Grantee Research Project Results
2024 Progress Report: The Duwamish Valley Research Coordination Network: Building Capacity for Tribal, Community, and Agency Research in Urban Watersheds
EPA Grant Number: R840483Title: The Duwamish Valley Research Coordination Network: Building Capacity for Tribal, Community, and Agency Research in Urban Watersheds
Investigators: Malone, Melanie , Almeida, Catherine De , Johnson, Brittany , Lopez, Paulina , Wolfle Hazard, Cleo A
Institution: University of Washington- Bothell , University of Washington , Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
EPA Project Officer: Hahn, Intaek
Project Period: November 1, 2022 through May 10, 2025
Project Period Covered by this Report: November 1, 2023 through October 31,2024
Project Amount: $1,267,559
RFA: Cumulative Health Impacts at the Intersection of Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Vulnerable Populations/Lifestages: Community-Based Research for Solutions (2021) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Watersheds , Endocrine Disruptors , Environmental Justice , Human Health
Objective:
- Build community capacity for data-collection, environmental assessment, visioning, and dissemination;
- Use data-collection and predictive pollutant modeling to identify and prioritize cleanup and planning needs;
- Develop replicable data collection, data storage, and dissemination methods to promote community data ownership and equip community members with the resources and techniques necessary to continue monitoring and implementing environmental improvements in the face of a changing climate.
Progress Summary:
- Collected 156 soil, sediment, and water samples for analysis of PCBs, PAHs, metals, and dioxin/furans and petroleum products
- Created maps showing concentrations and exceedances of screening levels
- Identified screening criteria and compiled list of missing screening levels
- Conducted interviews and surveys to collect feedback about community areas of concern
- Compiled list of 195 locations of concern identified by community members
- Held multiple meetings with over 20 agencies and community partners to connect about results and held informational community workshops
- The creation of four 3-D interactive maps to gather community feedback during community engagement events.
- The creation of three story maps; one describing the project team's sample process, one describing how to understand results, and one that the Landscape Architecture Capstone group (overseen by Co-PI De Almeida) created describing the historical background of some community sites of concern. Community partners are in the process of giving feedback about the maps before release to the wider public.
Future Activities:
Publications: Several publications are in preparation based on data collected; project story maps.
Data interface: A public-facing data dashboard is under construction which would allow the public and our partners to explore the environmental data collected as part of the study. Exact sample locations will not be provided to ensure privacy of participants.
Journal Articles:
No journal articles submitted with this report: View all 1 publications for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
Environmental justice; climate change; flooding; reciprocal community science; contamination; human health; risk assessment; soil; waterRelevant Websites:
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Progress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.