture
2008
DE
Annual Base
The Effect of Riparian Forested Corridors on Fish Biodiversity in Suburban and Agricultural Landscapes
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Erin Dilworth, Chris Williams
riparian zones, fish, biodiversity, nonpoint pollution
2008
DE
Annual Base
Spatial and Temporal Integration of Pollution History in the Christina River Basin Using Sediment Cores from Bread and Cheese Island
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Cristina Fernandez
sediments, biogeochemistry, water supply, pollution
2008
DE
Annual Base
Effects of Water Quality on Oyster Growth (Crassostrea virginica) in the Floating Oyster Aquaculture Gear in Delaware's Inland Bays
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Aaron Gibson, Gulnihal Ozbay
nonpoint pollution, oyster gardens, biofiltration
2008
DE
Annual Base
Delaware Coastal Zone Act: Impact on Water Quality
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Erin McVey, Steven Hastings
environmental policies, coastal water quality, Delaware Coastal Zone Act
2008
DE
Annual Base
Zero-valent Iron and Other Additives to Enhance Biofiltration of Water
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Rachael Vaicunas, Pei Chiu
safe drinking water, zero-valent iron, low cost technologies, developing countries
2008
DE
Annual Base
Exploring Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD) as for Water Purification
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Caitlin Wilson, Steven Dentel
desalinization, drinking water, membrane distillation
2008
DE
Annual Base
Direct Contact Membrane Distillation of Brackish and Contaminated Water Sources for Sourcing Potable Water
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Edwin Wong, Steven Dentel
drinking water, purification technologies, membrane distillation
2008
DE
Annual Base
Removal and Inactivation of Pathogenic Enteric Viruses and Parasites from Water Using Zero-valent Iron
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Adam Yoskowitz, Kalmia Kniel
food-borne illnesses, contaminated ground waters, water purification technologies, zero-valent iron
2008
FL
Annual Base
Sensitivity Analysis of South Florida Regional Modeling
Federal:
$39,999
Non-Federal:
$100,001
Rafael Munoz-Carpena, Gregory Kiker
hydrology, assistantships, modelling, water quality, cooperative agreement, South West Florida Water Management District
2008
FL
Annual Base
Addition of Ecological Algorithms into the RSM Model
Federal:
$20,001
Non-Federal:
$49,999
Gregory Kiker, Rafael Munoz-Carpena
Hydrology, Assistantships, South Florida Water Management District, Modeling, Water quality, Cooperative Agreement
2008
FL
Annual Base
Use of NEXRAD data to develop climatologically homogeneous rainfall areas for the South Florida Water Management District
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$17,000
Henry Fuelberg
radar-derived precipitation, statistical analysis of precipitation
2008
FL
Annual Base
Florida Water Resources Information Transfer
Federal:
$26,307
Non-Federal:
$21,975
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
Information Transfer
2008
GA
Annual Base
Assessing the impacts of a major wildfire in the Okefenokee Swamp on mercury levels in resident macroinvertebrates
Federal:
$36,000
Non-Federal:
$72,002
Darold Batzer, Darold Batzer
2008
GA
Annual Base
Modeling Water Quality Changes in Aquifer Storage Recovery Systems
Federal:
$18,375
Non-Federal:
$36,783
Aquifer storage recovery, modeling, water quality
2008
GA
Annual Base
Tidal Streams: A Renewable Energy Source for Georgia
Federal:
$18,264
Non-Federal:
$39,965
Kevin Haas, Hermann Fritz
tidal streams, energy, rivers
2008
GA
Annual Base
A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Mandatory Drought Responses in Georgia
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$37,373
Susan Cozzens, Hyun Jung Park
drought, water conservation, performance,
2008
GA
Annual Base
GWRI Information Transfer Activities
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Aris Georgakakos
2008
GU
Annual Base
Guam Water Kids: An Educational Campaign for Children to Learn about Guams Water and How to Protect It.
Federal:
$16,060
Non-Federal:
$0
Arretta Card, John Jocson
Water resources, aquifer, groundwater, surface water, watershed, teachers, students, Guam, hydrological cycle, saline contamination, non-source pollution, non-point pollution, conservation
2008
GU
Annual Base
A Field-based Simulation for Groundwater Education on Guam
Federal:
$18,873
Non-Federal:
$0
Paul Wallace, John Jenson
Groundwater education, Field-based simulation, augmented reality games, teacher training
2008
GU
Annual Base
Using Remote Sensing to Determine Changes in Soil Erosion and Sediment Loads from Guam Badlands
Federal:
$21,161
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Yuming Wen
Badlands, Watershed Management, Sedimentation, Model Studies
2008
GU
Annual Base
Spatial and Temporal Nitrate Variations in Groundwater from Southern Saipan
Federal:
$29,900
Non-Federal:
$0
Derek Chambers, Heidi Yelin
Nitrate, Groundwater, Rainfall, Saipan
2008
GU
Annual Base
Development of Sub-Region Water Production for the Saipan Water Distribution System Model and Exploration of Scenarios for Optimal Operation
Federal:
$25,816
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz
Water Production Data, Water Demand, Distribution Systems, Model Studies
2008
GU
Annual Base
Heavy Metals in Biotic Components from Saipan Lagoon with Emphasis on Nearshore Areas Impacted by Stormwater and Wastewater Discharges
Federal:
$34,534
Non-Federal:
$0
John Starmer, Gary Denton, Harold Wood
Freshwater Discharges, Saipan, Pollution Monitoring, Heavy Metals, Bio-indicators
2008
GU
Annual Base
Watershed Management for Pohnpei Island in the Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$35,273
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz, Mark Lander
Watershed Management, Sedimentation, Land Use, Rivers
2008
GU
Annual Base
Groundwater Resources Management Training
Federal:
$32,204
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Atoll Island Groundwater Model
2008
GU
Annual Base
Water System Operation and Maintenance Training for Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island
Federal:
$14,787
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah
Water Resources, Training, Education, Operations and Maintenance
2008
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$22,802
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2008
GU
Annual Base
Information Management
Federal:
$1,800
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
Rainfall Data, Climate, Water Resources Management
2008
GU
Annual Base
Comprehensive Survey of the Current State, Infrastructure, and Usage of Freshwater Resources on Low Islands of Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$17,845
Non-Federal:
$0
Danko Taborosi, John Jenson
Micronesia, low islands, atolls, islets, reef islands, coral islands, groundwater, rainwater catchment, water storage tanks, water quality, water supply, water use, typhoons, floods, saltwater intrusion, hydrology, hydrogeology, waste disposal, burial practices, pit toilets, piggeries, traditional agriculture, traditional resource management, taro patches
2008
GU
Annual Base
Baseline Study of Coastal Discharge of Groundwater on Guam
Federal:
$20,632
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Groundwater discharge, Groundwater quality,
2008
HI
Annual Base
Improving Water Resource Assessment in Hawai`i by Using LiDAR Measurements of Canopy Structure to Estimate Rainfall Interception
Federal:
$20,987
Non-Federal:
$43,242
Thomas Giambelluca
Interception, LiDAR, tropical forest
2008
HI
Annual Base
Integrated Management of Multiple Aquifers in the Face of Climate Change
Federal:
$20,525
Non-Federal:
$34,742
James Roumasset
(integrated) water system management, demand management, efficiency pricing, dynamic optimization, consumer welfare, marginal user cost, climate change
2008
HI
Annual Base
Determination of the Relationship between Biodiversity and Trophic Status of Wahiawa Reservoir
Federal:
$16,856
Non-Federal:
$42,055
Tao Yan, Clark Liu
Bidiversity, eutrophiation, assessment, prediction
2008
HI
Annual Base
Modeling of Humidification-Dehumidification (HDH) Seawater Desalination Systems Driven by Solar Energy
Federal:
$58,905
Non-Federal:
$101,424
Weilin Qu
freshwater supply, seawater desalination, humidification-dehumidification
2008
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$6,505
Non-Federal:
$11,470
Philip Moravcik
technology transfer, outreach, public information, information dissemination
2008
IA
Annual Base
Biomass Harvest and Nutrient Management Systems Impacts on Water Quality.
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$122,976
Antonio P. Mallarino, Matthew Helmers
Phosphorus runoff, Nitrate leaching, Water Quality
2008
IA
Annual Base
Urban resident education integrating investigations of non-point source pollution in groundwater and public perceptions/technical understanding
Federal:
$21,456
Non-Federal:
$42,967
Mimi Wagner, William Simpkins, Mimi Wagner
groundwater monitoring, urban hydrologic systems, resident education
2008
IA
Annual Base
Development of Explicit Margin of Safety Methodology for Sediment TMDLs
Federal:
$17,353
Non-Federal:
$35,435
Amy Kaleita, James Newman
Uncertainty Analysis, sediment, erosion models, TMDL
2008
IA
Annual Base
Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$10,077
Non-Federal:
$0
Richard Cruse, Hillary Olson
Conference, poster symposia, newsletters
2008
ID
Annual Base
Developing Tools to Minimize Jurisdictional Barriers to Achievement of Fishery and Water Resoures Goals in Lapwai Creek, Idaho
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,000
Brian Kennedy, Barbara Cosens
Jurisdictional Barriers; Water Resources; Fisheries; Tribe
2008
ID
Annual Base
Investigating Mechanisms by Which Long Distance Circulation (LDC) Enhances Surface Water Quality
Federal:
$40,064
Non-Federal:
$80,128
Frank Wilhelm
Harmful Algal Blooms, Water Quality, Long Distance Circulation, Enclosure Experiments
2008
ID
Annual Base
Regional Economic Demand for Irrigation Water in Idaho's Eastern Snake River Plain
Federal:
$18,120
Non-Federal:
$36,240
Garth Taylor, Levan Elbakidze
Irrigation water demand functions, water production functions, evapotranspiration production functions, water economics
2008
ID
Annual Base
Climate Change Impacts on the Snake River Plain's Surface & Ground Water Resources
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,000
Russell Qualls
Snowmelt Runoff Modeling, Climate Change Scenario, Water Distribution, Doctrine of Prior Appropriations, Agriculture, Irrigation, Evapotranspiration, Groundwater Recharge
2008
IL
Annual Base
Information Transfer to Illinois Constituents
Federal:
$10,970
Non-Federal:
$2,775
Richard E. Warner
newsletter, website, conference
2008
IN
Annual Base
Poly Tanks on Farms and Businesses: Preventing Catastrophic Failures
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$65,116
Fred Whitford
Poly tanks, transportation, spills, pollution, contamination, pesticides, fertilizer, water quality, storage
2008
IN
Annual Base
Wireless Monitoring of the Wabash River
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,004
Chad Jafvert
Remote Sensing, Streams, Rivers, Undergraduate Education
2008
IN
Annual Base
New Rural Home Buyer Septic System Extension Bulletin Series
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$21,132
Brad Lee
Septic systems, Soils, Pollution, Groundwater, Water quality
2008
IN
Annual Base
Hydrological Controls on Nitrate and Carbon Delivery to Streams in Artificially Drained Landscapes of the Midwest
Federal:
$14,992
Non-Federal:
$31,458
Philippe Vidon, Philippe Vidon
Nitrate, Carbon, Tile drain, Matrix flow, Overland flow, Macropore flow
2008
IN
Annual Base
Environmental Implications of Manufactured Nanomaterial: Nanosilver
Federal:
$25,578
Non-Federal:
$13,428
Ronald Turco
Soil, Groundwater, Manufactured nanomaterials: Nanosilver, Ecological risk, Indicators, Environmental microbiology
2008
KS
Annual Base
An Analysis of Sedimentation Reduction Strategies for Tuttle Creek Lake
Federal:
$89,433
Non-Federal:
$138,495
Kyle Mankin
Tuttle Creek Lake, Decision Support System, SWAT, Economic Analysis Reservoir Sedimentation, Dredging
2008
KS
Annual Base
Water and the Future of Kansas Conference
Federal:
$18,587
Non-Federal:
$61,775
William Hargrove
2008
KY
Annual Base
Evaluation of short-term soil and nutrient loss following a prescribed burn in the Crooked Creek watershed
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Mike Kemp, Andy Kellie
erosion, nutrient transport, forest management
2008
KY
Annual Base
The effect of clay mineralogy on the infiltration capacity of grass lawns
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$14,046
Samuel Boateng
soil moisture, soil texture, stormwater runoff
2008
KY
Annual Base
Development of a composite sediment transport model applicable to watersheds in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,503
James Fox
erosion, streambanks, in-stream storage
2008
KY
Annual Base
Comparison of eastern hemlock and hardwood dominated forest stream assemblages
Federal:
$3,181
Non-Federal:
$8,551
Sherry Harrel
aquatic diversity, fish, macroinvertebrates
2008
KY
Annual Base
A comparison of methods for measuring suspended sediment and discharge in wadeable streams
Federal:
$3,899
Non-Federal:
$8,298
Christine McMichael, Steven Reid
sediment load, discharge measurement, monitoring activities
2008
KY
Annual Base
Evaluating carbon pool patterns in agricultural and forested streams along Kentucky Lake
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,002
Iin Handayani
riparian, sediment, stream ecosystems
2008
KY
Annual Base
Identification of human and animal fecal sources in central Kentucky watersheds by PCR of 16sDNA markers from host specific fecal anaerobes
Federal:
$4,977
Non-Federal:
$10,047
Gail Brion, Alan Fryar
microbial source tracking, Bacteriodes, polymerase chain reaction
2008
KY
Annual Base
Inventory and assessment of combined sewer overflow discharges within Kentucky communities
Federal:
$22,500
Non-Federal:
$45,021
Lindell Ormsbee
pathogens, disinfection, CSO
2008
KY
Annual Base
Kentucky Information Transfer Activities
Federal:
$35,374
Non-Federal:
$63,394
Lindell Ormsbee, Anna Hoover, Jim Kipp
symposium, Internet
2008
LA
Annual Base
2008 Louisiana Water Symposia
Federal:
$18,410
Non-Federal:
$36,822
John Pardue, Nedra Korevec
Information transfer, environmental infrastructure, coastal communities, water and wastewater treatment
2008
LA
Annual Base
Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) Laboratory Experiments on Saltwater Encroachment Tracking and Modeling in Saturated Heterogeneous Sediment
Federal:
$16,500
Non-Federal:
$33,002
Frank Tsai
Resistivity, Tomography, Geophysics, Saltwater Encroachment, Aquifer, Subsurface, Modeling, Optimization
2008
LA
Annual Base
Uncertainty-based TMDL Calculations for Dissolved Oxygen in Amite River
Federal:
$16,245
Non-Federal:
$32,490
Zhi-Qiang Deng
Uncertainty, Dissolved Oxygen, Streams, TMDL
2008
LA
Annual Base
Field Monitoring of Environmental Contaminants of Toxic Metals in Lake Pontchartrain and Ground Water
Federal:
$33,592
Non-Federal:
$71,080
Ju Chou
Field analysis, toxic metals, surface water, portable instrument
2008
MA
Annual Base
Estimation of Climatic and Anthropogenic Influences on Freshwater Availability
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Richard Vogel, Yushiou Tsai
Sensitivity analysis, streamflow elasticity, fresh water scarcity, drought
2008
MA
Annual Base
Quantifying Sediment Transport in Red Brook, Wareham, Massachusetts: Impacts of Dam Removal
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$75,948
Ellen Douglas, Allen Gontz, Steven Kichefski
sediment transport, geomorphology, hydrology, sediment management, water quality
2008
MA
Annual Base
Toxicity of carbon nanotubes to the activated sludge process: protective ability of extracellular polymeric substances
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$13,492
Xiaoqi (Jackie) Zhang, Lauren Luongo
Activated sludge, Carbon nanotubes, Extracellular polymeric substances, Respiration inhibition, Toxicity
2008
MA
Annual Base
Characterization of wastewater effluent from Western Massachusetts publicly owned treatment works using metaproteomic analysis
Federal:
$9,958
Non-Federal:
$20,084
Chul Park
wastewater, BOD, proteomics, effluent, organic matter, POTW
2008
MA
Annual Base
Environmental Analyses Support
Federal:
$6,106
Non-Federal:
$5,302
Paula Rees, Marie-Francoise Hatte
water quality analyses
2008
MA
Annual Base
Water Conference 2008
Federal:
$23,664
Non-Federal:
$24,910
Paula Rees, Marie-Francoise Hatte
Conference Water Resources
2008
MD
Annual Base
The biodiversity effect: Do plant species mixtures perform better than monocultures in runoff treatment wetlands?
Federal:
$30,899
Non-Federal:
$63,146
Andrew Baldwin
agricultural and urban runoff, non-point source pollution, treatment wetlands, plant biodiversity
2008
MD
Annual Base
Microbial nitrogen sequestration in detrital-based streams of the Chesapeake Bay watershed under stress from road-salt runoff.
Federal:
$29,857
Non-Federal:
$59,715
Christopher Swan
road salt deicer, runoff, streams, invertebrates, nitrogen sequestration
2008
MD
Annual Base
Summer Fellowship: Integrated experimental and mathematical evaluation to improve the fate of the tetrachloroethene at contaminated sites
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Allen Davis, Allen Davis
groundwater, bioremediation, chlorinated solvents
2008
MD
Annual Base
Summer Fellowship: Investigating the Fate and Persistence of dichloroacetamide herbacide safeners in model environmental systems
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Allen Davis
herbacides, agriculture, endocrine disruptors
2008
MD
Annual Base
How Can Maryland Agriculture and the Bay Coexist?
Federal:
$7,624
Non-Federal:
$15,248
Allen Davis, Philip Kearney
2008
ME
Annual Base
Development of a non-lethal biomarker of contaminant exposure for threatened and endangered fish species.
Federal:
$6,083
Non-Federal:
$61,641
Rebecca Van Beneden, Adria Elskus, Brian Perkins
bioindicators, organic compounds, pollutants, rivers, streams, synthetic organics, toxic substances, trace organics, water quality, water quality monitoring
2008
ME
Annual Base
Maine Information Transfer
Federal:
$26,183
Non-Federal:
$35,808
John Peckenham
Education, Outreach
2008
MI
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Technology Transfer Training Programs
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,346
Lois Wolfson
Water Quality; Water Quantity, Watershed Management; Macroinvertebrates; Wetlands; Monitoring; Interactive Web-based Systems; Exotic Species
2008
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$27,335
Non-Federal:
$57,066
Jon Bartholic
Data Analysis, Data Storage and Retrieval, Information Dissemination, System Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Water Use, Water Quantity, Water Quality Management, Watershed Management
2008
MI
Annual Base
The returns on investments in the establishment of riparian buffers for water quality remediation in Michigan's inland lakes
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$34,015
Kendra Cheruvelil, Daniel Kramer
water quality, economic, hedonic valuation, property values, cost, riparian buffers, property values
2008
MI
Annual Base
Water Use and Water Demand by Self-supplied Residential Water Users in Michigan
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$32,054
Patricia Norris, Saichon Seedang, Mary Thompson
Groundwater use, water demand, self-supplied water use
2008
MI
Annual Base
Prospectus for Developing an Innovation Clearinghouse for Next Generation Water and Wastewater Utilities
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$22,189
Janice Beecher, Ruth Kline-Robach, Saichon Seedang
Water and Wastewater Utilities
2008
MN
Annual Base
Integrating Biological Data into TMDL Assessments: Refining a Model to Determine Biologically Meaningful Target Levels for Dissolved Oxygen
Federal:
$24,735
Non-Federal:
$48,361
Leonard Ferrington Jr.
TMDL, species thermal preferenda, Chironomidae, percentage affected fraction, species sensitivities distributions, dissolved Oxygen, modeling, emergence.
2008
MN
Annual Base
The Cultivation, Characterization, and Detection of Bacteria that Biodegrade Haloacetic Acids in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
Federal:
$80,000
Non-Federal:
$193,980
Raymond Hozalski, Timothy LaPara
Haloacetic acids, Biodegradation
2008
MN
Annual Base
Enhanced Degradation of Stormwater Petrochemicals within the Rhizosphere of Raingarden Bioretention Cells
Federal:
$7,000
Non-Federal:
$14,235
Paige Novak
Alternative Stormwater Management, Raingardens, Phytoremediation, Biodegradation, Low-Impact Development
2008
MS
Annual Base
A Continuation of Climatological and Cultural Influences on Annual Groundwater Decline in the Mississippi Delta Shallow Alluvial Aquifer: Modeling Potential Solutions (Year Two)
Federal:
$18,304
Non-Federal:
$70,504
Charles Wax, Joseph Massey, Jonathan Pote
Delta alluvial aquifer irrigation uses, surface and groundwater management
2008
MS
Annual Base
Multi-scale Evaluation and Analysis of Precipitation Patterns over the Mississippi Delta
Federal:
$12,658
Non-Federal:
$40,650
Jamie Dyer
watershed management, water resources development
2008
MS
Annual Base
Monitoring and Modeling Water Pollution in Mississippi Lakes
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,110
Cristiane Surbeck
Water quality, contaminant transport mechanisms, water quality management, fecal indicator bacteria, recreational lakes
2008
MS
Annual Base
Watershed Assessment and Education
Federal:
$30,240
Non-Federal:
$67,410
Maifan Silitonga
Water quality, watershed management, water quality management, and surface water
2008
MT
Annual Base
The Importance of Ecologically Connected Streams to the Biological Diversity of Watersheds: a case study in the St. Regis River subbasin, Montana
Federal:
$13,860
Non-Federal:
$27,720
Winsor Lowe
Clean Water Act, connectivity, ecosystem indicator, headwater streams, roads, salamanders, timber harvest
2008
MT
Annual Base
Modeling the Potential for Transport of Contaminated Sediment
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$34,386
Joel Cahoon
mine-impacted wetlands, groundwater-surface water interactions, erosive hazard potential, floods
2008
MT
Annual Base
Evolution of channel morphology and aquatic habitat in the Middle Clark Fork River following removal of Milltown Dam
Federal:
$31,636
Non-Federal:
$63,512
Andrew Wilcox, Andrew Wilcox
Sediment transport, dam removal, fine sediment, infiltration, aquatic habitat, channel morphology
2008
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: How susceptible to chlorine disinfection are detached biofilm particles?
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Sabrina Benhke
detached biofilms, disinfection
2008
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: The Consequences of Introgressive Hybridization: Implications for Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conservation
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Matt Corsi
invasive species, Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi, Oncorhynchus mykiss, hybridization, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout
2008
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Predictive Modeling of Snowmelt and the Hydrologic Response:
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Tyler Smith
snowmelt, snowpack, hydrology, modeling, watershed, runoff
2008
MT
Annual Base
Statewide Education and Outreach
Federal:
$29,201
Non-Federal:
$9,388
Steve Guettermann
hydrology, surface water, groundwater, NPS, geochemical processes, invasive species, toxic substances
2008
NC
Annual Base
Development of an Analytical Method for Taste and Odor Compounds and Application to NC Drinking Water Sources and Finished Waters
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$80,780
Detlef Knappe
Algae, cyanobacteria, distribution system, taste and odor, water quality monitoring, water treatment
2008
NC
Annual Base
Development of the Semi-Empirical Ammonia Deposition and Emission (SEADE) Model for Application to North Carolina Coastal Watersheds
Federal:
$26,004
Non-Federal:
$59,714
Wayne Robarge, Robert Austin, John Walker
Atmospheric models, animal waste, microclimatology, nutrients, models
2008
NC
Annual Base
Improved Drought Management Strategies for the Triangle Area Utilizing Climate Imformation based Probabilistic Streamflow Forecasts
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$56,674
Sankarasubramanian Arumugam
Hydroclimatology, Hydrological Forecasting, Watershed Management, Risk Analysis, Climate Decision Models, Flood Control, Multi-Objective Planning, Optimization, Reservoir Modiling, Systems Analysis
2008
NC
Annual Base
NC WRRI Information Technology Transfer
Federal:
$4,914
Non-Federal:
$26,398
Kelly Porter
2008
ND
Annual Base
Rapid and Sensitive Determination of Bacteria in Water using Nanoparticles
Federal:
$14,800
Non-Federal:
$29,600
Julia Xiaojun Zhao
Flourescent nanoparticle , Bacteria detection, Distribution Systems
2008
ND
Annual Base
Modification of Iron Nanoparticles by Amphiphilic Polysiloxane Graft Copolymer for Arsenic, TCE, and RDX Remediation
Federal:
$9,000
Non-Federal:
$18,000
Achintya Bezbaruah, Bret Chisholm
Arsenic, TCE and RDX remediation, Iron nanoparticles, Graft Co-polymer
2008
ND
Annual Base
Selected Pesticide Remediation with Iron Nanoparticles: Modeling and Barrier Applications
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Achintya Bezbaruah
Iron nanoparticles, Treatment, Herbicides, Groundwater remediation
2008
ND
Annual Base
Development of GAC-NZVI Adsorbent for Arsenic Removal
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$24,000
Wei Lin
Adsorbent, Non Zero Valent Iron, Arsenic Removal
2008
ND
Annual Base
Ion imprinted polymer for Removal and Monitoring of Arsenic
Federal:
$10,700
Non-Federal:
$21,400
Achintya Bezbaruah, Bret Chisholm
Arsenic Monitoring, Arsenic Sensor, Iron imprinted polymer
2008
ND
Annual Base
Chemical Fingerprinting of Sediments and Water of the Souris River for Identification of Diffuse Pollution Sources
Federal:
$10,700
Non-Federal:
$21,400
Marinus Otte
Chemical Fingerprinting, Sediment transport in watersheds, Diffuse Pollution, Tracing sediment sources of pollutants
2008
ND
Annual Base
Interactions between Microorganisms and Metal Nanoparticles: A new approach for groundwater remediation
Federal:
$7,600
Non-Federal:
$15,200
Achintya Bezbaruah
Metal nanoparticles, Groundwater remediation, Encapsulation, Microorganism-metal system, Alginate
2008
ND
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Communication
Federal:
$10,014
Non-Federal:
$20,028
G. Padmanabhan
2008
NE
Annual Base
How Water Resources Limit and/or Promote Residential Housing Developments in Douglas County
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$90,000
Steven Shultz
hedonic valuation method, floodplains lake views
2008
NE
Annual Base
Fate of microcontaminants in streams augmented by wastewater treatment plant effluent use
Federal:
$31,600
Non-Federal:
$63,524
Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Daniel Snow
microcontaminants, effluent, fate, transport
2008
NE
Annual Base
Geographic trends in contamination of Nebraskas surface waters as indexed by sex steroids of common carp
Federal:
$28,880
Non-Federal:
$58,198
Kevin Pope, Alan Kolok, Daniel Snow
steroidogenic contaminants, lentic systems, fish
2008
NE
Annual Base
Satellite-based Energy Balance to Assess Riparian Water Use
Federal:
$19,995
Non-Federal:
$40,044
Ayse Irmak, Gary Hergert, Sunil Narumalani, Donald Rundquist, Gary Stone
evapotranspiration, remote sensing, metric, energy balance, invasive species
2008
NE
Annual Base
Information Transfer Plan/Water Education
Federal:
$146,189
Non-Federal:
$176,389
Kyle Hoagland, Steven Ress
2008
NH
Annual Base
Urbanization Impacts on NH Streamwater Thermal Loading
Federal:
$30,725
Non-Federal:
$64,734
Jennifer Jacobs, Thomas Ballestero, Robert Roseen
2008
NH
Annual Base
The role of landscape controls on stream chemistry variability and inorganic aluminum mobilization in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Federal:
$19,569
Non-Federal:
$40,961
Kevin McGuire, Scott Bailey, Christian Doogan, Robert Estabrook, Steve Kahl
stream chemistry, regional scaling, inorganic monomeric aluminum
2008
NH
Annual Base
New Hampshire WRRC Information Transfer
Federal:
$234,423
Non-Federal:
$260,532
William McDowell
2008
NJ
Annual Base
Volatilization of PCBs from the Tappan Zee region of the Hudson River
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$59,516
Lisa Rodenburg, Robert Miskewitz
2008
NJ
Annual Base
Process-based modeling of nitrogen removal dynamics in brownfield and intact remnant wetland systems
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,800
Monica Palta, Joan Ehrenfeld
2008
NJ
Annual Base
PBDEs and Other Brominated Compounds in a Bioreactor Landfill
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,503
Jennifer Loudon, Donna E. Fennell
2008
NJ
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$5,235
Non-Federal:
$11,103
Joan Ehrenfeld, Lisa Galloway Evrard
2008
NJ
Annual Base
Microbial Mobilization of Arsenic and Selenium Oxyanions in Subsurface Aquifers
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$13,038
Ines Rauschenbach, Max Haggblom
2008
NJ
Annual Base
Micro Scale Solid Phase Extraction using Carbon Nanotubes for Rapid Detection of Organic Pollutants in Water Resources
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,745
Ornthida Sae-Khow, Somenath Mitra
2008
NJ
Annual Base
Cranberry Farms' Habitat Function in the Wetland System of the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Federal:
$4,700
Non-Federal:
$12,050
Ai Wen, David Ehrenfeld
2008
NJ
Annual Base
Identifying the source of excess fine-grained sediments in New Jersey rivers using radionuclides
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$49,376
Joshua Galster, Kirk Barrett
2008
NM
Annual Base
Utilization of Saline and Other Impaired Waters for Turfgrass Irrigation (Leinauer)
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$13,530
Bernhard Leinauer, Ryan Goss
saline water, turfgrass irrigation, impaired waters
2008
NM
Annual Base
Estimating Water Use through Satellite Remote Sensing (Bleiweiss)
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$13,530
Max Bleiweiss, Zohrab Samani, Rhonda Skaggs
remote sensing, Lower Rio Grande, water use
2008
NV
Annual Base
Soil Heterogeneity and Moisture Distribution Due to Rainfall Events in Vegetated Desert Areas: Potential Impact on Soil Recharge and Ecosystems
Federal:
$21,492
Non-Federal:
$42,982
Michael Young, Li Chen
spatial variability, groundwater recharge, soil hydraulic properties, soil recharge, ecosystems, soils development, plant water availability
2008
NV
Annual Base
Flood Warning System for the Clark County Wetlands Park
Federal:
$33,236
Non-Federal:
$66,472
Thomas Piechota
flooding, decisions support system, hydrologic modeling, hydraulic modeling
2008
NV
Annual Base
Microbial and Phytoplankton Impacts on Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants:
Federal:
$26,508
Non-Federal:
$52,502
Duane Moser
bacteria, estrogen, endocrine disruptors, Lake Mead, wastewater
2008
NV
Annual Base
Quagga Mussel Invasion in Lake Mead: Ecological Impact and Containment
Federal:
$46,616
Non-Federal:
$94,227
Kumud Acharya, Charalambos Papelis, Mark Stone
Lake Mead, Invasive Species, Quagga Mussels, Water Quality, Containment
2008
NV
Annual Base
Estimation of Spatio-Temporal Statistics of Precipitation and Snow-Water Equivalent in the Truckee River Watershed
Federal:
$34,177
Non-Federal:
$68,699
Rina Schumer, Anna Knust
water supply management, precipitation, snow water equivalent, precipitation-runoff modeling
2008
NV
Annual Base
Uncertainty and Sensitivity of Ground-Water Discharge Estimates for the Shrublands in the Great Basin Area
Federal:
$17,834
Non-Federal:
$35,800
Jianting Zhu
Ground-water discharge, Evapotranspiration, Uncertainty, Water budget
2008
NY
Annual Base
Multimedia modeling of regional variation of nitrogen sources in the Hudson River Watershed
Federal:
$19,999
Non-Federal:
$25,100
Robert Howarth
Land use changes, atmospheric deposition of N, climate change, modeling
2008
NY
Annual Base
Evaluation of sediment sources in the Hudson River Watershed
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$27,450
Todd Walter
Sediment transport processes, land use patterns, erosion control strategies, runoff
2008
NY
Annual Base
Application of stream landscape theory for the restoration of Hudson Valley Watersheds
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$12,500
Mark Bain
Protecting stream habitat, quality of aquatic life, stream landscapes
2008
OH
Annual Base
Competitive Learning to Develop a Biomarker Forecasting Tool for Classifying Recreational Water Quality
Federal:
$28,248
Non-Federal:
$56,496
Dominic Boccelli
water quality, recreational management, non point pollution, neural networks, microbial
2008
OH
Annual Base
Bioremediation of heavy metals using the genetically engineered bacterium Caulobacter crescentus
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$52,970
Zhaohui Xu, Robert McKay
heavy metals, bioremediation, genetic engineering
2008
OH
Annual Base
Observations of River Topography and Flow Around Bridges
Federal:
$32,391
Non-Federal:
$64,793
Thomas Lippmann
river topography around bridges, hydrographic surveying, bridge scour, river flow
2008
OK
Annual Base
Evaluation of Water Use Monitoring by Remote Sensing ET Estimation Methods
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$53,478
Yang Hong, Baxter Vieux
ET, Remote Sensing, Irrigation, Water Use
2008
OK
Annual Base
Decision Support Model for Evaluating Alternative Water Supply Infrastructure Scenarios
Federal:
$49,878
Non-Federal:
$98,996
Brian Whitacre, Dee Ann Sanders, Arthur Stoecker
Decision Support, Regionalization, Planning, Modeling
2008
OK
Annual Base
An Assessment of Environmental Flows for Oklahoma
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$100,000
Don Turton, William Fisher
stream classification, hydrologic indices, modeling eco-hydrology
2008
OK
Annual Base
OWRRI Information Transfer Project
Federal:
$6,696
Non-Federal:
$27,203
Will Focht , Mike Langston
Outreach, Information Transfer,
2008
OR
Annual Base
Water Reuse in Corvallis, Oregon:
Federal:
$12,508
Non-Federal:
$26,148
Brent Steel
water reuse, reclaimed water, recycled water,
2008
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$14,997
Non-Federal:
$27,301
Todd Jarvis
Outreach, Public Participation, Education and Training
2008
OR
Annual Base
Effects of sediment barrier removal on geomorphic complexity and habitat
Federal:
$9,121
Non-Federal:
$42,309
Desiree Tullos
culvert replacement, barrier removal, habitat,
2008
OR
Annual Base
The Influence of Sediment Deposition on the Emergence Success of Juvenile Salmonids
Federal:
$24,348
Non-Federal:
$63,068
Stephen Lancaster
salmon habitat, sedimentation, cumulative watershed effects
2008
OR
Annual Base
The Rock Creek Sustainability Initiative
Federal:
$26,593
Non-Federal:
$94,323
Elaine Hallmark
adaptive governance, collaborative policy development,
2008
OR
Annual Base
An exploration of groundwater rights and community-based action in Umatilla County
Federal:
$14,442
Non-Federal:
$28,964
Jon Lewis
documentary, groundwater, communication,
2008
PA
Annual Base
Mercury in Pennsylvania Forest Streams: Do Hotspots Exist?
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,024
Elizabeth Boyer, David DeWalle
mercury, watershed, water quality, atmospheric deposition, forest, streamflow
2008
PA
Annual Base
Controls on nitrogen and phosphorous transport and fate in northern Appalachian streams
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,690
Mike Gooseff
stream nutrient cycling; groundwater-surface water exchange; hyporpheic zone
2008
PA
Annual Base
Seeing into the subsurface: Detecting and visualizing preferential flow in situ using innovative approaches
Federal:
$19,546
Non-Federal:
$46,405
Henry Lin
preferential flow, subsurface flow network, flow visualization, ground penetrating radar
2008
PA
Annual Base
Impact of infiltrating runoff on groundwater recharge quality
Federal:
$19,923
Non-Federal:
$39,936
Mira Olson
infiltration, bacteria, stormwater
2008
PR
Annual Base
OPEN PIT QUARRY RESTORATION TO BIO-VIABLE LAND
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$87,706
Sangchul Hwang
Resource Development, Plant Growth, Water Quality
2008
RI
Annual Base
Clean Water Technology for Rhode Island
Federal:
$17,187
Non-Federal:
$34,526
Harold Knickle
2008
RI
Annual Base
Long-term, state-wide analysis of the relationship between water quality and demographic changes in the state of Rhode Island
Federal:
$14,669
Non-Federal:
$29,384
Laura Meyerson, Frederick Meyerson
Freshwater resouces, demographic change, water quality, land use planning, interdisciplinary research
2008
RI
Annual Base
Utilization of Silver Nanoparticles as Chlorine-free Biocide for Water Treatment
Federal:
$16,771
Non-Federal:
$33,548
Vinka Oyanedel-Craver
2008
SC
Annual Base
Assessing suspended sediment transport potential and supply in an urbanizing coastal plains stream
Federal:
$31,465
Non-Federal:
$75,983
Anand Jayakaran, Susan Libes
Modeling, stream management, suspended sediemnt transport, HEC-RAS, BMP, fecal coliforms
2008
SC
Annual Base
Improved Early Detection Methods for Microcystin-Producing Cyanobacteria
Federal:
$33,814
Non-Federal:
$68,342
Alan Johnson, Yanru Yang
Algal toxins, blue-green algae, cyanobacteria, cyanotoxins, decision analysis, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ELISA, harmful algal blooms, microcystin, molecular genetics, monitoring, polymerase chain reaction, PCR, reverse-transcriptase ploymerase chain reaction, RT-PCR, risk assessment
2008
SD
Annual Base
Thermal Stability of Limestone Waste for Recycling after Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water
Federal:
$24,934
Non-Federal:
$49,870
Arden Davis, David Dixon, Marion Hansen
Arsenic; arsenic removal; drinking water; recycling; cement; disposal
2008
SD
Annual Base
Development of a Decision Support System for Water Resources Management of Shallow Glacial Alluvial Aquifers: A Laboratory Proof of Concept Study
Federal:
$54,785
Non-Federal:
$116,689
Suzette Burckhard, Patrick Emmons
Water quality, nutrient transport, water availability
2008
SD
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$45,276
Non-Federal:
$83,993
Van Kelley, David German
Public outreach, Agency interaction, Adult education, Youth education
2008
SD
Annual Base
Simulating the Soil Erosion from Land Removed from CRP
Federal:
$31,710
Non-Federal:
$64,747
Todd Trooien, David Clay, Dennis Todey
runoff, soil erosion, models
2008
SD
Annual Base
Determining Soil Moisture and Temperature Condition Effects on Potential Run-Off for Cold Season Manure Application
Federal:
$37,594
Non-Federal:
$74,804
Dennis Todey, David German
Water quality, manure application, soil temperatures, soil moisture, risk assessment
2008
TN
Annual Base
Effect of Wastewater Strength on Soil Physical Properties when using Subsurface Drip Irrigation
Federal:
$75,000
Non-Federal:
$162,664
John Buchanan
Drip Dispersal, Domestic Wastewater, Decentralized Wastewater Management
2008
TN
Annual Base
A Survey of Bank Erosion in Beaver Creek, Knox County, Tennessee: Correlations of Channel Stability with Force and Resistance Variables
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$100,246
Qiang He, John Schwartz
Bank Erosion, Channel Stability, TMDL's, Siltation, Urbanization, Stream Restoration, Water Quality
2008
TX
Annual Base
Economic Impacts of Biological Control of Arundo donax in the Rio Grande Basin
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,246
Emily Seawright, John Goolsby, Ron Lacewell, M Rister, Allen Sturdivant
Arundo donax, Giant Reed
2008
TX
Annual Base
Uncertainty Analysis of Recharge to the Edwards Aquifer using Bayesian Model Averaging Scheme
Federal:
$4,890
Non-Federal:
$10,012
Champa Joshi, Binayak Mohanty
Edwards Aquifer, Recharge, Bayesian model averaging (BMA) scheme
2008
TX
Annual Base
Effect of grid sizes as subbasins on SWAT model hydrologic and water quality predictions
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$16,962
Sivarajah Mylevaganam, Raghavan Srinivasan
SWAT, Hydrologic Response Units, POME, Hydrological Model
2008
TX
Annual Base
Uncertainty Analysis of a Statistical Model for Pathogen Contamination Assessment in Two Texas River Basins
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,519
Deepti Puri, R Karhikeyan
E. coli, Spatial Analysis, SPARROW, TMDL
2008
TX
Annual Base
Development of Library-Independent Bacterial Source Tracking Markers for Species-Specific Discrimination of Deer and Cattle Fecal Contamination in Surface Waters
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$19,000
Emily Martin, Terry Gentry
Bacterial Source Tracking, Bacteroides, Molecular Marker, Deer
2008
TX
Annual Base
Mitigating demand for irrigated water used in agriculture by genetically enhancing crop plants to be productive in minimal water conditions.
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$19,008
Kranthi Mandadi, Thomas McKnight
: Drought; Stomata; Biotechnology
2008
TX
Annual Base
Using SWAT to Compare Planning Methods for Neighborhoods: Case Study of Stormwater in The Woodlands, Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$19,623
Bo Yang, Ming-Han Li
GIS, Flood Control, Water Quality, Soil Permeability, Urban Planning, Ecological Planning
2008
TX
Annual Base
An Environmental Flows Information System for Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,080
Eric Hersh, David Maidment
environmental flows, information systems, data models, hydrology, hydraulics, geomorphology, water quality, biology, climatology.
2008
TX
Annual Base
Microbial Source Tracking in Drinking Water from Rainwater Harvesting
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Brigit Afshar, Mary Kirisits
Microbial source tracking, drinking water, rainwater harvesting, Bacteroides, fecal contamination
2008
TX
Annual Base
Ecohydrology and ecophysiology of Arundo donax (giant reed)
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,549
David Watts, Georgianne Moore
Arundo, giant reed, carrizo cane, water use
2008
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$69,878
Non-Federal:
$88,920
Rosemary Payton, Danielle Supercinski, Jaclyn Tech, Cecilia Wagner, Kathy Wythe
2008
UT
Annual Base
Information Transfer in Support of the Utah Center for Water Resources Research
Federal:
$7,305
Non-Federal:
$9,433
R. Ivonne Harris
Outreach, Publications, Web Page Development
2008
UT
Annual Base
Increasing Data Accuracy, Reliability, Accessibility, and Understandability to Improve Basin-Wide Water Resources Decision Making
Federal:
$15,046
Non-Federal:
$49,827
Blake Tullis, Steven Barfuss, Mac McKee, Gary Merkley
Flow Measurement, Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
2008
UT
Annual Base
Low-Level Outlet Works Air Vent Sizing Requirements for Small to Medium Size Dams
Federal:
$12,604
Non-Federal:
$32,603
Blake Tullis, Steven Barfuss
Air Venting, Low-Level Oulet Works, Cavitation, Dam Safety
2008
UT
Annual Base
Basin-Scale Internal Waves Within the South Arm of the Great Salt Lake
Federal:
$33,655
Non-Federal:
$60,715
Robert Spall
Lake Hydrodynamics, Modeling, Seiching
2008
VI
Annual Base
Water Quality in Virgin Islands Rain Water Collection Cisterns.
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Thomas Archibald, Stanley Latesky
cistern, water quality, trace metals, PAH, hydrocarbons.
2008
VI
Annual Base
Use of Wetland Plants to Manage Nitrate Levels in a Biofloc Fish Production System
Federal:
$38,314
Non-Federal:
$0
Donald Bailey, Jason Danaher
tilapia, nitrate, wetland plants,
2008
VI
Annual Base
A Comparative Analysis of St. Croix's Waterways
Federal:
$33,964
Non-Federal:
$0
Brian Daley
GIS, Landsat, Land cover, Change analysis, soil test, soil permeability,
2008
VI
Annual Base
Virgin Islands Water Resources Map Study
Federal:
$40,228
Non-Federal:
$0
Stevie Henry
sediment, St. Thomas, St. Croix, development permit
2008
VI
Annual Base
Let's Talk Water! Water Voices From Around the World
Federal:
$8,715
Non-Federal:
$0
Lydia Harris
Climate change
2008
VT
Annual Base
Treatment Solutions to Reduce Nutrient and Bacterial Inputs to Lake Champlain at Shelburne Farms
Federal:
$26,629
Non-Federal:
$137,562
Sarah Lovell, Alan Mcintosh
Livestock waste, agriculture, phosphorus, E. coli
2008
VT
Annual Base
Tracing sources of eroded sediment with atmospherically produced 10-Be
Federal:
$23,738
Non-Federal:
$68,440
Mandar Dewoolkar, Paul Bierman
sediments, fluvial geomorphology, erosion
2008
VT
Annual Base
Soil phosphorus landscape variability and soil mapping in a stream
Federal:
$7,390
Non-Federal:
$74,342
Donald Ross, Eric Young
soil phosphorus, soil mapping, spatial variability, soil-landscape, P transport
2008
VT
Annual Base
Improvement of Phosphorus Load Estimates through the use of Enzyme-Hydrolysis Measures of Phosphorus Bioavailability
Federal:
$75,328
Non-Federal:
$60,097
Jane Hill
phosphorus, P index, enzyme, labile, soil test
2008
VT
Annual Base
Information Transfer Activities
Federal:
$43,323
Non-Federal:
$62,665
Breck Bowden
2008
WA
Annual Base
Reservoir Sediments: Biofilter or Environmental Liability?
