Raleigh,
NC,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
These materials are applied to agricultural land for productive recycling and/or environmentally sound disposal. The department maintains ongoing research and outreach initiatives focused on processing and overseeing these materials. Community approval for managing these substances depends entirely on thorough site assessment, proper system planning, and effective site supervision. Our research and outreach efforts focus on:
Alexandria Graves is currently studying how applying lagoon wastewater to land affects bacterial levels in groundwater. The research involves identifying bacterial strains collected from groundwater wells through both physical characteristics and genetic analysis to determine their origins.