An evaluation of the success of dredging
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Donald P. Weston; Walter M. Jarman; Gilbert Cabana; Corinne E. Bacon; Lisa A. Ja
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Lauritzen Canal, a portion of San Francisco Bay near Richmond, California, USA, was heavily contaminated with dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and dieldrin as a result of releases from a pesticide-formulating firm. In 1996 and 1997, 82,000 m3 of contaminated sediment was removed from the canal