2005 SJWP State Winners
For Immediate Release
May 2, 2005
Media Contact: Lori Burkhammer
(703) 684-2480
lburkhammer@wef.org
WEF MEMBER
ASSOCIATIONS SEND ASPIRING WATER SCIENTISTS TO NATIONAL STOCKHOLM JUNIOR WATER
PRIZE COMPETITION
Alexandria, VA - The Water Environment Federation (WEF) proudly
announces the 2005 U.S. state winners of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize
(SJWP) - the most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project.
WEF Member Associations selected and will sponsor state winners to enter the
national competition in Portland, Oregon, June 16-18. The U.S. winner will
receive $2,500 and an all expense paid trip to Stockholm, Sweden for the
international competition. The U.S. winner's school will receive $1,000 toward
enhancing science education and the student will present their research to
water quality experts at WEFTEC®.05, WEF's annual technical exhibition and
conference in Washington, DC, October 29 - November 2, 2005. (List of state
winners, schools and project titles immediately follows release).
"The SJWP competition is an important element in the
Federation's continuing efforts to attract young professionals into the water
quality field," said WEF Executive Director Bill Bertera. "The
competition promotes leadership, academic excellence and environmental
stewardship, which will benefit not only the individual but the entire
environmental and public health community - both domestically and internationally."
The purpose of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize is to increase
students' interest in water-related issues and research, and to sensitize them
- as future leaders - to global water challenges. The competition for the SJWP
award is open to projects aimed at improving the quality of life through
improvement of water quality, water resources management, water protection or
water and wastewater treatment.
In the United States, WEF and its member associations organize the
national, state and regional SJWP competitions with support from the ITT
Industries (also the international sponsor), The Coca-Cola Company, and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Office of Research and
Development. Internationally, HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is the
patron of the prize. In a royal ceremony, during World Water Week in Stockholm,
Sweden, August 21-27, the international winner will receive $5,000 (USD). For
more information about the competition visit www.StockholmJuniorWaterPrize.org.
U.S.
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
2005 STATE WINNERS
Alabama -
Jennifer Taylor
Florence High School, Florence, AL
"Determination of Antibiotic Presence in the Tennessee River and Inflowing
Waters"
Sponsored by the Alabama Water Environment Association
Alaska - Clay
Wertheimer & Brenna Heintz
Juneau Douglas High School, Juneau, AK
"Seasonal Dynamics of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Gastineau
Channel"
Sponsored by the Alaska Water Environment Association
Arizona - Oanh
Nguyen & Nicole Carbajal
Basha High School, Chandler, AZ
"Comparison of Rockwool Versus Sand When Used as Filter Media in a
Biological Water Filter"
Sponsored by the Arizona Water and Pollution Control Association
Arkansas - Colin
Sears
Alma High School, Alma, AR
"Non Point Source Pollution Comparative Analysis of the White River and
Beaver Lake, Arkansas"
Sponsored by the Arkansas Water Environment Association
California - Megan
Yoo
"Wanted: Safe and Healthful Water - No Strings Attached (Phases II and
III)"
Sponsored by the California Water Environment Association
Colorado - Ananth
Sridhar
Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, CO
"A Novel Method to Asist Regulators Determine Site-specific Water Quality
Criteria for Copper"
Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association
Connecticut -
Margaret Boushell
Newtown High School, Sandy Hook, CT
"The Effects of a Home Heating Oil Spill on the Local Environment"
Sponsored by the New England Water Environment Association
Delaware
NO STATE COMPETITION
District of Columbia -
Genevieve Allen
Alice Deal Junior High School, Washington, DC, DC
"Pesticides and Ghost Shrimp: A Lethal Combination"
Sponsored by the Federal Water Quality Association
Florida - Hasib
Nasirullah
American Heritage High School, Plantation, FL
"An Interdisciplinary Approach to Trichloroethylene Pollution in
Groundwater Systems Phase II: Computer Modeling"
Sponsored by the Florida Water Environment Association
Georgia - Abby
Blocker-Joyner
Statesboro High School, Statesboro, GA
"Sampling & Analysis of Agriculture Related Chemicals in Bulloch
County Farm Ponds As Indicators of Accumulation From Runoff, Phase II"
Sponsored by the Georgia Water and Pollution Control Association
Hawaii - April
Due & Aimi Latore
Kapolei High School, Kapolei, HI
"The Viability of Processing Cruise Ship Waste at Land-based Wastewater
Treatment Facilities"
Sponsored by the Hawaii Water Environment Association
Idaho
NO STATE COMPETITION
Illinois - Daria
Zelasko
Guerin College Preparatory High School, River Grove, IL
"Benevolent Bacteria: Indigenous Bacterial Remediation"
Sponsored by the Illinois Water Environment Association
Indiana -
Abigail Hines
Orchard Day School, Fort Wayne, IN
"A Comparison of Herbs and Bti as Larvicides on Culex pipiens and Their
Effect on Daphnia magna-Year 2"
Sponsored by the Indiana Water Environment Association
Iowa - Mauree
Gibson
Central Lee High School, Donnellson, IA
"Daphnia magna: A Possible Smoke Detector for New Water Pollutants?"
