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An Iterative Approach For Identifying the Causes of Reduced Benthic Macroinvertebrate Diversity In the Willimantic River, Connecticut (Final)
Citation:
U.S. EPA. An Iterative Approach For Identifying the Causes of Reduced Benthic Macroinvertebrate Diversity In the Willimantic River, Connecticut (Final). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-08/144, 2010.
Impact/Purpose:
The Willimantic River, CT case study illustrates a causal assessment in a watershed using the USEPA stressor identification process described on www.epa.gov/caddis.
Description:
EPA announced the availability of the final report, An Iterative Approach for Identifying the Causes of Reduced Benthic Macroinvertebrate Diversity in the Willimantic River, Connecticut. This study demonstrates that a screening assessment can help to focus sampling for unknown episodic sources of toxic discharges. The removal of the discharge led to the removal of this segment of the Willimantic River from the 303(d) list of impaired waters.
URLs/Downloads:
An Iterative Approach for Identifying the Causes of Reduced Benthic Macroinvertebrate Diversity in the Willimantic River, Connecticut (PDF, 121 pp, 4257 KB, about PDF)The Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System (CADDIS)