Science & Technology

EPA New England Example Streamlined QAPP Tables/Template

Examples of tables that may be included in a QAPP to summarize information, supplement and simplify the text, or to create a useful list of important information for the user

Registration and Agreement for TSCA Section 8(e) Compliance Audit Program

Registration and agreement for TSCA Section 8(e) federal register notification

Progress Report - Emissions Reductions

EPA’s Progress Report provides annual updates on program implementation and resulting changes in emissions.

Testing the Waters: EPA Researchers Study the Changing Nitrogen Landscape in Streams

EPA researchers and collaborators used data from the National Aquatic Resource Survey and the National Nutrient Inventory to analyze streams in the contiguous U.S. and explore the relationship between air quality improvements and stream chemistry.

Meet EPA Ecologist Jana Compton, Ph.D.

As an ecologist with the Western Ecology Division of EPA’s Office of Research and Development, Dr. Jana Compton investigates the sources and effects of nitrogen pollution.

EPA Scientists Develop Method for Estimating Recreational Visitors and Value of Cape Cod Estuaries

EPA researchers have developed a new method to study the number of visitors to Cape Cod’s estuaries.

EPANET 2.2.0: An EPA and Water Community Collaboration

EPANET 2.2.0 provides an updated and expanded open source water distribution system modeling tool to meet the vastly important needs of water utilities and the water community.

Using New Approaches to Screen Chemicals for Potential Thyroid Effects

With cutting-edge research, the agency is leading the charge to test chemicals for their potential to disrupt the thyroid system. EPA scientists are finding innovative ways to identify hazardous chemicals to protect human health and the environment.

Meet EPA Researcher S. Ryan Fulgham, Ph.D.

EPA researcher Dr. Ryan Fulgham focuses on measuring the biosphere-atmosphere exchange of reactive nitrogen and sub-micron particulate matter at Duke Forest in North Carolina.

Helping Communities Manage Electronic Waste

To help understand and improve the flow of used electronics products from consumer markets to the waste or reuse stream, EPA researchers have developed the Alternative Disposition of Electronics Planning Tool, also called ADEPT.

EPA Tool Helps Guide Coastal Communities to Consider Consequences of Complex Environmental Challenges

EPA scientists help community plan for rising sea levels

EPA Researchers Develop Strategies and Methods to Help Predict Harmful Algal Blooms in Kansas

EPA researchers are working with the state of Kansas and other partners to determine ways to monitor, prevent, and predict harmful algal blooms.

Meet EPA Chemist Quincy Teng, Ph.D.

EPA research chemist Quincy Teng, Ph.D., focuses on the application of metabolomics—a relatively new, specialized field of biochemistry focused on studying small molecules known as metabolites—on environmental and life sciences.

EPA’s SARS-CoV-2 Research: Assessing Virus Levels in Sewage for Community Level Screening

EPA researchers are developing and applying methods for detecting different forms of the virus, including live, or infectious, virus and the genetic marker of the virus, its RNA, in wastewater.

To Leave or Not to Leave: The Heart Cockle and Green Macroalgae Blooms

EPA is working to understand the effects of nutrient pollution on important fishery species, like the heart cockle.

EPA Grantees Advance Use and Applications of Air Monitoring Sensors to Protect Public Health

EPA grantees developed a toolkit to help California communities select, use, and maintain low-cost air sensors and interpret the collected data.

Researchers Develop Regional Lifecycle Assessment Tool for Electricity Use

EPA developed a new tool to address the need for current, regionally specific, and consumer-oriented data for life cycle assessment of electricity.

Greener Cleanup Tool Reduces Environmental Footprint and Provides Comparable Measures

Cleaning up sites can be viewed as "green" from the perspective of the cleanup improving environmental and public health conditions. However, cleanup activities use energy, water and materials resources to achieve cleanup objectives.

Meet EPA Biological Science Technician Emily Wheaton

Emily Wheaton is a lab technician working primarily on microbial genomics in various water matrices. Recently, she has been dedicated to detecting SARS-CoV- 2 in wastewater.

Guidelines for Measuring Changes in Seawater pH

Because the pH of coastal waters can vary so greatly, EPA has published guidelines for doing your own measuring to increase our understanding of how water pH affects life in and around these areas.