Pollution

Quinnipiac River:  Point Source White Paper

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To support the proposal entitled, Quinnipiac River:  Point Source White Paper which would bring together information on all current discharges into the River, rank them by volume of toxic materials discharged, etc.

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Point and Nonpoint Source Loading

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
6 800.00
Description: 
To provide a more accurate estimate of point and nonpoint source loading of organic and inorganic nitrogen to the Quinnipiac River.

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Chemical Tracer Technique

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
6 800.00
Description: 
To complete the development of a chemical tracer technique for identifying nonpoint sources of pollution.

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Analyze Food Fish

Organization: 
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
7 000.00
Description: 
To sample and analyze food fish from the Quinnipiac and Mill Rivers for toxic organic and inorganic contaminants.

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Research & Analyze the River

Organization: 
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To research and analyze the issue of river pollution by landfill leacheates in the Quinnipiac Watershedd, to plan Y begin implementation of "stream team" bio-assessment in two watershed sub-basins, & to improve office as a resource center.

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Survey

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
8 000.00
Description: 
To conduct a survey that would evaluate the occurrence of several metals, esp. silver, in oyster & sediments in the Quinnipiac River estuary.

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Survey on the Content of Heavy Metals

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
4 600.00
Description: 
To conduct a survey of the content of heavy metals in the wood, bark, and leaf litter of woody plant species in southern part of Quinnipiac River

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Advocate for Clean Water

Organization: 
Long Island Soundkeeper Fund, Inc.
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To establish an individual as the primary point person to be an advocate for clean water and to address local pollution problems using Soundkeeper.

For current information on how the Long Island Soundkeeper Fund is advocating for clean water and solutions to local pollution problems, please visit their web site: http://www.soundkeeper.org/program-areas/

3 Hydrographic Dye Dilution Studies

Organization: 
CT Dept. of Agriculture/Aquaculture Division
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
7 000.00
Description: 
Complete three hydrographic dye dilution studies of the Wastewater Pollution Control Facilities.

Added dye to water from local Wastewater Pollution control facilities and studied how water and sewage moved into shellfish growing areas. Readings found to be consistent with typical sea water studies (higher flow after rain storm), though one area had higher flow than other two, and one shellfish breeding area was raised from "restricted" to "conditionally approved."

Sampling of Various Species

Organization: 
National Marine Fisheries Service
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
3 400.00
Description: 
For a yearround sampling of various species to estimate incidences of erythrocyte micronucleation to evaluate effects on health fish.

Chromosomal abnormalities (erythrocyte micronucleation) due to water and environmental contamination in blackfish in New Haven harbor found to be high, not dependent on sex or length.

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