ERIS

The Environmental Research Institute of the States

water quality

Superfund Research Program – Emergencies and Emerging Contaminants

Hear from researchers at three Superfund Research Program Centers about their work to understand the combined effects of climate disasters coupled with environmental contamination, to better understand the environmental fate and develop remediation technologies to address the halogenated aromatic carbon family (dioxins, biphenyls, PAHs), and to better understand, detect, and treat 1,4 dioxane in water.

Big Data for Trash Monitoring Programs Big or Small

Learn how data science can help turn trash data (not trashy data) into knowledge. This knowledge
needed to help combat the global problem of trash impacting our aquatic environments. This
presentation will discuss leveraging big data tools (open data, Trash Taxonomy, AI, machine learning,
web applications …) to turn data into action.

NOAA’s Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project

The Trash Monitoring and Assessment Project (MDMAP), is a citizen science initiative that engages
NOAA partners and volunteers across the nation to survey and record the amount and types of marine
debris on shorelines. Each passionate and dedicated partner in the MDMAP network selects a nearby
shoreline monitoring site that they return to monthly to conduct surveys and submit meaningful data to
NOAA’s MDMAP Database.
How big is the marine debris problem, and how is it changing over time? What types of debris are most
common in your region? MDMAP data can help to answer these questions and can be used to guide
marine debris policy development, education, and outreach, and address important research questions.

Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem: Policies and Markets

2:30 Welcome and Review of Previous Weeks
Catherine Kling, Cornell University
2:40 Potential Market Opportunities
Conservation Auctions
Leah Palm-Forster, University of Delaware
Water Quality Trading
Kurt Stephenson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Certification and Supply Chain Standards
Kurt Waldman, Indiana University
3:30 Review of Input on New Policy and Market Opportunities
3:40 Farmer Panel: Reactions to Proposed Opportunities
Rod Weimer, Fagerberg Farms
Rochelle Krusemark, Krusemark Farms
Richard Wilkins, Delaware Farm Bureau
4:20 Action Group Panel: Reactions to Proposed Opportunities s
Jenny Ahlen, Environmental Defense Fund
Sean McMahon, Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance
5:00 Discussion and Prioritization
5:25 Preview of Next Session
5:30 Adjourn