Sponsored by the Iowa Water Pollution Control Association
Kansas
NO STATE COMPETITION
Kentucky - Kyle
Huninghake
DuPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY
"Pesticide Runoff on Aquatic Photosynthesis"
Sponsored by the Kentucky-Tennessee Water Environment Association
Louisiana - Alicia
Ranney
Lafayette High School, Lafayette, LA
"Geographical Variation in Concentrations of Metal Residues in Louisiana
Bivalves (Crassostrea virginica)"
Sponsored by the Louisiana Water Environment Association
Maine - Ashley
Malinowski
Oak Hill High School, Wales, ME
"A Point Source of Ortho-phosphate in the Sabattus Pond (Maine)
Watershed?"
Sponsored by the New England Water Environment Association
Maryland - Emily
Brownlee
Calvert High School, Prince Frederick, MD
"The Use of Clay to Remove Algal Blooms from Chesapeake Bay Waters"
Sponsored by the Chesapeake Water Environment Association
Massachusetts - Eric
Wilson
North Attleborough High School, North Attleborough, MA
"Improving Phycoremediation via Artificial Directional Selection and Its
Application to Mercury Pollution"
Sponsored by the New England Water Environment Association
Michigan - Amanda
Bennett
Marysville High School, Marysville, MI
"Toxins of the Round Goby: Phase I"
Sponsored by the Michigan Water Environment Association
Minnesota -
Elizabeth Welsh
Proctor, Proctor, MN
"The Use of Barley Straw to Control Algal and Macrophyte Growth on Wild
Rice Lake-Pre and Post-Eutrophic Conditions"
Sponsored by the Central States Water Environment Associaton
Mississippi - Veniece
Kirksey
Yazoo City High School, Yazoo City, MS
"The Effects of Pollutants on Freshwater Algae and Planaria from Local
Eutrophic Waters"
Sponsored by the Mississippi Water Environment Association
Missouri - Sky
Vanderburg
Moberly High School, Moberly, MO
"The Pipe Dream?: An Analysis of Haloacetic Acids in Wastewater
Effluent"
Sponsored by the Missouri Water Environment Association
Montana - Cherry
Tomsheck
North Toole County High School, Sunburst, MT
"The Effect of a Selected Herbicide (Trifluralin) on the Flagellar
Regeneration and Resorbtion of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii"
Sponsored by the Montana Water Environment Association
Nebraska - Laura
Johnson
Newman Grove High School, Newman Grove, NE
"Duckweed: A Solution to Pollution? Phase II Hog Sludge"
Sponsored by the Nebraska Water Environment Association
Nevada -
Lindsay Gilbertson
Elko High School, Elko, NV
"Bulrush Burning as a Solids Removal Management Technique- A Study of Ruby
Lake National Wildlife Refuge - Year Three"
Sponsored by the Nevada Water Environment Association
New Hampshire
NO STATE COMPETITION
New Jersey -
Jonathan Chester
The Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ
"The Effect of Soil Texture on the Adsorption of Escherichia Coli"
Sponsored by the New Jersey Water Environment Association
New Mexico -
Abigail Gray
Manzano High School, Albuquerque, NM
"Nitrate and Groundwater in the East Mountains of Bernalillo County -
Phase III - Nitrate Variability & Using an Environmental Tracer to
Determine Aquifer Recharge Travel Time"
Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association
New York - David
Kashi
Solomon Schechter High School of New York, New York, NY
"Distribution of Cholera Through Natural Water Sources"
Sponsored by the New York Water Environment Association
North Carolina
NO STATE COMPETITION
North Dakota - Megan
Bladow
Hankinson Public School, Hankinson, ND
"Regional Rivers: Ecological Attributes and Natural Decontaminators"
Sponsored by the North Dakota Water Environment Association
Ohio - Valerie
Andrus
Beuamont School, Cleveland Hts, OH
"Bioremediation of Parking Lot Run-off Water with Duckweed (Lemna sp. and
Wolffia sp.) Phase III: Environmental Fate Analysis of Zinc Over a Six Week
Period."
