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A complete list of awards granted in September 2011
by the USDA/NIFA 406 Water Quality Initiative

110.D INTEGRATED RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION PROJECTS

Principal Investigator: S. Styles
Proposal Number: 2011-05177external link
Performing Institution: Cal Polytechnic State University
Amount of Award: $234,865 | 24 months
Title of Award: Integrating Remote Sensing of Evapotranspirations with Surface and Groundwater Information to Target Potential Water Conservation Projects

Principal Investigator: A. Andales
Proposal Number: 2011-05098 external link
Performing Institution: Colorado State University
Amount of Award: $365,000 | 48 months
Title of Award: Mobile Irrigation Water Management System Using ERAMS Cloud Computing Infrastructure

Principal Investigator: R. Waskom
Proposal Number: 2011-05106 external link
Performing Institution: Colorado State University
Amount of Award: $149,000 | 24 months
Title of Award: Addressing Agricultural Water Security in the Colorado River Basin: Planning for Water Research, Extension, and Education

Principal Investigator: R. Waskom
Proposal Number: 2010-03596 external link
Performing Institution: Colorado State University
Amount of Award: $17,000 | 48 months
Title of Award: Integrating Water Research, Extension, and Education in the Northern Plains and Mountains Region

Principal Investigator: S. Inamdar
Proposal Number: 2011-05149 external link
Performing Institution: University of Delaware
Amount of Award: $595,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Water Quality and Ecosystem Services from Landscape Best Management Practices that Enhance Vegetation in Urbanizing Watersheds

Principal Investigator: K. Migliaccio
Proposal Number: 2011-05094 external link
Performing Institution: University of Florida
Amount of Award: $398,800 | 48 months
Title of Award: Smart Irrigation: Smartphone Technology for Managing Urban and Agricultural Irrigation

Principal Investigator: G. Toor
Proposal Number: 2011-05092 external link
Performing Institution: University of Florida
Amount of Award: $395,000 | 48 months
Title of Award: Developing Tools to Attenuate Emerging Contaminants in Onsite Watewater Treatment Systems

Principal Investigator: M. Habteselassie
Proposal Number: 2011-05148 external link
Performing Institution: University of Georgia
Amount of Award: $567,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Impacts of On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems on Water Quality and Quantity in Urbanizing Watersheds

Principal Investigator: M. David
Proposal Number: 2011-05127 external link
Performing Institution: University of Illinois
Amount of Award: $595,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Reducing Agricultural Nitrate Losses in the Embarras River Watershed Through Bioreactors, Constructed Wetlands, and Outreach

Principal Investigator: D. Buckmaster
Proposal Number: 2011-05096 external link
Performing Institution: Purdue University
Amount of Award: $395,000 | 48 months
Title of Award: Mobile Computing Technologies to Enable More Efficient Water Management Decisions in the Field

Principal Investigator: W. Crumpton
Proposal Number: 2011-05126 external link
Performing Institution: Iowa State University
Amount of Award: $595,800 | 36 months
Title of Award: Nitrogen Retention and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes of Constructed Wetlands in Agricultural Watersheds Within the Upper Mississippi River Basin

Principal Investigator: K. Douglas-Mankin
Proposal Number: 2011-05160 external link
Performing Institution: Kansas State University
Amount of Award: $570,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Measuring Success of Targeted BMP Implementation, and Getting Smarter About Ephemeral Gully Sediment and Nutrients Sources and BMPS

Principal Investigator: J. Paz
Proposal Number: 2011-05169 external link
Performing Institution: Mississippi State University
Amount of Award: $445,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Downstream Water Quality and Quantity Impacts of Water Storage Systems in Porter Bayou Watershed

Principal Investigator: S. Ewing
Proposal Number: 2011-05141 external link
Performing Institution: Montana State University
Amount of Award: $598,500 | 36 months
Title of Award: Water Quality Best Management Practices in the Judith River Watershed: Use of Adaptive Research and Outreach to Improve Adoption

Principal Investigator: D. Osmond
Proposal Number: 2011-05151 external link
Performing Institution: North Carolina State University
Amount of Award: $595,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Analysis of Conservation Practice Effectiveness and Producer Adoption Behavior in Lake Jordan Watershed, NC

Principal Investigator: J. Kushner
Proposal Number: 2011-05129 external link
Performing Institution: University of Wisconsin
Amount of Award: $2,400,000 | 48 months
Title of Award: Water Equals National Education Campaign: Transforming Young People's Relationship with Water

Principal Investigator: A. Gold
Proposal Number: 2011-05125 external link
Performing Institution: University of Rhode Island
Amount of Award: $495,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Efficacy, Constraints and Uncertainties of Constructed Wetlands and Bioreactors: A Place-Based, Integrated Approach to Foster N Abatement