Table of Contents

Protecting Aquatic Life and Human Health from Chemicals and Microbes in Water ...............................................................................................1
Innovative and Affordable Tools and Technologies for Sustainable Public Health Protection ...............................................................................6
Ecological Systems Approach to Protect and Restore Sustainable Water Quality and Water Quantity on a Watershed Basis ............................9

Protecting Aquatic Life and Human Health from

Chemicals and Microbes in Water
Managing Water Quality in the Face of Uncertainty:
From EPA A Robust Decision Making Demonstration for
EPA's National Water Program. Fischbach, J.R., et al.,
Algal Toxin Risk Assessment and Management 2015. RAND Corporation. Exploration of RDM methods
Strategic Plan for Drinking Water. EPA-810-R-04- to meet total maximum daily load requirements, given
003. Collaboration across all levels of government uncertainties with climate, land use, and BMPs.
needed to provide scientific and technical leadership; Go to Report or
work on treatment and monitoring technologies; assist www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports.html
water systems.
Go to Report or www.epa.gov/nutrient-policy-data USGS Water Quality, Cyanobacteria, and
Environmental Factors and Their Relations to
From Collaborators Microcystin Concentrations for Use in Predictive
Models at Ohio Lake Erie and Inland Lake
Recreational Sites, 2013-14. Francy, D.S., et al., 2015.
WRF NITROSAMINE OCCURRENCE SURVEY - USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2015-5120. Data
Stuart W., et al., 2016. WRF Report 4461. from Ohio recreational sites (2013-2014) used as water-
quality and environmental variables are useful in
Collected data from finished water at 37 wastewater predictive models. More study needed.
treatment plants to determine the occurrence of
nitrosamines. Precursors included: some polymers, Go to Report
chloramines, and seasonal changes in raw water.
Recommendations to determine source of precursors; Regulated and Emerging Disinfection Byproducts
examine nitrosamine occurrence, precursor loading, and during the Production of High Quality Recycled
treatment efficacy seasonally and annually; and reduce Water. Farr, M.J. and H.S. Weinberg, 2015. WateReuse
precursors and NDMA. Project: 10-18. Survey of temperature and pH impacts
on DBP formation in recycled water; removal efficiency
of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration.
Go to Report or www.watereuse.org

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From Journals Biological Drinking Water Treatment? Naturally.

