San Francisco Bay (USA)

The San Francisco Bay is a critically important water body to the San Francisco and the Central California economy. It has numerous industry and urban areas along its length raising interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community….

San Diego Bay (USA)

The San Diego Bay is a critically important water body to the San Diego and the Southern California economy. It has numerous industry and urban areas along its length raising interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community….

Ohio River (USA)

The Ohio River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River in the USA. It was heavily polluted with of PFOA (C8) for several decades beginning in the 1950s making it of interest to researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community….

Salish Sea (USA)

The Salish Sea is the intricate network of coastal waterways that includes the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of British Columbia and the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Washington. Scientists have identified 253 fish species observed in marine or brackish waters…

Narragansett Bay (USA)

Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound, New England, USA. The bay suffers from nutrient overload, as well as toxics pollutants from 200 years of industry making it of interest to researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community…

Caspian Sea (Eurasia)

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world’s largest lake or a full-fledged sea. It is in an endorheic basin (it has no outflows) located between Europe and Asia. The Caspian Sea suffers from severe inflows of chemical…

Yellow Sea (East Asia)

The Yellow Sea is located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula. It is regarded as one of the most degraded marine areas on earth and experiences frequent algal blooms. With numerous industry and urban areas along its coastline, as well as nuclear facilities…

Puget Sound (USA)

The Puget Sound is a critically important water body to the Seattle and Washington State’s economy (plus it is where the DSI home office is located). It has numerous industry and urban areas along its length raising interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community…

Persian Gulf (Middle East)

The Persian Gulf is a critically important water body to the world’s economy and understanding oil transport potential hazards. It has numerous industry and urban areas along its length raising interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community…

New York Harbor (USA)

The New York Harbor is a major shipping, urban and industrial region. It has numerous contaminated sediment sites and CSO discharges along its length raising interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community…

Nile River (Africa)

The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is 6,853 km (4,258 miles) long. The Nile is an “international” river as its water resources are shared by eleven countries, namely, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa…

Murray River Estuary (Australia)

The Murray River has agricultural and other non-point nutrient sources, industry and urban areas raising interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community. The environmental impact of the barrages (dykes) built in the Murray River Estuary is an area…

Mumbai River (India)

The Ulhas River is a major river flowing through Mumbai, India. This river suffers from pollution because of industry and urban development along its length making it of interest to researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community…

Mobile Bay (USA)

Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. The conversion of natural landscapes around the Bay to agricultural or urban use has eliminated the ecosystem services they provided and negatively impacted submerged aquatic vegetation and…

Mekong River (Vietnam)

The Mekong is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia. It is the world’s 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. The trans-border issues as well as salinity intrusion and water quality issues makes it of interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community.

Lake Washington (USA)

Lake Washington is situated adjacent to the city of Seattle and is the second largest natural lake in the State of Washington. Lake Washington is one of the best examples in the world of of a successful lake restoration by the diversion of sewage, and has been extensively studied and researched…

Lake Ontario (Canada USA)

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is surrounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the American state of New York, whose water boundaries meet in the middle of the lake…

Han River (South Korea)

The Han River or Hangang is a major river in South Korea and the fourth longest river on the Korean peninsula. The river serves as a major water source for Koreans despite significant industrial pollution, making it of concern to researchers, industry and the environmental…