Session No. 19
Monday, 23 March 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Gifford Room (Omni Mount Washington Resort)
T22. State and Fate of Urban Watersheds in the Northeast
Jonathan Gourley and Suzanne O'Connell, Advocates
1:30 PM
MAPPING LEAD IN NEW YORK CITY SOILS
LI, Ireyena1, CHENG, Zhongqi
1 and SHAW, Richard
2, (1)Earth & Environmental Science, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (2)USDA-NRCS New Jersey, Somerset, NJ 08873, Ireyenali@gmail.com, Ireyenali@gmail.com
1:50 PM
ASSESSING BLACK CARBON IN NYC'S URBAN SOILS
WALKER, Roxanne Y.1, CHENG, Vivian
2, HUOT, Hermine
1, SHAW, Richard
3, CORDOBA, Alonso
4, MUTH, Theodore
4 and CHENG, Zhongqi
2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, City University of New York - Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (3)USDA-NRCS New Jersey, Somerset, NJ 08873, (4)Department of Biology, City University of New York - Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, Roxanne.yolanda@gmail.com, Roxanne.yolanda@gmail.com
2:10 PM
ADVANCES IN STUDIES ON THE IMPACT OF WINTER DE-ICING CHEMICALS ON WATER QUALITY IN AQUIFERS IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
HON, Rudi1, DILLON, Peter
2, BESANCON, James
3, BEUTEL, David
1 and BELLO, Bianca
1, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, (2)Norwell Water Department, Town of Norwell, 345 Main Street, Norwell, MA 02061, (3)Department of Geosciences, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481, hon@bc.edu, hon@bc.edu
2:30 PM
IDENTIFYING SOURCES OF SALINITY IN THE TIOUGHNIOGA RIVER USING HALOGENS AS A SENSITIVE TRACER
GUTCHESS, Kristina M.1, JIN, Li
2, ZHOU, Xiaoli
1 and LU, Zunli
1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, (2)Geology, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, kmgutche@syr.edu, kmgutche@syr.edu
3:25 PM
CITIES ON THE RIVER-SCAPE: MODELING FRESHWATER SALINIZATION FROM URBAN CENTERS AND URBAN WATERSHEDS ALONG THE MERRIMACK RIVER
ZUIDEMA, Shan1, WOLLHEIM, Wilfred M.
1, GREEN, Mark B.
2, MINEAU, Madeleine
1 and STEWART, Robert
1, (1)Earth System Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Morse Hall, 8 College Road, Durham, NH 03824, (2)Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University, 17 High Street, MSC 63, Plymouth, NH 03264, shan.zuidema@unh.edu, shan.zuidema@unh.edu
3:45 PM
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PILOT STUDIES IN THE JAMAICA BAY WATERSHED
CHENG, Zhongqi1, ZARROUK, Tarik
1 and MCLAUGHLIN, John
2, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College of CUNY, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (2)New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Ecological Services, 5917 Junction Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11373, zcheng@brooklyn.cuny.edu, zcheng@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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