Grantee Research Project Results

Associated Project Details for Research Category: Water Quality

EM840968	Piloting Accessible At-Home Tests for Detecting Lead in Drinking Water in Chicagoland	Grant	October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2026
R825243	Anthropogenic Pollutant Effects on Aquatic Ecosystems Impacts of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Phytoplankton Dynamics and Eutrophication	Grant	October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1999
R825551	The Toxic Dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida, as a Potential Biosensor of Estuarine Stress	Grant	May 19, 1997 through May 18, 2000
R826220	Chemical Ecology of Cyanobacterial Blooms on the Tropical Reefs of Guam	Grant	December 15, 1997 through December 14, 2000
R826306	Ecophysiology Studies of Pseudo-Nitzschia Species	Grant	January 1, 1998 through December 31, 2001
R826655	Detection and Identification of the Toxins from Pfiesteria* and Related Harmful Algal Blooms*	Grant	August 1, 1998 through July 31, 2002
R826791	ECOHAB: DNA-Based Molecular Diagnostics for Pfiesteria-Complex Organisms in Chesapeake Bay	Grant	October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2001
R826792	Ecohab: Florida; Hydrography/Physical Oceanography Component	Grant	June 1, 1998 through May 31, 2001
R826793	Culturing and Cryopreserving Pfiesteria-like Organisms	Grant	October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2001
R826938	CISNet for the Neuse River Estuary, NC: A Program for Evaluating Nitrogen Driven Eutrophication Associated with Changing Land Use in a Coastal Watershed	Grant	October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2001
R827084	The Development of a DNA Based Specific Assay for Pfiesteria piscicida in Water and Sediments	Grant	October 8, 1998 through October 7, 2001
R827085	ECOHAB:Florida – An In-depth Study of Toxic Dinoflagellate Karenia brevis* (formerly known as Gymnodinium breve)*	Grant	October 15, 1998 through September 30, 2002
R827090	ECOHAB: Control of Harmful Algal Blooms using Clay	Grant	November 23, 1998 through November 22, 2001
R828225	Ecohab: Pfiesteria Or Fungus? Etiology Of Lesions In Menhaden	Grant	June 16, 2000 through June 15, 2003
R829004	Pharmaceuticals and Antiseptics: Occurrence and Fate in Drinking Water, Sewage Treatment Facilities, and Coastal Waters	Grant	September 1, 2001 through August 31, 2004
R829005	The Influence of Amphiphilic Molecules on the Environmental Fate and Transport of Pharmaceuticals	Grant	September 1, 2001 through August 31, 2004
R829006	The Environmental Occurrence, Fate, and Ecotoxicity of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) in Aquatic Environments	Grant	September 1, 2001 through August 31, 2004
R829007	Occurrence and Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Groundwater Environments	Grant	September 21, 2001 through September 20, 2004
R829008	Fate and Effects of Fluoroquinolone Antibacterial Agents in Aquatic Ecosystems	Grant	August 20, 2001 through August 19, 2004
R829014	Impact of Residual Pharmaceutical Agents and their Metabolites in Wastewater Effluents on Downstream Drinking Water Treatment Facilities	Grant	August 27, 2001 through August 26, 2004
R829367	Viruses as a Regulator of Harmful Algal Bloom Activity: Aureococcus anophagefferens as a Model System	Grant	January 15, 2002 through July 31, 2005
R829368	Dynamics, Variability and Patterns of Harmful and Red Tide Bloom-Species in Narragansett Bay: Ecological Analysis of a 38-Year Time Series	Grant	September 28, 2001 through January 27, 2006
R829370	Behaving Drifters as Gymnodinium breve* Mimics*	Grant	November 19, 2001 through November 18, 2004
R829599	Nanosensors for Detection of Aquatic Toxins	Grant	March 1, 2002 through February 28, 2005
R830413	Linking Population and Physiological Diversity in a Toxin-producing Dinoflagellate	Grant	September 1, 2002 through August 31, 2005
R830414	Physiology and Ecology of Macroalgal Blooms on Coral Reefs off Southeast Florida	Grant	October 14, 2002 through October 13, 2004
R830415	The Development of a Single-cell Field Diagnostic for Nitrogen Limitation in Harmful Algae	Grant	November 18, 2002 through November 17, 2005
R831041	Investigation of Toxic Raphidophyte Population Dynamics Using Molecular and Physiological Tools	Grant	September 1, 2003 through August 31, 2006
R835187	Prediction and quantification of Combined Sewer Outflows under extreme storm events: Flow dynamics and Reduction of Combined Sewer Outflows	Grant	June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2017
R835189	Impacts of Climate-induced Changes in Extreme Events on Ozone and Particulate Matter Air Quality	Grant	June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2015
R835192	Ensuring Safe Drinking Water in Lake Erie: Quantifying Extreme Weather Impacts on Cyanobacteria and Disinfection Byproducts (DPBs)	Grant	June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2016
R835193	Ecological Assessment of Generalized Littoral Environments Decision-Support System (EAGLE/OS)	Grant	June 1, 2012 through August 14, 2014