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,426
John Harrison
eutrophication; reservoirs; nitrogen; phosphorus; nitrous oxide; denitrification;
2008
WA
Annual Base
Towards Sustainable Phosphorus Removal: Evaluating Biogenic Iron Oxides for Renewable Filtration
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Jeremy Rentz, David Yonge
Batch Equilibrium, De-sorption, Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria
2008
WA
Annual Base
Assessing Pathogen Fate and Transport through Riparian Buffers in an Agricultural Watershed
Federal:
$24,964
Non-Federal:
$49,984
Jeffrey Ullman, Karen Killinger, Joan Wu
Riparian buffers, pathogens, fecal indicators, E. coli, Salmonella
2008
WI
Annual Base
Occurrence and Generation of Nitrite in Ground and Surface Waters in an Agricultural Watershed
Federal:
$135,604
Non-Federal:
$116,096
Emily Stanley
nitrite, drinking water, nitrogen biogeochemistry, groundwater-surface water interactions
2008
WI
Annual Base
A Thermal Remote Sensing Tool for Mapping Spring and Diffuse Groundwater Discharge to Streams
Federal:
$34,190
Non-Federal:
$29,485
Steven Loheide
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, remote sensing, groundwater discharge rates, mapping
2008
WI
Annual Base
University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute - Information Transfer
Federal:
$20,244
Non-Federal:
$79,057
Stephen Wittman, James Hurley
information, outreach, library, publication, website
2008
WV
Annual Base
WRI 105 West Virginia Water Conference 2008
Federal:
$22,699
Non-Federal:
$7,150
Tamara Vandivort
Water, Economics, Education, Policy, Law, Management, Planning, Research, Conference
2008
WY
Annual Base
Water Quality Criteria for Wyoming Livestock and Wildlife
Federal:
$73,658
Non-Federal:
$171,571
Merl Raisbeck, Michael Smith, Cynthia Tate
Water Quality, Animal Health, Livestock, Wildlife
2008
WY
Annual Base
Multi-Century Droughts in Wyoming's Past: Evidence of Prolonged Lake Drawdown
Federal:
$21,523
Non-Federal:
$49,224
Bryan Shuman, Thomas Minckley, Jacqueline Shinker
Drought, Lakes, Water Volumes, Long-Term Climate Change
2007
AK
Annual Base
The formation of preferential pathways in permeable reactive barriers in cold climates due to ice formation
Federal:
$27,837
Non-Federal:
$10,650
David Barnes
infiltration ice, permeable reactive barriers, preferential pathways
2007
AK
Annual Base
Increasing coverage of Alaska within the global network of isotopes in precipitation
Federal:
$23,237
Non-Federal:
$11,038
Matthew Wooller
Stable isotopes, hydrogen, oxygen, Alaska, precipitation
2007
AK
Annual Base
Geomorphic constraints on the configuration, magnitude, and timing of late-Quaternary megafloods from glacier-dammed Lake Atna, Alaska
Federal:
$18,124
Non-Federal:
$36,410
Michael Loso
Lake Atna, geomorphology, floods, ice-dammed lakes, Quaternary climate, paleohydrology, lacustrine sedimentation
2007
AL
Annual Base
Estimating Regional and Local Scale Surface Moisture as an Indicator of Drought Using Thermal IR Remote Sensing
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,894
Luke Marzen
Drought, Moisture, Remote Sensing, MODIS, Maps, Southeast
2007
AL
Annual Base
Development of a Cost Effective Methodology for In-field Screen Testing of Water Quality
Federal:
$24,997
Non-Federal:
$51,174
Zhongyang Cheng, Yucheng Feng, Tung-shi Huang
Water Quality, Monitoring, Bacteria, Biomonitoring, Contamination, Lakes, Rivers, Pollutants
2007
AL
Annual Base
An Integrated Dosing and Treatment System to Mitigate the Environmental and Health Threat From Conventional Onsite Septic Systems in the Alabama Black Belt Area
Federal:
$22,772
Non-Federal:
$46,324
Mark Dougherty, John Fulton, C. Wood
Wastewater, Onsite Sewage Disposal
2007
AL
Annual Base
Assessing the Effectiveness of Various Treatment Methods for Removing Endocrine Disrupting Compounds from Domestic Wastewater
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,473
Robert Angus, Robert Peters
Water Treatment, Synthetic Organice, Water Quality, Bioindicators, Ecosystems, Oxidation, Pollutants
2007
AR
Annual Base
Long-term runoff water quality in response to natural rainfall as affected by poultry litter application rate
Federal:
$18,519
Non-Federal:
$37,043
Kristofor Brye
runoff, metals, nutrients, natural precipitation, pasture, poultry litter
2007
AR
Annual Base
Source of Geosmin and MIB in drinking water: Identifying the source and mechanisms of taste and odor compounds at Beaver Reservoir, northwest Arkansas
Federal:
$24,000
Non-Federal:
$48,002
Sonja Hausmann, Stephen Boss, Ralph K. Davis
odor and taste, cyanobacteria, actinomycetes, nutrients
2007
AR
Annual Base
Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring and Potential Phosphorus Source Identification with Oxygen Isotopes
Federal:
$21,815
Non-Federal:
$43,713
Brian Haggard, Phil Hays
Phosphate,
2007
AR
Annual Base
Metal Mobilization, Especially Arsenic, in the Alluvial Aquifer in Response to Water Level Fluctuations Measured by Field and Laboratory Column Data
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,001
Kenneth Steele
arsenic, groundwater, eastern Arkansas
2007
AZ
Annual Base
Riparian Vegetation Response to Cessation of Groundwater Pumping, Lower San Pedro River, Arizona
Federal:
$11,990
Non-Federal:
$24,156
Juliet Stromberg
restoration, riparian vegetation, hydrology, groundwater pumping, monitoring
2007
AZ
Annual Base
Compound Specific Isotope Analysis of Natural Attenuation Activity in Chlorinated-Solvent Contaminated Aquifers
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,827
Mark Brusseau
Compound Specific Isotope Analysis, Monitored Natural Attenuation, Tetrachloroethene, Trichloroethene
2007
AZ
Annual Base
Sources of Nitrate in Groundwaters of the Tucson Basin
Federal:
$9,121
Non-Federal:
$18,173
Thomas Meixner
Nitrate, Sewage Effluent, mixing models
2007
AZ
Annual Base
Geospatial Analysis of Urban Thermal Gradients: Application to Tucson Arizonas Projected Water Demand
Federal:
$24,000
Non-Federal:
$50,280
Christopher Scott, Andrew Comrie, Stephen Yool
Urban heat island, geospatial analysis, water demand, urban growth
2007
AZ
Annual Base
Modification of conventional wastewater treatment processes for estrogen removal
Federal:
$11,454
Non-Federal:
$28,449
David Quanrud, Robert Arnold, Martin Karpiscak
Endocrine Disrupting Compounds, Membrane Bioreactor, Nitrification, Water Reclamation, Water Reuse
2007
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$32,040
Non-Federal:
$65,802
Sharon Megdal, Susanna Eden
Education, Information Transfer, Ppolicy, Newlsetter, Water Use, Water Supply, Water Quality, Water Management
2007
CA
Annual Base
Determining factors for Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum L.) spread in and around Lake Tahoe, CA-NV
Federal:
$15,894
Non-Federal:
$40,871
Bruce Kendall
Aquatic Ecosystems
2007
CA
Annual Base
Investigating the Role of Large Woody Materials to
Federal:
$18,441
Non-Federal:
$49,713
Gregory Pasternack
2007
CA
Annual Base
Control of Mercury Methylation in Wetlands Through Iron Addition
Federal:
$17,352
Non-Federal:
$51,332
David Sedlack
Ecosystems Wetlands
2007
CA
Annual Base
Influence of Bacterial Pathogen Condition on Cell Transport in Groundwater Environments: Implications of Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) Production and Composition
Federal:
$17,482
Non-Federal:
$46,996
Sharon Walker
2007
CA
Annual Base
Distribution, Movement, & Outmigration of Juvenile Coho Salmon in the Shasta River: Relationships with Environmental Factors and Irrigation Water Management
Federal:
$18,687
Non-Federal:
$52,648
Lisa Thompson
2007
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Federal:
$52,335
Non-Federal:
$164,379
Reagan Waskom
Information Dissemination, Technology Transfer
2007
CO
Annual Base
Characterizing Non-Beneficial Evaporative Upflux from Shallow Groundwater Under Uncultivated Land in an Irrigated River Valley
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$7,778
Reagan Waskom, Jeffrey Niemann
Evaporation, Evapotranspiration, Salinity
2007
CO
Annual Base
Effects of Pine Beetle Infestations on Water Yield and Water Quality at the Watershed Scale in Northern Colorado
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$7,778
Reagan Waskom, John Stednick
Streamflow, Water Quality, Paired Watershed Study
2007
CT
Annual Base
Development of a new generation of sensitive, fluorescence-based nitrate sensors for use in soil and water
Federal:
$63,662
Non-Federal:
$134,021
Shawn Burdette, Zoe Cardon
Fluorescence, sensors, Dendrimers, Nitrate
2007
CT
Annual Base
The Geochemical Record of Cultural Eutrophication in Sediments of Beseck Lake and Lake Waramaug, Connecticut: Implications for Nutrient Cycling and Remediation Efforts
Federal:
$21,080
Non-Federal:
$91,321
Timothy Ku
eutrophication, sedimentary record, paleoredox, paleoproductivity
2007
DC
Annual Base
Active Biomonitoring for PCB, PAH and Chlordane Pollutants in the Nontidal Sources of the Anacostia Watershed
Federal:
$14,464
Non-Federal:
$33,382
Harriette Phelps
PCBs, urban, active biomonitoring, Corbicula
2007
DC
Annual Base
Gradual Variation Analysis for Groundwater Flow in the District of Columbia
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$39,409
Li Chen
Groundwater flow, Gradual Variation, Analysis, Computer Simulation, Real data processing, MODFLOW
2007
DC
Annual Base
Modeling of Integrated Urban Wastewater System in the District of Columbia
Federal:
$14,647
Non-Federal:
$4,980
Tolessa Deksissa, Pradeep Behera
modeling, water quality, urban wastewater
2007
DC
Annual Base
Decision Support System to Deal with Water Emergencies for Metropolitan Washington DC
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$15,820
Shivraj Kanungo, Pradeep Behera
Water Security, Decision Making, Emergency Response planning, Education, Emegency Preparedness
2007
DC
Annual Base
Molecular Signaling by Environmental Arsenicals in Mammalian Cells
Federal:
$14,960
Non-Federal:
$5,086
Deepak Kumar
Arsenic, Cell cycle, Skin Cancer, Signaling
2007
DE
Annual Base
Modeling Hydrologic and Geochemical Effects of Land-based Wastewater Disposal
Federal:
$64,369
Non-Federal:
$128,738
Alan Andres, Maryam Akhavan, Paul Imhoff
Land based wastewater disposal, rapid infiltration systems, groundwater contamination
2007
DE
Annual Base
Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Agricultural Practices in an Urbanizing Region
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Joshua Duke, Sarah Chatterson
Agricultural policy, nonpoint pollution, urbanization
2007
DE
Annual Base
Benefit-Cost Analysis of Pelletized Broiler Litter in Agronomic Crop Production and Turf Grass Management
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Joshua Duke, Stephen Mayer
Environmental policy, cost-benefit analysis, manure nutrients, relocation
2007
DE
Annual Base
Viability of a Freshwater Mussel (Elliptio complanata) as a Biomechanical Filter in Aquaculture Ponds
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Gulnihal Ozbay, Oluchi Ukaegbu
eutrophication, biological filtration, mussels
2007
DE
Annual Base
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
urbanization, water quality, runoff, toxics, nutrients
2007
DE
Annual Base
Comparison of the Impacts of Poultry Litter vs. Urea on Surface Runoff Water Quality
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Shreeram Inamdar, Nathan Kiracofe
surface water quality, agricultural and suburban runoff, nutrients
2007
DE
Annual Base
Evaluating the Use of Zerovalent Iron to Remove Viruses from Water: Effect of pH
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Yan Jin, Jennifer Handlin
pathogens, contaminated water, zero-valent iron treatment technology
2007
DE
Annual Base
The University of Delaware Experimental Watershed: A Green Campus Initiative
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Gerald Kauffman, Laura Yayac
stream restoration, water quality, habitat, invasive plants
2007
DE
Annual Base
Hydrogeologic Characterization of the Potomac Aquifer, Delaware
Federal:
$64,369
Non-Federal:
$128,738
Susan McGeary, Peter McLaughlin, Claudia Velez
Aquifer volume and connectivity, groundwater contaminant pathways
2007
FL
Annual Base
Comparing NEXRAD Rainfall and Rain Gauge Data in South Florida Water Management District
Federal:
$29,877
Non-Federal:
$91,125
Ramesh Teegavarapu
NEXRAD, Rain gauge data, South Florida Water Management District, artificial neural networks
2007
FL
Annual Base
Florida Water Resources Information Transfer
Federal:
$26,307
Non-Federal:
$34,208
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
2007
GA
Annual Base
Restoration of flood pulses to the lower Savannah River: responses of floodplain invertebrates and fish
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Darold Batzer
2007
GA
Annual Base
Evaluation and improvement of the curve number method of hydrological analysis on selected forested watersheds of Georgia
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Ernest Tollner, Steven McCutcheon, Todd Rasmussen
Curve number, National Resources Conservation Services, watershed models, forested watershed, runoff
2007
GA
Annual Base
Quantifying the Precipitation-Stream-Aquifer System Response in the Lower Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin
Federal:
$18,036
Non-Federal:
$36,160
Jian Luo
space-time data; variogram; correlation; precipitation-stream-aquifer
2007
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$22,802
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2007
GU
Annual Base
Water System Operation and Maintenance Training for Yap State, FSM
Federal:
$18,194
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah
Water Resources, Training, Education, Operations and Maintenance
2007
GU
Annual Base
Identifying the Optimum Land Coverage Practice for Reducing Soil Erosion in the Ugum Watersheds Using a Newly Developed GIS Based Erosion Potential Model
Federal:
$18,147
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Yuming Wen
Watershed Management, Sedimentation, Model Studies
2007
GU
Annual Base
Land Cover Accuracy Assessment for Southern Guam
Federal:
$32,707
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen, Leroy Heitz, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Land cover, Accuracy assessment, Southern Guam
2007
GU
Annual Base
Mercury Contamination in Garapan Lagoon, Saipan: An Evaluation of Potential Drainage Pathways and Impact on Fisheries Resources
Federal:
$43,558
Non-Federal:
$0
Brian Bearden, Gary Denton, Peter Houk, Michael Trianni, Harold Wood
Monitoring; Mercury; Stormwater Drainage Pathways; Sediment Contamination; Impact on Fisheries Resources
2007
GU
Annual Base
Development of Realistic Residential and Commercial Water Demands for Use with the Saipan Water Distribution System Model
Federal:
$29,439
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz
Water Use Data, Water Demand, Distribution Systems, Model Studies
2007
GU
Annual Base
Watershed Management for Senpehn Watershed, Pohnpei Island, the Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$36,064
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz, Mark Lander
Watershed Management, Sedimentation, Land Use, River
2007
GU
Annual Base
Hydrological modeling of atoll islands in the Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$53,519
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson, Donald Rubinstein, Yuming Wen
atoll island groundwater model
2007
GU
Annual Base
Information Management
Federal:
$1,800
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton
Rainfall Data, Climate, Water Resources Management
2007
HI
Annual Base
Estimating Hydraulic Properties for Volcanic Island Aquifers using Wave Setup
Federal:
$25,424
Non-Federal:
$46,608
Aly El-Kadi, Ali Fares
parameter estimation, wave setup, aquifer assessment
2007
HI
Annual Base
Efficient Water Management and Block Pricing for Integrated Aquifers: Lessons from Southern Oahu
Federal:
$8,906
Non-Federal:
$49,598
James Roumasset
(integrated) water system management, demand management, efficiency pricing, dynamic optimization, consumer welfare, block pricing, marginal user cost
2007
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$6,516
Non-Federal:
$10,734
Philip Moravcik
2007
IA
Annual Base
Assessing the Impact of Ethanol Production and Sustainability of Alluvial/Buried Valley Aquifers with Groundwater Models: A Test Case for the Ames Aquifer
Federal:
$29,932
Non-Federal:
$70,642
William Simpkins, Laurie Achenbach
Groundwater modeling, optimization, water supply
2007
IA
Annual Base
Effects of managed riparian buffers on the integrity of stream systems: a biological assessment using fish and invertebrate communities
Federal:
$20,794
Non-Federal:
$51,744
Michael Quist
water quality; habitat protection and restoration; biorenewable energy; agriculture production; fishes; macroinvertebrates; biological assessment; riparian management
2007
ID
Annual Base
Wetlands as Sinks for Metal(loid)s in Mining-contaminated Coeur dAlene Basin Soils
Federal:
$44,058
Non-Federal:
$97,959
Matthew Morra
Metals, mine tailings, mine contamination
2007
ID
Annual Base
Selenium Biogeochemistry in the Hyporheic Zone of Streams within the Blackfoot River Watershed
Federal:
$14,795
Non-Federal:
$33,553
Daniel Strawn, Gregory Moller, Matthew Morra
Hyporheic zone, Selenium, Blackfoot River Subbasin, Biogeochemistry, Sediment Flux
2007
ID
Annual Base
A spreadsheet tool to derive economic demand for irrigation water from crop price, evapotranspiration/yield relationships and irrigation application efficiency
Federal:
$10,969
Non-Federal:
$22,591
Bryce Contor, Richard Allen, Garth Taylor
Water demand functions, water production functions, evapotranspiration production functions, irrigation application efficiency, price of irrigation water, water economics
2007
ID
Annual Base
Idaho Water Resources Information and Needs Assessment: Extended Analysis and Enhanced Information Transfer
Federal:
$15,517
Non-Federal:
$31,805
Charles Harris, Jan Boll
Management Challenges, Research Needs, Educational Priorities
2007
IL
Annual Base
Balancing Irrigation and Instream Water Requirements under Drought Conditions: A Study of the Kanakee River Watershed
Federal:
$39,748
Non-Federal:
$107,357
Ximing Cai, Yu-Feng Lin, Albert Valocchi
2007
IL
Annual Base
Methylmercury Bioavailability and Dynamics in the Streams of Piasa Creek Watershed: New Methods of Sampling and Analysis
Federal:
$39,954
Non-Federal:
$79,912
Robert Hudson
mercury, methylmercury
2007
IN
Annual Base
Securing The Load - A Guide to Safe and Legal Transportation of Cargo and Equipment
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,006
Fred Whitford
Transportation, spills, pollution, contamination, pesticides, fertilizer, water quality
2007
IN
Annual Base
Soil and Septic System Field Guide
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$28,528
Brad Lee
Septic systems, soils, pollution, groundwater, water quality
2007
IN
Annual Base
Fish Assemblages of Shallow Inner Bend Habitats of the Wabash River During 30 Years of Human Impacts
Federal:
$25,191
Non-Federal:
$57,104
Mark Pyron, Mark Pyron
fish assemblage, hydrology, Wabash River, habitat
2007
IN
Annual Base
Assessing BMP Maintenance: Creating a Remote Sensing Scale and Measuring the Influence of Social Factors
Federal:
$19,906
Non-Federal:
$47,122
Linda Prokopy, Adam Baumgart-Getz
BMP Maintenance, Remote Sensing Evalution, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Enfironmental Awareness, Environmental Attidues, Individual Capacity, Landowner
2007
IN
Annual Base
Quantification of sediment nutrient interaction as affected by drainage ditch management
Federal:
$18,639
Non-Federal:
$37,284
Indrajeet Chaubey, Laura Bowling
nutrient dynamics, sediment-nutrient interactions, solute transport, agricultural drainage
2007
KY
Annual Base
Assessment of Pathogen Trends in the Upper Forks of the Kentucky River Basin
Federal:
$19,022
Non-Federal:
$38,212
Chandramouli Viswanathan
pathogens, statistical analysis, TMDLs
2007
KY
Annual Base
Effectiveness of Improved Skid Trail Ephemeral Channel Crossings
Federal:
$4,991
Non-Federal:
$20,014
Jeffrey Stringer
timber harvest, best management practices, stream crossings
2007
KY
Annual Base
Determination of Nutrient Sources in a Eutrophic Lake Impacted by Human Activity
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Walter Borowski
nutrient loading, tracer techniques, source identification
2007
KY
Annual Base
Diatom Colonization Patterns in Freshwater Springs in Relation to Underlying Geology
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,000
Susan Hendricks
periphyton, water quality indicator, karst
2007
KY
Annual Base
Chemical Evolution of Groundwater in the Wilcox Aquifer of the Mississippi Embayment
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,058
Alan Fryar
geochemical evolution, clastic aquifers, hydrochemical characterization
2007
KY
Annual Base
The Link Between Metal Tolerance and Antibiotic Resistance in Fecal Coliforms
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,428
Rebecca Kelley
biogeochemistry, bacterial populations, source indicators
2007
KY
Annual Base
A Three Dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamic Code for Simulation of Pump Stations
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,258
Scott Yost
hydrodynamics, eddy simulation, modeling
2007
KY
Annual Base
Impacts of Disturbance on Streamflow and Sediment Yield in the Licking River Basin
Federal:
$3,134
Non-Federal:
$6,313
Christine McMichael
ice storm effects, timber harvest
2007
KY
Annual Base
Development and Application of a New Sediment Fingerprinting Methodology
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,089
James Fox
sediment source identification, soil tracers
2007
LA
Annual Base
Scale-Dependent Behavior and Modeling of Nitrogen Retention in Streams
Federal:
$19,812
Non-Federal:
$40,941
Zhi-Qiang Deng, Donald Adrian
Nitrogen Retention, Scale-Dependent Behavior, Streams, TMDL
2007
LA
Annual Base
Discerning nutrient limitations to phytoplankton growth in rivers and bayous on the North shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana
Federal:
$19,245
Non-Federal:
$41,807
Sarah Fearnley
Phytoplankton growth, nitrogen, phosphorus, silica, limiting nutrient, eutrophication, Lake Pontchartrain Estuary
2007
LA
Annual Base
Information Transfer Symposia: Mitigation of Storm Surge using Vegetation (Spring, 2007) and Resilient Environmental Infrastructure for Coastal Communities (Fall, 2007)
Federal:
$73,640
Non-Federal:
$147,780
John Pardue, Nedra Korevec
information transfer, storm surge, vegetation, environmental infrastructure, coastal
2007
MA
Annual Base
Water Resources Research Conference 2007
Federal:
$20,724
Non-Federal:
$16,991
Sarah Dorner, Marie-Francoise Hatte
Conference Water Resources
2007
MA
Annual Base
Environmental Behaviors of Engineered Nanoparticles in Water
Federal:
$74,988
Non-Federal:
$180,112
Baoshan Xing, Baoshan Xing
Nanoparticles, adsorption, fate, toxicity, pollutants, water quality, transport
2007
MA
Annual Base
Development of a standardized protocol for fish bioassays detecting estrogenic exposure
Federal:
$4,917
Non-Federal:
$37,984
Kathleen Arcaro, Lauren Moffatt
medaka, vitellogenin, estrogens, bioassay, real time RT-PCR
2007
MD
Annual Base
Responses of Species-Rich Low-Salinity Tidal Marshes to Sea Level Rise: a Mesocosm Study
Federal:
$53,772
Non-Federal:
$123,056
Andrew Baldwin, Peter Sharpe
coastal wetlands, sea level rise, vegetation, biodiversity, saltwater intrusion, soil waterlogging
2007
MD
Annual Base
Assessing the role of road salt run-off on the critical ecological interactions that regulate carbon processing in small, headwater streams in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
Federal:
$23,663
Non-Federal:
$47,419
Christopher Swan
road salt deicer, streams, invertebrates, organic matter, carbon processing
2007
MD
Annual Base
Sublethal Reproductive and Developmental Responses in the Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) Exposed to Endocrine Disruptors in Poultry Litter
Federal:
$4,600
Non-Federal:
$9,211
Allen Davis, Allen Davis
2007
MD
Annual Base
Developing Permeable Sorptive Barriers for Petroleum Contaminant Removal from Groundwater Using High Carbon Content Fly Ash
Federal:
$4,600
Non-Federal:
$9,211
Allen Davis, Allen Davis
2007
MD
Annual Base
Hydraulic Consequences of Riparian Vegetation on Bank Roughness in Urban Stream Corridors
Federal:
$4,600
Non-Federal:
$9,211
Allen Davis, Allen Davis
2007
ME
Annual Base
Biological Effects of Pharmaceutically Derived Estrogens from Wastewater Effluents in the Penobscot River, Maine
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$26,170
Gregory Mayer
biomonitoring, wastewater, wastewater treatment, water quality monitoring, toxic substances
2007
ME
Annual Base
The Penobscot River Education Program: Celebrating and Strengthening Community Connections to the River that Sustains Us
Federal:
$7,405
Non-Federal:
$16,900
Beth Owen, Cheryl Daigle, Ruth Hallsworth
Education, Watershed Management, Conservation, History, Dams, Estuaries, Fish Ecology, Fisheries, Planning, Recreation, Rivers, Streams
2007
ME
Annual Base
Key attributes for sustainable water use: a map-based bulletin board
Federal:
$15,530
Non-Federal:
$27,871
Peter Vaux, Roy Bouchard
sustainable water use, water levels, flows, on-line data, GIS
2007
ME
Annual Base
A 31P NMR investigation of phosphorus speciation in sediments of two shallow lakes in Maine, USA
Federal:
$8,600
Non-Federal:
$22,024
Aria Amirbahman, Karl Bishop, Roy Bouchard, Bjorn Lake, Stephen Norton
Phosphorus, Eutrophication, Geochemistry, Lakes, Water Quality
2007
ME
Annual Base
A Novel Approach to Assessing Multiple Stressor Effects in Maine Fishes
Federal:
$7,197
Non-Federal:
$60,159
Rebecca Van Beneden, Frank Drummond, Adria Elskus, Brian Perkins
agriculture, fisheries, herbicides, insecticides, land use, pest management, pesticides, pollutants, rivers, toxic substances, trace elements, water quality
2007
ME
Annual Base
Assessing the role of natural flow variability and the impact of flow standards on Maine's surface waters
Federal:
$5,654
Non-Federal:
$49,898
Shaleen Jain, David Courtemanch, David Hart
Water Demand, Water Quality, Climate, Watershed Management
2007
ME
Annual Base
Maine WRRI FY07 IT
Federal:
$23,470
Non-Federal:
$37,034
John Peckenham
Information Transfer
2007
ME
Annual Base
The ABC^2 of Drinking Water Quality on Main St., Unity, ME: Arsenic, Bacteria, and Other Common Contaminants
Federal:
$19,767
Non-Federal:
$49,886
Lois Ongley, Peter Milligan
Bacteria, Ecosystems, Education, Geochemistry, Groundwater Quality, Public Health, Soil Microbiology, Toxic Substances, Water Quality
2007
ME
Annual Base
Reducing Pollution to Urban Streams through Business Friends Incentives
Federal:
$12,027
Non-Federal:
$46,271
Laura Wilson, Christopher Brewer, John Jemison, Mark Ward, Wendy Warren
82, 79, 137, 181, 207, 236, 237, 259, 273, 286
2007
ME
Annual Base
Pollution Source Tracking in Spruce Creek, Kittery, Maine
Federal:
$11,480
Non-Federal:
$25,770
Chris Feurt, Michele Dionne
water quality, watershed management, bacteria
2007
ME
Annual Base
Effective Knowledge Transfer to Enhance Stakeholder Involvement in Watershed Stewardship
Federal:
$13,138
Non-Federal:
$42,055
Gayle Zydlewski, LaMarr Cannon, Xiongyi Liu, Gordon Longsworth, Catherine Schmitt, Peter Vaux, Laura Wilson
Biomonitoring, Cartography, Computers, Conservation, Data Analysis, Data Storage and Retrieval, Dynamic Programming, Ecosystems, Education, Geographic Information Systems, Information Dissemination, Institutional Relationships, Marketing Planning, Storm Water Management, Water Quality, Water Quality Monitoring
2007
ME
Annual Base
Measuring and Incorporating Stakeholder Values into River Restoration Decisions: A Socio-economic Analysis
Federal:
$53,176
Non-Federal:
$94,445
Lynne Lewis, Kathleen Bell, Curtis Bohlen
GIS, dams, economic impacts
2007
ME
Annual Base
Using reactive thin-film membranes and Molecular Tools to determine mercury mobility and transformation in the Penobscot River estuary sediment, Maine
Federal:
$19,600
Non-Federal:
$41,250
Aria Amirbahman, Melinda Diehl
Biomonitoring, Contaminant Transport, Estuaries, Geochemistry, Heavy Metals, Membranes, Rivers, Toxic Substances
2007
ME
Annual Base
Response of a linked lake-stream system to dam removal and restoration of migratory fish.
Federal:
$32,306
Non-Federal:
$165,196
Kevin Simon, Stephen Coghlan, David Hart
conservation, dams, fish ecology, insects, isotopes, lakes, nutrients, streams, zooplankton
2007
ME
Annual Base
Chemical Survey of Creeks and Nearshore Coastal Sediments and Water for the Presence of Current-Use Pesticides
Federal:
$11,096
Non-Federal:
$28,733
Lawrence LeBlanc, Brian Perkins
Pesticides, Pollutants, Contaminant Transport, Trace Organics
2007
ME
Annual Base
A New Method to Monitor Aquatic Ecosystem Health in Ponds Treated with Herbicides
Federal:
$17,655
Non-Federal:
$36,272
Howard Patterson, Roy Bouchard, David Courtemanch, John McPhedran, John Peckenham, Jamie Pinto, Collin Roesler
Algae; Aquatic Plants; Biomonitoring; Ecosystems; Herbicides; Photosynthesis; Remote Sensing; Time-Series Analysis; Toxic Substances; Water Quality; Water Quality Monitoring
2007
ME
Annual Base
The influence of chloride and natural organic matter gradients on disinfection by-product formation in Maine
Federal:
$5,208
Non-Federal:
$20,551
John Peckenham, Gail Lipfert, Touradj Solouki, Andy Tolman
disinfection by-products, total organic carbon, chloride
2007
MI
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Technology Transfer Training Programs
Federal:
$20,342
Non-Federal:
$52,708
Lois Wolfson
Water Quality; Water Quantity, Watershed Management; Macroinvertebrates; Wetlands; Monitoring; Interactive Web-based Systems; Exotic Species
2007
MI
Annual Base
Water Quality Valuation In Michigans Inland Lakes Using Hedonic Valuation Methods
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$33,504
Kendra Cheruvelil, Daniel Kramer
water quality, economic, hedonic valuation, property values
2007
MI
Annual Base
Regulation of Large Quantity Water Withdrawal in Michigan: Assessing Alternative Mitigation Options, Economic trade-off, and Impacts of Policy Implementation
Federal:
$12,987
Non-Federal:
$33,431
Saichon Seedang, Zhengfei Guan
mitigation offset economic trade-off, ecological criteria, trout habitat, farmer production decision, water and nutrient use, water regulation, policy option, groundwater withdrawal
2007
MI
Annual Base
Evaluation of SWAT and HIT Models in the Kalamazoo River Watershed, Michigan
Federal:
$10,355
Non-Federal:
$20,914
Steven Safferman, Dean Baas, Rosemary Fanelli, Steve Miller, Glenn O'Neil
Water Quality; Non-point Source Pollution; Monitoring; Modeling; GIS; Watershed Management; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Sediment; Kalamazoo; Michigan
2007
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$33,651
Non-Federal:
$44,563
Jon Bartholic
Data Analysis, Data Storage and Retrieval, Information Dissemination, System Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Water Use, Water Quantity, Water Quality Management, Watershed Management
2007
MN
Annual Base
Triclosan and triclosan-derived dioxins in the Mississippi River sediment record
Federal:
$54,374
Non-Federal:
$107,146
Kristopher McNeill, William Arnold
triclosan, dioxin, historical record
2007
MN
Annual Base
The Role of Local Stakeholders in Water Resource Management: Characterization and Diffusion of Minnesota Lake Improvement Districts
Federal:
$66,290
Non-Federal:
$119,974
Dennis R. Becker
Lake Improvement Districts, stakeholder engagement, policy, diffusion
2007
MN
Annual Base
The Influence of Drainage on Biogeochemical Cycling of Carbon in Agricultural Ecosystems
Federal:
$18,780
Non-Federal:
$35,578
Jennifer King, Brent Dalzell, Jacques Finlay, David Mulla, Gary Sands
Carbon Biogeochemistry, Subsurface Drainage, Dissolved Organic Matter, Bioavailability, Agricultural Ecosystems
2007
MO
Annual Base
Development of Membrane Aerated Reactor Processes for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal from Wastewater
Federal:
$44,000
Non-Federal:
$92,594
Zhiqiang Hu
Membrane Aerated Processes, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Wastewater, Nutrient Contamination, Eutrophication, anaerobic
2007
MO
Annual Base
Relation Between Spatial Variation of Bed-Shear Stress Distribution and the Statistical Characterization of Bed Material in the Missouri River
Federal:
$43,694
Non-Federal:
$87,178
Jerry Richardson, Richard Geekie
aggradiation, degradiation, sediments, sand-bed channels, spatial and temporal variability of bed-shear stress, grain size, surface water, hydrology,
2007
MO
Annual Base
Tech Transfer - USGS Water Resources Research Center
Federal:
$63,808
Non-Federal:
$129,562
Thomas Clevenger, Thomas Clevenger
Technology Transfer
2007
MS
Annual Base
Natural Enhanced Transport of Agricultural Pb and As Through Riparian Wetlands
Federal:
$49,476
Non-Federal:
$99,723
Gregg Davidson
wetlands, sediment, non-point pollution, riparian zones
2007
MS
Annual Base
Water Quality and Floristic Habitat Assessments in the Coldwater and Sunflower River Basins: Comparing traditional measures of water and habitat quality to Index of Biotic Integrity findings
Federal:
$50,214
Non-Federal:
$121,592
Todd Tietjen, Gary Ervin
bioindicators, biomonitoring, invasive species, water quality, water quantity, wetlands
2007
MS
Annual Base
Climatological and Cultural Influences on Annual Groundwater Decline in the Mississippi Delta Shallow Alluvial Aquifer: Identifying the Causes and Solutions
Federal:
$19,602
Non-Federal:
$95,528
Charles Wax, Jonathan Pote
Delta alluvial aquifer; recharge; withdrawal; catfish; rice; climatic variability
2007
MT
Annual Base
Temporal and spatial changes in the concentration and isotopic composition of nutrients in the upper Silver Bow Creek drainage, Montana: Year 2
Federal:
$13,600
Non-Federal:
$27,522
Chris Gammons
nutrients; isotopic concentration; Silver Bow Creek; Montana; water chemistry
2007
MT
Annual Base
Identifying and characterizing sources of dissolved organic carbon in the Big Hole and Clark Fork Rivers, a continued investigation
Federal:
$8,586
Non-Federal:
$17,177
Stephen Parker, Douglas Cameron
Dissolved organic carbon, dissolved inorganic carbon, carbon isotopes, diel, biogeochemistry
2007
MT
Annual Base
Historical and Future Streamflow Related to Small Mountain Glaciers in the Glacier Park Region, Montana
Federal:
$17,882
Non-Federal:
$35,764
Joel Harper
water supply, glaciers, climate change
2007
MT
Annual Base
Predictive Modeling of Snowmelt Dynamics: Thresholds and the Hydrologic Regime of the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Montana
Federal:
$34,000
Non-Federal:
$82,664
Lucy Marshall, Brian McGlynn
Hydrologic Model, Uncertainty, Residence Time, Snowmelt, Runoff
2007
MT
Annual Base
Sediment and Heavy Metals Source Determination and Reduction at a Reclaimed Abandoned Mine Site, Alta Mine, Jefferson County, MT
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,750
Clayton Marlow
Mine Reclamation, Soil Loss, Erosion, Sediment, Heavy Metals, TMDLs
2007
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: The influence of beaver on brook trout invasion and subsequent native westslope cutthroat trout displacement in southwestern Montana
Federal:
$2,400
Non-Federal:
$0
Magnus McCaffery, Lisa Eby
cutthroat trout, beaver, brook trout
2007
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Population Genetics and Distribution of Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus Inhabiting Lakes within Glacier National Park, Montana
Federal:
$2,400
Non-Federal:
$0
Michael Meeuwig
Bull trout, Glacier National Park
2007
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Natural Mercury Bioaccumulation in Aquatic Environments
Federal:
$800
Non-Federal:
$0
Eric Boyd
mercury, bioaccumulation
2007
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: A Proposal for Research on In-situ Subsurface Microbial Transformation of Selenium as Source Control in Backfilled Phosphate Overburden, SE Idaho
Federal:
$2,400
Non-Federal:
$0
Lisa Kirk
selenium; phospate; microbes
2007
MT
Annual Base
Resource Recovery from Flooded Underground Mine Workings- Butte, Montana
Federal:
$2,400
Non-Federal:
$0
Keri Petritz
groundwater, mining, irrigation
2007
NC
Annual Base
Protecting Receiving Waters: Removal of Biochemically Active Compounds from Wastewater by Sequential Photochemical and Biological Oxidation Processes
Federal:
$25,120
Non-Federal:
$57,871
Detlef Knappe
Endocrine disrupting chemicals, pharmaceutically active compounds, biodegradation, oxidation, wastewater treatment, water reuse
2007
NC
Annual Base
Stable Isotope Tracers to Quantify Impervious Area Effects on Baseflow to Coastal Plain Streams
Federal:
$23,707
Non-Federal:
$47,414
Michael ODriscoll, Mark Brinson
Channels, Rivers, Ground Water Hydrology, Subsurface drainage, Surface-Ground Water relationships, Stormwater Management
2007
NC
Annual Base
Antibiotic Resistance and Water Quality: Land Application of Swine Lagoon Effluent as a Potential Source of Antibiotic Resistant Genes in Surface Water
Federal:
$48,994
Non-Federal:
$137,809
Alexandria Graves, Daniel Israel
Swine Waste, Bacteria, Irrigation, Lagoons, Water Quality
2007
ND
Annual Base
Fractionation of Natural Organic Matter in Water
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$4,000
Khan Eakalak
Resin fractionation, Natural Organic Matter, Water Treatment, Extraction Technique, Total Organic Carbon
2007
ND
Annual Base
Use of Artificial Substrates and Dipnet for Sampling Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in the Red River of the North
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$4,000
Malcolm Butler
Microinvertebrates, Artificial substrate, biomonitoring, Benthic resources, Samplin protocol
2007
ND
Annual Base
Farm-scale reconnaissance of estrogens in subsurface waters
Federal:
$9,600
Non-Federal:
$19,200
Francis Casey
Estrogens, Groundwater, Water quality, Endocrine disrupting chemicals, Animal Wastes, Biosolids
2007
ND
Annual Base
Analysis of Associated Bedrock-Aquifer System Sediments:Origins of Electron Donor-Rich Aquifers in Eastern North Dakota
Federal:
$9,600
Non-Federal:
$19,200
Scott Korom
Denitrification, Electron Donors, Natural attenuation, Nitrate vulnerability index
2007
ND
Annual Base
Plant Species Composition of Wetlands Located in Restored Native Prairie
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$4,000
Don Kirby
Native Prairie, Wetlands, Species composition, Prairie Pothole Region, Restoration
2007
ND
Annual Base
An Investigation into Subsurface Sampling and Characterization Efficiency Using a High Resolution GIS Based Earth System
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$4,000
Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat
3-D Site characterisation, Subsurface sampling, Laser induced flourescence, Contaminant plume chracterisation
2007
ND
Annual Base
Iron Nanoparticles for the Treatment of the Herbicides Atrazine, Alachlor and Dicamba in Groundwater
Federal:
$8,600
Non-Federal:
$17,200
Achintya Bezbaruah
Iron nanoparticles, Treatment, Herbicides, Groundwater remediation
2007
ND
Annual Base
Effective Delivery of Iron Nanoparticles by Amphiphilic Polysiloxane Graft Copolymeric Vehicles for Groundwater Remediation
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$4,000
Achintya Bezbaruah
Iron nanoparticles, Groundwater remediation, Delivery vehicles, copolymers
2007
ND
Annual Base
Rapid and Sensitive Determination of Bacteria in Water Using Nanoparticles
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$24,000
Julia Xiaojun Zhao
Detection of bacteria, fluorescent nanoparticles, antibody-antogen reaction, target bacteria cells
2007
ND
Annual Base
An Examination of Life History Variation in White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) Populations in North Dakota and Minnesota Drainages
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$24,000
Mark Clark, Allan Ashworth,
White Sucker population, Habitat alteration, Life history traits
2007
ND
Annual Base
Mercury accumulation in Chironomus dilutus reared on nutrient-limited food
Federal:
$8,000
Non-Federal:
$16,000
Malcolm Butler
Mercury accumulation, Nutrient limitation, Benthic organisms, aquatic ecosystem, bioaccumulation of mercury
2007
ND
Annual Base
Top-down and Bottom-up Effects on the Abundance of Periphyton in Shallow Lakes
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$4,000
Malcolm Butler
shallow lake ecosystem, periphyton biomass, nutrients, fish invertebrate, turbidity
2007
NE
Annual Base
Detection of Episodic Low-level Concentrations of Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Water
Federal:
$19,891
Non-Federal:
$39,801
Bruce Dvorak, Daniel Snow
2007
NE
Annual Base
Formation of N-Nitrosamine and Hydrazine Derivatives of Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals During Disinfection of Drinking Water and Wastewater
Federal:
$19,210
Non-Federal:
$43,665
Patrick Shea
N-nitrosamines, chloramine, disinfection byproducts, pesticides, pharmaceuticals
2007
NE
Annual Base
Improving Estimates of the Value of Irrigated Land in the Republican Watershed
Federal:
$12,791
Non-Federal:
$26,398
Steven Shultz, Roger Sindt
Land values, irrigation, hedonic modelling
2007
NH
Annual Base
Physical , Biological, and biogeochemical response of a northestern river to a severe flood
Federal:
$32,152
Non-Federal:
$18,374
William McDowell
2007
NJ
Annual Base
The influence of flooding cycles and iron oxides on arsenic retention in contaminated, planted microcosms in comparison with phosphate retention.
Federal:
$5,025
Non-Federal:
$11,738
Luke MacDonald, Peter Jaffe
arsenic containment, inexpensive contamination cleanup, As and phosphate transport,
2007
NJ
Annual Base
Development of Microscale Membrane Extraction for trace Monitoring of Pesticides and other Emerging Pollutants in Water
Federal:
$5,033
Non-Federal:
$11,743
Kamilah Hylton, Somenath Mitra
micro-scale membrane extraction, real time water mapping, perfluorooctane sulfonate, perfluorooctanoic acid, sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim,Clarithromycin, azithromycin, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin
2007
NJ
Annual Base
Phosphate and Thermal Stabilization of Dredged Sediments for Reuse as Construction Material
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,725
Peter Ndiba, Lisa Axe
2007
NJ
Annual Base
Restored oyster reef habitat use by the American Eel (Anquilla rostrata) in the Lower Delaware Bay
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$13,075
Jaclyn Taylor, David Bushek
Eastern oyster (crassostrea virginica), yellow phase American eels, restored oyster reefs, oyster aquaculture
2007
NJ
Annual Base
Using assimilated C-DNA to fingerprint active microorganisms in methylmercury demethylation by stable-isotope probing
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,980
Riqing Yu, Tamar Barkay
2007
NJ
Annual Base
A Quantitative Approach to Linking Temporal Variations of Groundwater Level with Nitrogen Cycling in New Jersey Wetlands
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$61,445
Daniel Gimenez, Joan Ehrenfeld
wetland hydrology, soil hydrology, nitrogen cycling, wetland hydrographs, flashiness, nitrification, denitrification
2007
NJ
Annual Base
Biogeochemistry of Pb transformations mediated by phosphate-releasing bacteria
Federal:
$29,987
Non-Federal:
$49,715
Nathan Yee
2007
NY
Annual Base
Evaluation of the health of lower Esopus Creek using water quality and benthic macro invertebrates
Federal:
$18,744
Non-Federal:
$25,057
Shaufil Chowdhury
water quality, groundwater, surface water, non-point pollution, watershed health, flood potential, stream bank erosion
2007
NY
Annual Base
Best management practices for managing stormwater runoff from developing areas in the Hudson catchment
Federal:
$14,000
Non-Federal:
$23,750
Tammo Steenhuis, Brian Richards
water quality, stormwater runoff, urban and suburban developments, best management practices
2007
NY
Annual Base
The mystery of chloride in Hudson Valley Streams: An opportunity for involving local citizens and government in puzzle solving
Federal:
$13,743
Non-Federal:
$18,556
Stuart Findlay, Gary Kleppel
Chloride levels, surface waters, groundwater, sampling, local watershed groups
2007
OH
Annual Base
Nanoscale Modification and Functionalization of Carbon Electrodes for the Detection of Harmful Organic Chemicals in Water such as Phenol and Domoic Acid
Federal:
$27,174
Non-Federal:
$54,405
Dionysios Dionysiou, Suzanne Lunsford
Cyanotoxins; Detection, Domoic Acid, Electrode, Environmental Health, Monitoring, Nanostructure, Nanotechnology, Phenol, Sensor, Toxins
2007
OH
Annual Base
Evaluating Colloid Release from Natural and Model Porous Media
Federal:
$29,088
Non-Federal:
$58,474
John Lenhart
Toxic Substances, Water Chemistry, Geochemistry, Solute Transport, Ground Water Quality, Colloid Transport, Particle Filtration
2007
OK
Annual Base
Decision Support Model for Optimal Water Pricing Protocol for Oklahoma Water Planning: Lake Tennkiller Case Study
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$100,000
Tracy Boyer, Larry Sanders, Arthur Stoecker
Water Pricing, Non-Market Valuation, Water Allocation
2007
OK
Annual Base
Subsurface Transport of Phosphorus to Streams: A Potential Source of Phosphorus not Alleviated by Best Management Practices
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$100,000
Garey Fox, Glenn Brown, Chad Penn
Phosphorus, Subsurface Flow, Cherty/Clarksville Soils, Best Management, Non-point Source Pollution
2007
OK
Annual Base
Determination of Fracture Density in the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer from Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Resistivity Data
Federal:
$49,974
Non-Federal:
$99,948
Ibrahim Cemen, Todd Halihan, Roger Young
Fractures, GPR, Resistivity
2007
OR
Annual Base
Contributions of Glacier Melt to Upper Hood River Streamflow and Implications of Climate Change
Federal:
$9,998
Non-Federal:
$20,094
Anne Nolin, Ronald Kellett
glacial meltwater, climate change, Mount Hood, DHSVM, Hood River, Irrigation Districts
2007
OR
Annual Base
Campus and Community Monitoring and Restoration of Mill Creek/Shelton Ditch
Federal:
$52,400
Non-Federal:
$111,088
Joe Bowersox
water quality, monitoring, ecological restoration, community service
2007
OR
Annual Base
Contaminant Transport in Highly Heterogeneous Subsurface Media
Federal:
$10,169
Non-Federal:
$24,280
Stephanie Harrington, John Bolte
Non-Fickian, Highly Heterogeneous, 3-D, integrated experiment and theory, contaminant transport
2007
OR
Annual Base
Beyond Dollars and Acre Feet: Assessing the Social Sustainability of Emerging Environmental Governance Structures and Restoration Efforts on Off-Project Irrigated Lands in the Upper Klamath Basin
Federal:
$25,616
Non-Federal:
$51,261
Hannah Gosnell, Denise Lach
irrigated agriculture, ecological restoration, environmental governance, social sustainability
2007
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer of Water Resources Research
Federal:
$8,352
Non-Federal:
$20,231
Todd Jarvis
Seminar Series, Film Series
2007
OR
Annual Base
Protecting Our Vital Resource: City of Corvallis Drinking Water Protection Plan and Outreach Strategy
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$22,253
Michael Campana, Todd Jarvis
drinking water source protection; Willamette basin management; risk reduction; Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996
2007
PA
Annual Base
Effectiveness of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) Profiling to Determine Sources of Microbial Pollution in Chester Creek Watershed
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$43,422
Metin Duran
Microbial contamination, fecal pollution, fecal coliform, Enterococci,fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiling,TMDL
2007
PA
Annual Base
Web-Based Learning for Private Water System Owners
Federal:
$19,958
Non-Federal:
$39,918
Bryan Swistock, Stephanie Clemens, William Sharpe
groundwater, wells, education, drinking water, volunteers
2007
PA
Annual Base
Improved quantification of stream-aquifer interactions for tracking nitrate transport along a river continuum: implementation of a cost-effective distributed-temperature sensing technology
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$52,621
Kamini Singha, Fred Day-Lewis
distributed temperature sensors, nitrate transport, baseflow
2007
PA
Annual Base
The effect of oxygen availability on Fe cycling microbial communities within an acid mine drainage-induced-kill zone
Federal:
$19,668
Non-Federal:
$39,336
John Senko, Mary Ann Bruns, William Burgos
acid mine drainage, iron-oxidizing bacteria, iron-reducing bacteria
2007
PR
Annual Base
Waste Tire Crumb Rubber as Sorbent for Heavy Metal Ions: A Field Case-Study
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$5,503
Oscar Perales-Perez, Felix Roman
water treatment, water quality, heavy metals
2007
PR
Annual Base
Seventh Caribbean Islands Water Resources Congress
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$51,154
Jorge Rivera-Santos, Walter Silva
Technology transfer, Education, Caribbean Region
2007
RI
Annual Base
Clean Drinking Water in Rhode Island
Federal:
$16,785
Non-Federal:
$33,540
Harold Knickle
Water Quality, Conference, Workshop< Middle and High School Teachers, Clean Water, Careers, Rhode Island
2007
RI
Annual Base
Enhancing Drinking Water Supply by better Understanding Surface Water Ground Water Interaction
Federal:
$21,604
Non-Federal:
$62,746
Tom Boving, Anne Veeger
Drinking Water, GWUDI
2007
SC
Annual Base
A Statewide Biomarker Approach to Investigate Pollution Effects on Sunfish (Lepomis sp.) in Wadeable Streams of South Carolina
Federal:
$61,904
Non-Federal:
$136,534
Peter Van Den Hurk, Stephen Klaine, Marc Scott
Conservation, Environmental Risk Assessment, Biomarkers, Fish Toxicology, Point sources, Non-point sources
2007
SC
Annual Base
A Statewide Sediment and Water Quality Approach to Characterize Pollution in Wadeable Streams of South Carolina (Phase 2).
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$166,576
Elizabeth Carraway, Stephen Klaine, Marc Scott
Conservation, Environmental Risk Assessment, Anthropogenic Indicators, Point Sources, Non-point Sources, Metals, PAHs
2007
SD
Annual Base
Leaching Tests for Encapsulation of Waste after Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water
Federal:
$23,746
Non-Federal:
$47,492
Arden Davis, David Dixon, Marion Hansen
Arsenic; arsenic removal; drinking water; concrete
2007
SD
Annual Base
Permeable Reactive Bio-Barriers for Uranium Removal: Role of Iron Minerals on Uranium Fate and Transport
Federal:
$14,855
Non-Federal:
$29,735
Rajesh Sani, Sookie Bang, David Dixon
Groundwater, Iron sulfides, Uranium, and Stability
2007
SD
Annual Base
Alternative Irrigation Water Management Strategies to Conserve Water
Federal:
$52,095
Non-Federal:
$103,227
Todd Trooien
water management, water conservation, irrigation scheduling, crop models
2007
SD
Annual Base
Evaluation of Manure Application Risk on Frozen Soils
Federal:
$28,036
Non-Federal:
$56,784
Dennis Todey, David German
Manure, concentrated animal feeding operations, livestock, climate, frozen soil, nutrients, runoff, erosion
2007
TX
Annual Base
Chemically-Treated Composted Biosolids Enhance Water Conservation and Quality on Urban Landscapes
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Ronnie Schnell, Don Vietor
composted biosolids, water quality, phosphorus, water conservation, turfgrass
2007
TX
Annual Base
Reallocation of Reservoir Storage Capacity between Flood Control and Conservation Purposes
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Tae Kim, Ralph Wurbs
water supply, flood control, multipurpose reservoir operations, WRAP model
2007
TX
Annual Base
Intra-Watershed Modeling of Bacterial Contamination
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,080
Stephanie Johnson, David Maidment
bacteria, total maximum daily load (TMDL), surface water quality, computer modeling, watersheds, geographic information systems
2007
TX
Annual Base
Evaluating the Impacts of Brush Clearing on Recharge of a Karst Aquifer
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$13,002
Corinne Wong, Jay Banner
Brush clearing, recharge, karst aquifer, cave
2007
TX
Annual Base
Bacterial Impairment Assessment for Lake Granbury Watershed
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,133
Kendra Riebschleager, R Karhikeyan
Bacterial Impairment, Fecal Coliform, GIS modeling, E. coli, Lake Granbury
2007
TX
Annual Base
Water Quality Influences on Ionizable Contaminants in the Brazos River Basin: Implications for Water Resource Management of Urbanizing Watersheds
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Theodore Valenti, Bryan Brooks
site specific water quality, watershed management, effluent discharges
2007
TX
Annual Base
Carbon isotopic measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon: A new tool to assess groundwater-river exchange in the Brazos River Basin
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Fenwei Zeng, Caroline Masiello
groundwater, groundwater-river exchange, radiocarbon, carbon isotopic composition, dissolved inorganic carbon
2007
TX
Annual Base
Development of an algorithm to create repository of soil moisture and evapotranspiration maps for the state of Texas
Federal:
$4,890
Non-Federal:
$10,262
Narendra Das, Binayak Mohanty
soil moisture, SVAT, SWAP, evapotranspiration, Nexrad, Hydrologic modeling
2007
TX
Annual Base
Comparative evaluation of actual crop water use of forage sorghum and corn for silage.
