Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

St. Lawrence sewage dump:  City releases test results (Roberto ROCHA, CBC News ; November 17, 2015) http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sewage-dump-st-laurent-water-quality-1.3323469 Réseau de Suivi du Milieu Aquatique (RSMA) - Qualité de l'eau - Travaux intercepteur S-E Automne 2015 http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/dataset/rsma-2015-fermeture-intercepteur-s-e N. B.:  RSMA data pages found on the  Portail Données Ouvertes De la Ville de Montréal  website may be translated by following suggestions given at the link provided below: http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/english-version-of-the-portail-des-donnees-ouvertes-de-la-ville-de-montreal/ Résultats des analyses de la qualité de l'eau - Résultats  disponibles   19 novembre 2015 ( RSMA / Ville de Montréal ; 26 novembre 2015) http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/dataset/95b7a5f3-761c-49bf-8ddd-eaf30425d218/resource/0210fac2-b609-4c09-9a14-4ebaea28b8d4/download/resultatsdisponiblesau20151119....

APNewsBreak:  EPA Wants Toxic Nevada Mine on Superfund List (Scott SONNER, Associated Press ; December 24, 2015) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/46e7a1cb530a413fb45f9e3ebd8c706a/apnewsbreak-epa-wants-toxic-nevada-mine-superfund-list Research Report and Consultation: Historical Summary Report of Anaconda-Yerington Mine Site, Yerington Nevada ( U. S. EPA ; October 2010) http://yosemite.epa.gov/r9/sfund/r9sfdocw.nsf/92ac13b328517708882574260073faee/3521dff2a13a8336882577d900723ddb/$FILE/Main%20Contents.pdf Health Consultation - Yerington/Anaconda Mine Site (A/K/A Anaconda Mine):  Yerington, NV ( U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, ATSDR:  August 22, 2006) http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/pha/yerington_anaconda_nevada/YeringtonAnacondaMineHC082206.pdf N. B.:  The Yerington Paiute Tribe originally requested the health assessment of the Yerington-Anaconda Mine by the Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in July 2004 . Websites: ...

New new infrared video reveals growing environmental disaster in L. A. gas leak (Joby WARRICK, The Washington Post; December 24, 2015) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/12/23/new-infrared-video-reveals-growing-environmental-disaster-in-la-gas-leak/ Slow Motion Methane Disaster (Jonathan THOMPSON, High Country News ; December 16, 2015) http://www.hcn.org/articles/slow-motion-methane-disaster-in-california Natural gas leak that's sickening Valley Residents could take months to fix (Tony BARBOZA, Los Angeles Times ; November 20, 2015) http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-1121-gas-leak-20151121-story.html Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Leak Reports Initial Estimate of Greenhouse Gas Emissions  (November 20, 2015) http://www.caloes.ca.gov/ICESite/Documents/Aliso%20Canyon%20Natural%20Gas%20Leak%2011-20-15.pdf Preliminary Estimate of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (December 12, 2015) http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/reports/aliso_canyon_natural_...

New!   How Water Contamination is putting California's San Joaquin Valley at Risk (Robin MEADOWS, Pacific Standard ; July 7, 2017) https://psmag.com/environment/how-water-contamination-is-putting-this-california-town-at-risk Fear at the tap:  Unranium contaminates water in the West (Ellen KNICKMEYER and Scott SMITH, Associated Press ; December 8, 2015) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ce678b95a88c40e2b8e53aed3176c600/fear-tap-uranium-contaminates-water-west Research Articles : Metrics for Assessing the Quality of Groundwater Used for Public Supply, CA, USA: Equivalent-Population and Area (BELITZ et al., 2015) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.5b00265 Natural Uranium Contamination in Major U. S. Aquifers Linked to Nitrate (NOLAN and WEBER, 2015) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00174 Effects of Groundwater Development on Uranium:  Central Valley, California USA (JURGENS et al., 2009) http://oh.water.usgs.gov/tanc/pubs/Jurgens...

Industrial Excess Landfill - Stark County; Uniontown, Ohio Uniontown landfill Superfund site includes industrial, radioactive waste (John HARPER, Cleveland.com ; December 2, 2015) http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2015/12/is_groundwater_in_uniontown_oh.html N. B. :  Includes links to documents published by the U. S, Geological Survey (1994), and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (2004). Lake Township dump site poses risks to water, report says (Bob DOWNING, Akron Beacon Journal ; June 18, 2011) http://www.ohio.com/news/lake-township-dump-site-poses-risk-to-water-report-says-1.201740 Groundwater Levels and Flow Near the Industrial Excess Landfill, Uniontown, Ohio (BAIR and NORRIS, 1989) http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1989/0272/report.pdf Arrowhead Landfill -  Perry County; Uniontown, Alabama Ash Holes:  The Failure to Classify Coal Combustion Residuals as a Hazardous Waste Under RCRA and the Burden Borne by a Minority Community in Alabama ...