Brown, J., et al., 2015. Journal American Water Works
Association, 107(12), 20-30.
Water Footprint of Hydraulic Fracturing. Kondash,
A. and A. Vengosh, 2015. Environmental Science & Go to Article
Technology Letters, 2(10), 276-280.
Epidemiological Study for the Assessment of
Go to Article Health Risks Associated With Graywater Reuse for
Irrigation in Arid Regions. Busgang, A., et al., 2015.
Mechanistic Study on the Formation of Cl-/Br-/I- Science of the Total Environment, 538, 230-239.
Trihalomethanes during
Chlorination/Chloramination Combined with a Go to Article
Theoretical Cytotoxicity Evaluation. Allard, S., et al.,
2015. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(18), 11105-11114. Investigation of Cost and Energy Optimization of
Drinking Water Distribution Systems. Cherchi, C., et
Go to Article al., 2015. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(22),
13724-13732.
Reservoir Sediments: A Sink or Source of Chemicals
at the Surface Water-Groundwater Interface. Go to Article
Ammar, R., et al., 2015. Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment, 187(9). Copper Deposition Corrosion Elevates Lead
Release to Potable Water. Clark, B., et al., 2015. Journal
Go to Article American Water Works Association, 107(11), 98-99.
The USEPA Clean Power Plan: Challenges and Go to Article
Opportunities for Water Utilities. Aubuchon, C.P.
and A.T. Carpenter, 2015. Journal American Water Works Drivers of an Urban Community's Acceptance of a
Association, 107(10), 62-71. Large Desalination Scheme for Drinking Water.
Gibson, F.L., et al., 2015. Journal of Hydrology, 528, 38-44.
Go to Article
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Using Agent-Based Modeling for Water Resources
Planning and Management. Berglund, E.Z., 2015. Towards Spatially Smart Abatement of Human
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 141(11). Pharmaceuticals in Surface Waters: Defining
Impact of Sewage Treatment Plants on Susceptible
Go to Article Functions. Coppens, L.J.C., et al., 2015. Water Research,
81, 356-365.
Legionella pneumophila : From Potable Water to
Treated Greywater; Quantification and Removal Go to Article
during Treatment. Blanky, M., et al., 2015. Science of the
Total Environment, 533, 557-565. Occurrence of Pharmaceutical Compounds and
Pesticides in Aquatic Systems. Gonzalez-Rey, M., et
Go to Article al., 2015. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 96(1-2), 384-400.
Bloom-Forming Microalgae in High-Species Go to Article
Phytoplankton Assemblages under Light-
Fluctuating and Low Phosphate Conditions. Disinfection By-Product Formation during
Fernandez-Rodriguez, M., et al., 2015. Estuaries and Seawater Desalination: A Review. Kim, D., et al.,
Coasts, 38(5), 1642-1655. 2015. Water Research, 81, 343-355.
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Quantitative Campylobacter spp., Antibiotic Applying the Polarity Rapid Assessment Method to
Resistance Genes, and Veterinary Antibiotics in Characterize Nitrosamine Precursors and to
Surface and Ground Water Following Manure Understand Their Removal by Drinking Water
Application: Influence of Tile Drainage Control. Treatment Processes. Liao, X.B., et al., 2015. Water
Frey, S.K., et al., 2015. Science of the Total Environment, 532, Research, 87, 292-298.
138-153. Go to Article
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Mixing Regime as a Key Factor to Determine Don
Insights on Chlorate Occurrence, Intra-System Formation in Drinking Water Biological Treatment.
Variability, and Source Water Concentrations. Lu, C.Q., et al., 2015. Chemosphere, 139, 638-643.
Gorzalski, A.S. and A.L. Spiesman, 2015. Journal Go to Article
American Water Works Association, 107(11), 97-97.
Go to Article New Insights towards the Establishment of
Phycocyanin Concentration Thresholds
A Hydrodynamics-Based Approach to Evaluating Considering Species-Specific Variability of Bloom-
the Risk of Waterborne Pathogens Entering Forming Cyanobacteria. Macario, I.P.E., et al., 2015.
Drinking Water Intakes in a Large, Stratified Lake. Hydrobiologia, 757(1), 155-165.
Hoyer, A.B., et al., 2015. Water Research, 83, 227-236.
Go to Article
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Determinants of Disinfectant Pretreatment Efficacy
Potable Reuse Water and Pricing: What Does the for Nitrosamine Control in Chloraminated Drinking
Future Hold? Kostiuk, K., et al., 2015. Journal American Water. McCurry, D.L., et al., 2015. Water Research, 84,
Water Works Association, 107(7), 28-32. 161-170.
Go to Article Go to Article

The State of Water/Wastewater Utility How a Drought-Resilient Water Delivery System

Sustainability: A North American Survey. Landis, Rose Out of the Desert: The Case of Tucson Water.
A.E., 2015. Journal American Water Works Association, Megdal, S.B. and A. Forrest, 2015. Journal American Water
107(9), 91-91. Works Association, 107(9): 46-52.
Go to Article Go to Article

Tracking Changes in the Optical Properties and Cyanobacterial Dynamics in Shallow Lake Apopka
Molecular Composition of Dissolved Organic (Florida, USA) Before and After the Shift from a
Matter during Drinking Water Production. Lavonen, Macrophyte-Dominated to a Phytoplankton-
E.E., et al., 2015. Water Research, 85, 286-294. Dominated State. Waters, M.N., et al., 2015. Freshwater
Biology, 60(8), 1571-1580.
Go to Article
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Multiplex PMA-qPCR Assay with Internal
Amplification Control for Simultaneous Detection Fate of Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamase-
of Viable Legionella pneumophila , Salmonella Producing Escherichia coli from Faecal Sources in
typhimurium , and Staphylococcus aureus in Surface Water and Probability of Human Exposure
Environmental Waters. Li, H.Y., et al., 2015. through Swimming. Schijyen, J.F., et al., 2015.
Environmental Science & Technology, 49(24), 14249-14256. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(19), 11825-11833.
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Reduced Efficiency of Chlorine Disinfection of Characterization, Recovery Opportunities, and

