| SedWeb
is an online community designed to promote improvements in contaminated
sediments management and research. Users who register as a member can
join in online discussions of pertinent technical topics, contribute articles
to the online library, or place items on the bulletin board. SedWEb is
sponsored by the South and Southwest region of the Hazardous Substance
Research Centers (HSRC), a five-center consortium established and supported
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Center for
Contaminated Sediments, Army Corps of Engineers
Contaminated
Sediments in the Great Lakes
This University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute fact sheet explains how
contaminants build up in sediment, how they affect the food chain, why
the Great Lakes are suspecptible, and more.
Contaminated
Sediments in Ports and Waterways: Cleanup Strategies and Technologies
Committee on Contaminated Marine Sediments, National Research Council
DOER Technical
Notes--Focus Area-Contaminated Sediments
US Army Corps of Engineers
This page includes a list of documents providing guidance on testing and
evaluating contaminated dredged materials for various beneficial use applications
GLIN's
Contaminated Sediments page
Links to numerous resources and information regarding soil contamination
in the Great Lakes basin.
Identifying and Assessing the Economic Benefits of Contaminated Aquatic
Sediment Cleanup
DRAFT-Work In Progress. Prepared by the Sediment Priority Action
Committee (SedPAC) of the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes
Water Quality Board, August, 1999
Sediment
Management for Ecosystem Recovery
This fact sheet identifies the contaminated sediment problem, emphasizes
the need for a better understanding of the relationships between contaminated
sediment and beneficial use impairments, and states the importance of
monitoring the ecological effectiveness of contaminated sediment remediation
after cleanup has taken place. Prepared by the SedPAC of the International
Joint Commission's Great Lakes Water Quality Board, August, 1999.
Deciding
When to Intervene: Data Interpretation Tools for Making Sediment Management
Decisions Beyond Source Control
This report synthesizes and interprets the scientific methodologies and
management practices that are used to make sediment management decisions,
provides advice on the use of scientific data interpretation tools, and
discusses approaches for evaluating the degree to which an intervention
for sediment cleanup is ecologically compelling. The report is based on
a Workshop to Evaluate Data Interpretation Tools used to Make Sediment
Management Decisions held at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental
Research at the University of Windsor on December 1-2, 1998. Prepared
by the SedPAC of the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Water
Quality Board, 1999.
Ecological
Benefits of Contaminated Sediment Remediation in the Great Lakes Basin
This report examines ecological effects of contaminated sediment, sediment
contamination and remediation in the Great Lakes, measurements of ecological
benefits, and also presents advice to managers and researchers on future
evaluation of ecological effectiveness of sediment remediation. Prepared
by the SedPAC of the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Water
Quality Board, August, 1999.
Three
Case Studies, International Joint Commission
The International Joint Commission Water Quality Board's SedPAC have prepared
three case studies on the environmental benefits of sediment remediation
in the Great Lakes.
Overcoming
Obstacles to Sediment Remediation in the Great Lakes Basin
Also prepared by the SedPAC; summarizes the contaminated sediment problem,
specifies key obstacles, and identifies options to address these obstacles.
Great
Lakes Contaminated Sediments Program, USEPA Great Lakes National Program
Office
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