Senator George J. Mitchell Center & Maine's Sustainability Solutions Initiative

Research Programs - WRRI Research Projects

Projects funded by the Maine Water Resources Research Institute:

2013 Projects

Assessing threats of changing climate to drinking water quality
Jasmine Saros, University of Maine; Sarah Nelson, Senator George J. Mitchell Center, University of Maine

Optimized Pre-Treatment for Fluorescence Monitoring of Surface Fresh Water Contamination
Howard Patterson, John Ahern, University of Maine; Gregory Hall, US Coast Guard Academy

Partnership for Monitoring Maine Lake Temperatures in a Changing Climate, Short Term Variability and Long Term Trends
Dan Buckley, University of Maine Farmington, Scott Williams, Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program

Informatics approaches for reuse and modeling of heterogeneous mercury data (Yr2)
Kate Beard, University of Maine

2012 Projects

Photocatalytic Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Natural Water using Silver-Doped Zeolites
Aria Amirbahman, Howard Patterson, University of Maine

Informatics approaches for reuse and modeling of heterogeneous mercury data
Kate Beard, University of Maine

Investigating the Impact of Pollutants in Street Dust on the Long Creek Watershed, South Portland, ME: Collaborative Research Between USM, CCSWCD, and LCWMD
Lucille Benedict, University of Southern Maine; Kate McDonald, CCSWCD

Maine Salt Management Scoping Project (Info Transfer Project)
Laura Lindenfeld, University of Maine

Do coastal Maine lakes have fish higher in mercury? A targeted survey including lakes in Acadia National Park
Sarah Nelson, Aria Amirbahman, University of Maine; Linda Bacon, Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Improving Data to Build Trust for Community Generated Knowledge of Groundwater
John Peckenham, University of Maine

Analyzing Legacy Data in a Climate Context to Decipher Modern Changes in Lakewater Chemistry
Jasmine Saros, Sean David Birkel, Sarah Nelson, University of Maine

2011 Projects

Identification of the determinants of fish tissue mercury concentrations in temperate lakes: Factors to be considered in the establishment or revision of fish consumption advisories
Aria Amirbahman, Stephen Norton, University of Maine; Linda Bacon, Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Prototype Development of SimStream, a Computer-Based Immersive Learning-Environment for Introducing Environmental Systems Concepts to Middle-School Students
Shaleen Jain, Mike Scott, University of Maine

Complex systems assessment of biogeochemical factors and microbial community members associated with naturally occurring uranium contamination in groundwater resources
Paula Mouser, Charles Hess, University of Maine

Release of Metals to Groundwater from Ultramafic Rocks on Deer Isle, Maine
Amanda Olsen, University of Maine

2010 Projects

Estimation of benthic dissolved organic carbon flux from wetland and estuarine sediments using a novel technique
Aria Amirbahman, Emmanuel Boss- University of Maine

Spatiotemporal analysis of legacy mercury data on Mount Desert Island: a proxy for coastal Maine mercury  biogeochemistry
Kate Beard – University of Maine

Permaculture Design Research Initiative
Joline Blais, Owen Smith – University of Maine

Fish scales as non-lethal biosensors of contaminants in surface waters
Rebecca Van Beneden, Adria Elskus, Brian Perkins – University of Maine

Improving Access to Wellwater Information: A Pilot Information Transfer Project
Laura Wilson, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

2010 Student Summer Research Projects

Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) as an Indicator of Habitat Quality in Tributaries of the Machias River Watershed
Wesley Ashe, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine

Vegetation Response to Potential Increased Tidal Marsh Inundation in Northern New England Brackish Marshes
Elizabeth Mitchell, School of Biology, University of Southern Maine

Phosphorus Dynamics in Androscoggin Lake, Wayne and Leeds, Maine
Luke Salvato, Dept. of Geology, Bowdoin College

Microorganisms that can alter groundwater chemistry in an arsenic enriched aquifer located in Northport, ME
Jennifer Weldon, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maine

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