Effects of wastewater on forested wetlands
Study of the effects of the practice of cycling municipal nutrient-enriched wastewater effluent from holding ponds through forested wetlands. Studies were in the Cypiere Perdue Swamp, Louisiana, and the Drummond Bog, Wisconsin.
(Score: 0.488)
USGS / Department of Energy cooperative studies in Nevada
Describes cooperation of the USGS office in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the Department of Energy to address environmental and scientific issues at the Nevada Test Site and vicinity with links to project information.
(Score: 0.480)
Kentucky District - program highlights
Brief descriptions of research programs in water resources in Kentucky with a few links to program websites. Programs include data collection projects, acid mine drainage, hydrodynamics, geology, waste site cleanup and hydrogeology.
(Score: 0.446)
Coal-mine-drainage projects in Pennsylvania
Studies by the USGS documenting the extent of surface-water and ground-water degradation associated with coal mining in Pennsylvania and the effects of mining and reclamation practices. Includes map of mine sites.
(Score: 0.433)
Fragile environments: San Francisco Bay wetlands
Overview with links to studies on the effects of human activity on the San Francisco estuary with loss of historic fresh and saltwater tidal marshes reducing habitats, introducing contaminants in waste, and creating dredging problems.
(Score: 0.367)
Multibeam data and socio-economic issues in west-central San Francisco Bay
Webpage based on USGS Open File Report 98-139 links to information on the San Francisco Bay estuary to study dredge disposal effects, fish habitats, sediment transport, rock pinnacles and navigation, and consequences of a large oil spill.
(Score: 0.367)
Amargosa Desert research site
Online reports, site description and photographs of the Amargosa Desert research site monitoring low level radioactive waste.
(Score: 0.344)
Gulf of the Farallones disposal issues: disposal and waste disposal
Study of the effects on the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary resulting from the disposal of San Francisco dredged material and barrels of low-level radioactive waste with links to publications and atlas with digital images.
(Score: 0.336)
Boston Harbor Studies: the fate of sediments and contaminants in Massachusetts Bay
Boston Harbor/Massachusetts Bay Studies research project conducted as part of Boston Harbor cleanup to predict the fate of contaminants and sediments introduced to Massachusetts coastal waters from sources that include Boston sewage outfall.
(Score: 0.330)
Boston Harbor and sewage outfall
Boston Harbor and sewage outfall interactive map with GIS datasets and sonar imagery.
(Score: 0.330)
Studies of polluted sediment offshore Los Angeles
Overview of studies of marine sediment on the continental shelf south of Los Angeles contaminated with DDT and PCBs from past sewage effluent discharges with links to research on Santa Monica Bay, Los Angeles Shelf and Palos Verdes Peninsula.
(Score: 0.323)
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Definition:
Disposal of waste from all human activity, physical, social, industrial and nuclear, in sewage systems, landfills, open dumps and underground, and by recycling. [Adapted from Concise Columbia Electronic Encyc., 1999]
