Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title
2014 Assessment of Winter Maintenance of Porous Asphalt and Its Function for Chloride Source ControlJournal of Transportation Engineering.  140:04013007. 2014
2013 Comparison of Maintenance Cost, Labor Demands, and System Performance for LID and Conventional Stormwater ManagementJournal of Environmental Engineering.  139:932-938. 2013
2012 Water Quality and Hydrologic Performance of a Porous Asphalt Pavement as a Storm-Water Treatment Strategy in a Cold ClimateJournal of Environmental Engineering.  138:81-89. 2012
2011 Bayesian Storm-Water Quality Model and Its Application to Water Quality MonitoringJournal of Environmental Engineering.  137:541-550. 2011
2011 Sediment Monitoring Bias by Automatic Sampler in Comparison with Large Volume Sampling for Parking Lot RunoffJournal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering.  137:251-257. 2011
2010 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in stormwater runoff from sealcoated pavements.Environmental Science and Technology (Washington).  44:8849-8854. 2010
2010 Modeling Urban Storm-Water Quality Treatment: Model Development and Application to a Surface Sand FilterJournal of Environmental Engineering.  136:68-77. 2010
2009 On Parameter Estimation of Urban Storm-Water Runoff ModelJournal of Environmental Engineering.  135:595-608. 2009
2009 Seasonal Performance Variations for Storm-Water Management Systems in Cold Climate ConditionsJournal of Environmental Engineering.  135:128-137. 2009

Conference Paper

Year Title
2013 Assessment of winter maintenance of porous asphalt and its function for chloride source controlWorld Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2013: Showcasing the Future - Proceedings of the 2013 Congress. 99-116. 2013
2011 A water quality model for stormwater filtering systemsWorld Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress. 3591-3600. 2011
2010 Preliminary results of the examination of thermal impacts from stormwater BMPsWorld Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010. 3424-3451. 2010
2010 Examinations of pervious concrete and porous asphalt pavements performance for stormwater management in northern climatesLow Impact Development 2010: Redefining Water in the City - Proceedings of the 2010 International Low Impact Development Conference. 1281-1298. 2010
2009 Pervious concrete and porous asphalt pavements performance for stormwater management in northern climatesProceedings of the International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering. 311-327. 2009
2009 Examinations of pervious concrete and porous asphalt pavements performance for stormwater management in Northern climatesProceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers. 1105-1122. 2009
2009 Sediment monitoring bias by autosampler in comparison with whole volume sampling for parking lot runoffProceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers. 1514-1522. 2009
2008 Enterococci populations in conventional, manufactured and LID stormwater treatment systemsWorld Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'a - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008. 1-9. 2008
2008 Total suspended solids: Is it for real?World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'a - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008. 1-10. 2008
2007 An examination of cold climate performance of low impact development stormwater bmps in a northern climateProceedings of the International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering. 20. 2007
2006 Storm water low-impact development, conventional structural, and manufactured treatment strategies for parking lot runoff - Performance evaluations under varied mass loading conditionsTransportation Research Record. 135-147. 2006
2005 Normalized technology verification of structural BMPs, Low Impact Development (LID) designs, and manufactured BMPsProceedings of the 2005 Watershed Management Conference - Managing Watersheds for Human and Natural Impacts: Engineering, Ecological, and Economic Challenges. 1585-1596. 2005

