Rio Grande Basin Initiative

2005-06 Deliverables

Task 7 Research
Principal Investigator(s): Naomi Assadian

  1. Experiments
    • Principal Investigator "The use of reclaimed effluents and salty groundwater as irrigation sources for cotton culture," with additional funding from the Texas State Support Committee (Cotton Incorporated)
    • Principal Investigator "Water Conservation through Reuse of Gray Water," with additional funding from the US Bureau of Reclamation
    • Principal Investigator "The potential use of concentrate water from desalinization as an irrigation supply," with additional funding from El Paso Water Utilities
  2. Conferences
    • Assadian, N.W., W. Lindemann, and J. Baliew. 2005. Short-term Prevention of Ammonia Loss and Odor from Lime-stabilized Biosolids. WEFTEC 2005. Washington DC, November 2, 2005. Oral Presentation.
    • Brown, W., and N.W. Assadian. 2005. Developing Strategies to Extract Salts and Water from Concentrate for Beneficial Use. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 6-11, 2005. Poster Presentation.
    • Assadian, N.W., J.P. Flores Margez, and C. Crawford. 2005. The Effect of Incorporated Lime Stabilized Biosolids on the pH of Moderately Alkaline and Calcareous Soils. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 6-11, 2005. Poster Presentation.
    • Assadian, N.W., and J.P. Flores Margez. 2005. A Comparison of Chemical Fractionation and In Vitro Extraction Methods to Predict the Bio-accessibility of Trace Metals in Alkaline Soils. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 6-11, 2005. Poster Presentation.
  3. Publications
    • Mendoza, Christina (former RISE student), N.W. Assadian, and M. Alvarez. 2005. Development of a rapid test for plant salt tolerance using tetrazolium. Target journal: Journal of Environmental Quality
    • Mendoza, Christina (former RISE student), N.W. Assadian, and M. Alvarez. Ammonia volatilization from biosolids amended soils. Target journal: Journal of Environmental Quality
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