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December 2022
Welcome to the December 2022 issue of the NC Water News which features updates on the latest North Carolina water issues, events and research. Please email the Water Institute at UNC with comments, suggestions and contributions for upcoming issues. We are also seeking members for the NC Water News Editorial Committee to provide guidance on the content of future issues, so please contact us if interested. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. This issue has information on:
- News
- Upcoming Events
- Featured Organization
- Research
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News
- Experts Reflect on UNC Water and Health 2022. RTI, November 2022.
- Hydrologist leads science behind SWOT satellite. The Well, December 2022.
- Monday numbers: A closer look at the problem of contaminated drinking water wells in NC. NC Policy Watch, November 2022.
- New Satellite Will See Water’s Big Picture. Circle of Blue, November 2022.
- North Carolina Sea Grant Seeks Coastal Research Proposals. NC Sea Grant, November 2022.
- NC’s watery world a mostly unwritten chapter of history. Coastal Review, December 2022.
- Plastics pose a problem in waterways. Could chemical recycling be a solution? NC Health News, November 2022.
- Research program studying Union County well water. Union County Weekly, November 2022.
- Research update: How does chronic shallow flooding affect coastal communities? NC State Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, November 2022.
- To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Wetlands, Just Add (Fresh) Water. NCSU News, November 2022.
- Science Board to give PFAS recommendations to DEQ. Coastal Review, December 2022.
- Study links N.C. hog feeding operations to acute gastrointestinal illness. Gillings School News, November 2022.
- UNCW Students Sweep Poster Awards at NC Coastal Conference. UNC Wilmington College of Arts and Sciences, November 2022.
- Wastewater, Syndromic COVID-19 Surveillance Are Important Pieces of COVID-Monitoring Toolkit. NCSU News, November 2022.
- Water clarity standard to save seagrass an ongoing process. Coastal Review, November 2022.
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Events
- UNC Environmental Finance Center Webinar on Customer Classes: Why and How to Charge Customers Different Rates | December 13, 2022
- North Carolina Water Resources Association Reclaiming the Future Forum | December 16, 2022 | Cary NC |
- NC Water Resources Research Institute Community Collaborative Research Grant program proposals | December 21, 2022 deadline
- Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative/NC Department of Environmental Quality Meeting on North Carolina Water and Equity: Addressing Water Infrastructure Needs and Funding in Disadvantaged Areas (In-person/virtual participation) | NC Biotech Center in Research Triangle Park | January 12, 2023
- Webinar: Cost-Benefit Analysis Policies for Evaluating Nature-Based Solutions – Duke University Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability | January 12, 2023
- UNC School of Government Water and Wastewater Finance Strategies Workshop | February 14 - 15, 2023
- WEF Forum 2023 – Intensification of Resource Recovery | March 20-22, 2023 | Cary NC
- UNC Institute for the Environment Cleantech Summit | March 27–28, 2023 | Chapel Hill, NC
- North Carolina Rural Water Association 2023 Conference | May 15-18, 2023 | Winston Salem, NC
- WEF/IWA Residuals and Biosolids Conference 2023 | May 16-19, 2023 | Charlotte NC
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Project WET (Water Education Today) is dedicated to solving critical environmental challenges by teaching the world about water. Project WET offers engaging activities for educators and outreach providers to use in their classrooms and outdoors. If you’re looking for innovative techniques to connect your communities with the value of their water, NC DEQ’s Water Education Programs can support you! Activities can easily align with North Carolina's K-12 standards. Contact: Lauren Daniel, Water Education Coordinator, NC Division of Water Resources, Lauren.Daniel@ncdenr.gov, for further information about programs and networks available through the NC Division of Water Resources’ Water Education Programs. You can also subscribe to the Division of Water Resources' Water Education mailing list to learn about upcoming events and opportunities throughout North Carolina. (NcWaterEd)
The intent of this feature is to build awareness of groups and organizations dedicated to improving North Carolina's waters. Content is provided by the featured organization and does not necessarily represent the views of the UNC Water Institute.
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Research/Policy
on North Carolina Water Issues
- Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater and comparison to COVID-19 cases in two sewersheds, North Carolina, USA. Science of The Total Environment, February 2023. Alyssa M. Grube, Collin K. Coleman, … Jill R. Stewart
- Developing Toxic Metal Environmental Justice Indices (TM-EJIs) for Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Manganese Contamination in Private Drinking Wells in North Carolina. Water 2022. Noemi Gavino-Lopez, Lauren A. Eaves, … Rebecca C. Fry
- Evaluating the Occurrence and Relative Abundance of Mosquitoes in Rainwater Harvesting Systems. ASABE Journal, November 2022. (full-text available to subscribers) Kathy DeBusk Gee, Kaitlyn Dobyns, … David Lehr
- Explainable Decision-Making for Water Quality Protection. Information, November 2022. Jozo Dujmovi and William L. Allen III
- Generation of the Chemical and Social Stressors Integration Technique (CASS-IT) to identify areas of holistic public health concern: An application to North Carolina. Science of The Total Environment, November 2022. Lauren A. Eaves, Paul Lanier, … Rebecca C. Fry
- Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance. Nature Communications, December 2022. Patrick Munk, Christian Brinch, … Frank M. Aarestrup
- Hydrologic Restoration Decreases Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Shrub Bog Peatlands in Southeastern US. Wetland Restoration, October 2022. (full-text available to subscribers) Luise Armstrong, Ariane Peralta, … Marcelo Ardón
- Impacts of utilizing swine lagoon sludge as a composting ingredient. Journal of Environmental Management, February 2023. (full-text available to subscribers) Piyush Patil, Mahmoud Sharara, … John Classen
- Perceptions of risk to compound coastal water events: A case study in eastern North Carolina, USA. Progress in Disaster Science, December 2022. Scott Curtis, Anuradha Mukherji, … Nelson Adeniji
- Renewable Ocean Energy Developments: Concepts to Kites. Coastal Studies Institute, November 2022.
- Timing and Trends for Municipal Wastewater, Lab-Confirmed Case, and Syndromic Case Surveillance of COVID-19 in Raleigh, North Carolina. American Journal of Public Health, November 2022. Nadine Kotlarz, David A. Holcomb, … Angela Harris
- Wetland Vulnerability Metrics as a Rapid Indicator in Identifying Nature-Based Solutions to Mitigate Coastal Flooding. Hydrology, December 2022. Narcisa Gabriela Pricope and Greer Shivers
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