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RISQA  
Project Title:
Regional Impounded Sediment Quality Assessment
Start Date:
2003
End Date:
2007
Location:
Selected locations in Massachusetts
Funding Source:
USGS Cooperative Water Program and Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Riverways Program
Contact:
Robert Breault
Team:
Robert Breault, Jason Sorenson, and Peter Steeves

Project or Related Reports:
A report is in progress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collection of sediment-core sample, Mill River, Taunton, MA
Collection of sediment-core sample, Mill River, Taunton, MA

Sediment-coring platform, Blackstone River, Uxbridge, MA.
Sediment-coring platform, Blackstone River, Uxbridge, MA

Sediment-core sample collected from the Nashua River, Fitchburg, MA
Sediment-core sample collected from the Nashua River, Fitchburg, MA

Exposed sediment after Mountain Dam was intentionally breached, Chicopee, MA
Exposed sediment after Mountain Dam was intentionally breached, Chicopee, MA


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