Dispersion of Effluent in Delaware River from New Jersey Zinc Company Plant: Hydraulic Model Investigation
Abstract
An existing model of the Delaware River was used to study plans for improving the dispersion of effluent in the Delaware River from the Gloucester City plant of the New Jersey Zinc Co. The present method of discharging plant waste into an abandoned slip with a low bulkhead at its river1vard end has resulted in higher concentrations of plant effluent in small embayments and pockets along the New Jersey shore in the vicinity of the plant than in the channel proper. Proposed means for improving effluent dispersion are construction of a pipeline to transport the effluent to an outfall located on the bottom of the river between the navigation channel and the shore. The purpose of the model tests was to determine whether more rapid dispersion of the effluent and elimination of areas of high concentration could be expected from the proposed changes and the effects of these changes on effluent concentrations throughout the estuary as a whole. Of primary interest was determination of the upstream limit of intrusion of plant effluent for various conditions of river discharge, rate of plant discharge, and location of pipeline outfall.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1957
- Accession Number
- ADA637652