Construction Site Sedimentary Pollution in a Watershed

2009·9.1 MB·English

by  Okwu, Imo

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Columbus State University
The College ofScience
The Graduate program in Environmental Science
Construction Site Sedimentary Pollution in a Watershed
A
Thesis in
Environmental Science
By
Imo Okwu
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
ofthe Requirements
forthe Degree of
Master ofScience
May 2009
© 2009 by Imo Okwu

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I give special thanks to my thesis committee chairman, Dr. David Schwimmer of
Columbus State University and other members ofthe committee: Dr. William Frazier of
Columbus State University and Dr. Roger Brown of Columbus State University.
Thoughtful guidance and support from these gentlemen were sincerely appreciated. I
wish to give a heartfelt thanks to my colleagues at the Georgia Department of
Transportation Material Research Laboratory for allowing me assess to the laboratory.
Final thanks goes to my family for their support, patience and endurance for those
weekend and late nights I was out working.