Basic Project Information

Basic Project Information
Title	Arsenic Mobility in Delaware's Waste-Amended Soils; Water Quality Implications
Project Number	03-7-32-7705-59
Start Date	6/95
End Date	2/97
Research Category	Water Quality
Focus Category	WATER QUALITY
Lead Institute	DE Water Resources Center
Other Affiliations	N/A

Principal Investigators

Principal Investigators
Name	Rank During Project Period	Affiliation
James Thomas Sims	Professor	Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of DE

Publications

• M.S. Thesis , Hamilton, Christina M. , 1998 , Arsenic Mobility in Delaware's Waste-Amended Soils: Water Quality Implications , M.S. Thesis , Dept. Plant and Soil Sciences, Univ. Delaware , Newark, DE , N/A .
• M.S. Thesis , Shirey, Janet A. , 1999 , The Effects of pH and Redox Potential on Arsenic Availability from Fly Ash and Fly Ash Amended Soils , M.S. Thesis , Dept. Plant and Soil Sciences, Univ. Delaware , Newark, DE , N/A .
• Articles in Conference Proceedings , Hamilton, C. M. and J. T. Sims , 1995 , Considerations on the Methods of Determination of Arsenic in Soils, Sediments, Organic wastes and Coal Fly Ash , Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Branch of the American Society of Agronomy , N/A , N/A , p. 9 .
• Articles in Conference Proceedings , Hamilton, C. M. and J. T. Sims , 1995 , Influence of Reduction and Re-oxidation on Arsenic Desorption from Soils and Wastes , Agronomy Abstracts , N/A , N/A , p. 350. .
• Articles in Conference Proceedings , Hamilton, C. M. and J. T. Sims , 1996 , Effect of Reduction and Re-oxidation on Arsenic Sorption and Desorption from Waste-Amended Soils , Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Branch of the American Society of Agronomy , N/A , N/A , p. 10 .
• Articles in Conference Proceedings , Shirey, J. and J. T. Sims. , 1997 , Effects of Natural Weathering on Form and Solubility of Arsenic from Coal Fly Ash and Fly-Ash Amended Soils. , Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Branch of the American Society of Agronomy , N/A , College Park, MD , p. 5 .
• Articles in Conference Proceedings , Shirey, J. and J. T. Sims. , 1997 , Redox Effects on Arsenic Release from Weathered Fly Ash Amended Soils , Agronomy Abstracts , N/A , N/A , p. 331 .

Funding

Funding Sources
Funding Date	Fund Type	Source	Amount
6/95	Section 104	NIWR + match	$48,000
3/96	Section 104	NIWR + match	$49,183

Students Supported

Student Support
Student Level	Number of Students	Number of Dissertations/Thesis
Undergraduate	2	N/A
Masters	3	2
Ph.D.	N/A	N/A
Post Ph.D.	N/A	N/A

Awards & Achievements

Awards and Achievements
Date	Award or Achievement
1997	Janet Shirey: Outstanding graduate student presentation, 1997 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Branch, American Society of Agronomy, College Park, MD.

Termination

Termination
If this project was initiated prior to fiscal year 1996, was it terminated because of the change to a regional competitive grant program?	No