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USGS  Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4245 December 2000
   

Abstract

Introduction

Description

Sampling methods

Suspended-solids transport during dredging

PCB concentration changes during dredging

PCB loading in the Fox River due to the dredging operation

PCB transport back into the river from the onshore-processing operation

Postdredging PCB concentration and loads

Adjusting water-column PCB concentrations to allow comparison with onshore-sample PCB data

Lessons learned

References

Acknowledgments and Information

 

A Mass-Balance Approach for Assessing PCB Movement During Remediation of a PCB-Contaminated Deposit on the Fox River, Wisconsin

Acknowledgments

Project development: Robert Paulson-Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Peter Hughes-USGS.

Data collection: Brett Esser, Pitt Fagan, Gerald Goddard, Nick Hanson, Eric Herro, David Housner, Peter Hughes, Steven March, Daniel Olson, David Owens, Todd Stuntebeck.

Editorial and technical reviews: David Dolan-University of Wisconsin; Michael Eberle and Leah Hout-USGS; Steven Westenbroek-Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Layout and illustrations: Michelle Greenwood and Aaron Konkol.

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