Dispersal and dilution of wastewater from an ocean outfall at Davis Station, Antarctica, and resulting environmental contamination

• Main Authors: Stark, JS, Bridgen, P, Dunshea, G, Benjamin Galton-Fenzi, John Hunter, Johnstone, G, King, C, Leeming, R, Palmer, A, Smith, J, Snape, I, Stark, S, Riddle, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Environmental assessment and monitoring; sewage; metals; PBDE; microbial; coastal currents; hydrocarbons; Antarctic; Davis Station; Davis-Station; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Dispersal_and_dilution_of_wastewater_from_an_ocean_outfall_at_Davis_Station_Antarctica_and_resulting_environmental_contamination/22948844

The Antarctic Treaty permits the discharge of wastewater into Antarctic marine waters providing that conditions exist for initial dilution and rapid dispersal. We investigated the dilution and dispersal of macerated wastewater around Australia's Davis Station in East Antarctica and examined sed...