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Drainage Basin Tracing Study: Phase II, Chemicals Found in Storm Drains, Whatcom Creek and Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham, Washington |
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Date Published |
| 94-90 | May 1994 |
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Drainage Basin Tracing Study: Phase II, Chemicals Found in Storm Drains, Whatcom Creek and Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham, Washington (Number of pages: 59) (Publication Size: 3MB)
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| Author(s) |
Cubbage, J. |
| Description |
To follow-up an earlier study that investigated contaminants in storm drain sediments (Drainage basin source tracing study), eight storm drains in three drainage basins (small watersheds) were examined for chemicals in retained sediments. These samples were collected from manholes above the outfalls where the drains empty into Puget Sound. In addition, sediments from a marina and sediments from an urban creek were analyzed to also assess potential impacts to Bellingham Bay. These sediments were analyzed for metals (arsenic, copper, cadmium, chromium, nickel, lead, mercury and zinc), volatile organic compounds, semivolatile compounds, PCBs and chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, total organic carbon, and grain size. Hyalella and Microtox bioassays were conducted at the two creek sites. |
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| Keywords |
Whatcom, bioassay, grain, hydrocarbons, guidelines, creek, Chemicals, metals, pesticides, contaminant, urban, study, water, chemical, runoff, sediment, watershed, zinc, storm drain, stormwater, outfall, Puget Sound, marine sediment, mercury, PCBs, lead, marine, freshwater sediment, copper, cadmium, chromium |
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Water Resource Inventory Area 01 Nooksack |
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