Naegleria fowleri in a Drinking Water Distribution Valuation of Metals in Municipal Sludges from U.S.
Biofilm. Miller, H.C., et al., 2015. Environmental Science & Wastewater Treatment Plants Nationwide.
Technology, 49(18), 11125-11131. Westerhoff, P., et al., 2015. Environmental Science &
Technology, 49(16), 9479-9488.
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Spatial, Temporal, and Matrix Variability of
Clostridium botulinum Type E Toxin Gene Human Risk Assessment for Nonylphenol. Osimitz,
Distribution at Great Lakes Beaches. Wijesinghe, T.G., et al., 2015. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 21(7),
R.U., et al., 2015. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1903-1919.
81(13), 4306-4315. Go to Article
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Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Nitrosamines
Removal of Fluoride from Drinking Water Using and Their Precursor Sources at a Large-Scale Urban
Novel Adsorbent Magnesia-Hydroxyapatite. Drinking Water System. Woods, G.C., et al., 2015.
Mondal, P. and S. George, 2015. Water Air and Soil Science of the Total Environment, 520, 120-126.
Pollution, 226(8), K124-K125.
Go to Article
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Trihalomethane Hydrolysis in Drinking Water at
Modelling Total Suspended Solids, E. coli and Elevated Temperatures. Zhang, X.L., et al., 2015.
Carbamazepine, a Tracer of Wastewater Water Research, 78, 18-27.
Contamination From Combined Sewer Overflows. Go to Article
Pongmala, K., et al., 2015. Journal of Hydrology, 531, 830-839.
Go to Article Deriving Nutrient Targets to Prevent Excessive
Cyanobacterial Densities in U.S. Lakes and
Regulating Chlorophyll-a to Control DBP Reservoirs. Yuan, L.L. and A.I. Pollard, 2015. Freshwater
Precursors in Water Supply Reservoirs. Saunders, Biology, 60(9), 1901-1916.
J.F., et al., 2015. Journal American Water Works Association, Go to Article
107(11), 96-96.
Go to Article Contribution of N-Nitrosamines and Their
Precursors to Domestic Sewage by Greywaters and
Microbial Risk Assessment of Drinking Water Blackwaters. Zeng, T. and W.A. Mitch, 2015.
Based on Hydrodynamic Modelling of Pathogen Environmental Science & Technology, 49(22), 13158-13167.
Concentrations in Source Water. Sokolova, E., et al., Go to Article
2015. Science of the Total Environment, 526, 177-186.
Go to Article
Recent and Upcoming Meetings
Fecal Pollution Source Tracking Toolbox for
Identification, Evaluation and Characterization of R ECENT :
Fecal Contamination in Receiving Urban Surface
Waters and Groundwater. Tran, N.H., et al., 2015. AWWA The Utility Management Conference
Science of the Total Environment, 538, 38-57. 2016. February 24-27, 2016 in San Diego, CA.
Go to Article Go to Meeting Page or www.awwa.org/conferences-
education/conferences.aspx

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ASDWA 2016 Annual Conference. March 21-24, 2016 WEFTEC 2016. September 24-28, 2016 in New
in Alexandria, VA. Orleans, LA.
Go to Meeting Page or www.asdwa.org Go to Meeting Page or www.weftec.org

2016 Federal Water Issues Conference. April 10-13, AMWA 2016 Annual Meeting. October 16-19, 2016 in
2016 in Washington, DC. Scottsdale, AZ.
Go to Meeting Page or www.nwra.org Go to Meeting Page or www.amwa.net

U PCOMING: SETAC North America 37th Annual Meeting.

November 6-10, 2016 in Orlando, FL.
AWWA ACE 16. June 20-22, 2016 in Chicago, IL. Go to Meeting Page or www.setac.org
Go to Meeting Page or www.awwa.org/conferences-
education/conferences NWRA Annual Conference. November 14-16, 2016 in
Coronado, CA.
Go to Meeting Page or www.nwra.org

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Innovative and Affordable Tools and Technologies for

Sustainable Public Health Protection
A Study of Enhanced Performance of VUV/UV
From Collaborators Process for the Degradation of Micropollutants
from Contaminated Water. Bagheri, M. and M.
Water Resource Challenges and Opportunities for Mohseni, 2015. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 294, 42377.
Water Technology Innovation. The White House,
2015. Focus on climate change impacts on stressed water Go to Article
resources; White House strategy to promote water-
Point-of-Use Removal of Cryptosporidium parvum
efficiency and investment in R&D.
from Water: Independent Effects of Disinfection by
Go to Report or www.whitehouse.gov Silver Nanoparticles and Silver Ions and by Physical
Filtration in Ceramic Porous Media. Abebe, L.S., et
UPCOMING: al., 2015. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(21),
12958-12967.
Microbial Electrolytic Carbon Capture for Carbon Go to Article
Negative and Energy Positive Wastewater
Treatment. Lu, L., et al., 2015. Environmental Science & Exploitation of Nanotechnology for the Monitoring
Technology, 49(13), 81938201. of Waterborne Pathogens: State-of-the-Art and
Future Research Priorities. Bridle, H., et al., 2015.
Go to Article Environmental Science & Technology, 49(18), 10762-10777.