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$23,175
Nithya Rajan, Stephan Maas
remote sensing, crop water use, evapotranspiration, spectral crop coefficient
2007
TX
Annual Base
Optimizing Irrigation of Oilseed Crops on the Texas High Plains
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,802
Steve Oswalt, Dick Auld, Thomas Thompson
Optimum Irrigation, Oilseed Crops
2007
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$26,562
Non-Federal:
$23,556
C. Allan Jones, Danielle Supercinski, Jaclyn Tech, Cecilia Wagner, Kathy Wythe
2007
UT
Annual Base
Development and Calibration of a Hydrodynamic Model for Utah Lake
Federal:
$21,886
Non-Federal:
$65,069
Robert Spall, Barton Smith
Lake Hydrodynamics, Endangered Species, Fish Habitat
2007
UT
Annual Base
Economic and Fiscal Impacts of the Groundwater Management Plan in the Beryl-Enterprise Area
Federal:
$20,068
Non-Federal:
$36,599
John Keith
Land Use, Regional Economics, Water Use, Water Rights
2007
UT
Annual Base
Two-Zone Temperature and Solute Model Testing and Development in the Virgin River
Federal:
$24,264
Non-Federal:
$52,328
Bethany Neilson
Temperature Modeling, Solute, Two-Zone Modeling
2007
VI
Annual Base
Water Usage and Papaya Growth in Double-Row Systems Established During the Dry Season
Federal:
$16,840
Non-Federal:
$0
Thomas Zimmerman
Papaya, drip irrigation, mulch, minority farmers
2007
VI
Annual Base
Response to Uncertain Irrigation Supplies Through Recovery and Application of Aquaculture Wastewater for Agronomic Crops Cultivated in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Federal:
$36,960
Non-Federal:
$0
Jason Danaher, Kathryn Lincoln
irrigation, aquaculture, effluent, geo-textile material
2007
VI
Annual Base
Selection of Sediment Transport Functions for St. Thomas Island Guts
Federal:
$18,488
Non-Federal:
$0
Walter Silva
Erosion, Sedimentation, Geomorphology, Flood Control
2007
VI
Annual Base
Revitalization of Guts as Urban Recreational Spaces in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Federal:
$18,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Lloyd Gardner, Stevie Henry, Toni Thomas
Recreational Water
2007
VI
Annual Base
Seventh Caribbean Islands Water Resources Congress
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Henry Smith
Virgin Islands, Caribbean, Water Congress
2007
WA
Annual Base
Lacamas Lake and other Northwest Reservoirs as Bioreactors: How do Dams Affect Downstream Nutrient Transport?
Federal:
$48,000
Non-Federal:
$96,550
John Harrison
eutrophication; reservoirs; nitrogen; phosphorus; denitrification; rhodamine
2007
WA
Annual Base
Quantifying and Enhancing Nitrogen Removal in Constructed Wetlands
Federal:
$24,000
Non-Federal:
$48,107
Marc Beutel, Troy Peters, Rick Watts
natural treatment systems, constructed wetlands, ammonia, nitrate, nitrification, denitrification
2007
WA
Annual Base
Assessment of contaminated sediments using a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) as an embryonic exposure assay
Federal:
$24,000
Non-Federal:
$48,077
Jeffrey Ullman
Contaminated sediments, toxicology, PCBs, PBDEs
2007
WI
Annual Base
Protecting Wisconsins Buried Treasure: Celebrating the Results of 20 Years of Coordinated Groundwater Research and Monitoring
Federal:
$14,446
Non-Federal:
$11,344
Stephen Wittman, James Hurley
groundwater, research, monitoring, Wisconsin
2007
WI
Annual Base
Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons: Molecular and Biochemical Analyses
Federal:
$85,836
Non-Federal:
$70,554
Bill Hickey
microbial processes, dechlorination, contaminants
2007
WV
Annual Base
WRI 99 Selenium Speciation & Removal
Federal:
$6,993
Non-Federal:
$28,844
Louis McDonald, Richard Herd
AMD Treatment, Anion Sorption
2007
WV
Annual Base
WRI 96 - Experimental Investigation into the Changes in Hydrologic and Environmental Quality Associated with Valley Fills
Federal:
$87,942
Non-Federal:
$183,216
Todd Petty, J Petty, Paul Ziemkiewicz
Valley Fills, Mountaintop Removal Mining, Hydrology, Environmental Remediation, Flooding, Acid Mine Drainage
2007
WV
Annual Base
WRI 97 - Chemical and Flow Characterization of Mining Impacted Streams Using Continuous Water Quality Monitoring and Watershed Modeling
Federal:
$52,840
Non-Federal:
$103,225
Jen Fulton, J. Gutta, John Quaranta, Paul Ziemkiewicz
Continuous monitoring, watershed modeling, acid mine drainage, regression analysis, water chemistry, dissolved metals, stream discharge
2007
WY
Annual Base
Tracing Glacial Ice and Snow Meltwater with Isotopes
Federal:
$7,930
Non-Federal:
$56,061
David Williams
Snowmelt, Groundwater, Rainfall, Streamflow, Hyrograph separation, Oxygen-18, Deuterium, Tritium
2007
WY
Annual Base
Integrated Management of Groundwater and Surface Water Resources: Investigation of Different Management Strategies and Testing in a Modeling Framework
Federal:
$17,960
Non-Federal:
$121,942
Fred Ogden, Melinda Benson
Conjunctive use, Policy, Management, Strategies, Modeling
2007
WY
Annual Base
Detecting the Signature of Glaciogenic Cloud Seeding in Orographic Snowstroms in Wyoming Using the Wyoming Cloud Radar
Federal:
$37,773
Non-Federal:
$259,259
Bart Geerts
Cloud seeding, Cloud radar, Aircraft measurements, Weather modification
2007
WY
Annual Base
Weather Modification Impacts and Forecasting of Streamflow
Federal:
$24,700
Non-Federal:
$153,475
Glenn Tootle, Thomas Piechota
Weather modification, Snowpack, Streamflow, Soil moisture, Forecasting
2006
AK
Annual Base
Glacier Volume Change in Arctic Alaska and its Impact on Alaska's Hydrologic Cycle
Federal:
$19,391
Non-Federal:
$6,936
Matthew Nolan
glaciers, volume change, freshwater, arctic
2006
AK
Annual Base
Effect of Raw Water Characteristics on Membrane Fouling for Filtration of Surface Water with High Organic Matter Content
Federal:
$96,138
Non-Federal:
$31,635
Silke Schiewer
membrane filtration, DOM, Fouling, surface water
2006
AK
Annual Base
Watershed Response to Forest Fires in Cold Regions: Channel Development and Suspended Load Variation in Streams in Interior Alaska
Federal:
$21,368
Non-Federal:
$10,150
Horacio Toniolo
suspended load, soil erosion, channel formation, mapping, discontinuous permafrost
2006
AK
Annual Base
Investigation of Streamflow Response to Seasonal Snowcover Change in the Yukon River
Federal:
$75,387
Non-Federal:
$21,777
Daqing Yang
discharge, climate, snowcover, and permafrost
2006
AL
Annual Base
Investigating the Role of Surface-Groundwater Interactions on Surface Water Quality
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Cevza Kazezyilmaz-Alhan, Prabhakar Clement
Contaminant transport, Solute Transport, Pollutants, Water Quality, Streams, Open Channels, Groundwater Quality
2006
AL
Annual Base
Pilot Testing an Innovative Remediation Technology for In-situ Destruction of Chlorinated Organic Contaminants in Alabama Soils and Groundwater Using a New Class of Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,005
Dongye Zhao
Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Soil remediation, Grountwater treatment, Groundwater quality, Hazardous wastes, Water quality control, Pollution control, Underground storage tanks
2006
AL
Annual Base
The Fate, Transport, and Effedts of Veterinary Antimicrobial Mixtures in the Environment
Federal:
$24,891
Non-Federal:
$49,782
Puneet Srivastava, Jacob Dane, Yucheng Feng
Animal waste, Contaminant transport, Leaching, Risk Management, Soil Microbiology, Solute Transport
2006
AL
Annual Base
Evaluating Bioretention Nutrient Removal in a Rain Garden With and Internal Water Storage (IWS) Layer
Federal:
$17,444
Non-Federal:
$35,254
Mark Dougherty, Charlene LeBleu
Bioretention, Stormwater management, Non Point Source Pollution
2006
AR
Annual Base
Sediment Characterization in Three Coves - Beaver Reservoir, Arkansas
Federal:
$16,900
Non-Federal:
$33,954
Stephen Boss, Brian Haggard
sediment, lacustrine, metals, tracer, land-use
2006
AR
Annual Base
Metal Mobilization, Especially Arsenic, Related to Ground-water Level Fluctuation in the Alluvial Aquifer
Federal:
$17,818
Non-Federal:
$35,636
Kenneth Steele, Ralph K. Davis
Arsenic
2006
AR
Annual Base
Occurrence and antibiotic resistance in fecal indicator bacteria upstream and downstream of wastewater treatment plants in northwest Arkansas
Federal:
$17,819
Non-Federal:
$36,509
Mary Savin, Brian Haggard
fecal indicator bacteria, antibiotic resistance, surface water, wastewater treatment effluent
2006
AR
Annual Base
A hydrogeological investigation of nitrate processing within a karst watershed
Federal:
$17,818
Non-Federal:
$35,792
Susan Ziegler, John Brahana
nitrate, karst, interflow, stable isotopes, hydrology
2006
AZ
Annual Base
Student Training, Research, and Participation in Water Harvesting Design and Implementation
Federal:
$11,624
Non-Federal:
$29,079
James Riley, Jim Walworth
WATER HARVESTING, SYSTEM DESIGN, STUDENT EDUCATION,
2006
AZ
Annual Base
Perfluorinated Chemicals in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants in Arizona
Federal:
$11,995
Non-Federal:
$24,023
Reyes Sierra, Fiona Jordan
Perfluorinated compounds; Perfluoroalkyl surfactants, Perfluorooctane sulfonate or PFOS; Perfluorooctane carboxylic acid or PFOA; Municipal wastewater treatment; Sludge; Biosolids; Sorption
2006
AZ
Annual Base
An Investigation in the Upper Santa Cruz River 2005 Riparian Vegetation Die-off
Federal:
$11,940
Non-Federal:
$27,523
Barron Orr
Santa Cruz River, Riparian Area, Vegetation Die-off
2006
AZ
Annual Base
Advanced Biotechnology for Recycling Dairy Wastewater
Federal:
$12,600
Non-Federal:
$46,581
Qiang Hu, Milton Sommerfeld
wastewater, nutrient removal, microalgae, photobioreactor, bioremediation
2006
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$40,051
Non-Federal:
$67,025
Sharon Megdal, Carl Bauer, Susanna Eden, Joe Gelt, Jackie Moxley, Kerry Schwartz, Terry Sprouse
Education, Information Transfer, Policy, Newsletter, Water Use, Water Supply, Water Quality,Water Management
2006
CA
Annual Base
Ecohydrologic Effects of Stream Restoration
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$26,390
Jeffrey Mount
2006
CA
Annual Base
Monitoring California Water Resources from Space
Federal:
$7,496
Non-Federal:
$38,235
James Famiglietti
2006
CA
Annual Base
Plant water use in Owens Valley, California:
Federal:
$7,070
Non-Federal:
$15,812
Diane Pataki
2006
CA
Annual Base
Diuron in Californias Water Supply:
Federal:
$14,638
Non-Federal:
$29,713
Thomas Young
2006
CA
Annual Base
Impacts of Ethanol on Anaerobic Production of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA) from Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) in Groundwater
Federal:
$11,554
Non-Federal:
$23,456
Kate Scow
MTBE, TBA, groundwater contamination, bioremediation, anaerobic biodegradation, microorganisms, groundwater treatment, organic pollutants
2006
CA
Annual Base
Quantitative PCR Assays for Specific Host Sources of Fecal Pollution for Test Watersheds
Federal:
$6,236
Non-Federal:
$14,152
Katheryn Ivanetich
2006
CA
Annual Base
The Politics and Practice of Watershed Restoration: Insights from the Russian River Watershed, Northern California
Federal:
$13,280
Non-Federal:
$25,575
Jeff Romm
2006
CA
Annual Base
Investigating the role of nitrogen fixation and denitrification in ameliorating deteriorating water quality in a highly eutrophic southern Californian estuary
Federal:
$14,582
Non-Federal:
$7,947
Peggy Fong, Catherine Borrowman
2006
CT
Annual Base
GIM3 - A visual and interactive contaminant transport simulator for regulatory and educational applications
Federal:
$4,270
Non-Federal:
$9,391
Xiusheng Yang
Graphic user interface, multimedia environment, modeling, software, transport
2006
CT
Annual Base
Development of a Digital Geospatial Database to Support the Connecticut Water Allocation Policy Planning Model
Federal:
$50,213
Non-Federal:
$115,274
Sandy Prisloe, Chester Arnold, Daniel Civco
Water allocation, basin planning, basin screening, GIS
2006
CT
Annual Base
Development and evaluation of a multi-dimensional spatially and temporally dynamic mesohabitat classification model for stream management and water flow allocation planning in southern New England streams
Federal:
$73,638
Non-Federal:
$147,996
Jason Vokoun, Melinda Daniels
mesohabitat, stream classification, water allocation planning
2006
CT
Annual Base
Water Resources Technology Transfer Program
Federal:
$40,497
Non-Federal:
$44,174
Glenn Warner, Patricia Bresnahan
2006
DC
Annual Base
Silica and Siliceous Surfaces as Host for Hazardous Metals in Water
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$9,300
Aaron Barkatt, April Pulvirenti
sorption, co-precipitation ,silica ,siliceous surfaces, silica gel, hazardous metals, lead, copper, water supply
2006
DC
Annual Base
Nutrient flow and biological dynamics in the Anacostia River
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$5,850
Stephen MacAvoy, Karen Bushaw-Newton
microbial community structure, carbon and nutient sources, effects of nutrient loading
2006
DC
Annual Base
Wet-Weather Flow Characterization for the Rock Creek through Monitoring and Modeling
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$4,420
Pradeep Behera, Abiose Adebayo, Wellela Hirpassa
water quality, urban stream, non point source pollution, storm sewer overflows, education
2006
DC
Annual Base
Effect of Best Management Practices on contaminant levels in storm water runoff to the Anacostia River
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$65,890
Charles Glass
Stormwater, Best Management Practices, sand filtration, water quality
2006
DC
Annual Base
Assessment of Waterborne Contamination with Human Pathogens in Tributaries of the Anacostia River using the Asiatic Clam (Corbicula fluminea)
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$9,450
Thaddeus Graczyk
Waterborne pathogens, cryptosoridium, giardia, microsporidia, microbiological contaminants, corbicula clams, biomonitoring, point sources,non-point sources, pollutants
2006
DE
Annual Base
Hydraulic Properties of the Unconfined Aquifer in Southern New Castle County
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Alan Andres
aquifers, hydrologic characteristics, public wells
2006
DE
Annual Base
Enhanced Pollutant Biodegradation by Electrode Use
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Steven Dentel
biodegradation, sediments, remediation
2006
DE
Annual Base
Sustainable Mosquito Control for Stormwater Ponds
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
John Gingrich
infectious disease, west nile virus, control measures
2006
DE
Annual Base
Detection of Salmonella in Biosolids Using PCR
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Diane Herson
pathogen detection, Salmonella, sewage sludge
2006
DE
Annual Base
Predators of Galerucella Beetles, Biocontrol Agents of Purple Loosestrife
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Judith Hough-Goldstein
biocontrol, purple loosestrife, wetlands
2006
DE
Annual Base
The Effects of Dietary Level and Source of Copper on Broiler Copper Excretion and Movement of Copper Through Broiler Excreta-Amended Soils
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
William Saylor
copper toxicity, manures, animal diets, leaching
2006
DE
Annual Base
The Effect of Proposed Climatic Warming on the Hydrological Cycle
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
David Legates
floods, droughts, storms, global warming
2006
DE
Annual Base
Measuring Groundwater Discharge to the Inland Bays
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
William Ullman
nutrients, temperature, groundwater seepage, coastal ecology
2006
DE
Annual Base
Assessment of Macro-infauna Associated with Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Aquaculture in the Indian River Bay
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Gulnihal Ozbay
aquaculture, estuarine ecology, biodiversity
2006
FL
Annual Base
Program Administration
Federal:
$12,113
Non-Federal:
$38,729
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
2006
FL
Annual Base
Water Quantity (WQN), Hydrology (HYDROL), Climatological Processes (CP)
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Henry Fuelberg
Precipitation, Rainfall, Radar, Hydrology
2006
FL
Annual Base
Measurement of evapotranspiration, recharge, and runoff in a transitional water table environment
Federal:
$75,000
Non-Federal:
$150,000
Mark Ross
evapotranspiration, soil moisture, deep water table environment
2006
FL
Annual Base
Investigating arsenic mobilization during aquifer storage recovery (ASR)
Federal:
$50,750
Non-Federal:
$101,500
Mike Annable
arsenic, ASR, water supply, geochemistry
2006
FL
Annual Base
Cooperative Graduate Research Assistantships Between the Florida Water Resources Research Center-South Florida Water Management District UF/ABE in Critical Water Resources Areas for South Florida
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Wendy Graham
hydrology, assistantships, modelling, water quality, cooperative agreement, South West Florida Water Management District
2006
FL
Annual Base
Measurement of erosion around hydraulic structures
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$36,750
Tian-Jian Hsu
sediment transport, erosion, numerical modeling, multi-phase flow
2006
FL
Annual Base
Complex flows through culvert structures by CFD modeling
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$51,000
Tian-Jian Hsu
numerical models, CFD, turbulent flow, flow control structures, free surface flow
2006
FL
Annual Base
Development and documentation of upconing and drawdown models for regulatory use
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Louis Motz
analytical solutions, evapotranspiration, groundwater modeling, multi-aquifer sustems, salt-water/fresh-water relations
2006
FL
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$17,972
Non-Federal:
$30,002
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
2006
GA
Annual Base
Restoration of flood pulses to the lower Savannah River: responses of floodplain invertebrates and fish
Federal:
$36,000
Non-Federal:
$72,110
Darold Batzer
2006
GA
Annual Base
Characterizing Nutrient Releases from Southeastern Piedmont Lake Sediments
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Todd Rasmussen, Bruce Beck, William Miller
Lake Sediments, Nutrients, Phosphorus
2006
GA
Annual Base
Investigating the use of compost for sediment and erosion control in concentrated flow conditions
Federal:
$36,000
Non-Federal:
$72,428
Lawrence Risse, Xianben Zhu
Erosion and Sediment Control, Compost
2006
GA
Annual Base
1st Annual Mega-City Water Forum: Innovative Water Supply Strategies for the 21st Century
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Aris Georgakakos, Sebastian Mathews
2006
GU
Annual Base
Watershed Land Cover Change Detection in Guam
Federal:
$71,644
Non-Federal:
$0
Yuming Wen, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Land cover, change detection, southern Guam
2006
GU
Annual Base
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Organochlorine Insecticides in Biotic Components of Tanapag Lagoon, Saipan
Federal:
$101,240
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton, Harold Wood
Monitoring, Biota, PCBs, Organochlorine Insecticides, DDT, Micronesia
2006
GU
Annual Base
Development of an optimum Operational Management for the Saipan Water Distribution System
Federal:
$52,446
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz
Model Studies, Distribution Sytems, Water Demand, Water Use Data
2006
GU
Annual Base
Response of Well Heads of the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer to Rainfall and Sea Level Fluctuations at Daily Resolution
Federal:
$39,728
Non-Federal:
$0
Mark Lander
Groundwater flow, Rainfall, Climate, Response time, Extreme rainfall, Drought, Water quantity, Northern Guam Lens Aquifer, Prediction, Statistical model
2006
GU
Annual Base
Hydrological modeling of atoll islands in the Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$100,960
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson, Yuming Wen
Atoll island aquifers
2006
GU
Annual Base
Integrating Environmental Education into Pohnpeis Primary School Curriculum
Federal:
$25,528
Non-Federal:
$0
Carla Schuk, Carla Schuk
Environmental Education Resources and Material
2006
GU
Annual Base
Management of the Nanpil River Watershed, Pohnpei Island, the Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$77,674
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz
286, 137, 214, 206
2006
GU
Annual Base
Information Mangement
Federal:
$3,600
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz
Rainfall Data, Climate Data, Water Resources Management
2006
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$37,518
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2006
HI
Annual Base
Fate and Transport of Contaminants in a Stream-Aquifer System
Federal:
$31,096
Non-Federal:
$62,538
Chittaranjan Ray, Chittaranjan Ray
clogging, solute, transport, biogeochemical, colmation layer
2006
HI
Annual Base
Hydrologic Analysis of Hawaii Watersheds for Flood Control and Water Quality Management
Federal:
$35,905
Non-Federal:
$72,357
Clark Liu
Watershed, flood hydrograph, TMDL, pollutograph
2006
HI
Annual Base
Identification and control of membrane bioreactor biofouling organisms using genetic fingerprinting
Federal:
$54,851
Non-Federal:
$84,621
Roger Babcock, Roger Babcock
membrane bioreactor, biofouling, genetic fingerprinting, economics
2006
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$13,458
Non-Federal:
$26,531
Philip Moravcik, Philip Moravcik
information transfer, education, outreach
2006
IA
Annual Base
Impact of Swine Manure Application on Phosphorus, NO3-N, Bacteria, and Antibiotics Concentrations in Surface Runoff and Subsurface Drainage Water
Federal:
$27,738
Non-Federal:
$81,331
Ramesh Kanwar, Allah Bakhsh, Matthew Helmers, Antonio P. Mallarino, John Sawyer
manure, animal waste, subsurface drainage, PO4-P, NO3-N, antibiotics
2006
ID
Annual Base
Assessment of Impacts of Population Growth on Ground Water Nitrate Loading in Teton County, Idaho
Federal:
$29,998
Non-Federal:
$66,534
Donna Cosgrove
Ground-water quality, nitrate contamination, septic system siting
2006
ID
Annual Base
A geochemical investigation of groundwater sources in the Blackfoot River and Snake River floodplain
Federal:
$29,878
Non-Federal:
$69,430
J. Mcnamara, J. Mcnamara
Surface Water Ground Water Interaction
2006
ID
Annual Base
Evaluation of levels of success of diagnostic and remediation efforts for nitrate contaminated ground waters with application to the Ashton, ID area.
Federal:
$25,112
Non-Federal:
$38,846
Gary Johnson, Mark Lovell
Nitrates, remediation, groundwater, non-point source, graduate research, Ashton
2006
IN
Annual Base
Wireless Monitoring of Purdue's Constructed Wetland
Federal:
$33,766
Non-Federal:
$67,534
Chad Jafvert, Rao Govindaraju
Remote Sensing, Constructed Wetlands, Undergraduate Education
2006
IN
Annual Base
Environmental Risk Assessment of Soybean Rust Fungicides Use in Indiana
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$48,841
Hugo Ochoa-Acuna, Bernard Engel, Leighanne Hahn
human and aquatic risk assessment, fungicides
2006
IN
Annual Base
Trace Gas Fluxes in Riparian Buffers along an Urban Rural Gradient
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$58,415
Pierre-Andre Jacinthe
riparian buffer, trace gas, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane
2006
KS
Annual Base
Assessment of Seasonal, Pumping Induced Water Quality Changes in the Ozark Plateaus Aquifer System, Southeast Kansas and Southwest Missouri -- Year 1
Federal:
$46,679
Non-Federal:
$104,855
Peter Allen MacFarlane, Rudolf Ghijsen
Ozark Plateaus aquifer system, Springfield Plateau aquifer system, Ozard aquifer, water quality, pumping stress
2006
KY
Annual Base
Feasibility of using 3D CFD Models in Simulating Hydrodynamics in Dam Design/Rehabilitation
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,182
Scott Yost
computational fluid dynamics, numerical modeling, dam design
2006
KY
Annual Base
Identification of Potential Bacterial Sources and Levels, Red Duck Creek, Mayfield, Kentucky
Federal:
$4,600
Non-Federal:
$9,246
Mike Kemp
fecal coliform, E. coli, surface-water quality
2006
KY
Annual Base
Linking Land Use to Water Quality in Northern Kentucky
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,240
Rebecca Kelley
urbanization, eutrophication, nutrient loading, land use, TMDL
2006
KY
Annual Base
Experimental Study of the Impact of Upland Sediment Supply upon Cohesive Streambank Erosion
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,090
James Fox
bank erosion, upland sediment supply, cohesive sediments
2006
KY
Annual Base
Evaluating Denitrifier Stratification in Fragipan Soils
Federal:
$4,350
Non-Federal:
$8,711
Mark Coyne
nitrate leaching, perched water, soil management
2006
KY
Annual Base
Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Agricultural Nutrient Pollution on Tadpoles
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Howard Whiteman
amphibian toxicology, developmental stability, nitrate, phosphate
2006
KY
Annual Base
Property Taxation, Forest Fragmentation and Development in Kentucky's Green River and Lower Cumberland River Watersheds
Federal:
$4,650
Non-Federal:
$17,994
Tamara Cushing
forest management, watershed health, land use changes
2006
KY
Annual Base
Monitoring Soil Moisture for Efficient Use of Irrigated Water on Selected Grass Lawn
Federal:
$4,979
Non-Federal:
$10,523
Samuel Boateng
soil moisture, stormwater runoff, soil texture
2006
KY
Annual Base
Pervious Concrete for Solid/Liquid Separation and Waste Remediation
Federal:
$4,999
Non-Federal:
$9,998
Steve Workman
water quality, runoff, waste remediation
2006
KY
Annual Base
Nitrate and Nitrite Transformation by Fe(II) adsorbed on Kaolinite
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,004
Christopher Matocha
reactivity, adsorption, nitrate reduction
2006
KY
Annual Base
The Mobility of Fecal Indicator Microoganisms within a Karst Groundwater Basin in the Inner Bluegrass Region, Kentucky
Federal:
$4,800
Non-Federal:
$14,910
Alan Fryar
karst aquifer, latex microspheres, groundwater tracers
2006
LA
Annual Base
A Pilot Study on Modeling and Management of Hurricane- Accelerated Saltwater Encroachment in Coastal Aquifers
Federal:
$15,500
Non-Federal:
$35,654
Frank Tsai
Hurricane, Gulf Coast, Saltwater Encroachment, Aquifer, Subsurface, Modeling, Optimization, Management
2006
LA
Annual Base
Assessment of the Impact of Hurricane Katrinas and Ritas storm surges on the Southern Hills Aquifer System in Southern St. Tammany and Tangipahoa Parishes
Federal:
$19,855
Non-Federal:
$49,216
Thomas Van Biersel, Douglas Carlson, Loyd Milner
Groundwater, hurricane Katrina, hurricane Rita, storm surge, aquifer, saltwater intrusion
2006
LA
Annual Base
GIS-Aided Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment System for Lake Pontchartrain
Federal:
$19,800
Non-Federal:
$40,253
Zhi-Qiang Deng
Lake Pontchartrain, Floodwaters, Hurricanes, Impacts, Sampling, Water Quality Assessment
2006
MA
Annual Base
Perchlorate Reduction in Groundwater Using Elemental Sulfur
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$13,838
Ashish Sahu, Sarina Ergas
Perchlorate, Sulfur, Bioreactor, Nitrate
2006
MA
Annual Base
USING HYDROMORPHOLOGICAL SIGNATURES TO DETERMINE FLOW RELATED HABITAT THRESHOLDS FOR INSTREAM COMMUNITIES
Federal:
$49,798
Non-Federal:
$104,810
Piotr Parasiewicz
Instream flows, fish habitat, river restoration, state policy, networking
2006
MD
Annual Base
Investigation of the effects of increased salinization from deicer use on increased transport of nitrogen in streams of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Federal:
$49,998
Non-Federal:
$117,968
Sujay Kaushal, Keith Eshleman, Gary Fisher, Peter Groffman, Paul Mayer, Ray Morgan
land use change, salinization, nitrogen cycling, denitrification, streams
2006
MD
Annual Base
Salinity effects on using hyperspectral radiometry to determine leaf nitrogen of emergent wetland macrophytes
Federal:
$59,914
Non-Federal:
$122,184
David Tilley, Andrew Baldwin
hyperspectral radiometry, wetland, nitrogen, salinity
2006
MD
Annual Base
Chemical and Biological Impacts of Zinc and Road Salt from Road Runoff Entering Stormwater Retention Ponds
Federal:
$15,120
Non-Federal:
$63,894
Ryan Casey, Edward Landa, Steven Lev, Joel Snodgrass
retention ponds, zinc, salinization
2006
MD
Annual Base
2006 Summer Research Fellow
Federal:
$7,600
Non-Federal:
$15,358
Allen Davis
2006
ME
Annual Base
A sequential time-weighted average approach for monitoring pesticide levels in Maine surface waters
Federal:
$44,400
Non-Federal:
$102,372
Howard Patterson, Lucner Charlestra
Pesticides, fish ecology, water quality, agriculture,POCIS
2006
ME
Annual Base
Identification of Disinfection Byproducts by High Resolution Gas Chromatography Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry
Federal:
$10,050
Non-Federal:
$49,321
Touradj Solouki, John Peckenham
Biotechnology, Chlorination, Contaminant Transport, Data Analysis, Disinfection, Education, Groundwater Quality, Hazardous Waste, Health Effects, Information Dissemination, Lakes, Organic Compounds, Ozonation, Pesticides, Pollutants, Public Health, Seawater, Surface-Groundwater Relationships, Toxic Substances, Trace Organics, Wastewater, Wastewater Treatment, Water Quality, Water Treatment, Water Treatment Facilities
2006
ME
Annual Base
Does food-web structure mediate landscape-scale responses of Maine lakes to nutrient enrichment?
Federal:
$19,992
Non-Federal:
$148,612
Katherine Webster, Linda Bacon, Laura Wilson
Eutrophication, Lakes, Zooplankton, Ecosystems
2006
ME
Annual Base
Maine WRRI IT FY06
Federal:
$26,062
Non-Federal:
$33,686
John Peckenham
Information Transfer
2006
ME
Annual Base
Enhancing Lakefront Buffer Adoption through Social Marketing (pilot project)
Federal:
$25,458
Non-Federal:
$36,330
Laura Wilson, John Jemison
Education, Watershed Management, Riparian Vegetation
2006
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$35,335
Non-Federal:
$59,289
Jon Bartholic
Data Analysis, Data Storage and Retrieval, Information Dissemination, System Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Water Quality Management, Watershed Management
2006
MI
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Technology Transfer Training Programs
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$53,661
Lois Wolfson
Water Quality; Water Quantity, Watershed Management; Macroinvertebrates; Wetlands; Monitoring; Interactive Web-based Systems; Exotic Species
2006
MI
Annual Base
Protecting Critical Trout Streams Via a Water Quantity Cap and Trade Scheme
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$38,001
Sandra Batie
water quantity, cap and trade, economic policy, offset credits, environmental mitigation, market driven water conservation
2006
MI
Annual Base
Exploring the Legal Landscape of Michigans Groundwater
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$21,256
Michael Kaplowitz
Water Use, Groundwater Regulations, Riparian Rights, Legal Landscape, Water Law, Water Permits
2006
MI
Annual Base
Economic Implications of Restoring Aquatic Ecosystems of the Muskegon River watershed
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$24,114
R. Jan Stevenson, David Hyndman, Saichon Seedang
aquatic ecosystem restoration, economic information, ecosystem benefits, best management practices, ground water modeling, aquatic ecosystem modeling
2006
MN
Annual Base
Factors Affecting Revegetation Success in Lakeshore Restorations
Federal:
$54,000
Non-Federal:
$114,928
Susan Galatowitsch
Aquatic macrophyes, littoral wetlands, lakescaping
2006
MN
Annual Base
Ecological Stoichiometry and Microbial Biodiversity Effects on Water Quality in Minnesota Lakes
Federal:
$48,480
Non-Federal:
$75,118
James Cotner, Timothy LaPara
Biogeochemistry, eutrophication, biodiversity
2006
MN
Annual Base
Development of a DNA Marker Gene System to Determine Sources of Fecal E. coli in Watersheds
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$85,816
Michael Sadowsky
E. coli, Gene Probes, Source Tracking, Robotic System, Fecal Pollutants
2006
MO
Annual Base
EEM Fluorescence Spectroscopy Fingerprints and Monitoring of NDMA and TTHM Formation Potentials
Federal:
$21,988
Non-Federal:
$43,977
Baolin Deng, Baolin Deng
Water quality monitoring, TOC, TTHMFP, EEMS, SFS, NDMA
2006
MO
Annual Base
Adsorption of the Isoxaflutole Degradate Diketonitrile to Aluminum and Iron Hydrous Oxides
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$44,833
Keith Goyne, Stephen Anderson, Robert Lerch, Chung-Ho Lin
Herbicides, contaminants, surface and groundwaters, agrichemicals, IXF, DKN, HAO, HFO, fate and transport, water resources
2006
MO
Annual Base
Low Rate Mixing & Struvite Precipitation: Paired Treatment for Swine Waste
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$53,080
Joel Burken
Agriculture, Water Quality, Phosphorous, Swine Production Facilities, Low Rate Mixing, Struvite Precipitation, Waste Water Treatment Technologies
2006
MS
Annual Base
Assessing the effectiveness of streamflow augmentation in the Sunflower River to maintain water quality and wetland integrity
Federal:
$51,006
Non-Federal:
$102,000
Gary Ervin, Todd Tietjen
bioindicators, biomonitoring, invasive species, water quality, water quantity and wetlands
2006
MS
Annual Base
Developing a Reliable Method for Identifying Pre-settlement Wetland Sediment Accumulation Rates: 14 C Dating on Bulk Lake Sediments and Extracts
Federal:
$29,780
Non-Federal:
$60,762
Gregg Davidson
Wetlands, Sedimentation, 14C
2006
MT
Annual Base
Student Fellowship: Settlement, environment, and identity: Understanding processes of vegetative change along the Wind River
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
William Wyckhoff
Wind River, riparian composition, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Native American cultures
2006
MT
Annual Base
Student fellowship: Spatial and temporal variation of groundwater and surface water interaction along the Gallatin River, Four Corners Montana
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Stephan Custer
ground water, surface water, interaction, urbanization
2006
MT
Annual Base
Student fellowship: Water quality function in subalpine wetlands in response to disturbance and restoration
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Duncan Patten
wetland function, water quality, disturbance, restoration
2006
MT
Annual Base
Student fellowship: The effects of overwinter dewatering on brown trout redds and egg survival in a Montana creek
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Vicki Watson, Vicki Watson
brown trout, dewatering, Montana, Warm Springs Creek
2006
MT
Annual Base
Student fellowship: Effects of road culverts on eastern Montana prairie fish assemblages
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Thomas McMahon
culverts, fish passage, Montana
2006
MT
Annual Base
Student fellowship: Sources of groundwater and subsurface water aquisition and utilization by conifers invading riparian communities in western Montana
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Clayton Marlow
encroachment, conifers, riparian, groundwater
2006
MT
Annual Base
Temporal and spatial changes in the concentration and isotopic composition of nitrate in the upper Silver Bow Creek drainage, Montana.
Federal:
$29,200
Non-Federal:
$58,802
Chris Gammons, John LaFave
nutrients, Butte, Clark Fork River, stable isotopes, nitrogen cycle
2006
MT
Annual Base
Carbon cycling and the temporal variability in the concentration and stable carbon isotope composition of dissolved inorganic and organic carbon in streams
Federal:
$58,584
Non-Federal:
$116,824
Stephen Parker, Douglas Cameron
dissolved organic carbon, dissolved inorganic carbon, carbon isotopes, diel, biogeochemistry
2006
MT
Annual Base
Impacts of beaver on invasion ecology of brook trout (salvelinus fontinalis)
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Lisa Eby, Magnus McCaffery
beaver, brook trout, casto canadensis, cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki, Salvelinus fontinalis
2006
MT
Annual Base
Student fellowship: Further investigation of diel cyclic changes of metals in two Montana rivers.
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Stephen Parker
diel cycles, metals, Montana, Big Hole, Clark Fork
2006
MT
Annual Base
Student fellowship: A genomic and proteomic approach to characterizing natural variation in E. coli: Toward construction of a microbial source tracking database to identify sources of fecal water contamination in the State of Montana
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$0
William Holben
E. coli, genomes, fecal contamination, waterborne diseases
2006
NC
Annual Base
Endocrine and Reproductive Effects of the Pharmaceutical Fluoxetine on Native Freshwater Mussels: Proximity to Measured Environmental Concentrations
Federal:
$27,680
Non-Federal:
$55,362
W. Gregory Cope, Robert Bringolf, Rebecca Heltsley, Damian Shea
Unionid Mussel, Endocrine Disruptor, Pharmaceutical, Toxic Substances, Pollutants
2006
NC
Annual Base
Restoring Biogeochemical Functions in Degraded Urban Stream Ecosystems
Federal:
$51,238
Non-Federal:
$102,474
Emily Bernhardt
biogeochemistry, denitrification, hydrologic connectivity nitrogen, organic matter, restoration, urban streams
2006
NC
Annual Base
Improved Water Management Strategies for the Neuse basin Utilizing Climate-Information based Probabilistic Streamflow Forecasts
Federal:
$44,424
Non-Federal:
$88,846
Sankarasubramanian Arumugam
Hydroclimatology, Hydrological Forecasting, Watershed Management, Risk Analysis, Climate, Decision Models, Flood Control, Multi-Objective Planning, Optimization, Reservoir Modeling, Systems Analysis
2006
ND
Annual Base
Farm-Scale Reconnaissance of Estrogens in Subsurface Waters
Federal:
$9,600
Non-Federal:
$19,200
Francis Casey
Estrogens, Groundwater, Farm-scale pollution
2006
ND
Annual Base
Analysis of Associated Bedrock-Aquifer System Sediments: Origins of Electron donor-rich Aquifers in Eastern North Dakota
Federal:
$8,590
Non-Federal:
$17,180
[UNKNOWN]
Electron Donor, Groundwater, Bedrock-aquifer systems
2006
ND
Annual Base
Molecular Phylogeography of Etheostoma nigrum (Rafinesque) in the upper Midwest
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$4,000
Craig Stockwell
Genetic Diversity, Molecular Phylogeography, Gene Flow, Benthic Fish
2006
ND
Annual Base
Classification of Macroinvertebrate Communities across Red River Drainage Basin
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$4,000
Malcolm Butler, Malcolm Butler
Microinvertebrate communities, habitat, Benthic communities,environmental conditions
2006
ND
Annual Base
Effect of flow path processes on the geochemistry and quality of water discharged along the seepage face at Pigeon Point, Sheyenne delta aquifer, Ransom County, North Dakota
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$4,000
Phil Gerla
Seepage, Infiltration, hydrogeochemistry, Sheyenne Delta aquifer
2006
ND
Annual Base
Rapid and Sensitive Determination of Bacteria in Water Using Nanoparticles
Federal:
$14,400
Non-Federal:
$28,800
Julia Xiaojun Zhao
Rapid Testing, Bacteria, Nanoparticles
2006
ND
Annual Base
Using Entrapped Cell Systems for Treating Supernatant from Anaerobic Digester of the Moorhead Wastewater Treatment Plant
Federal:
$10,800
Non-Federal:
$21,600
Khan Eakalak
Entrapped Cell Systems, Treatment, Anaerobic Digester
2006
NE
Annual Base
Use of Remotely Sensed Data for Improved Quantification of Evapotranspiration for Water Management in Nebraska
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,086
Ayse Irmak, Qi Hu, Suat Irmak, Derrel Martin, George Meyer, Donald Rundquist, Shashi Verma
evapotranspiration, consumptive water use, water resources management, surface energy balance, remote sensing
2006
NE
Annual Base
Water quantity and quality within the Great Plains: Model development within a Nebraska Basin
Federal:
$11,038
Non-Federal:
$22,075
Erkan Istanbulluoglu, Durelle Scott
solute transport; hydrologic model
2006
NE
Annual Base
Determination of Appropriate Lake Water Quality Expectations in Agriculturally Dominated Ecosystems. Phase 1: Defining Nebraskas Hydroecoregions
Federal:
$20,600
Non-Federal:
$41,289
Aris Holz, John Holz
Nutrient Criteria, Watersheds, Reservoirs, Land Use, Agriculture, GIS, Hydrologic Units
2006
NE
Annual Base
Water Center Educational Materials/Information Transfer Plan
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$41,322
Kyle Hoagland, Steven Ress
2006
NH
Annual Base
FREQUENCY OF REOVIRUS DETECTION IN BIOSOLIDS: COMPARISON OF THE EPA CFR 503 TECHNIQUE TO INTEGRATED CELL CULTURE - REAL TIME PCR
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,356
Aaron Margolin
Biosolids, viruses
2006
NH
Annual Base
Protecting water supply quality through improved watershed planning and management
Federal:
$22,191
Non-Federal:
$46,660
John Halstead, Thomas Ballestero
watershed policy, conjoint analysis, stakeholder, public participation
2006
NH
Annual Base
Water Quality Change-Effects of Development in Selected Watersheds
Federal:
$30,421
Non-Federal:
$94,995
Jeffrey Schloss
lake, stream, groundwater, nutrients, land use
2006
NH
Annual Base
Seed Funding for the First Annual NH Water Resources Conference
Federal:
$7,425
Non-Federal:
$15,272
Jeffrey Kahl, Paul Currier, William McDowell, Kevin McGuire, Keith Robinson, Jeffrey Schloss
Information transfer, Environmental Education, Water Resources
2006
NJ
Annual Base
Nitrate removal in urban wetlands: examining the roles of vegetation, soils, and hydrology in the creation of hot spots and hot moments of denitrification
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,893
Monica Palta, Joan Ehrenfeld
urban hydrologic alterations, urban stream syndrome, channel morphology, nutrient removal, floodplain processes, eutrophication, floodplain hydrology, downcutting, overbank flooding, overbank flooding, hot spots, hot moments,
2006
NJ
Annual Base
Female Hormones in Surface Water of Central/Northern New Jersey: Impacts of Combined Sewer Overflows versus Treated Wastewater Discharge
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$130,714
Weilin Huang, Peter Strom
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2006
NJ
Annual Base
Cranberry Agriculture as Wildlife Habitat in the Pine Barrens Wetland Ecosystem
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,893
Ai Wen, David Ehrenfeld
ecosystem integrity, wildlife habitat, cranberry bogs, cranberry cultivation, wetland habitat, cranberry beds, controlled flooding, ephadic features
2006
NJ
Annual Base
The Potential Impact of the Asian Isopod, Synidotea laevidorsalis (Miers 1881), on the Delaware Bay, USA
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$4,152
Sean Boyd, David Bushek
Synidotea laevidorsalis, marine isopod, aquatic ecosystem, non-ingenious species (NIS), estuarine communities, anthropogenic activities, estuary, Isopod, marine crustacean, mesohaline ,
2006
NJ
Annual Base
Integrated Assessment of Economic and Water Quality Impacts of Agricultural Best Management Practices in Upper Cohansey River Watershed
Federal:
$59,966
Non-Federal:
$95,532
Zeyuan Qiu, Christopher Obropta
Best Management Practices (BMPs), watershed, biophysical model, water quality impacts, agricultural BMPs, water pollutant loads, agricultural water pollution, non-point source pollution, Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), Conservation Effects Assessment Projects (CEAP), Information Transfer, Land-use Practice
2006
NJ
Annual Base
Advancing the characterization of fractured bedrock aquifers using electrical geophysical methods: application to water resources evaluation in the New Jersey Highlands
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,917
DeBonne Wishart, Lee Slater
electrical geophysical methods, hydrogeological characterization, fractured bedrock aquifers, aperture width, fracture surface chemistry, hydraulic gradient, flow velocity
2006
NJ
Annual Base
Enhancing the remediation of Trichloroethene (TCE) using double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNT)
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,893
Sarat Kannepalli, Donna E. Fennell
trichloroethene (TCE), groundwater contaminants, Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL), remediation, biodetoxification, Carbon nanotubes, Sequestration, anaerobic dehalorespiring bacteria, bioavailability
2006
NM
Annual Base
A Physically-based Parsimonious Approach for Spatial Disaggregation and Recovery of NEXRAD Precipitation Data in Mountainous Terrains (Wilson)
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$14,130
John Wilson, John Wilson
precipitation, water management, recharge, runoff
2006
NM
Annual Base
Mitigation of Membane Biofouling by Harnessing Bacterial Cannibalism (Huang)
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$9,420
Frank Huang
produced water, water treatment, bacteria, desalination, membrane biofouling
2006
NM
Annual Base
Development of Geospatial Modeling Tools for Watershed-based Water Resources Management in New Mexico (Vivoni)
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$9,420
Enrique Vivoni
geospatial modeling, forecasting, water management, climate, watershed hydrology
2006
NM
Annual Base
Estimating Water Use through Satellite Remote Sensing (Bleiweiss)
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$4,510
Max Bleiweiss
remote sensing, water use, models, evapotranspiration, agriculture
2006
NM
Annual Base
Sustainable Recovery of Potable Water from Saline Waters (Khandan)
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$9,020
Nirmala Khandan
desalination, brackish water, solar power
2006
NV
Annual Base
Soil Heterogeneity and Moisture Distribution Due to Rainfall Events in Vegetated Desert Areas: Potential Impact on Soil Recharge and Ecosystems
Federal:
$31,060
Non-Federal:
$62,129
Michael Young, Li Chen, Darren Meadows
Spatial variability, groundwater recharge, soil hydraulic properties, soil recharge, ecosystems, soils development, plant water availability
2006
NV
Annual Base
Modeling Biotic Uptake of Mercury in the Lahontan Resevoir System
Federal:
$87,479
Non-Federal:
$174,955
Rosemary Carroll, Rosemary Carroll
Mercury, Biotic Uptake
2006
NV
Annual Base
Flood Warning System for the Clark County Wetlands Park
Federal:
$30,180
Non-Federal:
$77,079
Thomas Piechota
flooding, decisions support system, hydrologic modeling, hydraulic modeling
2006
NV
Annual Base
Hydrodynamic Modeling of Lake Mead
Federal:
$33,653
Non-Federal:
$67,440
Mark Stone, Mark Stone
hydrodynamic models, lake mixing, lake water quality, water supply, Lake Mead, limnology
2006
NV
Annual Base
Microbial and Phytoplankton Impacts on Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants: Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead, NV
Federal:
$53,000
Non-Federal:
$106,417
Duane Moser
bacteria, estrogen, endocrine disruptors, Lake Mead, wastewater
2006
NV
Annual Base
Hydraulic Property Correspondence and Upscaling for Arid and Semi-Arid Hydrologic Processes
Federal:
$8,955
Non-Federal:
$17,909
Jianting Zhu
soil hydraulic properties, hydraulic correspondence, upscaling, averaging schemes, heterogeneous soils
2006
NV
Annual Base
Quantify Wash Load and Fractional Suspended Load Transport in Lake Tahoe
Federal:
$8,955
Non-Federal:
$17,909
Guohong Duan
sediment transport, hydraulics
2006
NY
Annual Base
Assessing the ecosystem services of open space for water resource protection in the Moodna Watershed, NY
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$58,178
Karin Limburg, Valerie Luzadis
urbanization, water quality, water quantity, land use planning, site design
2006
NY
Annual Base
Effect of urban runoff on seasonal and spatial trends in the water quality of the Saw Mill River
Federal:
$17,918
Non-Federal:
$23,182
Richard Carbonaro
water quality, sediment, nutrients, baseline data, monitoring, heavy metals, urban runoff
2006
NY
Annual Base
The Sawkill Eel Project: Eel restoration in a tributary to the Hudson River
Federal:
$14,471
Non-Federal:
$18,844
Catherine O'Reilly, Robert Schmidt
eel habitat, dams, tributaries, migration, eel ladders
2006
OH
Annual Base
Use of fluidized bed slag reactors for passive treatment of acid mine drainage
Federal:
$36,698
Non-Federal:
$73,536
Guy Riefler
acid mine drainage fluidized bed reactors iron slag
2006
OH
Annual Base
Characterizing and Controlling Membrane Biofouling
Federal:
$56,254
Non-Federal:
$128,646
Daniel Oerther, Dionysios Dionysiou
, Biofouling, 16S rRNA, Microbiology, Modeling
2006
OH
Annual Base
Development of a Novel Hydrogel-Based Sensor for the Detection of Biological Contaminants
Federal:
$40,804
Non-Federal:
$81,638
Cyndee Gruden
surface waters; biological contaminants; detection
2006
OH
Annual Base
The Scour and Deposition River and Estuarine Bridges
Federal:
$51,562
Non-Federal:
$107,265
Diane Foster, Thomas Lippmann
Scour, Sediment Tranpsort, Bridge, Hydraulics, Deposition
2006
OK
Annual Base
Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in Cave Water within the Lower Neosho and Illinois River Basins, Oklahoma
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Joseph Bidwell
Ozark cavefish, groundwater contamination, organic wastewater constituents, pharmaceuticals
2006
OK
Annual Base
Decision Support System for Long Term Planning of Rural and Urban Water Supply System Costs in Oklahoma
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,064
Arthur Stoecker
Drinking water, Water treatment, regionalization
2006
OK
Annual Base
Historical Ecological and Geochemical Analysis of Lakes Eucha and Spavinaw
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,149
J. Fisher, Bill Potter, Ken Roberts, Bryan Tapp, Harrington Wells
Eucha-Spavinaw Ecosystem, sediments, chronology, geochemistry, algae, phytoplankton]
2006
OR
Annual Base
Evaluating the phosphorus dynamics in response to restoring historic hydrology at reclaimed wetlands along Upper Klamath Lake, OR.
