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Estimation of PCB Loads from the Black River Basin to Lake Ontario, NY

Dates

End Date
2008

Summary

Problem - There is a stated need to provide information on loading of persistent toxic pollutants to Lake Ontario from New York tributaries. The information is specifically required for the Lake Ontario Mass Balance Model, which is an integral part of the long-term Great Lakes research. The project described here is designed to demonstrate a cost-effective approach for estimation of loads of polychlorinated-biphenyls (PCBs) through use of a relatively small number of large-volume whole-water samples for PCB analysis. The Black River basin was selected to demonstrate the feasibility of the approach because it is the largest New York contributor of PCBs to Lake Ontario. Objectives - The objective of this project is to conduct a demonstration [...]

Contacts

Principal Investigator :
David A Eckhardt
Co-Investigator :
R. Peter Richards, Frederick Luckey
Funding Agency :
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
CMS Group :
New York Water Science Center

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Additional Information

Alternate Titles

  • Black River PCBs

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