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List of Cape Cod Projects

Current Projects
Project	Type	Title	Planned End Date
Cape Cod Toxics Research Site	CCS/ CTS	Cape Cod Toxic Substances Hydrology Research Site: Understanding the physical, chemical, and microbiological processes that control the fate and transport of contaminants in groundwater	Ongoing
Contamination by Military Activities at the MMR	CCS/ CTS	Contamination of groundwater and surface water by past use and disposal of industrial solvents, fuel, solid waste, and treated wastewater at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod	Ongoing
Contamination by Military Ordnance at Cape Edwards	CCS/ CTS	Contamination of groundwater by past use and disposal of military ordnance compounds at Camp Edwards on the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod	Ongoing
Cape Cod Wastewater Alternatives	CCS/ WWN/ CTS	Analysis of wastewater and water resource alternatives, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, by use of a regional groundwater flow and local-scale, solute-transport models	2006
Recently Completed Projects
Project	Type	Title	Completion Date
Cape Cod Emerging Contaminants	WWN /CCS	Occurrence of organic wastewater contaminants, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products in selected water supplies, Cape Cod, Massachusetts	2004
Lower Cape Cod Water Resources	WS/ BWR /CCS	Simulated interaction between freshwater and saltwater and effects of groundwater pumping and sea-level change, Lower Cape Cod Aquifer System, Massachusetts Potential changes in groundwater flow and their effects on the ecology and water resources of the Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts Groundwater recharge areas and traveltimes to pumped wells, streams, and coastal water bodies, Cape Cod, Massachusetts	2004
Mid-Cape Water Resources	WS/ BWR /CCS	Simulated water sources and effects of pumping on surface and groundwater, Sagamore and Monomoy Flow Lenses, Cape Cod, Massachusetts	2004
Loads to Cape Cod Ponds	CCS	Groundwater nutrient transport to estuaries and fresh-water ponds, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts: A flow-path and geochemical simulation approach	2003

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