Projects and Teams -> SURFACE-WATER QUALITY MONITORING TEAM

MISSION: The mission of the Water-Quality Monitoring Team is to collect, store, interpret, and disseminate water-quality data at the state and local levels. The multi-disciplinary team will focus on water-quality issues utilizing new technologies and techniques to study the physical, chemical, biological, geological interactions in rivers and streams in Wisconsin. The use of current, innovative techniques and the latest technology will enable the Water-Quality Monitoring Team to work with cooperators to address emerging water-quality issues. Water quality issues may include occurrence and distribution, trends, and modeling of certain pollutants, relationships between natural factors, land use and water quality, and the relationship between ecological responses and water quality. Understanding the various components of the hydrologic system and their relationship to water quality will aid Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments in the management and protection of their water-quality resources.

TEAM MEMBERS
Kevin D. Richards, Physical Scientist (Team Leader) Herbert S. Garn, Assistant Center Director - BIO Dale M. Robertson, Research Hydrologist (Limnology) - BIO David J. Graczyk, Hydrologist Michelle Lutz, Physical Scientist	Rob Waschbusch, Hydrologist Barb Scudder, Biologist David Hall, Hydrologist Krista Stensvold, Hydrologist Brett Esser, Hydrologic Technician
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PROJECTS
STATEWIDE
9KP43 - Impact of Phosphorus and Nitrogen Concentrations on the Biological Integrity of Wisconsin Streams
LOCATION-SPECIFIC PROJECTS
Tribal
Menominee Indian Reservation 9KM44 - Benthic algae of streams in the Menominee Indian Reservation Oneida Indian Reservation 9KP44 - Oneida Nation Hydrologic Investigations
County
Dane 9KP41 - Dane County Water-Quality Program Brown 9KP42 - Water Quality of the Lower Fox River Tributaries and Duck Creek Watersheds Jackson, Juneau, Monroe, Sauk, Shawano, Wood 9KP45 - Surface Water Resources of the Ho-Chunk Tribe Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington, Waukesha 9KP46 - Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Corridor Study
Municipal
Madison 9KP32 - Collection of Real-Time and Pathogen Data at Recreational Beaches in Madison Milwaukee River and Root River Basins 9KP47 - Collection of Water-Quality Data for Calibration and Verification of the HSPF Watershed Model for the Milwaukee and Root River Watersheds

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