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LOWER CLARK FORK RIVER SYSTEM - RESULTS OF ALGAL ASSAYS PERFORMED ON WATERS COLLECTED AT STATIONS BELOW MILLTOWN DAM TO BELOW NOXON DAM, 1985
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A large amount of public concern has been expressed over the general health of the lower Clark Fork River system, Idaho (17010213). The proposed modification of the existing wastewater discharge permit for the Champion International paper mill at Frenchtown has generated much of this concern. Other sources of wastewater, namely the City of Missoula wastewater treatment plant and historic metals deposits originating upstream from Milltown Dam, have also been mentioned as possible sources of stress on the river (Montana, 1984). Selenastrum capricornutum algal assays and elemental chemical analyses were performed during this study. Greene, J.C., M. Long, C.L. Bartels, and J.U. Nwosu. 1985. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR. 11 pp.