William T Foreman (Former Employee)
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Determination of steroid hormones and related compounds in filtered and unfiltered water by solid-phase extraction, derivatization, and gas chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry Determination of steroid hormones and related compounds in filtered and unfiltered water by solid-phase extraction, derivatization, and gas chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry
A new analytical method has been developed and implemented at the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory that determines a suite of 20 steroid hormones and related compounds in filtered water (using laboratory schedule 2434) and in unfiltered water (using laboratory schedule 4434). This report documents the procedures and initial performance data for the method and...
Authors
William T. Foreman, James L. Gray, Rhiannon C. ReVello, Chris E. Lindley, Scott A. Losche, Larry B. Barber
Volatilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from coal-tar-sealed pavement Volatilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from coal-tar-sealed pavement
Coal-tar-based pavement sealants, a major source of PAHs to urban water bodies, are a potential source of volatile PAHs to the atmosphere. An initial assessment of volatilization of PAHs from coal-tar-sealed pavement is presented here in which we measured summertime gas-phase PAH concentrations 0.03 m and 1.28 m above the pavement surface of seven sealed (six with coal-tar-based sealant...
Authors
Peter C. Van Metre, Michael S. Majewski, Barbara Mahler, William T. Foreman, Christopher L. Braun, Jennifer T. Wilson, Teresa L. Burbank
PAH volatilization following application of coal-tar-based pavement sealant PAH volatilization following application of coal-tar-based pavement sealant
Coal-tar-based pavement sealants, a major source of PAHs to urban water bodies, have recently been identified as a source of volatile PAHs to the atmosphere. We tracked the volatilization of PAHs for 1 year after application of a coal-tar-based pavement sealant by measuring gas-phase PAH concentrations above the pavement surface and solid-phase PAH concentrations in sealant scraped from...
Authors
Peter C. Van Metre, Michael S. Majewski, Barbara Mahler, William T. Foreman, Christopher L. Braun, Jennifer T. Wilson, Teresa L. Burbank
Combined sewer overflows: an environmental source of hormones and wastewater micropollutants Combined sewer overflows: an environmental source of hormones and wastewater micropollutants
Data were collected at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Burlington, Vermont, USA, (serving 30,000 people) to assess the relative contribution of CSO (combined sewer overflow) bypass flows and treated wastewater effluent to the load of steroid hormones and other wastewater micropollutants (WMPs) from a WWTP to a lake. Flow-weighted composite samples were collected over a 13 month...
Authors
P. J. Phillips, A.T. Chalmers, J.L. Gray, D.W. Kolpin, W.T. Foreman, G. R. Wall
Chiral pesticides: Identification, description, and environmental implications Chiral pesticides: Identification, description, and environmental implications
Anthropogenic chemicals, including pesticides, are a major source of contamination and pollution in the environment. Pesticides have many positive uses: increased food production, decreased damage to crops and structures, reduced disease vector populations, and more. Nevertheless, pesticide exposure can pose risks to humans and the environment, so various mitigation strategies are...
Authors
Elin M. Ulrich, Candice N. Morrison, Michael R. Goldsmith, William T. Foreman
Endocrine active chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other chemicals of concern in surface water, wastewater-treatment plant effluent, and bed sediment, and biological characteristics in selected streams, Minnesota: Design, methods, and data, 2009 Endocrine active chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other chemicals of concern in surface water, wastewater-treatment plant effluent, and bed sediment, and biological characteristics in selected streams, Minnesota: Design, methods, and data, 2009
This report presents the study design, environmental data, and quality-assurance data for an integrated chemical and biological study of selected streams or lakes that receive wastewater-treatment plant effluent in Minnesota. This study was a cooperative effort of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Cloud State University, the University of St. Thomas...
