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 Research Highlights and Podcasts

 

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Read the highlights or listen to the podcasts to learn more about how NRMRL research helps to support the protection of human health and the environment. Subscribe to the feed for these podcasts.

 
2008
Image: Diesel engine in a dynamometer test cell.ETV Verifies Diesel Emission Controls - NRMRL's Environmental Technology Verification Program is conducting verification testing on innovative technologies designed to reduce particulate matter, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide emissions from diesel engine exhaust. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (5:21 min, 4.9 MB)

Image: A schematic of the bench-scale porous pavement systemPorous Pavements: Managing Rainwater Runoff - NRMRL urban watershed researchers are evaluating the performance of a porous pavement system—interlocking concrete pavers with filter/gravel layers. This is just one of several types of porous pavements that filter rainwater runoff. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (4:35 min, 4.20 MB)

Image: Test tubes on a keyboardSustainable Approaches to Analyzing Chemical Toxicity - Each year many new chemicals join the thousands already in existence in the marketplace. Determining their potential hazard to humans and the environment is an ongoing challenge for EPA’s mission of sustainability in support of economic growth. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (3:43 min, 3.40 MB)

A friendly EPA welcome from Georgia Dunaway at a recent scientific conferenceExtending EPA’s Message - Wherever national scientific conferences and trade shows are held, EPA is there, thanks to a popular outreach program managed by NRMRL technical communication specialists. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (4:22 min, 4 MB)

Revitalizing Stella, MissouriRevitalizing Stella, Missouri—A Sustainability Model - NRMRL scientists are collaborating with residents to revitalize a community while learning about the effects of human decision making on natural resources. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (6:04 min, 5.55 MB)

SOS Subsoil Bioremediation A More Effective Remediation for Subsurface Pollutants - EPA researchers have developed an advanced hydraulic fracturing technology to help remediate subsoil contaminants. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (3:59 min, 4.05 MB)

A swale evaluation in progress Stormwater Management – NRMRL’s swales research at the Urban Watershed Research Facility in Edison, New Jersey, helps communities safely route stormwater runoff and reduce runoff-carried pollutants. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (4:31 min, 4.13 MB)

Earth Day CincinnatiEarth Day Activities Extend EPA Outreach – This April 19, EPA Cincinnati’s Office of Public Affairs will partner with the Greater Cincinnati Earth Coalition to present Earth Day as a major community event. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (4:49 min, 4.41 MB)

2008 EPA Science Forum2008 EPA Science Forum – Scientists from EPA's National Risk Management Research Laboratory will participate in the 2008 EPA Science Forum in Washington, DC, to highlight the role of innovative technologies in an expanding and sustainable economy. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (2:59 min, 2.74 MB)

Global Climate EffectsGlobal Climate Effects – The Water Resource Adaptation Program (WRAP) studies long-term effects of global climate change on U.S. water resources. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (5:18 min, 4.86 MB)

Arsenic RemovalArsenic Removal – When the federal rule limiting arsenic in drinking water was revised in 2001 to 10 parts per billion, it challenged small U.S. water systems (those serving 10,000 or fewer people) to find cost-effective ways to meet the new standards. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (4:45 min, 4.35 MB)

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2007
Research PartnershipResearch Partnership – A new EPA water research partnership was formed during the 2007 Clean Water Partnership Summit. More than 200 global water quality specialists were present at the signing. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (3:13 min, 2.95 MB)

Water InfrastructureWater Infrastructure – America's drinking water and wastewater infrastructure is aging and the costs and environmental risks due to failure are sobering. As part of a larger EPA initiative, the Aging Water Infrastructure research program focuses on innovative technologies and approaches. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (3:55 min, 3.58 MB)

Urban Storm WaterUrban Storm Water – During a heavy rainfall, the impervious surfaces of urban environments—roadways, rooftops, and sidewalks—generate excess storm water runoff that can cause a long list of negative environmental impacts. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (4:37 min, 4.24 MB)

Pipeline ReplicationPipeline Replication – "Stuff grows on pipes." That's how one drinking water expert sums up the National Risk Management Research Laboratory's innovative research into the pipe-wall dynamics of the distribution systems that carry finished water from treatment plant to consumer tap. Read more

Listen to the podcast (MP3) (4:10 min, 3.83 MB)

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