Sentence examples for contaminated bottom from inspiring English sources

Our results indicated that ecological engineering practices could alleviate internal nutrient loads from the contaminated bottom sediment, which was probably in positive response to benthic oxygen changes.

Ms. Trieste, who has been giving presentations in favor of dredging to town boards in the area, said the concerns she hears involve land as much as water, with many politicians and property owners worried that their communities could become landfill sites for contaminated bottom sludge.

Many fishermen believe the oil is sitting on the bottom and will contaminate migrating bottom feeders such as shrimp.

"He's contaminated from top to bottom," the captain said.

In 1998, the city dredged the Gowanus, extracting 2,000 tons of contaminated mud from the bottom.

But often, at least at several dozen other underwater cleanups overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency around the country, in the end the river bottom remains contaminated, though perhaps not to the degree it was.

The present study deals with the problems of safe disposal of two major wastes: contaminated dredged soils and bottom ash being main contemporary environmental problems.

In this study, attempt has been made to stabilize contaminated dredged soils with bottom ash as a partial replacement of cement and to evaluate improvement in its properties relevant to be used as highway subgrade fill aiming at eco-friendly use of both wastes materials in highway construction.

The plan entails removing contaminated sediment from the bottom of canal by dredging, capping the dredged areas and implementing controls on combined sewer overflows to prevent future contamination.

Originally, the rider would have halted planning and cleanup activities on Superfund sites that involved contaminated sediments in river bottoms and sea beds until a National Academy of Science study on the effectiveness of cleanup technologies.

Shell's plans call for manually removing as much of this residue as possible, —a laborious process involving strainers, nets, sorbents, and skimmers but whatever sinks to the bottom can contaminate benthic ecosystems.