Open-Source Photometric System for Enzymatic Go to Article

Nitrate Quantification. Wittbrodt, B.T., et al., 2015.
Holding-Time and Method Comparisons for the
PLoS ONE, 10(8).
Analysis of Fecal-Indicator Bacteria in
Go to Article Groundwater. Bushon, R.N., et al., 2015. Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment, 187(11).
Kinetics of Chlorination of Benzophenone-3 in the
Presence of Bromide and Ammonia. Abdallah, P., et Go to Article
al., 2015. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(24),
Degradation of Pharmaceutical Compounds in
14359-14367.
Water by Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment.
Go to Article Magureanu, M., et al., 2015. Water Research, 81, 124-136.

New Filtration System for Efficient Recovery of Go to Article

Waterborne Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia
Cyanotoxin Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Fish,
cysts. Al-Sabi, M.N.S., et al., 2015. Journal of Applied
Washington State, USA. Hardy, F.J., et al., 2015.
Microbiology, 119(3), 894-903.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187(11).
Go to Article
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An Ultrasensitive (Parts-Per-Quadrillion) and SPE-
New Antimicrobially Amended Media for Improved
Free Method for the Quantitative Analysis of
Nonpoint Source Bacterial Pollution Treatment.
Estrogens in Surface Water. Backe, W.J., 2015.
Schifman, L.A., et al., 2015. Environmental Science &
Environmental Science & Technology, 49(24), 14311-14318.
Technology, 49(24), 14383-14391.
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Prioritization Methodology for the Monitoring of Application of Remote Sensing for the Optimization
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Hospital of in situ Sampling for Monitoring of Phytoplankton
Effluents. Daouk, S., et al., 2015. Journal of Environmental Abundance in a Large Lake. Kiefer, I., et al., 2015.
Management, 160, 324-332. Science of the Total Environment, 527, 493-506.
Go to Article Go to Article

Direct UV Photolysis of Selected Pharmaceuticals, Removal of the Anti-Cancer Drug Methotrexate

Personal Care Products and Endocrine Disruptors from Water by Advanced Oxidation Processes:
in Aqueous Solution. Carlson, J.C., et al., 2015. Water Aerobic Biodegradation and Toxicity Studies after
Research, 84, 350-361. Treatment. Lutterbeck, C.A., et al., 2015. Chemosphere,
141, 290-296.
Go to Article
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Development and Validation of an In-house
Quantitative Analysis Method for Application of Cellular Biosensors for Detection of
Cylindrospermopsin Using Hydrophilic Interaction Atypical Toxic Bioactivity in Microcystin-
Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Containing Cyanobacterial Extracts. Mankiewicz-
Spectrometry: Quantification Demonstrated in 4 Boczek, J., et al., 2015. Aquatic Toxicology, 168, 42379.
Aquatic Organisms. Esterhuizen-Londt, M., et al., 2015. Go to Article
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34(12), 2878-2883.
Go to Article Application of ICP-OES for Evaluating Energy
Extraction and Production Wastewater Discharge
Non-Conventional Biological Treatment Based on Impacts on Surface Waters in Western
Trametes Versicolor for the Elimination of Pennsylvania. Pancras, J.P., G.A Norris, M.S. Landis,
Recalcitrant Anticancer Drugs in Hospital K.D. Kovalcik, J.K. McGee, and A.S. Kamal, 2015.
Wastewater. Ferrando-Climent, L., et al., 2015. Science of the Total Environment, 529, 21-29.
Chemosphere, 136, 9-19. Go to Article
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Removing Organic and Nitrogen Content from a
Removing Selected Steroid Hormones, Biocides Highly Saline Municipal Wastewater Reverse
and Pharmaceuticals from Water by Means of Osmosis Concentrate by UV/H2O2-BAC
Biogenic Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles in situ at Treatment. Pradhan, S., et al., 2015. Chemosphere, 136,
ppb Levels. Furgal, K.M., et al., 2015. Chemosphere, 136, 198-203.
321-326. Go to Article
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Quantifying and Reducing Uncertainty in
EDTA Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticle Estimated Microcystin Concentrations from the
Sorbents for Cadmium and Lead Contaminated ELISA Method. Qian, S.S., et al., 2015. Environmental
Water Treatment. Huang, Y.X. and A.A. Keller, 2015. Science & Technology, 49(24), 14221-14229.
Water Research, 80, 159-168. Go to Article
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Source Separation of Urine as an Alternative
Adsorption of Emerging Pollutants on Solution to Nutrient Management in Biological
Functionalized Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes. Nutrient Removal Treatment Plants. Jimenez, J. et
Patino, Y., et al., 2015. Chemosphere, 136, 174-180. al., 2015. Water Environment Research, 87(12), 2120-2129.
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Label-Free Electrical Immunosensor for Highly Recent and Upcoming Meetings