R835194	Integrating Information from Climate Scientists and Resource Managers: Informing Preparedness and Adaptation to Extreme Event Impacts on Air and Water Quality in California	Grant	June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2015
R835203	Forecasting and Evaluating Vulnerability of Watersheds to Climate Change, Extreme Events, and Algal Blooms	Grant	June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2017
R835204	Air Quality Impacts of Extreme Weather Events: Historical Analysis and Future Projection	Grant	June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2015
R835206	Combining Empirical Orthogonal Function and Extreme Value Theory Methods to Characterize Observed and Future Changes in Extreme U.S. Air Pollution Events	Grant	June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2015
R835950	A Sustainable Center for Crowd-Sourced Water Infrastructure Modeling	Centers	September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2021
R836173	Community-enabled Lifecycle Analysis of Stormwater Infrastructure Costs (CLASIC)	Grant	April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2020
R839269	Development of a multi-scale management tool for predicting and mitigating HABs in Ohio River watersheds	Grant	January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020
R839270	A systems approach for understanding, predicting, and managing harmful algal blooms in Midwestern lakes	Grant	January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020
R839481	System toxicological approaches to define and predict the toxicity of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances	Grant	May 1, 2019 through May 7, 2025
R839482	PFAS UNITED: Poly - and Perfluoroalkyl Substances - U.S.National Investigation of Transport & Exposure from Drinking Water and Diet	Grant	May 1, 2019 through April 30, 2022
R839600	Characterization and Quantification of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in landfill gas and estimate of emissions from U.S. Landfills	Grant	September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2022
R839610	Analysis of NYS Landfills as Sources of PFAS Groundwater Contamination	Grant	September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2022
R839620	A systems-based approach to understand the role of waste type, management strategies and treatment methods on the occurrence, source, and fate of PFAS in landfills	Grant	August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2022
R839630	The BOHP/UV Process for Destruction of PFAS in Leachate and Groundwater: Tandem mechanistic advancement and pilot demonstration	Grant	August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2022
R839640	Decreasing polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in municipal wastewater effluent and minimizing release from land-applied biosolids	Grant	August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2022
R839650	Electron Beam Technology for Destruction of Short-Chain and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Groundwater, Wastewater, Sewage Sludges, and Soils	Grant	September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2022
R839660	Fundamentals of Adsorption, Desorption, and Biodegradation of PFAS and Precursor Compounds in the Soil and Landfill Leachate System and An Innovative Treatment Strategy for Their Removal in Landfill Leachate and Groundwater	Grant	August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2022
R839670	Occurrence, fate, transport, and treatment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in landfill leachate	Grant	August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2022
R840086	When a Detour Becomes a Shortcut: Going Full-scale with Partial Denitrification/Anammox as an Alternative Strategy for Mainstream Deammonification and Incorporating Biological Phosphorus Removal	Grant	September 1, 2020 through April 22, 2025
R840087	Phosphorus Removal to Oligotrophic Levels: Innovating Three High-Flow Water Technologies using Reactive Filtration, Biochar Adsorption, and Nanobubble-Enhanced Biomimetic Separations	Grant	September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2023
R840088	Development of a Novel Bioreactor and Biochar-Sorption-Channel (B2) Treatment System to Capture and Recover Nutrients from Tile Drainage	Grant	September 1, 2020 through May 12, 2025
R840245	Unregulated Organic Chemicals in Biosolids: Prioritization, Fate and Risk Evaluation for Land Applications	Grant	October 1, 2021 through May 7, 2025
R840247	Fate and Transport of Unregulated Organic Contaminants in Biosolids - Development of a Human and Environmental Exposure Risk Framework	Grant	September 1, 2021 through May 13, 2025
R840248	Elucidating the occurrence of known and emerging chemical contaminants in wastewater biosolids and the influence of treatment and management processes on their fate, mobility and bioavailability	Grant	September 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024
R840252	Assessing biosolid treatment processes on pollutant environmental fate and plant uptake following land application	Grant	September 1, 2021 through April 29, 2025
