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LOWER PASSAIC RIVER SEDIMENT POLLUTION STUDY USING GIS, NEW JERSEY, USA [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Environmental Protection Agency, 2005.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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20 pages : digital, PDF file
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Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The Passaic River is located in the New Jersey-New York metropolitan area. This river has been heavily polluted by dioxins, PAHs, PCBs and heavy metals due to agricultural, industrial activities, and urbanization. Contaminated sediments in the Passaic River have received considerable attention because contaminants (metals, PCBs. PAHs, dioxins) in the sediments have potential to release into the aquatic system and air through diffusion and/or volatilization, causing human health hazards. Identification of high concentration areas of these Contaminants in the river-estuarine system is critical to the Passaic River environmental restoration and watershed protection. In this study, we analyzed portion of 10 years (1991-2000) data using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a tool to study the distributions of contaminants in the sediments. The results from this study provide important information for developing environmental management strategies for the lower Passaic River system.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:bnl--73671-2005-cp
bnl--73671-2005-cp
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Published through SciTech Connect.
04/01/2005.
"bnl--73671-2005-cp"
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN DIMENSIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, SHANGHAI (CN), 05/25/2004--05/28/2004.
JONES,K.W.; STERN,E.A.; FENG,H.; ONWUEME,V.; JASLANEK,W.J.
Funding Information
AC02-98CH10886
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