Sensitive and Specific Detection of Microcystin-LR
in Water Samples. Tan, F., et al., 2015. Environmental R ECENT :
Science & Technology, 49(15), 9256-9263.
Go to Article White House Water Summit. March 22, 2016 in
Washington, DC.
Fluoride and Nitrate Removal from Brackish Go to Meeting Page or www.whitehouse.gov
Groundwaters by Batch-Mode Capacitive
Deionization. Tang, W.W., et al., 2015. Water Research, U PCOMING:
84, 342-349.
Go to Article Water Summit 2016. June 14-15, 2016 in Milwaukee,
WI.
Comparison of Quantitative PCR and Droplet Go to Meeting Page or
Digital PCR Multiplex Assays for Two Genera of www.thewatercouncil.com/events
Bloom-Forming Cyanobacteria,
Cylindrospermopsis and Microcystis . Te, S.H., et al., Water Quality Technology Conference &
2015. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81(15), 5203- Exposition. November 13-17, 2015 in Indianapolis, IN.
5211.
Go to Meeting Page or www.awwa.org
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A Combination of Electro-Enzymatic Catalysis and

Electrocoagulation for the Removal of Endocrine
Disrupting Chemicals from Water. Zhao, H., et al.,
2015. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 297, 269-277.
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Ecological Systems Approach to Protect and Restore Sustainable

Water Quality and Water Quantity on a Watershed Basis

From EPA USGS U.S. Geological Survey Chesapeake

Science Strategy, 20152025Informing
Ecosystem Management of Americas Largest
Case Studies on Implementing Low-Cost Estuary. Phillips, S. and B. Joel, 2015. USGS Open-
Modifications to Improve Nutrient Reduction at File Report 2015-1162. Strategy guiding science to
Wastewater Treatment Plants. EPA-841-R-15-004. support Bay restoration efforts, aligned with other
Reduced nutrient discharge 20-70% while also USGS science strategies.
improving energy efficiency, operational costs, and
process performance. Go to Report
Go to Report or www.epa.gov/nscep
From Journals
From Collaborators
Implementing Innovative Drainage Management
USGS Sea-Level Rise Modeling Handbook: Practices in the Mississippi River Basin to
Resource Guide for Coastal Land Managers, Enhance Nutrient Reductions. Krger, R., et al.,
Engineers, and Scientists. Doyle, T.W., et al., 2015. 2015. Journal of the American Water Resources Association,
USGS Professional Paper 1815. Synthesis of tools, 51(4), 10201028.
models for projecting causes and consequences of sea- Go to Article
level change on landscape and seascape.
Go to Report Effects of Annual Precipitation on Heavy Metals
in Runoff from Soils in the U.S. Great Plains.
USGS Air- and Stream-Water-Temperature Elrashidi, M.A., et al., 2015. Water Air and Soil Pollution,
Trends in the Chesapeake Bay Region, 19602014. 226(12).
Jastram, J.D. and K.C. Rice, 2015. USGS Open-File Go to Article
Report 2015-1207. Analyses of air and water
temperature demonstrate warming in both; indicators Climate Effects on Phytoplankton Floral
for use in EPA climate report. Composition in Chesapeake Bay. Harding, L.W., et
Go to Report or pubs.er.usgs.gov al., 2015. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 162, 53-68.
Go to Article
Energy-Positive Water Resource Recovery
Workshop Report. NSF, U.S. DOE, and EPA, 2015. Extreme Water Quality Degradation Following a
Collaborative recommendations on research/actions Catastrophic Forest Fire. Dahm, C.N., et al., 2015.
needed to focus on "water resource recovery" to Freshwater Biology, 60(12), 2584-2599.
generate assets: drinking water, biofuels and chemicals.
Go to Article
Go to Report or www.energy.gov/eere
State of the Climate in 2014. Blunden, J. and D.S. Long-Term Trends of Nutrients and Sediment
Arndt, Eds., 2015. Bulletin of the American Meteorological from the Nontidal Chesapeake Watershed: An
Society, 96(7), S1-S267. Global climate indicators (weather Assessment of Progress by River and Season.
events, land, water, ice, and space climate data) reflect Zhang, Q., et al., 2015. Journal of the American Water Resources
trends of a warming planet; temperatures set new records. Association, 51(6), 15341555.