Federal:
$14,999
Non-Federal:
$35,648
Desiree Tullos, Desiree Tullos
Wetland Restoration, Phosporus dynamics
2006
OR
Annual Base
Building Capacity to Manage Conflict and Change through Oregons Water Governance Structures
Federal:
$14,395
Non-Federal:
$45,830
Denise Lach, Aaron Wolf
Water conflict, networks, place-based governance
2006
OR
Annual Base
Modeling Effects of Channel Complexity and Hyporheic Flow on Stream Temperatures
Federal:
$20,194
Non-Federal:
$40,225
Scott Wells
Water quality modeling, water temperature, channel complexity, hyporheic flow
2006
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer of Water Resources Research and Resource Planning in Oregon
Federal:
$11,500
Non-Federal:
$30,950
Todd Jarvis
Technology Transfer, Education and Training
2006
OR
Annual Base
: Development of a web-based database of hydrologic data for the Upper Oak Creek Watershed
Federal:
$14,405
Non-Federal:
$16,283
Arne Skaugset III, Arne Skaugset III
Forestry, Hydrology, Watershed
2006
PA
Annual Base
Passive Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage Using Chitin
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Rachel Brennan
acid mine drainage, passive treatment, permeable reactive barriers, chitin, remediation, heavy metals, sulfate reducing bacteria, water quality
2006
PA
Annual Base
Identification and Enumeration of Pathogenic Bacteriophages in the Waters Surrounding Presque Isle State Park
Federal:
$17,916
Non-Federal:
$59,003
Steven Mauro
bacteriophage, water pathogens, aquatic ecosystem, human health, novel methodology
2006
PA
Annual Base
Rural Drinking Water Quality in Pennsylvania
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Bryan Swistock, Stephanie Clemens
groundwater, wells, education, drinking water, volunteers
2006
PA
Annual Base
Functional Classification of Susquehnna River Basin Watersheds in an Uncertainty Framework
Federal:
$17,998
Non-Federal:
$35,996
Thorsten Wagener
classification, watershed response, predictions in ungauged basins, ensemble predictions, uncertainty
2006
PR
Annual Base
Use of Waste Tire Crumb Rubber to Remove Inorganic (Arsenic, Mercury) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Species from Aqueous Solutions
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$6,100
Oscar Perales-Perez, Felix Roman
water treatment, water quality, heavy metals, organic compounds
2006
PR
Annual Base
DISSOLVED OXYGEN DYNAMICS IN TWO RESERVOIRS OF CONTRASTING TROPHIC STATUS IN PUERTO RICO
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$82,144
David Sotomayor, Martinez Gustavo, Luis Perez-Alegria, Carlos Santos
Water Chemistry, Water Quality Monitoring, Nutrients
2006
RI
Annual Base
Assessment of Downstream Hazard Potential for Dam Failure in Rhode Island
Federal:
$18,713
Non-Federal:
$37,461
Mayrai Gindy, Natacha Thomas
risk assessment, uncertainty, probabilistic, dam safety, GIS
2006
RI
Annual Base
Incorporating Latest Technologies in a Cost-Effective Design of Rainfall Catchment and Filtration Systems for Coastal Rhode Island Communities
Federal:
$12,662
Non-Federal:
$42,191
Janet Baldwin
rainfall catchment, rainwater, water filtration, cistern, water supply
2006
RI
Annual Base
Clean Waters of Rhode Island
Federal:
$16,085
Non-Federal:
$33,530
Harold Knickle
Water quality, Outreach, Technical Transfer
2006
SC
Annual Base
A Statewide Sediment and Water Quality Approach to Characterize Pollution in Wadeable Streams of South Carolina
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$81,656
Elizabeth Carraway, Stephen Klaine, Marc Scott
Conservation, Environmental Risk Assessment, Anthropogenic Indicators, Point Sources, Non-point Sources, Metals, PAHs
2006
SC
Annual Base
A Statewide Biomarker Approach to Investigate Pollution Effects on fish in Wadeable Streams of South Carolina
Federal:
$29,860
Non-Federal:
$64,676
Peter Van Den Hurk, Stephen Klaine, Aaron Roberts, Marc Scott
Conservation, Environmental Risk Assessment, Biomakers, Fish Toxicology, Point Sources, Non-point Sources
2006
SD
Annual Base
Microbial indices of soils and water associated with vegetated treatment areas (VTAs) from five animal feeding operations (AFOs) in South Dakota
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$119,999
Bruce Bleakley, Todd Trooien
vegetated treatment area; animal feeding operation; Escherichia coli; microbial
2006
SD
Annual Base
Development of an Optimal Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment Index for Prairie Lakes in Northeastern South Dakota
Federal:
$7,205
Non-Federal:
$8,714
David German
Bioassessment Index, lakes, water quality, trophic state
2006
TN
Annual Base
Ash Pond Modeling and Computer Simulation to Predict and Efficiently ControlAmmonia/Nitrates and Heavy Metals Discharge
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$93,622
Paul Bienkowski, Robert Counce
Mathematical Models, Optimization, Pollution Control, Toxic Substances Water Quality Modeling Water Reuse
2006
TN
Annual Base
Structuring of an Infromation Transfer and Outreach Strategy for TNWRRC Under a New Organizational Framework
Federal:
$106,061
Non-Federal:
$181,216
Randall Gentry, Randall Gentry
Education, Outreach, Planning, Technology Transfer
2006
TX
Annual Base
Determining Effects of Brush Clearing on Deep Drainage Using Soil Chloride; a Feasibility Study for South Texas Rangelands
Federal:
$4,974
Non-Federal:
$18,312
David Barre, Georgianne Moore
Deep Drainage, Recharge, Chloride
2006
TX
Annual Base
Impacts of Texas Interbasin Water Transfers on the Water Dependent Economy and the Environment
Federal:
$4,984
Non-Federal:
$17,161
Cai Yongxia, Bruce McCarl
Interbasin Water Transfer, Social Benefit, Water Quality
2006
TX
Annual Base
Estimation of Water Quality Parameters for Lake Kemp Texas Derived From Remotely Sensed Data
Federal:
$4,500
Non-Federal:
$12,804
Bassil El-Masri, Faiz Rahman
Remote Sensing, Chlorophylla a, water quality
2006
TX
Annual Base
Arsenic Removal by Novel Nanoporous Adsorbents-Kinetics, Equilibrium, and Regenerability
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,091
Han Dongsuk, Bill Batchelor
Arsenic, Absorption, Kinetics
2006
TX
Annual Base
Development of Coastal Margin Observation and Assessment System to Monitor the Water Quality in the Corpus Christi Bay
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$23,227
Mohammad Islam, James Bonner
Hydrodynamic Model, Water Quality, Surface Currents
2006
TX
Annual Base
A Socio-Technical Case Study of Sustainable Stormwater Management in Austin, Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$20,760
Andrew Karvonen, Steven Moore
Stormwater, Urban Runoff, Sustainability
2006
TX
Annual Base
Post-Restoration Evaluation of Urban Streams in Central Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$15,915
Megan Meier, Anne Chin
Geomorphology, Streams, Urbanization, Restoration
2006
TX
Annual Base
Property-Based Management and Optimization of Water Usage and Discharge in Industrial Facilities
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Arwa Rabie, Mahmoud El-Halwagi
Wastewater, Pollution Prevention, Industrial Facilities, Management
2006
TX
Annual Base
Modeling the Effect of Urbanization and Optimizing Land Use For Estuarine Environmental Flows
Federal:
$4,790
Non-Federal:
$36,240
Debabrata Sahoo, Patricia Haan
Environmental Flows, Terrestrial-Aquatic Ecosystem, Genetic Algorithim
2006
TX
Annual Base
A Pricing Model to Assess the Effect of Groundwater Availability on Land Valuation
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,349
Robert Taylor, Lal Almas
Groundwater Policy, Groundwater Management, Groundwater Conservation
2006
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$29,904
Non-Federal:
$13,606
Bill Harris, Clint Wolfe
2006
UT
Annual Base
Irrigation Demand Forecasting for Management of Large Water Systems
Federal:
$62,956
Non-Federal:
$114,578
Mac McKee
Water Systems Operation, Short-Term Management, Uncertainty
2006
UT
Annual Base
Evaluating Water Allocation Strategies in the Virgin River Basin for the Protection and Enhancement of Native Fish
Federal:
$42,000
Non-Federal:
$119,704
Thomas Hardy, Mac McKee
Instream Flows, Water Use, Land Use, Endangered Species
2006
UT
Annual Base
Potential Impacts of Flow Augmentation on Stream Restoration Projects
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,000
Rollin Hotchkiss, Mark Belk, Russell Rader
stream habitat, flow augmentation, benthic organisms, stream restoration
2006
VA
Annual Base
Information Dissemination
Federal:
$327,562
Non-Federal:
$442,977
Tamim Younos
2006
VI
Annual Base
Development of a water budget for shade-house crops in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Federal:
$33,200
Non-Federal:
$0
Ramon Arancibia, Donald Bailey
ornamental, meteorology, soil moisture, microirrigation
2006
VI
Annual Base
Impervious Surface Analysis of Terrestrial Watersheds of the U.S. Virgin Islands with Application to the East End Marine Park, St. Croix
Federal:
$59,400
Non-Federal:
$0
Colin Finney, Denise Rennis, Henry Smith
Impervious surface, watershed, land cover, infiltration coefficient, remote sensing, monitoring, East End Marine Park
2006
VI
Annual Base
Diversity of freshwater fish and invertebrates of St. Thomas watersheds and its relationship to water quality as affected by residential and commercial development
Federal:
$35,920
Non-Federal:
$0
Donna Nemeth
Guts, Watersheds, Water quality, freshwater fish, freshwater shrimps, Tropics
2006
VI
Annual Base
A prospective epidemiological study on the morbidity of bathers exposed to coastal waters in the Caribbean
Federal:
$44,456
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Toranzos, Henry Smith
Recreational waters, epidemiological studies, tropical waters, indicators of risk
2006
VT
Annual Base
Evaluating Quantitative Models of Riverbank Stability
Federal:
$37,679
Non-Federal:
$121,390
Mandar Dewoolkar, Paul Bierman
Riverbank stability, erosion, fluvial geomorphology, Vermont, slope stability model, soil shear strength, pore pressure
2006
VT
Annual Base
An Adaptive Management System using Hierarchical Artificial Neural Networks and Remote Sensing for Fluvial Hazard Mitigation
Federal:
$69,096
Non-Federal:
$112,127
Donna Rizzo, Leslie Morrissey
artificial neural networks, fluvial geomorphology, remote sensing, eCognition, adaptive management, uncertainty assessment, stream assessment, hydrology
2006
VT
Annual Base
Phosphorus availability from the soils along two streams of the Lake Champlain Basin: mapping, characterization and seasonal mobility
Federal:
$23,000
Non-Federal:
$227,162
Donald Ross, Joel Tilley
phosphorus, soil, sediment, soil survey, soil test, P transport, P index
2006
WA
Annual Base
Transport of Colloids in Soils Studied by Geocentrifuge Techniques
Federal:
$46,000
Non-Federal:
$92,000
Markus Flury, Prabhakar Sharma
colloids, particles, transport, pathogens
2006
WA
Annual Base
Effects of Sediment Oxygenation on Methylmercury Bioaccumulation in Benthic Biota
Federal:
$45,930
Non-Federal:
$92,718
Marc Beutel
methylmercury, bioaccumulation, sediments
2006
WA
Annual Base
Developing a Sediment Model for Use in the TMDL Processes in the Inland Northwest
Federal:
$46,000
Non-Federal:
$92,198
Shulin Chen
TMDL, Modeling, Sediment, Nutrients, Winter runnoff, Erosion
2006
WI
Annual Base
Measuring and Modeling Macroporous Soil Water and Solute Flux Below the Root Zone of a Plano Silt-Loam Soil
Federal:
$67,670
Non-Federal:
$72,524
Birl Lowery, John Norman
vadose zone, hydrology, solutes, soils
2006
WI
Annual Base
Assessing the Ecological Status and Vulnerability of Springs in Wisconsin
Federal:
$37,720
Non-Federal:
$49,518
Susan Swanson, Kenneth Bradbury, David J. Hart, David Zaber
ecology, springs, groundwater
2006
WV
Annual Base
Evaluation of the Environmental Hazard of Selenium in Coal-Associated Rocks of the Southern WV Coal Basin
Federal:
$31,892
Non-Federal:
$68,438
Ronald Smart, Jack Renton
2006
WV
Annual Base
West Virginia Water Conference 2006
Federal:
$15,566
Non-Federal:
$31,134
Tamara Vandivort
Water, Economics, Education, Policy, Law, Management, Planning, Research, Conference
2006
WV
Annual Base
In-Stream Turbidity and Suspended Sediment Changes Following Improvements to a Forest Road and Harvesting
Federal:
$29,496
Non-Federal:
$60,868
Jingxin Wang, Pamela Edwards, Joseph McNeel, Lawrence Osborn
Turbidity, suspended sediment, forest road construction, sediment delivery, road improvements, best management practices, timber harvesting, central Appalachian forested watershed
2006
WV
Annual Base
Systematic determination of water resource data & information management needs in West Virginia
Federal:
$20,664
Non-Federal:
$41,612
Tamara Vandivort, Richard Herd
Data evaluation, Data management, water scarcity, Integrated water resource managment
2006
WV
Annual Base
Chloride Sorption to Acid Mine Drainage Solids
Federal:
$46,458
Non-Federal:
$37,470
Louis McDonald, Paul Ziemkiewicz
AMD Treatment, Anion Sorption
2006
WV
Annual Base
Ecological Impact and Flow Variations of Mine Water used for Small-Scale Trout Production.
Federal:
$12,300
Non-Federal:
$81,000
Kenneth Semmens, Daniel Miller
Nutrient impact, hydrology, mine water use
2006
WV
Annual Base
Stream Chemical Variability in Time and Space with Relation to Monongahela National Forest Geology and Utilization by Brook Trout and Associated Species
Federal:
$13,265
Non-Federal:
$33,490
Stuart Welsh, Donald Gasper
Acid Deposition Input, Geochemical Processes, Stream Acid Neutralization Capacity, Stream Variability (space and time), Fish Response, Calcium Requirement (levels and cycling), Watershed Management Implications
2006
WV
Annual Base
Impact of Longwall Mining on Headwater Streams in Northern West Virginia
Federal:
$19,790
Non-Federal:
$40,040
Ben Stout
2006
WY
Annual Base
Predicting Drought in the Green River Basin
Federal:
$13,441
Non-Federal:
$99,617
Glenn Tootle
Drought, Streamflow Reconstruction, Atmospheric/Oceanic Influences
2006
WY
Annual Base
Precipitation Measurement and Growth Mechanisms in Orographic Wyoming Snowstorms
Federal:
$20,709
Non-Federal:
$221,654
Jefferson Snider, Bart Geerts
Snowrate, Snow Accumulation, Radar, Aircraft Measurements, Cloud Seeding
2005
AK
Annual Base
Investigation of the mechanism of arsenic biosorption by modified crab shells
Federal:
$28,568
Non-Federal:
$9,496
Silke Schiewer
biosorption, arsenic, crab shells, chitosan, mechanism
2005
AK
Annual Base
Characterizing sources and growth potential of indicator bacteria in cold region streams
Federal:
$19,960
Non-Federal:
$41,549
William Schnabel
source tracking, fecal coliform, antibiotic resistance, indicator bacteria
2005
AL
Annual Base
Program Management and AdministrationProject
Federal:
$17,483
Non-Federal:
$34,966
Dennis Block
Program Administration
2005
AL
Annual Base
Spatial Dynamics of Runoff-Contributing Areas for Effective Management of Phosphorus from Land-Applied Poultry Litter
Federal:
$24,944
Non-Federal:
$52,380
Puneet Srivastava, Prabhakar Clement, Kyung Yoo
Surface Water, Variable Source Area, Phosphorus, Poultry Litter, Sediment
2005
AL
Annual Base
Development and Application of an Innovative Nanotechnology for In-situ Remediation of Mercury-Contaminated Alabama Soils and Sediments
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$51,609
Willie Harper, Mark Barnett, Dongye Zhao
Fish poisoning, immobilization, mercury, methylmercury, nanoparticle, nanotechnology, remediation, sediment, water quality, wetland
2005
AL
Annual Base
Detection of E. coli in Source Water Using a Novel Biosensor
Federal:
$24,985
Non-Federal:
$49,995
Zhongyang Cheng, Tung-shi Huang, Dongye Zhao
E. coli, Water Quality, Source Water, Biosensor
2005
AR
Annual Base
Flow and hydrochemical evolution of arsenic in ground water: tracking sources and sinks in the alluvial aquifer of southeastern Arkansas, USA
Federal:
$22,925
Non-Federal:
$45,850
Kenneth Steele
Arsenic, Alluvial Aquifer, Eastern Arkansas, PHREEQC
2005
AR
Annual Base
The Ground Water Flow System in the Alluvial Aquifer of the Arkansas River at Dardanelle, Arkansas
Federal:
$13,660
Non-Federal:
$39,932
Stephen Kline, Tim Kresse
Alluvial aquifer; Arkansas River; ground water; numerical modeling; hydrogeochemistry; resource management
2005
AR
Annual Base
The distribution of roxarsone and its byproducts in soils, soil pore-water, groundwater, and stream water
Federal:
$19,460
Non-Federal:
$40,850
Carolyn Dowling
Poultry Litter, Groundwater Quality, Arsenic
2005
AR
Annual Base
Effect of Reduced Effluent Phosphorus Concentrations at the Illinois River, Northwest Arkansas
Federal:
$14,367
Non-Federal:
$30,531
Mark Cochran, Brian Haggard
Water Quality, Phosphorus, Effluent Discarge, Watershed Management
2005
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$37,019
Non-Federal:
$65,776
Sharon Megdal, Susanna Eden, Joe Gelt, Kathy Jacobs, Jackie Moxley, Kerry Schwartz, Terry Sprouse
Education, information transfer, policy, newsletter
2005
AZ
Annual Base
Preliminary Evaluation of Perchlorate Contamination of Ground Water In The Lower Colorado River Region
Federal:
$11,949
Non-Federal:
$24,096
Charles Sanchez
groundwater
2005
AZ
Annual Base
Treatment of Nitrate in Groundwater with Autotrophic Bioreactors
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Reyes Sierra, James Field
denitrification, elemental sulfur, biofilter
2005
AZ
Annual Base
Salt River Riparian Ecosystem Restoration
Federal:
$8,869
Non-Federal:
$17,830
Juliet Stromberg
Restoration, riparian, river, monitoring, ecosystem
2005
AZ
Annual Base
Big Chino Basin 3-D Digital Hydrogeologic Framework Model
Federal:
$9,000
Non-Federal:
$25,069
Abe Springer
Hydrogeology, Model Studies, 3D Visualization
2005
AZ
Annual Base
An Outdoor Multi-Stage, Continuous-Flow Photobioreactor for Bioremediation of Nitrate-Contaminated Groundwater
Federal:
$11,740
Non-Federal:
$45,123
Qiang Hu, Milton Sommerfeld
Nitrate contamination, nutrient removal, algae, photobioreactor, biological treatment, public health
2005
CA
Annual Base
Do Constructed Flow-Through Wetlands Improve Water Quality in the San Joaquin River?
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$37,201
Anthony O-Geen
Wetlands, Water Quality, San Joaquin River
2005
CA
Annual Base
Estuarine Landscape Modeling of Suisun Bay
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
David Schoellhamer, Bassam Younis
Hydrology, Climatology, Hydraulics, Estuarine, Landscape Modeling, Suisun Bay
2005
CA
Annual Base
An Economic Analysis of Groundwater Nitrate Pollution Control in Dairy-Intensive Watersheds
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$36,714
Kenneth Baerenklau
Water Law, Institutions, Policy, Economic Analysis, Groundwater, Nitrate, Pollution, Dairy, Watersheds
2005
CA
Annual Base
Imperial Valley Agriculture and Water: A Regional Economic Analysis
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$39,229
Kurt Schwabe
Water Development, Management, Agriculture, Regional, Economic, Imperial Valley
2005
CA
Annual Base
California-2100: Assessing Future Water Resources over California
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$22,451
Bryan Weare
2005
CA
Annual Base
CA Admin Chang
Federal:
$4,929
Non-Federal:
$5,000
John Letey
2005
CO
Annual Base
Hydrologic Analysis, Forecasting and Simulation of the Upper Colorado River System
Federal:
$8,400
Non-Federal:
$0
Robert Ward
hydrology, Colorado River
2005
CO
Annual Base
Colorado's Evolving Irrigated Agriculture: Economic Accounting Impact Analysis
Federal:
$47,484
Non-Federal:
$17,172
Robert Ward
Arkansas River, Republican River, Rio Grand River, South Platte River
2005
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Federal:
$146,410
Non-Federal:
$228,733
Robert Ward
information dissemination, technology transfer
2005
CO
Annual Base
Occurrence and Fate of Organic Wastewater Contaminants in Onsite Wastewater Systems and Implications for Water Quality Management
Federal:
$48,000
Non-Federal:
$92,257
Robert Ward
onsite wastewater systems, organic contaminants
2005
CT
Annual Base
Gonadal Deformities in Connecticut Amphibians
Federal:
$18,401
Non-Federal:
$37,637
David Skelly
amphibian, chemical contaminants, developmental abnormality, sentinel study
2005
DC
Annual Base
An Analytical Study of the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Julius Ndumbe
environmental equity and pollution
2005
DC
Annual Base
An Economic Impact Analysis of DC Drinking Water Quality
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Sharron Terrell
safe drinking water, water quality, lead leaching, economic impact analysis
2005
DC
Annual Base
Air-Deposited Pollutants in the Anacostia River Watershed
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Abiose Adebayo, Lily Liang, Katya Verner
watershed, airshed, artificial intelligence, spectrography
2005
DC
Annual Base
Effect of Pelletized Poultry Manure on Vegetable Production and Vadose Zone Water Quality
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$26,000
James Allen
vadose zone, vegetable production, poultry manure
2005
DE
Annual Base
Delaware River Basin State of the Basin Report Card
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Gerald Kauffman
2005
DE
Annual Base
Hydrogeology of the Near-Surface Aquifers in Sussex County
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Alan Andres, Andrew Klingbeil
2005
DE
Annual Base
The Impact of Predation on the Galerucella Beetle, a Purple Loosestrife Biocontrol Agent
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Judith Hough-Goldstein
2005
DE
Annual Base
Landowner Perceptions of the Stringency of Water Quality Regulations in Delaware
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Joshua Duke, Rhonda Hyde
2005
DE
Annual Base
The Impact of the Solid Waste Decision on Isolated Wetlands in Delaware
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Joshua Duke, Steven Hastings
2005
DE
Annual Base
Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife: Preventing Wetlands Degradation By An Invasive Plant
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Judith Hough-Goldstein
2005
DE
Annual Base
Nickel Sorption Kinetics at the Goethite/Water Interface: Effects of Ionic Strength and 2-[N-Morphalino]-ethanesulfonic acid (MES)
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Donald Sparks
2005
DE
Annual Base
Sustainable, Low-Impact Methods for Managing Mosquito Populations in Storm Water Ponds
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
John Gingrich
2005
DE
Annual Base
Restoring Coastal Bay Water Quality via Native Eelgrass Micropropagation
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
John Gallagher
2005
FL
Annual Base
Development of an integrated methodology to assess vulnerability of groundwater to pathogen intrusion using GIS, remote sensing, neural networks and neuro-fuzzy methods
Federal:
$40,790
Non-Federal:
$103,298
Barnali Dixon
Ground Water Modeling (99), Bacteria (19), Virus (261)
2005
FL
Annual Base
Mechanisms and Modeling of Soft-Bed Nutrient Release in Lakes
Federal:
$26,531
Non-Federal:
$53,356
Ashish Mehta
Contaminant transport; eutrophication; lakes; nutrients; suspended sediments; water quality modeling; waves; wind.
2005
FL
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$16,841
Non-Federal:
$38,199
Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman
2005
GA
Annual Base
A strontium isotope investigation of possible sewage influx to stream base flow in the Atlanta metropolitan region
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$43,036
Seth Rose
base flow, sewage pipe leakage, Atlanta metropolitan region, strontium isotopes, urban hydrology, Chattahoochee River basin
2005
GA
Annual Base
Phosphorus Storage and Transport in Headwaters of the Etowah River Watershed
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
C. Jackson
phosphorus, soil, sediment, surface water, groundwater
2005
GU
Annual Base
Heavy Metals in Biotic and Abiotic Components of a Guam Reef Flat Impacted by Leachate from a Municipal Dump
Federal:
$31,627
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton, Harold Wood
Biota, Heavy Metals, Monitoring
2005
GU
Annual Base
Anthropogenic Impact on nitrogen cycle in Tumon Bay using 15N, and 14 N isotopic ratio method.
Federal:
$35,264
Non-Federal:
$0
Maika Vuki, Gary Denton
Nitrogen cycle, isotopic ratio, algal growth
2005
GU
Annual Base
Developing Digital Watershed Atlas for Guam
Federal:
$35,052
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz, Yuming Wen
watershed management, drainage, water resources development, resource planning
2005
GU
Annual Base
Watershed Management for Enipein Watershed, Pohnpei Island, the Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$36,187
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz, Mark Lander
watershed management, land use, sedimentation, rivers
2005
GU
Annual Base
Water System Operation and Maintenance Training for Pohnpei State FSM
Federal:
$14,179
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz
Water Resources, Training, Education, Operations and Maintenance
2005
GU
Annual Base
Geologic Study, Map Development, and Water Resources Analysis of Fais Island, Yap State, FSM
Federal:
$39,838
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson, Donald Rubinstein
Groundwater, Island Karst, Carbonate Island Aquifers, Water Supply, Water Resources
2005
GU
Annual Base
FSM atoll groundwater resource inventory
Federal:
$21,199
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson, Yuming Wen
Atoll island aquifers
2005
GU
Annual Base
Development of a Source, Transmission and Storage model of the Saipan Water System
Federal:
$21,745
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz
model studies, distribution systems, water demand, water use data
2005
HI
Annual Base
Integrated Water Management with Multiple Aquifers
Federal:
$38,345
Non-Federal:
$72,586
James Roumasset
Integrated management, multiple aquifers, subsurface flows, inter-district transport
2005
HI
Annual Base
Diffusive Tortuosity of Reactive Porous Media: Application to Colloidal Fouling and Biofouling During Membrane Filtration
Federal:
$11,717
Non-Federal:
$23,187
Albert Kim
Diffusive tortuosity, porous media, membrane fouling, biofilm
2005
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$8,340
Non-Federal:
$17,409
Philip Moravcik
technology transfer, information dissemination
2005
IA
Annual Base
Improving water quality in Iowa rivers: cost-benefit analysis of adopting new conservation practices and changing agricultural land use
Federal:
$39,683
Non-Federal:
$83,044
Catherine Kling, Hongli Feng, Philip Gassman, Lyubov Kurkalova, Silvia Secchi
cost-benefit analysis, micro level modeling, sediment, nitrates, phosphorus
2005
IA
Annual Base
Sensors for CyberEngineering: Monitoring and Modeling the Iowa River for Nutrients and Sediments
Federal:
$36,378
Non-Federal:
$80,130
Jerald Schnoor
water quality, monitoring, nutrients, eutrophication, sensors
2005
ID
Annual Base
Seasonal variation in anthropogenic nutrient additions and food web response in a large deep lake (Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park)
Federal:
$41,240
Non-Federal:
$49,834
Stephanie Hampton, Stephanie Hampton
periphyton, lakeshore development, food web structure, stable isotope analysis
2005
ID
Annual Base
A Reconnaissance Study of Arsenic Distribution in the Shallow Aquifer of the Treasure Valley
Federal:
$62,000
Non-Federal:
$106,069
Shawn Benner, Shawn Benner
arsenic, groundwater, contamination, Idaho
2005
ID
Annual Base
Evaluation of remote sensing of leaf area index for estimating evapotranspiration on irrigated lands
Federal:
$34,109
Non-Federal:
$42,060
Bryce Contor, Richard Allen
Evapotranspiration, Remote Sensing, Irrigation, Leaf Area Index
2005
ID
Annual Base
Evaluation of temporal variations of the nitrate concentrations in ground-water of the Ashton, Idaho area and potential causative factors.
Federal:
$29,047
Non-Federal:
$49,289
Gary Johnson, Mark Lovell, Robert Smith
Nitrates, temporal variation, groundwater, non-point source, graduate research, Ashton
2005
IL
Annual Base
The Flow Dimension of Groundwater Resources in Northeastern Illinois
Federal:
$59,997
Non-Federal:
$121,686
Douglas Walker, Albert Valocchi
groundwater, aquifer characterization, heterogeneity, dolomite
2005
IL
Annual Base
Occurrence and Ecological Effects of Pharmaceutical Chemicals in Chicago Metropolitan Area Streams
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,720
Emma Rosi-Marshall
pharmaceuticals, aquatic macroinvertebrates, stream ecosystem dynamics
2005
IN
Annual Base
The Effects of Landscape Transformation in a Changing Climate on Indiana's Water Resources
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,052
Jon Harbor, Jon Harbor
hydrology, Indiana, climate change, urbanization, surface water, groundwater
2005
IN
Annual Base
Rapid Detection of Toxic and Taste and Odor Causing Cyanobacteria in Indiana Surface Water
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,000
Carole Lembi, Carole Lembi
Cylindrospemopis raciborskii, Pseudanabaena limnetica, blue-green algae, toxic algae, harmful algal blooms, cyanobacterial DNA, PCR, 5'-exonuclease PCR, detection methods
2005
IN
Annual Base
Characterizing hydrologic response in urbanizing watersheds in Indiana: Determination of changes in runoff coefficients
Federal:
$59,002
Non-Federal:
$120,774
Susan Grimmond, Jack Wittman
runoff, storage, urban hydrology, rural/urban sprawl, BMP
2005
KS
Annual Base
A Real-Time Permittivity Sensor for Simultaneous Measurement of Multiple Water-Quality Parameters
Federal:
$76,000
Non-Federal:
$154,918
Naiqian Zhang, Philip Barnes, Gerard Kluitenberg, Andrew Ziegler
water quality, permittivity, dielectric constant, conductivity, sensor, frequency-response method
2005
KS
Annual Base
Developing an Economic Tool to Predict the Value of Water Rights
Federal:
$7,000
Non-Federal:
$52,491
Bill Golden, Kevin Dhuyvetter, Terry Kastens, Jeff Peterson
Ogalla, valuation, transition, spatial, appraisal
2005
KS
Annual Base
Fate of Nitrate Beneath Fields Irrigated with Treated Wastewater in Ford County, Kansas Using Field Data and Preferential Flow Modeling
Federal:
$58,999
Non-Federal:
$106,665
Marios Sophocleous, Margaret Townsend, Fred Vocasek, Tom Willson, John Zupanic
preferential flow modeling, nitrogen cycling, leaching, dye tracing, wastewater irrigation
2005
KY
Annual Base
Reconstructing Late Quaternary Paleohydrology of the Lower Ohio Valley
Federal:
$26,793
Non-Federal:
$58,634
Harry Rowe
stable isotopes, geomorpholical processes, lake, speleothem
2005
KY
Annual Base
Effects of Reservoir Releases on Riverbank Erosion
Federal:
$12,894
Non-Federal:
$25,822
Stephen Kenworthy
flood control, channel adjustment, streambank stability, sediment supply
2005
KY
Annual Base
Pathogen and Sediment Transport in the Muddy Creek Subbasin, Kentucky River Watershed
Federal:
$13,761
Non-Federal:
$30,203
Danita LaSage, Thomas Edwards, Alice Jones
watershed planning, geographic information systems, land use
2005
KY
Annual Base
Development and Immunity in Dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera): Indicators of Water Quality
Federal:
$14,847
Non-Federal:
$34,642
Claire Fuller, Howard Whiteman
dragonflies, fluctuating asymmetry, immunity
2005
LA
Annual Base
Modeling Sediment-Controlled TMDLs for the Branched and Braided Networks of Waterways in Louisiana: Model Development and Application to the Amite River Basin
Federal:
$13,196
Non-Federal:
$29,369
Zhi-Qiang Deng
TMDL, Model, Stream Network, Reversing Flows, Sediment Pollution
2005
LA
Annual Base
Total mercury and methylmercury in Louisiana fresh, brackish and salt marsh
Federal:
$13,951
Non-Federal:
$33,397
Istvan Devai, Ronald DeLaune
Water quality, fish advisories, food chain, health effects, biogeochemistry
2005
LA
Annual Base
Probabilistic Assessment of the Effectiveness of BMPs in Coastal Louisiana
Federal:
$16,500
Non-Federal:
$41,342
Vijay Singh
Best Management Practices (BMPs); Hydrologic Impacts; Land Use Change; Pollution; Streamflow; Space-Time Variability; Water Quality
2005
LA
Annual Base
A comprehensive study of mercury/methylmercury fate, transport and bioavailability in lake Pontchartrain sediments
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$42,174
Aassaf Abdelghani, Maury Howard, Robert Reimers, Khalid Saleh
pollution monitoring, analysis, public education, methylmercury, translocating
2005
MA
Annual Base
Cryptic Marsh Birds as Bioindicators of Wetland Health
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,786
Brian Tavernia, J. Reed
wetlands, exotic invasive species, cryptic marsh birds, bioindicators, broadcast surveys
2005
MA
Annual Base
Monitoring Estrogenic Hormones Undesired Fish Contraceptives, and
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$111,284
Yuegang Zuo
Estrogenic Hormones, mestranol, 17a-ethinylestradiol, estrone, 17beta-estranol Buzzards Bay, natural water, microbial degradation, and photodegradation
2005
MA
Annual Base
Sources of E. coli during Wet-Weather Events
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$35,163
Sarah Dorner
E. coli, pathogens, source water protection
2005
MD
Annual Base
Theoretical and experimental evaluation of acetate thresholds as a monitoring tool for in situ bioremediation
Federal:
$29,990
Non-Federal:
$60,068
Jennifer Becker, Hubert Montas, Eric Seagren
groundwater, in situ bioremediation, petroleum hydrocarbons, monitoring, redox indicator
2005
MD
Annual Base
Chemical and Biological Availability of Zinc in Road Runoff Entering Stormwater Retention Ponds
Federal:
$14,472
Non-Federal:
$36,311
Ryan Casey, Edward Landa, Steven Lev, Joel Snodgrass
retention ponds; zinc; bioavailability
2005
MD
Annual Base
Utilization of High Carbon Fly Ash to Remediate Groundwater-Summer Student Research
Federal:
$3,800
Non-Federal:
$7,679
Allen Davis, Allen Davis
reactive barrier, fly ash, organic chemicals
2005
ME
Annual Base
Do Natural Chloride Gradients Affect the Formation of Disinfection
Federal:
$9,538
Non-Federal:
$32,861
John Peckenham, Jeffrey Kahl, Andy Tolman
Disinfection By-Products, Chloride Gradient, Drinking Water
2005
ME
Annual Base
A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Potential for River Water Toxicity to Increase Following Dam Removal
Federal:
$9,400
Non-Federal:
$85,817
Gregory Mayer, Adria Elskus, Rebecca Van Beneden, Carol Kim, Brian Perkins, Lawrence LeBlanc
Fish, Pollutants, Dams, Penobscot, River
2005
ME
Annual Base
Penobscot Synthesis
Federal:
$7,002
Non-Federal:
$14,208
Peter Vaux, Catherine Schmitt
rivers, dams, education, fisheries, history, information dissemination
2005
ME
Annual Base
Valuing Environmental Changes for Decision Making: Dam Removal and Restoration on the Penobscot and Kennebec Rivers
Federal:
$46,904
Non-Federal:
$116,396
Lynne Lewis, Curtis Bohlen, Laura Rose Day
dam removal, nonmarket valuation, economics, river restoration
2005
ME
Annual Base
Maine Information Transfer Project FY05
Federal:
$25,542
Non-Federal:
$36,533
John Peckenham
Information Transfer
2005
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$37,412
Non-Federal:
$76,404
Jon Bartholic
Water Quality; Watershed Management; Macroinvertebrates; Lakescaping; Water Chemistry; Monitoring; GIS
2005
MI
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Technology Transfer Training Programs
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,062
Lois Wolfson
Information Dissemination and Technology Transfer Training Programs
2005
MI
Annual Base
Publicizing, Facilitating the Access, and the Interpretation of the Michigan Groundwater Inventory and Mapping Project with Outreach Education
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,777
William Northcott, Pamela Hunt, Steve Miller
Water Use Conflicts, Hydrology, Gorundwater, GIS
2005
MI
Annual Base
Evaluation of Low-Disturbance Tillage in Mitigating the Transport of Bacterial Contaminants from Land Applied Dairy Slurry to Subsurface Drains
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,300
Timothy Harrigan
Subsurface drainage, tile line, manure management, bacteria, pathogens
2005
MN
Annual Base
Estrogens and Estrogenic Activity in Swine Manure
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$49,750
Kuldip Kumar, Satish Gupta, Ashok Singh
Endocrine disrupters, hormones, swine manure
2005
MN
Annual Base
Water Quality Monitoring Strategy Based on Agroecoregion Boundaries in the Minnesota River Basin
Federal:
$24,999
Non-Federal:
$45,731
David Mulla, David Mulla
water quality, agroecoregions, TMDLs
2005
MN
Annual Base
Wireless Technologies Applied to Environmental Variables and Nutrient Loadings
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$43,754
Miki Hondzo, William Arnold
Sensors, Network
2005
MO
Annual Base
Improved Modeling for Runoff and Soil from Natural Events
Federal:
$21,958
Non-Federal:
$43,916
Allen Thompson
Soil erosion, precipitation, rainfall, kinetic energy, surface and water quality
2005
MO
Annual Base
Characterization and Biological Effect Study of Endocrine Disruptors in Indian Creek, Newton, County, Missouri
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$51,963
Yue-wern Huang, Paul Nam
estrogenic chemicals, endocrine disruptors, MCF-7 cell proliferation, sewage treatment effluents, nitrate contamination
2005
MO
Annual Base
Fate and Transport of Heavy Metals in Artificial Soil
Federal:
$19,410
Non-Federal:
$43,501
William Likos, John Bowders, R. Hammer
artifical soil, soil profile, metal sorption, heavy metal transport,
2005
MS
Annual Base
Analysis of Stream Bank Erosion by Lateral Ground Water Flow
Federal:
$30,640
Non-Federal:
$61,400
Garey Fox, Garey Fox
Sedimentation, Water Quality, Contaminant Transport Mechanisms, Surface Water, Ground Water
2005
MT
Annual Base
Geographic analysis of landuse/land cover change and its relation to nitrogen export in a developing mountain landscape
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$34,000
Brian McGlynn, Kristin Gardner
streamwater quality, synoptic sampling, terrain analysis, land use/land cover chage, nitrogen export, isotopes
2005
MT
Annual Base
Using paleoecology and paleoflood hydrology to assess the long-term ecological response of Montana's riparian and aquatic ecosystems to small natural and human dam features -- a pilot study
Federal:
$14,200
Non-Federal:
$28,400
Denine Schmitz, Duncan Patten
dam removal river restoration, paleoflood hydrology, paleoecology, riparian ecology, sediment dynamics
2005
MT
Annual Base
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: Antibiotic resistance in ground-and surface-water microbes in the Missoula area
Federal:
$1,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Lewis Kogan, William Holben
microbes, water supply, groundwater
2005
MT
Annual Base
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: Movement, habitat use, and food habits of sauger and walleye: an investigation of resource overlap in the middle Missouri River, Montana
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Christopher Guy, Brian Bellgraph
habitat use, fisheries
2005
MT
Annual Base
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: The effects of recent watershed deglaciation, climate change, and microbial processes on nitrate loading and ecological response in high alpine aquatic systems of Grand Teton National Park
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Kathy Tonnessen, Jennifer Corbin
meltwater chemistry, nitrates, alpine systems, microbial processes
2005
MT
Annual Base
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: Stream-groundwater interactions in a mountain to valley transition: impacts on watershed hydrologic response and stream water chemistry
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Brian McGlynn, Timothy Covino
groundwater transport
2005
MT
Annual Base
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: Movements of resident and non-resident anglers in Montana: implications for transferring whirling disease among drainages in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Christopher Guy, Kiza Gates
whirling disease, vectors
2005
MT
Annual Base
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: The relationships between flood frequency, microhabitat variability, and riparian vegetation spacial pattern in montaine steams of western Montana
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Scott Woods, Motoshi Honda
flood frequency, riparian vegetation
2005
MT
Annual Base
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: Environmental conditions associated with the extent and composition of woody riparian vegetation within the West Fork of the Gallatin River watershed
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Duncan Patten, Levia Shoutis
wildfire; riparian
2005
MT
Annual Base
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: Watershed carbon distribution and flux across environmental gradients
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Brian McGlynn, Vince Pacific
carbon, watershed
2005
MT
Annual Base
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: Clonal recruitment of Populus angustifolia along the Yellowstone River: extent and requirements
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Donald Potts, Mary Louise Polzin
clonal, cottonwood, floodplain
2005
MT
Annual Base
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: Towards sustainable materials for drinking water infrastructure
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Anne Camper, Mohammed Rahman
biofilm, copper, corrosion
2005
MT
Annual Base
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: On the dynamics and production of CO2 in a forested watershed
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Brian McGlynn, Diego Riveros
carbon, watersheds, transport
2005
MT
Annual Base
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: Factors that influence displacement of native cutthroat trout by nonnative brook trout
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$0
Alexander Zale, Brad Shepard
trout, displacement
2005
NC
Annual Base
Use of Indicators to Distinguish Between Point and Non-Point Sources of Chemical Contamination in North Carolina Streams
Federal:
$29,098
Non-Federal:
$58,195
Howard Weinberg
chemical monitoring, endocrine active substances, organic compounds, pharmaceutically active substances, pollutants, runoff, septic tanks, wastewater treatment
2005
NC
Annual Base
Estuarine sediment beds as a reservoir for human pathogens: monitoring transport of populations of enterococci and Vibrio in the Neuse River Estuary
Federal:
$18,137
Non-Federal:
$36,273
Rachel Noble, Stephen Fries
suspended sediments, sedimentation, water quality monitoring, river beds, estuaries, contaminant transport, bacteria
2005
NC
Annual Base
Characterization of Surface Water/Ground Water Interactions along the Tar River using Ground Penetrating Radar
Federal:
$21,436
Non-Federal:
$42,873
Michael ODriscoll, David Mallinson
Channels, geomorphology, geophysics, rivers, ground water hydrology, subsurface drainage, surface-ground water relationships, Tar River
2005
NC
Annual Base
A Comparison of Drought Tolerance in Common Herbaceous Wetland Macrophytes as Indicated by Plant Growth, Water Status, and Oxidative Stress
Federal:
$9,341
Non-Federal:
$18,682
Brant Touchette
Aquatic plants, conservation, drought, lakes, landscape management, plant growth, plant stress, plant-water relationships, reservoir management, riparian vegetations, wetlands
2005
ND
Annual Base
Benthic Macroinvertebrate Stoichiometric Implication for North Dakota and Minnesota Fisheries
Federal:
$16,085
Non-Federal:
$32,351
Malcolm Butler
ecological stoichiometry, benthic invertebrates, lakes, fisheries
2005
ND
Annual Base
Evaluating and Validating the Index of Plant Community Integrity for the Assessment of Temporary, Seasonal, and Semi-permanent Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region
Federal:
$4,040
Non-Federal:
$10,407
Don Kirby, Don Kirby
Prairie Pothole Region, wetlands, assessment, wetland ecology
2005
ND
Annual Base
Molecular Phylogeography of Etheostoma Nigrum in the Northern Midwest
Federal:
$10,100
Non-Federal:
$21,040
Craig Stockwell
Phylogeography, microsatellites, population genetics, darters
2005
ND
Annual Base
The Impact of Wetlands and Wetland Easements on North Dakota Land Values
Federal:
$18,520
Non-Federal:
$36,426
Jay Leitch
USFWS wetland easements, NWI, land values
2005
ND
Annual Base
Effect of Flow Path Processes on the Geochemistry and Quality of Water Discharged along the Seepage Face at Pigeon Point, Sheyenne Delta Aquifer, Ransom County, North Dakota
Federal:
$4,673
Non-Federal:
$9,073
Phil Gerla
groundwater recharge, hydrogeochemistry, wetlands, vadose zone
2005
NE
Annual Base
Beaver in Agricultural Watersheds: Potential for Mitigating Degraded Midwestern Streams
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$38,642
Dean Eisenhauer, C. Zanner, Michael Dosskey, Scott Hygnstrom
Degraded streams, beaver dams, sediment trapping,stream restoration
2005
NE
Annual Base
Quantification of Stream-aquifer Connection and its Implication for Modeling Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions
Federal:
$19,955
Non-Federal:
$41,265
Xun-Hong Chen, Xun-Hong Chen
Streambed, stream-aquifer connection, inverse modeling, hydraulic conductivity
2005
NE
Annual Base
Androgenic Growth Promoters in Nebraska Rivers: Detection and Toxicity
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
Alan Kolok, Daniel Snow
animal feedlot operations; steroids; passive organic samplers; caged fish
2005
NH
Annual Base
Assessing Household Risk and Knowledge in Mitigating Nonpoint Source Pollution in Coastal Watersheds
Federal:
$22,752
Non-Federal:
$49,466
Robert Robertson, Kristen Ward
water quality, nonpoint pollution, survey research, household production function
2005
NH
Annual Base
The Role of Vegetated Buffers in Maintaining Salt Marsh Species Diversity
Federal:
$5,840
Non-Federal:
$11,686
David Burdick, Joanne Glode
Nitrogen, salt marsh, riparian, ground water
2005
NJ
Annual Base
Examining Effects of Soil Compaction on Pollutant Removal Efficiency and Lifespan of a NJ Approved Stormwater Best Management Practice
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$18,667
Michael Mak, Christopher Obropta
BMPs, stormwater, soil compaction, water quality, bioretention, infiltration
2005
NJ
Annual Base
The Influence of Urbanization on Watershed Nitrogen Cycling Watersheds
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$9,263
Bernice Rosenzweig, Peter Jaffe
nitrogen cycling,nitrogen retention, urban land use, hydrology, ammonia, nitrate,
2005
NJ
Annual Base
Microbial degradation of MTBE in anaerobic environments
Federal:
$5,022
Non-Federal:
$10,438
Laura Youngster, Max Haggblom
MTBE, microbial degradation, anaerobic, Methyl tertiary butyl ether, carcinogen, bioremediation,
2005
NJ
Annual Base
Lab-on-a-chip device for monitoring trace level arsenic
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$9,775
Kamilah Hylton, Somenath Mitra
arsenic, lab-on-a-chip, and Supported Liquid Membrane Extraction (SLME), chip, monitoring
2005
NJ
Annual Base
A Study to Link Atmospheric N Deposition with Surface and Ground Water N and Denitrification Capabilities in an Urban New Jersey Wetland
Federal:
$29,556
Non-Federal:
$61,654
Barbara Turpin, B. Ravit
2005
NJ
Annual Base
Impacts of Organic Matter Heterogeneity on Desorption and Availability of Sediment-bound PCBs
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$56,828
Weilin Huang, Lisa Totten
PCBs, sediment, desorption, Hudson River, polychlorinated biphenyls, contaminant, bioavalability
2005
NJ
Annual Base
RESISTANCE OF FRACTURED ROCK DECHLORINATING BACTERIA TO PRESSURE FROM HEAVY METALS
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,491
Eun Kyeu Son, Donna E. Fennell
groundwater, degreasers, chlorinated ethene, tetrachloroethene, (PCE), trichloroethene, (TCE), groundwater, contaminants, chlorina1ted solvents, remediation, aquifers
2005
NV
Annual Base
Wash Load and Fractional Suspended Load Transport in Lake Tahoe Tributaries
Federal:
$25,044
Non-Federal:
$53,610
Guohong Duan
Sediment Transport
2005
NV
Annual Base
Development of National Institutes for Water Resources Website for the State of Nevada for Information Transfer
Federal:
$7,500
Non-Federal:
$15,776
David McGraw, John Warwick
Website, Information Transfer
2005
NV
Annual Base
Aggregating Hydraulic Property Measurements to Large Scales and Potential Applications on Water Budget Studies in Arid and Semi-Arid Environment
Federal:
$24,192
Non-Federal:
$48,436
Jianting Zhu
Soil hydraulic properties, Upscaling, Averaging schemes, Heterogeneous soil formation, van Genuchten model
2005
NY
Annual Base
Export of atmospheric nitrogen deposition from forests at the top of the Susquehanna watershed
Federal:
$24,981
Non-Federal:
$32,100
Christine Goodale
Atmospheric N, forests, soil water
2005
NY
Annual Base
GIS-based riparian buffer management optimization for phosphorous and sediment loading
Federal:
$5,323
Non-Federal:
$13,222
Paul Richards
GIS, phosphorus and sediment loading; riparian buffer management
2005
NY
Annual Base
Protecting future quantity and quality of New York State's water resources under changing climatic conditions
Federal:
$22,500
Non-Federal:
$29,055
Tammo Steenhuis, Arthur DeGaetano, Michael Walter
Phosphorus; nitrogen; agriculture; climate extremes;
2005
OH
Annual Base
Transport and Fate of Iron Nanoparticles in Groundwater
Federal:
$19,899
Non-Federal:
$40,500
Guy Riefler, Lindsey Bryson
iron nanoparticles remediation transport fate
2005
OH
Annual Base
Manipulating residence time in agricultural headwater streams: impacts on nitrogen removal and aquatic communities
Federal:
$16,795
Non-Federal:
$33,665
Virginie Bouchard
headwater streams, nitrate, denitrification, retention time
2005
OH
Annual Base
USE OF PERSULFATE AND PEROXYMONOSULFATE OXIDANTS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,008
Dionysios Dionysiou
Advanced Oxidation Technologies, sulfate radicals, hydroxyl radicals, iron, peroxymonosulfate, persulfate, trichloroethylene, atrazine, MTBE, chemical oxidation, nanoparticulate zero vanence iron
2005
OH
Annual Base
Technology Enhanced Participation for Watershed Planning
Federal:
$17,844
Non-Federal:
$48,092
Maria Conroy, Steven Gordon
watershed planning, citizen participation, Internet, BMP
2005
OK
Annual Base
Optimal Selection of Management Practices, Policies, and Technological Alternatives for Phosphorus Abatement: Using GIS and Economic Methodology to Model a Watershed
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,018
Brian Adam, Franklin Norwood, Arthur Stoecker, Daniel Storm
watershed, GIS, poultry litter, phosphorus, hydrology, best management practices
2005
OK
Annual Base
Estimating the orientation and intensity of fractures in sedimentary rocks using multi-component 3-D ground-penetrating radar (GPR)
Federal:
$24,982
Non-Federal:
$50,506
Surinder Sahai, Todd Halihan, Roger Young
hydrogeology, fractures, GPR
2005
OK
Annual Base
Science, Development & Public Opinion: The Adjudication of Groundwater Policy for the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer
Federal:
$15,643
Non-Federal:
$41,361
Beth Caniglia, Marc Krein
Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer, Oklahoma Water
2005
OK
Annual Base
Protocol to determine the optimal placement of riparian/buffer strips in watersheds
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,001
Daniel Storm, Glenn Brown, Chang-Xing Jin, Michael Smolen
Protocol, riparian/buffer, placement
2005
OR
Annual Base
Determining Spatial and Temporal Variability of Groundwater Nitrate in the Southern Willamette Valley, OR
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$62,150
Roy Haggerty
Groundwater, Willamette Aquifer, Nitrate
2005
OR
Annual Base
Influence of Climate Change on Water Supply in the McKenzie River Basin: Analysis of Long-term and Spatial Hydrologic Data.
