USGS Scientists Sampling Groundwater Downgradient of Septic Systems
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USGS Hydrologists Tristen Tagliaferri and Irene Fisher sampling shallow groundwater downgradient of septic systems in Kismet, NY (Fire Island), December 2011.
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