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Love Canal Tragedy, Alicia Saunte Phillips, Yung-Tse Hung, Paul A. Bosela Jul 2007

Love Canal Tragedy, Alicia Saunte Phillips, Yung-Tse Hung, Paul A. Bosela

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

The purpose of this environmental failure case study paper is to provide educational materials for environmental engineering courses dealing with design and operation of landfills for hazardous waste. In 1978, it was discovered that hazardous waste had contaminated homes and schools in the Love Canal area, a former chemical landfill which became a 15 acre neighborhood of the City of Niagara Falls, New York. On August 7, 1978, the United States President Jimmy Carter declared a federal emergency at the Love Canal. The Love Canal became the first man-made disaster to receive such a designation based on a variety of …


Treatment Of Wastewater Containing Phenol And Heavy Metals Using Natural Zeolite And Bioaugmentation, Patrick Brian Jameson Jan 2007

Treatment Of Wastewater Containing Phenol And Heavy Metals Using Natural Zeolite And Bioaugmentation, Patrick Brian Jameson

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