Past Research: Abstracts (1990-Present)

The following abstracts represent projects funded through the NH WRRC since 1990 (full text reports are provided in PDF format). If further technical information is desired, please contact the NH WRRC. The principal investigators can also be contacted via e-mail, where available.

Fiscal Year 2003

• Evaluation Of Clostridium Perfringens As An Indicator Organism To Assess The Efficiency Of Biosolids Disinfection Processes
• Effects Of Land Use On Water Quality In A Changing Landscape III
• Water Quality And The Landscape: Long-Term Monitoring Of Rapidly Developing Suburban Watersheds

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Fiscal Year 2002

• Linking Lakes With The Landscape: The Fate Of Terrestrial Organic Matter In Planktonic Food Webs
• Dynamics Of Groundwater Inflows To The Lamprey River, NH
• Characterization Of Groundwater Discharge To Hampton Harbor
• Effects Of Land Use On Water Quality In A Changing Landscape

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Fiscal Year 2001

• Developing Phosphorus Management Guidelines For Agriculture In The Connecticut River Watershed
• Effect Of Surface Coatings And Ionic Strength On Bacterial Removal Rates In Porous Media
• Effects Of Land Use On Water Quality In A Changing Landscape

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Fiscal Year 2000

• Effects Of Biosolids On Groundwater Quality
• Lakes Lay Monitoring Program
• Stream Chemistry As An Index Of Sustainability In The College Brook Watershed

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Fiscal Year 1999

• Estimation of Flow-Duration Curves at Ungaged Stream Reaches in New Hampshire and Vermont
• Development Of Statewide Nutrient Loading Coefficients Through Geographic Information System Aided Analysis

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Fiscal Year 1998

• A Survey of 50 NH Lakes for Microcystins
• Bacterial and Nutrient Dynamics in Stormwater Control Systems in New Hampshire

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Fiscal Year 1997

• Release of Nitrate-Nitrogen and Heavy Metals from Land-Applied Biosolids in Northern Areas
• Condition and Change Analysis of Tidal Wetlands on the Squamscott River, Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire Using Remote Sensing
• An Assessment of Historical and Contemporary Atmospheric Deposition of Mercury to A New Hampshire Watershed Lake
• Statewide Water Resources Research Conference

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Fiscal Year 1996

• Determination of Loss or Degradation of Wetland Habitats in Northern New England Utilizing Remote Sensing (Condition and Change Analysis): Refinement of Methodology, Application to Study Sites in New Hampshire and Publication of Results
• Hydrogeology of the Spruce Hole Aquifer
• Consensus Investigation and Conference on Research Needs

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Fiscal Year 1995

• Release of Nitrate- Nitrogen and Heavy Metals from Land-Applied Biosolids in Northern Areas
• Influence of Nonpoint Source Pollution on Microbial Aspects of Water Quality in New Hampshire's Coastal Watersheds
• Field Evaluation of the Land Application of Paper Mill Secondary Clarifier Sludge
• Hydrogeology of the Spruce Hole Aquifer

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Fiscal Year 1994

• Fate of Nutrients During Composting of Yard and Agricultural Wastes
• Relations Between Hydraulic Geometry and Streamflow Statistics in New Hampshire and Vermont
• Influence of Nonpoint Source Pollution on Microbial Aspects of Water Quality in New Hampshire's Coastal Watersheds
• Field Evaluation of the Land Application of Paper Mill Secondary Clarifier Sludge
• Hydrogeology of the Spruce Hole Aquifer

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Fiscal Year 1993

• Fate of Nutrients During the Composting of Yard and Agricultural Wastes
• Fate of Sediments and Associated Fecal-Borne Bacteria Entering Great Bay
• Piscataqua River Dredging/Sediment Transport Program
• Field Evaluation of the Land Application of Paper Mill Secondary Clarifier Sludge
• Hydrogeology of the Spruce Hole Aquifer

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Fiscal Year 1992

• Transport and Fate of Microbial Contaminants and Suspended Sediments in the Great Bay: Effects on Water Quality and Management Implications
• Innovative Point-of- Entry (POE) Treatment for Petroleum Contaminated Water Supply Wells
• Evaluation and Automation of Small Pressure Filter Systems

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Fiscal Year 1990

• Land Application of Municipal Sludge in New Hampshire Forests: Minimizing the Risks to Groundwater Quality
• Anthropogenic Effects on New Hampshire Surface Water Quality: Long Term Evidence from Lake Sediments
• Oil Spill Response Engineering and Planning
• Evaluation of the Environmental Impacts Resulting from Motor Boat Activities - Phase I
• Sampling Program Development and Performance Evaluation of Point of Entry (POE) Treatment Units Installed at Gasoline-Contaminated Well Sites
• Evaluation and Automation of Small Pressure Filter Systems