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Modeling Streamflow and Water Quality A Hierarchical Model for Estimating Long-Term
Sensitivity to Climate Change and Urban Trend of Atrazine Concentration in the Surface
Development in 20 U.S. Watersheds. Johnson, T., et Water of the Contiguous U.S. Yun, J. and S.S. Qian,
al., 2015. Journal of the American Water Resources 2015. Journal of the American Water Resources Association,
Association, 51(5), 13211341. 51(4), 11281137.
Go to Article Go to Article

Resolving Water Conflicts in the American West. Changes in Depth Occupied by Great Lakes Lake
McKinney, M. and J.E. Thorson, 2015. Water Policy, Whitefish Populations and the Influence of Survey
17(4), 679706. Approaches for adaptive and Design. Rennie, M.D., et al., 2015. Journal of Great
collaborative governing of scarce water resources. Lakes Research, 41(4), 1150-1161.
Go to Article Go to Article

Sources and Transport of Phosphorus to Rivers in Multi-Objective Operations of Multi-Wetland

California and Adjacent States, U.S., as Ecosystem: iModel Applied to the Everglades
Determined by Sparrow Modeling. Domagalski, J. Restoration. Ali, A., 2015. Journal of Water Resources
and D. Saleh, 2015. Journal of the American Water Resources Planning and Management, 141(9).
Association, 51(6), 14631486. Go to Article
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From Rain Tanks to Catchments: Use of Low-
Efficient Wetland Surface Water Detection and Impact Development to Address Hydrologic
Monitoring via Landsat: Comparison with in situ Symptoms of the Urban Stream Syndrome.
Data from the Everglades Depth Estimation Askarizadeh, A., et al., 2015. Environmental Science &
Network. Jones, J.W., 2015. Remote Sensing, 119(3), Technology, 49(19), 11264-11280.
894-903. Go to Article
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Instream Bacteria Influences from Bird Habitation
Use of Stable Isotope Signatures to Determine of Bridges. David Pendergrass, et al., 2015. Journal of the
Mercury Sources in the Great Lakes. Lepak, R.F., et American Water Resources Association, 51(6), 15191533.
al., 2015. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2(12), Go to Article
335-341.
Go to Article Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Blubber
of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops
An Analysis of the Effects of Land Use and Land truncatus ) along the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Cover on Flood Losses along the Gulf Of Mexico Coast, USA. Balmer, B.C., et al., 2015. Science of the
Coast from 1999 to 2009. Brody, S.D., et al., 2015. Total Environment, 527, 306-312.
Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 51(6), Go to Article
15561567.
Go to Article Surprise and Opportunity for Learning in Grand
Canyon: The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive
Mixed Effects of Effluents from a Wastewater Management Program. Melis, T.S., et al., 2015.
Treatment Plant on River Ecosystem Metabolism: Ecology and Society, 20(3), 22. Focuses on unexpected
Subsidy or Stress? Aristi, I., et al., 2015. Freshwater results and adaptive learning from field-scale ecosystem
Biology, 60(7), 1398-1410. experiments.
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Soil and Phosphorus Accretion Rates in Sub- The Efficacy of Constructed Stream-Wetland
Tropical Wetlands: Everglades Stormwater Complexes at Reducing the Flux of Suspended
Treatment Areas as a Case Example. Bhomia, R.K., Solids to Chesapeake Bay. Filoso, S., et al., 2015.
et al., 2015. Science of the Total Environment, 533, 297-306. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(15), 8986-8994.
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Long Term Water Clarity Changes in North Suspended Particulate Matter Transport of
America's Great Lakes from Multi-Sensor Satellite Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Lower
Observations. Binding, C.E., et al., 2015. Limnology and Columbia River and Its Estuary. Gregg, T., et al.,
Oceanography, 60(6), 1976-1995. 2015. Limnology and Oceanography, 60(6), 1935-1949.
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Flux of Total Mercury and Methylmercury to the Pharmaceuticals and Other Anthropogenic
Northern Gulf of Mexico from U.S. Estuaries. Tracers in Surface Water: A Randomized Survey of
Buck, C.S., et al., 2015. Environmental Science & 50 Minnesota Lakes. Ferrey, M.L., et al., 2015.
Technology, 49(24), 13992-13999. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34(11), 2475-2488.
Go to Article Go to Article

