Category: Research Sponsored by GWRI

The FY 2014 state funding (104B) provided to the Georgia Water Resources Institute from the United States Geological Survey through the National Institutes for Water Resources will be used to support critical research needs, graduate education, and information dissemination in the State of Georgia. Four sub‐grants will support the following projects:

1. Validation of Oysters as Biomonitors of Pharmaceutical Pollution in Georgia; M. Black; University of Georgia.
2. The effect of salt marsh hydrodynamics on estuarine flow; Improvement and Uncertainty Assessment; K. Haas and D. Webster; Georgia Institute of Technology.
3. Implications of eutrophication and climate change in promoting toxic cyanobacterial blooms inagricultural ponds across Georgia; S. Wilde and D. Mishra; University of Georgia.
4. Baseline Conservation Analysis for Agricultural Irrigation in Priority Watersheds of the Lower Flint River Basin; M. Masters; Albany State University.

The FY 2013 state funding (104B) provided to the Georgia Water Resources Institute from the United States Geological Survey through the National Institutes for Water Resources was used to support critical research needs, graduate education, and information dissemination in the State of Georgia. The two sub‐grants were awarded to support the following projects:

1. Tracking the impact of on‐site wastewater treatment systems on stream water quality in the Metro‐Atlanta area; M. Hubteselassie and D. Radcliffe Co‐PIs; University of Georgia. 
2. Unimpaired Flows for the ACF River Basin; Improvement and Uncertainty Assessment; M. Kistenmacher and A. Georgakakos Co‐PIs; Georgia Institute of Technology.

Additionally, GWRI co-sponsored the Georgia Water Resources Conference held in April 2013.

The FY 2012 state funding (104B) provided to the Georgia Water Resources Institute from the United States Geological Survey through the National Institutes for Water Resources was used to support critical research needs, graduate education, and information dissemination in the State of Georgia. The following projects were funded as part of the program:

1. Impact of Upstream Water Use on Salinity and Ecology of Apalachicola Bay; P. Roberts; Georgia Institute of Technology.
2. Monitoring Diurnal and Seasonal Cycle of Evapotranspiration over Georgia using Remote Sensing Observations; J. Wang; Georgia Institute of Technology.

The FY 2011 state funding (104B) provided to the Georgia Water Resources Institute from the United States Geological Survey through the National Institutes for Water Resources was used to support critical research needs, graduate education, and information dissemination in the State of Georgia. Four sub‐grants supported the following projects:

1. Flood Risk and Homeowners’ Flood Risk Perceptions: Evidence from Property Prices in Georgia; S. Ferreira; University of Georgia
2. Assessment of endocrine disruption in fish and estrogenic potency of waters in Georgia; R. Bringolf, C. Jennings, J. Zuiderveen; University of Georgia and Columbus State University.
3. Impact of Upstream Water Use on Salinity and Ecology of Apalachicola Bay; P. Roberts; Georgia Institute of Technology.

Additionally, GWRI co-sponsored the Georgia Water Resources Conference held in April 2011.

The FY 2008- FY 2010 state funding (104B) provided to the Georgia Water Resources Institute from the United States Geological Survey through the National Institutes for Water Resources was used to support critical research needs, graduate education, and information dissemination in the State of Georgia.

The research projects supported during this time span can be found in the three year Evaluation Report.