Contamination

Purchase Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
12 000.00
Description: 
To purchase a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer in order to conduct studies on the types and levels of organic contaminants in water & tissue of fish & other organisms.

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Evaluate Road Salt Management & Applications

Organization: 
New Haven County Soil & Water Conservation Di
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To evaluate road salt management and application practices; correlate problems and recommend future action.

Evaluated locations of salt storage and storage practices. Assessed dangers of runoff and contamination sites pose to water systems in area, and found danger to be considerable. More research into private contractors suggested.

Measure/Assess Organic & Metal Contaminants

Organization: 
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To measure and assess organic and metal contaminants in the eggs, liver, kidney and flesh of tautog (blackfish) from New Haven Harbor.

Assess levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in various parts of blackfish in New Haven Harbor to determine source of contamination (sewage, industrial, etc) and whether contaminants move up the food chain. Determined levels of pollution were higher in blackfish than in predicted by sediment and that pollutants did move up food chain.

Ultra Clean Methods

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
5 380.00
Description: 
Use ultra-clean methods to pinpoint sources of toxic heavy metals, to establish a history of metal pollution in the river.

Source of cadmium and silver pollution located; tied to historical metal industry in meriden; disocovered metals in particulate and dissolved form.

Assess Contaminants in Winter Flounder

Organization: 
National Marine Fisheries Service
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To assess relative abundance, health and body burden of selected contaminants in winter flounder.

Study of fish size, skeleton, pollutant body burden, number of overall fish and species diversity indicated that Hemingway Creek was not an appropriate location for the growth of young winter flounder.

Utilization of Sunlight...

Organization: 
University of Connecticut, Dept. of Chemistry
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To support "Utilization of Sunlight for the Destruction of Toxic Water Pollutants".  Q RIVER FUND (Re-titled: "Catalytic Destruction of Toxic Water Pollutants")

Further research into catalytic dyes as decontaminating agents was accomplished; discovered two different electrochemical pathways produced by the decontaminating agents.

Utilizaton of Sunlight/Toxic Water Pollutants

Organization: 
University of Connecticut, Dept. of Chemistry
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
5 000.00

Combination of sunlight and humic acids in water necessary to break down toxic water pollutants by way of catalytic dye, but process is usable.

Measure/Assess Lead Presence

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
4 810.00

Measured levels of lead and other metals was low and mostly in particulate form; however high concentrations of metal reside in parts of the river that are or had been industrialized

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