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NYSWRI 2021 Annual Report
The New York State Water Resources Institute (NYSWRI) has published its 2021 Annual Report that showcases the institute's engagement in research, extension, and education across NYS.
2021 Staff Activity Log
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs): A NYS Overview
Rassil Sayess and Brian G. Rahm, WRI (Original October 1st, 2020).
A machine learning approach to identify barriers in stream networks demonstrates high prevalence of unmapped riverine dams
Buchanan et al., 2022. Journal of Enviornmental Management, 302(A), 113952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113952
Responding to Risk from Floods and COVID-19: Beyond Partisanship, Through Experience
Nocua Tole et al. CaRDI Research & Policy Brief Series, Issue 95. October 2021.
NYSWRI 2020 Annual Report
The New York State Water Resources Institute (NYSWRI) has published its 2020 Annual Report that showcases the institute's engagement in research, extension, and education across NYS.
Mapping Flood Insurance Claims with Hydrologic and Social Demographic Predictors via Machine Learning: Re-evaluating Riverine Flood Insurance Rate Maps
Knighton, J. et al., 2020. Journal of Environmental Management, 272, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111051
Building Community Consensus for Flood Risk Adaptation
Marcell, K., and B. Brooks. CaRDI Research & Policy Brief Series, Issue 90. June 2020.
Rapid Remote Assessment of Culvert Flooding Risk
Truhlar, A.M., et al., J. Sustainable Water Built Environ., 2020, 6(2): 06020001
Governing U.S. Flood Risk under Climate Change: Examining an emerging flood-risk network in New York State’s Hudson Valley region
Clifton Staples, NYS Water Resources Institute
The Mystery and Value of Place Names: Can History Help Us Get to the Bottom of Sturgeon Pool?
Tess Webb & Andrew Meyer, Fisheries Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10259
Perceptions of Risk and Behavior: Climate Change & Weather-Related Relocation
Fenton, E., Blakely-Armitage, R., and D. Kay. CaRDI Research & Policy Brief Series, Issue 82. November.
Methane and nitrous oxide cycling microbes in soils above septic leach fields: abundances with depth and correlations with net surface emissions
Fernandez-Baca, C.P., Et. Al., Science of the Total Environment, Volume 640-641
A decade of Marcellus Shale: Impacts to people, policy, and culture from 2008 to 2018 in the Greater Mid-Atlantic region of the United States
Jacquet, J.B., et. al., The Extractive Industries and Society (2018)
Turning Vacant Lots into Green Infrastructure: Application of A Multi-objective Optimization Tool in the City of Buffalo
Zhenduo Zhu, University at Buffalo. Two papers were published from this effort:
1. A new tool for automatic calibration of the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM)
2. Modeling the transport of titanium dioxide nanomaterials from combined sewer overflows in an urban river
Is bigger better? Driving factors of POTW performance in New York
Rahm, B.G.; Morse, N.; Bowen, M.; Choi, J.; Mehta, D.; Vedachalam, S. Water Research. 2018, 135, 134-143
The Light at the End of the Culvert
M. Lung, A. Meyer, R. Marjerison & B.G. Rahm (2017) Talk of the Towns, Association of Towns of the State of New York. Vol. 31, May/June.
Using multivariate analysis and USGS stream gage data to improve source tracking of micropollutants in the Hudson River Estuary
Damian Helbling, Cornell University. For a publication based on this work, read here.
Nitrate Dynamics in Two Streams Impacted by Wastewater Treatment Plant Discharge: Point Sources or Sinks?
Brian G. Rahm, Nicole B. Hill, Stephen B. Shaw & Susan J. Riha, Journal of the American Water Resources Association
Volume 52, Issue 3, pages 592–604, June 2016
A meta-analysis of public compliance to boil water advisories
Sridhar Vedachalam*, Kyra T. Spotte-Smith, Susan J. Riha, Water Research 94 (2016) 136-145
Hydrologic conditions drive denitrification and greenhouse gas emissions in stormwater detention basins
McPhillips, L. and M.T. Walter, Ecological Engineering, 85 (2015) 67-75
Public–Private Partnerships and Contract Choice in India’s Water and Wastewater Sectors
Vedachalam. S., Geddes, R.R., Riha, S.J. 2016. Public Works Management & Policy, 21(1):71-96.
