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Water pollution resulting from nearly a hundred years of continuous mining activity along the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River continues to be a problem. Although recent efforts by local mining companies and government agencies have greatly...
1982-04-01
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This report presents the results of GSA's evaluation and findings. Included are a review of past water quality sampling in the area, the results of check characterization sampling, a plan for future monitoring, documentation of the established...
1990-09-01
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Metal contamination from Northern Idaho mining operations has impacted wetlands along the Coeur d'Alene River floodplains resulting in a potentially hazardous environment for humans and animals. Contamination in these areas is often reported as...
2006-04-01
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The removal of trace amounts of cadmium and zinc from wastewater samples from the Bunker Hill mine as well as from synthetic wastewaters was evaluated. The heavy metals were chelated with the surfactants, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl...
1988-05-01
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Schafer and Associates and Roy F. Weston have completed a management analysis of the Lower Coeur d'Alene River (LCDAR) area for the Bureau of Land Management. This study is intended to provide guidance to Blli for future management of the area...
1990-11-01
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This pamphlet was published by the Kootenai Environmental Alliance for the purpose of providing the general public with information on water pollution in the CDA Basin and preventative measures that the general population can take to keep the Lake...
1978-09-01
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The Coeur d'Alene River, impacted by heavy metal contamination from mining wastes since the late 1800s, continues to concern agency and private citizens in northern Idaho. This research was designed to test the feasibility of biological monitoring...
1990-02-01
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This work developed following reported high waterfowl deaths and illnesses in Spring 1982. Idaho Department of Fish and Game (Bruner 1982 personal communication) estimated that 200 tundra swans had died of a flight of 1,200. Approximately a dozen...
1989-12-18
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Since 1890, mining of lead, silver and zinc has occurred in the Coeur D' Alene mining district. In the early days, jig tailings containing sphalerite and other heavy metal sulfides were discharged directly into the South Fork Coeur D' Alene River...
1989-04-01
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The Coeur d'Alene River system of northern Idaho is divided into three components: the North Fork which supports a healthy aquatic community, the South Fork which has received mining and domestic wastes for over 80 years and during which time has...
1971-02-01
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The reclamation of the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River basin in northern Idaho from the effects of past mining practices is imperative if the water quality of the river is to meet the requirement of ""fishable and swimmable"" set by Public...
1980-11-01
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This study was designed and implemented in an effort to determine the appropriateness of the 304 (I) listing of South Fork Coeur d'Alene River segment PB-130S. Section 304 (I) of the Water Quality Act of 1987 requires each state to list all stream...
1993-01-01
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The Bunker Hill Central Impoundment Area, gypsum pond, and slag pile receives solid and liquid waste from the Bunker Hill mine, mill, and smelter complex. The waste disposal system was not designed as such and does not represent the state of the...
1977-03-01
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Following the authorization of this survey by Commissioner O'Malley the writer at the suggestion of Congressman French wrote Corrmissioner E. O. Cathcart, Secretary of the Idaho Pollution Commission, at Harrison, Idaho con cerning our needs and...
1932-01-01
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Tailings disposal in the steep narrow canyons of the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River has long been a problem for the mining companies of the Coeur d'Alene mining area. Pyrite (FeS2) in the tailings can be oxidized to form sulfuric acid and...
1981-05-01
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Several tailings ponds have recently been filled and abandoned in the Coeur d'AIene Mining District in northern Idaho. The abandonment of mine tailings piles may have detrimental effects on the water resource system in the immediate area by...
1975-05-01
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The purpose of this plan is to identify, evaluate, and analyze the resource management problems that exist in the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River area of Idaho and to develop a ""five-year plan-of-action"" leading to the rehabilitation and...
1978-01-01
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Soils in the Coeur d'Alene River Valley(s) have become contaminated with trace metals. Studies presented here show that the degree of contamination in these soils is dependent on distance from the local mining industry's smelting complex in the...
1979-09-01
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Mining activity along the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene (CDA) River in northern Idaho has resulted in mine tailings enriched in Pb, As, Ag, Sb, Hg, Cd, and Zn that have contaminated broad areas of the CDA River floodplain andLake CDA. Without a...
2006-08-01
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Approximately 75-85 percent of the 8-20"" of average annual precipitation on southern Idaho rangelands is delivered in the form of winter snow and spring rain. During spring and summer months the annual charge of soil moisture necessary for forage...
1970-10-01
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An overview of fishery resources in the Salmon River Basin, with tables and figures on harvest numbers, spawning locations, and population numbers.
1970-11-01
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Benthic macroinvertebrate communities i n the Coeur dlAlene and Potlatch Rivers in northern Idaho were analyzed to determine the effect of mine effluents on the structure of these communities. The organisms present in riffles in polluted and...
1970-05-01
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The plan for the methodology study is t o divide the research work into a series of subprojects, each covering an important economic activity related to the river. These subprojects consist of eleven resource and service functions: 1. Forest and...
1970-09-01
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Approximate solutions for the Navier -Stokes equations describing fluid fiow through a rectangular packing of spheres were obtained for Reynolds numbers of 0.1, 1, 7 and 35. Initial attempts to solve the Navier-Stokes equations with the inertia...
1970-08-01
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The purpose of this subproject is to catalogue information concerning municipal and industrial water use, present and future, in the Salmon Hydrologic unit and to briefly explain the methodology which was used to derive the data. Boundaries of the...
1970-09-01
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