Federal:
$27,450
Non-Federal:
$54,974
Anne Nolin
Climate Change, Snowpack
2005
OR
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$26,562
Non-Federal:
$54,890
Todd Jarvis
Public Participation
2005
OR
Annual Base
Groundwater and Surface Water Resources in the
Federal:
$8,562
Non-Federal:
$27,400
Charles Rogers
Education, Groundwater, Modeling
2005
OR
Annual Base
Development of a web-based database of hydrologic data for the Upper Oak Creek Watershed
Federal:
$28,810
Non-Federal:
$58,036
Arne Skaugset III, Arne Skaugset III
Forestry, Hydrology, Watershed
2005
PA
Annual Base
Nitrate Source Tracking: Combining Isotopic, Microbial, and Chemical Tracers in a Mixed Land-Use Watershed
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
David DeWalle, Michael Arthur, Anthony Buda, Chitrita DebRoy
nitrates, bacteria, stable isotopes, hydrology, monitoring, Pennsylvania
2005
PA
Annual Base
Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiles of Escherichia coli and enterococci for predicting sources of microbial pollution
Federal:
$17,560
Non-Federal:
$39,525
Metin Duran
microbial contamination, fecal pollution, indicator organisms, Escherichia coli, enterococci, fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiling
2005
PA
Annual Base
Source Water Protection from Infectious Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,054
Kristen Jellison
Cryptosporidium, Wissahickon Creek, Monoshone Creek, Valley Road Tributary, Philadelphia Water Department, phylogenetic analysis, cell culture infectivity, pathogens, source water protection
2005
PA
Annual Base
A Bayesian Framework for Cost Effective Groundwater Monitoring Design
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Patrick Reed
groundwater monitoring, optimization, genetic algorithm, decision support
2005
PA
Annual Base
Private Water System Education and Outreach
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$20,000
William Sharpe, Stephanie Clemens, Bryan Swistock
private water system, private well, spring, cistern, water quality, conservation, water treatment, wellhead protection, drinking water standards
2005
PR
Annual Base
Monitoring Nutrients Content in the San Juan Bay Estuary using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
Federal:
$80,000
Non-Federal:
$101,624
Fernando Gilbes
Remote Sensing, Estuaries, Estuarine Modeling, Nutrients, Pollutants
2005
PR
Annual Base
Removal of Inorganic, Organic and Antimicrobials Contaminants from Aqueous Solutions by Waste Tire Crumb Rubber
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$29,661
Oscar Perales-Perez, Marco Arocha, Felix Roman
water treatment, water quality, organic compounds, heavy metals
2005
RI
Annual Base
MTBE Drinking Water Contamination in Pascoag, RI: A Tracer Test for Investigating the Fate and Transport of Contaminants in a Fractured Rock Aquifer
Federal:
$4,500
Non-Federal:
$9,009
Tom Boving
Drinking water supply, MTBE, tracer test, fractured bedrock aquifer
2005
RI
Annual Base
Development of a Statewide Public Water-Supply GIS Coverage for Rhode Island
Federal:
$12,746
Non-Federal:
$25,496
Anne Veeger, Nasir Hamidzada
water supply; service areas; geographic information system; Rhode Island
2005
RI
Annual Base
Risk Assessment Methods for Water Infrastructure Systems
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,160
Natacha Thomas, Natacha Thomas
2005
SC
Annual Base
Toxicological effects of endocrine disrupting compounds in Lake Conestee and the Reedy River
Federal:
$22,930
Non-Federal:
$67,019
Peter Van Den Hurk, David Hargett, Stephen Klaine
Environmental Risk Assessment, Human Health Risks, Biomarkers, Toxic Waste Water, Remediation, Fish Toxicology
2005
SC
Annual Base
Contaminant Transfer among Sediments, Water Column, and Atmosphere in Reservoirs
Federal:
$20,580
Non-Federal:
$41,763
Cindy Lee
sediments, geochemistry, hydrophobic contaminants, bioaccumulative toxic compounds, transport, chiral, PCBs
2005
SC
Annual Base
Environmental Predictors of Mercury Methylation Potential and Fish Tissue
Federal:
$22,088
Non-Federal:
$51,958
Alan Johnson, Elizabeth Carraway, Mark Schlautman
Mercury, Methylmercury, Bioaccumulation, Fish Consumption Advisories, Dissolved Organic Matter, Photochemistry, Biogeochemistry, Spatial Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Statistical Models
2005
SD
Annual Base
The Influence of Manure Placement on Crop Yields and the Transport and Fate of Nutrient and Antibiotics
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,798
Sharon Clay, C. Carlson, David Clay
Manure, Nutrients, Antibiotics
2005
SD
Annual Base
Water Conservation Using Automated Irrigation Water Management for Center Pivots
Federal:
$85,282
Non-Federal:
$171,259
Hal Werner, Todd Trooien
water management, center pivot, irrigation scheduling, technology
2005
SD
Annual Base
Evaluating Phosphorus Loss on a Watershed Scale
Federal:
$17,995
Non-Federal:
$25,770
Frank Schindler, Ronald Gelderman, David German
Phosphorus loss, watershed, eutrophication
2005
SD
Annual Base
Development of an Agglomeration Process to Increase the Efficiency of Limestone-Based Material to Remove Metals from Drinking Water
Federal:
$23,815
Non-Federal:
$47,630
Arden Davis, David Dixon
metals, metals contamination, lead, cadmium, arsenic, metals removal, drinking water, water treatment, granulation, agglomeration, point of entry systems
2005
SD
Annual Base
Fate of Disinfectants and Disinfection By-Products in Water Distribution Systems
Federal:
$18,890
Non-Federal:
$37,808
Delvin DeBoer
disinfection by-products, water distribution, Stage 2 D/DBP Rule,
2005
SD
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$29,012
Non-Federal:
$65,174
Van Kelley, David German, Jennifer Pickard
2005
TN
Annual Base
Macropores and Colloids: Their Influence on the Quantity and Quality of Recharge
Federal:
$27,228
Non-Federal:
$65,516
John Tyner, Michael Essington, Jaehoon Lee
recharge, preferential flow, colloids, nutrients, water quality, macropore flow
2005
TN
Annual Base
Impacts of watershed urbanization on longitudinal fragmentation of stream habitat quality and fish habitat use
Federal:
$27,136
Non-Federal:
$62,717
John Schwartz
stream habitat, TMDLs, habitat alteration, siltation, aquatic habitat, modeling, urbanization, urban stream restoration
2005
TX
Annual Base
Evaluation of Standards for Compost Blankets in Stormwater Control
Federal:
$4,790
Non-Federal:
$12,634
Lindsay Birt, Russell Persyn
perchlorate, compost, erosion, stormwater
2005
TX
Annual Base
Evaluation of Irrigation Scheduling Using the Biotic Model
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$19,808
Joshua Bynum, Tom Cothren
irrigation, biotic model
2005
TX
Annual Base
Enhancing A Distributed Hydrologic Model for Storm Water Analysis within a GIS Framework in an Urban Area
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,001
Zheng Fang, Philip Bedient
flood prediction, urban hydrology, distributed hydrologic model
2005
TX
Annual Base
Determining the Efficacy of Biological Control of Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) on the Colorado River of Texas
Federal:
$4,870
Non-Federal:
$13,163
Jeremy Hudgeons, Allen Knutson
Colorado River, CRMWD, saltcedar, biological control
2005
TX
Annual Base
Assessing the Potential of Zero-Valent Iron to Reduce Perchlorate and Nitrate Mobility in Soils
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$19,615
Omar Harvey, Cristine Morgan
nitrate reduction, zero-valent iron, groundwater contamination
2005
TX
Annual Base
Watershed Development and Climate Change Effects on Environmental Flows and Estuarine Function
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Marc Russell, Paul Montagna
Environmental flows, freshwater inflow, coastal-watershed interactions
2005
TX
Annual Base
Spatial Patterns in Wetland Nutrient Biogeochemistry: Implications for Ecosystem Functions
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,350
Thad Scott, Robert Doyl
periphyton, macrophyte, elemental composition
2005
TX
Annual Base
Carbon Aerogel Electrodes: Adsorption-Desorption and Regeneration Study for Purification of Water
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$15,688
Sanjay Tewari, Timothy Kramer
carbon aerogels, capacitive de-ionization, adsorption
2005
TX
Annual Base
A Decision Support system to Develop Sustainable Groundwater Management Policies for a Multi-county Single Aquifer System
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$21,150
Muthukumar Kuchanur, Venkatesh Uddameri
groundwater policy, sustainable yield, game theory
2005
TX
Annual Base
Evaluation of Spatial Heterogeneity of Watershed through HRU Concept Using SWAT
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$26,522
Xuesong Zhang, Raghavan Srinivasan
hydrological model, heterogeneity, Hydrologic Response Unit (HRU)
2005
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$29,596
Non-Federal:
$24,606
Bill Harris, Clint Wolfe
Technology Transfer, Information Dissemination
2005
VI
Annual Base
Water Usage for Papaya Production During Drought in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Federal:
$45,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Thomas Zimmerman
papaya, drip irrigation, mulch
2005
VI
Annual Base
Qualification and quantification of human bacterial pathogens in UVI aquaculture systems
Federal:
$31,383
Non-Federal:
$0
Donald Bailey
Aquaculture water, Human Pathogens, Coliforms
2005
VI
Annual Base
Assessing the Sediment Retention Function of Salt Ponds on the US Virgin Islands Implications for Management
Federal:
$109,869
Non-Federal:
$0
Denise Rennis, Barry Devine, Colin Finney
salt ponds, wetlands, function, natural resources, turbidity, remote sensing, GIS, land use, management
2005
VI
Annual Base
Improving Water Quality Research Through Hands-on Hydrography/Hydrology Training
Federal:
$86,895
Non-Federal:
$0
Roy Watlington
Biological oxygen demand, nephelometry, salinometer, turbidity, water quality, watershed
2005
VT
Annual Base
Trophic status of Lake Champlain over 400 years of changing land use: A paleolomnological study
Federal:
$59,682
Non-Federal:
$123,117
Andrea Lini, Suzanne Levine
eutrophication, blue green algae, phosphorus, nitrogen, silica, diatoms, sediments, land use, paleopigments, paleolimnology, stable isotopes
2005
WA
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$49,289
Non-Federal:
$100,584
Michael Barber
Outreach, Information Transfer
2005
WA
Annual Base
Using Stable Isotopes to Trace Nitrate Sources and Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions in the Upper Yakima River Drainage
Federal:
$27,490
Non-Federal:
$55,001
Carey Gazis
Surface water-groundwater interactions, Nitrate, Stable isotope, Yakima River
2005
WA
Annual Base
Removal of the Human Pathogen Giardia intestinales from Ground Water
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,065
Dirk Schulze-Makuch, C Keller, Joan Wu
Giardia, pathogen, reactive barrier, drinking water
2005
WA
Annual Base
Oxygenation for the Management of Sediment Mercury Release from Aquatic Sediments
Federal:
$27,500
Non-Federal:
$55,219
Marc Beutel, Barry Moore
lakes, hypolimnetic anoxia, sediment, mercury cycling, methylmercury
2005
WI
Annual Base
University of Wisconsin-Water Resources Institute - Information Transfer
Federal:
$103,004
Non-Federal:
$231,620
Anders Andren, James Hurley, JoAnn Savoy
information, outreach, library
2005
WI
Annual Base
Foundry Slag for Treating Arsenic in Ground Water and Drinking Water
Federal:
$77,646
Non-Federal:
$75,206
Craig Benson
arsenic, drinking water, treatment
2005
WI
Annual Base
Occurrence of Estrogenic Endocrine Disruptors in Groundwater
Federal:
$29,392
Non-Federal:
$39,552
William Sonzogni
drinking water, contaminants, endocrine disruptors
2005
WV
Annual Base
West Virginia Water Resources Inventory and Assessment
Federal:
$108,184
Non-Federal:
$257,136
Richard Herd, John Quaranta, Paul Ziemkiewicz
Water Resources; water quantity; water use; water inventory; water data management
2005
WV
Annual Base
West Virginia Water Conference 2005
Federal:
$29,688
Non-Federal:
$62,282
Tamara Vandivort
Water, Economics, Education, Policy, Law, Management, Planning, Research, Conference
2005
WY
Annual Base
Land Use Impacts on Nitrogen Fixation in Jackson Hole Streams
Federal:
$32,827
Non-Federal:
$81,179
Robert Hall
Nitrogen cycling, Land-use, Nitrogen fixation, Streams
2005
WY
Annual Base
Real-Time Monitoring of E. Coli Contamination in Wyoming
Federal:
$100,250
Non-Federal:
$610,890
Paul Johnson
Water Quality Monitoring, Bacteria, Biomonitoring, Bioindicators
2005
WY
Annual Base
Innovative Technology Development to Maximize Beneficial Use of Produced Water from Coal Bed Natural Gas Operations in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Federal:
$53,600
Non-Federal:
$175,436
George Vance, Girisha Ganjegunte, Ronald Surdam
Water Treatment, Beneficial Use, Geochemical Processes
2004
AK
Annual Base
Short- and Long-term As-Aluminium Oxyhydroxide Sorption Interactions in Aquatic and Soil Environments
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$8,277
Silke Schiewer, Paras Trivedi
As, aluminium hydroxide, long-term kinetics, and thermodynamics
2004
AK
Annual Base
Monitoring Thermokarst Evolution at Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed
Federal:
$47,374
Non-Federal:
$18,742
Horacio Toniolo
thermokarst, grain size distribution, sediment transport, mapping
2004
AK
Annual Base
Development of Crab Shell Based Biosorbents for Removing Anionic Metal Complexes From Contaminated Water
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$10,436
Silke Schiewer
bio-sorption, metal ions, crab shells, mine tailings, metal removal
2004
AK
Annual Base
Infiltration in Coarse Soil and Formation of Infiltration Ice
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$10,586
David Barnes, Yuri Shur
drainage, seasonally frozen soils, permafrost, infiltration, infiltration ice
2004
AL
Annual Base
Nitrogen Cycling in Alabama Rivers: Effects of Nutrient Addition on the Composition of Functional Microbial Communities
Federal:
$24,806
Non-Federal:
$49,822
Julie Olson, Perry Churchill, Amelia Ward
Nitrogen cycle, nitrogen fixation, nitrification, denitrification, riverine systems
2004
AL
Annual Base
Development and Characterization of a New Class of High-Capacity Ion Exchangers and and Environmentally Benign Process for Removal of Perchlorate in Water
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$61,278
Dongye Zhao, Willie Harper, Aliecia McClain
Perchlorate removal, ion exchange, ligand exchange, regenerative process, residual waste treatment, rocket fuel, water treatment
2004
AL
Annual Base
The Evaluation of an Approach to Estimate Regional Scale Surface Moisture as an Indicator of Drought for Alabama Using NASA's MODIS Data
Federal:
$23,348
Non-Federal:
$46,944
Luke Marzen, Jean-Marie Wersinger
Drought, Moisture, Remote Sensing, MODIS, Maps, Southeast
2004
AR
Annual Base
Vadose-zone losses of soluble heavy metals from pasture soil amended with varying rates of poultry litter
Federal:
$15,480
Non-Federal:
$30,900
Kristofor Brye
equilibrium-tension lysimeters, leaching, heavy metals, arsenic, chromium, cadmium, pasture, poultry litter
2004
AR
Annual Base
Oxide-Catalyzed Oxidation of 17b-Estradiol to Estrone
Federal:
$17,703
Non-Federal:
$35,406
Guangyao Sheng
biosolid, animal waste, estradiol, water quality, oxidation
2004
AR
Annual Base
Nutrient losses in runoff and leaching from poultry litter applications to loblolly pine stands and pastures
Federal:
$18,241
Non-Federal:
$36,635
Hal Liechty, Adrian Ares, Mike Daniels
Runoff, poultry litter, leaching, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, loblolly pine, best management practices
2004
AR
Annual Base
Hydrodynamics of a Karst Soil Catena in the Ozark Plateau, USA
Federal:
$19,500
Non-Federal:
$39,000
John Brahana, Phil Hays
Karst hydropedology; hydraulic conductivity; infiltration; nitrate; denitrification; dissolved organic carbon; nutrient processing; poultry litter; silvopastoral agroecosystem; stable isotopes; biogeochemistry
2004
AZ
Annual Base
Permeable Reactive Biobarriers for the Containment and Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage
Federal:
$11,678
Non-Federal:
$24,270
James Field, Reyes Sierra
Acid Mine Drainage, Ground Water, Heavy Metals, Metalloids, Toxic Substances, Mining, Smelting Sites, Bioremediation, Permeable Reactive Barriers, Biomineralization, Microbial Reduction, Sulfate Reduction
2004
AZ
Annual Base
Impact of drought on management of salt sensitive plants with reclaimed water
Federal:
$7,000
Non-Federal:
$30,492
Ursula Schuch
Reclaimed water, salinity, drought, plant growth
2004
AZ
Annual Base
Measurement of estrogenic activity in sludges and biosolids
Federal:
$12,305
Non-Federal:
$24,403
David Quanrud, Robert Arnold, Jon Chorover, Wendell Ela
estrogenic activity, sludge, biosolids
2004
AZ
Annual Base
Controlling Salt Accumulation to Enhance Sustainability of Subsurface Drip Irrigation
Federal:
$11,933
Non-Federal:
$34,237
Thomas Thompson, Arthur Warrick
water conservation, irrigation
2004
AZ
Annual Base
Estimation of acute upper lethal water temperature tolerances of native Arizona fishes
Federal:
$8,102
Non-Federal:
$16,203
Scott Bonar
threatened and endangered species, fisheries, water temperature, water levels, rivers
2004
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$35,363
Non-Federal:
$60,232
Sharon Megdal, Joe Gelt, Kathy Jacobs, Jackie Moxley, Kerry Schwartz, Terry Sprouse
2004
CA
Annual Base
Hydrological regimes, pond morphology, habitat use: predicting the impact of an emerging aquatic pathogen
Federal:
$19,482
Non-Federal:
$36,689
Cheryl Briggs, Cheryl Briggs
amphibian declines, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Mountain yellow-legged frogs, emerging disease, habitat use, Rana muscosa.
2004
CA
Annual Base
Using Marine Derived Nitrogen in Tree Rings to Assess Nutrient Flux and Salmon Escapement
Federal:
$14,276
Non-Federal:
$29,331
Michael Johnson, Michael Johnson
Marine derived nutrients, Riparian ecology, Stable isotopes, Oncorhynchus, Dendroecology, Nutrient subsidies.
2004
CA
Annual Base
Feasibility of Snowpack Characterization Using Remote Sensing and Advanced Data Assimilation Techniques
Federal:
$17,691
Non-Federal:
$25,093
Steven Margulis
snow modeling, remote sensing, data assimilation, snow water equivalent, snowpack water supply
2004
CA
Annual Base
Modeling and Optimization of Seawater Intrusion Barriers in Southern California Coastal Plain
Federal:
$18,090
Non-Federal:
$24,360
William W-G. Yeh
2004
CA
Annual Base
Development of a Quantitative Detection Method for Enumerating Host-Specific Fecal Bacteria Based on Real-Time, Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
Federal:
$18,250
Non-Federal:
$27,475
Kara Nelson
Microbial source tracking, fecal indicator organisms, quantitative polymerase chain reaction
2004
CO
Annual Base
Determination of Ecosystem Response Thresholds to Nutrient of Flowing Waters in Montane Colorado
Federal:
$8,500
Non-Federal:
$17,109
William Lewis, William Lewis
Nutrients, Nutrient criteria, Clean Water Act
2004
CO
Annual Base
Salt Chemistry Effects on Indirect Field Salinity Assessment in the Arkansas River Valley, Colorado
Federal:
$2,735
Non-Federal:
$5,472
Grant Cardon, Grant Cardon
Salinity, Soil chemistry, Electromagnetic Induction Meter (EM), Arkansas River Valley, Gypsum
2004
CT
Annual Base
Chaotic Advection Enhanced Remediation
Federal:
$50,104
Non-Federal:
$129,872
Amvrossios Bagtzoglou
Natural Attenuation, remediation, chaos theory
2004
CT
Annual Base
The dual influence of Alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, on inland water quality
Federal:
$50,255
Non-Federal:
$140,586
David Post
river herring, alewife, nutrients, food webs, zooplankton, anadromous, landlocked, phytoplankton
2004
CT
Annual Base
Investigating the Influence of Purging on Long-Term Remediation Compliance Monitoring
Federal:
$27,984
Non-Federal:
$47,906
Gary A. Robbins
groundwater, purging, monitoring well, water quality
2004
DC
Annual Base
The Development of a MEMS-based Integrated Wireless Remote Biosensors
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Esther Ososanya, Esther Ososanya
Wireless biosensors, pollutants, ecological quality, drinking water security
2004
DC
Annual Base
District of Columbia Drinking Water Blind Taste Testing Project
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Lillie Monroe-Lord, James DaWanna
Bottle Water, Ground Water, Tap Water, Chlorine, Water Distillers, Water Sterilizer System, Water Quality Test Kit, Filtering of Water
2004
DC
Annual Base
DC H2O: Whats On Tap?
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Rovenia Brock-Riggins, William Hare
water quality, tap water, 4-H youths, GIS
2004
DC
Annual Base
Identification of PCB and Chlordane sources in the Anacostia RIver Watershed
Federal:
$13,742
Non-Federal:
$27,484
Harriette Phelps
pollutants, tributary, urban, biomonitoring, Corbicula
2004
DE
Annual Base
Assisting Small and Underserved Farmers in Meeting Water Quality Objectives
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Dennis McIntosh
small farmers, water quality, best management practices
2004
DE
Annual Base
Monitoring and Assessing the Nutrient Status and Overall Health of Freshwater Wetlands
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Bruce Vasilas
wetland health, nutrients, monitoring strategies
2004
DE
Annual Base
A Water Resource Threat Analysis for Delaware
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Janet Johnson
2004
DE
Annual Base
Evaluating Land Application of Wastewater as a Nutrient Reduction Control Strategy for the Chesapeake Bay
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
William Ritter
land application, wastewater, nutrients, Chesapeake Bay
2004
DE
Annual Base
Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife at Flat Pond: Reclaiming a Freshwater Pond near the C&D Canal
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Judith Hough-Goldstein
invasive plants, biological control, wildlife habitat
2004
DE
Annual Base
Design and Field Testing of Advanced Surveillance Systems for Delaware's Shallow Depth Estuaries
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
James Glancey
water pollutants, monitoring, real-time surveillance
2004
DE
Annual Base
An Evaluation of the Economic, Social, Environmental, and Recreational Benefits of the Christina Basin
Federal:
$1,750
Non-Federal:
$3,500
Steven Hastings, Gerald Kauffman
watershed policies, conservation, restoration
2004
DE
Annual Base
Fish Communities as Indicators of Water Quality: Quantifying the Response of Aquatic Systems to Pollutant Inputs in Delaware Headwaters
Federal:
$3,500
Non-Federal:
$7,000
Dewayne Fox, Maria Labreveux
biological indicators, water quality, fish communities
2004
FL
Annual Base
Sensitivity of the Hydroperiod of Forested Wetlands to Alterations in Topographic Attributes and Land Use
Federal:
$28,617
Non-Federal:
$57,234
Mahood Nachabe, Mahood Nachabe
Wetlands, Hydroperiod, Modeling
2004
FL
Annual Base
Ground Water Vulnerability Delineation Using Integrated GIS and Neuro-Fuzzy Methods
Federal:
$38,817
Non-Federal:
$113,420
Barnali Dixon
Ground Water Modeling
2004
GA
Annual Base
Seismic imaging of fracture systems in crystalline rock
Federal:
$16,000
Non-Federal:
$32,000
Leland Long
Fractured rock aquifers, Water Resources Development, Geophysics
2004
GA
Annual Base
Decision Support for Georgia Water Resources Planning and Management
Federal:
$72,000
Non-Federal:
$162,516
Kathryn Hatcher
Multiple-Objective Planning, Watershed Management, Nonpoint Pollution
2004
GA
Annual Base
Biogeochemical Cycling of Arsenic at the Sediment-Water Interface of the Chattahoochee River
Federal:
$16,000
Non-Federal:
$32,037
Martial Taillefert
Arsenic, Biogeochemistry, Contaminant Transport, Metalloids, River Beds, Water Chemistry, Water Quality Monitoring
2004
GA
Annual Base
REDUCTIVE BIOTRANSFORMATION OF POLYCHLORO-NITROBENZENES UNDER IRON-REDUCING CONDITIONS
Federal:
$16,000
Non-Federal:
$32,000
Spyros Pavlostathis
Bioavailability, bioremediation, chlorinated organics, iron reduction, pesticides, reductive dehalogenation, sorption
2004
GU
Annual Base
Presence and Survival of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Soil from the Banks of Major Rivers and Streams on Guam
Federal:
$38,822
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton, Roger Fujioka, Annie Leon Guerrero, Harold Wood
Fecal indicator bacteria, recreational water quality, non fecal sources
2004
GU
Annual Base
Speciation studies of arsenic in Guam Waters Phase II.
Federal:
$31,199
Non-Federal:
$0
Maika Vuki
Arsenic speciation, organic and inorganic arsenic, hydride generation, HPLC, GC
2004
GU
Annual Base
Hydrology of the Sabana Watershed and Water Cave, Rota, CNM
Federal:
$37,475
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Groundwater, Island Karst, Water Supply
2004
GU
Annual Base
Persistent Contaminant Assessment of Food Fish from Tanapag Lagoon, Saipan
Federal:
$38,099
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton, Peter Houk, Harold Wood
Monitoring, Fish, Heavy Metals, PCBs, Pesticides
2004
GU
Annual Base
Refining the R-factor and Developing Rainfall Distribution Maps for the Island of Pohnpei
Federal:
$36,803
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Mark Lander
soil erosion rainfall water quality rainfall runoff processes climate
2004
GU
Annual Base
. Groundwater Development and Utilization for Emergency Drinking Water Supply on Fais, Yap State, FSM
Federal:
$53,220
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson, Donald Rubinstein
Groundwater, Island Karst, Carbonate Island Aquifers, Water Supply
2004
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$18,859
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2004
GU
Annual Base
Information Management
Federal:
$3,600
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz, Leroy Heitz
Rainfall Data, Climate Data, Water Resources Management
2004
GU
Annual Base
Qualitative examination of groundwater from Yap and some of its neighboring islands
Federal:
$30,114
Non-Federal:
$0
Vazhaveli Murukesan, Tim Scheidt, Leonard Yinug
Water Analysis, Water Quality, Groundwater
2004
GU
Annual Base
A water quality study of river and ground water resources in Kosrae, FSM.
Federal:
$26,138
Non-Federal:
$0
Puthiyaparambil Josekutty
Water quality, river water, drinking water, water analysis, water pollution, water borne diseases
2004
HI
Annual Base
Development of a New Technique for the Use of Dissolved Helium as an Environmental Groundwater Tracer
Federal:
$41,006
Non-Federal:
$83,247
Aly El-Kadi
helium, tracer tests, instrumentation
2004
HI
Annual Base
The Dynamic Effects of Native Versus Non-native Vegetation on the Ecohydrology of a Hawaiian Stream Valley
Federal:
$44,047
Non-Federal:
$72,265
Kaeo Duarte
Ecohydrology
2004
HI
Annual Base
Application of Innovative Methods and Strategies to Differentiate Sewage from Non-Point Source Pollution in Hawaii
Federal:
$18,006
Non-Federal:
$56,843
Roger Fujioka
Fecal Indicators, Water Quality Standards,Sewage Pollution, Non-Point Source Pollution
2004
IA
Annual Base
Identification of Relationships Between Soil Phosphorus and Phosphorus Loss Through Tile Drainage to Improve the Subsurface Drainage Component of the Iowa Phosphorus Index
Federal:
$35,500
Non-Federal:
$73,956
Antonio P. Mallarino, Matthew Helmers, Ramesh Kanwar
Phosphorus, subsurface drainage, water quality, environmental soil testing
2004
IA
Annual Base
Vegetative Filter Education and Assessment in the State of Iowa
Federal:
$38,500
Non-Federal:
$78,580
Steven Mickelson, Kapil Arora, Matthew Helmers
Vegetative filters, water quality, nutrients, sediment, assessment, education, impaired water-bodies, surface runoff, TMDL
2004
IA
Annual Base
Hydrologic Modeling of Subsurface Drainage for Predicting Drainage Outflow
Federal:
$33,605
Non-Federal:
$67,357
Matthew Helmers
Subsurface drainage, computer modeling, soil hydraulic properties
2004
ID
Annual Base
Validating Meta(loid) Flux Predicitons from Lake Coeur d'Alene Sediments Using Contaminated Ponds as Mesocosms
Federal:
$14,781
Non-Federal:
$34,079
Matthew Morra, Daniel Strawn
Heavy Metals, Mining, Sediments, Contaminant Flux
2004
ID
Annual Base
Advanced Cone Penetrometer Technology for In-Situ Measurement of Unsaturated Soil Hydraulic Properties
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$39,238
Molly Gribb
unsaturated soil, hydraulic conductivity, cone penetrometer, soil-water characteristic curve
2004
ID
Annual Base
Improved Short-term Operational Streamflow Forecasting for Snow-melt Dominated Basins (Request for Year 2 funding)
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$33,524
Von Walden, Karen Humes
Streamflow Forecasting, Snowmelt, Runoff, Remote Sensing
2004
ID
Annual Base
Ground water/surface water interactions in the Idaho batholith
Federal:
$14,925
Non-Federal:
$35,207
J. Mcnamara
Recharge
2004
IL
Annual Base
Rapid Solar Transformation of Nutrients in Natural Waters
Federal:
$22,500
Non-Federal:
$46,370
Gary Peyton, Gary Peyton
water quality, nutrients, non-point source, surface water, watershed, TMDL, BMP, geochemical, nitrate, ammonia, ammonification, organic nitrogen, solar, photochemistry, photolysis, radical, modeling, natural organic mater, NOM
2004
IN
Annual Base
Hydrologic and land use control on the nature and cycling of allochthonous of organic carbon in mixed land use water sheds within Central Indiana
Federal:
$55,048
Non-Federal:
$118,382
Timothy Filley, Chad Jafvert
dissolved organic matter, soil organic matter, particulate organic matter, agricultural drainage, biogeochemistry, stable isotopes, colloids
2004
IN
Annual Base
Characterizing Errors in Distributed Hydrologic Modeling
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$100,000
Rabi Mohtar
Hydrologic Models, Runoff Estimation, Distributed Modeling, Error Estimation, Spatial Hydrology, Finite Element Analysis, GIS, Physically-Based Models, Pollution Prevention
2004
IN
Annual Base
Potential of Controlled Drainage to Reduce Nitrate Contamination at the Watershed Scale
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,000
Jane Frankenberger, Eileen Kladivko
Nitrate, controlled drainage, agricultural drainage water management
2004
IN
Annual Base
Norms, public opinion, and preservation of non-charismatic aquatic and riparian species
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$83,742
Leigh Raymond
Species, Eastern Massasauga, Fanshell Mussel, public opinion, norms
2004
IN
Annual Base
Phosphorus Deposition in an Agricultural Drainage Ditch and Constructed Wetlands System
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$80,000
George Parker
Nonpoint source pollution, agricultural watershed, constructed wetlands
2004
IN
Annual Base
Septic System Permit Database
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$20,800
Brad Lee
septic systems failure, septic system operation and maintenance, septic system permit, septic system performance, septic system performance assessment
2004
IN
Annual Base
Stormwater Guidance and Implementation in Indiana: Perspectives on the new Rule 13
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$7,120
Jack Wittman, Jack Wittman
Watersheds, water management stormwater
2004
KS
Annual Base
Pharmaceuticals in Surface Water
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$33,332
Alok Bhandari
screening, pharmaceuticals, wastewater, Kansas
2004
KS
Annual Base
Water and the Future of Kansas Annual Conference
Federal:
$13,418
Non-Federal:
$31,188
Peter Allen MacFarlane, Peter Allen MacFarlane
water, conference, water supplies, water management
2004
KY
Annual Base
Linking chemical tolerance to reproductive resilience: CYP1A as a metric for predicting fish species distributions in chemically impacted habitats
Federal:
$6,750
Non-Federal:
$13,503
Adria Elskus
PCBs, monitoring, endocrine disruptors, bioindicators
2004
KY
Annual Base
Fine sediment source areas and in-channel sediment storage in the Upper Green River Basin, KY
Federal:
$25,474
Non-Federal:
$63,016
Stephen Kenworthy
soil erosion, aquatic habitat, sediment supply
2004
KY
Annual Base
Assessing groundwater age, regional flowpaths, and hydrochemical evolution of the Knox Group Aquifer in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$38,230
Harry Rowe
stable isotopes, Chlorine-36, brine
2004
KY
Annual Base
Characterizing pollution impacts to urban karst aquifers from artificial and enhanced recharge
Federal:
$23,662
Non-Federal:
$47,784
Randall Paylor, James Currens
hydrogeochemistry, storm runoff, lawn chemicals, wastewater
2004
LA
Annual Base
Quantifying Hydrologic Impacts on Spatio-Temporal Variability of Stream Water Quality in Coastal Louisiana
Federal:
$19,925
Non-Federal:
$47,679
Vijay Singh, Y. Jun Xu
Hydrologic Impacts, Hypoxia, Pollution, Streamflow, Space-Time Variability, Water Quality
2004
MD
Annual Base
Leaf-scale hyperspectral reflectance models for determining the nitrogen status of freshwater wetlands
Federal:
$29,957
Non-Federal:
$61,093
David Tilley, Andrew Baldwin
Chesapeake Bay, nitrogen pollution, tidal freshwater marshes, vegetation, remote sensing, spectroradiometry
2004
MD
Annual Base
Beneficial reuse of Baltimore Harbor dredgings and coal fly ash in engineering applications and effects on the Chesapeake Bay
Federal:
$7,322
Non-Federal:
$14,854
Ahmet Aydilek, MD MD
Dredging, Chesapeake Bay, coal fly ash, stabilization, beneficial reuse
2004
MD
Annual Base
Using Bioaugmentation to Improve the Biodegradation of Chlorinated Compounds in Wetlands -- Summer Fellowship
Federal:
$3,800
Non-Federal:
$7,679
Allen Davis, Philip Kearney
Wetlands, Biodegradation, Chlorinated, Trichloroethylene, Tetrachloroethane
2004
ME
Annual Base
Evaluating scope and trends for decreasing base cations (and increasing diluteness)
Federal:
$35,200
Non-Federal:
$79,532
Steve Kahl, Katherine Webster, Ivan Fernandez
acid deposition, acid-neutralizing capacity, base cations, lakes, water chemistry
2004
ME
Annual Base
Integrating Biological and Streams Data into PEARL
Federal:
$7,626
Non-Federal:
$92,833
Peter Vaux, Steve Kahl, Kate Beard
web, data access, database design, data quality assurance, environmental
2004
ME
Annual Base
Metal mobilization from municipal biosolids stockpiles: The role of dissolved organic matter.
Federal:
$4,735
Non-Federal:
$50,139
Aria Amirbahman, John Peckenham
Contaminant Transport, Sludge, Toxic Substances, Water Quality
2004
ME
Annual Base
Nutrient cycling within the Meduxnekeag River and the use of periphytic algae as an indicator of nutrient loading
Federal:
$15,300
Non-Federal:
$129,110
David Dail, Steve Kahl, Katherine Webster
agriculture, algae, eutrophication, Geographic Information Systems,
2004
ME
Annual Base
Field Guide to Aquatic Phenomena
Federal:
$3,022
Non-Federal:
$14,054
Katherine Webster
Ecosystems; Education; Information Dissemination; Lakes; Streams;
2004
ME
Annual Base
NATIVE AND INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANT VIRTUAL HERBARIUM
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$15,500
Dan Buckley, Steve Kahl, Scott Williams
aquatic plants, bio monitoring, conservation, ecosystems, information
2004
ME
Annual Base
Maine Information Transfer, FY04
Federal:
$31,138
Non-Federal:
$84,544
Steve Kahl, John Peckenham
2004
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$27,524
Non-Federal:
$57,287
Jon Bartholic
Data Analysis, Data Storage and Retrieval, Information Dissemination, System Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Water Quality Management, Watershed Management
2004
MI
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Technology Transfer Training Programs
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,571
Lois Wolfson
Water Quality; Watershed Management; Macroinvertebrates; Lakescaping; Water Chemistry; Monitoring; GIS
2004
MI
Annual Base
Studying the Quantative Water Withdrawal Effects on Michigan's Water Supply and Distributing the Conclusions
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,653
William Northcott, Steve Miller
Hydrology, Water Use Conflicts, GIS, Groundwater
2004
MI
Annual Base
Use of Spatial Data and GIS in Evaluating Manure Application Risk Index (MARI)
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,541
Da Ouyang, Carrie Laboski
Water Quality; Animal Manure; Nutrients; Risk Index; GIS; Non-point Source Pollution; Modeling
2004
MI
Annual Base
Sediment transport modeling using high resolution LIDAR-derived DEMs
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,879
A. Shortridge, Yi Shi
Scale, DEM, hydrologic model, accuracy, LIDAR
2004
MN
Annual Base
Phyto-enhanced Remediation: A Wetland Treatment System for Surface Water Protection
Federal:
$48,524
Non-Federal:
$81,826
William Arnold, Timothy LaPara
phytoremediation, methanotrophic bacteria, trichloroethylene
2004
MN
Annual Base
The Effects of Long-Term Low-Level Antibiotic Exposure on the Development of Antibiotic Resistance
Federal:
$5,490
Non-Federal:
$10,816
Kristine Wammer
antibiotic resistance, antibacterials, pharmaceuticals
2004
MN
Annual Base
Assessing the Exotoxicology of 4-Nonyphenol, A Ubiquitous Environmental Estrogen, in Two Organismal Bioassays
Federal:
$76,000
Non-Federal:
$90,416
Heiko Schoenfuss, Larry Barber, Matthew Julius
Nonylphenols, Water Quality, Alkylphenols, Fish, Diatom
2004
MO
Annual Base
Use of Excitation/Emission Matrix Fluorescence
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$46,805
Baolin Deng, Baolin Deng
Molecular fluoresence spectroscopy; fluoresence excitational emission; waster water treatment; ground water, pollution
2004
MO
Annual Base
The Leaching Behavior of Arsenic and Selenium from Fly Ash and Their Potential Impact on Water Quality
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$45,152
Jianmin Wang, Joel Burken
arsenic and selenium leaching; fly ash; arsenic;
2004
MO
Annual Base
Experimental Analysis of Nutrient Uptake in Streams
Federal:
$18,985
Non-Federal:
$44,638
Dev Niyogi
nutrients; nitrogen, phosphorus, ecosystems, euthrophication
2004
MS
Annual Base
Evaluation of Wetland Floristic Quality Indices as Indicators of Ecological Integrity in North Mississippi Wetlands
Federal:
$29,702
Non-Federal:
$59,712
Gary Ervin
aquatic plants, bioindicators, biomonitoring, ecological integrity, exotic species, native species, wetlands
2004
MS
Annual Base
Water Quality Standards: Establishing Nutrient Criteria for Mississippi's Coastal Waters
Federal:
$98,717
Non-Federal:
$197,434
Harriet Perry
water quality, water quality standards, coastal zone, estuaries, nutrients, eutrophication, nitrogen, phosphorus, suspended sediments, algae
2004
MT
Annual Base
Amphibian habitat distribution and the population structure of Columbia spotted frogs, Rana luteiventris, in western Montana watersheds
Federal:
$54,760
Non-Federal:
$109,544
Lisa Eby
beaver wetlands, Columbia spotted frog, population ecology, conservation genetics, landscape ecology
2004
MT
Annual Base
Evaluation of various methods to assess condition of perennial stream ecosystems
Federal:
$6,100
Non-Federal:
$15,501
Clayton Marlow
proper functioning condition, riparian health, ecosystem stability, aquatic macroinvertibrates, trout habitat, stream morphology
2004
MT
Annual Base
Defining river recharge and three-dimensional areas of contribution to production wells adjacent to a losing river, Western Montana
Federal:
$14,743
Non-Federal:
$35,534
William Woessner
groundwater, losing stream, capture zone, contributing area, modeling, isotopes, geochemistry
2004
MT
Annual Base
Quantitative assessment of the effectivenes of post-fire erosion control techniques
Federal:
$6,680
Non-Federal:
$13,369
Scott Woods, Thomas DeLuca
soil erosion, forest fire, burn-area emergency rehabilitation
2004
MT
Annual Base
Investigation of microbial ecology, structure, and function in coalbed aquifers: Powder River Basin, Montana
Federal:
$60,512
Non-Federal:
$121,148
John Wheaton, Patrick Ball
aquifer, preservation, methanogenesis, sustainability
2004
MT
Annual Base
Montana Water Center 2004 Student Research Fellowship: Recreation on the upper Yellowstone River: Use and Place Attachment
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Megan McBride, Norma Nickerson
2004
NC
Annual Base
Is There a Relationship Between Phosphorus and Fecal Microbes in Aquatic Sediments?
Federal:
$46,338
Non-Federal:
$92,674
Lawrence Cahoon, Michael Mallin
Phosphorus, Bacteria, River Beds, Stormwater Management, Watershed Management
2004
NC
Annual Base
Arsenic and Heavy Metal Leaching Potential from Broiler Litter Stockpiled on Bare Soil
Federal:
$48,666
Non-Federal:
$97,334
Sanjay Shah, Garry Grabow, David Hardy, Dean Hesterberg, Rodney Huffman, James Parsons
Poultry, Copper, Manganese, Zinc, Nitrate, Phosphate, Soil Sampling, Litter Sampling
2004
NC
Annual Base
Integration of High Resolution Imagery in Cost-effective Assessment of Land Use Practices Influencing Erosion and Sediment Yield
Federal:
$47,616
Non-Federal:
$95,230
Siamak Khorram, Stacy Nelson
remote sensign, land use/land cover, water quality , water quality modeling, watershed management, erosion control, sediment yield, geographic information systems
2004
ND
Annual Base
Effects of West Nile Virus Infection, Immune Function, and Age on Female Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) Reproduction.
