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Research Project Summary: The New Jersey Toxics Reduction Workplan for New York - New Jersey Harbor: Phase One POTW, SWO, and CSO Studies. Retrieved from
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Main TitleResearch Project Summary: The New Jersey Toxics Reduction Workplan for New York - New Jersey Harbor: Phase One POTW, SWO, and CSO Studies
PublisherNew Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science Research and Technology
Date Created2008
Subject (Geographic)Essex County, New Jersey, New York
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical)
Country: United States
State: New Jersey
Subject (Topical)coastal zone; contamination; environmental data; environmental impact; environmental monitoring; fisheries; hazardous waste; pollution; rivers; toxins; water; water quality; watershed; ambient water quality; estuary; New Jersey Toxics Reduction Workplan for NY-NJ Harbor; NJTRWP; Newark Bay; Arthur Kill; NY-NJ Harbor; New York-New Jersey Harbor; coastal zone; coastal zone; coastal zone
DescriptionThe presence of toxic chemicals in water and sediments throughout New York-New Jersey Harbor has resulted in reduced water quality, fisheries restrictions/advisories, and general adverse impacts to the estuarine and coastal ecosystems. To help remediate the harbor, Phase One of the New Jersey Toxics Reduction Workplan for NY-NJ Harbor (NJTRWP) included a set of ambient water quality studies designed to provide the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) the information it needs to identify sources of the toxic chemicals of concern, and to prioritize these sources for appropriate action. In addition, discharges from the twelve New Jersey publicly-owned wastewater treatment plants (POTWs) and selected stormwater outfalls (SWOs) and combined sewer overflows (CSOs) that discharge to the harbor were sampled. The POTW, SWO, and CSO samples were analyzed using high resolution methods for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs), polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides, cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), and methyl- Hg.
NoteSeries: Research Project Summary
NoteJoel A. Pecchioli is the NJDEP Project Manager
NotePurpose: To report on the research conducted under the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan
Data Life Cycle Event(s)
Date: 2009-10-09 00:00:00.0
Creator: Rebecca Allsopp
Organization NameNew Jersey Environmental Digital Library
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