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Coldwater Creek

Coldwater Creek Facts
Coldwater Creek Facts. 2024, coldwatercreekfacts.com/.
Officials knew Manhattan Project chemicals disposed improperly at Missouri sites, documents reveal - MAP
Baier, Bret, and Amy Munneke. "Officials Knew Manhattan Project Chemicals
Disposed Improperly at Missouri Sites, Documents Reveal." Fox News, 25 Apr.
2024, www.foxnews.com/politics/
officials-knew-manhattan-project-chemicals-disposed-improperly-missouri-sites-doc
uments-reveal.
Florissant homes built on Coldwater Creek may sit on radioactive contamination
Kite, Allison. "Florissant Homes Built on Coldwater Creek May Sit on Radioactive
Contamination." Missouri Independent, 5 Mar. 2024. STLPR, www.stlpr.org/
health-science-environment/2024-03-05/
florissant-homes-built-on-coldwater-creek-may-sit-on-radioactive-contamination.
Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school
The Associated Press. "Radioactive Waste Found at Missouri Elementary School."
NPR [Florissant], 17 Oct. 2022. STLPR, www.stlpr.org/
health-science-environment/2022-10-17/
radioactive-waste-found-at-missouri-elementary-school. Accessed 24 Sept.
2024.
Jana Elementary School shuts down after radioactive waste concerns
Schneider, Joey, and Patrick Clark. "Jana Elementary School Shuts Down after
Radioactive Waste Concerns." Fox2Now, 23 Mar. 2023, fox2now.com/news/
missouri/jana-elementary-school-shuts-down-after-radioactive-waste-concerns/.
Preventing Potential Exposure - Coldwater Creek
Preventing Potential Exposure. ATSDR, 2016. Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry, www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/coldwater_creek/docs/
coldwater_creek_factsheet_508.pdf.
Coldwater Creek
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. "Background." Coldwater Creek,
USA.gov, 9 Mar. 2016, www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/coldwater_creek/
background.html. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.

Cost of Coldwater Creek radioactive waste cleanup tops $400M, federal agency finds
Kite, Allison. "Cost of Coldwater Creek Radioactive Waste Cleanup Tops $400M,
Federal Agency Finds." Missouri Independent, missouriindependent.com/2023/
10/17/
cost-of-coldwater-creek-radioactive-waste-cleanup-tops-400m-federal-agency-finds/

Cyanobacteria Algae

Cyanobacteria Overview
"Cyanobacteria Overview." Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Mo.gov,
dnr.mo.gov/water/hows-water/pollutants-sources/cyanobacteria-harmful-algal-blooms-bl
ue-green-algae/overview. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Blue-Green Algae and Harmful Algal Blooms
Millberg, Lynn. Blue-Green Algae and Harmful Algal Blooms. Missouri Stream Team. Stream
Team Academy, mostreamteam.org/assets/factsheet30.pdf.
Harmful Algal Blooms and Blue-green Algae
"Harmful Algal Blooms and Blue-green Algae - PUB3051." Missouri Department of Natural
Resources, Mo.gov, 1 Jan. 2023,
dnr.mo.gov/document-search/harmful-algal-blooms-blue-green-algae-pub3051. Accessed
24 Sept. 2024.
Harmful Algal Blooms
"Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)." Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Mo.gov,
dnr.mo.gov/water/hows-water/pollutants-sources/harmful-algal-blooms-habs. Accessed
24 Sept. 2024.
Harmful Algal Blooms
"Harmful Algal Blooms." St. Charles County, www.sccmo.org/2252/Harmful-Algal-Blooms.
Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Reports Map
"Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Reports Map." Missouri Department of Natural
Resources, Mo.gov, 2024, dnr.mo.gov/water/alerts-hazards/
harmful-algal-bloom-hab-reports-map. Accessed 26 Sept. 2024.
Control Measures for Cyanobacterial HABs in Surface Water
EPA. "Control Measures for Cyanobacterial HABs in Surface Water." Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Water Bodies, United States Environmental Protection Agency. https://www.epa.gov/habs/control-measures-cyanobacterial-habs-surface-water

