Phytotechnology Project Profiles
Phytoremediation at Onondaga Lake in New York
Last Updated: November 2007 |
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| Site Information | ||
| Site Name, Location: | Onondaga Lake, Syracuse, NY, United States | |
| Site Type: | Manufacturing Process | |
| Is this a Federal Superfund Site? |
No | |
| Is this a Federal or Military Site? |
No | |
Project Information |
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| Project Name: | Phytoremediation at Onondaga Lake in New York | |||||||||||
| Site History and Background: | The production of soda ash, using the Solvay process, resulted in the creation of about 600 ha of settling basins near Syracuse, NY over a 100 year period. Currently, about 250 ha of the settling basins remain uncovered. | |||||||||||
| Scale: | Pilot/Field Demonstration | |||||||||||
| Project Status: | Complete | |||||||||||
| Project Start Date: | 2004 | |||||||||||
| Project Completion Date: | 2006 | |||||||||||
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| Phytotechnology Mechanism(s): | Phytoremediation |
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| Plants and other Vegetation Used: | Shrub Willow |
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| Planting Description: | Four varieties of shrub willow were planted in 2004 in Solvay waste amended with biosolids. Measurements started at beginning of third growing season in 2006. | |||||||||||
| Performance Data: | Soil moisture measurements showed a difference between willow varieties and increased towards the end of the growing season due to leaf senescence, while sap flow values decreased during that same period. | |||||||||||
| Cost of the Phytotechnology Project: | Not available | |||||||||||
| Comments: | Chloride leaching from the Solvay settling basins into surrounding surface and ground water including Onondaga Lake is a concern. | Point(s) of Contact |
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Jaconette Mirck SUNY-ESF 244 Illick Hall 1 Forestry Drive Syracuse, NY United States Telephone: (315) 470-6757 E-mail: jmirck@gmail.com |
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| Information Source(s): | Mirck, Jaconette; Timothy A. Volk. 2007. Determining the Effectiveness for an Evapotranspiration Cover on the Solvay Settling Basins. From The 4th International Phytotechnologies Conference, September 24-26, Denver, Colorado. |
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