Massachusetts Water Resource Research Center: Annual program report, 1988 (FY 1987)

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6469545

The Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center program for 1987-88 (Federal Fiscal Year FY87) focused on several research areas of high priority for the state and New England region: acid deposition impacts, the minimization of nitrate contamination of groundwater from on-site wastewater treatment, the pricing of drinking water to meet future infrastructure needs, and the proposed diversion of water from a ''Wild and Scenic'' river. Three WRIP Projects were begun in FY87. One evaluates cloud and fog acidity in central Massachusetts, another evaluates the use of peat in rural sewage disposal systems to minimize nitrate contamination of groundwater, and the third will determine the true cost of water so that utilities may appropriately plan for new sources or infrastructure renovation. The Cooperative Aquatic Research Program (CARP) funded five projects; four were acid deposition-related projects. Phase III of the Acid Rain Monitoring Project continued monitoring 500 randomly selected and 300 special interest surface waters quarterly and will continue into its fourth year of the ten year program. Investigation of the role of acid deposition in enhancing microorganisms in lake sediment that may play a role in methylating heavy metals such as mercury continued. Similarly, the study of mechanisms of control of aluminum mobility in watersheds subjected to acid deposition and the study of the impact of acid deposition on salamander communities were continued. Research on the role of sulfate reduction in lakes as a natural mechanism for neutralizing acidity funded in its first year by WRIP, has been continued. All but the Acid Rain Monitoring Project are to be completed in 1988.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Univ., Amherst (USA). Water Resources Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6469545
• Report Number(s): G-1428-01; ON: TI89007345
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
AMPHIBIANS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
DRINKING WATER
EVALUATION
FEDERAL REGION I
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MASSACHUSETTS
MATERIALS
METHYLATION
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
POLLUTION
PROGRESS REPORT
RAIN
SALAMANDERS
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
USA
VERTEBRATES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER TREATMENT