Links to reports and other documents that may be useful to LINAP stakeholders and partners. Unless labeled as a PDF, most of the documents listed are available for download at the links provided – all links leave the DEC website. In some instances, journal articles may need to be purchased to view the full text. More links and documents will be added as they become available.
Surface Water | Groundwater | Wastewater Collection & Treatment | Fertilizer Use and Management | Stormwater Nitrogen Loading & Treatment | Groundwater Treatment | Surface Water Treatment | Nutrient Recycling | Nitrogen Monitoring & Financing | Funding and Financing
Receiving Waters and Water Quality
Surface Water
Long Island Sound
- Long Island Sound Study Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan 2015
Long Island Sound Study, September 2015 - Long Island Sound Study Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan 1994
Long Island Sound Study, March 1994 - Evolving the Long Island Sound Nitrogen Reduction Strategy & Overview of Nitrogen Reduction Strategy for Long Island Sound (Slides from Public Meeting on Nitrogen Strategy, 4/15/16)
Long Island Sound Study, December 2015 – April 2016 - Long Island Sound Coastal Management Program
New York State Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources and Waterfront Revitalization, January 1999
Peconic Estuary
- Total Maximum Daily Load for Nitrogen in the Peconic Estuary Study Area
Peconic Estuary Program, September 2007 - Peconic Estuary Program Comprehensive Conservation and Management Program Public Summary Document
Peconic Estuary Program, October 2002
Great South Bay
- South Shore Estuary Reserve Comprehensive Management Plan & South Shore Estuary Reserve Act (Article 46)
South Shore Estuary Reserve Council, New York State Department of State, 2001 & 1993
Harmful Algal Blooms (Freshwater and Marine)
- DEC Harmful Algal Bloom Program Guide NEW
NYSDEC, 2017 - Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Comprehensive Research Plan and Action Strategy: An Interagency Report NEW
National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology, February 2016 - Monitoring and Understanding Toxic Cyanobacteria and Cochlodinium Polykrikoides Blooms in Suffolk County NEW
Stony Brook University, May 2014 - Eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms: A Scientific Consensus
Harmful Algae, December 2008 - Brown Tide Consulting Services Final Report
Research Foundation of CUNY, 2006 - A Review of the Causes, Effects and Potential Management of Harmful Brown Tide Blooms Caused by Aureococcus Anophagefferens
Estuaries, October 2005 - Brown Tide Research Initiative Report #9
Sea Grant New York, March 2006 - Influence of Groundwater Constituents on Initiation of Brown Tide in the Peconic Bay System
Stony Brook University, Marine Sciences Research Center, 2003 - Harmful Algal Blooms and Eutrophication: Nutrient Sources, Composition and Consequences
Estuaries, August 2002
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
- Establishing Restoration Objectives for Eelgrass in Long Island Sound – Literature Survey
Vaudrey, Jamie M.P., Ph. D, April 2008 - Eelgrass Management Plan for the Peconic Estuary
Peconic Estuary Program, June 2009 - Final Report of the New York State Seagrass Task Force
New York State Seagrass Task Force, December 2009
Coastal Resilience/Restoration
- Nitrogen Pollution and Adverse Impacts on Resilient Tidal Marshlands
NYSDEC, April 2014 - Narrow Bay Floodplain Protection and Hazard Mitigation Plan
Suffolk County Department of Planning, April 1997 - Shape Your Waterfront – Introducing Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, January 2015
Groundwater
Drinking Water Aquifers (Magothy and Lloyd)
- State of the Aquifer 2016
Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protection (LICAP), 2016 - Hydrogeolic Framework of Long Island
United States Geological Survey, January 2013 - Assessment of Groundwater Availability in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifer System From Long Island to North Carolina
United States Geological Survey, August 2016
Sustainability – Recharge and Withdrawals
- Sustainability of Groundwater Supplies in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifer System
United States Geological Survey, August 2016
Modeling
Surface Water Hydrodynamic Modeling
- Marine Forecasting for the New York Urban Waters and Harbor Approaches: The Design and Automation of NHOPS
Stevens Institute of Technology, July 2009
Groundwater Modeling – Nitrogen Load Models
- Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve Eastern Bays Project: Nitrogen Loading, Sources, and Management Options
Stony Brook University, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, July 2016 - Nitrogen Load Modeling to the Forty-three Subwatersheds of the Peconic Estuary
The Nature Conservancy in partnership with the Peconic Estuary Program, May 2014
Nitrogen Sources & Treatments
Wastewater Collection & Treatment
Collection Systems
- Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities
Great Lakes Upper Mississippi River Board, 2014 - Residential Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Design Handbook
New York State Department of Health, 2012 - New York State Design Standards for Intermediate Sized Wastewater Treatment Systems
NYSDEC, March 2014
Centralized and Clustered Systems
Innovative/Alternative Onsite Systems
