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Creator:: Cao, Weidong
Abstract:: Groundwater contamination on irrigated land is of concern in this nation and around the world. In order to reduce the potential of groundwater contamination by agricultural practices such as irrigation, fertilizer and pesticide application, vadose-zone monitoring and sampling are needed. The main objective of this study was to evaluate impacts...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: transport has increased during the last few decades. Environmental and economic concerns have inspired the

Creator:: Lee, Taejin, 1961-
Abstract:: The use of municipal refuse (RDF) as fuels has received widespread attention for reason of its energy equivalence and the increasing lack of available landfill sites. The principal obstacle to the construction of combustion facilities is that RDF produces toxic compounds, including heavy metals and such organic compounds as PCDD...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: engineering, environmental, and economic concerns, including the rising costs of traditional fuels, scarcity

Creator:: Motte, Marie Quitterie
Abstract:: Land application of industrial wastewater with high levels of nitrogen requires adequate management practices to prevent groundwater pollution by nitrates. In this study a predictive computerized model was developed for nitrate leachate concentrations resulting from land application of wastewater onto crop systems including poplars. The study included a literature review,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Creator:: Aboul-Kassim, Tarek A. T.
Abstract:: More than 65,000 organic chemicals are currently in commercial production with approximately 1000 added each year. Many chemicals are released into the environment as organic mixtures derived from complex hazardous or solid wastes. Of these, more than 1000 chemicals are of environmental concern because of their production quantities, toxicity, persistence,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Blair, Michael Stuart
Abstract:: A study of phosphorus loading and water quality implications was conducted for the Oregon coastal lakes. The study was based on existing data for lake total phosphorus concentrations and for watershed land uses. A phosphorus mass-balance model was developed to predict lake total phosphorus concentrations from estimated phosphorus loading from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: availability is the environmental characteristics of the local area, such as climate, pH, and the presence of

Creator:: Ball, Bruce L.
Abstract:: Soil column studies were performed on a chromium contaminated soil from the United Chrome Products Superfund Site currently undergoing a pump-and-treat cleanup process. The goal of the research was to provide insight into the feasibility of chemically changing the injection fluid of the pump-and-treat system to enhance hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI))...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Müller, Heike K.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under agreement R-815738-01 through the

Creator:: Roley, Kenneth L.
Abstract:: The decision to bury high level nuclear wastes in deep geological formations led to the study of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation as one of three possible sites for the first nuclear waste repository in the United States. To adequately evaluate the environmental impact of siting nuclear waste repositories in basalt...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: waste repository in the United States. To adequately evaluate the environmental impact of siting

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