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Green infrastructure refers to a range of urban stormwater management tools that can be flexibly implemented. These practices can aid in mitigating the negative impacts of runoff by increasing catchment detention capacity. We studied two engineered rain gardens (Cleveland OH) tha...

Inland ports are vulnerable to damage or disruptions from extreme high and low water levels. Extreme water levels can cause periods of flooding or drought and may restrict or alter port operations and freight movement. Those vulnerabilities affect not only the port itself, but al...

Many regions in the United States have excessive levels of ammonia in their drinking water sources (e.g., ground and surface waters) as a result of naturally occurring processes, agricultural and urban runoff, concentrated animal feeding operations, municipal wastewater treatment...

Climate change and air pollution are arguably the most significant environmental problems facing the United States and the world over the next decade. There is an urgent need to dramatically curtail emissions of greenhouse gases, including powerful short-lived forcers such as met...

This paper addresses United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) operational and research challenges for the next decade in the utilization of space-based observations for the assessment of terrestrial properties affecting land, water, and air resources, and human health....

Water quality is essential for the survival of life, population health and well-being. No current or planned earth orbiting mission is optimized for water quality measures of inland waters (lakes and reservoirs) or estuaries. A combined science- and application- driven, long-term...

As part of the Coordinated Science and Monitoring Initiative (CSMI) in Lake Superior in 2016, a lake-wide benthic survey was conducted to assess the status of the benthic macroinvertebrate community with primary focus on the native amphipod Diporeia, Oligochaeta, Chironomidae, an...

The grand challenge of our time, in the face of the increasing impact of humans on the environment and climate, is to derive actionable knowledge to ensure sustainable use of marine and coastal resources and a healthy global society.This grand challenge requires a focus on these ...

During the immediate, emergency phase of a response, it will be impossible to initiate activities other than establishing life-saving operations and securing a site for the safety of the public and first responders. This report contains a comprehensive list of proposed equipment ...

This report will be a chapter in an updated Riparian BMP manual developed by the State of WA Fish and Wildlife Dept. Jana Compton and I were asked to contribute the chapter on nutrients in riparian ecosystems based on experience and research in riparian systems. The document is...

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The objective of this report was to evaluate the persistence of radioactive cesium-137 (Cs-137), on concrete-lined, copper, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe, and possible decontamination approaches. During this study, conditions within operational drinking water pipes were simul...

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For protecting drinking water supplies, the locations of areas with reliance on private domestic wells (hereafter referred to as &ldquo;wells&rdquo;) and their relationship to contaminant sources need to be determined. A key resource in the U.S. was the 1990 Census where the sour...

The QR Code Reading System is a Python based script developed to recognize and record data and time associated with QR codes using web cameras. This code was originally developed to support timekeeping efforts during the Underground Transportation Restoration (UTR) Operational Te...

Well water from private domestic wells (hereafter private wells) is often not tested as private owners are exempt from sampling requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Numerous incidents of contamination of water in private wells have been reported, however. Potential cont...

Urban stormwater runoff quantity and quality are strongly dependent upon catchment properties. Models are used to simulate the runoff characteristics, but the output from a stormwater management model is dependent on how the catchment area is subdivided and represented as spatial...

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Report: An informational companion to the MicroSAP tool which includes considerations for sampling, analysis, and data interpretation that users might include in a sampling and analysis plan being developed for a microbiological contamination incident.

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User Guide to describe the complete functionality of the Sequence Alignment to Predict Across Species Susceptibility (SeqAPASS) Version 3.0 online tool. The US Environmental Protection Agency Sequence Alignment to Predict Across Species Susceptibility tool (SeqAPASS; https://seqa...

The emergence of small, portable, low-cost air sensors has encouraged a shift from traditional monitoring approaches for air quality. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), in collaboration with the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) Air Quality ...

Report: This report has been completed under a peer review plan that included internal technical review and external peer review. It distinguishes the types of chemical risk information necessary to support emergency response decisions and emphasizes the importance of having adv...

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