Eleventh Annual Report Water Resources Research Center

Abstract

The fiscal year budget of the Center was $378,584. The Center supported 12 research projects involving 9 faculty members. These research projects were concerned with: developing a water resources research plan for Minnesota; developing indices for establishing water supply quality status and trends in Minnesota; analyses of organic carbon as a pollution index in Minnesota; spatial and temporal variation of precipitation in Minnesota; forecasting rainfall and snowmelt floods; determining the geochemical and biostratigraphic record of natural and pollution eutrophication of Minnesota lakes; bio-manipulation of Minnesota lakes for elimination of blue-green algae; determining the thermal pollution and second trophic level fauna in Lake Superior; social trends of water quality status and trends in Minnesota by remote sensing techniques; and hydronomic analysis of forest management alternatives for environmental quality. About 37 students received employment through the Center's program. During fiscal year 1975, there were 26 reports generated through research projects.