Septic Systems, New York State (2011): A Geospatial Database
Vedachalam, S., Joo, T., Riha, S.J. 2015. Available at CUGIR: Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository.
Water Without Borders: The Importance of Regional and Intermunicipal Water Resource Planning
Rahm, B.G., Vedachalam, S. 2015. New York State Association of Counties: NYSAC News, Spring/Summer, 36(2):40-41.
Media discourse on ageing water infrastructure
Vedachalam. S., Lewenstein, B.V., DeStefano, K.A., Polan, S.D., Riha, S.J. 2015. Urban Water Journal. DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2015.1036087. [pre-print].
Reevaluating onsite wastewater systems: Expert recommendations and municipal decision-making
Vedachalam, S., Vanka, V.S., Riha, S.J. 2015. Water Policy, 17(6):1062-1078.
The State of the Hudson 2015
Stanne, Steve. Hudson River Estuary Program/NYSDEC, New Paltz, NY, and NYS Water Resources Institute/Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 20 pages
Growing green infrastructure: lessons from new research
Planning News, New York Planning Federation, Winter 2015, 12-13.
Engaging researchers and stakeholders in improving New York’s water management
Vedachalam, S., Rahm, B.G., Tonitto, C., Riha, S.J. 2015. CaRDI Research & Policy Brief Series, Issue 65: April.
Shale gas operator violations in the Marcellus and what they tell us about water resource risks
Rahm, B.G., Vedachalam, S., Bertoia, L., Mehta, D., Vanka, V.S., Riha, S.J. 2015. Energy Policy. 82:1-11.
Who’s the cleanest of them all? Sanitation scores in Indian cities
Vedachalam, S., Riha, S.J. 2015. Environment and Urbanization, 27(1):117-136.
Assessing drivers of dissolved methane patterns in central New York groundwater
McPhillips, L.E., Creamer, A.E., Rahm, B.G., Walter, M.T. J. Hydrol. Regional Studies. 2014, 1, 57-73
Evolving shale gas management: water resource risks, impacts, and lessons learned
Rahm, B.G., Riha, S.J. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 2014, DOI: 10.1039/c4em00018h.
Spatial analysis of boil water advisories issued during an extreme weather event in the Hudson River Watershed, USA
Vedachalam, S., John, M.E., Riha, S.J. 2014. Applied Geography, 48:112-121
Capital investment and privatization: Public opinion on issues related to water and wastewater infrastructure
Vedachalam, S.; Kay, D.L.; Riha, S.J. 2014. Public Works Management & Policy, 19(2):118-147
Using simple data experiments to explore the influence of non-temperature controls on maize yields in the mid-West and Great Plains
Shaw, S.B., Mehta, D., & Riha, S.J. 2014. Climatic Change, 122(4):747-755
Small is beautiful? State of the dams and management implications for the future
Vedachalam, S.; Riha, S.J. 2014. River Research and Applications, 30(9):1195-1205
Climate Summary: Town of Germantown
NYSDEC/NYSWRI. 2013. Report submitted to the Town of Germantown, NY
Water Resource Summary: Town of Germantown
NYSDEC/NYSWRI. 2013. Report submitted to the Town of Germantown, NY
Public opinion on water and wastewater infrastructure issues
Vedachalam, S.; Kay, D.L.; Riha, S.J. 2013. CaRDI Research & Policy Brief Series, Issue 56: October. Reprinted in 2013, Clear Waters, 43 (Winter): 53-55.
A watershed-scale goals approach to assessing and funding wastewater infrastructure
Rahm, B.G.; Vedachalam, S.; Shen, J.; Woodbury, P.B.; Riha, S.J. 2013. Journal of Environmental Management, 129:124-133.
