ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, MODELING AND ASSESSMENT (EMMA): AN INTEGRATED DESIGN FOR EVALUATING RISK AND DISPARITIES IN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES
Impact/Purpose:
To determine whether low-income communities bear disproportionate environmental pollution risks when compared to higher-income communities; to communicate findings and potential risks to community groups.
Description:
This will be a student-led research project that incorporates chemical monitoring, integrated modeling, social surveys of residents and qualitative data collection from two sites in the Ventura River, California watershed. The design will define and identify potential pollutants in the aquatic system, model their behavior and transport, and address environmental justice concerns to educate the community and public lawmakers. We will be working with the Ventura County Public Works Agency’s Stormwater Quality Program to obtain access to testing sites and in dissemination of results.
Record Details:
Record Type:PROJECT(
ABSTRACT
)
Start Date:08/31/2008
Completion Date:07/31/2009
Record ID:
200637
Keywords:
SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABILITY MONITORING, WATER QUALITY, AQUATIC MODELING,
Related Organizations:
Role
:OWNER
Organization Name
:CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY
Mailing Address
:60 W Olsen Rd
Citation
:Thousand Oaks
State
:CA
Zip Code
:91360
Project Information:
Approach
:Investigators will develop a sampling and monitoring protocol (for both dry and wet weather conditions) considering the identification of scientific objectives, safety issues, quality assurance and budget constraints. Time-paced composite samples from two automated water quality monitoring stations will be collected and analyzed for selected pollutant parameters. Faculty and student investigators will develop and refine models to predict nutrient loading into the watershed from both point and non-point sources. Investigators will develop a methodological design that will assess both perceived risk and reactions to knowledge of actual risk of the residents living in potentially contaminated communities of the watershed. A community forum for each of four census tracts will be held to communicate results.
Cost
:$9,997.00
Research Component
:Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development
Approach
:Investigators will develop a sampling and monitoring protocol (for both dry and wet weather conditions) considering the identification of scientific objectives, safety issues, quality assurance and budget constraints. Time-paced composite samples from two automated water quality monitoring stations will be collected and analyzed for selected pollutant parameters. Faculty and student investigators will develop and refine models to predict nutrient loading into the watershed from both point and non-point sources. Investigators will develop a methodological design that will assess both perceived risk and reactions to knowledge of actual risk of the residents living in potentially contaminated communities of the watershed. A community forum for each of four census tracts will be held to communicate results.
Cost
:$9,997.00
Research Component
:P3 Challenge Area - Water
Project IDs:
ID Code
:SU833936
Project type
:EPA Grant