Federal:
$6,030
Non-Federal:
$12,159
Wendy Reed, Wendy Reed
Wetlands, Breeding Habitat, West Nile Virus, Female Birds Immunity
2004
ND
Annual Base
Analysis and Model Simulation of Stormwater Runoff -- A Study of Land Use and System Design on Discharge Flow Rates and Water Quality
Federal:
$15,750
Non-Federal:
$31,655
Wei Lin, G. Padmanabhan
Urban Runoff, Non-point source pollution, Storm water runoff, Modeling
2004
ND
Annual Base
Reliable and Continuous Measurement of Flow Rate in the Red River of The North by means of an Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meter
Federal:
$9,690
Non-Federal:
$19,380
Wei Lin, G. Padmanabhan
Stream Flow Measurement, Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meter, Rating Curves, Velocity Profile
2004
ND
Annual Base
Sample Analysis, Kinetic Studies, and Modeling of a Full-Scale Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor for Ammonia Removal
Federal:
$9,690
Non-Federal:
$19,381
Wei Lin
Ammonia Removal, Kinetic studies, Moving bed biofilm reactor
2004
ND
Annual Base
Study of Denitrification in the Karlsruhe Aquifer Using Stable Isotopes of N and O in Nitrate
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
[UNKNOWN]
Groundwater quality, Denitrification, Nitrate contamination, Stable isotopes
2004
NE
Annual Base
Remediation of PCB-Contaminated Soils and Sediment using Zerovalent Iron and Surfactants
Federal:
$18,126
Non-Federal:
$44,736
Steve Comfort
PCB, Zerovalent Iron, Surfactants
2004
NE
Annual Base
Investigation of Groundwater Interactions with Surface Hydrologic Systems in River Valleys -- Using Modeling and Field Approaches
Federal:
$9,976
Non-Federal:
$38,003
Xun-Hong Chen, Jim Goeke
Stream-aquifer Interactions, Groundwater Evapotranspiration, Streambed Conductance
2004
NE
Annual Base
Low-Cost Flow Estimation for Storm Water Quality BMP Monitoring
Federal:
$8,994
Non-Federal:
$11,902
David Admiraal, Bruce Dvorak, John Stansbury
BMP, DIscharge measurements, storm water quality
2004
NE
Annual Base
Hydrogeological Controls of Salinity Patterns in the Sand Hills Lakes, NE
Federal:
$19,975
Non-Federal:
$45,389
Vitaly Zlotnik, Sherilyn Fritz, David Loope, James Swinehart
lakes, salinity, hydrogeology, surface-groundwater relationships, the Sand Hills, aquifer characterization, field methods
2004
NH
Annual Base
USE OF MALE SPECIFIC BACTERIOPHAGE AS AN INDICATOR FOR THE PRESENCE OF HEPATITIS A VIRUS IN ALKALINE STABILIZED BIOSOLIDS INTENDED FOR LAND APPLICATION
Federal:
$22,945
Non-Federal:
$72,123
Aaron Margolin
Biosolids, Indicators, bacteriophage MS-2, Hepititis A
2004
NJ
Annual Base
Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans by Dehalorespiring Bacterial Cultures
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,799
Fang Liu, Donna E. Fennell
sediment, dioixin, DLC, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins , polychlorinated dibenzofurans , PCDF, Passaic River, bioremediation, dechlorination, PCR, polymerase chain reaction, Dehalococcoides ethenogenes, DGGE, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, t
2004
NJ
Annual Base
Efficiency of Bioretention Systems to Reduce Fecal Coliform Counts in Stormwater
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,404
Gregory Rusciano, Christopher Obropta
BMPs, stormwater, detention basins, wet ponds, stormwater wetlands, bioretention, swales, prefabricated treatment devices, riparian buffers,
2004
NJ
Annual Base
Soil Moisture Regimes and Nitrate Leaching in Urban Wetlands
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$9,796
Emilie Stander, Joan Ehrenfeld
wetlands, denitrification, hydrology, stormwater, urban wetlands, lysimetry, soil moisture, nitrate leaching
2004
NJ
Annual Base
Seed Dispersal Dynamics in Restored and Intact Salt Marshes: Implications for Restoration Success
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$8,793
Polly Hicks, JeanMarie Hartman
seed dispersal, Spartina alterniflora , Phragmites australis,secondary dispersal, restoration, Harbor Estuary, Meadowlands
2004
NJ
Annual Base
Use of stable isotope ratios of mercury to track and differentiate between sources of mercury pollution
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,177
Krittee Krittee, Tamar Barkay
stable isotope fractionation, SIF, methylmercury, reductase, methylation
2004
NJ
Annual Base
HIgh resolution geophysical imaging as a novel method for noninvasive characterization of contaminated wetlands: application to Kearny Marsh
Federal:
$29,130
Non-Federal:
$55,784
Lee Slater
wetland sediments, Kearny marsh, Keegan landfill, geophysical technology, GIS, surface water, groundwater
2004
NJ
Annual Base
Fate of Brominated Flame Retardants in New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$61,151
Donna E. Fennell, Uta Krogman, Lisa Totten
Wastewater treatment, WWTF, the brominated flame retardants, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, PBDEs, persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals, PBTs, sludge treatment, anaerobic digestion, dehalogenation
2004
NV
Annual Base
Small Scale Variability of Soil Ped Hydraulic Properties: Potential Impact on Soil Recharge and Ecosystems
Federal:
$31,246
Non-Federal:
$63,234
Michael Young, Eric McDonald
spatial variability, groundwater recharge, soil hydraulic properties, soil recharge, ecosystems, soils development, plant water availability
2004
NV
Annual Base
Development of a Classification System for Natural Impervious Cover in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Federal:
$38,252
Non-Federal:
$76,290
Mary Cablk
Impervious cover, classification system, remote sensing, transport, loading, sediment, erosion
2004
NY
Annual Base
Innovative management of stormwater on under-utilized urban surfaces
Federal:
$4,674
Non-Federal:
$54,402
Tammo Steenhuis, Jackie Brookner, Franco Montalto, Eric Rothstein, Michael Walter
Urban stormwater, Combined sewer systems, Impermeable surfaces, Storage and treatment, Ecohydrological approach
2004
NY
Annual Base
Regional water quality tools for identifying high runoff risk areas in watersheds.
Federal:
$45,360
Non-Federal:
$60,914
Todd Walter, Michael Walter
Nonpoint pollution; Agriculture; Nutrients; Transport processes; GIS computational tools
2004
NY
Annual Base
Measuring the effects of wetland and riparian zones on water quality in the urban Patroon Creek Watershed, Albany County, NY.
Federal:
$43,280
Non-Federal:
$54,388
John Arnason, George Robinson
Nonpoint pollution; Stormwater; Wetlands; Urban and suburban land use; Aquatic ecosystems;
2004
OH
Annual Base
Rapid Characterization of PCB Contaminated Sediments toward Effective Enhanced Remediation
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$61,655
Cyndee Gruden, Cyndee Gruden
sediments, PCBs, remediation, microbiology
2004
OH
Annual Base
The Scour and Deposition around River and Estuarine Bridges
Federal:
$47,874
Non-Federal:
$96,500
Diane Foster, Thomas Lippmann
Bridge, hydraulics, scour, deposition
2004
OH
Annual Base
Evaluating the Utility of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridizations as a Regular Process Monitoring Tool to Improve Reliable Wastewater Treatment
Federal:
$25,190
Non-Federal:
$52,401
Daniel Oerther, Daniel Oerther
16S rRNA; activated sludge; biological nutrient removal; FISH; molecular biology; sewage treatment; wastewater
2004
OK
Annual Base
Springs in Time: Comparison of Present and Historical Flows
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$105,348
Aondover Tarhule, Elizabeth Bergey
Arbuckle-Simpson aquifer, ground-surface water interaction, springs, dewatering, temporal change, biomonitoring, invertebrate fauna
2004
OK
Annual Base
Evaluation of Chemical and Biological Loading to the Blue River
Federal:
$49,920
Non-Federal:
$123,806
Guy Sewell, Paul Mauck, David Walker
E.coli, water quality, TMDL, nutrients, Blue River
2004
OK
Annual Base
Optimal Selection of Management Practices for Phosphorus Abatement Using GIS and Economic Methodology in the Modeling of a Watershed
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,094
Brian Adam, Franklin Norwood, Arthur Stoecker, Daniel Storm
GIS, poultry litter, Eucha-Spavinaw, phosphorus, watershed modeling, hydrology, BMPs
2004
OR
Annual Base
Basin level datasets for anticipating future water scarcity and conflict in Oregon
Federal:
$30,832
Non-Federal:
$62,270
Aaron Wolf
Oregon, water availability datasets, conflict, water scarcity index, GIS
2004
OR
Annual Base
Satellite Remote Sensing of Wildfire Induced Changes in Hydro-Geomorphological Landscape Patterns and Processes
Federal:
$21,236
Non-Federal:
$43,126
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
Channel, erosion, geomorphology, hydrology, remote sensing, sediment, wildfire.
2004
OR
Annual Base
Synergetic effects of colloids and organic matter on membrane fouling
Federal:
$19,674
Non-Federal:
$40,388
Qilin Li
Nanofiltration, membranes, colloid particles, dissolved organic matter
2004
OR
Annual Base
Hydrogeomorphic Analysis of the Luckiamute Watershed, Central Coast Range, Oregon:
Federal:
$44,688
Non-Federal:
$98,925
Stephen Taylor
Luckiamute Watershed, Coast Range, fluvial geomorphology, drainage morphometry
2004
OR
Annual Base
Riverine gravel supply in Oregon
Federal:
$20,074
Non-Federal:
$43,472
Peter Klingeman
Sediment transport, gravel, environmental impacts
2004
PA
Annual Base
Controls on Nutrient Levels for Spruce Creek and a Major Tributary
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$33,429
David Lehmann, Dennis Johnson, Ryan Mathur
Spruce Creek, nutrient analysis, water quality
2004
PA
Annual Base
Split-Flow Stormwater Demonstration and Feasibility Study
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Stuart Echols
Stormwater, Watershed, Mitigation, Split-Flow, Hydrology
2004
PA
Annual Base
Nutrient Removal of a Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) Treating Wastewter with Potential for Water Reclamation
Federal:
$14,962
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Baikun Li
nitrogen removal, sequencing batch reactor (SBR), water reclamation, nitrification, denitrification, nitrifiers, redox potential
2004
PA
Annual Base
Nitrogen dynamics in the Spring Creek watershed (Pennsylvania, USA): Evaluating stream retention of point and non-point source loadings
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Hunter Carrick
Nutrient loading, nutrient retention, trophic transfer
2004
PR
Annual Base
Sorption Behavior of Crumb Rubber to Remove Inorganic and Organic Contaminants from Aqueous Solutions.
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,157
Oscar Perales-Perez, Marco Arocha, Felix Roman
water treatment, water quality, organic compounds, heavy metals
2004
RI
Annual Base
Stream Stability and Scour Potential for Rhode Island Bridges
Federal:
$13,013
Non-Federal:
$25,310
George Tsiatas
bridge scour, water use, sediments
2004
RI
Annual Base
URI Water Reserve Project
Federal:
$10,360
Non-Federal:
$83,782
Vincent Rose
Education, Conservation, Treatment, Water Reuse
2004
RI
Annual Base
Mitigating Runoff Contamination Due to DeIcing and Anti-Icing Operations at T.F.Green Airport
Federal:
$19,165
Non-Federal:
$56,248
Christopher Hunter
glycols; aircraft de-icing; aircraft anit-icing; environmetal impacts; aircraft; deicing chemicals; runoff; drainage; contaminants; regulations
2004
SC
Annual Base
Application of Emerging Technologies for Water Quality Monitoring and Data Transfer in the Saluda-Reedy Watershed
Federal:
$28,240
Non-Federal:
$56,621
Christopher Post, Stephen Klaine
Water quality
2004
SC
Annual Base
Modeling the Impact of Reservoir Management Regimes on Important Ecosystems in the Santee River Basin
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$78,675
John Grego
Extend Simulation Software, Stochastic Transfer Function Models, Vector ARIMA Time Series Models
2004
SD
Annual Base
Hydraulic Calibration of the Upper Soil Layers in a Glacial Till System
Federal:
$17,300
Non-Federal:
$36,003
Todd Trooien, Hal Werner
Agriculture, Soil Water Movement, Soil Physics
2004
SD
Annual Base
Evaluating Glomalin and Its Role in the Sorption of Organic Contaminants
Federal:
$49,806
Non-Federal:
$99,728
Frank Schindler, James Rice
Soil organic matter, Organic Contaminants, Glomalin
2004
SD
Annual Base
Invertebrate and Aquatic Plant Studies of Two Mesotrophic Lakes in South Dakota
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,812
David German
Invertebrates, Macrophytes, Nutrients, Bioindicators
2004
SD
Annual Base
Coupled Carbon-Nitrogen Geochemistry under Reducing Conditions in a Prairie Pothole
Federal:
$7,000
Non-Federal:
$14,375
James Rice
carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, prairie pothole, dissolved organic carbon, dissolved organic nitrogen, NOM, organic geochemistry
2004
TN
Annual Base
Removal of Toxic Heavy Metals from Wastewater Effluents
Federal:
$13,415
Non-Federal:
$42,104
Gregory Grant
heavy metals, toxic substances, water chemistry, wastewater treatment, water quality, hazardous waste, trace elements, pollutants
2004
TN
Annual Base
An Investigation of Surface-Ground Water Connections at Nonconnah Creek: A Source of Recharge and Potential Contamination for the Memphis Aquifer in Shelby County Tennessee
Federal:
$25,381
Non-Federal:
$55,170
Daniel Larsen, Jerry Anderson, Stephanie Ivey, Brian Waldron
groundwater hydrology, groundwater movement, age dating, groundwater recharge, urban hydrology, groundwater quality
2004
TN
Annual Base
In-Field Comparison of Drip Distribution Dosed with Septic Tank Effluent vs. Secondary Quality Effluent
Federal:
$24,000
Non-Federal:
$136,011
John Buchanan, Jennifer Brogdon
drip dispersal, domestic wastewater, decentralized wastewater management
2004
TX
Annual Base
Removal of Hormones through a Conventional Wastewater Treatment System
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,157
Adrian Dongell, John Easton
hormones, water and wastewater treatment, water quality
2004
TX
Annual Base
Novel Polymeric Water Treatment for In Situ Removal of Organic Contaminants from Water Bodies
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$14,465
Timothy Goebel, Kevin McInnes
Water treatment, polymers, pesticides, flocculation
2004
TX
Annual Base
Estimating Water Availability and Sustainable Yield in a Coastal Semi-Arid Region of South Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$31,658
Vivekanand Honnungar, Venkatesh Uddameri
Groundwater availability, groundwater modeling, sustainability, water use.
2004
TX
Annual Base
Assessment of Four Economic and Managerial Models for Operation of Public Water Systems in Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,300
Greg Landreth, David Eaton
Rural water systems, drinking water, privatization of water utilities, water treatment and distribution
2004
TX
Annual Base
Development of Optimal Water Conservation and Management Strategies for Industrial Facilities
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$12,275
Eva Lovelady, Mahmoud El-Halwagi
2004
TX
Annual Base
Improving Capabilities for Dealing with Key Complexities of Water Availability Modeling
Federal:
$4,884
Non-Federal:
$9,768
Hector Olmos, Ralph Wurbs
Water rights modeling, water availability modeling, surface water hydrology, surface water management
2004
TX
Annual Base
A Near Real-Time Flood Prediction Using Hourly NEXRAD Rainfall Data for the State of Texas
Federal:
$4,950
Non-Federal:
$28,305
Bakkiyalakshmi Palanisamy, Raghavan Srinivasan
Floods, Modeling, Climate Data, Use of Real-Time Data
2004
TX
Annual Base
Effect of Flow Velocity on Biodegradation of Trichloroethene (TCE) and Perchlorethene (PCE) During Restoration of Contaminated Groundwater Aquifers
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,533
Itza Sanchez, Jeffrey Cunningham
Groundwater remediation, toxic pollutants, volatile organic compounds
2004
TX
Annual Base
Development of Smoke Tracer Instrumentation for Groundwater Recharge Investigations in the Edwards Aquifer Region
Federal:
$4,905
Non-Federal:
$10,694
Philip Taucer, Clyde Munster
Groundwater recharge methods, hydrology, brush control, hydrogeology
2004
TX
Annual Base
Radar-Based Flood Alert System for Austin, Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,084
Erin Williford, Philip Bedient
Floods, Modeling, Climate Data, Use of Real-Time Data
2004
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$29,785
Non-Federal:
$64,384
Bill Harris, Clint Wolfe
technology transfer, information dissemination, world wide web
2004
UT
Annual Base
Alternative Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems for Utah Conditions
Federal:
$77,858
Non-Federal:
$164,641
Judith Sims
On-site Wastewater Treatment, Alternative Systems, Decentralized Wastewater Treatment
2004
UT
Annual Base
Data Fusion for Improved Management of Large Western Water Systems
Federal:
$78,053
Non-Federal:
$148,032
Mac McKee, Mariush Kemblowski
Water System Operation, Short-Term Management, Long-Term Forecasting, Uncertainty
2004
VI
Annual Base
Hydrology Modeling in Turpentine Run, St. Thomas
Federal:
$120,824
Non-Federal:
$0
R. Kelsey, Henry Smith
Hydrology Modeling, Nonpoint Source Pollution
2004
VI
Annual Base
Development of a Water Budget for a Model, Integrated Farm in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Federal:
$36,000
Non-Federal:
$0
James Rakocy, Henry Smith
Rainwater Harvesting, Aquaculture Effluent, Water Reuse, Wastewater Irrigation, Water Budget
2004
VI
Annual Base
Water Resources Education at Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Randy Brown, Katherine Flanagan
Education, Conservation, Water Supply, Water Quality, Water Use, Wastewater
2004
VI
Annual Base
Virgin Islands Water Conference and Sixth Caribbean Islands Water Resources Congress
Federal:
$55,036
Non-Federal:
$0
Henry Smith
Caribbean,Virgin Islands, Water Resources, Conference
2004
VI
Annual Base
Production, Pricing and Distribution Policies of Public Water in St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands
Federal:
$55,677
Non-Federal:
$0
Hossana Solomon
Economics policy, water production costs, water pricing, water distribution costs
2004
VI
Annual Base
Evaluation of the Microbiological Quality of Cistern Waters in the Virgin Islands
Federal:
$48,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Toranzos, Henry Smith
Cisterns, Aeromonas, Enteroxins
2004
VT
Annual Base
A Comparison of Bacterial Concentrations in Streams: a Paired Watershed Study
Federal:
$58,788
Non-Federal:
$100,668
Leslie Morrissey
fecal contamination, E. coli, coliform, stream discharge, water quality, watersheds, remote sensing, GIS
2004
WA
Annual Base
Phosphorus Contamination of Surface Waters
Federal:
$24,000
Non-Federal:
$48,000
Markus Flury, Joseph Harrison, James Harsh, Claudio Stockle
ground and surface water quality, phosphorus, field drainage, solute transport
2004
WA
Annual Base
Three-dimensional Characterization of Riverbed Hydraulic Conductivity and Its Relation to Salmonid Habitat Quality
Federal:
$24,000
Non-Federal:
$48,147
Joan Wu, Timothy Hanrahan
Salmonid, Habitat Quality, Touchet River, Hydraulic Conductivity, Slug Test, Geostatistical Analysis, MODFLOW
2004
WA
Annual Base
Benthic Organisms and Flow Field Interactions: Improving Linkages and Descriptions
Federal:
$22,000
Non-Federal:
$45,138
Rollin Hotchkiss, Mark Stone, Richard Zack
aquatic habitat, periphyton, habitat modeling, instream flow methodology, flow measurement
2004
WI
Annual Base
Design and Evaluation of Rain Gardens for Enhancement of Groundwater Recharge
Federal:
$36,242
Non-Federal:
$35,037
Kenneth Potter
groundwater, raingarden, infiltration, recharge
2004
WI
Annual Base
Fate of Representative Fluoroquinolone, Macrolide, Sulfonamide and Tetracycline Antibiotics in Subsurface Environments
Federal:
$31,592
Non-Federal:
$25,713
Joel Pedersen
groundwater, antibiotics, organic matter, vadose zone
2004
WV
Annual Base
WRI 60: Changes to In-Stream Suspended Sediment and Turbidity Following Improvements to a Forest Road in West Virginia
Federal:
$75,180
Non-Federal:
$150,690
Jingxin Wang, Pamela Edwards, Joseph McNeel
Suspended sediment, turbidity, forest road construction, sediment delivery, road improvements, best management practices
2004
WV
Annual Base
West Virginia Water Conference 2004
Federal:
$22,336
Non-Federal:
$36,662
Tamara Vandivort
Water, Economics, Education, Policy, Research, Conference
2003
AL
Annual Base
A Molecular Approach to Determine the Orgin of Fecal Bacteria in Catoma Creek of the Alabama River Basin
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$55,117
Yucheng Feng
Pathogens, Fecal Coliform, Animal Waste, Non-point Source Pollution Control, Water Quality, Watershed Management
2003
AL
Annual Base
In-situ Destruction of PCbs, PCE and TCE in Alabama Soils and Groundwater Using a New Nanoscale Sorptive Catalyst
Federal:
$24,951
Non-Federal:
$49,902
Dongye Zhao
Chlorinated Contaminants, Environmental Catalysis, Groundwater Quality, PCBs, PCE, TCE, Soil Remediation
2003
AL
Annual Base
Characterizing the Biodegradation Rates of Chlorinated Compounds Under Natural and Anthropogenic Electron Donor Conditions
Federal:
$24,959
Non-Federal:
$51,939
Prabhakar Clement
Chlorinated solvents, bioremediation, groundwater, transport, degradation, bioremediation, and microorganism
2003
AR
Annual Base
Antibiotic resistance and the relationship between enzyme activity and P in runoff from poultry litter amended soil
Federal:
$14,749
Non-Federal:
$29,451
Mary Savin
antibiotic resistance, phosphorus, runoff, microorganisms, enzymes, phosphatase, poultry litter
2003
AR
Annual Base
Development of techniques for identifying and linking physical characteristics to surface runoff source areas
Federal:
$14,838
Non-Federal:
$29,678
Indrajeet Chaubey, Thomas Costello
Hydrology, soil moisture content, runoff, nonpoint source pollution
2003
AR
Annual Base
Evaluating the Influence of Lake Francis on Phosphorus Concentrations and Transport at the Illinois River
Federal:
$20,170
Non-Federal:
$40,344
Thomas Soerens, W. Limp
Water Quality, Phosphorus, Sediment, Watershed Management
2003
AR
Annual Base
Impact of Urbanization on the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Infiltration
Federal:
$4,349
Non-Federal:
$8,699
Ralph K. Davis
storm-water, infiltration
2003
AR
Annual Base
Viability of Obtaining Drinking Water From the Flooded Coal Mines in the Area of Greenwood, Arkansas
Federal:
$4,349
Non-Federal:
$8,699
Ralph K. Davis
municipal water use, coal mines, water chemistry
2003
AR
Annual Base
Analysis of Water Conflicts in Pakistan and the Middle East A Comparative Study
Federal:
$4,350
Non-Federal:
$8,698
Ralph K. Davis
Transboundary Water Conflicts
2003
AZ
Annual Base
Attenuation of Estrogenic Activity in Reclaimed Water and Stormwater During Impoindment in Natural Systems
Federal:
$12,214
Non-Federal:
$26,163
Martin Karpiscak, David Quanrud, Kevin Lansey, Wendell Ela, Charles Gerba, Robert Arnold
endocrine disrupting compounds, hormones, toxic substances
2003
AZ
Annual Base
Selection of High Performance Microalgae fro Bioremediation of Nitrate-Contaminated Groundwater
Federal:
$10,550
Non-Federal:
$49,624
Qiang Hu, Milton Sommerfeld
Nitrate Contamination, driking water source, algae, biological treatment, public health
2003
AZ
Annual Base
Impacts of Conservation Measures and Alternative Water Supplies on Groundwater
Federal:
$9,677
Non-Federal:
$20,969
Abe Springer, Lanya Ross
Conservation, Hydrogeology, Model Studies, Multiple-Objective Planning
2003
AZ
Annual Base
Integrating Research and Education to Assist Watershed Initiatives: A Survey of Three Arizona Watershed Organizations
Federal:
$12,451
Non-Federal:
$48,962
Robert Varady, Ed de Steiguer, Deborah Young, Anne Browning-Aiken, Robert Merideth
Watershed Management, Resource Planning, Education, Groundwater Management, Institutioal Relationships, River Basin Developoment, Socioeconomic Issues, Water Resources Development
2003
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$34,199
Non-Federal:
$43,399
Peter Wierenga
WS, M&P, EDU
2003
CA
Annual Base
Structure and seasonal changes of nematode communities from vernal pools (Santa Rosa Plateau)
Federal:
$18,542
Non-Federal:
$23,523
Paul De Ley
bioassessment, biodiversity, ecology, ephemeral pools survey, Southern California
2003
CA
Annual Base
Pyrethroid Insecticides in Nursery Runoff: Transport and Impact on Aquatic Invertebrates
Federal:
$19,644
Non-Federal:
$33,211
Jay Gan, Jay Gan
pesticide runoff, sediment runoff, urban watersheds, pesticide pollution, pyrethroids, bifenthrin, aquatic toxicity, water quality
2003
CA
Annual Base
Use of bioassays to assess the water quality of wastewater treatment plants for the occurrence of estrogens and androgens
Federal:
$19,668
Non-Federal:
$24,370
Daniel Schlenk
wastewater re-use, endocrine disrupters, exposure assessment, environmental estrogens, environmental androgens, vitellogenin, fish bioassay
2003
CA
Annual Base
Evaluating the effectiveness of vegetated buffers to remove nutrients, pathogens, and sediment transported in runoff from grazed, irrigated pastures
Federal:
$22,206
Non-Federal:
$35,427
Kenneth Tate, Brad Hall
buffer, irrigated pasture, water quality, BMP, grazing
2003
CA
Annual Base
California Water Resources Center WRIP Program
Federal:
$4,174
Non-Federal:
$63,540
John Letey, Martha Kennedy
administration cost
2003
CO
Annual Base
Urban Landscape Irrigation with Reclaimed Wastewater: Water Quality Assessment and Community Experience
Federal:
$23,865
Non-Federal:
$55,246
Yaling Qian, Yaling Qian
Urban landscape irrigation, Water reuse, Turfgrass, Water quality
2003
CO
Annual Base
Canal Modernization for Addressing Salinity Issues in the Arkansas Valley, Colorado
Federal:
$7,491
Non-Federal:
$14,982
John Wilkins-Wells, Ramchand Oad
Salinity, Water supply, Irrigation, Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Canal modernization
2003
CT
Annual Base
Occurrence and Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Pomperaug River
Federal:
$41,397
Non-Federal:
$76,371
Allison Mackay, Allison Mackay
contaminant transport, drugs, pharmaceuticals, personal-care products, trace organics, wastewater, water quality
2003
CT
Annual Base
Handheld Light Meters and Anion Exchange Membranes to Reduce the Threat of Water Pollution from Turfgrass Fertilizers
Federal:
$80,070
Non-Federal:
$125,079
Karl Guillard, Karl Guillard
nitrogen, fertilizers, water quality monitoring, water quality management, leaching, solute transport, plant growth, turfgrass management, ion exchange
2003
CT
Annual Base
Effects of Variation in Nitrogen and Phosphorus Ratios and Concentrations on Phytoplankton Communities of the Housatonic River
Federal:
$30,834
Non-Federal:
$91,716
Jennifer Klug, Jennifer Klug
algae, eutrophication, impoundments, nitrogen, nutrients, phosphorus, rivers, saline-freshwater interfaces, water chemistry, water quality
2003
DC
Annual Base
Assessment of Soil Erosion at Hillcrest Park Facility and Its Potential Effects on the Quality of DC Water Resources
Federal:
$21,388
Non-Federal:
$42,776
Inder Bhambri, Ahmet Zeytinci, Philip Brach
Sediment transport, total suspended solids, erosion, water quality
2003
DC
Annual Base
Sources of Bioavailable Toxic Pollutants in the Anacostia Watershed (Part III)
Federal:
$12,237
Non-Federal:
$2,810
Harriette Phelps
pollutants, tributary, urban, biomonitoring, corbicula
2003
DC
Annual Base
Effect of Pelletized Poultry Manure and Vegetable Production on Vadose Zone Water Quality
Federal:
$17,603
Non-Federal:
$35,206
James Allen, James Allen
Lysimeter, Vadose Zone, Nitrate, Phosphate
2003
DC
Annual Base
Water Environment Studies in Schools Training Program
Federal:
$9,000
Non-Federal:
$18,000
Jo Anne Favors, Jo Anne Favors
environment, water science, DCPS, mathematics, watershed
2003
DC
Annual Base
Effect of Microorganisms on the Speciation of Tributyltin and Triphenyltin compounds in clays from Sediments Using Mossbauer Spectroscopy
Federal:
$7,612
Non-Federal:
$15,224
Leopold May
tributyltin, triphenyltin, sediments, microorganisms, pollution, mossbauer spectroscopy
2003
DC
Annual Base
Analysis of Positive, Right Skewed, and Unimodal Observations
Federal:
$7,303
Non-Federal:
$14,616
Reza Modarres
Transformation, Environmental Statistics, Skewed Distribution
2003
DC
Annual Base
Speciation of Triorganotins in Sediments of the Anacostia and Potomac River Sediments as the Result of their Interaction with Bacteria
Federal:
$8,612
Non-Federal:
$17,224
George Eng, George Eng
tributyltin, triphenyltin, sediments, clays, bacteria, pollution, mossbauer spectroscopy
2003
DE
Annual Base
Surveillance of Stormwater Control and Wetlands Remediation Sites for Potential West Nile Virus Vector Breeding Activity
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
John Gingrich, John Gingrich
stormwater, disease transmission, human health, West Nile Virus
2003
DE
Annual Base
Enhanced Pollutant Biodegradation by Electrode Use
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Steven Dentel
organic pollutants, biodegradation, wastewater treatment
2003
DE
Annual Base
Fairfield Run: An Evaluation of Stream Habitat Restoration at the UD Experimental Watershed
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$6,000
Gerald Kauffman
stream habitat, restoration practices, watershed planning
2003
DE
Annual Base
Biological and Enzymatic Treatment of a Food Processing Wastewater
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Anastasia Chirnside
biological treatment, remediation, food processing wastewater
2003
DE
Annual Base
Accelerated Pollutant Biodegradation by Electrode Use
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Steven Dentel
biodegradation, wastewaters, remediation, sediments
2003
DE
Annual Base
Characterization of Autochthonous Viral Communities in Estuarine Waters
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Eric Wommack
biodiversity, estuaries, viruses, aquatic communities
2003
DE
Annual Base
Blue Hen Creek: An Evaluation of Stream Habitat Restoration at the UD Experimental Watershed
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Gerald Kauffman
watersheds, stream restoration, TMDLs
2003
DE
Annual Base
The Role of Urea as the Sole Ni Source in the Uptake of Ni in Allysum Hyperaccumulating Species
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Donald Sparks
phytoremediation, metal contaminated soils, water quality
2003
DE
Annual Base
Nanticoke Watershed Total Maximum Daily Load Project
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Alan Andres
TMDLs, watershed management, pollutiont prevention measures
2003
DE
Annual Base
Field Measurements of Non-Point Source Pollutant Removal Efficiencies of Stormwater BMPs at the UD Experimental Watershed
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$3,000
Martin Wollaston
stormwater ponds, retrofitting, best management practice, TMDL
2003
DE
Annual Base
REMOVAL AND INACTIVATION OF WATER-BORNE VIRUSES USING PERMEABLE IRON BARRIERS
Federal:
$72,780
Non-Federal:
$145,560
Yan Jin, Pei Chiu
drinking water, pathogens, viruses, remediation strategies, human health
2003
DE
Annual Base
Fate and Transport of Arsenic in Poultry Litter Amended Delaware Soils: Impacts on Water Quality
Federal:
$72,780
Non-Federal:
$136,285
Donald Sparks
arsenic, animal manures, drinking water, human health, soil chemistry
2003
FL
Annual Base
Evaluation of Water Use and Nutrient Leaching with High Frequency Irrigation for Use in Best Management Practices
Federal:
$16,494
Non-Federal:
$33,082
Michael Dukes
Agriculture, Fertilizers, Groundwater Quality, Irrigation Management, Leaching, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Percolation, Solute Transport, Water Quality
2003
FL
Annual Base
Sustainable Land Application- Conference Support
Federal:
$16,029
Non-Federal:
$32,185
George O'Connor
Animal waste, biosolids, effluents, waste disposal, pathogens, metals, nutrients, organic compounds, policy
2003
FL
Annual Base
Characterizing the Spatial Distribution and Connectivity of Wetlands in the Fisheating Creek Basin, FLorida
Federal:
$28,096
Non-Federal:
$56,192
William Wise
Wetlands, Geographic Information Systems, Watershed Management
2003
FL
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$6,829
Non-Federal:
$17,181
Louis Motz, Louis Motz
2003
GA
Annual Base
Decreasing Irrigation Volumes While Maintaining Crop Yields
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,525
Calvin Perry
irrigation management, water use efficiency, agriculture
2003
GA
Annual Base
"A Combined Hydrological , Geochemical and Isotopic Approach to Understanding the Effects of Basin Scale on Base Flow Systematics in the Georgia Piedmont"
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$40,025
Seth Rose
Base Flow, Isotope Hydrology, Georgia Piedmont Watersheds, Middle Oconee River basin, Age-dating of water
2003
GA
Annual Base
Assessment of In-Stream Processes in the Development of Sediment TMDLs for Urban Streams
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Terry Sturm
fluid flow, hydraulics, instream flow, river beds, rivers, sedimentation, sediment load, sediment TMDL, nonpoint pollution, urban hydrology
2003
GU
Annual Base
Information Mangement
Federal:
$1,800
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz
Rainfall Data, Climate Data, Water Resources Management
2003
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$23,709
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2003
GU
Annual Base
Inventory and Evaluation of Karst Features Relating to Past and Present Groundwater Flow on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), in Terms of the Carbonate Island Karst Model
Federal:
$35,933
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Groundwater, Island Karst, Carbonate Island Aquifers
2003
GU
Annual Base
Development of Annual Rainfall Distribution Map for Island of Pohnpei State, Federated State of Micronesia
Federal:
$31,889
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Mark Lander
Rainfall, Soil Erosion, Water Resources Development
2003
GU
Annual Base
Groundwater Infiltration and Recharge in the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer as a Function of Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Rainfall
Federal:
$14,986
Non-Federal:
$0
Mark Lander
Wellhead Variations, Time-lag response, Climate, Data Analysis, Rainfall
2003
GU
Annual Base
Explore the Operational Effectiveness of Saipans Existing Slow Sand Filter and Develop Recommendations to improve Operation of the Filter Plant
Federal:
$26,868
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz
Streams, Water Quality Control, Slow Sand Filter
2003
GU
Annual Base
Persistent Pollutants in Biotic Components of Tanapag Lagoon, Saipan, with Emphasis on Areas Impacted by Streams, Storm Water Runoff and Sewer Outfalls
Federal:
$32,167
Non-Federal:
$0
Gary Denton, Harold Wood
Monitoring, Biota, heavy Metals, PCBs, Pesticides
2003
GU
Annual Base
Rainwater And Dry Litter Waste Management: An Alternative Water Conservation System In Swine Operations
Federal:
$14,767
Non-Federal:
$0
Allan Sabaldica, Lawerence Duponcheel
RainWater Catchment System, water conservation management, Dry litter waste management, sustainable agriculture, swine
2003
GU
Annual Base
Improving Weno Water Distribution System Using Geographic Information System and Hydraulic Modeling Techniques
Federal:
$23,458
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz
Water Distribution System, Geographic Information Systems, Water System Modeling
2003
GU
Annual Base
Evaluation of animal and aquaculture waste regulations and development of Best Management Practices (BMP) for Guam and CNMI.
Federal:
$35,919
Non-Federal:
$0
David Crisostomo, Lawerence Duponcheel
Aquaculture effluent; swine waste management; BMP; regulations
2003
GU
Annual Base
Speciation Studies of Arsenic in Guam Waters.
Federal:
$25,806
Non-Federal:
$0
Maika Vuki
Arsenic speciation, solid phase extraction, stripping voltammetry, vapor generation
2003
HI
Annual Base
Prevention of Colloidal Fouling in Crossflow Membrane Filtration: Searching for Optimal Operation Conditions
Federal:
$44,929
Non-Federal:
$78,869
Albert Kim, Clark Liu
membrane filtration, colloidal fouling, permeate flux decline
2003
HI
Annual Base
An Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Transport of Pharmaceutical Compounds and Pathogens in Selected Hawaii Soils for Land Application of Wastewater
Federal:
$46,600
Non-Federal:
$94,014
Chittaranjan Ray, Albert Kim
pharmaceuticals, PPCPs, pathogens, bacteria, viruses, flow through porous media
2003
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer 2003-04
Federal:
$15,790
Non-Federal:
$33,384
Philip Moravcik
information transfer, public education
2003
IA
Annual Base
Tracing Sediment Sources in Eastern Iowa by Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes: An Exploratory Research
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$24,138
Thanos Papanicolaou
Rivers, Watershed Managment, Contaminant Transport, Soil Erosion, Stream Sedimentation, Isotopes, Heavy Metals, Benthic Populations, Agriculture, Fluid Flow, Hydrogeology
2003
IA
Annual Base
Veterinary antibiotics: Transport to and degradation in surface water
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$31,048
Joel Coats
antibiotics, veterinary, tylosin, manure, environmental fate
2003
IA
Annual Base
Fate of Veterinary Antibiotics in Manure Lagoons
Federal:
$44,000
Non-Federal:
$100,655
Say Kee Ong
Antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, fate, sorption, biodegradation, water quality
2003
IA
Annual Base
Effects of Grazing Management on Sediment and Phosphorus Losses from Pastures
Federal:
$6,000
Non-Federal:
$12,804
James Russell, John Kovar, Thomas Isenhart, Richard Schultz, Steven Mickelson, Wendy Powers
Grazing, Pastures, Riparian areas, Water run-off, Phosphorus
2003
IA
Annual Base
Sequestration of phosphorus with iron mine tailings
Federal:
$35,800
Non-Federal:
$71,780
Ed Brown
water quality, lakes, eutrophication, nutrients
2003
IA
Annual Base
Water Quality, Nutrient Loading and Mosquito Production in Northeastern Iowa
Federal:
$5,982
Non-Federal:
$11,679
David Mercer, David Mercer
nutrients, bacteria, water quality, agricultural
2003
IA
Annual Base
Fate and Transfer of Antibiotic-Resistance Genes Excreted by Farm Animals
Federal:
$19,900
Non-Federal:
$34,000
Pedro Alvarez
Gene pollution, bacteria, contaminant transport, natural attenuation, and public health
2003
IA
Annual Base
Spatial and temporal patterns in precipitation and dry-fall deposition of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Iowa: implications for nutrient transport and water quality
Federal:
$500
Non-Federal:
$0
John Downing, John Downing
atmospheric deposition, phosphorus, nitrogen, wet-deposition, dry-deposition, spatial variation, temporal variation
2003
ID
Annual Base
Improved Short Term Operational Streamflow Forecasting for Snow Melt Dominated Basins
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$32,931
Von Walden, Karen Humes
Streamflow, Forecasting, Snow Melt, Runoff, Remote Sensing
2003
IN
Annual Base
Minimizing Runoff and Nonpoint Source Pollution Due to Urbanization
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$120,114
Bernard Engel, Jon Harbor
runoff, water quality, urbanization, optimization
2003
IN
Annual Base
Soil and Mineralogical Processes Involved in Septic System Failure
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$121,881
Brad Lee, Brad Joern
Septic systems failure, Allen County, clay mineralogy, soil absorption fields
2003
IN
Annual Base
Hoosier Water Summit
Federal:
$45,000
Non-Federal:
$90,000
Stephen Lovejoy, Stephen Lovejoy
runoff, water quality, urbanization, public forum, watershed planning
2003
KS
Annual Base
Pharmaceutical Agents in Surface Waters: The Occurrence and Fate of Pharmaceuticals in Northeast Kansas Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$32,593
Alok Bhandari, Robert Hunter
antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, wastewater, Kansas, occurrence, fate
2003
KS
Annual Base
Reduced Irrigation Allocations in Kansas from Grain Yield -- ET Relationships and Decision Support Model
Federal:
$46,867
Non-Federal:
$117,770
Norman Klocke, Gary Clark, Loyd Stone, Troy Dumler
Irrigation, water allocation, decision support
2003
KS
Annual Base
High Plains Aquifer Information Network (HIPLAIN)
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,672
Margaret Townsend, Gary Clark, David Young
World Wide Web, database access, High Plains Aquifer, water resources
2003
KS
Annual Base
A Field Assessment of a Method for Estimation of Ground-Water Consumption By Phreatophytes
Federal:
$92,883
Non-Federal:
$191,674
James Butler, Donald Whittemore, Gerard Kluitenberg
phreatophytes, ground water, evapotranspiration, water balance
2003
KY
Annual Base
Biochemical and hormonal effects of incomplete site remediation: evaluating resident fish species
Federal:
$6,200
Non-Federal:
$12,436
Adria Elskus
polychlorinated biphenyls, endocrine disruptors, bioindicators
2003
KY
Annual Base
Occurrence and Distribution of Mercury in Mammoth Cave National Park - Phase II
Federal:
$19,332
Non-Federal:
$40,592
Cathleen Webb
mercury. karst, bioaccumulation
2003
KY
Annual Base
Does straight pipes removal improve water quality in eastern Kentucky?
Federal:
$11,386
Non-Federal:
$22,772
Mark Coyne
pathogens, nutrients, septic systems
2003
KY
Annual Base
Effects of a waterborne herbicide, Atrazine, on the auditory physiology of fish
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Hong Yan
herbicides, neurotoxicity, auditory physiology
2003
KY
Annual Base
Evaluation of ground water sustainability in the Ohio River alluvial aquifer near Westport, Oldham County, Kentucky
Federal:
$13,406
Non-Federal:
$29,659
Samuel Boateng
flow models, contaminants, management and planning
2003
LA
Annual Base
Use of Synchrotron Microtomography and X-Ray Fluorescence to Better Understand Contaminant Diffusion in Reactive Barrier Systems
Federal:
$26,500
Non-Federal:
$78,583
Clinton Willson
Reactive Flow and Transport, Contaminated Sediments
2003
LA
Annual Base
Metal Speciation in Particulates in the Mississippi River in Louisiana
Federal:
$51,450
Non-Federal:
$119,323
Amitava Roy
Metals, Toxic Metals, Particulates, Metal Availability, Speciation
2003
LA
Annual Base
Economic Assessments of Best Management Practices and Environmental Policy Options for Attaining the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Goal in Louisianas Major Milkshed
Federal:
$16,170
Non-Federal:
$55,663
Krishna Paudel, Wayne Gauthier
Dairy Waste Management, BMP, TMDL, Optimization, Policy Tools, Spatial Allocation.
2003
MA
Annual Base
Copper Removal by Biofilms
Federal:
$50,310
Non-Federal:
$100,624
Xiaoqi (Jackie) Zhang, Xiaoqi (Jackie) Zhang
biofilms, extracellular polymeric substances, copper
2003
MA
Annual Base
Potential Movement of Pesticides Related to Dissolved Organic Matter from Organic Fertilizer Application on Turf
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$119,318
Baoshan Xing, William Torello
dissolved organic matter, organic fertilizers, pesticides, sorption, leaching
2003
MD
Annual Base
Fate of Alkylphenolic Compounds in Wastewater Treatment
Federal:
$54,289
Non-Federal:
$109,214
Alba Torrents, Clifford Rice
endocrine disrupters, nonylphenol, hormones, emerging organic pollutants, wastwater treatment
2003
MD
Annual Base
Response of Macroinvertebrates to Road Salt Runoff in Headwater Streams
Federal:
$34,005
Non-Federal:
$74,007
William Lamp
road salt, macroinvertebrates, headwater streams, chloride toxicity, stormwater
2003
ME
Annual Base
Nitrate Mobility in Shallow Groundwater Near Biosolids Stockpiles
Federal:
$13,869
Non-Federal:
$59,220
Willem Brutsaert, John Peckenham
Nitrogen, Sludge, Agriculture, Groundwater Quality
2003
ME
Annual Base
Defining 'natural' reference conditions and indicators to assess cumulative impacts of shoreline development on lakes in Maine
Federal:
$22,268
Non-Federal:
$102,212
Katherine Webster, Roy Bouchard
Biomonitoring, bioindicators, aquatic plants, lakes, shore protection
2003
ME
Annual Base
The functional role of forested seeps in maintaining hydrology, water quality and biological diversity in a New England watershed
Federal:
$21,148
Non-Federal:
$89,932
Aram Calhoun, Andrew Reeve, David Dail
Base Flow, Denitrification, Groundwater Hydrology, Landscape Management, Soil Microbiology, Springs, Wetlands
2003
ME
Annual Base
Effects of local and landscape heterogeneity on mercury loadings in palustrine amphibians from Acadia National Park, Maine
Federal:
$5,400
Non-Federal:
$71,284
Aria Amirbahman, Michael Bank, Cynthia Loftin
Amphibians, Mercury, Watersheds
2003
ME
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$33,869
Non-Federal:
$62,420
Steve Kahl, John Peckenham
Information Transfer
2003
MI
Annual Base
Evaluation and Decision Support System for the Regulation of High Capacity Groundwater Withdrawal in Michigans Lower Peninsula
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,794
Jo Ann Beckwith
Groundwater, groundwater regulation, Great Lakes diversion, nonpoint source pollution
2003
MI
Annual Base
Interactive and Hierarchical Modeling of Groundwater Systems in Tri-County Area: a Pilot Study
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,446
Shu-Guang Li
Groundwater, Groundwater Modeling, Groundwater Flow and Transport
2003
MI
Annual Base
Investigating the Groundwater Quantity Effects on Ecosystems and Human Activities
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,069
William Northcott
Groundwater, Hydrology, Water Use Conflicts, GIS
2003
MN
Annual Base
Arsenic in Minnesota Groundwater and its Impact on the Drinking Water Supply
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$22,691
Randal Barnes, Randal Barnes
arsenic, groundwater, drinking water supply
2003
MS
Annual Base
Improved Estimation of Nutrient and Pesticide Runoff Losses from Golf Courses and Residential Lawns in the South Atlantic-Gulf Region
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$126,572
Joseph Massey
water quality, rainfall-runoff processes, fertilizers, pesticides, nutrients
2003
MS
Annual Base
Chemical Mixtures: Consequences of WNV Eradication on Water Quality
Federal:
$49,620
Non-Federal:
$99,239
Marc Slattery
ecosystems, mixtures, pesticides, residues, sediments, toxic substances, water quality
2003
MS
Annual Base
Screening of Environmental Contaminants Detected in Mississippi Sediments as Inducers and/or Inhibitors of CYP1B1 Expression in Channel Catfish - Continuation
Federal:
$33,600
Non-Federal:
$67,200
Kristine Willett
pesticides, toxic substances, bioindicator
2003
MT
Annual Base
Understanding and predicting changes in the microbial ecology of mine tailings in response to the addition of dissolved organic carbon
Federal:
$29,870
Non-Federal:
$61,582
Paul Sturman
acid mine drainage, microbial ecology
2003
MT
Annual Base
Competitive interactions between the invasive Potamopyrgus antipodarum and Baetid mayflies: temporal variation and community-level consequences
Federal:
$22,388
Non-Federal:
$44,784
Billie Kerans, Billie Kerans
Potamopyrgus antipodarum; New Zealand mud snail; invasive species; competitive interactions; Intermountain West
2003
MT
Annual Base
Topography, groundwater dynamics, and soil frost: First-order controls on snowmelt runoff dynamics and plant species distributions across an uplandwetland transition
Federal:
$72,880
Non-Federal:
$149,635
Brian McGlynn, Richard Sojda
hydrology, topography, soil frost, wetlands, runoff, flowpaths
2003
NC
Annual Base
The Role of Flood Flows on the Lead Isotopic Composition of Stream Waters, Suspended Sediments, and Rainbow Trout Downstream of Lead Contaminated Soils in Barber's Orchard
Federal:
$39,084
Non-Federal:
$78,166
Jerry Miller, Peter Galbreath
Fisheries, Isotopes, Water Quality, Geomorphology
2003
ND
Annual Base
Hydrological Modeling of the Spatial and Temporal Variation of Prairie Potholes at the Basin Level
Federal:
$4,200
Non-Federal:
$8,400
Phil Gerla, Gregory McCarthy
Hydrologic Modeling, Prairie Potholes, Wetlwnds, Climatic Response
2003
ND
Annual Base
Effects of West Nile Virus Infection, Immune Function, and Age on Female Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) Reproduction
Federal:
$10,382
Non-Federal:
$20,735
Wendy Reed
WNV infection, aquatic habitat, mosquito borne diseases
2003
ND
Annual Base
Comparative Study of Fossil and Extant Fish Growth: Including Analyses of Mean Annual Temperature in the Geologic Record
Federal:
$41,152
Non-Federal:
$82,517
Allan Ashworth, G. Padmanabhan
Climatic change, Fossil records, global warming, Fish Growth
2003
ND
Annual Base
Modeling Groundwater Denitrification by Ferrous Iron Using PHREEQC
Federal:
$46,232
Non-Federal:
$93,849
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Groundwater, Denitrification modeling, PHREEQC model
2003
ND
Annual Base
A Study of Microbial Regrowth Potential of Water in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota
Federal:
$18,672
Non-Federal:
$37,320
Khan Eakalak
Microbial regrowth potential, Biodegradable dissolved organic carbon, Assimilable organic carbon
2003
NE
Annual Base
Defining Dynamic Crop-Water-Stress-Index Baselines to Schedule Irrigation Using Infrared Thermometers
Federal:
$27,688
Non-Federal:
$123,294
Jose Payero, Jose Payero
CWSI, Corn, Soybeans, infrared thermometer, Canopy temperature
2003
NE
Annual Base
Assessing the occurrence of Arsenic in groundwater: Implications for Small Water Supply Systems in Nebraska
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$79,780
David Gosselin, F. Edwin Harvey
Arsenic, Public Water Supplies
2003
NE
Annual Base
Biodegradation of Dual-Contaminant Mixtures in Groundwater: Chlorinated Solvents and High Explosives
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$61,518
Matthew Morley, Daniel Snow
Biodegradation, High Explosives, Chlorinated Solvents
2003
NE
Annual Base
Water Center Educational Materials
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
$66,979
Steven Ress, Michael Jess
Newsletter, Irrigation, Water Quality, Herbicides, Bioremediation, Groundwater
2003
NH
Annual Base
Pathogens in Biosolids: Evaluation of Clostidium perfringens as an indicator organism to assess the efficiency of biosolid disinfection processes
Federal:
$15,079
Non-Federal:
$43,145
Christine Bean
2003
NH
Annual Base
Water Quality and the Landscape: Long-term monitoring of rapidly developing suburban watersheds
Federal:
$362,203
Non-Federal:
$998,336
William McDowell
2003
NJ
Annual Base
Investigation of Design Parameters for Engineered Rhizoremediation Systems to Treat Contaminated Sediments In Situ
Federal:
$29,800
Non-Federal:
$59,893
Jerome Kukor, Max Haggblom
rhizoremediation PAHs estuarine sediments
2003
NJ
Annual Base
Validation of the PMF (Preprocessor to MODFLOW for Fractured Media) Package
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$11,008
Yuri Mun, Chris Uchrin
groundwater, modelling, non-Coastal Plain aquifer, Coastal Plain aquifer, fracture, equivalent porous media, EPM, fractured media, eutrophication, nonpoint,
2003
NJ
Annual Base
Microbial respiration of arsenic and selenium
Federal:
$3,925
Non-Federal:
$21,382
Priya Narasingarao, Max Haggblom
arsenic selenium oxidation-reduction redox anerobic soils sediments microbial transformation
2003
NJ
Annual Base
Development of Supported Liquid Membrane Micro-Extraction (SLMME) followed by Ion-Pair Chromatography (IPC) for analysis of halo-acetic acids (HAAs) and chlorinated acid herbicides (CAHs) in water
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$5,775
Xiaoyan Wang, Somenath Mitra
supported liquid membrane, micro-extraction, membrane extraction, SLMME, IPC, HAAs, CAHs, Ion Pair Chromatography, herbicides, drinking water, chlorination, disinfection, DBPs
2003
NJ
Annual Base
Seed Dispersal Dynamics in a Restored Salt Marsh: Implications for Restoration Success
Federal:
$1,500
Non-Federal:
$14,952
Polly Hicks, Joan Ehrenfeld
seed dispersal, wetlands, restoration, secondary dispersal, primary dispersal, salt marsh
2003
NJ
Annual Base
Potential Nitrogen Saturation in Urban Wetlands
Federal:
$1,990
Non-Federal:
$19,828
Emilie Stander, Joan Ehrenfeld
nitrogen saturation, nitrate,wetlands, nitrification, denitrification, urban wetlands, depressional wetlands, riverine wetlands,
2003
NJ
Annual Base
Automated Identification and Quantification of VOCs Using Electronic Nose Systems
Federal:
$24,918
Non-Federal:
$7,169
Robi Polikar, Kauser Jahan
VOCs, surface water,analytical methods, Enose, Electronic Nose, signature patterns, neural network, binary mixture
2003
NJ
Annual Base
Urban Watershed Management: Increasing Public "Ownership" of Watershed Resources
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$5,550
Richard Pardi
urban watershed, ecology, water quality, water monitoring, nonpoint source pollution, NPS,
2003
NV
Annual Base
A Study of Ancient Trees Rooted 120 Feet Below the Surface Level of Fallen Leaf Lake
Federal:
$14,369
Non-Federal:
$33,118
John Kleppe
climate, drought, submerged trees
2003
NV
Annual Base
Quantifying Potential Economic Impacts of Water Quality Modeling Uncertainty for the Lower Truckee River, Nevada
Federal:
$71,672
Non-Federal:
$144,293
Alan McKay, John Tracy
water quality simulation, TMDL's, economic analysis
2003
NY
Annual Base
Validity Assessment of Methods to Distinguish Between Ruminant and Human Sources of Fecal Contamination in Watersheds
Federal:
$49,840
Non-Federal:
$83,318
Ellen Braun-Howland
non-point source pollution, fecal contamination, water quality, pathogens
2003
NY
Annual Base
Extreme Precipitation and Consecutive Dry-day Climatology for New York State Applied to Water Resource Management
Federal:
$31,308
Non-Federal:
$46,930
Arthur DeGaetano
stormwater, flooding, climatological data, water quality
2003
NY
Annual Base
GIS Based Spatial Modeling and Analyses of Urban Stormwater Size and Stormwater Management Practice (SMP) Feasibility in the Lower Buffalo River Watershed.
