1. Urban Watershed Geochemistry
Vijay Vulava Department of Geology & Environ. Geosciences

2. Urban Streams
Filbin Creek in North Charleston, SC

3. Urban Streams Intense development in area
Little green spaces for wildlife
Stream on 303(d) list

6. Urban Streams Streams can be learning environ. Hypothesis testing
Study of water, seds, soil, organisms, etc.
Field & lab studies
Short-term or long-term
Uundergrad or grad level

7. Goals Is Filbin Creek watershed impaired?
What is the nature of impairment?
What is the cause of impairment?

8. Methods Plan who, where, when, what, how, etc. In-situ analysis
Water & soil samples for lab analyses

15. Types of Exercises Chemical char. of water & soil
In-situ vs. ex-situ anal. data
Physical char. of soil
Extract contam. from soils
Pathogens in water

16. Types of Exercises Excel to compile & visualize data
Identify “hotspots” of contam.
Compare data w/ EPA or state stds.
Estimate contam. loading
Qual. TMDLs

17. Assessment Lab journals “Mini-paper” format lab reports
Oral & poster presentations
Rubrics to grade reports & presentations

18. Skills Gained Understand complex nature of urban watersheds
How to assess “state of the environ”
Good field & lab practices
Effective writing & presentation skills