Grantee Research Project Results
Final Report: Environmental Monitoring, Modeling and Assessment (EMMA): An Integrated Design for Evaluating Risk and Disparities in Residential Communities
EPA Grant Number: SU833936Title: Environmental Monitoring, Modeling and Assessment (EMMA): An Integrated Design for Evaluating Risk and Disparities in Residential Communities
Investigators: Hanrahan, Grady
Institution: California Lutheran University
EPA Project Officer: Page, Angela
Phase: I
Project Period: August 31, 2008 through July 31, 2009
Project Amount: $9,997
RFA: P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet (2008) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: P3 Challenge Area - Safe and Sustainable Water Resources , Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development , P3 Awards , Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Objective:
These students have contributed to this project: Jennifer Arceo (Department of Political Science and Environmental Science), Sarah Muliadi (Department of Chemistry) and Brian Kahovec (Department of Mathematics)
The construction and implementation of a long-term, sustainable student-led environmental monitoring and modeling design that defined and identified potential pollutants in aquatic systems, adequately modeled their behavior and transport, and addressed social awareness concerns to educate the community and public lawmakers is presented. Five specific objectives were formulated and studied:
- Refinement of current environmental sampling and analysis schemes for the detection of environmental
- Development of integrated models to simulate and characterize the spatial and temporal evolution of
- Development of survey questionnaires and in-depth interviews to aid in locating affected populations
- Assessment of disproportionate environmental pollution risks of low-income communities in
- Dissemination of findings to the public and to local lawmakers in order to facilitate environmental policies that protect affected populations.
Summary/Accomplishments (Outputs/Outcomes):
Conclusions:
Journal Articles:
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Relevant Websites:
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/nov/21/clu-given-grant-to-study-venturariver/
http://www.callutheran.edu/magazine/2009_winter/features/the_greening_of_clu/
http://www.callutheran.edu/news/news_detail.php?story_id=5106
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