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TABLE OF CONTENTS Participants .......................................................................................................................................................... v Speakers............................................................................................................................................................... x Abstract .............................................................................................................................................................. xv Acknowledgments.............................................................................................................................................. xv Opening Remarks ............................................................................................................................................ xvii B. Wilson Introduction....................................................................................................................................................... xix Colin Gray The Northern River Basin Study Experience.................................................................................................. xxiii F. Wrona SESSION 1: PULP MILL EFFLUENT ISSUES Industrial Discharges, Fraser River Pollution Abatement Program................................................................... 1 V. Au Role of Particles in the Accumulation by Fish of Chemicals from Pulp Mill Effluents................................... 11 J.L. Parrott, B.G. Krishnappan and P.V. Hodson Response of Peamouth chub (Mylocheilus caurinus) to BKME exposure in the upper Fraser River, B.C. .... 21 W.N. Gibbons, K.R. Munkittrick and W.D. Taylor Organochlorine and Trace Metal Contaminants in Mink (Mustela vison) and Otter (Lutra canadensis) in the Columbia and Fraser River Systems — Progress Report ............................. 35 L. Harding, C. Stevens and J. Elliott Effects of Pulp Mill Effluent on Benthic Communities in the Upper Fraser and Lower Thompson River Systems.......................................... 41 J.M. Culp, K.J. Cash and R.B. Lowell Modelling the Fate of Contaminant Discharges in the Fraser River Basin...................................................... 43 F.A.P.C. Gobas Chlorophenol Effects on the Early Development and Growth of White Sturgeon........................................... 47 B. Bennett and A.P. Farrell SESSION 2: TRANSPORT AND SEDIMENTATION OF CONTAMINANTS Contaminants in Wastewater Biosolids (Suspended Solids) ........................................................................... 53 G. Derksen Effluent Dispersion from the Landsdowne Road Wastewater Treatment Centre, Prince George .................. 59 D. Hodgins The Wastewater Plume Delineation Study for the Glenbrook CSO, New Westminster................................... 61 D. Hodgins Transport and Sedimentation of Fine Grain Sediments................................................................................... 63 M. Church, M. Hassan and H. Wetherley Survey of Contaminants in Bed Sediment in the Fraser River Basin .............................................................. 65 M. Sekela, R. Brewer, C. Baldazzi, G. Moyle and T. Tuominen Page i

Survey of Contaminants in Suspended Sediment and Water in the Fraser River Basin................................ 71 M. Sekela, R. Brewer, C. Baldazzi, G. Moyle and T. Tuominen In-River Flocculation Processes and the Transport of Suspended Sediment................................................. 83 B.G. Krishnappan, P. Engel and R. Stephens Near-Field Transport and Fate of Pulp Mill Effluents ....................................................................................... 85 G. Lawrence, B. Marks, W. Evans, J. Vine and L. Gomm Assessment of Atmospheric Inputs of Heavy Metals and Persistent Organic Compounds to the Upper Drainage Basin......................................................................... 87 R. Macdonald SESSION 3: URBAN ISSUES Status of Urban Programs in Pollution Abatement .......................................................................................... 95 B. Kooi Nitrogen and Phosphorus in the Upper Fraser River in Relation to Point- and Diffuse-Source Loadings....105 P.A. Chambers and T.D. French Anti-Sapstain Toxicology Studies ....................................................................................................................115 T. Wood, B. Johnston, T. Farrell and C. Kennedy The Effects of Contaminants and Riparian Zone Integrity on Small Stream Ecosystems in the Lower Fraser Basin.....................................................................................121 J. Richardson Atmospheric Deposition in the Fraser Valley ..................................................................................................125 W. Belzer Water Quality Conditions in an Urban Watershed ...........................................................................................133 K. Hall Transportation, Industry and Dangerous Goods Consequences for Stream Ecosystem Health...................143 P. Zandbergen, K. Hall Trace Metal Contamination in Urban Sediment...............................................................................................145 D. McCallum Hydrocarbon Pollution from Urban Runoff in the Brunette River Basin.........................................................149 G. Larkin SESSION 4: AGRICULTURAL ISSUES Fraser River Action Plan — Agricultural Pollution Abatement Update...........................................................157 G. Derksen Investigation into the Distribution of Non-Point Source Nitrate in Two Unconfined Aquifers.......................163 J. Atwater Community Establishment of Goals, Objectives and Indicators of Ecosystem Health .................................165 F. Mah, G. Butcher, D. Argent, M. Wallis Evaluating the Ecosystem Objective Setting Process in the Salmon River Watershed.................................167 K. Grant Page ii

Survey of Contaminants in Suspended Sediment <strong>and</strong> Water in the <strong>Fraser</strong> River Basin................................ 71<br />

M. Sekela, R. Brewer, C. Baldazzi, G. Moyle <strong>and</strong> T. Tuominen<br />

In-River Flocculation Processes <strong>and</strong> the Transport of Suspended Sediment................................................. 83<br />

B.G. Krishnappan, P. Engel <strong>and</strong> R. Stephens<br />

Near-Field Transport <strong>and</strong> Fate of Pulp Mill Effluents ....................................................................................... 85<br />

G. Lawrence, B. Marks, W. Evans, J. Vine <strong>and</strong> L. Gomm<br />

Assessment of Atmospheric Inputs of Heavy Metals <strong>and</strong><br />

Persistent Organic Compounds to the Upper Drainage Basin......................................................................... 87<br />

R. Macdonald<br />

SESSION 3: URBAN ISSUES<br />

Status of Urban Programs in Pollution Abatement .......................................................................................... 95<br />

B. Kooi<br />

Nitrogen <strong>and</strong> Phosphorus in the Upper <strong>Fraser</strong> River in Relation to Point- <strong>and</strong> Diffuse-Source Loadings....105<br />

P.A. Chambers <strong>and</strong> T.D. French<br />

Anti-Sapstain Toxicology Studies ....................................................................................................................115<br />

T. Wood, B. Johnston, T. Farrell <strong>and</strong> C. Kennedy<br />

The Effects of Contaminants <strong>and</strong> Riparian Zone Integrity on<br />

Small Stream Ecosystems in the Lower <strong>Fraser</strong> Basin.....................................................................................121<br />

J. Richardson<br />

Atmospheric Deposition in the <strong>Fraser</strong> Valley ..................................................................................................125<br />

W. Belzer<br />

Water Quality Conditions in an Urban Watershed ...........................................................................................133<br />

K. Hall<br />

Transportation, Industry <strong>and</strong> Dangerous Goods Consequences for Stream Ecosystem Health...................143<br />

P. Z<strong>and</strong>bergen, K. Hall<br />

Trace Metal Contamination in Urban Sediment...............................................................................................145<br />

D. McCallum<br />

Hydrocarbon Pollution from Urban Runoff in the Brunette River Basin.........................................................149<br />

G. Larkin<br />

SESSION 4: AGRICULTURAL ISSUES<br />

<strong>Fraser</strong> River Action Plan — Agricultural Pollution Abatement Update...........................................................157<br />

G. Derksen<br />

Investigation into the Distribution of Non-Point Source Nitrate in Two Unconfined Aquifers.......................163<br />

J. Atwater<br />

Community Establishment of Goals, Objectives <strong>and</strong> Indicators of Ecosystem Health .................................165<br />

F. Mah, G. Butcher, D. Argent, M. Wallis<br />

Evaluating the Ecosystem Objective Setting Process in the Salmon River Watershed.................................167<br />

K. Grant<br />

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