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TRENTON CHANNEL/DETROIT RIVER SEDIMENT ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION
Citation:
Kreis, R G. TRENTON CHANNEL/DETROIT RIVER SEDIMENT ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION. Presented at Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Workshop, Windsor, ONT, Canada, December 1, 1998.
Description:
The Detroit River has experienced over a century of discharges from industry and municipalaties. Demonstrable improvements have been made in water quality, loadings, and biota. Common with other International Joint Commission Areas of Concern, sediment of the Detroit River still exhibits organic and heavy metal contamination, toxicity, bioaccumulation potential, and impaired benthic macroinvertebrate communities. Over the past 10 years, considerable attention has been focused on the potential for sediment remediation due to other system improvements. The objective of this presentation is to provide sediment data assessment for the past decade, tools and procedures used to identify and prioritizre sediment for potential remediation, and integrated considerations for remedial decision-making and the likelihood of sustainable success.