Congratulations to Jelsie Kerr (Purdue University) who received the Water Quality Section’s Student Poster Award at the annual meeting in Grand Rapids, MI! Her poster was titled Modeling effectiveness of agricultural best management practices to reduce nutrient loading in lakes with endangered cisco and was coauthored by Ryan McGehee, Bernie Engel, Matthew Linn, and Tomas Höök. A pdf of her poster can be found on the Section website at: Jelsie Kerr 2023 Poster.
New York Times Water News
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- Six Things to Know About ‘Forever Chemicals’The federal government is ordering the removal of PFAS, a class of chemicals that poses serious health risks, from drinking water systems across the country.