Steven R Corsi
Steven Corsi is a Research Hydrologist (Chemistry) with the Upper Midwest Water Science Center.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Impact of aircraft and pavement deicers on aquatic ecosystems
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of airport deicer management systems
- Assessment of anthropogenic impact on stream water quality
- Aquatic toxicity evaluation
- Recreational water quality
- Surface water investigations of waterborne pathogens
Education and Certifications
M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1989
B.S. in Physics, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1986
Affiliations and Memberships*
State of Wisconsin Licensed Professional Hydrologist
Society of Toxicology and Chemistry
Science and Products
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Linking biomarkers to reproductive success of caged fathead minnows in streams with increasing urbanization
Reproductive and oxidative stress biomarkers have been recommended as tools to assess the health of aquatic organisms. Though validated in the laboratory, there are few studies that tie a change in gene expression to adverse reproductive or population outcomes in the field. This paper looked at 17 streams with varying degrees of urbanization to assess the use of biomarkers associated with reproduc
Authors
J. Crago, Steven R. Corsi, D. Weber, R. Bannerman, R. Klaper
Water- and sediment-quality effects on Pimephales promelas spawning vary along an agriculture-to-urban land-use gradient
Many streams in the U.S. are “impaired” due to anthropogenic influence. For watershed managers to achieve practical understanding of these impairments, a multitude of factors must be considered, including point and nonpoint-source influence on water quality. A spawning assay was developed in this study to evaluate water- and sediment-quality effects that influenced Pimephales promelas (fathead min
Authors
S.R. Corsi, R.D. Klaper, D.N. Weber, R.T. Bannerman
Characterization of suspended solids and total phosphorus loadings from small watersheds in Wisconsin
Knowledge of the daily, monthly, and yearly distribution of contaminant loadings and streamflow can be critical for the successful implementation and evaluation of water-quality management practices. Loading data for solids (suspended sediment and total suspended solids) and total phosphorus and streamflow data for 23 watersheds were summarized for four ecoregions of Wisconsin: the Driftless Area
Authors
Mari E. Danz, Steven R. Corsi, David J. Graczyk, Roger T. Bannerman
A fresh look at road salt: Aquatic toxicity and water-quality impacts on local, regional, and national scales
A new perspective on the severity of aquatic toxicity impact of road salt was gained by a focused research effort directed at winter runoff periods. Dramatic impacts were observed on local, regional, and national scales. Locally, samples from 7 of 13 Milwaukee, Wisconsin area streams exhibited toxicity in Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas bioassays during road-salt runoff. Another Milwauk
Authors
S.R. Corsi, D. J. Graczyk, S.W. Geis, N.L. Booth, K.D. Richards
Alternative aircraft anti-icing formulations with reduced aquatic toxicity and biochemical oxygen demand
The current research was conducted to identify alternative aircraft and pavement deicer and anti-icer formulations with improved environmental characteristics compared to currently used commercial products (2007). The environmental characteristics of primary concern are the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and aquatic toxicity of the fully formulated products. Except when the distinction among prod
Authors
Harris Gold, Kevin Joback, Steven Geis, George Bowman, Dean Mericas, Steven R. Corsi, Lee Ferguson
Aquatic toxicity of airfield-pavement deicer materials and implications for airport runoff
Concentrations of airfield-pavement deicer materials (PDM) in a study of airport runoff often exceeded levels of concern regarding aquatic toxicity. Toxicity tests on Vibrio fischeri, Pimephales promelas, Ceriodaphnia dubia, and Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata (commonly known as Selenastrum capricornutum) were performed with potassium acetate (K-Ac) PDM, sodium formate (Na-For) PDM, and with freez
Authors
S.R. Corsi, S.W. Geis, G. Bowman, G.G. Failey, T.D. Rutter
Formulations for aircraft and airfield deicing and anti-icing: aquatic toxicity and biochemical oxygen demand
The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has sponsored research on environmental characteristics of aircraft and pavement deicers and anti-icers focusing primarily on biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and aquatic toxicity of formulated products and individual chemical components of formulations. This report presents a background of issues leading to this research, objectives of this document,
Authors
Lee Ferguson, Steven R. Corsi, Steven W. Geis, Graham Anderson, Kevin Joback, Harris Gold, Dean Mericas, Devon A. Cancilla
Characterization of aircraft deicer and anti-icer components and toxicity in airport snowbanks and snowmelt runoff
