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1983

Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment

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Interpretation Of Water Quality Data From The Nansemond And Chuckatuck Estuaries With Respect To Point And Nonpoint Sources Of Pollution : A Report To The Hampton Roads Water Quality Agency, Cindy L. Bosco, Bruce J. Neilson Jan 1983

Interpretation Of Water Quality Data From The Nansemond And Chuckatuck Estuaries With Respect To Point And Nonpoint Sources Of Pollution : A Report To The Hampton Roads Water Quality Agency, Cindy L. Bosco, Bruce J. Neilson

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.Recently the Nansemond and Chuckatuck basins have been designated as a Rural Clean Water Program demonstration area. This designation means that federal funds will be available to share the costs incurred by farmers when they implement the so-called Best Management Practices on their croplands, pastures, and feedlots. One requirement of the federal funding agency is that local governmental bodies monitor the quality of the waters in the area to document changes. One element in that monitoring effort is the study of conditions in the estuaries of these two water bodies. The Hampton Roads Water Quality Agency contracted with VIMS to …


The Nature And Extent Of Trace Element Contamination Associated With Fly-Ash Disposal Sites In The Chisman Creek Watershed, Bruce J. Neilson, George C. Grant, Gary F. Anderson, Cindy L. Bosco Jan 1983

The Nature And Extent Of Trace Element Contamination Associated With Fly-Ash Disposal Sites In The Chisman Creek Watershed, Bruce J. Neilson, George C. Grant, Gary F. Anderson, Cindy L. Bosco

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This study was conducted by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) and the Virginia Associated Research Campus (VARC), both branches of the College of William and Mary, to document the nature, extent, and severity of environmental contamination by trace elements from the landfill disposal of fly-ash within the Chisman Creek watershed. Previous work in the area demonstrated that some metals were apparently mobile in the groundwater, and that two nearby household wells were contaminated (Va. SWCB, 1981). These short term studies were limited to the testing of only a few selected contaminants in wells near the fly-ash pits. The …