Ongoing Projects:

• First flush characterization of highway runoff
• Hydrografic toxicity evaluation of highway runoff
• Particles and contaminant in roadway runoff
• Alternatives to coliform testing for microbial water quality
• Constituent concentration and load prediction modeling
• California Toxics Rule impact on stormwater toxicity monitoring

Completed Projects:

• Pathogen significance in urban drainage (Phase I)
• Impacts of highway runoff on small streams
• Statewide GIS water quality database
• Estrogenicity effects of herbicide washoff
• Lead and heavy metals release from highway soils
• Economic valuation of water quality improvement
• Factors influencing the highway runoff pollutant concentration