The Penn State Environment and Natural Resources Institute will host 2 presentations in its Water Insights Seminar Series next week--

-- October 23: Dynamic Management Of Nutrient Pollution In Aquatic Environments: Does Chesapeake Bay Need A Time-Varying Policy?  Aaron Cook, Phd Candidate in Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics presents a paper he has developed for a model that captures and solves the optimal time path of nutrient reductions across 2 polluting sectors-- wastewater and agriculture specific to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.  Click Here for more.

-- October 26: Are We Drinking Our Medicines? Fate and Transport of Emerging Contaminants At Penn State's Living Filter. Jack Watson, Professor of Soils Physics and Biogeochemistry Ecosystem Science and Management, presents the results of his work studying the wastewater effluent system the campus uses to irrigate agricultural and forested land to help reduce nutrients going to the Chesapeake Bay and contaminants of emerging concern.  Click Here for more.

Both Seminars will held from Noon to 1:00 in Room 312 of the Ag and Bio Engineering Building on Penn State’s main campus in State College.  Both Seminars are available via Zoom online.

For more information, and archived copies of past Seminars, visit the Water Insights Seminar Series webpage.

[Posted: Oct. 18, 2018]

10/22/2018