Summary of Major Projects
The ORD Staff has a long history of coordinating and cooperating in large, interdisciplinary studies. Most of the studies are conducted with the cooperation of other federal, state, and local groups and the academic community. Studies have been conducted at many locations throughout the Great Lakes and have focused upon the eutrophication and toxic substances issues. Below is a chronological summary of the major studies undertaken by the Great Lakes Modeling Staff.
- 1970 - 1973
- International Field Year for the Great Lakes (IFYGL) - Lake Ontario
- 1974 - 1980
- Saginaw Bay Eutrophication Project
- 1974 - 1980
- Southern Lake Huron Eutrophication Project
- 1979 - 1981
- Lake Erie Eutrophication Project
- 1979 - 1980
- Saginaw Bay PCB Project
- 1982 - 1983
- Flint River Mass Balance Project
- 1982 - 1985
- Monroe Harbor, River Raisin Project
- 1983 - 1984
- Effects of PCB Exposure on Humans: Prenatal and Child Development
- 1985 - 1989
- Upper Great Lakes Connecting Channels Study (UGLCCS)
Detroit River Mass Balance and in-Place Pollutants Study - 1987 - 1991
- Lake Ontario TCDD / Fate of Toxics Study
- 1987 - 1994
- Fox River / Green Bay Mass Balance Study
- 1989 - 1992
- Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS)
Saginaw, Buffalo, and Grand Calumet Rivers - 1993 - present
- Lake Michigan Mass Balance Project