Sponsored by the Ohio Water Environment Association
Oklahoma - Molly
Steen
Grove High School, Grove, OK
"The Direct Effects of Increased Nutrient Levels on Aquatic Organisms A
Bioassay Model of Cave Springs Branch and Honey Creek"
Sponsored by the Oklahoma Water Environment Association
Oregon - Kathryn
VanderWeele
Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, OR
"Removal of Arsenic From Drinking Water by Water Hyacinths"
Sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association
Pennsylvania - Megan
Conroy
Conroy Learning Center, Export, PA
"Acid Mine Drainage Remidiation Year II"
Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Water Environment Association
Rhode Island
NO STATE COMPETITION
South Carolina - Jenny
Labadorf
Homeschool, Travelers Rest, SC
"Seeking the Source: A Longitudinal Study and Analyzation of the Reedy
River Watershed in Greenville, S.C. for Sources of Fecal Coliform Nonpoint
Source Pollution"
Sponsored by the Water Environment Association of South Carolina
South Dakota -
Kaitlynn Krack
Hamlin High School, Hayti, SD
"Hamlin County Watershed Analysis: Phase III"
Sponsored by the South Dakota Water Environment Association
Tennessee -
Christine Li
Cookeville High School, Cookeville, TN
"Analysis of Macroinvertebrate Population and Diversity and Their Influence
on Water Quality - Phase 3 - A Watershed Study"
Sponsored by the Kentucky-Tennessee Water Environment Association
Texas - James
Kucherka
Seguin High School, Seguin, TX
"Wastewater Doesn't Have To Be A Waste"
Sponsored by the Water Environment Association of Texas
Utah -
Natalie Hewlett
Weber High School, Pleasant View, UT
"A Comparison of Inversion and Snowfall pH Levels"
Sponsored by the Water Environment Association of Utah
Vermont - Kevin
White
South Burlington High School, South Burlington, VT
"Zebra Mussel Extermination"
Sponsored by the New England Water Environment Association
Virginia - Ryan
Akrami & Matthew Karenbauer & Daniel Saboe
Centreville High School, Clifton, VA
"Fecal Matters: Exploring the Fltering Use of Feces"
Sponsored by the Virginia Water Environment Association
Washington - Morgen
Anyan
Selah High School, Selah, WA
"Immobilization of Hazardous Materials Utilizing Gallionella sp,
Klebsiella sp, and Desulfovibrio sp Bacteria"
Sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association
West Virginia - Holly
Temple
Martinsburg High, Martinsburg, WV
"Home Sweet Home: Can pH Affect the Search for It?"
Sponsored by the West Virginia Water Environment Association
Wisconsin - Laura
Jones
University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
"Determining the Environmental Impact of Sodium Chloride from Road
De-icing in Northern Areas"
Sponsored by the Central States Water Environment Associaton
Wyoming - Megan
Kuper
Greybull High School, Greybull, WY
"Water-Borne PAH Concentrations Associated With Fossil Fuel Production and
Their Impact on Apoptosis-Related Proteins"
Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association
Puerto Rico -
Angélica Valdés
Southwestern Educational Society, Mayagüez, PR
"Filtering Roof Rainwater Using Zeolites"
Sponsored by the Puerto Rico Water & Environment Association