Strategic Planning for Drought Mitigation under Do Pharmaceuticals Pose a Threat to Primary
Climate Change. Cai, X.M., et al., 2015. Journal of Producers? Guo, J.H., et al., 2015. Critical Reviews in
Water Resources Planning and Management, 141(9). Environmental Science and Technology, 45(23), 2565-2610.
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Influence of Land Use, Nutrients, and Geography Three Decadal Inputs of Nitrogen and
on Microbial Communities and Fecal Indicator Phosphorus from Four Major Coastal Rivers to the
Abundance at Lake Michigan Beaches. Cloutier, Summer Hypoxic Zone of the Northern Gulf of
D.D., et al., 2015. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Mexico. He, S.J. and Y.J. Xu, 2015. Water Air and Soil
81(15), 4904-4913. Pollution, 226(9).
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Coupled Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Spatially Explicit Fate Modelling of Nanomaterials
Subsurface Modeling: Exploring Water and in Natural Waters. Quik, J.T.K., et al., 2015. Water
Energy Feedbacks in Three-Dimensions. Davison, Research, 80, 200-208.
J.H., et al., 2015. Advances in Water Resources, 86, 73-85. Go to Article
Go to Article
Contribution of Nutrient and Organic Matter
A Budget Analysis of Bottom-Water Dissolved Sources to the Development of Periodic Hypoxia
Oxygen in Chesapeake Bay. Li, Y., et al., 2015. in a Tributary Estuary. Lake, S.J. and M.J. Brush,
Estuaries and Coasts, 38(6), 2132-2148. 2015. Estuaries and Coasts, 38(6), 2149-2171.
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What's Normal For Fracking? Estimating Total Extreme Hydrological Events and the Ecological
Radioactivity of Produced Fluids. Konkel, L., 2015. Restoration of Flowing Waters. Reich, P. and P.S.
Environmental Health Perspectives, 123(7), A186-A186. Lake, 2015. Freshwater Biology, 60(12), 2639-2652.
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Investigating the Impact of Land Use and the Retention Time Generates Short-Term
Potential for Harmful Algal Blooms in a Tropical Phytoplankton Blooms in a Shallow Microtidal
Lagoon of the Gulf of Mexico. Limoges, A., et al., Subtropical Estuary. Odebrecht, C., et al., 2015.
2015. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 167, 549-559. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 162, 35-44.
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Modeling the Impact of Restoration Efforts on Forested Headwaters Mitigate Pesticide Effects on
Phosphorus Loading and Transport through Macroinvertebrate Communities in Streams:
Everglades National Park, FL USA. Long, S.A., et Mechanisms and Quantification. Orlinskiy, P., et al.,
al., 2015. Science of the Total Environment, 520, 81-95. 2015. Science of the Total Environment, 524, 115-123.
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Modeling Land-Based Nitrogen Loads from Stressor-Response Modeling Using the 2D Water
Groundwater-Dominated Agricultural Watersheds Quality Model and Regression Trees to Predict
to Estuaries to Inform Nutrient Reduction Chlorophyll-a in a Reservoir System. Park, Y., et al.,
Planning. Jiang, Y.F., et al., 2015. Journal of Hydrology, 2015. Journal of Hydrology, 529, 805-815.
529, 213-230. Go to Article
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Temperature and Residence Time Controls on an
Evaluation of Chlorophyll-a Retrieval Algorithms Estuarine Harmful Algal Bloom: Modeling
Based on Meris Bands for Optically Varying Hydrodynamics and Alexandrium fundyense in
Eutrophic Inland Lakes. Lyu, H., et al., 2015. Science Nauset Estuary. Ralston, D.K., et al., 2015. Estuaries
of the Total Environment, 530, 373-382. and Coasts, 38(6), 2240-2258.
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Energy-Water Nexus: Potential Energy Savings Mapping the Spatial Distribution of the Biomass
and Implications for Sustainable Integrated Water and Filter-Feeding Effect of Invasive Dreissenid
Management in Urban Areas from Rainwater Mussels on the Winter-Spring Phytoplankton
Harvesting and Gray-Water Reuse. Malinowski, Bloom in Lake Michigan. Rowe, M.D., et al., 2015.
P.A., et al., 2015. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Freshwater Biology, 60(11), 2270-2285.
Management, 141(12). Go to Article
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Concentrations, Trends, and Air-Water Exchange
Using Detailed Monitoring Data to Simulate of PAHs and PBDEs Derived from Passive
Spatial Sediment Loading in a Watershed. Samplers in Lake Superior in 2011. Ruge, Z., et al.,
Mukundan, R., et al., 2015. Environmental Monitoring and 2015. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(23), 13777-
Assessment, 187(8). 13786.
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Assessing Cold-Snap and Mortality Events in Investigation on the Distribution and Fate of
South Florida Coastal Ecosystems: Development Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and
of a Biological Cold Stress Index Using Satellite Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) in a Sewage-Impacted
SST and Weather Pattern Forcing. Pirhalla, D.E., et Bay. Wang, S.L., et al., 2015. Environmental Pollution,
al., 2015. Estuaries and Coasts, 38(6), 2310-2322. 205, 186-198.
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The Effect of Salinization and Freshening Events Deep Dynamic Pools of Phosphorus in the
in Coastal Aquifers on Nutrient Characteristics as Sediment of a Temperate Lagoon with Recurring
Deduced from Field Data. Russak, A., et al., 2015. Blooms of Diazotrophic Cyanobacteria. Scicluna,
Journal of Hydrology, 529, 1293-1301. T.R., et al., 2015. Limnology and Oceanography, 60(6),
2185-2196.
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Trends in Pesticide Concentrations and Use for
Major Rivers of the United States. Ryberg, K.R. and Microbial Community Composition, Functions,
R.J. Gilliom, 2015. Science of the Total Environment, 538, and Activities in the Gulf of Mexico 1 Year after
431-444. the Deepwater Horizon Accident. Yergeau, E., et al.,
2015. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81(17),
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5855-5866.
Water Resources Planning for a River Basin with Go to Article
Recurrent Wildfires. Santos, R.M.B., et al., 2015.
Science of the Total Environment, 526, 42382. Microcystin-RR Exposure Results in Growth
Impairment by Disrupting Thyroid Endocrine in
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Zebrafish Larvae. Xie, L.Q., et al., 2015. Aquatic
Characterization and Analysis of Liquid Waste Toxicology, 164, 16-22.
from Marcellus Shale Gas Development. Shih, J.S., Go to Article
et al., 2015. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(16),
9557-9565. Quantile Regression Improves Models of Lake
Eutrophication with Implications for Ecosystem-
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Specific Management. Xu, Y.Y., et al., 2015.
Fecal Contamination in the Surface Waters of a Freshwater Biology, 60(9), 1841-1853.
Rural- and an Urban-Source Watershed. Stea, E.C., Go to Article
et al., 2015. Journal of Environmental Quality, 44(5), 1556-
1567. Long-Term Trends of Nutrients and Sediment
from the Nontidal Chesapeake Watershed: An
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Assessment of Progress by River and Season.
Impact of Stormwater Discharges on Water Zhang, Q., et al., 2015. Journal of the American Water
Quality in Coastal Marine Protected Areas. Schiff, Resources Association, 51(6), 1534-1555.
K., 2015. Water Environment Research, 87(9), 772-782. Go to Article
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Evolution of Water Chemistry during Marcellus
Seabirds, Gyres and Global Trends in Plastic Shale Gas Development: A Case Study in West
Pollution. van Franeker, J.A. and K.L. Law, 2015. Virginia. Ziemkiewicz, P.F. and Y.T. He, 2015.
Environmental Pollution, 203, 89-96. Chemosphere, 134, 224-231.

