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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

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