Principal Investigator On

  • Green and Resilient Infrastruc  awarded by US Environmental Protection Agency 2021 - 2026
  • Green and Resilient Infrastructure Implementation Program for Martha's Vineyard  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2021 - 2026
  • Great Bay Waterbody Watershed  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2023 - 2025
  • UNHSC SNEP Tech Assistance  awarded by University of Southern Maine 2024 - 2025
  • Product Testing for the Hydrow  awarded by Hydroworks, LLC 2023 - 2025
  • Design of Stormwater BMP and D  awarded by Kleinfelder Northeast Inc 2023 - 2025
  • NEEFS Category 2  awarded by University of Southern Maine 2023 - 2025
  • Technical Assistance for Monit  awarded by Audubon Society of Rhode Island 2022 - 2024
  • Advancing the UNH Stormwater C  awarded by US DOC, National Institute of Standards and Technology 2023 - 2024
  • Supplemental Product Testing  awarded by Aqua Shield Inc 2023 - 2024
  • Product Testing for the Bioinfiltrator TM at the UNH Stormwater Center  awarded by Hydro International 2020 - 2022
  • Testing for the Bioinfiltrator  awarded by Hydro International 2020 - 2022
  • Product Testing for StormKleener at the UNH Stormwater Center  awarded by Lane Enterprise 2019 - 2022
  • Testing for StormKleener  awarded by Lane Enterprise 2019 - 2022
  • AquaShield Testing  awarded by Aqua Shield Inc 2017 - 2022
  • UpFlo Filter Testing  awarded by Hydro International 2021 - 2022
  • Support of EPA Region 1 Stormwater Permitting, NonPoint Source and Water Quality Programs; Main  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2021 - 2022
  • SNEP Technical Assistance  awarded by University of Southern Maine 2019 - 2022
  • SNEP Technical Assistance  awarded by University of Southern Maine 2019 - 2022
  • Great Bay Waterbody-Watershed Nitrogen Non-Point Source Study Implementation: Phase 3  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2018 - 2022
  • AquaShield Testing  awarded by Aqua Shield Inc 2017 - 2022
  • Great Bay Pollution Tracking and Accounting Pilot Project (PTAPP): Phase 3  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2017 - 2022
  • UpFlo Filter Testing  awarded by Hydro International 2021 - 2022
  • Alternative Realtime Monitorin  awarded by Kleinfelder Northeast Inc 2021 - 2022
  • Alternative Realtime Monitoring Program  awarded by Kleinfelder Inc 2021 - 2022
  • Nutrient Pollution Implement  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2018 - 2021
  • Nutrient Pollution Implementation Planning for UNH and Other Great Bay Communities  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2018 - 2021
  • Moultonborough Bay and Winter Harbor  awarded by Geosyntec Consultants Inc 2018 - 2020
  • Country Pond Watershed Based Plan  awarded by Horsley Witten Group Inc 2019 - 2020
  • Country Pond Watershed Plan  awarded by Horsley Witten Group Inc 2019 - 2020
  • Maintenance and Monitoring Program Update for Subsurface Gravel Wetland BMP Retrofits on Cape Cod  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2019 - 2020
  • An Integrated Stormwater Management Approach for Promoting  awarded by Paradigm Environmental Services Inc 2018 - 2020
  • Green Infrastructure Restoration and Resiliency for Linear Transportation  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2018 - 2019
  • Stormwater Runoff Nutrients  awarded by US Environmental Protection Agency 2016 - 2019
  • Utilizing In-Situ Ultraviolet Spectroscopy to Measure Nutrients and Sediment Concentrations in Stormwater Runoff  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2016 - 2019
  • Credit for Going Green  awarded by Great Bay Stewards 2017 - 2019
  • Credit for Going Green: Transferring an Expert Elicitation Method to Develop Pollutant Load Reduction Rates for Buffers that Count Toward MS4  awarded by Great Bay Stewards 2017 - 2019
  • Newfound Lake Watershed Plan Implementation Phase III  awarded by Newfound Lake Region Association 2018 - 2019
  • Province Lake Watershed Management Plan Implementation Phase I  awarded by Acton Wakefield Watershed Alliance 2016 - 2018
  • Great Bay Estuary Municipal Bio-retention Education, Resource Development and Implementation, Phase II  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2015 - 2018
  • Pollution Tracking Accounting Pilot Program (PTAPP): Phase II  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2016 - 2018
  • Opti-Tool Education and Dissemination Project  awarded by University of Southern Maine 2017 - 2018
  • Technical Support for Stormwater BMPs  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2017 - 2018
  • Exploring the Trends, the Science, and the Options of Buffer Management in the Great Bay Watershed  awarded by Nature Conservancy 2016 - 2018
  • Rhode Island Coastal Community Resiliency Planning with Green Infrastructure Guidance  awarded by University of Rhode Island 2015 - 2017
  • B-Lot Stormwater Management  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2016 - 2017
  • Water Quality Monitoring for State Street Green Infrastructure Systems, Portsmouth NH  awarded by Portsmouth, NH (City of) 2015 - 2017
  • Dartmouth College Stormwater Master Plan  awarded by Ramboll Environ US Corporation 2016 - 2017
  • Great Bay Waterbody-Watershed Nitrogen Non-Point Source Study Implementaion: Phase 1-UNH BMPs to Reduce Nitrogen  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2014 - 2016
  • Hodgson Brook-Watershed Restoration Plan Phase III  awarded by Blue Ocean Soc for Marine Conservation 2014 - 2016
  • Great Bay Pollution Tracking and Accounting Pilot Project  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2014 - 2016
  • P2 Through GI Pollution Prevention Through Green Infrastructure Requirements in Commercial Land Uses  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2013 - 2015
  • Performance Analysis of Two Relatively Small Capacity Urban Retrofit Stormwater Controls  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2013 - 2015
  • StormTreat Product Testing Phase II  awarded by Storm Treat Systems Inc 2012 - 2014
  • Great Bay Estuary Municipal Bio-retention Education, Resource Development and Implementation, Phase I  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2012 - 2014
  • NHDES Technical Assistance  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2011 - 2014
  • Water Quality Monitoring for Packard Development, Rt 33  awarded by Packard Development LLC 2007 - 2014
  • Hodgson Brook-Watershed Restoration Plan Phase II  awarded by Blue Ocean Soc for Marine Conservation 2012 - 2013
  • Watershed Implementation Phase II  awarded by Acton Wakefield Watershed Alliance 2012 - 2013
  • New England Tribal Nonpoint Source Training Workshop  awarded by Penobscot Indian Nation 2013
  • Introducing LID in the Willow Brook Watershed Phase II  awarded by Cocheco River Watershed Coalition 2012 - 2013
  • Product Testing of KriStar Enterprises Tree Pod  awarded by Kri Star Enterprises Inc 2010 - 2012
  • Product Testing for the StormTreat  awarded by Storm Treat Systems Inc 2010 - 2012
  • Investigator On

