Past STEP Projects
From 1985 (when STEP began as the Student Environmental Health Project,
or STEHP) through 2007, STEP has placed 98 students in 55 different communities in
1986
1. A Case Study of
Water Quality in the Chester Area [Chesterfield County].
2. Final
Report [Air Pollution] to the Federation of Lorton Communities [
3. Final
Report [Water Pollution] to the Federation of Lorton Communities [
4. An
Assessment of Solid Waste Management in King and
6. Rockbridge County Waste Disposal Sites and
Their Potential for Water Contamination.
1987
1. Well-water
Quality in Accomack and Northampton Counties.
2. An
Environmental Impact Study of Waste Disposal at
3.
Groundwater Conditions in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Clarke County and
Loudoun County, Virginia – A Guide to Water Records of the Blue Ridge
Foundation.
1988
1. A Study
of Four
3. Lead
Concentrations in the Soil and Drinking Water in the East End of
4. The
Environmental Impact of the Bunker Parsons-Bowlby Wood Treatment Plant on
Bratton’s Run [
5. Sinkhole
Dumpsites in
6. A Study
of the Impact of Solid Waste Disposal in
7. Water Quality
Evaluation in Five Areas of Dickenson County, Virginia .
8. A Report
on Subsidence and Water Quality in
1989
1. A Water Quality
Survey of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River [Shenandoah County].
2. Community Health
and PCB Exposure in Minden, West Virginia.
3. A Case
Study of PCB Contamination of the Old National Carbide Plant in
4.
Groundwater Investigation of
5.
Developing a Monitoring Network on the
1990
1. A Drinking Water
Quality and Economic Survey of Dishner’s Valley and Haler’s Gap,
Virginia [Washington County].
2. Surface
Water Quality Study for Old
3. A Limnological
Survey of Lake Laura [Shenandoah County].
4. A Comprehensive Water Study: Quality, Policy,
and Processing of the New River, Fries,
1991
1. Landfill Survey in Southwestern Virginia and
2. Nelson County
Water Testing Program.
4. A Groundwater Quality Survey of
1992
1. A Survey of Surface
and Groundwater Quality for the Concerned Citizens of Upper and Lower Kedrel
[Lee County].
2. Louisa County Water
Testing Program.
3. Surface
Water Quality in Four Floyd County Streams.
4. Water
Sources, Groundwater Threats, and Proposed Electricity Development Affecting
5. Investigation
of Wastewater Treatment by Constructed Wetlands in
1993
1. Apple
Ridge Farm and Partnership Schools Environmental Education Program [
2. Groundwater Survey of
Southern Shenandoah County, Virginia.
3. Water
Quality Analyses of New River Tributaries in
4. Water
Quality Analyses in Southwestern
5. A Household Drinking
Water Survey in Dickenson County.
No projects in 1994
1995
1. A Study of Selected
Corridors of the Proposed APCo 765-kV Wyoming-Cloverdale Transmission Line
[Giles County].
No
projects in 1996
1997
1. Cistern Survey and
Water testing in Dickenson County, Virginia.
No
projects in 1998
1999
2.
Water-quality Monitoring for Powhatan Creek [City of
3. Water Quality and Wastewater Issues in
Northumberland and
2001
2. Groundwater Quantity Baseline Data
Collection,
3. The Establishment of a Volunteer Biological
Monitoring Network in the Upper Rappahannock Watershed [Culpeper,
2002
1. Development of the
2. Groundwater Monitoring in
3. Flood Mitigation and Drought Assessment in
the
5. Priority 3 Abandoned Mined Land Inventory
within the
2003
1. Water Supply Planning in the
4. Mapping the Natural Hazard Risks in the
2004
1. Assessment of the
2. Developing Teacher Preparation
Tools for the
3. Water Supply Planning in the
4. Groundwater Trends in the
.
2005
1. Surveying Watershed-friendly Practices in
Arlington, Virginia.
2. Involving Landowners of Clarke
County, Virginia, in a Conservation Biology Study of Local Wildlife.
2006
1. Riparian Buffer Evaluation and Education in
2. Natural Resource Inventory for the
2007
1.
2. Grayson County [Virginia] Water Resources Valuation Inventory.
3.