Basin modifications increase filtration, reduce pollution The Ozarks Environmental and Water Resources Institute (OEWRI) is partnering with the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks (WCO) to collect data on the effects of modifications to local storm water basins, including one on the Missouri State University campus near Greenwood Laboratory School. The planned changes to … [Read more...] about Research specialist monitors storm water pollutants on campus
Dr. Bob Pavlowsky, professor of geography and director of the Ozarks Environmental and Water Resources Institute (OEWRI) at Missouri State University, received a $150,240 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency via the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Watershed Committee of the Ozarksfor a water pollution research project. The OEWRI is one of … [Read more...] about Professor receives funding to study water pollution controls
Dr. Robert Pavlowsky, professor of geography and director of the Ozarks Environmental and Water Resources Institute (OEWRI) at Missouri State University, has been awarded $21,871 to continue the “Springfield MS4/TMDL Monitoring Project” by the Storm Water Services Division of the Springfield Public Works Department. “OEWRI is implementing this water quality monitoring … [Read more...] about Funding secured to continue Springfield water quality research
Graduate Student Paper Competition Results from the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 14-18. Patrick Dryer won best oral paper by a MS student for the Geomorphology Specialty Group ($100) Paper reference: Dryer, W.P., and R.T. Pavlowsky, 2010. Catastrophic valley entrenchment and debris fan formation in the Bluefields River, … [Read more...] about Geospatial Science MS Students win awards at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
Dr. Robert Pavlowsky, Missouri State University professor of geography, geology and planning, received an $8,000 grant from Olsson and Associates, Inc. for the “Geomorphic Assessment of Lackman Tributary, Lenexa, Kan.” project. The Project which will help the city of Lenexa deal with flooding and bank instabilities found along the tributary. The Ozarks Environmental and … [Read more...] about Professor awarded grant to evaluate river instabilities