Snowbank samples were collected from snowbanks within a medium-sized airport for four years to characterize aircraft deicer and anti-icer (ADAF) components and toxicity. Concentrations of ADAF components varied with median glycol concentrations from individual sampling periods ranging from 65 to 5940 mg/L. Glycol content in snowbanks ranged from 0.17 to 11.4% of that applied to aircraft. Glycol, a
Authors
S.R. Corsi, S.W. Geis, J. E. Loyo-Rosales, C.P. Rice, R.J. Sheesley, G.G. Failey, Devon A. Cancilla
Impacts of aircraft deicer and anti-icer runoff on receiving waters from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, USA
From October 2002 to April 2004, data were collected from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport (TX, USA) outfalls and receiving waters (Trigg Lake and Big Bear Creek) to document the magnitude and potential effects of aircraft deicer and anti-icer fluid (ADAF) runoff on water quality. Glycol concentrations at outfalls ranged from less than 18 to 23,800 mg/L, whereas concentrations in Big
Authors
S.R. Corsi, G.R. Harwell, S.W. Geis, D. Bergman
Aquatic toxicity of nine aircraft deicer and anti-icer formulations and relative toxicity of additive package ingredients alkylphenol ethoxylates and 4,5-methyl-1H-benzotriazoles
Characterization of the effects of aircraft deicer and anti-icer fluid (ADAF) runoff on aquatic organisms in receiving streams is a complex issue because the identities of numerous toxic additives are proprietary and not publicly available. Most potentially toxic and endocrine disrupting effects caused by ADAF are due to the numerous additive package ingredients which vary among manufacturers and
Authors
S.R. Corsi, S.W. Geis, J. E. Loyo-Rosales, C.P. Rice
Effects of best-management practices in Otter Creek in the Sheboygan River Priority Watershed, Wisconsin, 1990-2002
The U.S. Geological Survey and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources began a comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation-monitoring program in 1989 to assess the effectiveness of the Wisconsin Nonpoint Source Program. Hydrologic, water-quality, habitat, and fish data were collected at Otter Creek from 1990 to 2002 with the pre-BMP (best-management practice) period ending in September 1993
Authors
Steven R. Corsi, John F. Walker, Lizhu Wang, Judy A. Horwatich, Roger T. Bannerman
Effectiveness of a pressurized stormwater filtration system in Green Bay, Wisconsin: A study for the environmental technology verification program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A pressurized stormwater filtration system was installed in 1998 as a stormwater-treatment practice to treat runoff from a hospital rooftop and parking lot in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This type of filtration system has been installed in Florida citrus groves and sewage treatment plants around the United States; however, this installation is the first of its kind to be used to treat urban runoff and t
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J.A. Horwatich, Steven R. Corsi, Roger T. Bannerman
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Linking biomarkers to reproductive success of caged fathead minnows in streams with increasing urbanization
Reproductive and oxidative stress biomarkers have been recommended as tools to assess the health of aquatic organisms. Though validated in the laboratory, there are few studies that tie a change in gene expression to adverse reproductive or population outcomes in the field. This paper looked at 17 streams with varying degrees of urbanization to assess the use of biomarkers associated with reproduc
Authors
J. Crago, Steven R. Corsi, D. Weber, R. Bannerman, R. Klaper
Water- and sediment-quality effects on Pimephales promelas spawning vary along an agriculture-to-urban land-use gradient
Many streams in the U.S. are “impaired” due to anthropogenic influence. For watershed managers to achieve practical understanding of these impairments, a multitude of factors must be considered, including point and nonpoint-source influence on water quality. A spawning assay was developed in this study to evaluate water- and sediment-quality effects that influenced Pimephales promelas (fathead min
Authors
S.R. Corsi, R.D. Klaper, D.N. Weber, R.T. Bannerman
Characterization of suspended solids and total phosphorus loadings from small watersheds in Wisconsin
Knowledge of the daily, monthly, and yearly distribution of contaminant loadings and streamflow can be critical for the successful implementation and evaluation of water-quality management practices. Loading data for solids (suspended sediment and total suspended solids) and total phosphorus and streamflow data for 23 watersheds were summarized for four ecoregions of Wisconsin: the Driftless Area
Authors
Mari E. Danz, Steven R. Corsi, David J. Graczyk, Roger T. Bannerman
A fresh look at road salt: Aquatic toxicity and water-quality impacts on local, regional, and national scales
A new perspective on the severity of aquatic toxicity impact of road salt was gained by a focused research effort directed at winter runoff periods. Dramatic impacts were observed on local, regional, and national scales. Locally, samples from 7 of 13 Milwaukee, Wisconsin area streams exhibited toxicity in Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas bioassays during road-salt runoff. Another Milwauk