Federal:
$32,490
Non-Federal:
$42,568
Tao Tang
stormwater, runoff, urban stormwater
2003
OH
Annual Base
The Effect of Humic and Fulvic Acids on Arsenic Solubility in Drinking Water Supplies
Federal:
$100,000
Non-Federal:
$214,758
John Lenhart
Toxic Substances, Water Chemistry, Geochemistry, Solute Transport, Ground Water Quality
2003
OK
Annual Base
Algal-nutrient dynamics in fresh waters: direct and indirect effects of zooplankton grazing and nutrient remineralization
Federal:
$24,944
Non-Federal:
$51,759
K. Hambright, K. Hambright
nutrient-algal ecology, zooplankton, grazing, nutrient cycling, nutrient supply, water quality, freshwater reservoirs
2003
OK
Annual Base
Dual sensor for detecting xenobiotics and microorganisms
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$100,000
Gilbert John, Mario Rivera, Gary Yen
spectrophotometer, cytochrome P450, autofluorescence
2003
OK
Annual Base
Facilitating the Tenkiller Utilities Authority Public Water Decision Project
Federal:
$46,002
Non-Federal:
$100,000
Mac McCrory, Weldon Schieffer
stakeholder decision-making, public education and outreach, water treatment, water distribution, managment of natural resources
2003
OR
Annual Base
Investigation of Nitrate Transport Across the Willamette Silt of the Southern Willamette Valley
Federal:
$29,114
Non-Federal:
$75,030
Roy Haggerty
Groundwater, Willamette Silt, Nitrate, Redox reaction
2003
OR
Annual Base
Development of a relationship between water quality data and land use in the Oak Creek Watershed
Federal:
$23,200
Non-Federal:
$46,136
Peter Nelson
Databases, watersheds, water quality, public education
2003
OR
Annual Base
Environmental Analysis of Wastewater Effluents and Biosolids-derived Endocrine Disuptiong Chemicals in the Willamette River
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$66,602
Tarek Kassim
endocrine disruptors, Internet, databases, hydrology, watersheds, water quality, public education
2003
OR
Annual Base
Discharge, source areas, and water ages of spring-fed streams and implications for water management in the McKenzie River basin
Federal:
$28,880
Non-Federal:
$57,776
Gordon Grant
water resources, springs, groundwater, discharge, McKenzie River
2003
PA
Annual Base
Using Crumb Rubber Filtraton for Ballast Water Treatment
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,221
Yuefeng Xie, Hsin-hsin Tung
ballast water treatment, crumb rubber medium, invasize species, waste tires, water filtration
2003
PA
Annual Base
Water Conservation Training and Public Education
Federal:
$13,400
Non-Federal:
$42,504
William Sharpe, Bryan Swistock
water conservation, drought, education
2003
PA
Annual Base
Spruce Creek Watershed Keystone Project
Federal:
$14,914
Non-Federal:
$42,833
Lysle Sherwin, Lysle Sherwin
education, management, non point source pollution, planning trout fishery, water quality, watershed stewardship
2003
PA
Annual Base
Development of Passive Treatment System Monitoring and Research Program
Federal:
$14,970
Non-Federal:
$45,860
Fred Brenner, Margaret Dunn
passive treatment, wetlands, acid mine drainage, restoration
2003
PR
Annual Base
FIELD METHODS IN HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULIC
Federal:
$111,417
Non-Federal:
$56,001
Ingrid Padilla, Raul Zapata
2003
RI
Annual Base
URI Water Conservation Program Development
Federal:
$10,360
Non-Federal:
$23,782
Vincent Rose
Drought, Education, Water Supply
2003
RI
Annual Base
A Preliminary Web Portal for RI Water Resources
Federal:
$4,980
Non-Federal:
$19,910
Tom Boving, David Fastovsky
information dissemination; water resources; drought; web portal
2003
RI
Annual Base
Impact of Common Landscaping Plants on Nitrate Leaching
Federal:
$13,121
Non-Federal:
$26,243
Jose Amador
nitrate, leaching
2003
RI
Annual Base
Electronic Dissemination of Institute Related Research
Federal:
$9,300
Non-Federal:
$18,780
George Tsiatas
water resources research
2003
SC
Annual Base
Real-time Water Quality Monitoring for Education and Stakeholder Feedback in the Saluda-Reedy Watershed
Federal:
$26,350
Non-Federal:
$56,740
Christopher Post, Stephen Klaine
Watershed Management, Water Quality, Real-Time Measurement
2003
SC
Annual Base
Toxicological Effects of Environmental Pollutants in Lake Constee
Federal:
$21,683
Non-Federal:
$70,400
Peter Van Den Hurk, Stephen Klaine, David Hargett
Environmental Risk Assessment, Human Health Risks, Biomrakers, Toxic Waste Wate, Remediation, Fish Toxicology
2003
TN
Annual Base
Evaluation of Pathogen Occurrence and Causation withing the Stock Creek Watershed (Knox County) as a Model for Watershed Restoration
Federal:
$34,070
Non-Federal:
$61,293
John McCarthy, Randall Gentry, Alice Layton, Larry McKay
water quality, water quality management, pollution control, regulatory permits, watershed management, pollutants
2003
TX
Annual Base
Determining a Method for Targeting Brush Control Through Remote Sensing, GIS, and Hydrologic Modeling
Federal:
$3,995
Non-Federal:
$32,000
Jason Afinowicz, Clyde Munster
brush control, remote sensing, SWAT, GIS
2003
TX
Annual Base
Coupling Modular Hydrologic Models with GIS
Federal:
$4,182
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Jonathan Goodall, David Maidment
modular hydrologic modeling, geographic information system, data model
2003
TX
Annual Base
Predicting Water Use in Urban Residential Landscapes
Federal:
$4,182
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Roger Havlak, Richard White
water conservation, water use, landscape irrigation, multiple plant
2003
TX
Annual Base
Biotic Responses to Reduced Freshwater Inputs into Texas Bays: Hypersalinity Effects on Benthic Microalgal Community Structure and Function
Federal:
$4,182
Non-Federal:
$10,406
Alyce Lee, James Pinckney
freshwater management, benthic micoalgae, hypersalinity, biota
2003
TX
Annual Base
Quantification of Stochastic Crop-Water Production Functions and Net Profit-Water Functions for Agriculture on the Edwards Aquifer
Federal:
$4,182
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Ju Young Lee, Kelly Brumbelow
irrigation, groundwater resources management, farm profitability
2003
TX
Annual Base
Adsorption, Desorption, and Stabilization Behavior of Arsenic on Al3+-substituted Fe3+-Hydrous Oxides
Federal:
$4,182
Non-Federal:
$33,459
Yoko Masue, Richard Loeppert
adsorption, desorption arsenic
2003
TX
Annual Base
Monitoring and Evaluation of the Pecos River Ecosystem Project
Federal:
$4,185
Non-Federal:
$13,984
Alyson McDonald, Charles Hart
Pecos, River, saltcedar
2003
TX
Annual Base
Relating Nutrient Imports to Exports and Losses During Sod Production
Federal:
$4,182
Non-Federal:
$11,100
Brandon McDonald, Don Vietor
water quality, composted dairy manure, turfgrass sod, soil properties, nutrient export
2003
TX
Annual Base
Natural Remediation of Contaminants Along the Forgotten River Stretch of the Rio Grande
Federal:
$4,182
Non-Federal:
$15,599
Catalina Ordonez, Lisa Bain
metals, Rio Grande, fish, invertebrate community structure
2003
TX
Annual Base
Measuring Infiltration Using a Rainfall Simulator to Comparing Shrub and Water Interactions of Brush Species
Federal:
$4,182
Non-Federal:
$10,657
Shane Porter, Clyde Munster
rainfall simulator, brush control, aquifer recharge, surface runoff
2003
TX
Annual Base
Spatial and Temporal Characterization of the Radon Distribution in a Region of the Hickory Aquifer in Central Texas: Assessment of Stratigraphy and Groundwater Dynamics on Radon Concentrations
Federal:
$4,182
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Leslie Randolph, Bruce Herbert
radon, groundwater, lithologic control
2003
TX
Annual Base
Groundwater Data Modeling for Arc Hydro
Federal:
$4,182
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Gil Strassberg, David Maidment
groundwater, data model, GIS, ArcGIS, Arc Hydro, modeling
2003
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$29,734
Non-Federal:
$6,538
Ric Jensen, C. Allan Jones
technology transfer, information dissemination, world wide web
2003
UT
Annual Base
Source Water Protection Assessment Tools Development
Federal:
$56,509
Non-Federal:
$112,352
Ron Sims, Darwin Sorensen
Drinking Water, Watersheds, Pollutant Transport
2003
VA
Annual Base
Information Dissemination
Federal:
$203,188
Non-Federal:
$292,894
Tamim Younos
newsletter, community outreach, service-learning
2003
VA
Annual Base
Program Adminstration
Federal:
$44,753
Non-Federal:
$162,876
Tamim Younos
Program administration, website administration, database
2003
VI
Annual Base
Coral Bay Watershed: Development of Management Measures for Sediment and Pollution Reduction - Phase II
Federal:
$190,070
Non-Federal:
$0
Dayle Barry, Barry Devine
Watershed Management, Stormwater Management
2003
VI
Annual Base
Fecal Coliform Bacteria Removal Efficiency for Stormwater BMPs in the Virgin Islands
Federal:
$57,600
Non-Federal:
$0
Henry Smith, R. Kelsey
Fecal Coliform Bacteria, BMP, BMP Efficiency, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Bacterial Contamination
2003
WA
Annual Base
Non-point Pesticide Transport from Fields to Streams: Testing the Predictive Capability of a Geochemical Tracer Approach
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,971
Richelle Allen-King, C Keller
Non point pollutants, lindane, triallate, pesticides, water quality, tracer
2003
WA
Annual Base
Water Use of Potato under Sprinkler and Subsurface Drip Irrigation
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,000
Clyde Fraisse, Claudio Stockle, Eileen Perry, Francis Pierce
Drip, Irrigation, Water use, Nitrate, Potato
2003
WI
Annual Base
Role of the Hyporheic Zone in Methylmercury Production and Transport to Lake Superior
Federal:
$66,544
Non-Federal:
$67,686
David Armstrong, Christopher Babiarz
mercury
2003
WI
Annual Base
Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater in Southeast Wisconsin
Federal:
$57,256
Non-Federal:
$50,906
Jean Bahr, Madeline Gotkowitz
arsenic
2003
WV
Annual Base
WRI55: Hydrologic Connections and Impacts on Water Supply in the Great Valley Karst Aquifer. A Case Study in Martinsburg, West Virginia
Federal:
$65,487
Non-Federal:
$77,673
Dorothy Vesper, Joseph Donovan
water supply, water quantity, water quality, hydrology, ground water, surface water, hydrogeology
2003
WV
Annual Base
WRI54: Passive Treatment of Cl Contaminated Waters in NW West Virginia Using Passive Absorptive Technologies
Federal:
$37,152
Non-Federal:
$74,307
Thomas Guetzloff, Paul Ziemkiewicz
aquatic ecosystem integrity, chloride absorption
2003
WY
Annual Base
Geochemistry of CBM Retention Ponds Across the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Federal:
$30,755
Non-Federal:
$147,101
Katta Reddy, Richard Olson, David Legg
Salinity, Sodium Adsorption Ratio, Water Chemistry, Ponds, Water Uses
2003
WY
Annual Base
Subsurface Drip Irrigation Systems: Assessment and Development of Best Management Practices
Federal:
$47,022
Non-Federal:
$158,879
Drew Johnson, George Vance, Renduo Zhang
Agriculture, Crop Water Use, Irrigation Systems, Water Use Efficiency
2003
WY
Annual Base
Water Scarcity and Economic Growth in Wyoming
Federal:
$23,404
Non-Federal:
$58,063
Edward Barbier
Data Analysis, Economics, Water Use Data
2003
WY
Annual Base
Conveyance Losses and Travel Times of Reservoir Releases Along the Bear River from Woodruff Narrows Reservoir to Cokeville Wyoming
Federal:
$48,330
Non-Federal:
$133,178
Drew Johnson, Greg Kerr
Agriculture, Conveyance Systems, Hydrolgeology
2002
AK
Annual Base
Investigation of Immiscible Fluid Movement Through Frozen Porous Media
Federal:
$44,023
Non-Federal:
$27,562
David Barnes, Yuri Shur
petroleum, frozen soil
2002
AK
Annual Base
Hydrological and Geomorphological Controls on Sediment Transport Processes in the Alaskan Arctic
Federal:
$15,474
Non-Federal:
$16,891
Larry Hinzman
channel networks, Arctic, permafrost, erosion, sedimentation, geomorphology
2002
AK
Annual Base
Molecular characterization of organic matter in soil leachates from the Caribou Poker Creeks Watershed
Federal:
$41,196
Non-Federal:
$24,306
Daniel White, Kenji Yoshikawa
Permafrost, hydrology, organic geochemistry
2002
AK
Annual Base
Investigation of Fouling in Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment
Federal:
$40,968
Non-Federal:
$33,018
Silke Schiewer
fouling, membrane bioreactors, wastewater
2002
AK
Annual Base
Luminescent Bacteria: A New Water Quality Issue?
Federal:
$27,358
Non-Federal:
$51,538
Joan Braddock
Luminescent, bacteria, salmon, freshwater, Yukon River, Alaska
2002
AL
Annual Base
Watershed Protection Through Building Material Substitution and Controlled Use
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$54,342
Melinda Lalor, Shirley Clark
Pollution Prevention, Storm Water Runoff, Watershed Protection, Building Materials
2002
AL
Annual Base
Treatment of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Runoff Using Straw Coated with Sulfide
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$50,001
Robert Peters, Joseph Gauthier
Runoff, Heavy Metals, Iron, Straw, Sulfide
2002
AL
Annual Base
Use of Sonication/Acoustic Cavitation with Advanced Oxidants to Treat Petroleum Hydrocarbons Contaminated Surface Waters and Groundwaters
Federal:
$25,000
Non-Federal:
$62,875
Robert Peters, Joseph Gauthier
Sonication, Acoustic Cavitation, Advanced Oxidation, Groundwater, Surface Water, Petroleum Hydrocarbons
2002
AR
Annual Base
Chemical Variation of Water From The Alluvial Aquifer
Federal:
$14,071
Non-Federal:
$28,142
Kenneth Steele, Kenneth Steele
Variation of ground water chemistry, mixing of ground waters, geochemical evolution of ground water
2002
AR
Annual Base
Processes And Controls Affecting Water/Rock Interaction in Abandoned Underground Coal Mines, Including Feasibility and Risk Assessment of Using Mine Water for Public Drinking Water Sources
Federal:
$25,102
Non-Federal:
$50,205
John Brahana
Water Chemistry, Water Quality Modeling, Water Resources Development, Water Treatment, Surfact-Groundwater Relations, Health Effects, Heavy Metals
2002
AR
Annual Base
Phosphorus Concentrations and Sediment Phosphorus Flux in Streams and Reservoirs: Effect of Chemical Amendments
Federal:
$23,612
Non-Federal:
$47,224
Brian Haggard, Indrajeet Chaubey, Marty Matlock
Water Quality, Phosphorus, Sediment, Wastewater Treatment Plant
2002
AZ
Annual Base
THE IMPACTS OF UNGULATES ON VEGETATION ASSOCIATED WITH WATER CATCHMENTS
Federal:
$11,325
Non-Federal:
$22,649
Paul Krausman
birds, plant stress, range management, riparian vegetation, wildlife management
2002
AZ
Annual Base
Microbial Mediated Mobilization of Arsenic from Drinking Water Treatment Residuals in Landfills
Federal:
$11,996
Non-Federal:
$41,068
James Field, A. Gandolfi
Arsenic, Bioconversion Metals, Sanitary Landfills, Mobilization, Toxic Substances, Residuals Disposal, Anaerobic, Leaching, Pollutants, Toxic Substances, Waste Disposal
2002
AZ
Annual Base
The effect of mycorrhizae on competitive ability and drought tolerance of cottonwood (Populus fremontii) and saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima)
Federal:
$9,017
Non-Federal:
$26,098
Juliet Stromberg, Jean Stutz
Riparian, mycorrhizae, soil microbiology, restoration, competition, drought, Populus fremontii
2002
AZ
Annual Base
Regional Aquifers Characterization Through Spring Discharge Analysis
Federal:
$11,865
Non-Federal:
$24,857
Abe Springer
RECHARGE, HYDROGEOLOGY, SPRINGS,SURFACE DRAINAGE, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
2002
AZ
Annual Base
Evaluating the Irrigation Efficiencies and Turf/Landscape Maintenance Practices on the Campus of Northern Arizona University
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
$24,747
Donald Slack, Peter Waller
Conservation, Contaminant Transport, Water Management, Education, Evapor-transpiration Rates, Fertilizers, Turf Grass Management, Irrigation System Performance, Irrigation System Maintenance, Irrigation Application Rates, Irrigation Design, Irrigation Management, Irrigation Scheduling, Landscape Management, Irrigation Systems, Land Use, Optimization, Plant Growth, Plant Stress, Plant-Water Relationships, Soil Salinity, Urban Drainage, Urban Planning, Reclaimed Water Use, Water Harvesting
2002
AZ
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$26,782
Non-Federal:
$53,702
Peter Wierenga
WS, M&P, EDU
2002
CA
Annual Base
Fate of viruses, endocrine disrupters, and nitrogen in non-conventional onsite wastewater treatment processes: a technical and economic analysis
Federal:
$29,347
Non-Federal:
$29,504
Jeannie Darby, Paul Sabatier
decentralized wastewater management, viruses, nitrate, endocrine disrupters, membrane & depth filtration, economic analysis
2002
CA
Annual Base
The effect of Soil Water Content on Organic Chemical Sorption During Transport Through Unsaturated Soil
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$33,380
William Jury, William Frankenberger, Jr.
solute transport, travel times, groundwater contamination, adsorption
2002
CA
Annual Base
Perchlorate Removal in Groundwater Using Immobilized Cell-Free, Purified and Recombinant Perchlorate Reductases from the Perchlorate Respiring Bacterium, Perclace
Federal:
$20,653
Non-Federal:
$28,100
William Frankenberger, Jr.
groundwater, contamination, perchlorate, perchlorate reductase, enzyme purification, gene cloning, enzyme over-expression, recombinant enzyme, immobilized enzyme, packed bed bioreactor and on-site bioremediation
2002
CA
Annual Base
Voluntary Compliance Versus Mandatory Sanctions: A Natural Experiment in Water Quality Regulation
Federal:
$10,000
Non-Federal:
$15,495
Paul Sabatier
water quality, voluntary compliance, command-and-control, livestock, dairy
2002
CO
Annual Base
Managed Ground Water Recharge for Habitat Restoration: The Development of a Biological Component to the South Platte Mapping and Analysis Program (SPMAP
Federal:
$3,624
Non-Federal:
$7,248
Luis Garcia
Stream depletion factor, Augmentation, GIS, State-listed aquatic species, Habitat restoration
2002
CO
Annual Base
Enhancements to the South Platte Mapping and Analysis Program (SPMAP)
Federal:
$21,449
Non-Federal:
$42,904
Luis Garcia
Agricultural consumptive use, Geographic information system, Augmentation, Conjunctive use of groundwater/surface water
2002
CO
Annual Base
Quantifying the Effectiveness of Best Management Practices (BMPs) in Controlling Non-Point Source Pollution From Forestland Uses
Federal:
$13,638
Non-Federal:
$27,276
John Stednick
Non-point source pollution, Best management practices, Water quality, Colorado, Runoff, Water Conservation Practices
2002
CO
Annual Base
Determining the Fate of Non-source Pollution from Septic Tanks in Turkey Creek Basin, Colorado, and Delineating Improved Management Practices
Federal:
$18,960
Non-Federal:
$39,670
Eileen Poeter, John McCray, Thomas Boyd
Non-point source pollution, Septic tanks, Colorado
2002
CO
Annual Base
Evaluating Strategies to Mitigate Waterlogging and Salinization in Colorado's Lower Arkansas River Valley
Federal:
$51,124
Non-Federal:
$102,249
Timothy Gates, John Labadie, Grant Cardon, W. Frasier
Salinity, Saline soils, Drainage, Water quality, Groundwater quality, Groundwater modeling, Surface water modeling, Decisionmaking
2002
CO
Annual Base
Technology Transfer/Information Dissemination
Federal:
$95,709
Non-Federal:
$191,418
Robert Ward
Technology transfer, Information dissemination
2002
CT
Annual Base
Water Quality Assessment in Connecticut: Evaluation of Current Protocols and Development of Improved Methods
Federal:
$24,835
Non-Federal:
$49,960
Shimon Anisfeld, Shimon Anisfeld
bacteria, nitrogen, trace metals, water quality monitoring
2002
CT
Annual Base
Development of Regionally Calibrated Land Cover Impervious Surface Coefficients
Federal:
$24,666
Non-Federal:
$50,126
Michael Prisloe, Daniel Civco
impervious surfaces, land use, nonpoint source pollution, water quality modeling, watershed management
2002
CT
Annual Base
Water Resources Technology Transfer Initiative
Federal:
$43,010
Non-Federal:
$39,768
Glenn Warner, Patricia Bresnahan
2002
DC
Annual Base
Best Management Practices in Washington, D.C.
Federal:
$12,438
Non-Federal:
$17,094
Charles Glass
Stormwater, Best Management Practices, Water Quality
2002
DC
Annual Base
Properties and Applications of the Box-Cox Distribution
Federal:
$8,612
Non-Federal:
$10,119
Reza Modarres
Transformations; Environmental Statistics; Skewed Distributions
2002
DC
Annual Base
Bimonitoring Anacostia Watershed Pollutants
Federal:
$9,774
Non-Federal:
$16,584
Harriette Phelps
watershed; pollutants; biomonitoring; Corbicula
2002
DC
Annual Base
Teacher Education: Technology of Water Environmental Education
Federal:
$14,560
Non-Federal:
$13,136
Jo Anne Favors
Environment; Environmental Studies; Water Science; Middle School/Junior High Schools Science Curriculum
2002
DC
Annual Base
Speciation of Tributyltin and Triphenyltin Compounds in Clays from Sediments Using Mossbauer spectroscopy
Federal:
$6,459
Non-Federal:
$15,744
Leopold May
Tributyltin compounds; triphenyltin compounds; speciation; clays; sediments; water pollution; Mossbauer spectroscopy
2002
DE
Annual Base
Graduate Fellowship in Water Quality: Baseflow and Storm Discharges of Nutrients to Delaware's Inland Bays
Federal:
$19,000
Non-Federal:
$38,000
William Ullman, James Sims, Joseph Scudlark
Nutrient management, nutrient cycling and discharge to waters, environmental management and policy, water quality
2002
DE
Annual Base
Graduate Fellowship in Water Quality: Environmental Policies for a Sustainable Poultry Industry in Sussex County, Delaware
Federal:
$19,000
Non-Federal:
$38,000
William Ritter, James Sims, John Byrne
animal agriculture, environmental policies, nonpoint source pollution
2002
DE
Annual Base
Graduate Fellowship: Mechanisms of Phosphorus Stabilization in the Soil Environment: A Molecular Scale Evaluation
Federal:
$16,000
Non-Federal:
$32,000
Donald Sparks, James Sims
phosphorus, soil chemistry, eutrophication
2002
FL
Annual Base
Numerical Groundwater Flow Models of North-Central Florida
Federal:
$11,495
Non-Federal:
$22,990
Louis Motz
Aquifer Parameters, Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Groundwater Modeling, Numerical Modeling, Springs, Water Management, and Water Use
2002
FL
Annual Base
Biological Transformation of 2-Methylisoborneol (MIB) for Improved Water Quality
Federal:
$24,371
Non-Federal:
$48,767
Angela Lindner, David Mazyck, Paul Chadik
Activated Carbon, Adsorption and Exchange, Algae, Anaerobic Treatment, Bacteria, Biodegradation, Biological Treatment, Lakes, Trace Organics, Water Quality, Water Treatment
2002
FL
Annual Base
Application of a Multi-Scale, Multi-Process Hydrologic Model to the C-111 Basin in South Florida
Federal:
$23,622
Non-Federal:
$47,780
Andrew James, Wendy Graham, John Warwick
Hydrologic models, ground water hydrology, watershed managment
2002
FL
Annual Base
The Flux of Ammonia at the Air/Water Interface of Tampa Bay
Federal:
$16,900
Non-Federal:
$33,800
Noreen Poor, Scott Campbell
ammonia, flux, dry deposition, eutrophication, Tampa Bay, water quality
2002
FL
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$2,230
Non-Federal:
$24,663
Louis Motz
2002
GA
Annual Base
Investigation of Chlorination and Ozonation of Antibiotics Detected in Georgia Waters
Federal:
$14,000
Non-Federal:
$32,605
Ching-Hua Huang, Ching-Hua Huang
oxidation, kinetics, mechanisms, LC/MS, antibacterials, pharmaceuticals
2002
GA
Annual Base
Developing a Regional Water Management and Planning Initiative Model: Using Regional Leadership Summits to Address Water Resource Challenges in the Flint River Watershed, GA
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,033
Elizabeth Blood
Multiple-objective Planning, Watershed Management, River Basin Development, Regional Initiative, Stakeholder Process, Leadership Summits, Citizen Participation, Landscape Management, Socioeconomic Issues, Ecosystems, Public Health, Natural Resources.
2002
GA
Annual Base
Toxic Metalloid (As, Se, Sb) Enrichment from Coal-Fired Power Plants in the Chattahoochee-Apalachicola (ACF) & Etowah-Coosa (ACT) Rivers
Federal:
$18,000
Non-Federal:
$36,000
Philip Froelich
Coal-Fired Power Plants, Trace Elements, Toxic Substances, Water Quality, Water Chemistry, Rivers, Heavy Metals, Geochemistry, Contaminant Transport, Arsenic, Selenium, Antimony, Tri-State Water Compacts, EPA-TRI (Toxic Release Inventory)
2002
GA
Annual Base
RESERVOIR SHORELINE EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION ANALYSIS:
Federal:
$14,000
Non-Federal:
$28,232
Paul Work
reservoir sedimentation, reservoir bank erosion, sediment transport, reservoir circulation, contaminated sediments, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), cohesive sediments
2002
GU
Annual Base
Regional Dissemination of a Locally-developed Integrated Island Ecology & Resource Management Textbook, Website, & Teachers Manual/Activity Guide
Federal:
$29,700
Non-Federal:
$0
John Fury, Craig Smith, Danny Wyatt, Gerald Smith, Vince Riley
Island, Ecology, Resource Management, Textbook, Website, Activities, Teachers Guide
2002
GU
Annual Base
An Alternative Model for Enhancing Access to Safe Drinking Water in Less-Wealthy Areas: A Low Cost, Equity-Oriented & Participatory Source Water Protection Plan for Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$19,870
Non-Federal:
$118,528
John Byrne, Young-Doo Young, William Smith, Joseph Kono, Willliam Raynor
Source Water Protection, GIS & Remote Sensing, Education, Basins, Non-Point Pollution, Planning
2002
GU
Annual Base
Information Management
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz
Rainfall Data, Climate Data, Water Resources Management
2002
GU
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$23,709
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz
Information Transfer, Education, Water Resources
2002
GU
Annual Base
Groundwater Infiltration and Recharge in the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer during the record- breaking 1997-1998 ENSO event
Federal:
$14,905
Non-Federal:
$0
Mark Lander, Mark Lander
Rainfall climate, groundwater, inter-annual variation, ENSO, drought, extreme events
2002
GU
Annual Base
A rainfall climatology for Saipan: distribution, return periods, and inter-annual variations.
Federal:
$17,181
Non-Federal:
$0
Mark Lander, Mark Lander
Rainfall climate, return periods, interannual variation, ENSO, drought, extreme events
2002
GU
Annual Base
Impact of Ordot Dump on Water Quality of Lonfit River Basin in Central Guam
Federal:
$43,620
Non-Federal:
$0
Mohamed Golabi, Gary Denton, Harold Wood
Water Quality, Pollution, Waste Disposal, Contaminants
2002
GU
Annual Base
Inventory of Karst Features Relating to Past and Present Groundwater Flow on Tinian, CNMI, in Terms of the Carbonate Island Karst Model
Federal:
$27,190
Non-Federal:
$0
John Jenson
Groundwater, Island Karst, Carbonate Island Aquifers
2002
GU
Annual Base
Slow Sand Filter Conceptual Design Package forThe Federated States of Micronesia
Federal:
$33,214
Non-Federal:
$0
Shahram Khosrowpanah, Leroy Heitz
Streams, Water Quality Control, Slow Sand Filter
2002
GU
Annual Base
Water Quality Analysis and Water System Operation and Maintenance Training for Chuuk State FSM
Federal:
$21,723
Non-Federal:
$0
Leroy Heitz, Shahram Khosrowpanah
Water Resources, Training, Education, Operations and Maintenance
2002
HI
Annual Base
Removal of nitrogenous aquaculture wastes by a wind-powered reverse osmosis system, Year 2
Federal:
$42,600
Non-Federal:
$85,446
Clark Liu
water reuse,reverse osmosis,membrane,aquaculture wastes,nitrogen
2002
HI
Annual Base
A win-win approach to water pricing and watershed conservation
Federal:
$72,465
Non-Federal:
$145,294
James Roumasset, Rodney Smith
economics; allocation; pricing; conservation
2002
HI
Annual Base
An Accurate Evaluation of Water Balance to Predict Surface Runoff and Percolation
Federal:
$49,000
Non-Federal:
$77,180
Chittaranjan Ray
AG, GW, WQL
2002
HI
Annual Base
Technology Transfer
Federal:
$8,600
Non-Federal:
$17,253
Philip Moravcik, Philip Moravcik
information transfer, public education, information dissemination
2002
IA
Annual Base
Fate and transfer of antibiotic-resistance genes excreted by farm animals
Federal:
$21,996
Non-Federal:
$44,000
Pedro Alvarez
gene pollution, bacteria, contaminant transport, natural attenuation, public health
2002
IA
Annual Base
Modeling, GIS, and Technology Transfer in Support of TMDL Development and Implementation in Iowa
Federal:
$15,379
Non-Federal:
$31,211
Udoyara Tim, Ramesh Kanwar, James Baker
TMDL, water quality, GIS, modeling, environmental policy
2002
IA
Annual Base
Predicting sorption, mobility, accumulation, and degradation potential of antibiotics in Iowa's soil/water environment
Federal:
$28,000
Non-Federal:
$56,434
Steven Fales
Adsorption and sorption, leaching, organic compounds, manure lagoons, solute transport, biodegradation
2002
IA
Annual Base
Effects of grazing management on sediment and phosphorus losses from pastures
Federal:
$14,500
Non-Federal:
$29,808
James Russell, Wendy Powers, John Kovar, Steven Mickelson, Thomas Isenhart
Grazing, pastures, riparian areas, water run-ff, phosphorus
2002
IA
Annual Base
Evaluating the effectiveness of restored wetlands for reducing nutrient losses for agricultural watersheds
Federal:
$13,000
Non-Federal:
$26,093
Arnold Van der Valk, William Crumpton
Wetlands, nutrient losses, watersheds
2002
ID
Annual Base
Metal(loid) Release from Contaminated Sediments in Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Federal:
$14,997
Non-Federal:
$29,996
Matthew Morra
heavy metals, mining sediments, contaminant flux
2002
ID
Annual Base
Factors Controlling the Availability of Phosphorus for Transport into Surface Waters from Manure Amended Soils in Southern Idaho
Federal:
$14,314
Non-Federal:
$24,936
Daniel Strawn, Daniel Strawn
Phosphorous-Index, Eutrophication, Manure Disposal
2002
ID
Annual Base
Physically Based Models for Hydraulic Properties of Swelling Soils
Federal:
$29,945
Non-Federal:
$60,403
Markus Tuller
Water Retention, Hydraulic Conductivity, Swelling Soils
2002
ID
Annual Base
Community Directed Water Protection Strategy: Focus Communities in Northcentral Idaho, including the Nezperce Indian Tribe
Federal:
$10,100
Non-Federal:
$20,218
Piotr Jankowski, Piotr Jankowski
Land Use, Geographic Information, Indian Water Issues
2002
IN
Annual Base
Water Quality Management and Improvement in the Urban Setting
Federal:
$35,990
Non-Federal:
$100,243
Ronald Turco, Kim Wilson
Bacterial Contamination, Surface Water, Surface Water treatment
2002
KS
Annual Base
Water and the Future of Kansas Annual Conference - March 5, 2002
Federal:
$5,500
Non-Federal:
$19,963
Donald Whittemore, William Hargrove
Water, Conference, Water Supplies, Water Management
2002
KS
Annual Base
High Plains Aquifer Information Network
Federal:
$32,000
Non-Federal:
$64,817
Gary Clark, Margaret Townsend, David Young
World Wide Web, Database Access, High Plains Aquifer, Water Resources
2002
KS
Annual Base
Groundwater Recharge in the High Plains Aquifer and Associated Aguifers of Kansas
Federal:
$10,277
Non-Federal:
$21,825
Marios Sophocleous
Groundwater recharge, High Plains aquifer, Recharge database
2002
KS
Annual Base
Development of a Framework for a Coupled Hydrologic-Economic Modeling Tool
Federal:
$41,487
Non-Federal:
$64,085
David Steward, Jeff Peterson
Ogallala Aquifer, High Plains Aquifer, Groundwater, Agricultural Economics
2002
KY
Annual Base
Evaluating site remediation success using a sensitive biochemical indicator in fish
Federal:
$5,750
Non-Federal:
$11,645
Adria Elskus
polychlorinated biphenyls, fish, monitoring
2002
KY
Annual Base
Environmentally-induced genes and mechanisms of inheritance: How are the effects of contaminant exposure transferred from one genration to the next?
Federal:
$13,600
Non-Federal:
$27,412
Brian Shepherd
endocrine disruptors, fish, teleosts
2002
KY
Annual Base
Occurrence and distribution of mercury in Mammoth Cave National Park
Federal:
$9,725
Non-Federal:
$19,474
Cathleen Webb
mussel, karst, water quality
2002
KY
Annual Base
Impacts of surface mine valley fills on downstream peak flows in eastern Kentucky
Federal:
$7,965
Non-Federal:
$21,198
Jonathan Phillips
channel response, mountain-top removal, fluvial geomorpholgy
2002
KY
Annual Base
Linking land use to water quality in the Muddy Creek subbasin, Kentucky River Watershed
Federal:
$17,840
Non-Federal:
$57,170
Alice Jones, Diane Vance, Mark Wiljanen, Danita LaSage
watershed planning, geographic information systems, non point pollution
2002
LA
Annual Base
Flooding in a New Orleans Watershed Caused by Hurricanes That Do Not Overtop the Levee System
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$34,546
Donald Barbe, John McCorquodale, Gianna Cothren
Flooding, Hurricane, New Orleans
2002
LA
Annual Base
Response to Hurricane Induced Flooding in New Orleans
Federal:
$9,350
Non-Federal:
$18,700
Craig Colten
Floods, Law, Institutions & Policy, Management & Planning
2002
LA
Annual Base
Flood Risk Mapping of the New Orleans Area
Federal:
$19,960
Non-Federal:
$43,559
Vijay Singh, Donald Adrian
Damage, exceedance probability, frequency distribution, return period
2002
LA
Annual Base
Groundwater Contaminant Transport Following Flooding Events: Impacts of Model Size, Resolution, and Complexity
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,567
Clinton Willson
Groundwater Flow and Transport, Telescopic Mesh Refinement
2002
MA
Annual Base
Monitoring Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water: Strategies for Small Utilities
Federal:
$25,997
Non-Federal:
$53,896
David Reckhow, David Reckhow
Trihalomethanes, Monitoring, Modeling, Disinfection Byproducts, Haloacetic Acids
2002
MA
Annual Base
The Massachusetts Water Watch Partnership
Federal:
$21,954
Non-Federal:
$11,987
Paul Godfrey
Citizen Monitoring, Non-point Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, Monitoring, Volunteer, Quality Control
2002
MD
Annual Base
Summer Research Assistantship
Federal:
$11,400
Non-Federal:
$17,060
Allen Davis, Philip Kearney
2002
MD
Annual Base
Investigation of isotopic methods for identifying atmospheric deposition of nitrate to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Federal:
$37,399
Non-Federal:
$74,873
James Farquhar, MD MD
acid rain, atmospheric deposition, geochemistry, isotopes, nitrate,
2002
MD
Annual Base
Advancement of Electron Beam Methodologies for Remediation of PCB Contaminants in Chesapeake Bay Sediments
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,826
Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, MD MD
Remediation, PCBs, Electron Beam Irradiation
2002
MD
Annual Base
Atmospheric Deposition of Currently Used Pesticides to Chesapeake Bay Watersheds.
Federal:
$26,600
Non-Federal:
$53,305
Alba Torrents
Atmospheric Processes; Agriculture; Contaminant Transport; Estuaries; Pesticides; Rainfall; Trace Organics
2002
MD
Annual Base
Sustainable Oil and Grease Removal from Stormwater Runoff Hotspots using Bioretention
Federal:
$3,020
Non-Federal:
$6,053
Eric Seagren, Allen Davis
Storm Water Management, Oil and Grease, Runoff, Water Quality
2002
ME
Annual Base
MtBE in Groundwater: The Maine Experiment
Federal:
$36,257
Non-Federal:
$72,472
John Peckenham, Kevin Boyle, Jonathan Rubin
Geochemistry, Groundwater Quality, Non-Point Source Pollution, Organic Compounds, Policy Analysis, Risk Analysis, Socioeconomic Issues, Toxic Substances, Water Quality Monitoring
2002
ME
Annual Base
EVALUATING CHANGES IN WATER CHEMISTRY AS RISK FACTORS FOR ATLANTIC SALMON IN DOWNEAST MAINE
Federal:
$23,311
Non-Federal:
$39,292
Steve Kahl, John Peckenham, Kenneth Johnson
lakes, acid rain, land-water interactions, water chemistry, climate
2002
ME
Annual Base
FY 2002 MAINE WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE Information Transfer
Federal:
$17,887
Non-Federal:
$45,900
John Peckenham, Steve Kahl
Information Transfer
2002
MI
Annual Base
Natural Resources Integrated Information System
Federal:
$39,019
Non-Federal:
$80,970
Jon Bartholic
Data Analysis, Data Storage and Retrieval, Information Dissemination, System Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Water Quality Management, Watershed Management
2002
MI
Annual Base
Water quality trends of Michigan inland lakes and their relationship to ecoregions:1974-2001
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,254
Patricia Soranno, Laura Bruhn
Michigan, Lake, Water-quality trends, Secchi depth, Volunteer-monitoring
2002
MI
Annual Base
Grid Computing for Real Time Distributed Collaborative Geoprocessing with Applications in Water Quality Management
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$31,023
Yi Shi, Yi Shi
Grid Computing, Virtual Organization (VO), Water Quality Modeling, Water Quality Management
2002
MI
Annual Base
Information Dissemination and Technology Transfer Training Programs
Federal:
$40,000
Non-Federal:
$81,723
Lois Wolfson
Water Quality; Watershed Management; Macroinvertebrates; Lakescaping; Water Chemistry; Monitoring; GIS
2002
MN
Annual Base
Characterization of Nitrifying Bacterial Populations in Wastewater Treatment Bioreactors
Federal:
$26,870
Non-Federal:
$30,576
Timothy LaPara
Ammonia, eutrophication, nitrification, PCR, wastewater
2002
MN
Annual Base
Effects of riparian forest harvest on instream habitat and fish and invertebrate communities
Federal:
$47,400
Non-Federal:
$62,641
Raymond Newman, Patrick Brezonik
riparian, logging, fish, benthic macroinvertebrates, best management practices
2002
MN
Annual Base
Paleohydrologic response of the Mississippi Headwaters watershed to Holocene climate change
Federal:
$23,600
Non-Federal:
$52,044
Howard Mooers
2002
MN
Annual Base
BIODIVERSITY IN URBAN PONDS AND LAKES: HUMAN EFFECTS ON PLANKTON POPULATIONS
Federal:
$28,000
Non-Federal:
$90,849
Robert Sterner
2002
MN
Annual Base
Fluorochemicals in Minnesota Waters: An Emerging Environmental Issue
Federal:
$24,800
Non-Federal:
$48,617
Matt Simcik
2002
MO
Annual Base
Web-Based Tool for Implementing Adaptive Management in the Missouri River System
Federal:
$43,973
Non-Federal:
$98,634
Tony Prato
Adaptive Management, Missouri River System, Bayes Rule, Web-Based
2002
MO
Annual Base
Development of Wax-Rich Grout for Borehole Sealing
Federal:
$43,060
Non-Federal:
$101,924
Mike Whitworth
Wax-Rich Grout, Borehole Sealing, Wells, Permeability
2002
MO
Annual Base
Microbial Influences on Geophysical Signatures: A Proxy for the Understanding and the Monitoring
Federal:
$20,100
Non-Federal:
$40,228
Estella Atekwana
Spectral Induced Polarization Method, Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid, Biodegradation, Groundwater
2002
MO
Annual Base
Microbial Influences on Geophysical Signatures
Federal:
$13,296
Non-Federal:
$26,388
Lee Slater
Spectral Induced Polarization Method, Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid, Biodegradation, Groundwater
2002
MS
Annual Base
Functional Assessment of Moist-Soil Management Impact on Wetland Impoundments Created as Part of an Agricultural Lands Reclamation Plan
Federal:
$19,712
Non-Federal:
$42,212
Gary Ervin, Darrel Schmitz
wetlands, wetland function, land use, water quality
2002
MS
Annual Base
Hydrologic Controls on Wetland Tree Growth: Determining the Origin, Residence Time and Water Quality of Groundwater in the Root Zone
Federal:
$26,189
Non-Federal:
$52,378
Gregg Davidson
wetlands, surface-groundwater relationships, isotopes, plant-water relationships
2002
MS
Annual Base
A Single Technology for Remediating PNAs, Nitro/Nitrate Residues, PCBs, CAHs, Herbicides and Pesticides from Soils and Sludges with Na/NH3(l)
Federal:
$14,522
Non-Federal:
$29,044
Charles Pittman, Jr.
water quality, groundwater treatment, hazardous wastes, toxic substances, chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, dechlorination, pesticides, herbicides, soil decontamination, reductions, sludge, subsurface drainage, water treatment
2002
MT
Annual Base
The effectiveness of burn-area emergency rehabilitation (BAER) techniques in reducing post-fire soil erosion on the Sula state forest in western Montana.
Federal:
$48,449
Non-Federal:
$97,192
Scott Woods, Scott Woods
soil erosion; forest fire; burn-area emergency rehabilitation.
2002
MT
Annual Base
Pharmaceuticals in Septic System Effluent
Federal:
$68,700
Non-Federal:
$137,400
William Woessner, Garon Smith
Human pharmaceuticals, septic effluent
2002
MT
Annual Base
Recharge Assessment of the Anaconda Mine near Belt, Montana
Federal:
$46,076
Non-Federal:
$92,156
Jon Reiten
Acid Mine Drainage, Ground-Water Recharge, Age Dating, Tritium, CFC
2002
NC
Annual Base
Hydrolgical and Biogeochemical Investigations of Riparian Buffers in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Regions of North Carolina
Federal:
$17,313
Non-Federal:
$34,625
Craig Allan, Jy Wu
Riparian Buffer, Nutrients, Fecal Coliform Bacteria, Sediments, Water Quality, Surface-Groundwater Flowpaths
2002
NC
Annual Base
Reduced Cost Strategies for Regional Integration of Surface and Groundwater Use
Federal:
$56,557
Non-Federal:
$113,114
Gregory Characklis
Water Resources Development, Groundwater Management, Water Treatment Facilities, Resource Planning
2002
NC
Annual Base
A Systematic Evaluation of Polyacrylamide for Sediment and Turbidity Control
Federal:
$56,762
Non-Federal:
$113,528
Richard McLaughlin
Soil erosion, runoff, suspended sediments
2002
ND
Annual Base
Physical and environmental factors influencing the periphyton communities of the Sheyenne River, North Dakota
Federal:
$11,312
Non-Federal:
$23,241
Marvin Fawley, Marvin Fawley
periphyton, diatoms, Sheyenne River
2002
ND
Annual Base
A Comparative Analysis of Fargo and Moorhead Ozonation Systems
Federal:
$11,312
Non-Federal:
$23,071
Wei Lin, Wei Lin
Ozonation, Trihalomethane, Disinfection
2002
ND
Annual Base
Northern Forest Wetlands: Characteristics and Influences on Invertebrate and Amphibian Community Structure
Federal:
$10,605
Non-Federal:
$21,485
Malcolm Butler
Forest wetlands, Silviculture, Biodiversity
2002
ND
Annual Base
Variables Influencing Habitat Use by Diving Waterbirds Foraging in the Prairie Pothole Region
Federal:
$5,656
Non-Federal:
$11,505
Malcolm Butler
Aquatic habitat, Prairie potholes, Sedimentation
2002
ND
Annual Base
Study of Effectiveness of Northern Prairie Wetlands as a Resource to Control Nutrient (Phosphorus) Load to Receiving Water.
Federal:
$24,694
Non-Federal:
$48,662
Wei Lin
Northern Prairie Wetlands, Nutrient Load, Receiving Water Quality
2002
ND
Annual Base
NDWRRI Graduate Research Fellowships
Federal:
$38,885
Non-Federal:
$78,909
G. Padmanabhan, G. Padmanabhan
ozonation system, trihalomethane, phosphorus reduction, forest management, seasonal wetlands, prairie potholes, habitat use
2002
ND
Annual Base
Feedlot Runoff and Manure Management Modeling
Federal:
$5,656
Non-Federal:
$11,543
James Lindley
feedlot runoff, modeling
2002
ND
Annual Base
Evaluation of walleye to suppress fathead minnow populations in Type IV & V wetlands.
