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TNWRRC Newsletter

Summer 2019

The Tennessee Water Resources Research Center (TNWRRC) is a federally designated state research institute supported in part by the U.S. Geological Survey. It serves as a primary link among water-resource experts in academia, government, and the private sector. TNWRRC is housed within the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE) at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

TNWRRC sponsors course on 2D Hydrodynamic Modeling for Stream Restoration Design

Join us for the one-day course on July 16, 2019 in Nashville.

More information is available here

Researcher Spotlight

TNWRRC has a new director
Dr. John Schwartz, professor at UT Knoxville Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a professional engineer, was recently named director of the Tennessee Water Resources Research Center (TNWRRC), located in UT’s Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment.

Reflecting on his new role and what it means to him, Dr. Schwartz states, “I look forward to making the TNWRRC a campus-wide and state-wide water resources community and see what can happen when we all work together on challenging problems.”

Read more about Dr. Schwartz and his vision for TNWRRC.

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Outreach

picture at WaterFest
Wild About Water
Over 500 K-3rd grade students from various elementary schools in Knox County descended upon Waterfest 2019 at the Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville, Tennessee on May 6, 2019. A nearly two decade tradition, WaterFest engages students to learn about water quality concepts with fun-packed activities.
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2019 Watershed Symposium
The 7th Annual Watershed Symposium at UT, hosted by the UT's Watershed Faculty Consortium, was held March 26, 2019 from Noon-5pm. Our thanks to everyone who had a hand in making it a success.
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Recent Highlights

  USGS 104(b) funded proposals for 2019—

Faculty Proposals:
Understanding effluent movement in clayey soils when using subsurface drip dispersal to apply domestic wastewater--PI, Dr. John Buchanan, Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture

Investigate industrial facilities storm water quality and SWPPP performance--PI, Dr. Maryam Salehi, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Memphis

Graduate Student Supplemental Research Grant Proposals:
Real-Time Adaptive Detention Control Network: An application in the Conner Creek Watershed--Aaron Akin, Graduate Research Assistant; Dr. Jon Hathaway, Faculty Advisor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

From the Plot to the Catchment Scale: Towards the Next Generation of Hydrodynamics, Sediment Transport Model--Christos Giannopoulos, Ph.D. Student; Dr. Thanos Papanicolaou, Faculty Advisor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Harmful Algal Blooms in Surface Water in Amphibian Ponds and in the Green River at Mammoth Cave B National Park, Kentucky--Brittaney Hogan, Graduate Research Assistant; Dr. Tom Byl, Faculty Advisor, Department of Biology, Tennessee State University

Flood History from Paleoflood Deposits in Cut Bank Soil Profiles in Chickamauga Reservoir, Tennessee, River, U.S.A.--Paula J. Perilla-Castillo, Ph.D. Student; Dr. Larry McKay, Faculty Advisor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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