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Risk Assessment Research

Center for Hazardous Substances in Urban Environments

Co-Contaminant Effects on Risk Assessment and Remediation Activities Involving Urban Sediments and Soils. Investigators: William Ball and Edward Bouwer, Johns Hopkins University.

Midwest HSRC

Metals Removal by Constructed Wetlands. Investigators: Mark Fitch and Joel Burken, University of Missouri at Rolla. Industrial collaborators: Doe Run Mining Company, Sterns and Wheeler, and Cominco Ltd.

Rocky Mountain HSRC

Evaluating Recovery of Stream Ecosystems from Mining Pollution: Integrating Biochemical, Population, Community and Ecosystem Indicators. Investigators: James Ranville, Colorado School of Mines, and William H. Clements, Colorado State University.

South & Southwest HSRC

Bioturbation and Bioavailability of Residual, Desorption-Resistant Contaminants. Investigators: Danny D. Reible, J.W. Fleeger, and John Pardue of Louisiana State University; and Mason Tomson, Rice University.

Contaminant Release During Removal and Resuspension. Investigators: Mason Tomson and Amy T. Kan, Rice University; and Louis J. Thibodeaux, Louisiana State University.

Western HSRC

Development and Evaluation of Field Sensors for Monitoring Bioaugmentation with Anaerobic Dehalogenating Cultures for In-Situ Treatment of TCE. Investigator: James Ingle, Oregon State University.

Effects of Sorbent Microporosity on Multicomponent Fate and Transport in Contaminated Groundwater Aquifers. Investigator: Martin Reinhard, Stanford University.