Monthly Archives: September 2017

Turning the Wissahickon Green to evaluate its health

During the month of September, we conducted two day-long stream tracer tests near Gwynedd Valley and Ambler.   During the tracer test we add two non-toxic, fluorescent dyes into the Creek and track how that dye signal comes through further downstream. … Continue reading

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Two papers accepted this month

Banner month for journal publications.  Two new ones accepted.  One is on the qPCR study of microbial community structure near the WWTP in the Wissahickon that my postdoc Sarah Ledford and Jake Price of Drexel University designed. STOTEN-qPRC_Final (proofs) The … Continue reading

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Welcome to new grad student

Liz Cushman joined our research group this fall.  She got her undergrad degree from Juniata College and worked in environmental consulting for several years before joining Temple to work on urban hydrology.  She has already been out in the field … Continue reading

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