Water Books

Drought

MO Drought Conditions
Rippey, Brad. "Drought." Missouri Department of Natural Resources, 19 Sept. 2024,
dnr.mo.gov/water/alerts-hazards/drought. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
U.S. Drought Monitor - MO
Rippey, Brad. "Missouri." U.S. Drought Monitor, National Drought Mitigation Center, 19 Sept. 2024,
droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?MO.
Missouri River Drought Threatens Hydroelectricity Supply
"Missouri River Drought Threatens Hydroelectricity Supply." Morning Edition, 2005. Gale in
Context: Science,
link.gale.com/apps/doc/A500090876/SCIC?u=sain62671&sid=bookmark-SCIC&xid=bd
43c148. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Upper Missouri River Basin was recently drier than during the Dust Bowl. And it's bound to happen again
Fears, Darryl. "Upper Missouri River Basin Was Recently Drier than during the Dust Bowl. and
It's Bound to Happen Again." The Washington Post, 11 May 2020. Gale in Context:
Science,
2
link.gale.com/apps/doc/A623505787/SCIC?u=sain62671&sid=bookmark-SCIC&xid=7d
30f759. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Missouri Drought
Decker, Wayne, and Patrick Guinan. "Missouri Drought." Drought Resources, University of
Missouri,
agebb.missouri.edu/drought/general-info/UnderstandingMissouriDrought_2016.pdf.
Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Drought Resistant Practices
U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Drought Resistant Practices." USDA Northeast Climate Hub. https://www.climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/northeast/topic/drought-resistant-practices#:~:text='%20Below%20are%20a%20few%20short,%2C%20cover%20crops%2C%20and%20microirrigation. Accessed on 30 September 2024.
Missouri farmers push to explore new techniques as drought persists
King, Teagen. "Missouri Farmers Push to Explore New Techniques as Drought
Persists." Columbia Missourian [Columbia], 4 Jan. 2024,
www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/
missouri-farmers-push-to-explore-new-techniques-as-drought-persists/
article_eea87e70-9c56-11ee-bc34-6bee0196b6b5.html.

Missouri River Water Quality

Clean Water - Missouri River
Izaak Walton League of America. "Missouri River." Clean Water, Izaak Walton League of
America, www.iwla.org/water/regional/missouri-river.
Water Pollutants and Sources
Water Pollutants and Sources. Mo.gov, dnr.mo.gov/water/hows-water/pollutants-sources.
Top Ten Frightening Facts about the Missouri River
Top Ten Frightening Facts about the Missouri River. Environment Missouri,
environmentamerica.org/missouri/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Top_Ten_Frightening_-F
acts_About_the_-Missouri_River_2010.pdf. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Water Quality in Missouri's Largest Rivers
Moore, Kyra. "Water Protection Program Fact Sheet." Water Quality in Missouri's Large Rivers -
PUB2020, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, 1 Mar. 2014,
dnr.mo.gov/document-search/water-quality-missouris-large-rivers-pub2020/pub2020.
Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Flooding Impacts on Missouri's Water Quality
Buntin, Dru. "Flooding Impacts on Missouri's Water Quality - PUB2753." Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Mo.gov, 26 July 2022, dnr.mo.gov/document-search/flooding-impacts-missouris-water-quality-pub2753/pub2753. Accessed 25 Sept. 2024.
MAP - Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Viewer
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Office of Geospatial Information. "Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads
(TMDL) Viewer." Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Mo.gov,
modnr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/
index.html?id=35beafa2d4614f18b1857ba574a8d4a4.
Missouri Stream Team Quality Map
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Missouri Stream Team. experience.arcgis.com/experience/
ffacfa441aec4a9ca783c0a2b5691d93/?draft=true.

River Flooding Impact

Missouri River flooding fears swell
Pulver, Dinah Voyles, and Mike Genet. "Missouri River Flooding Fears Swell." USA Today, 9
Apr. 2020, p. 06A. Gale in Context: Science,
link.gale.com/apps/doc/A619925862/SCIC?u=sain62671&sid=bookmark-SCIC&xid=3d
d67116. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Here's why floods are inundating the Midwest right now.
Dance, Scott. "Here's Why Floods Are Inundating the Midwest Right Now." The Washington Post, 25 June 2024, p. NA. Gale in Context: Science, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A798905651/SCIC?u=sain62671&sid=bookmark-SCIC&xid=2ba4c7d4. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
The Story Behind Missouri Floods
The Story Behind Missouri Floods. Missouri Coalition for the Environment, mocoenviro.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=8b4723a2663f4f428f020a72b0da6240. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Flooding Impacts on Missouri's Water Quality
Buntin, Dru. "Flooding Impacts on Missouri's Water Quality - PUB2753." Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Mo.gov, 26 July 2022, dnr.mo.gov/document-search/flooding-impacts-missouris-water-quality-pub2753/pub2753. Accessed 25 Sept. 2024.
Climate change means more flooding, raising concerns about Missouri coal ash ponds
Wouters, Colleen. "Climate Change Means More Flooding, Raising Concerns about Missouri Coal Ash Ponds." Missouri Independent, 9 Aug. 2021. Missouri Independent, missouriindependent.com/2021/08/09/climate-change-means-more-flooding-raising-concerns-about-missouri-coal-ash-ponds/. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Safe Water
MCE. "Summary." Safe Water, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, 2024, moenvironment.org/our-work/safe-water/. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Kansas City urged to avoid Missouri River due to contamination
Schmidt, Heidi, et al. "Kansas City Urged to Avoid Missouri River Due to Contamination." KCTV5 [Kansas City], 28 June 2024, www.kctv5.com/2024/06/28/kansas-city-urged-avoid-missouri-river-due-contamination/. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
Map of Current Flood Conditions in Missouri
"National Water Prediction Services - MAP." Office of Water Prediction, USA.gov,
water.noaa.gov/.
Flood Risk Management - Overview
US Army Corp of Engineers. "Flood Rick Management - Overview." St. Louis District. https://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Missions/Flood-Risk-Management/. Accessed 1 October 2024.

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