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FY1999 Great Lakes Projects

A Study of Organic Contaminants in Air and Water in Conjunction with Episodic Events

A Study of Organic Contaminants in Air and Water in Conjunction with Episodic Events (GL99903: $134, 515)

Recipient: University of Iowa

Project Period: 1/22/99 to 1/22/01

Project Officer: Angela Bandemehr

This agreement will provide funds to the University of Iowa for monitoring of toxics in conjunction with the Episodic Events/Great Lakes Experiment (EEGLE) research effort. The EEGLE Study is being funded by the National Science Foundation to study nutrient transport in a plume that occurs in Lake Michigan annually. This effort would enable the study of toxics in this plume. This information would also be in support of the Lake Michigan Loading Study/Mass Balance (LMMB) by providing insight into the air/water exchange of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The grantee will also provide information necessary to determine the spatial and temporal variation of loadings across the Lake.

This project was solicited to provide a toxics component to the EEGLE study. The original pilot project was awarded to SUNY Buffalo (GL985762). Based on the success of the pilot project, it was decided by GLNPO to continue the project. The PI at SUNY Buffalo moved to University of Iowa, thus the continuation is being awarded in a new grant to this institution.