This project is focused on providing a regional outreach and education program that engages populations in disadvantaged communities.

This project led by PI Dr. Kang Xia is focused on providing a regional outreach and education program that engages populations in disadvantaged communities. The project will occur in an urban coastal community of VA.

1. To characterize the transport and fate of CECs in stormwater systems that are in close proximity to sewer systems within socioeconomically disadvantaged coastal communities.

2. To evaluate and model the impact of existing and new stormwater best management practices (BMPs) on the transport and transformation of CECs in the targeted watersheds and the roles of extreme weather events.

3. To engage diverse stakeholders, each possessing varying capacities and influence levels – ranging from municipalities and community organizations to individual community members and educators – using a community-science-based approach on the environmental occurrence and impact of CECs in socioeconomically disadvantaged coastal communities.

This project is made possible by the Virginia Sea Grant and Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Sciences (ICTAS).