Authors
S.R. Corsi, D. J. Graczyk, S.W. Geis, N.L. Booth, K.D. Richards
Alternative aircraft anti-icing formulations with reduced aquatic toxicity and biochemical oxygen demand
The current research was conducted to identify alternative aircraft and pavement deicer and anti-icer formulations with improved environmental characteristics compared to currently used commercial products (2007). The environmental characteristics of primary concern are the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and aquatic toxicity of the fully formulated products. Except when the distinction among prod
Authors
Harris Gold, Kevin Joback, Steven Geis, George Bowman, Dean Mericas, Steven R. Corsi, Lee Ferguson
Aquatic toxicity of airfield-pavement deicer materials and implications for airport runoff
Concentrations of airfield-pavement deicer materials (PDM) in a study of airport runoff often exceeded levels of concern regarding aquatic toxicity. Toxicity tests on Vibrio fischeri, Pimephales promelas, Ceriodaphnia dubia, and Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata (commonly known as Selenastrum capricornutum) were performed with potassium acetate (K-Ac) PDM, sodium formate (Na-For) PDM, and with freez
Authors
S.R. Corsi, S.W. Geis, G. Bowman, G.G. Failey, T.D. Rutter
Formulations for aircraft and airfield deicing and anti-icing: aquatic toxicity and biochemical oxygen demand
The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has sponsored research on environmental characteristics of aircraft and pavement deicers and anti-icers focusing primarily on biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and aquatic toxicity of formulated products and individual chemical components of formulations. This report presents a background of issues leading to this research, objectives of this document,
Authors
Lee Ferguson, Steven R. Corsi, Steven W. Geis, Graham Anderson, Kevin Joback, Harris Gold, Dean Mericas, Devon A. Cancilla
Characterization of aircraft deicer and anti-icer components and toxicity in airport snowbanks and snowmelt runoff
Snowbank samples were collected from snowbanks within a medium-sized airport for four years to characterize aircraft deicer and anti-icer (ADAF) components and toxicity. Concentrations of ADAF components varied with median glycol concentrations from individual sampling periods ranging from 65 to 5940 mg/L. Glycol content in snowbanks ranged from 0.17 to 11.4% of that applied to aircraft. Glycol, a
Authors
S.R. Corsi, S.W. Geis, J. E. Loyo-Rosales, C.P. Rice, R.J. Sheesley, G.G. Failey, Devon A. Cancilla
Impacts of aircraft deicer and anti-icer runoff on receiving waters from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, USA
From October 2002 to April 2004, data were collected from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport (TX, USA) outfalls and receiving waters (Trigg Lake and Big Bear Creek) to document the magnitude and potential effects of aircraft deicer and anti-icer fluid (ADAF) runoff on water quality. Glycol concentrations at outfalls ranged from less than 18 to 23,800 mg/L, whereas concentrations in Big
Authors
S.R. Corsi, G.R. Harwell, S.W. Geis, D. Bergman
Aquatic toxicity of nine aircraft deicer and anti-icer formulations and relative toxicity of additive package ingredients alkylphenol ethoxylates and 4,5-methyl-1H-benzotriazoles
Characterization of the effects of aircraft deicer and anti-icer fluid (ADAF) runoff on aquatic organisms in receiving streams is a complex issue because the identities of numerous toxic additives are proprietary and not publicly available. Most potentially toxic and endocrine disrupting effects caused by ADAF are due to the numerous additive package ingredients which vary among manufacturers and
Authors
S.R. Corsi, S.W. Geis, J. E. Loyo-Rosales, C.P. Rice
Effects of best-management practices in Otter Creek in the Sheboygan River Priority Watershed, Wisconsin, 1990-2002
The U.S. Geological Survey and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources began a comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation-monitoring program in 1989 to assess the effectiveness of the Wisconsin Nonpoint Source Program. Hydrologic, water-quality, habitat, and fish data were collected at Otter Creek from 1990 to 2002 with the pre-BMP (best-management practice) period ending in September 1993
Authors
Steven R. Corsi, John F. Walker, Lizhu Wang, Judy A. Horwatich, Roger T. Bannerman
Effectiveness of a pressurized stormwater filtration system in Green Bay, Wisconsin: A study for the environmental technology verification program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A pressurized stormwater filtration system was installed in 1998 as a stormwater-treatment practice to treat runoff from a hospital rooftop and parking lot in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This type of filtration system has been installed in Florida citrus groves and sewage treatment plants around the United States; however, this installation is the first of its kind to be used to treat urban runoff and t
Authors
J.A. Horwatich, Steven R. Corsi, Roger T. Bannerman
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