Grantee Research Project Results

2016 Progress Report: Assessing the Contribution of Small Streams to Use and Non-use WaterQuality Values Using Modeling, Stakeholder Participation, and Decision Theory

EPA Grant Number: R836169
Title: Assessing the Contribution of Small Streams to Use and Non-use WaterQuality Values Using Modeling, Stakeholder Participation, and Decision Theory
Investigators: Howarth, Richard B. , Borsuk, Mark E. , Rogers, Shannon H. , Chen, Celia Y , Zuidema, Shan
Current Investigators: Borsuk, Mark E. , Howarth, Richard B. , Rogers, Shannon H. , Chen, Celia Y , Zuidema, Shan
Institution: Duke University , University of New Hampshire , Plymouth State University , Dartmouth College
Current Institution: Dartmouth College , Plymouth State University , University of New Hampshire
EPA Project Officer: Packard, Benjamin H
Project Period: April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2021 (Extended to March 31, 2022)
Project Period Covered by this Report: April 1, 2016 through March 31,2017
Project Amount: $798,337
RFA: Water Quality Benefits (2015) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Water

Objective:

The goal of this project is to develop a transferable framework for linking the health of small streams to water quality indicators, ecosystem services, and human preferences. The project aims to combine a spatially distributed modeling framework for gauging the determinants of water quality with two complementary valuation methods, deliberative multicriteria analysis and choice modelling. The project focuses on the Cocheco, Oyster, and Lamprey River watersheds in Southeastern New Hampshire.

Progress Summary:

In Year 1 of the project, the research team focused on updating the FrAMES hydrological model and developing a Bayesian network model to represent the links between ecosystem function and related services that people recognize and fundamentally value. In addition, the team conducted extensive work to prepare for a set of deliberative multicriteria analysis workshops that are planned for October 2017.

Future Activities:

The next phase of the project will focus on the refinement and application of the FrAMES hydrological model and the Bayesian network model, generating outputs that can be communicated to workshop participants and survey respondents. The research team will conduct a series of workshops that apply the theory of methods of deliberative multicriteria analysis. And the team will design a stated preference survey that will provide the basis for a choice modelling analysis that complements the project’s focus on multicriteria analysis.

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Publications
Type	Citation	Project	Document Sources
Journal Article	Mavrommati G., M.E. Borsuk, and R.B. Howarth. 2017. A novel deliberative multicriteria evaluation approach to ecosystem service valuation. Ecology and Society 22(2):39.	R836169 (2016)	not available

Supplemental Keywords:

Ecosystem services; Small streams; Deliberative multicriteria analysis, Stated preference methods, Bayesian network modeling.

Progress and Final Reports:

Original Abstract

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