2011 State Water Resources Research Program (104b)

The FY 2011 state funding (104B) provided to the Georgia Water Resources Institute from the United States Geological Survey through the National Institutes for Water Resources was used to support critical research needs, graduate education, and information dissemination in the State of Georgia. Four sub‐grants supported the following projects:

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The FY 2011 state funding (104B) provided to the Georgia Water Resources Institute from the United States Geological Survey through the National Institutes for Water Resources was used to support critical research needs, graduate education, and information dissemination in the State of Georgia. Four sub‐grants supported the following projects:

  1. Flood Risk and Homeowners’ Flood Risk Perceptions: Evidence from Property Prices in Georgia; S. Ferreira; University of Georgia
  2. Assessment of endocrine disruption in fish and estrogenic potency of waters in Georgia; R. Bringolf, C. Jennings, J. Zuiderveen; University of Georgia and Columbus State University.
  3. Impact of Upstream Water Use on Salinity and Ecology of Apalachicola Bay; P. Roberts; Georgia Institute of Technology.

Additionally, GWRI co-sponsored the Georgia Water Resources Conference held in April 2011.