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For information on reproducing Government of Ontario works, please contact ServiceOntario Publications at ISSB 0836 — 1037 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY BRANCH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM INVENTORY OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 1991 INVENTORY OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 1991 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page: Introduction 1 Research Advisory Committee Projects 2 Air Resources Branch Projects 171 Laboratory Services Branch Projects 178 Waste Management Branch Projects 185 Water Resources Branch Projects 187 Regional Projects 189 Ontario Pesticides Advisory Committee Projects 192 —1— INTRODUCTION The Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Research and Technology Branch publishes the annual Inventory of Research and Development Projects to ensure dissemination of research findings to the environmental scientific community. This reflects the Ministry's commitment to environmental research through effective allocation of resources, consistent with Ministry policies and priorities. This Inventory presents summaries of Ministry funded research projects conducted in 1991. It includes both research grants and contracts awarded to universities, consultants, external research institutions, agencies, and internal research projects. The summaries are reported according to the sponsoring Committee, Branch or Region as follows: - Research Advisory Committee Air — Resources Branch — Laboratory Services Branch - Waste Management Branch - Water Resources Branch Regions - - Ontario Pesticides Advisory Committee The budget and resource information provided reflects only the originally approved allocations. Additional project information may be obtained by contacting the principal investigator or the project liaison officer. Information concerning the Ministry's Environmental Research Program may be acquired by calling or writing: Grants Assistant Research and Technology Branch Ontario Ministry of the Environment 135 St. Clair Avenue West, 12th Floor Toronto, Ontario M4V 1PS Telephone: (416) 323—4649 _______________________ I -2- 1 I RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE TABLE OF CONTENTS I Prolect No. Title Page 296G Slow Sand Filtration for Production of 14 Drinking Water in Small Northern Communities I 298PL Method Development of PAR's in Ambient Air 15 333G Slow Rate Infiltration Land Treatment and 16 1 Recirculation of Landfill Leachate in Ontario 346C Development of Ambient Air Monitoring 17 Methodologies for Dioxins and Furans 356G Development of a Hydrologic Model to 18 1 Predict the Environmental Fate of De-icing Salts 386G Hamilton Air: Chemical Composition and 20 Cenotoxic Activity of Respirable Particulate and Organic Vapours I 389C Modelling Higher Moments of the 22 Concentration Probability Distribution (Concentration Fluctuations) 393G Measuring Groundwater Velocity and 23 Hydrodynamic Dispersion in a Single Fracture in Fractured Shale 396C Tillage and Event Based Soil and Phosphorus 25 Loss 400G An Integral Model Study of the Airborne 26 Chemical Contaminants From Chemical Plants and Research Buildings: Their Detection, Identification and a Proposed Method for Their Elimination 1 U I —3— Prolect No. Title Pacte 4050 Determination of the Dose-Responses for 27 Tissue Contamination and Growth of Vegetable Crops Exposed to Chronic Levels of Organic Environmental Contaminants Originating from Industrial Processes 4l4G Flow Injection Sample Introduction for 29 Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission and Mass Spectrometry 417G Wildlife Toxicology Fund/MOE Projects 30 4180 Environmental Evaluation Research 32 4210 Recycling of Textile Dyebath Effluents 33 4230 Chemical Exposure Pathways in Ontario 34 424G Monitoring Exposure and Effects of 36 Organic Substances in the Huron-Erie Corridor 4270 Behavioral Ecology of the Eastern 3 7 Subterranean Termite in Ontario as a Basis for Control 429G Carcinogenicity Testing of Industrial 39 Effluents Using a Rainbow Trout Assay 4320 Development of an Expert System for 40 Automated Analysis of Metals 4330 Development of Multivariate Analysis 43 Procedures for Ontario Air Quality Data 4340 Investigations Into the Analysis of 4 4 Hydride-Forming Elements I I 4 I Project No. Title Page I 441C An Situ Biodegradation of Chlorinated 46 Solvents as a Remedial Technology for Contaminated Groundwater 443G Ecology and Control of the Biofouler, 47 Dreissena polymoroha, (Bivalvia: I Dreissenidae), New to the Great Lakes 444G Groundwater Impact From Large Septic 48 Systems for Sewage Disposal in Ontario 445C Regional Low Flow Analysis for the 49 Central and Southeastern Regions of Ontario 45CC Standardized Rearing Materials and 50 I Procedures for flexagenia, a Benthic Bioassay Organism 452C Multispectral Remote Sensing Techniques 52 1 for Past, Present and Future Mapping of Chlorophyll 453G New Methods for Rapid Sample Digestion 53 454C Standard Reference Materials for Trace 54 Organic Analysis of Aqueous Environmental Samples 456C Retractable Absorbent for Environmental 55 1 Clean Up 457G An Assessment of Landuse Impact on the 56 Microclimate of the Fonthill Kame 462G The Relative Effect of Individual 58 Environmental Factors on Indicator Bacterial Survival 465G C02 Production and Carbon Cycling in 59 1 Precambrian Shield Watersheds 466C Determination of Hydrogeological and 61 1 Contamination Transport Properties of Fractured, Weathered Leda Clay in Eastern Ontario 1 —5— Project No. Title Pane 467G Practical Application of Fecal Coliform 62 (FC) to Streptococcus Facesium Subsp. Casseliflavus (SC) and Buifidobacteriuxn to Sc Ratio to Determine Human and Animal Sources of Pollution 468G Zooplankton Communities and Water 63 Chemistry of Sudbury Area Lakes: Changes Related to pH Recovery 469G Abiotic Factors Involved in Predicting 64 Trace Metal Levels in Freshwater Bivalves 476C Phytotoxicity of Uranium 65 479C Dense gas Dispersion Modelling Including 66 Obstacles and Topography 480G Basic and Applied Studies with a Trace Gas 67 Analyzer 482G Analysis of Spatial and Temporal 68 Distribution of Inhalable Air Particulates in Ontario 483G The Significance of Metabolic Changes in 69 Jack Pine Seedlings for Early Diagnosis of Fluoride Injury 484G Retention of Toxic Landfill Leachate 70 Metals by Soil 489G Development of Reliable Treatment Systems 71 for Milkhouse Wash Water 490C Evaluation of the Impact of Timber 72 Management Practices on Lake Water Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data 492G Causes of Pollution-Associated Neoplasms 73 in Fish in Lake Ontario ___ I -6- I I Project No. Title Page 496G Characterization and Biotechnical Uses 74 of the Extracellular Emulsifying Agent Produced by Pseudomonas aerupinosa. I 502G Bioconversion of the Mechanically 75 Separable Paper Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste to Fuel Alcohol 503C Development of an Enzyme Immunoassay 76 for the Rapid Detection and Quantification of Glyphosate 504G Development of Techniques and 77 Methodologies for the Direct Analysis of Solids and Difficult Samples by ICE-AES and ICP-MS I SOSG Physical Modelling of contaminant 78 Plumes from Landfills 509C Economy-Environmental Linkages and 79 Sustainable Development in Ontario SlOG Determination of Geochemical ModificatIon 80 of Groundwater Entering Surface Waters from an Industrial and a Municipal Disposal Site 5llC Development and Validation of a New, 81 Rapid, and Economical Surrogate Bioassay for Industrial Contaminants 5l3G Novel Approach for the Development of 82 Transgenic Plants Resistant to Pathogens: An Alternative to Reduce the Use of Chemical Pesticides I 514G Development of Procedures for Improved 83 Data Quality for Monitoring Sewage - Treatment Plants Under the MISA Program I I I I