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Toxic Substances Hydrology Program

Research Projects

The Toxic Substances Hydrology Program conducts research on three categories of contamination issues:

Subsurface Point-Source Contamination

Subsurface Point-Source Contamination

Watershed- and Regional-Scale Contamination

Other Fundamental Research and Methods Development

     
Map of Toxics Program Study Sites
Locations of Toxics Program Investigations
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A fish tank used to expose fish to wastewater effluent in a controlled laboratory experiment.
A fish tank used to expose fish to wastewater effluent in a controlled laboratory experiment for the Emerging Contaminants Investigation. Relatively little is known about the possibility of endocrine disrupting effects on fish when exposed to chronic low-level doses of organic wastewater compounds found in effluent-dominated streams -- from the Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Investigation

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