- Recommendations of the On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems Nitrogen Reduction Technology Expert Review Panel
Tetra Tech, February 2014
Cesspools and Septic Systems
- Suffolk County Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan Section 8 – Wastewater Management
Suffolk County Department of Health Services, March 2015 - Septic System Operation and Maintenance Pamphlet
New York State Department of Health, 2013
Treatment Technologies
- Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies
Eawag Aquatic Research, 2014 - Nitrogen Removing Biofilters for Onsite Wastewater Treatment on Long Island: Current and Future Prospects
Stony Brook University, Center for Clean Water Technology, June 2016 - Technology Assessment for New York State Center for Clean Water Technology Final Report
Stony Brook University, Center for Clean Water Technology, May 2016
Wetland Treatment Systems
- Development of Design Criteria for Denitrifying Treatment Wetlands
Water Environment Research Foundation, 2010
Urine Diversion and Processing
- Harvesting Urine for Fertilizer: Urine Diversion
Emerging Issues, Spring/Summer 2014
Fertilizer Use and Management
Golf Courses
- Best Management Practices for New York State Golf Courses
Cornell University, February 2014 - Evaluation of Turfgrass Nitrogen Fertilizer Leaching Rates in Soils on Cape Cod, Massachusetts (Under Miscellaneous Reports and Documents)
Horsley Witten Group, June 2009
Agriculture
- A Strategy to Develop and Implement the Suffolk County Agricultural Stewardship Program
Agricultural Environmental Management Task Force, May 2004 - Agricultural Stewardship Plan Suffolk County
Suffolk County Agricultural Stewardship Task Force, March 2016 - Nitrogen Guidelines for Field Crops in New York
Cornell University Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, June 2003 - Conservation Practice Standard – Nutrient Management
Natural Resources Conservation Service, January 2013 - On-the-go Soil Sensors for Precision Agriculture
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2004
Fertilizer Management
- Regional Clean Water Guidelines for Fertilization of Urban Turf
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, January 2014 - Nitrogen Fertilizer Reduction Annual Report 2013-2014
Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning, Released 2016 - Best Management Practices for Fertilizing Long Island Lawns
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, December 2008 - Nitrogen Fertilizer Management of Turfgrass in Suffolk County
Cornell University School of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Horticulture, 2010 - The Fate of Nitrogen Applied to a Mature Kentucky Bluegrass Turf
Crop Science, 2006
Stormwater Nitrogen Loading & Treatment
Green Infrastructure
- University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center 2016 Report
University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center, 2016
Riparian buffers
- Effects of Riparian Buffer Vegetation and Width: A 12 Year Longitudinal Study
Journal of Environmental Quality, 2016
Groundwater Treatment
Permeable Reactive Barriers
- In Situ Denitrification of Septic-System Nitrate Using Reactive Porous Media Barriers: Field Trials
National Groundwater Association, January 1995 - Treatment Walls Technology Evaluation Report
Groundwater Remediation Technologies Analysis Center, October 1996 - Permeable Reactive Barriers: Lessons Learned/New Directions
The Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council Permeable Reactive Barriers Team, February 2005
Surface Water Treatment
Bioextraction
- Applying the System Wide Eutrophication Model (SWEM) for a Preliminary Quantitative Evaluation of Biomass Harvesting as a Nutrient Control Strategy for Long Island Sound
HydroQual, December 2009 - Development of Guidelines for Using Bioextraction Technologies to Manage Nutrients in New Hampshire’s Estuarine Waters NEW
Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership, 2011 - New England Seaweed Culture Handbook
Seaweed Cultivation, 2014 - Experimental Quantification of Nutrient Bioextraction Potential of Oysters in Estuarine Waters of New Hampshire
Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership, March 2011 - A Role for Shellfish Aquaculture in Coastal Nitrogen Management NEW
Environmental Science & Technology, 2014 - Shellfish Aquaculture: Ecosystem Effects, Benthic-Pelagic Coupling and Potential for Nutrient Trading NEW
Journal of Shellfish Research, 2015
Nutrient Recycling
Compost and Agricultural Waste
- Composting at Home – The Green and Brown Alternative
Cornell Waste Management Institute, 2011
Biosolids
- Drivers of Plant Availability of Phosporus from Thermally Conditioned Sewage Sludge as Assessed by Isotopic Labeling
Frontiers in Nutrition, June 2016
Nitrogen Monitoring and Financing
Remote Monitoring Sensors
- CCI Continuous Monitoring: Past, Present and Future: How 20th Century Technology Innovation Shaped the Development and Delivery of Real-time Water Quality Data
National Water Quality Monitoring Council, 2016 - Sensor Calibration, Maintenance, and Validation. Lessons Learned from Operating Advanced Instrumentation to Support Nutrient Removal
Water Environment & Technology, August 2014
Funding and Financing
Nutrient Trading
- Water Quality Trading Guidance
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, October 2016