Beyond the trees: Community as a riparian resotration outcome and resource
Armstrong, A.; Stedman, R.C.; Roessler, B.; Cuppett, C. 2013. Water Resources Impact, 15(2):6-8
Wastewater management and Marcellus Shale gas development: Trends, drivers, and planning implications
Rahm, B.G., Bates, J., Bertoia, L.R., Galford, A.E., Yoxtheimer, D.A., Riha, S.J. 2013. Journal of Environmental Management, 120:105-113.
Comment on 'Energy and air emission implications of a decentralized wastewater system.'
Vedachalam, S.; Riha, S.J. 2013. Environmental Research Letters, 8(1):019001
Water Resource Summary: Town of Chatham
NYSDEC/NYSWRI. 2012. Town of Chatham. Report submitted to the Town of Chatham, NY
Water’s journey through the shale gas drilling and production processes in the Mid-Atlantic region
Abdalla, C.; Drohan, J.; Rahm, B.G.; Jacquet, J.; Becker, J.; Collins, A.; Klaiber, A.; Poe, G.; Grantham, D. 2012. Penn State Cooperative Extension
Environmental water and air quality issues associated with shale gas development in the Northeast.
Rahm, B.G., Riha, S.J.; Yoxtheimer, D.; Boyer, E.; Carder, D.; Davis, K.; Belmecheri, S. 2012. Marcellus Shale Multi-State Academic Research Conference Position Paper, 12p
The ecological and environmental effects of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee
Stanne, S. 2012. New York State Conservationist, 67(1): 8-13
Out of the classroom, into the estuary
Bowser, C. 2012. New York State Conservationist, 67(1): 20-24
Water supply in Chennai: Desalination and missed opportunities
Vedachalam, S. 2012. Economic and Political Weekly, 47(23):16-19
Desalination in northeastern U.S.: Lessons from four case studies.
Vedachalam, S; Riha S.J. 2012. Desalination, 297:104-110
Barriers to Green Infrastructure in the Hudson Valley: An Electronic Survey of Implementers
Vail, E.; Meyer, A. 2012.
Examining individual recession events instead of a data cloud: Using a modified interpretation of dQ/dt-Q streamflow recession in glaciated watersheds to better inform models of low flow
Shaw, S.B.; Riha, S.J. 2012. Journal of Hydrology, 434-435:46-54
Toward strategic management of shale gas development: Regional, collective impacts on water resources
Rahm, B.G.; Riha, S.J. 2012. Environmental Science and Policy, 17:12-23
Assessing Possible Changes in Flood Frequency Due to Climate Change in Mid-sized Watersheds in New York State, USA
Shaw, S.B; Riha, S.J. 2011. Hydrological Processes, 25(16):2542-2550
Protection of Surface Waters Associated with Shale Gas Drilling and Related Support Sites
Rahm, B.G.; Ford, L.; Ruskovets, B.; Meriwether, M.B.; Riha, S.J. 2011. NYWEA white paper. May 16.
The relationship between extreme hourly precipitation and surface temperature in different hydroclimatic regions of the United States
Shaw, S.B.; Royem, A.A.; Riha, S.J. 2011. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 12(2):319-325
Assessing temperature-based PET equations under a changing climate in temperate, deciduous forests
Shaw, S.B.; Riha, S.J. 2011. Hydrological Processes, 25(9):1466-1478
Framework for assessing water resource impacts from shale gas drilling
Riha, S.J.; Rahm, B.G. 2010. NYWEA Clear Waters. 40(Winter):16-19
Framework for Assessing Water Resource Impacts from Shale Gas Drilling
Riha, S.J.; Rahm, B.G. 2010. Green Choices, website of Cornell University’s Department of City and Regional Planning, December
Hudson Valley Water: Opportunities and Challenges. Discussion Brief #4
Cuppett, S.; Urban-Mead, R. 2010. Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach, State University of New York at New Paltz
The State of the Hudson
Stanne, S.P.; Roessler, E.A.; Marcell, K.A. 2009. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Albany, NY.