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Estrogenic Compounds Downstream from Three Small Cities in Eastern Nebraska: Occurrence and Biological Effect (with Marlo K. Sellin, Debbie L. Akerly, and Alan S. Kolok), Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations (2009)

Recent studies have detected estrogenic compounds in surface waters in North America and Europe. Furthermore,...

 

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Occurrence and biological effect of exogenous steroids in the Elkhorn River, Nebraska, USA (with Alan S. Kolok, Satomi Kohno, Marlo K. Sellin, and Louis J. Guillette Jr.), Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations (2007)

Recent studies of surface waters in North America, Japan, and Europe have reported the presence...

 

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Transformation of Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) by Permanganate (with Chanat Chokejaroenrat, Steven Comfort, Clifford E. Harris, David A. Cassada, Chainarong Sakulthaew, and Tunlawit Satapanajaru), Faculty Publications from The Water Center (2011)

The chemical oxidant permanganate (MnO4−) has been shown to effectively transform hexa-hydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) at both...

 

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The occurrence of illicit and therapeutic pharmaceuticals in wastewater effluent and surface waters in Nebraska (with Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Teyona Damon, Johnette Shockley, and Kyle Hoagland), Faculty Publications from The Water Center (2009)

Passive samplers were used to develop semi-quantitative estimates of pharmaceutical concentrations in receiving waters influenced...

 

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Detection, Occurrence, and Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Agricultural Environments (2009) (with Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Shannon Devivo, Samuel Saunders, and David A. Cassada), Faculty Publications from The Water Center (2009)

Frequently studied environmental contaminants in agricultural systems include nutrients, sediments, and pesticides. These groups of...

 

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Field-Scale Cleanup of Atrazine and Cyanazine Contaminated Soil with a Combined Chemical-Biological Approach (with Manmeet Waria, Steven Comfort, Sathaporn Onanong, T. Satapanajaru, Hardiljeet Boparai, C. Harris, and David A. Cassada), Faculty Publications from The Water Center (2009)

A former agrichemical dealership in western Nebraska was suspected of having contaminated soil. Our objective...

 

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Detection, Occurrence and Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Agricultural Environments (2008) (with Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Samuel E. Saunders, Shannon L. Devivo, and David A. Cassada), Faculty Publications from The Water Center (2008)

Agricultural settings are affected by a unique set of environmental contaminants typically associated with land...

 

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Occurrence of sulfonamide antimicrobials in private water wells in Washington County, Idaho, USA (with Angela L. Batt and Diana S. Aga), Faculty Publications from The Water Center (2006)

County (Weiser, Idaho) were collected to assess the impact of a nearby confined animal feeding...

 

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Anaerobic Biodegradation of RDX and TCE: Single- and Dual-Contaminant Batch Tests (with Travis S. M. Young and Matthew C. Morley), Faculty Publications from The Water Center (2006)

Several sites in the United States have groundwater contaminated with mixtures of high explosives and...

 

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Emerging Chemicals and Analytical Methods (2006) (with Matthew C. Morley, Chad Cecrle, Patrick Denning, and Lindsey Miller), Faculty Publications from The Water Center (2006)

This review summarizes peer-reviewed literature related to analysis, occurrence, and fate of emerging chemical contaminants...

 

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Emerging Chemicals and Analytical Methods (2005) (with Matthew C. Morley and Vince Kuppig), Faculty Publications from The Water Center (2005)

Emerging contaminants in the water environment continues to be a strong research focus, as evidenced...

 

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Watershed Scale Impacts of Buffers and Upland Conservation Practices on Agrochemical Delivery to Streams (with Thomas G. Franti, Dean E. Eisenhauer, Mary Carla McCullough, L. M. Stahr, Mike Dosskey, Roy F. Spalding, and Alan L. Boldt), USDA Forest Service / UNL Faculty Publications (2004)

Conservation buffers are designed to reduce sediment and agrichemical runoff to surface water. Much is...

 

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Remediating RDX-Contaminated Ground Water with Permanganate: Laboratory Investigations for the Pantex Perched Aquifer (with M. L. Adam, Steven Comfort, and Matthew C. Morley), Faculty Publications from The Water Center (2004)

Ground water beneath the U.S. Department of Energy Pantex Plant is contaminated with the high...

 

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Herbicide Loading to Shallow Ground Water beneath Nebraska’s Management Systems Evaluation Area (with Roy F. Spalding, Darrell G. Watts, David A. Cassada, Mary E. Exner, and James S. Schepers), Faculty Publications from The Water Center (2003)

Better management practices can counter deterioration of ground water quality. From 1991 through 1996 the...

 

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Herbicides in Ground Water beneath Nebraska’s Management Systems Evaluation Area (with Roy F. Spalding, Mary E. Exner, David A. Cassada, Mark E. Burbach, and Stephen J. Monson), Faculty Publications from The Water Center (2003)

Profiles of ground water pesticide concentrations beneath the Nebraska Management Systems Evaluation Area (MSEA) describe...