Contamination

Evaluation of abnormal reproductive development of the blue mussel

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
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: 
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: 
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: 
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: 
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: 
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: 
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.

Hemingway Creek experienced degradation by dispersed low-level pollutants from surrounding land uses entering the creek through stormwater runoff, and by silt from roads and perhaps the two rock quarries. The effects of these pollutants have been exacerbated by the many historical physical alterations of the stream channel.

Mercury Contamination

Organization: 
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
Date Issued: 
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.

Yale University Project to Measure Methyl Mercury Contamination

Organization: 
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
14 500.00
Description: 
To support the measurement of methyl mercury contamination in the Quinnipiac River and the Oysters in New Haven Harbor. The study will evaluate the extent of methylmercury pollution and  help to identify sources and hotspots.

Aquatic Mercury Testing

Organization: 
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
14 000.00
Description: 
To support the measurement of methyl mercury in the Quinnipiac River and the New Haven Harbor. The work will also provide direct information on safety of local finfish and shellfish.
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