R840461	Accelerating Technical and Community Readiness for Water Reuse in Small Systems	Grant	September 1, 2022 through May 12, 2025
R840462	Unlocking the Nationwide Potential of Water Reuse	Grant	September 1, 2022 through May 7, 2025
R840463	A knowledge-to-implementation framework for Enhanced Aquifer Recharge	Grant	September 1, 2022 through May 7, 2025
R840464	Investigating the distribution and value of water quality benefits along the Mississippi River	Grant	September 1, 2022 through May 12, 2025
R840465	Valuing Water Quality Improvements in Nationwide Ecosystems: Total Value Based on the Biological Condition Gradient	Grant	September 1, 2022 through May 2, 2025
R840466	Estimating the missing benefits of water quality by nesting recreation demand and hedonic modeling	Grant	September 1, 2022 through May 2, 2025
R840467	Valuing Water Quality Improvements in Heartland Reservoirs	Grant	September 1, 2022 through May 10, 2025
R840468	Sustainable Nutrient Removal Opportunities for Small Communities with Lagoon Wastewater Systems	Grant	January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025
R840469	Innovative Water Technologies for Lagoon Wastewater Systems in Small Communities	Grant	November 1, 2022 through October 31, 2026
R840554	Quantification and Modeling of Perchlorate Impacts from Fireworks on Drinking Water Sources	Grant	May 1, 2023 through May 2, 2025
R840556	Environmental Justice Impacts Across the Life Cycle of Energy Storage	Grant	July 1, 2023 through May 2, 2025
R840557	The Role of State Networks in Advancing Community Initiated and Engaged Sustainable Energy Action in Underserved Communities	Grant	June 1, 2023 through June 9, 2025
R840565	Renewable ENergy, Environmental justice, and public Wellbeing (RENEW) - Evaluating biogas transformation in Eastern NC	Grant	July 1, 2023 through May 9, 2025
R840604	Winning the Race Against Competing Risks: Optimizing Drinking Water Disinfection to Minimize Opportunistic Pathogen & DBP Risk	Grant	August 1, 2023 through May 12, 2025
R840605	Innovations in sampling, (bio)analytical chemistry, and analytics to characterize disinfectant use tradeoffs in U.S. water systems for minimizing exposure to opportunistic pathogens and DBPs	Grant	August 1, 2023 through May 12, 2025
R840606	Integrated Water Microbiome and Disinfection Byproducts Monitoring and Management to Advance Drinking Water Quality	Grant	August 1, 2023 through May 9, 2025
R840607	Consortium On Disinfection by-products and Opportunistic pathogens in Water Networks (CO-DOWN)	Grant	August 1, 2023 through May 7, 2025
SU841124	Novel Process and Supply Network Design for the Recovery of Key Fertilizer Macronutrients for Safe and Reliable Drinking Water	Grant	March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027
SU841125	Electrified titanate nanowire membrane for point-of-use water purification	Grant	March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027
SU841126	Nanobubble-enabled foam fractionation: Characterization and application for PFAS removal in complex water matrixes	Grant	March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027
SU841127	Solar Powered Ionization with Coaxial Electrodes (SPICE) for Water Disinfection	Grant	March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027
SU841128	Mushroom-Based Adsorptive Filtration Membranes for Selective Water Purification	Grant	March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027
SU841129	Electrochemical process for recovering nitrogen and phosphorus from source-separated urine to reduce nutrient loads to domestic wastewater treatment plants	Grant	March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027
SU841130	Nanobubble-Enhanced Soil Remediation: A Green And Efficient Strategy For Oil Contamination Cleanup	Grant	March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027
SU841132	Bioelectrochemical Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage forSimultaneous Energy and Mineral Recovery and Ecosystem Restoration	Grant	April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2027
SU841134	Development of a Simple Enzyme Inhibition Biosensor for Lead in Drinking Water	Grant	March 1, 2025 through April 30, 2025
SU841135	Nanoplastics Removal by Metal Organic Frameworks	Grant	March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027
SV840823	Optimization and Deployment of Biofilters with Ultra-High Surface Media for Highly Efficient Stormwater Remediation	Grant	September 1, 2024 through May 10, 2025
SV840830	A Smartphone-based Colorimetric Lead Sensor for Household Lead Detection	Grant	September 1, 2024 through April 23, 2025
SV840831	Hybrid Filtration/Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) Membrane Process for Point of Use PFAS Removal from Drinking Water	Grant	September 1, 2024 through May 10, 2025
SV840832	Removal of Microplastics from a Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant	Grant	September 1, 2024 through April 22, 2025
WT840243	Innovation Applied: Streamlining Access and Approval of Technology for Small Systems and Private Wells	Grant	August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024

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