Grantee Research Project Results
Final Report: Risk Based Urban Watershed Management-Integration of Water Quality and Flood Control Objectives
EPA Grant Number: R825759Title: Risk Based Urban Watershed Management-Integration of Water Quality and Flood Control Objectives
Investigators: Novotny, Vladimir , Griffin, Robert J , Clark, David
Institution: Marquette University
EPA Project Officer: Packard, Benjamin H
Project Period: October 1, 1997 through September 30, 2000 (Extended to September 30, 2001)
Project Amount: $880,355
RFA: Water and Watersheds Research (1997) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Watersheds , Water
Objective:
The overall research objectives and goals of the project were to: (1) develop statistical flow, loading and water quality models applicable to risk assessment; (2) develop objective and quantitative risk assessment procedures for estimating ecological risks of stormwater and subsurface discharges from urban and suburban watersheds; (3) develop methodology for assessment of flood control and water quality benefits and resolve conflicts between flood control and ecological preservation-restoration objectives; (4) develop benefits/cost models for urban watershed management to optimize both flood control and receiving water integrity; (5) research innovative financing of urban watershed management, identify key players, and assess the willingness to pay for different watershed resident groups; and (6) examine homeowners' risk/benefit perceptions, values, effective responses to the risk, subjective norms, sociocultural backgrounds, and use of communication in the willingness to pay for these different types of benefits.The goal of the research was to examine urban water bodies along two different dimensions: the degree to which the urban development influences flooding risks, and the degree to which it influences the ecology of the water bodies as represented by the ecological risks. The research effort developed quantitative measures of the two risks that will enable public officials and stakeholders to assess the level of flood and ecological risks and develop priorities for control and urban stream (water body) improvements. It has been recognized that urban streams have multipurpose roles from which conveyance of floods and pollutants are most important. Additional uses of urban water bodies include water supply, recreation (both primary and secondary), and some less common uses such as navigation and hydropower production. These uses are interrelated and often conflicting. The team used willingness to pay concepts and extensive surveys to weight the two major risks and provide quantitative information about the perceptions and attitudes of the citizens living within two pilot watersheds on the two issues: flood control and ecological restoration of urban streams.
The teams very rapidly established communications among themselves and with stakeholders from the community. The intermediate results were communicated to the stakeholders (i.e., representatives of the communities, nongovernmental organizations, other researchers). The project provided educational and research opportunities and partial funding to three postdoctoral fellows (from the United States, Italy, and Japan), two doctoral candidates, and eight Masters of Science candidates. In addition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's STAR Watershed Program support, funds to conduct the watershed research also were received from Marquette University (co-share and development of the GIS laboratory) and the Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges (S.C. Johnson Foundation). The project also provided summer internships to two undergraduate students.
The methodology developed in this research was applied to two watersheds: the mostly rural but rapidly urbanizing Oak Creek watershed and the Menomonee River watershed representing already developed watersheds.
The institute/research team has established a cooperation with scientists in Japan from Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto and with scientists from the Universities of Padova, Pavia, and Breccia in Italy.
Summary/Accomplishments (Outputs/Outcomes):
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Botham P, CXronin M, Currie R, Doe J, Funk-Weyer D, Gant T, Leist M, Marty S, van Ravenzwaay B, Westmorland C. Analysis of health concerns not addressed by REACH for low tonnage chemicals and opportunities for new approach methodology. ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY 2023; |
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Mantziou V, Baillie-Benson P, Jaklin M, Kustermann S, Arias A, Moris N. In vitro teratogenicity testing using a 3D, embryo-like gastruloid system. REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY 2021;105:72-90. |
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Supplemental Keywords:
flooding, urbanization, urban economics, hydrological modeling, water quality modeling, urban drainage, property damages, probabilistic models, public opinion, watershed, risk assessment, ecological effects, land ethics, chemicals, toxics, PAHs, heavy metals, nitrogen, phosphorus, restoration, habitat, integrated assessment, decisionmaking, cost benefit, contingent valuation, willingness to pay, geographical information systems, great lakes, EPA Region 5, environmental ethics, biocentric values., RFA, Scientific Discipline, Economic, Social, & Behavioral Science Research Program, Ecosystem Protection, Water, Geographic Area, Hydrology, Water & Watershed, State, Aquatic Ecosystem, Wet Weather Flows, Environmental Monitoring, Ecological Risk Assessment, Environmental Engineering, Economics & Decision Making, Watersheds, ecosystem valuation, anthropogenic processes, urbanization, flood control, wateshed management, erosion, suburban watersheds, urban watershed rehabilitation method, watershed management, flood control objectives, ecosystem evaluation, runoff, community-based research, community based, citizen perceptions, socioeconomics, Wisconsin , quantitative risk assessment, aquatic ecosystems, human values, Milwaukee, water quality, wet weather modeling, ecology assessment models, water management options, climate variability, groundwater, flood hazard initiatives, aquatic biota, community values, ecological research, land use, MilwaukeeRelevant Websites:
http://www.marquette.edu/environment/Research.htm
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.