Current WRRC-Sponsored Research:

• Monitoring Estrogenic Hormones - Undesired Fish Contraceptives, and Investigating Their Sources, Transportation and Fate in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, 2005-2007
  Yuegang Zuo, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,Graduate School of Marine Sciences and Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. See Abstract.
• Using Hydromorphological Signatures to Determine Flow Related Habitat Thresholds for Instream Communities, 2006-2008
  Piotr Parasiewicz, Research Associate Professor, Natural Resources Conservation
  Northeast Instream Habitat Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Dr. Christina M. Cianfrani
  Assistant Professor, School of Natural Science, Hampshire College, and Scott D. Jackson, Director of Natural Resources & Environmental Conservation Program, UMass Extension, University of Massachusetts Amherst. See Abstract.
• Perchlorate Reduction in Groundwater Using Elemental Sulfur, 2006-2007
  Ashish K Sahu, Doctoral Candidate, and Dr. Sarina Ergas, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. See Abstract.
  

Recent WRRC-Sponsored Research:

• Sources of E. coli during Wet-Weather Events, 2005-2006
  Sarah Dorner, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health - Environmental Health Sciences Concentration, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst. See Abstract.
• Cryptic Marsh Birds as Bioindicators of Wetland Health, 2005-2006
  Brian Tavernia, Graduate Student, Department of Biology, Tufts University. See Abstract.
• Copper Removal by Biofilms, 2003-2006
  Xiaoqi (Jackie) Zhang, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMass Lowell. See Report.
• Potential Movement of Pesticides Related with Dissolved Organic Matter from Organic Fertilizer Application on Turf, 2003-2006. See Report.
  Baoshan Xing and William Torello, 2003 Dept. of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences, UMass Amherst
• Monitoring Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water: Strategies for Small Utilities, 2000-2002
  David Reckhow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UMass Amherst. See Report.
• Sources and Behavior of Copper-binding Compounds in Rivers and Estuaries, 2001
  Bettina M. Voelker, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. See Report.

The Acid Rain Monitoring Project

Phases I through III of the ARM Project ran from 1983 to 1993 for the purpose of determining the sensitivity of Massachusetts lakes and streams to acid rain and evaluating trends in acidification. The results of that effort involving thousands of volunteers are available in several publications and the complete database. The final report is available as a printed report, downloadable PDF files or on CD-ROM. The latter also includes the complete data sets.

Phase IV was launched April 1, 2001. Click here to find out more and to volunteer.