Sep 12, 2019
By Katelyn Vause Nitrate levels in wetlands fluctuate throughout the day, according to a new study from WRRI-supported researchers at NC State University. The findings have implications for how to measure and account for nitrate, which can originate from fertilizers and sometimes act as a pollutant. Michael Burchell, a professor in NC State’s Department of…
Aug 19, 2019
As North Carolina’s population grows and communities expand, questions of how to provide clean water and to carry off wastewater continuously challenge town and city planners. Septic systems are a common solution for builders constructing homes and businesses in areas where municipal water infrastructure has not yet been built out. However, as impermeable surfaces —…
May 9, 2019
By Danielle Costantini Five new projects have received funding from the North Carolina Community Collaborative Research Grant Program. Topics include research related to water quality treatment in wetlands, algal blooms and cyanobacteria, and community resilience in the face of natural disasters. In its fourth year, the program known as CCRG leverages support from the William R.…
Apr 30, 2019
By Katelyn Vause Six graduate students across North Carolina will soon begin new coastal and water resource research projects. Four of those projects will be funded jointly through fellowships with the Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina system and North Carolina Sea Grant. Research consortia facilitated by WRRI — the Urban…
Jan 23, 2019
Last June, a team of researchers used an experimental model to forecast that hypoxia — low levels of dissolved oxygen — would be more severe than average in the Neuse River Estuary during midsummer 2018. Such predictive models are important, because hypoxia can lead to ecosystem stresses, including fish kills. Daniel Obenour, an environmental engineer…
Jan 22, 2019
Guest post by Jasmine Hayes I am a recent Master of Public Health graduate from East Carolina University. I was born and raised in the small rural town of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. My career goals are to increase knowledge of health and wellness, creating environments that allow people to reach their physical, mental and…
Nov 29, 2018
Story by Justine Neville, 2018 North Carolina Sea Grant – WRRI Graduate Research Fellow, NC State University Throughout this post, I refer to the river as “Lumbee” in observance of the 2009 Lumbee Tribal Government Ordinance CLLO-2009-0625-01: “Reclamation of the Lumbee River’s Ancestral Name.” State and federal agencies have referred to the river as “Lumber”…
Nov 26, 2018
Story by Christy Perrin, NC WRRI & North Carolina Sea Grant On a warm autumn morning in 2017, four young boys excitedly reach for irises in small pots and a chance to push their hands into soft dirt. One of the fourth graders laments his buddy is late and will miss out on planting the…
Oct 24, 2016
The NCWSN offers training and networking opportunities to assist watershed professionals and their work to protect and managed watersheds.
Oct 21, 2016
This is a summary of the WRRI Report #454 by Jeff Hughes, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (full report here). The research was jointly funded by the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Valor Water Analytics, and four utilities in North Carolina: the Orange Water…
