The center has been established to research methods for biological pollution control of land and water systems. The center should serve as a focal point for research and academic programs dealing with prevention, minimization, and correction of problems dealing with pollution of soil and water systems. The bioremediation and detoxification program is interdisciplinary and currently involves coordinated efforts between faculty in agriculture, civil engineering, chemistry, and microbiology. Projects are sponsored by state, federal, and international agencies, as well as private research foundations and industry. Statistical ecology, environmental statistics, quantitative risk analysis with emphasis on mathematical statistics, statistical methodology, and interpretation and improvement of environmental data for future use.
Emphasis is on both research and outreach.
This work is conducted in an objective and technically rigorous manner. The CWC is supported through grants, contracts and cooperative agreements, and by the Environmental Resources Research Institute and School of Forest Resources of the Pennsylvania State University. Additional financial support is provided by a variety of industrial organizations. Earth System Science Center brings together scientists from the Departments of Geosciences, Meteorology, Geography, and Mineral Economics to search for links between Earth s physical processes and past and future global change. In addition, both the water and the GAC are regenerated within the pilot unit using advance oxidation processes.