Authors
Kathy Lee, Susan K. Langer, Larry B. Barber, Jeff H. Writer, Mark L. Ferrey, Heiko L. Schoenfuss, Edward T. Furlong, William T. Foreman, James L. Gray, Rhiannon C. ReVello, Dalma Martinovic, Olivia R. Woodruff, Steffanie H. Keefe, Greg K. Brown, Howard E. Taylor, Imma Ferrer, E. Michael Thurman
Non-USGS Publications**
Cooter, E. J., Foreman, W. T., & Majewski, M. S. (2002). A Regional Atmospheric Fate and Transport Model for Atrazine. 2. Evaluation. A Regional Atmospheric Fate and Transport Model for Atrazine. 2. Evaluation, 36(21), 4593-4599. doi:10.1021/es011372q
Foster, G. D., Gates, P. M., Foreman, W. T., Mckenzie, S. W., & Rinella, F. A. (1993). Determination of dissolved-phase pesticides in surface water from the Yakima River Basin, Washington, using the Goulden large-sample extractor and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Environmental Science & Technology, 27(9), 1911-1917. doi:10.1021/es00046a021
Hinckley, D. A., Bidleman, T. F., Foreman, W. T., & Tuschall, J. R. (1990). Determination of vapor pressures for nonpolar and semipolar organic compounds from gas chromatograhic retention data. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 35(3), 232-237. doi:10.1021/je00061a003
Bidleman, T., Castleberry, A., Foreman, W., Zaranski, M., & Wall, D. (1990). Petroleum hydrocarbons in the surface water of two estuaries in the Southeastern united states. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 30(1), 91-109. doi:10.1016/0272-7714(90)90079-7
Foreman, W., Shellum, C. L., Birks, J. W., & Sievers, R. E. (1989). Supercritical Fluid Chromatography with Sulfur Chemiluminescence Detection. Journal of Chromatography A. doi:10.1016/S0021-9673(01)94939-8
Foreman, W. T., Sievers, R. E., & Wenclawiak, B. W. (1988). Supercritical fluid chromatography with redox chemiluminescence detection. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 330(3), 231-234.
Bidleman, T., Billings, W. N., & Foreman, W. (1986). Vapor-particle partitioning of semivolatile organic compounds: estimates from field collections. Environmental Science and Technology, 20(10), 1038-1043. doi:10.1021/es00152a013
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 72
Determination of steroid hormones and related compounds in filtered and unfiltered water by solid-phase extraction, derivatization, and gas chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry Determination of steroid hormones and related compounds in filtered and unfiltered water by solid-phase extraction, derivatization, and gas chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry
A new analytical method has been developed and implemented at the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory that determines a suite of 20 steroid hormones and related compounds in filtered water (using laboratory schedule 2434) and in unfiltered water (using laboratory schedule 4434). This report documents the procedures and initial performance data for the method and...
Authors
William T. Foreman, James L. Gray, Rhiannon C. ReVello, Chris E. Lindley, Scott A. Losche, Larry B. Barber
Volatilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from coal-tar-sealed pavement Volatilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from coal-tar-sealed pavement
Coal-tar-based pavement sealants, a major source of PAHs to urban water bodies, are a potential source of volatile PAHs to the atmosphere. An initial assessment of volatilization of PAHs from coal-tar-sealed pavement is presented here in which we measured summertime gas-phase PAH concentrations 0.03 m and 1.28 m above the pavement surface of seven sealed (six with coal-tar-based sealant...
Authors
Peter C. Van Metre, Michael S. Majewski, Barbara Mahler, William T. Foreman, Christopher L. Braun, Jennifer T. Wilson, Teresa L. Burbank
PAH volatilization following application of coal-tar-based pavement sealant PAH volatilization following application of coal-tar-based pavement sealant
Coal-tar-based pavement sealants, a major source of PAHs to urban water bodies, have recently been identified as a source of volatile PAHs to the atmosphere. We tracked the volatilization of PAHs for 1 year after application of a coal-tar-based pavement sealant by measuring gas-phase PAH concentrations above the pavement surface and solid-phase PAH concentrations in sealant scraped from...
