A summer intern taking a "grab sample" for turbidity in Third Creek, Incline Village (Lake Tahoe).
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Water Quality
Runoff from roads and road construction near creeks, rivers and lakes can have a detrimental effect on water quality. The NDOT Water Quality specialist works with Roadway Design to minimize this potential degradation. Some of the tools used to maintain Nevada’s water quality include:- Revegetation for erosion control
- Building detention basins to allow sediments to settle before reentering waterways
- Directing road runoff to bioretention systems (infiltration for ground water recharge)
- Filtering stormwater runoff from NDOT construction sites through Best Management Practices like vegetated buffer strips and rice straw wattles
The Water Quality team’s goal is to ensure that the water quality after an NDOT project is just as good, if not better, than it was before the project.
Bios and Contact Information
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James Murphy – Staff II Associate Engineer, Water Quality Specialist
M.S., Hydrology, University of Nevada, Reno
B.S., Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Nevada, RenoJames has worked in the environmental field for the past 10 years. Prior to his work with NDOT, James was a graduate research assistant in the Hydrologic Sciences program at the University of Nevada, Reno. Other past experience includes working for the Nevada Division of Water Resources, the USDA Forest Service and the Nevada Division of State Parks. James has been with Environmental Services since 2004.
Contact information: Telephone: (775) 888-7889 Email: jmurphy@dot.state.nv.us
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Jason Perock – Environmental Scientist III, Biology
B.S., Environmental and Natural Resource Management, University of NevadaJason has worked in the environmental field since 1998. He has worked with Nevada Division of State Parks, Nevada Division of State Lands and the Nevada Division of Forestry. Specific experience includes working as a Backcountry Ranger for Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park Marlette-Hobart backcountry, Lake Tahoe Urban Lot Forester for NDSL and Forester with NDF. Jason started with the Environmental Division in November 2008.
Contact information: Telephone: (775) 888-7690 Email: jperock@dot.state.nv.us