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Assessment of Genetic Markers for Tracking the Predicting Effects of Ocean Warming,
Sources of Human Wastewater Associated Acidification, and Water Quality on Chesapeake
Escherichia coli in Environmental Waters. Warish, Region Eelgrass. Zimmerman, R.C., et al., 2015.
A., et al., 2015. Environmental Science & Technology, Limnology and Oceanography, 60(5), 1781-1804.
49(15), 9341-9346. Go to Article
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Modeling Nanomaterial Environmental Fate in U PCOMING:

Aquatic Systems. Dale, A.L., et al., 2015. Environmental
Science & Technology, 49(5), 2587-2593. 20th Annual WateReuse Research Conference. May
Go to Article 22-24, 2016 in Denver, CO.
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Adjusting the Effect of Seasonal Variability in the
Bioassessment of Streams. Serra, S.R.Q., et al., 2015. 31st Annual WateReuse Symposium. September 11-
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187(1). 14, 2016 in Tampa, FL.
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GWPC Annual Forum. September 11-14, 2016 in

Recent and Upcoming Meetings Orlando, FL.
R ECENT : Go to Meeting Page or www.gwpc.org

GWPC UIC Annual Conference. February 23-25, NGWA Expo 2016. December 6-8, 2016 in Las Vegas,
2016 in Denver, CO. NV.
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NGWA Groundwater Summit 2016. April 24-27,

2016 in Denver, CO.
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