Field Report, Weymouth Fore River Dye Dispersal Test, Quincy, Massachusetts

Abstract

A dye tracer study was conducted in the Weymouth Fore River, Quincy, Massachusetts for the purpose of determining the time required to remove or reduce to permissible concentrations any contaminating material released as a point source in the river. The test consisted of releasing a quantity of Rhodamine-B dye into the water and monitoring the dilution and dispersion of the dye by continuous fluorometric analysis of the water and by aerial photographs of the dye patch. Results of the test are compared with theoretical flushing times computed previously.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0871047

Entities

People

  • Leo J. Fisher

Organizations

  • Naval Oceanographic Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Photographs
  • Dilution
  • Dispersions
  • Dyes
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Laser Dyes
  • Massachusetts
  • Materials
  • Monitoring
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Sampling
  • Second World War
  • Shallow Water
  • Stations

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Environmental Engineering.