Authors
Peter C. Van Metre, Michael S. Majewski, Barbara Mahler, William T. Foreman, Christopher L. Braun, Jennifer T. Wilson, Teresa L. Burbank
Combined sewer overflows: an environmental source of hormones and wastewater micropollutants Combined sewer overflows: an environmental source of hormones and wastewater micropollutants
Data were collected at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Burlington, Vermont, USA, (serving 30,000 people) to assess the relative contribution of CSO (combined sewer overflow) bypass flows and treated wastewater effluent to the load of steroid hormones and other wastewater micropollutants (WMPs) from a WWTP to a lake. Flow-weighted composite samples were collected over a 13 month...
Authors
P. J. Phillips, A.T. Chalmers, J.L. Gray, D.W. Kolpin, W.T. Foreman, G. R. Wall
Chiral pesticides: Identification, description, and environmental implications Chiral pesticides: Identification, description, and environmental implications
Anthropogenic chemicals, including pesticides, are a major source of contamination and pollution in the environment. Pesticides have many positive uses: increased food production, decreased damage to crops and structures, reduced disease vector populations, and more. Nevertheless, pesticide exposure can pose risks to humans and the environment, so various mitigation strategies are...
Authors
Elin M. Ulrich, Candice N. Morrison, Michael R. Goldsmith, William T. Foreman
Endocrine active chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other chemicals of concern in surface water, wastewater-treatment plant effluent, and bed sediment, and biological characteristics in selected streams, Minnesota: Design, methods, and data, 2009 Endocrine active chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other chemicals of concern in surface water, wastewater-treatment plant effluent, and bed sediment, and biological characteristics in selected streams, Minnesota: Design, methods, and data, 2009
This report presents the study design, environmental data, and quality-assurance data for an integrated chemical and biological study of selected streams or lakes that receive wastewater-treatment plant effluent in Minnesota. This study was a cooperative effort of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Cloud State University, the University of St. Thomas...
Authors
Kathy Lee, Susan K. Langer, Larry B. Barber, Jeff H. Writer, Mark L. Ferrey, Heiko L. Schoenfuss, Edward T. Furlong, William T. Foreman, James L. Gray, Rhiannon C. ReVello, Dalma Martinovic, Olivia R. Woodruff, Steffanie H. Keefe, Greg K. Brown, Howard E. Taylor, Imma Ferrer, E. Michael Thurman
Non-USGS Publications**
Cooter, E. J., Foreman, W. T., & Majewski, M. S. (2002). A Regional Atmospheric Fate and Transport Model for Atrazine. 2. Evaluation. A Regional Atmospheric Fate and Transport Model for Atrazine. 2. Evaluation, 36(21), 4593-4599. doi:10.1021/es011372q
Foster, G. D., Gates, P. M., Foreman, W. T., Mckenzie, S. W., & Rinella, F. A. (1993). Determination of dissolved-phase pesticides in surface water from the Yakima River Basin, Washington, using the Goulden large-sample extractor and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Environmental Science & Technology, 27(9), 1911-1917. doi:10.1021/es00046a021
Hinckley, D. A., Bidleman, T. F., Foreman, W. T., & Tuschall, J. R. (1990). Determination of vapor pressures for nonpolar and semipolar organic compounds from gas chromatograhic retention data. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 35(3), 232-237. doi:10.1021/je00061a003
Bidleman, T., Castleberry, A., Foreman, W., Zaranski, M., & Wall, D. (1990). Petroleum hydrocarbons in the surface water of two estuaries in the Southeastern united states. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 30(1), 91-109. doi:10.1016/0272-7714(90)90079-7
Foreman, W., Shellum, C. L., Birks, J. W., & Sievers, R. E. (1989). Supercritical Fluid Chromatography with Sulfur Chemiluminescence Detection. Journal of Chromatography A. doi:10.1016/S0021-9673(01)94939-8
Foreman, W. T., Sievers, R. E., & Wenclawiak, B. W. (1988). Supercritical fluid chromatography with redox chemiluminescence detection. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 330(3), 231-234.
Bidleman, T., Billings, W. N., & Foreman, W. (1986). Vapor-particle partitioning of semivolatile organic compounds: estimates from field collections. Environmental Science and Technology, 20(10), 1038-1043. doi:10.1021/es00152a013
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.