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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

Watershed- and Regional-Scale Contamination

Other Fundamental Research and Methods Development

Other Fundamental Research and Methods Development

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The scientist on the right is holding a 3-liter polytetrafluoroethylene bottle used to composite the depth-integrated samples being collected by the scientist on the left, Boulder Creek, CO. The composite sample consists of multiple depth-integrated samples collected from the stream cross section -- from the Distribution and Transport of Emerging Contaminants in Streams Photo Gallery

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