Water Quality Monitoring at Dam Neck and Norfolk Disposal Sites.

• 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

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.