Author: Publisher:
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
Book Description
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: Government Reports Announcements & Index
Author: Ocean Dumping
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the EnvironmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Government Reports Annual Index
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ISBN:
Category : Government reports announcements & index
Languages : en
Pages : 1654
Book Description
Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments
Author: Danny ReiblePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402049595
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
In this text, drawn from presentations and discussion at a May 2005 NATO Advanced Research Workshop, current approaches to the assessment and remediation of contaminated sediments are discussed with emphasis on in-situ management. The text addresses physical, chemical and biological approaches for the assessment and remediation of sediments. The development of regulatory and strategic approaches is discussed with emphasis on the potential for biological remediation in the management of contaminated sediments.
Procedures for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediment Problems in the Great Lakes
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Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Sediment Dredging at Superfund Megasites
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309134102
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Some of the nation's estuaries, lakes and other water bodies contain contaminated sediments that can adversely affect fish and wildlife and may then find their way into people's diets. Dredging is one of the few options available for attempting to clean up contaminated sediments, but it can uncover and re-suspend buried contaminants, creating additional exposures for wildlife and people. At the request of Congress, EPA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to evaluate dredging as a cleanup technique. The book finds that, based on a review of available evidence, dredging's ability to decrease environmental and health risks is still an open question. Analysis of pre-dredging and post-dredging at about 20 sites found a wide range of outcomes in terms of surface sediment concentrations of contaminants: some sites showed increases, some no change, and some decreases in concentrations. Evaluating the potential long-term benefits of dredging will require that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency step up monitoring activities before, during and after individual cleanups to determine whether it is working there and what combinations of techniques are most effective.
Federal Register
Author: Dredging Coastal Ports
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309036283
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Are the nation's ports adequate for our present and future needs? This volume points out that no significant new deep-water construction has occurred for a decade, and provides the information and analysis needed to goad the ports and the federal government into action. The book asks three questions: Is additional port construction and maintenance dredging needed now or over the next 20 years? What would prevent dredging if it is needed? What alternatives could make additional dredging possible? The book identifies several problems in dredging ports, including the long interval between a decision to deepen a port and the time the alterations are complete. The United States needs to speed port construction to meet changing needs, and the committee recommends that we prepare for future needs by dredging now.