The Future of Water Quality in Coeur d'Alene Lake

by Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, et al.

Coeur d'Alene Lake in northern Idaho is an invaluable natural, recreational, and economic resource for communities in Idaho and eastern Washington. Starting in the late 1880s, mining in the Lake's watershed sent heavy metals and other mining wastes into the Lake, resulting in contamination of lake sediments with lead, cadmium, arsenic, and zinc that persists today. The watershed was designated a Superfund site and cleanup has been ongoing for 30...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309690412
• ISBN13: 9780309690416
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 386 Pages