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During the National Stream Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants Project USGS scientists collected water samples from a network of 139 streams across 30 states during 1999 and 2000
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The USGS collected water samples from 11 stream
sites in the Croton Wateshed (a drinking-water resource for New
York City) during 2000 for the National
Stream Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants Project
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Hydraulic technician collecting a water sample from the Jordan
River, UT, for the National
Stream Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants Project
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Downstream view of the Little Arkansas River near Sedqwick, KS,
where sediment and water samples were collected for an Emerging
Contaminants Investigation
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This location on the North Branch Boardman River,
MI, was used to represent “background” conditions (theoretical
uncontaminated conditions) for the National
Stream Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants Project
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Field technicians measuring field parameters with a multiparameter
meter in a stream during a reconnaissance study of emerging contaminants
in the environment
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Experienced personnel use proven methods that enable representative
environmental samples to be collected from a well in the well network
for the National Ground-Water
Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants Project
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View of a wellhead in Idaho that was sampled for the National
Ground-Water Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants Project
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Filling a sample bottle for analysis of emerging contaminants during
the National Ground-Water
Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants Project
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Idaho Department of Environmental
Quality scientist and a landowner (behind the first person) are taking
a water-level measurement from a well that’s part of the network
used for the National
Ground-Water Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants Project
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USGS scientists sample for bacteria in ground water
at Clinch Beach, Traverse City, MI
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USGS scientist with a sediment sampler
on the banks of the South Platte River, CO, during a sampling trip
for the National
Streambed-Sediment Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants Project
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USGS scientist sampling sediments from the South Platte River,
CO, for the National
Streambed-Sediment Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants
Project
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During 2001, 76 water samples were
collected upstream and downstream of selected towns and cities during
the Iowa Urban Study
of emerging contaminants
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Sample processing of water collected
at a drinking-water-plant intake with a cone splitter -- Caloosahatchee
River, FL. USGS has conducted a national reconnaissance of the occurrence
of emerging contaminants
in source waters
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As part of the USGS’s national reconnaissance of the occurrence
of emerging contaminants
in source waters, scientists collected water samples near intake
structures for water-supply plants. Here a USGS technician on a
water-quality sampling boat is operating a crane with a water-quality
sampler attached -- Duck River, TN
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An intake structure for a water-supply
plant on the Duck River, TN, where USGS scientists collected water
samples for a national reconnaissance of the occurrence of emerging
contaminants in source waters
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USGS scientists use state-of-the-art
laboratory equipment and technologies to test for traces of emerging
contaminants in water, sediment, and animal tissue
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USGS scientist operating a liquid
chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) instrument used to measure
emerging contaminants in water
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USGS scientist examining results
of chromatographic analysis for emerging contaminants in water
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An accelerated solvent extractor
used to process soil samples for the determination of pesticides and
pharmaceuticals in soil
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USGS scientists use an automated
accelerated solvents extractor to prepare soil samples from a confined
animal feeding operation for analysis of antibiotics
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A liquid chromatograph coupled to
a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer (LC/MS/MS) that is used for
the quantitative analysis of polar organic molecules, such as pesticides
and pharmaceuticals
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USGS scientists analyze water samples
for pharmaceuticals at environmentally relevant concentrations with
an LC/MS/MS instrument capable of detecting ultra-trace concentrations
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The polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
is one of several types of DNA-based methods used to detect genes
(white bands in this picture) in bacteria
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Emerging contaminants can originate from a variety
of animal- and human-waste sources such as this hog production facility
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Emerging contaminants can originate from a variety of animal- and
human-waste sources such as this wastewater treatment plant
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Wastewater discharges, such as this
one in Arizona, were sampled by USGS scientists as part of a study
of the persistence
of selected emerging contaminants in streams receiving wastewater
effluent
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USGS scientists sampled manures from
confined animal feeding operations, such as this one in New York,
as part of the Source
Characterization Study
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Manures from confined animal feeding
operations, such as this chicken house in Ohio, were sampled as part
of the Source
Characterization Study for Emerging Contaminants Project
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Field technicians retrieved samples
from sewers for analysis of emerging contaminants as part of the Source
Characterization Study for Emerging Contaminants Project
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The USGS conducted a study
to determine the persistence of selected emerging contaminants in
streams receiving wastewater effluent
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The USGS and its partners conducted
a study to
determine the temporal occurrence and persistence of emerging contaminants
in an effluent-dependent stream
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The USGS and its partners conducted a study
to determine the diel variability of emerging contaminants in an
effluent-dependent stream
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Waste samples being collected from an onsite
wastewater system for analysis of emerging contaminants. A strict
protocol was followed to prevent contamination of the samples (Photo courtesy of the Colorado School of Mines)
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Researchers from the USGS collected
ground-water samples for analysis of emerging contaminants upgradient
and downgradient of the Norman
Municipal Landfill, OK
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Waste samples being collected from a swine manure holding pond
in Iowa for a study
of veterinary antibiotics in the environment
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Filling sample bottles with liquid collected from
a municipal holding pond in Colorado as part of the Source
Characterization Study for Emerging Contaminants Project. The
multiple sample bottles are required for the analysis of different
classes of emerging contaminant compounds
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Measuring field parameters (pH, temperature, specific conductance)
of a sample liquid waste collected from a municipal holding pond
in Colorado as part of the Source
Characterization Study for Emerging Contaminants Project
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USGS scientist using a long sampling device to collect a sample
of liquid from a municipal holding pond in Colorado as part of the
Source Characterization
Study for Emerging Contaminants Project
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USGS scientists collecting a manure sample for the analysis of
antibiotics from a farm in Iowa as part of the Source
Characterization Study for Emerging Contaminants Project
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Typical fish hatchery sampled for emerging contaminants to determine
the occurrence of antibiotics
in water from fish hatcheries
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A fish tank used to expose fish to
wastewater effluent in a controlled laboratory experiment for the
Emerging Contaminants Investigation
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The hydraulics of the two stream reaches, Boulder
Creek, CO, and Fourmile Creek, IA, being investigated to determine
the hydrologic and geochemical processes that govern the distribution
and transport of emerging contaminants in streams
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Adding Rhodamine WT dye to Fourmile
Creek, IA, during a dye-tracing test to determine traveltimes used
to understand the distribution
and transport of emerging contaminants in streams
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Bacteria are tested for resistance
to antimicrobials using standard assays. Here the bacteria are
resistant to one of three antibiotics
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Collecting soil samples for laboratory
experiments on the transport
of emerging contaminants through soil
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Laboratory equipment used for soil-column experiments
on the transport of
emerging contaminants through soil
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View of the base of a soil column used to study the transport
of emerging contaminants through soil. Effluent that traveled
through the soil column was collected at the base of the column.
The sensor inserted into the column on the right side monitored
the temperature of the effluent
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Splitting a large-volume sample
from a soil-column study on the transport
of emerging contaminants through soil into smaller samples for
later analysis
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Pressurized filtration unit used
to filter liquid waste samples from the Source
Characterization Study for Emerging Contaminants Project. Filtered
samples were analyzed for a suite of human pharmaceuticals and household
and industrial compounds
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