Water Quality Monitoring at Dam Neck and Norfolk Disposal Sites.

An open ocean disposal site designated the Norfolk Disposal Site (NDS) is being considered as an alternative for some of the Norfolk Harbor system dredged material. The Present on-going study involves the monitoring of baseline water quality characteristics at the NDS. This study was undertaken to c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alden III ,Raymond W, Butt,Arthur J
Other Authors: OLD DOMINION UNIV NORFOLK VA APPLIED MARINE RESEARCH LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1985
Subjects:
Civil Engineering
*WATER QUALITY
*OCEAN WASTE DISPOSAL
TEST AND EVALUATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
VIRGINIA
DETECTION
MONITORING
PARAMETERS
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
SITES
FORECASTING
VARIATIONS
OXYGEN
BASE LINES
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
OCEANS
DISPOSAL
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
DREDGED MATERIALS
HARBORS
ECOLOGY
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
CHLOROPHYLLS
*Waste disposal sites
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA165192
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA165192
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Summary:An open ocean disposal site designated the Norfolk Disposal Site (NDS) is being considered as an alternative for some of the Norfolk Harbor system dredged material. The Present on-going study involves the monitoring of baseline water quality characteristics at the NDS. This study was undertaken to characterize the magnitude of natural spatial-temporal variability of various ecological parameters and to develop a series of multi-variate statistical models to be used as an 'early warning system' in historic trend assessment studies. This report presents the results of the 1984 baseline water quality programs at the dam Neck and Norfolk Ocean disposal Sites. The report recommends that chlorophylls, dissolved oxygen and suspended solids loads be monitored to account for natural sources of variation (seasonal, depth, and geographic effects) and to allow the detection of any potential impacts associated with operations at DNDS before they become excessive.

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