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Many of the sediments in our rivers, lakes, and oceans have been contaminated
by pollutants. Many of the contaminants were released years ago while
other contaminants enter our water every day. Some contaminants flow directly
from industrial and municipal waste dischargers, while others come from
polluted runoff in urban and agricultural areas. Still other contaminants
are carried through the air, landing in lakes and streams far from the
factories and other facilities that produced them. EPA is working to reduce
the risks posed by contaminated sediments. You also can help reduce contaminated
sediments by learning how sediments get contaminated, where the pollutants
come from, how these pollutants affect living things, and strategies used
to treat and prevent contaminated sediments.
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Basic Information
Major contaminants of sediments
, Locating contaminated sediments
, Species affected, Protecting
sediments from contamination , Management
options , Preventing sediment
contamination , Glossary
, Acronyms
Sediment Quality Guidelines
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration , Canadian sediment
quality guidelines , U.S. Geological
Survey
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Publications
Report to Congress , 2004 Report to Congress , Technical
manuals , Technical manual on methods for collection , Contaminated sediment
management , Dredged material,
Bioaccumulation, U.S.
Geological Survey, Army Corp, National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Related Links
Other EPA sites , National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration , U.S.
Army Corp of Engineers, U.S. Geological
Survey , States , Other
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Contaminated
sediment newsletter archive
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