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Organic analyses from carbon adsorption unit 

 Bacterial analysis of water 



Radioactivity analyses of suspended and dissolved 

 matter 

 Leaders: 



J. B. Anderson (Aquatic biology) 



Dr. L. G. Williams (Plankton) 



L. B. Tebo (Fish Studies) 



Dr. E. B. Henson (Benthos) 



Dr. A. W. Breidenbach (Organic chemistry) 



R. C. Kroner (Inorganic Chemistry) 



S. L. Baker (Radioactivity) 



C. G. Shower (Bacteriology) 



H. Stierli (Equipment development) 



Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, 

 Aquatic Biology Section 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headquarters: Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering 

 Center 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati 26, 

 Ohio, USA. 

 Branch Laboratory: Pacific Cooperative Water Pollu- 

 tion and Fisheries Research Laboratory, Oregon 

 Slate College, Corvallis, Oregon. 

 EXECUTIVE officers: Harry G. Hanson, Director, R. 

 A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center. Clarence M. 

 Tarzwell, Chief, Aquatic Biology Section. 

 yearfounded: 1915 ; Corvallis Branch, 1953. 

 SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on biological 



problems of water supply and water pollution. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: AH year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: RiverS and 



streams, reservoirs and lakes. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Moderately complete li- 

 brary; outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks, 

 constant flow apparatus for bioassays ; small reference 

 collections of local fish and aquatic insects ; machine 

 and wood shops, electrical and electronic shops, skilled 

 shop workmen available; small boats and outboard 

 motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Fifteen at professional level; 3 tech- 

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



STUDIES: 

 Chlorophyceae : Chlorococcum viacrostigiiiatiun. 



Chlorella variegata. Scenedesmus obliquiis, S. vasi- 



lensis, Chlorella pyrenoidosa. 

 Cyanophyceae : Anacystis nidulans, Vlectonema hory- 



antim. 

 Pisces: Pimephales promelas, Lepoinis niacrochiriis, 



Carassius auratiis, Lehistes reticulatus, Micropleriis 



salmoides, Oncorhynchus tsawytscha, O. kisutch, 



Sahno gairdnerii, Gasterosteus aculeutus. 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Determination of water quality requirements for pro- 



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ROBERT A. TAFT SANITARY ENGINEERING CENTER 



tection of aquatic life; basic studies in fish tox- 

 icology, physiology, and ecology (Peter Doudoroff) 



Practical methods for application of bioassays (Jerry 

 Hubschman, Donald I. Mount, Quentin H. Pick- 

 ering, and Eugene W. Surber) 



Role of algae in environmental sanitation ; algae in 

 waste treatment (Thomas E. Maloney, C M. Palmer 

 and R. Safferman) 



Role of algae in environmental sanitation; algal 

 growths in surface waters (Thomas E. Maloney, C. 

 M. Palmer and R. Safferman) 



Role of algae in environmental sanitation; algae and 

 other interference organisms in water supplies (C. 

 M. Palmer). 



Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, 

 Shellfish Sanitation Laboratory 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Star Route, Box 576, Gig Harbor, 



Washington, USA. 

 location: Near Tacoma. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Cornelius B. Kelly, Chief. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1948. 



SCOPE OF activities: Research restricted to problems 

 in sanitary control of shellfish, harxesting, processing 

 and marketing. 



season of OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Lower Puget 



Sound; sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly 

 shores, estuarine conditions, rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea water, small aquarium tanks; skilled shop workman 

 available; small boats and outboard motors. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS: 



Evaluation of the sanitary significance of "fecal coli- 



form organisms" in shellfish and shellfish waters. 

 Development and e\aluation of methods for the exam- 



