Record #:

34331

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

Much of groundwater contamination is contamination of aquifer soils by dense compounds that are not soluble in water. Among the nation’s leading scientists focusing on contaminant remediation are those in the Center for Multiphase Research in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. They have a strategy for cleaning up dense contaminants that involves floating pools by increasing the density of the underlying groundwater.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 331, Sept/Oct 2001, p8-9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Groundwater--Pollution; Water, Underground--Pollution; Water quality management--research

Record #:

34348

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

A North Carolina State University project that measured nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment exports from six different land uses in Wake County in the Upper Neuse River Basin, found that nitrogen exports were typically greater than those in previously published reports. Researchers also found that rainfall in the drainage basins contained significant concentrations of nitrogen that often accounted for a considerable portion of the total nitrogen export from all land uses. The export rates illustrate the increase in pollutant associated with development and emphasize the need for implementing best management practices in developed areas.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 340, Mar/Apr 2003, p12-13, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water--Pollution--Neuse River; Water quality management--research