Contamination

Measurement of hexavalent chromium concentrations and chemical behavior in stormwater within the Quinnipiac River watershed and in the Quinnipiac River

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Amount: 
15 000.00
Description: 
To support the measurement of hexavalent chromium concentrations and chemical behavior in stormwater within the Quinnipiac River watershed and in the Quinnipiac River itself with the condition to obtain studies about the Quinnipiac River from the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection.

Surveying the Quinnipiac River, a study of bis-2-ethylhexyl phthalate and other plasticizers

Organization: 
Quinnipiac University
Date Issued: 
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Amount: 
7 000.00
Description: 
To support Surveying the Quinnipiac River, a study of bis-2-ethylhexyl phthalate and other plasticizers in an effort to characterize contamination from industrial sources.

Evaluation of abnormal reproductive development of the blue mussel

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Amount: 
10 500.00
Description: 
To support water testing of the Quinnipiac estuary and New Haven Harbor for contaminants and evaluation of abnormal reproductive development of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) by endocrine disrupting compounds.

The impacts of wastewater from municipal waste water treatment plants on fish health in the Quinnipiac River

Organization: 
University of Connecticut, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Amount: 
18 000.00
Description: 
To support a study about the impacts of wastewater from municipal waste water treatment plants on fish health in the Quinnipiac River.

Safe Grounds Campaign

Organization: 
The Watershed Partnership, Inc.
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Amount: 
20 000.00
Description: 
To support the Safe Grounds Campaign to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of toxic lawn pesticides in the Quinnipiac River watershed and throughout Connecticut.

Surveying of the Quinnipiac River for polyaromatic hydrocarbons and phthalate plasticizers

Organization: 
Quinnipiac University
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Amount: 
9 000.00
Description: 
To support the surveying of the Quinnipiac River for polyaromatic hydrocarbons and phthalate plasticizers in an effort to characterize contamination from industrial and municipal sources.

Cytec's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water permit

Organization: 
Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative, Inc.
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Amount: 
2 000.00
Description: 
To support the review of Cytec's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water permit for discharges into the Quinnipiac River and see if there have been any violations of their permit during this year or during the past 5 years.

Measure Quantity of Bioavailable Toxic Forms

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 21, 1996
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To measure the quantity of bioavailable toxic forms of dissolved heavy metals in the QR seasonally and during storm events.

Quinnipiac River Partnership

Organization: 
New Haven Land Trust, Inc
Date Issued: 
Thursday, May 15, 2003
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To test various water quality parameters and assess the condition of the Hemingway Creek, a tributary of the Quinnipiac River which borders one of our preserves.

Mercury Contamination

Organization: 
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
Date Issued: 
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Amount: 
7 500.00
Description: 
To measure contamination along the Quinnipiac River and in oysters of the New Haven Harbor and evaluate the extent of mercury pollution and  identify sources and hotspots.

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