Federal:
$15,512
Non-Federal:
$31,754
Malcolm Butler
Wetlands, turbidity, walleyes, fathead minnows, zooplankton, algae, waterfowl
2002
NE
Annual Base
Assessment of Source of Variation in Copper Concentrations in Nebraska Drinking Water Systems
Federal:
$16,669
Non-Federal:
$33,372
Bruce Dvorak, Matthew Morley
copper corrosion, drinking water
2002
NE
Annual Base
Relating landscape scale characteristics with phosphorus loss potential to surface waters
Federal:
$3,885
Non-Federal:
$7,903
Martha Mamo, Dennis McCallister, Martha Mamo, Daniel Ginting, C. Zanner
phosphorus loss, water, eutrophication, manure, soil management
2002
NE
Annual Base
Investigation of Directional Hydraulic Conductivities of Streambeds and Evaluation
Federal:
$16,446
Non-Federal:
$44,782
Xun-Hong Chen, Jim Goeke
Standpipe method, Streambed, Directional hydraulic conductivity, Stream-aquifer connectivity
2002
NE
Annual Base
ASSESSMENT OF THERMAL-INFRARED IMAGING AS A TOOL FOR EVALUATION OF GROUNDWATER-LAKE INTERACTIONS IN THE NEBRASKA SAND HILLS
Federal:
$17,000
Non-Federal:
$46,047
Vitaly Zlotnik, David Gosselin, Geoffrey Henebry, Donald Rundquist
remote sensing, thermal infrared (TIR) techniques, lakes, surface-groundwater interactions, recharge
2002
NH
Annual Base
Linking Lakes with the Landscape: The Fate of Terrestrial Organic Matter in Planktonic Food Webs
Federal:
$30,873
Non-Federal:
$132,753
Kathryn Cottingham, Jay Lennon
lakes, dissolved organic matter, food webs, zooplankton, fish, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, stoichiometry
2002
NH
Annual Base
Dynamics of Groundwater Inflows to the Lamprey River, New Hampshire
Federal:
$17,480
Non-Federal:
$38,070
J. Matthew Davis
low-flow, baseflow, groundwater, surface water, water resources, water quality
2002
NH
Annual Base
Characterization of Groundwater Discharge to Hampton Harbor
Federal:
$3,000
Non-Federal:
$7,350
Thomas Ballestero, [UNKNOWN]
Thermal Infrared, Groundwater Discharge, Nutrient, Pollution, Coastal Management, Coastal, Estuary
2002
NH
Annual Base
Effects of Land Use on Water Quality in a Changing Landscape
Federal:
$16,566
Non-Federal:
$87,498
Jeffrey Schloss, William McDowell
lake, stream, water quality, nutrients, land use
2002
NJ
Annual Base
Effects of the Biopollutant, Phragmites australis, On the Nutritional Status (Biochemical Condition) of Juvenile Weakfish, New Directions Incorporating Otolith Chemical Signature Analysis
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$4,242
Steven Litvin, Michael P. Weinstein
weakfish, Phragmites, biopollutant,trophic relay, nekton, macrophyte, sagittal otolithes, Spartina,lipid, free fatty acid, triacylglycerols, isotope, finfish
2002
NJ
Annual Base
Measurement and Prediction of Hydraulic Properties Needed to Model Groundwater Quality in Southern New Jersey
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$63,998
Daniel Gimenez
hydraulic, groundwater, vadose, sediment, pedotransfer, conductivity, hydrological processes, groundwater contamination, surficial aquifer,
2002
NJ
Annual Base
CONTINUOUS, ON-LINE MONITORING OF HALOACETIC ACIDS IN WATER USING ANALYTICAL MEMBRANE EXTRACTION
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$24,118
Dawen Kou, Somenath Mitra
membrane separation, disinfection by-products, DBPs, HAAs, haloacetic acids, trichloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, carcinogen, online monitoring, diazomethane, supported liquid membrane extraction, SLM, microporous membrane extraction, MME
2002
NJ
Annual Base
Destruction of Volatile Organic Compounds Using the Photo-Chemical Remediation Reactor
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$29,777
Kenneth Lee
VOCs, Volatile Organic Compounds, PCE, tetrachloroethylene, TCE, trichoroethylene, carcinogen, photo-chemical remediation, PCR, Trichloroethane, TCA, RPT, Reductive Photo-Thermal
2002
NJ
Annual Base
Anaerobic biodegradation of MTBE under different anoxic conditions
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$17,770
Piyapawn Somsamak, Max Haggblom
Methyl tertiary butyl ether, MTBE, groundwater, contamination, biodegradation, anaerobic, oxygenates, sulfidogenic, estuarine sediment, microbial community
2002
NJ
Annual Base
Salt Marsh Macrophyte Rhizosphere Effects on Sediment Microbial Community Catabolic Response Profiles
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,673
B. Ravit, Joan Ehrenfeld
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, PAH, organohalide, nutrient pollutants, New York Bight, phragmites, spartina, rhizosphere, microbial, catabolic response profiles, CRP
2002
NJ
Annual Base
Human Components of Exotic Species Invasion in Urban Forested Wetlands
Federal:
$4,000
Non-Federal:
$8,813
Heather Cutway, Joan Ehrenfeld
invasive species, exotic species, urban wetlands, human activities, land use, Arthur Kill,
2002
NM
Annual Base
Geographic Information System for Water Resources Research Planning
Federal:
$337,690
Non-Federal:
$353,693
Bobby Creel, John Kennedy
geographic information systems, GIS, water resources information, data development, education
2002
NM
Annual Base
Information Transfer Program
Federal:
$285,024
Non-Federal:
$724,469
Bobby Creel, Cathy Ortega Klett
information transfer, IT, information dissemination, education
2002
NV
Annual Base
Identification of Nutrient Rich Groundwater Inflows to Lake Tahoe
Federal:
$20,304
Non-Federal:
$41,277
Kendrick Taylor
surface water quality, turibidity, chlorophyll, nutrient info, groundwater
2002
NV
Annual Base
Assessment of Ground Water Recharge in Mine Altered Regions of Nevada
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,000
Scott Tyler, Glenn Miller, Dirk Vanzyl
Mining impacts, groundwater recharge, arsenic
2002
NV
Annual Base
A Long-Term Comparative Study of Golf Courses Irrigated with Reuse vs. Municipal Water
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$145,824
Dale Devitt
Sewage effluent, Salinity, Turf grass, woody ornamentals, irrigation management
2002
NV
Annual Base
Long-Range Water Supply Forecasting for Nevada and the Colorado River Basin
Federal:
$38,054
Non-Federal:
$78,082
Thomas Piechota
hydroclimatology, forecasting, streamflow, water supply, El Nino-Southern Oscillation
2002
NY
Annual Base
Septic System Pollution Prevention BMPs: Development of Public Outreach Approaches, Assessment, and Decision-Making Tools for Local Government
Federal:
$17,945
Non-Federal:
$25,139
Kim Irvine, Sherry Fontaine
Septic systems, water quality, pathogens
2002
NY
Annual Base
Supporting Community Watershed Restoration Efforts in Catatonk Creek
Federal:
$11,993
Non-Federal:
$18,699
Joseph Graney, Karen Salvage, James Curatolo
Flooding, water quality, streambank erosion, hydrology, education
2002
NY
Annual Base
Development of Methods to Distinguish Between Ruminant and Human Sources of Fecal Contamination in Watersheds
Federal:
$49,998
Non-Federal:
$66,950
Karen Sklenar, Ellen Braun-Howland
fecal contamination, water quality management, Bacteroides
2002
NY
Annual Base
Director's Office Information Transfer
Federal:
$21,730
Non-Federal:
$12,820
Keith Porter
Education, Water quality management, Nonpoint pollution
2002
OK
Annual Base
Springs in Peril: Have Changes in Groundwater Input Affected Oklahoma Springs?
Federal:
$24,315
Non-Federal:
$48,746
Elizabeth Bergey
invertabrate fauna, biomonitoring, temporal change, dewatering, springs, groundwater-surface water interactions
2002
OK
Annual Base
Enhanced Life Cycle Assessment Demonstration at the Tar Creek Superfund Site
Federal:
$17,535
Non-Federal:
$35,075
Robert Anex, Will Focht , Chad Settle
Integrated environmental decision-making
2002
OK
Annual Base
Resistance Tomographic Imaging, Digital Mapping, and Immersion Visualization of Evaporite Karst in Western Oklahoma
Federal:
$2,000
Non-Federal:
$4,200
Aondover Tarhule, Thomas Dewers, Aondover Tarhule
Digital Mapping, visualization, evaporite karst, Oklahoma, contaminant transport, resistivity imaging, groundwater pollution
2002
OK
Annual Base
Evaluating Cost Effective Technologies to Reduce Phosphorus Loading to Surface Waters in the Ozark Region
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
$60,000
Daniel Storm, Arthur Stoecker
Point and nonpoint source pollution, economic analysis, phosphorus, Ozark, water quality, poultry litter, surface water
2002
OR
Annual Base
Environmental Analysis and Impact Assessment of Endocrine Disrupters in the Willamette River: A Web-Based Information System
Federal:
$10,309
Non-Federal:
$20,524
Tarek Kassim
Endocrine disruptors, Internet, databases, hydrology, watersheds, water quality, public education
2002
OR
Annual Base
Development of a monitoring network and web-based database for effective watershed management in the Oak Creek Basin
Federal:
$20,209
Non-Federal:
$39,856
Jeffrey McDonnell, Jeffrey McDonnell
Internet, Databases, hydrology, watersheds, nutrients, GIS, water quality, public education
2002
OR
Annual Base
Temperature Effects of Streambed Heating
Federal:
$14,998
Non-Federal:
$30,618
Scott Wells, Robert Annear
Sediment heating, Streambed heating, water quality modeling, water temperature
2002
OR
Annual Base
Remote Collaborations: Lateral Learning in Transboundary Water Conflicts
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,764
Aaron Wolf
Water Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Lateral learning
2002
PA
Annual Base
Development of 4-H Water Quality Curriculum Materials
Federal:
$35,635
Non-Federal:
$46,353
William Sharpe
education, water quality
2002
PA
Annual Base
Resuspension of Bottom Sediments by Recreational Watercraft
Federal:
$14,150
Non-Federal:
$28,829
David Hill
boating, fluid mechanics, lakes, nutrients, reservoir management, suspended sediments, water quality management
2002
PA
Annual Base
Water Reuse: Using Crumb Rubber for Wastewater Filtration
Federal:
$15,000
Non-Federal:
$30,000
Yuefeng Xie
wastewater filtration, crumb rubber medium, suspended solids, waste tires, water reuse
2002
PR
Annual Base
Microbial source tracking to determine the host origin of fecal contamination in two Puerto Rican watersheds
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$40,003
Eduardo Schroder
agriculture, animal waste, bacteria, biotechnology, pollution control, soil
2002
PR
Annual Base
Well and Interstitial Water Crop Protection Chemicals Study on the Salinas Fan
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
$44,725
Jose Dumas
Crop Protection, Insterstitial water
2002
RI
Annual Base
Hydrologic Relational Database for Rhode Island
Federal:
$20,093
Non-Federal:
$40,652
Anne Veeger, Nasir Hamidzada
database, surface water, groundwater, Rhode Island, water quality
2002
RI
Annual Base
Hydro-geologic Investigation of the Fresh Water lens in a Small Rock
Federal:
$32,127
Non-Federal:
$66,172
Daniel Urish
groundwater, islands, fresh water lens, geophysical methods
2002
RI
Annual Base
Electronic Conversion of Results of Research Sponsored by the Center
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,883
George Tsiatas
water resources research
2002
SC
Annual Base
Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technology to Assess the Relationship of Land Cover to Watershed Impairment for the Saluda River Basin South Carolina
Federal:
$21,300
Non-Federal:
$43,057
Kang Lu
Watershed, water quality, land use, hyperspectral, GIS
2002
SC
Annual Base
Renovating Water for Conservation and Reuse: Developing DesignParameters for Constructed Wetlands for Domestic Wastewater Treament and Mitigation
Federal:
$43,106
Non-Federal:
$104,598
John Rodgers, Alan Elzerman, H. Cantrell, Mark Schlautman
Conservation, reuse, constructed wetlands, tertiary treatment, water quality
2002
SD
Annual Base
Lipid Geochemistry of Waters and Sediments in a Prairie Pothole Hydrologic System
Federal:
$42,200
Non-Federal:
$94,292
James Rice, James Rice
Groundwater, Big Sioux Aquifer, Dissolved Organic Carbon, Lipids, Organic Geochemistry
2002
SD
Annual Base
Hydraulic Calibration of the Upper Soil Layers in a Glacial Till System
Federal:
$22,525
Non-Federal:
$46,122
Todd Trooien
Agriculture, Soil Water Movement, Soil Physics
2002
SD
Annual Base
Establishing a Relationship Between Soil Test P and Runoff P for a South Dakota Soil Using Simulated Rainfall
Federal:
$36,689
Non-Federal:
$73,958
Frank Schindler, Ronald Gelderman, David German
Soil Test Phosphorus, P Saturation, P Runoff, Eutrophication, Livestock
2002
SD
Annual Base
Survey of the Macrophyte and Invertebrate Communities in Enemy Swim and Pickerel Lakes
Federal:
$7,348
Non-Federal:
$16,905
David German
2002
SD
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$48,046
Non-Federal:
$100,412
Van Kelley, David German
Information and education
2002
TN
Annual Base
Acid Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Wastewater Activated Sludge for Removal and Possible Conversion to Products
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
$144,021
Paul Bienkowski, Robert Counce
activated sludge, data analysis, economics, energy use and conservation, mathematical models, optimization, pollution control, waste disposal
2002
TN
Annual Base
Water Supply Options for Cumberland County, Tennessee: A Policy Assessment
Federal:
$16,000
Non-Federal:
$37,944
Robert Freeland, David Feldman
conflict management, institutional relationships, multiple-objective planning, planning, policy analysis, water demand, water resources development
2002
TN
Annual Base
Water Quality monitoring in two 303(d)-listed East Tennessee streams
Federal:
$9,498
Non-Federal:
$20,531
Carol Harden
water quality monitoring, land-water interactions, urban hydrology, suspended sediments, streams, runoff, geomorphology
2002
TX
Annual Base
Enhanced Flood Warnings for the Texas Medical Center: A Second Generation Flood Alert System (FAS2)
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,980
Jude Benevides, Philip Bedient
flooding, geographic information systems, severe weather, weather forecasting
2002
TX
Annual Base
Reduced Phosphorus Pollution from Dairies by Removal of Phosphorus from Wastewater through Precipitation of Struvite
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$28,476
Amanda Bragg, Kevin McInnes
water pollution, phosphorus, dairy waste, TMDL, wastewater reuse
2002
TX
Annual Base
Increase Water Use Efficiency: Implementation of Limited Irrigation for Crop Biotic and Abiotic Stress Management
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$15,000
Nyland Falkenberg, Giovanni Piccinna
irrigation, water use, water management, evapotranspiration, cotton,
2002
TX
Annual Base
Higher-Order Statisticts in Transport and Evolution of Algae Blooms
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$22,500
Jordan Furnans, Ben Hodges
algae, transport, statistics, hydrodynamic modeling
2002
TX
Annual Base
Real-Time Distributed Runoff Estimation Using NEXRAD Precipitation Data
Federal:
$4,764
Non-Federal:
$26,329
Jennifer Hadley, Raghavan Srinivasan
distributed hydrologic model, real-time runoff, NEXRAD
2002
TX
Annual Base
Reduced Phosphorus Concentrations in Feedlot Manure and Runoff
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Kevin Heflin, Brent Auvermann
runoff, phosphorus reduction
2002
TX
Annual Base
Fate of a Representative Pharmaceutical in the Environment
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$22,667
Audra Morse, Andrew Jackson
pharmaceutical, amoxicillin, wastewater treatment, antibiotic resistance
2002
TX
Annual Base
Urban Forested Wetland Restoration
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$17,975
Matthew Simmons, Steve Whisenant
bottomland hardwood forest, wetland restoration, urbanization, hydrology, reference wetland ecosystems, water quality
2002
TX
Annual Base
Adsorption and Desorption of Atrazine on Selected Lake Sediments in Texas
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
Judy Vader, Scott Senseman
atrazine, adsorption, desorption, sediment
2002
TX
Annual Base
The Role of Suspended Clays in Phosphrus Processing by Lotic Periphyton
Federal:
$5,000
Non-Federal:
$10,000
June Wolfe III, Owen Lind
water quality, reservoir-watershed landscape, periphyton, clay, nutrient processing
2002
TX
Annual Base
Information Transfer
Federal:
$30,521
Non-Federal:
$6,538
Ric Jensen, C. Allan Jones
technology transfer, information dissemination, world wide web
2002
UT
Annual Base
Source Water Protection Assessment Tools Development
Federal:
$56,510
Non-Federal:
$112,351
Ron Sims, Darwin Sorensen
Drinking Water, Watersheds, Pollutant Transport
2002
VA
Annual Base
Information Dissemination
Federal:
$63,429
Non-Federal:
$128,578
Leonard Shabman
Community Outreach, Service-Learning
2002
VI
Annual Base
Environmental Education and Hands-on Training on Mangrove Restoration Techniques
Federal:
$27,120
Non-Federal:
$0
Richard Nemeth, Marcia Taylor
Education, Wetlands, Mangroves, Salt ponds, Sedimentation, Tropics, Water quality, Reforestation
2002
VI
Annual Base
Seasonal to Century Scale Climate Effects on the Water Resources of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Federal:
$19,820
Non-Federal:
$0
Amos Winter, Henry Smith
Atmospheric Processes, Climate, Data Analysis, Drought, Rainfall, Statistics, Time-Series
2002
VI
Annual Base
Environmental Influences on Cistern Water Quality
Federal:
$19,700
Non-Federal:
$0
Henry Smith
Cisterns, Bacteria, Coliform
2002
VT
Annual Base
Water quantity and quality dynamics in high-elevation watersheds: Developing a scientific approach to understanding ski area impacts in Vermont
Federal:
$59,674
Non-Federal:
$91,448
Beverley Wemple, Donald Ross, James Shanley
ski areas, snowmaking, suspended sediment, Vermont
2002
VT
Annual Base
Detection of cyanobacterial blooms using remote sensing
Federal:
$67,500
Non-Federal:
$131,803
Suzanne Levine
algal blooms, blue green algae, cyanobacteria, toxic algae, monitoring, nuisance species, remote sensing
2002
VT
Annual Base
Substrate- and size-dependent measurement of particle-phase mercury in the atmosphere by aerosol mass spectrometry
Federal:
$24,004
Non-Federal:
$24,700
Giuseppe Petrucci
Mercury, particle mass spectrometry, atmospheric deposition, flux measurements
2002
WI
Annual Base
University of Wisconsin-Water Resources Institute - Information Transfer
Federal:
$58,043
Non-Federal:
$177,891
Anders Andren, James Hurley, JoAnn Savoy
Information transfer, publications, library services, conferences, World Wide Web
2002
WI
Annual Base
Removal of Arsenic in Groundwater Using a Novel Mesoporous Sorbent
Federal:
$34,314
Non-Federal:
$28,769
Jae Park
arsenic, groundwater treatment, contaminated water supply, nonpoint-source pollution, Wisconsin
2002
WV
Annual Base
WRI46-Assessing Extent and Longevity of Degradation Following Coal Mining in West Virginia
Federal:
$23,542
Non-Federal:
$48,728
Paul Ziemkiewicz
2002
WV
Annual Base
WRI48-Impact of Longwall Mining on Headwater Streams in Northern West Virginia
Federal:
$55,002
Non-Federal:
$104,591
Ben Stout, Ben Stout
2002
WV
Annual Base
WRI47-Establishing Biological and Water Quality Criteria for Water Resource Management in Mining Impacted Watersheds
Federal:
$97,109
Non-Federal:
$325,123
J Petty, J Petty
2002
WY
Annual Base
Erosion potential model development and channel monitoring
Federal:
$11,980
Non-Federal:
$46,743
Gregory Wilkerson, Gregory Wilkerson
Channel erosion, coalbed methane, GIS
2002
WY
Annual Base
Testing of hydrologic models for estimating streamflow in mountainous areas of Wyoming
Federal:
$17,970
Non-Federal:
$58,377
Bruce Brinkman, Lawrence Ostresh, Hugh Lowham
Mountain streams, Instream flow, Base flow, Hydrologic models, Model studies, Data Analysis
2002
WY
Annual Base
Product accessibility and dissemination for the Water Research Program at the University of Wyoming
Federal:
$2,500
Non-Federal:
$6,355
Jan Curtis
Information dissemination
2002
WY
Annual Base
Combining modern and paleo-climate data to enhance drought prediction and response
Federal:
$9,674
Non-Federal:
$37,915
Stephen Jackson, Stephen Gray, Kenneth Gerow
Climate, Drought
2002
WY
Annual Base
The Wyoming Climate Atlas
Federal:
$10,400
Non-Federal:
$32,464
Jan Curtis
Climate, Data Analysis, Metadata, Hydrology,
2002
WY
Annual Base
Real-time monitoring of E.Coli contamination in Wyoming
Federal:
$17,556
Non-Federal:
$72,737
Paul Johnson
Water Quality Monitoring, Bacteria, Miomonitoring, Bioindicators
2002
WY
Annual Base
Drought prediction model development and dissemination in Wyoming
Federal:
$15,862
Non-Federal:
$98,849
Michael Smith, Thomas Thurow, Philip Rosenlund
Agriculture, Bioindicators, Biomonitoring, Decision models, Range Management, Risk Analysis, Risk Management
2021
CA
Coordination
HEC-RAS 2D Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) Solver
Federal:
$339,805
Non-Federal:
N/A
Doug Parker
2021
CO
Coordination
Process-Guided Deep Learning for Informing Selection of Monitoring Locations in Priority Watersheds
Federal:
$199,253
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jennifer Gimbel
2021
IA
Coordination
Nutrient modeling for water quality wetlands in Iowa
Federal:
$72,874
Non-Federal:
N/A
Rick Cruse
2021
NY
Coordination
Connecting System Process and System Evolution Models to Assess Water Resource Vulnerability to Drought
Federal:
$330,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Brian Rahm
2020
AL
Coordination
Integrating Geographical Hidden Markov Tree with the Fist Model for Flood Inundation Mapping
Federal:
$89,539
Non-Federal:
N/A
Henry Fadamiro
2020
AR
Coordination
Analysis of groundwater contribution to the Black River near the Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Federal:
$243,688
Non-Federal:
N/A
Brian Haggard
2020
MN
Coordination
Process guided machine learning for water temperature prediction
Federal:
$81,247
Non-Federal:
N/A
Vipin Kumar
2020
NH
Coordination
Determining the effectiveness of the Clean Air Act and Amendments on the recovery of surface waters in the northeastern US
Federal:
$398,058
Non-Federal:
N/A
William McDowell
2020
NH
Coordination
Evaluating Environmental DNA Lake Assessments: A potential early warning alert for the presence of cyanobacteria associated with HAB formation in New England lakes
Federal:
$131,889
Non-Federal:
N/A
William McDowell
2019
CO
Coordination
Assessing Status of Water Quality and Environmental Health of our Nation’s Rivers
Federal:
$49,999
Non-Federal:
N/A
Reagan M. Waskom
2019
CO
Coordination
Measuring hydraulic and thermal conditions of high elevation headwater streams in regions of North-Central Colorado
Federal:
$39,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Reagan M. Waskom
2019
CO
Coordination
Validating Modeled Streamflow Transport Dynamics and Floodplain Habitat Connectivity for Larval Endangered Fish of the Middle Green River, Utah
Federal:
$48,533
Non-Federal:
N/A
Reagan M. Waskom
2019
MN
Coordination
Improving the Understandability of USGS Decision Support Products
Federal:
$125,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jeffrey Peterson
2019
WI
Coordination
Mapping Annual Irrigated Lands in the U.S. to Support Irrigation Water-Use Estimation
Federal:
$140,822
Non-Federal:
N/A
James Hurley
2018
HI
Coordination
Development of Regional Strategic Visioning at the USGS Water Resources Research Act Program (WRRA) and Coordination and Collaboration among WRRA Institutes and NOAA Sea Grant College Programs
Federal:
$54,999
Non-Federal:
N/A
Mary Donohue
2018
HI
Coordination
Assessment of Groundwater Availability from Volcanic-Rock Aquifers in Central Maui, Hawaii
Federal:
$49,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Darren Lerner
2018
IL
Coordination
Evaluation of the Application of Structure from Motion Topographic Surveys for Monitoring of Nearshore Placement in Southern Lake Michigan
Federal:
$49,900
Non-Federal:
N/A
Ethan Theuerkauf
2018
MD
Coordination
Results of the 308 Reports on Water Resources Planning and Development in the United States and Implications of These Results for the Future
Federal:
$151,606
Non-Federal:
N/A
Kaye Brubaker
2018
NH
Coordination
Determining the Effectiveness of the Clean Air Act and Amendments for Surface Water Recovery
Federal:
$199,029
Non-Federal:
N/A
William McDowell
2017
AZ
Coordination
TAAP: University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center Effort
Federal:
$333,332
Non-Federal:
N/A
Sharon Medal
2017
HI
Coordination
Estimating Seasonal Runoff in Ungauged Basins in Hawai'i for Regional-Scale Waterbudget Models
Federal:
$90,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Aly El-Kadi
2017
IL
Coordination
Are Current Sediment Bioassys Being Biased by Collecting and Holding Time Procedures?
Federal:
$30,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Michael Lydy
2017
IL
Coordination
Projected rainfall frequency for DuPage, Will and Lake Counties in Illinois
Federal:
$59,881
Non-Federal:
N/A
James Angel
2017
KS
Coordination
2017 NIWR-USGS National Competitive Grant Review
Federal:
$45,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Dan Devlin
2017
MI
Coordination
Phosphorus Optimized Wetland Treatment and Placement Screening
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jon Bartholic
2017
NM
Coordination
TAAP: New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute Effort
Federal:
$166,666
Non-Federal:
N/A
Sam Fernald
2017
TX
Coordination
TAAP: Identifying and Assessing the Condition of Transboundary Aquifers between Texas and Mexico
Federal:
$333,332
Non-Federal:
N/A
John Tracy
2017
TX
Coordination
Maintenance and Enhancement of the NIWR.NET Website: 2017-2018
Federal:
$72,600
Non-Federal:
N/A
John Tracy
2016
AL
Coordination
Environmentally-Friendly Alternatives to Bulkheads for Resilient and Healthy Shorelines: Evaluation and Implementation of Two Living Shoreline Designs
Federal:
$166,916
Non-Federal:
N/A
Just Cebrian
2016
AZ
Coordination
Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP): Arizona Water Resources Research Center Effort
Federal:
$166,666
Non-Federal:
N/A
Sharon Medal
2016
CO
Coordination
Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA)
Federal:
$19,750
Non-Federal:
N/A
Reagan Waskom, John Matthews
2016
HI
Coordination
Evaluating Student Training and STEM Workforce Development at the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR)
Federal:
$56,700
Non-Federal:
N/A
2016
IL
Coordination
Improving Community Resilience in the Great Lakes Through applied Research and Extension
Federal:
$4,340,273
Non-Federal:
N/A
Brian Miller
2016
KS
Coordination
2016 NIWR-USGS National Competitive Grant Review
Federal:
$45,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Daniel Devlin
2016
MD
Coordination
Impact of the "308 Reports" on Water Resources Planning and Development in the United States and Implications of the Results for the Future
Federal:
$260,832
Non-Federal:
N/A
Gerald Galloway
2016
ME
Coordination
Occurrence of Coal-Tar Based Pavement Sealant Related PAHs in Urban Streambed Sediments in Main
Federal:
$18,777
Non-Federal:
N/A
John Peckenham
2016
MI
Coordination
Saginaw River Sedimentation Study SWAT Modeling in the Saginaw River Watershed
Federal:
$130,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi
2016
NC
Coordination
National Advances in Harmful Algae Blooms (HAB) Research Through the Water Resources Research Act Program
Federal:
$12,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Susan White
2016
NM
Coordination
Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP): NM Water Resources Research Institute Effort
Federal:
$166,666
Non-Federal:
N/A
Sam Fernald
2016
TX
Coordination
Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP): TX Water Resources Institute Effort
Federal:
$166,666
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jon Tracy
2016
TX
Coordination
Maintenance and Enhancement of the NIWR.NET Website 2016-2017
Federal:
$82,500
Non-Federal:
N/A
2016
UT
Coordination
Researching Optimal Methods for Educating Hydrologists and Future Water Managers Using USGS National Water Census Data Portal
Federal:
$23,781
Non-Federal:
N/A
Daniel Ames
2016
WI
Coordination
Engaging Great Lakes Teachers in the Visualize Your Water Mapping Challenge
Federal:
$15,388
Non-Federal:
N/A
David Hart
2016
WI
Coordination
Analytical Services for Use of Mercury Isotopes to Inform Human Health and Ecosystem Health Decisions
Federal:
$94,896
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jim Hurley
2015
CA
Coordination
Numerical Modeling of Local Intense Precipitation Processes
Federal:
$1,194,598
Non-Federal:
N/A
M.L. Kavvas
2015
CO
Coordination
Application of Remotely Sensed Data for Improved Regional and National Hydrologic Simulations
Federal:
$80,346
Non-Federal:
N/A
Terri Hogue
2015
HI
Coordination
Assessment of GroundwaterAvailability in the Volcanic-Rock Aquifers of Hawaii
Federal:
$142,500
Non-Federal:
N/A
Aly El-Kadi
2015
IA
Coordination
Prototype Multi-Jurisdictional Decision Making Web Platform for Integrated Water Resources Management: From Interagency Collaboration to Implementation in the Iowa-Cedar Watershed (Iowa)
Federal:
$180,865
Non-Federal:
N/A
Marian Muste
2015
IN
Coordination
Current Reduction Status Regional Tracker (CrsTracker)
Federal:
$74,065
Non-Federal:
N/A
Bernie Engel
2015
NM
Coordination
Drought in the West: Elements of Successful Science to Improve Water Management and Address Nationally Important Issues Through the USGS-NIWR Partnership
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Sam Fernald
2015
OR
Coordination
Supporting Near Real-Time Reservoir Dynamics Monitoring with USGS Satellite Data
Federal:
$50,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jamon Van Den Hoek
2015
WI
Coordination
Direction of Peer Review and Selection Panel Activities for FY 2015 U.S. Geological Survey - National Institutes for Water Resources National Competitive Grants Program
Federal:
$30,189
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jim Hurley
2015
WI
Coordination
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Surface Covers for Controlling Fluxes of Water and Radon at Disposal Facilities for Uranium Mill Tailings
Federal:
$422,329
Non-Federal:
N/A
Craig Bensen
2015
WI
Coordination
Application of Mercury Isotopes to Inform Ecosystem Restoration in the Great Lakes Region
Federal:
$79,984
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jim Hurley
2014
CA
Coordination
Lake-Pair Synchronicity an an Indicator of Permafrost Change in Arctic Regions
Federal:
$37,745
Non-Federal:
N/A
Steven Jepsen
2014
CO
Coordination
ICIWaRM Advisory Board Meeting and Workshop
Federal:
$150,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Reagan Waskom
2014
CO
Coordination
Application of Remotely Sensed Data for Improved Regional and National Hydrologic Simulations
Federal:
$60,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Terri Hogue
2014
HI
Coordination
Assessment of Groundwater Availablity in the Volcanic-Rock Aquifers of Oahu, Hawaii
Federal:
$80,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Aly El-Kadi
2014
IL
Coordination
3-D Modeling of the Chicago Sanotary and ship Canal from the Cal-Sag Junction to the Lockport Powerhouse, Illinios
Federal:
$75,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Marcelo Garcia
2014
IL
Coordination
Improving Morphodynamic Predictions in Rivers
Federal:
$70,030
Non-Federal:
N/A
Gary Parker
2014
KS
Coordination
Water Research for the Fort Riley Net Zero Initiative
Federal:
$306,893
Non-Federal:
N/A
Stacy Hutchinson
2014
MI
Coordination
The Potential for Incorporating Economics ino the Great Lakes Tributary Model (GLTM) Decision Support Tools
Federal:
$29,073
Non-Federal:
N/A
G14AP00032
2014
NH
Coordination
Determining the Effectiveness of the Clean Air Act and Amendments for the Recovery of Surface Waters in the Northeastern U.S.
Federal:
$202,226
Non-Federal:
N/A
William McDowell
2014
VA
Coordination
Development of Dynamic Gridding Tools for the USGS MODFLOW - USGS Computer Program for Simulating Groundwater Flow
Federal:
$46,249
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jyh-Ming Lien
2014
WI
Coordination
Quantifying and Communicating Uncertainity in Products of the USGS National Water Census
Federal:
$20,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Kenneth Potter
2013
AZ
Coordination
IEIWaRM Streamflow Forecasts Africa
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Sharon Megdal, Juan Valdes
2013
HI
Coordination
Monthly rainfall maps for the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii, 2008-2010
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Thomas Giambelluca
2013
HI
Coordination
Assessment of Hydraulic Properties through Tidal Ground-level Analysis for the State of Hawaii
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Aly El-Kadi
2013
IA
Coordination
Hysteresis in Index-Velocity Rating Curves
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Richard Cruse, Marian Muste, Marian Muste
2013
KS
Coordination
Water Research for the Fort Riley Net Zero Initiative
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Stacy Hutchinson
2013
MA
Coordination
Developing Tools for Climate eRisk Assessment and Adaptation in Water Resources Systems
Federal:
$100,000
Non-Federal:
N/A
Casey Brown
2013
MA
Coordination
RiverSmart Communities and Federal Collaborators: Attuning Federal Agencies and Programs with the State, Regional, and local Efforts to Support Ecologically Restorative Flood Prevention and Remediation in New England
Federal:
$198,597
Non-Federal:
N/A
Eve Vogel
2013
NM
Coordination
Groundwater Exploration, Assessment and Monitoring for Humanitarian Assistance in Ethiopia
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Alexander Fernald
2013
VA
Coordination
Modernizing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning and Regulatory Policies and Programs Phase VI
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Stephen H. Schoenholtz, Leonard Shabman
2013
WV
Coordination
Monongahela River Basin TDS Calculation PA and WV
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Paul Ziemkiewicz
TDS, Discharge, Nonpoint Source Pollution
2012
CA
Coordination
Innovations for an Integrated Approach to Climate Analysis and Food Security Monitoring
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Doug Parker
2012
HI
Coordination
Determination of groundwater fluxes and evaluation of water-level data to characterize effectiveness of low-permeability valley-fill deposits in the Pearl Harbor Aquifer area
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Aly El-Kadi
2012
IL
Coordination
Modeling of Mixed Open Channel and Pipe Flow by Metroflow
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Brian Miller, Marcelo Garcia
2012
IL
Coordination
Discharge Rating of Chicago River Controlling Works
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Brian Miller, Marcelo Garcia
2012
IN
Coordination
Proposal for the Development of a Web-Based Tools Workshop
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Ronald Turco, Bernard Engel
2012
MD
Coordination
The Effectiveness of a Computer-Assisted Decision Support System Using Realistic Interactive Visualization as a Learning Tool in Flood Risk Management
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Bahram Momen, Kaye Brubaker
2012
MI
Coordination
Proposal for the Development of a Web-Based Tools Workshop
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jon Bartholic
2012
MI
Coordination
Modeling the Impacts of Chicago River on Lake Michigan: Dynamics of Dissolved Oxygen, BOD, Suspended Solids, Chloride and Temperature in the Nearshore Region
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jon Bartholic, Phanikumar Mantha
2012
NE
Coordination
Development of a National Database of Depreciated Structure Replacement Values for Inclusion with SimSuite/HAZUS and Flood Mitigation Reconnaissance Studies
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Suat Irmak, Steven Shultz
2012
OH
Coordination
Updating the Uncertainty Analysis of Great Lakes Net Basin Supply Components
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2012
OK
Coordination
Utilization of Regional Climate Science Programs in Reservoir and Watershed Impact Assessments
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Dave Engle, Yang Hong, Renee McPherson
2011
AZ
Coordination
Evaluation of the Impact of Hydrologic Extremes from Climate Change
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Sharon Megdal, Juan Valdes
2011
GU
Coordination
Hydrogeological Database for Northern Guam
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
John Jenson, John Jenson
2011
MA
Coordination
Development of a Hydroclimate Synthesis Report for International Upper Great Lakes Study
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Casey Brown
2011
MA
Coordination
Climate Risk Assessment and Management
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Casey Brown
2011
MD
Coordination
Evaluation of National Dam Safety Program
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Gerald Galloway, Kaye Brubaker
2011
MN
Coordination
Identifying and Evaluating Best Practices for the Adaptive Management of Water Resources
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Deborah Swackhamer
2011
NE
Coordination
Evaluation of FEW NET Satellite Products for Drought Monitoring in Food Insecure Areas of Ethiopia
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Bruce Dvorak, Tsegaye Tadesse
2011
NH
Coordination
Determining the Effectiveness of the Clean Air Act and Amendments for the Recovery of Surface Waters in the Northeastern U.S.
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
William McDowell, Steve Kahl
2011
NM
Coordination
Coordinate a Conference Entitled: "New Water New Energy: A Conference Linking Desalination and Renewable Energy"
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2011
NY
Coordination
Flood Frequency Research for California
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jery Stedinger
2011
TN
Coordination
Development of Water Quality Model for Regional Loadings
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Timothy Gangaware, Carol Harden
2011
UT
Coordination
Estimating Crop Water Use with Remote Sensing: Development of Guidelines and Specifications
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Christopher Neale
2011
VA
Coordination
Modernizing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning and Regulatory Policies and Programs Phase IV
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Stephen H. Schoenholtz, Leonard Shabman
2011
VA
Coordination
Modernizing the United States Army Corps of Engineers Planning and Regulatory Policies and Programs - Phase V
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Stephen H. Schoenholtz, Leonard Shabman
2011
WI
Coordination
GLMRIS Water Quality Modeling (Marquette U.)
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Anders Andren, Charles Melching
2010
GU
Coordination
Hydrogeological Database for Northern Guam
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Gary Denton, John Jenson
2010
HI
Coordination
Hydraulic Properties of the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer System, Territory of Guam, USA
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Aly El-Kadi
2010
IA
Coordination
Climate Change Impact Evaluation Coralville Reservoir Evaluation
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Richard Cruse
2010
MN
Coordination
Data Management and GIS Analysis for the Ecosystem Technical Work Group
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Deborah Swackhamer
2010
NM
Coordination
Monitoring and Forecasting Climate, Water, and Land Use for Food Production and Business Development in Iraq
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
M. Karl Wood, Frank Ward
Iraq, climate, water, land use, food production, crops, GIS, remote sensing, resource economics
2010
NV
Coordination
Yerington/Anaconda Mine Site Technical Support
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
William Albright
2010
UT
Coordination
Drought Index Information System for NIDIS
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
David Tarboton
2009
GU
Coordination
Hydrogeological Database for Northern Guam
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
John Jenson
2009
HI
Coordination
Numerical Simulation of the Effects of Borehole Flow on Measured Vertical Salinity Profiles from Deep Monitor Wells, Pearl Harbor Aquifer, Oahu, Hawaii
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Aly El-Kadi
2009
IN
Coordination
The Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program 516(e): Purdue University and Michigan State University
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Ronald Turco, Bernard Engel
2009
MA
Coordination
Evaluation of Adaptive Management of Lake Superior amid Climate Variability and Change
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Paula Rees, Casey Brown
2009
MD
Coordination
Comparison and Integration of Lock Control Policies
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Allen Davis, Paul Schonfeld
Navigation, Locks
2009
MI
Coordination
Continued Technical Support of MI Water Withdrawal Assessment Process & Development of an Internet-Based Water-Use Database
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jon Bartholic, Jeremiah Asher
2009
MI
Coordination
The Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program 516(e): Purdue University and Michigan State University
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jon Bartholic
2009
PA
Coordination
Long-term Responses of Stream Chemistry to Changes in Atmospheric Deposition in Mid-Appalachian Forests of Pennsylvania
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Elizabeth Boyer, David DeWalle
2009
VA
Coordination
Modernizing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning and Regulatory Policies and Programs, Phase III
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Stephen H. Schoenholtz, Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2009
VA
Coordination
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Initiatives
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Stephen H. Schoenholtz, Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2009
WV
Coordination
A Hierarchical Alternative Futures Modeling System to Support Decisions for the Mountaintop Removal - Valley Fill Mining Region of West Virginia
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Paul Ziemkiewicz
2008
AZ
Coordination
Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Christopher Scott
2008
CA
Coordination
Monitoring and Forecasting Climate, Water and Land Use for Food Production in the Developing World
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2008
CO
Coordination
Development of a Correction Function for the 3-Inch, Thin-Walled, Helley-Smith Sampler Deployed on Coarse Gravel Beds
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Steven Abt, Kristin Bunte
2008
CO
Coordination
Risk Assessment and Forecasting of Indian Summer Monsoon for Agricultural Drought Impact Planning
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Rajagopalan Balaji
2008
HI
Coordination
Application of Radar Imagery as Input to a Rainfall-Runoff Model for the Kawela Watershed, Molokai
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Aly El-Kadi
2008
IA
Coordination
Development of Techniques for Measuring and Mapping Flow Velocities in Rivers Using ADCPs
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Marian Muste
2008
IL
Coordination
Two-Dimensional Modeling of Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in St. Clair River
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Gary Parker
2008
IN
Coordination
Web-Based Load Duration Curve for TMDL
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2008
MI
Coordination
Developing the Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jon Bartholic
2008
MI
Coordination
Economic Expert, International Upper Great Lakes Study
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jon Bartholic
2008
NE
Coordination
Standards of Practice for Adaptive Management
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Kyle Hoagland, Kyle Hoagland
2008
NM
Coordination
Monitoring and Forecasting Climate, Water and Land Use for Food Production in Afghanistan
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
M. Karl Wood, Frank Ward
Afghanistan, agriculture, crops, economics
2008
NM
Coordination
Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Bobby Creel, James King
Transboundary, aquifers, groundwater, Mexico, binational
2008
NV
Coordination
Depleted Uranium Transport by Water
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
David Shafer, Julianne Miller
2008
TX
Coordination
Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Ari Michelson
2008
UT
Coordination
Drought Index Information System for NIDIS
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
David Tarboton
2008
VA
Coordination
Studies of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Policies and Programs, Phase II - Part 2
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2008
WA
Coordination
Alternative Cover Design and Construction for Solid Waste Landfills in Arid Regions
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Michael Barber
2008
WI
Coordination
The Transport, Fate and Cycling of Mercury in Watersheds and Air Sheds
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
James Hurley, David Krabbenhoft, David Krabbenhoft
2008
WI
Coordination
Influence of Coupling Erosion and Hydrology on the Long-Term Performance of Engineered Surface Barriers
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Anders Andren, Craig Benson
2007
HI
Coordination
Assessing Effects of Intraborehole Flow in Deep Monitoring Wells on Estimates of Aquifer Salinity Profiles
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Aly El-Kadi
2007
IA
Coordination
Guidelines for Sampling and Averaging in Measurements of Discharge with Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Chris Rehmann
2007
IN
Coordination
Web-Based Low Impact Development Decision Support and Planning Tool
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Ronald Turco, Bernard Engel
2007
MD
Coordination
Development of Detailed Lock Model - Phase 1 through Phase 3
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Allen Davis
2007
MI
Coordination
Key Indicator Species for Consideration by the International Great Lakes Study and Preliminary Assessment of Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species in the Upper Great Lakes
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jon Bartholic
2007
NH
Coordination
Watershed Assessment of New Boston Air Force Base
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
William McDowell
2007
TX
Coordination
Enhancing the Livestock Early Warning System (LEWS) with NASA Earth-Sun Science Data, GPS and RANET Technologies
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Steve Whisenant
2007
VA
Coordination
A Weight of Evidence Screening Value Approach to Nutrient Criteria Development for Wadeable Streams
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Tamim Younos
2007
VA
Coordination
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Initiatives, Policies and Programs - Regulatory Improvement Initiatives
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2007
WI
Coordination
Alternative Cover Guidance Document
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Craig Benson, Craig Benson
2007
WI
Coordination
ACAP Test Section Exhumation
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Craig Benson, Craig Benson
2006
MD
Coordination
Development of IWR NETS-NaSS - Phase 3
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2006
MI
Coordination
Developing the Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jeremiah Asher
2006
NE
Coordination
Incorporating Remote Sensing Information into the US Drought Monitor
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2006
NH
Coordination
Determining the Effectiveness of the Clean Air Act and Amendments for the Recovery of Surface Waters in the Northeastern U.S.
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Steve Kahl, William McDowell
2006
VA
Coordination
Modernizing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Policies and Programs: Phase II
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2006
VA
Coordination
Modernizing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Policies and Programs
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Stephen H. Schoenholtz
2006
VA
Coordination
Shared Vision Planning Pilot Study for the James River Basin Plan of Study for Virginia Tech Faculty Participation
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Stephen H. Schoenholtz, William Cox
2006
VA
Coordination
Modernizing Corps of Engineers Decision-Making: Computer-Aided Collaborative Decision-Making
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Kurt Stephenson
2006
WI
Coordination
Effectiveness of Engineered Covers: From Modeling to Performance Monitoring
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2005
AL
Coordination
This is a test to be deleted
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2005
CA
Coordination
unknown
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2005
CA
Coordination
unknown
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2005
CA
Coordination
Spatially Explicit Modeling and Monitoring of Hydroclimatic Extremes: Reducing the Threat to Food Security in the Developing World
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2005
CO
Coordination
Produced Waters Workshop
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Robert Ward
2005
HI
Coordination
Stormwater Education on US Army Installations on Oahu
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
John Cusick
2005
HI
Coordination
Evaluating the Effectiveness and Feasibility of Commercial Ozone Technologies Used for Sanitation of Work Area and Laundry Services
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Roger Fujioka
2005
ID
Coordination
Initial Model Development of the Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Project
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2005
IN
Coordination
Integrating ACOE Sediment Runoff Predictive Tool into DW-L-THIA System
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Bernard Engel
2005
MD
Coordination
State of the Art Models and Practices Review and Design Document Development for a Navigation System Simulation Model
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
[UNKNOWN]
2005
MD
Coordination
Improvements of IWR Navigation Models
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
[UNKNOWN]
2005
MI
Coordination
Integrating ACOE Sediment Runoff Predictive Tool into DW-L-THIA System
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Yi Shi, Jon Bartholic, Bernard Engel
2005
MI
Coordination
Strategic Conceptual Plan for Submittal to the Army Corps of Engineers for the 516(e) Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jon Bartholic, Jeremiah Asher, Ouyang Da, Da Ouyang, Saichon Seedang, Yi Shi
2005
MI
Coordination
Groundwater Inventory and Mapping Project in Support of Public Act 148
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
David Lusch, Jon Bartholic, Steve Miller
2005
MO
Coordination
Geographic Information Systems for Tracking Vessels on the Inland Waterways
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
James Campbell, Ray Mundy
2005
NV
Coordination
Water Resources of the Basin and Range Carbonate Aquifer System in White Pine County, Nevada, and Adjacent Areas in Nevada and Utah
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
James Thomas
2005
OR
Coordination
Navigation Economic Technologies Research Program
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Wesley Wilson
2005
PA
Coordination
Soil Carbon Sequestration in Drylands
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Petra Tschakert
2005
UT
Coordination
The Integration of Multispectral Imaging and LIDAR to Evaluate the Geomorphic Changes Associated with a Levee Setback along the Puyallup River, WA
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Christopher Neale, Robert Black, Christopher Konrad
2005
VA
Coordination
Multi-Institute Bacterial Source Tracking Project
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Charles Hagedorn
2005
VA
Coordination
Modernizing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Policies and Program
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Tamim Younos
2005
VA
Coordination
Nutrients in Lakes and Reservoirs Literature Review
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Tamim Younos
2005
WA
Coordination
Improving Groundwater Management in Jordan
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Michael Barber
2005
WA
Coordination
A Preliminary Numerical Flow Model Development for the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Michael Barber
2005
WI
Coordination
The Role of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Aquatic Mercury Cycling The Transport, Fate and Cycling of Mercury in Watersheds and Air Sheds
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2004
ME
Coordination
Evaluating the effect of the Clean Air Act on lake and stream chemistry in the northeastern U.S.
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Jeffrey Kahl, Katherine Webster
2004
MT
Coordination
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Norma Nickerson, Megan McBride
2004
VA
Coordination
Modernizing US Army Corps of Engineers Policies and Programs
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Tamim Younos
2004
VA
Coordination
Multi-Institute Bactrial Source Tracking Project
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Tamim Younos, Charles Hagedorn
2004
VA
Coordination
Modernizing US Army Corps of Engineers Policies and Programs
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Tamim Younos
2004
VA
Coordination
Modernizing US Army Corps of Engineers Policies and Programs
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Tamim Younos
2004
VA
Coordination
Modernizing US Army Corps of Engineers Policies and Programs
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Tamim Younos
2004
VA
Coordination
Multi-Institute Bacterial Source Tracking Project
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
2003
VA
Coordination
Modernizing US Army Corps of Engineers Policies and Programs
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Tamim Younos
2003
VA
Coordination
Multi-Institute Bacterial Source Tracking Project
Federal:
$0
Non-Federal:
N/A
Tamim Younos, Charles Hagedorn