Grantee Research Project Results
Patroon Creek Watershed Monitoring, Management and Restoration Program
EPA Grant Number: R828578Title: Patroon Creek Watershed Monitoring, Management and Restoration Program
Investigators: Simcoe, William D. , Mair, Aaron , Lapenis, Andrei , Hawver, Christopher , Robinson, George , Arnason, John , Sheehan, Peter
Current Investigators: Simcoe, William D. , Arnason, John , Davis, Nate
Institution: City of Albany, NY , United States Geological Survey , Albany County Department of Health , New York State Department of Environmental Conservation , The State University of New York , Arbor Hill Environmental Justice Corporation
Current Institution: City of Albany, NY , The State University of New York , W. Haywood Burns Environmental Education Center
EPA Project Officer: Packard, Benjamin H
Project Period: November 30, 2001 through December 1, 2003
Project Amount: $643,614
RFA: Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking (EMPACT) (2001) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Environmental Statistics , Water , Aquatic Ecosystems , Air , Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration
Description:
Objective:
The primary objective of this project is to provide time-relevant air and water quality data from the Patroon Creek watershed to community groups, students, planners, resource professionals and others. Large sections of the watershed are polluted due to urban storm water discharge, sewage point-source pollution, and illicit dumping. Located within the watershed are a mercury refinery, which is on the EPA National Priorities List (NPL), and a former major railroad yard that is being investigated as a New York State Brownfield site.
Approach:
This project will utilize an innovative, interactive internet site and kiosk-type displays to disseminate physical and chemical data on the water, air, soil, and sediment within the watershed to the affected community. The data will be used to formulate an environmental restoration program and also to evaluate the risk to individual residents by electronically documenting particular environmental hazards and their proximity to the community. Through this project, health professionals and researchers will be able to target and treat populations at risk throughout the affected community.
Expected Results:
The project will have the effect of empowering the low-income, minority community of Arbor Hill as it begins the process of compiling an inventory of its natural resources and reaching out to communities upstream whose projects and developments affect the environment of Arbor Hill.
Publications and Presentations:
Publications have been submitted on this project: View all 22 publications for this projectJournal Articles:
Journal Articles have been submitted on this project: View all 1 journal articles for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
e-coli, metals, effluent, remediation, risk assessment, chemical transport, organics, bacteria, community-based, environmental chemistry, pathogens, health effects, ecological effects, human health, toxics, PCB's, nitrogen oxides, sulfates, aquatic, habitat, survey, public good, biology, ecology, hydrology, analytical, northeast, NY, New York, EPA Region 2., RFA, Scientific Discipline, Water, ECOSYSTEMS, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, estuarine research, Water & Watershed, Restoration, Monitoring/Modeling, Wet Weather Flows, Ecological Monitoring, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Environmental Monitoring, Ecological Risk Assessment, Ecology and Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Watersheds, Mercury, monitoring, risk assessment, aquatic ecosystem, environmental restoration, wetlands, eutrophication, estuaries, watershed, downstream effects, precipitation monitoring, coastal zone, continuous monitoring, conservation, restoration strategies, aquatic degradation, hydrology, Patroon Creek, environmental stress, combined sewer overflows, environmental indicators, ecosystem health, ecosystem restoration, water quality, storm drainage, stormwater runoff, water management options, watershed assessment, contaminated waterfronts, groundwater pollution, real-time monitoring, watershed restorationProgress and Final Reports:
The 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.