  • RII Track-2 FEC: ENACTS  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2024 - 2028
  • PREP Monitoring Collaborative  awarded by Miscellaneous Business & Industry 2016 - 2025
  • CWSRF IDDE Nonpoint Source Planning Project  awarded by City of Dover 2020 - 2022
  • Monitoring Stormwater Systems  awarded by Boston Water and Sewer Commission 2019 - 2021
  • Monitoring Stormwater Systems at Audubon Circle  awarded by Boston Water and Sewer Commission 2019 - 2021
  • Taking it to the Streets  awarded by US Environmental Protection Agency 2013 - 2020
  • Taking it to the Streets: Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Philadelphia Communities  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2013 - 2020
  • 2014-2017 NH Sea Grant Omnibus  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2014 - 2019
  • USFS White Mountain National Forest  awarded by US DA, United States Forest Service 2016 - 2018
  • Green Infrastructure Techniques for Coastal Highway Resilience  awarded by Maine Department of Transportation 2016 - 2017
  • Evaluate the Quality of Urban Runoff in the City of Boston  awarded by Geosyntec Consultants Inc 2015 - 2017
  • Getting to 10%: Watershed Restoration Through Low Impact Development Retrofits in an Urban Environment  awarded by Dover, NH (City of) 2013 - 2017
  • Heron House Site Development  awarded by Green Mountain Conservation Group 2016
  • NH Water Resources Research Center Administrative  awarded by US DOI, US Geological Survey 2011 - 2016
  • Validating Pollutant Load Estimates from Highways and Roads  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2014 - 2015
  • Forging the Link: A Collaborative Approach to Applying Science and Technology to Coastal Problem Solving  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2009 - 2015
  • Design and Maintenance of Subsurface Gravel Wetlands  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2013 - 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.S. Molecular Biology, University of New Hampshire
  • M.A. Sustainable Dev, School for International Train
  • Ph.D. Nat Resources & Environmental, University of New Hampshire
  • Full Name

  • James Houle