Grantee Research Project Results
2003 Progress Report: Patroon Creek Watershed Monitoring, Management and Restoration Program
EPA Grant Number: R828578Title: Patroon Creek Watershed Monitoring, Management and Restoration Program
Investigators: Simcoe, William D. , Arnason, John , Davis, Rodney
Current Investigators: Simcoe, William D. , Arnason, John , Davis, Nate
Institution: City of Albany, NY , W. Haywood Burns Environmental Education Center , The State University of New York
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 Period Covered by this Report: November 30, 2002 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: Aquatic Ecosystems , Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration , Environmental Statistics , Water , Air
Objective:
The objective of this research project is to collect water quality data along the Patroon Creek, identify pollutants that pose a hazard to public health, and post water quality data on the Internet and at public kiosks.
Progress Summary:
We continued biweekly monitoring of Patroon Creek at seven sites for pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, dissolved ions, alkalinity, and microorganisms. John Arnason and George Robinson received a 1-year, $27,194 grant entitled “Measuring the Effects of Wetland and Riparian Zones on Water Quality in the Urban Patroon Creek Watershed, Albany County, NY” from the Water Resources Institute Program of the U.S. Geological Survey . This grant will enable continued monitoring of Patroon Creek for 1 year beyond the Science To Achieve Results grant period. In addition, it will provide for additional studies of water quality and soil chemistry in Rensselaer Lake in the headwaters of Patroon Creek. By providing in-kind matching to the grant, the City of Albany has shown a continued commitment to monitoring and improving water quality and to the original consortium.
Future Activities:
The Principal Investigator received a no-cost extension for 1 year to complete the project. We will continue weekly sampling into June 2004. Data links between computer servers at W. Haywood Burns and the sampling and test data from the State University of New York–Albany will be completed, data will linked to mapping, and two public kiosks will be purchased and installed.
Journal Articles:
No journal articles submitted with this report: View all 22 publications for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
RFA, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Scientific Discipline, Water, ECOSYSTEMS, Restoration, Ecological Risk Assessment, Mercury, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, estuarine research, Watersheds, Monitoring/Modeling, Ecological Monitoring, Wet Weather Flows, Water & Watershed, Ecology and Ecosystems, Environmental Monitoring, environmental indicators, ecosystem health, restoration strategies, environmental restoration, water management options, water quality, contaminated waterfronts, estuaries, risk assessment, combined sewer overflows, aquatic ecosystem, watershed assessment, watershed restoration, monitoring, real-time monitoring, storm drainage, hydrology, environmental stress, aquatic degradation, precipitation monitoring, wetlands, coastal zone, eutrophication, storm water, groundwater pollution, stormwater runoff, continuous monitoring, ecosystem restoration, conservation, watershed, downstream effectsRelevant Websites:
http://www.w-haywoodburns.org Exit
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ny/nwis/uv?01359133 Exit
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.