Water Quality Monitoring at Dam Neck and Norfolk Disposal Sites.

Abstract

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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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA165192

Entities

People

  • Arthur J. Butt
  • Raymond W. Alden Iii

Organizations

  • Old Dominion University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cape Hatteras
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemistry
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Engineers
  • Environmental Protection
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Monitoring
  • New York
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Sciences
  • Standards
  • Warning Systems
  • Water Quality

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering