Here we highlight current projects below.
- Transcending Disciplines to Advance Regional Water Equity
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This project brings together Pitt faculty to forge new capacity to address ever-increasing challenges of water equity through extensive engagement with communities most impacted by water inequity. Our overarching objective is to develop a framework for knowledge co-production that breaks down barriers between the University and the community and among schools and disciplines at the University of Pittsburgh, in order to advance the human right to water.
- Assessing harmful algal blooms in the Ohio River: Drinking Water in a Changing Climate
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In this project, we expand water quality monitoring with community organizations, conduct a synthesis study of Ohio River water quality, add new capacity for visualization of scientific data, and advance methods to understand the threat of harmful algal blooms to regional water quality.
- PAthogen Storm: Linking Basement Flooding-Associated Infection to Environmental Inequities
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Overall, the goal of this pilot study is to demonstrate the utility of a coupled geo-microbial approach to assess the risk of gastrointestinal and pulmonary infection associated with exposure to basement floodwater and identify the source of such flooding to improve and inform future stormwater management.
- Orthophosphate Research
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This is where I explain this project. Next page will go deeper into who is involved and how it is funded.
- Partnering for Cleaner Rivers
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With this project, we will provide vital scientific expertise, chemical and data analysis regarding regional water quality with 3 Rivers Waterkeeper to measure the baseline water quality of tributaries draining to the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers.
- Long Term Ohio River Water Quality Trends
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This project analyzes a long term water quality data set for the Ohio River Basin. Six stations in the Upper Ohio basin are examined for trends and changes in concentration and flux over a 30 to 40 year period. Analysis includes general chemistry parameters pH, Hardness and Alkalinity, Specific Conductance and Total Dissolved Solids, and select ions; sulfate, chloride, calcium and magnesium, barium and iron.
This project brings together Pitt faculty to forge new capacity to address ever-increasing challenges of water equity through extensive engagement with communities most impacted by water inequity. Our overarching objective is to develop a framework for knowledge co-production that breaks down barriers between the University and the community and among schools and disciplines at the University of Pittsburgh, in order to advance the human right to water.
In this project, we expand water quality monitoring with community organizations, conduct a synthesis study of Ohio River water quality, add new capacity for visualization of scientific data, and advance methods to understand the threat of harmful algal blooms to regional water quality.
Overall, the goal of this pilot study is to demonstrate the utility of a coupled geo-microbial approach to assess the risk of gastrointestinal and pulmonary infection associated with exposure to basement floodwater and identify the source of such flooding to improve and inform future stormwater management.
This is where I explain this project. Next page will go deeper into who is involved and how it is funded.
This project analyzes a long term water quality data set for the Ohio River Basin. Six stations in the Upper Ohio basin are examined for trends and changes in concentration and flux over a 30 to 40 year period. Analysis includes general chemistry parameters pH, Hardness and Alkalinity, Specific Conductance and Total Dissolved Solids, and select ions; sulfate, chloride, calcium and magnesium, barium and iron.
With this project, we will provide vital scientific expertise, chemical and data analysis regarding regional water quality with 3 Rivers Waterkeeper to measure the baseline water quality of tributaries draining to the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers.