Ferry-based monitoring of surface water quality in North Carolina estuaries

Estuaries ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 975-984 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. Buzzelli ◽  
J. Ramus ◽  
H. W. Paerl
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Surface Water Quality

scholarly journals Mathematical modeling of algal blooms due to swine CAFOs in Eastern North Carolina

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Amy Henderson ◽  
Emek Kose ◽  
Allison Lewis ◽  
Ellen R. Swanson
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
Surface Water Quality ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Animal Feeding Operations ◽  
Risk Of Rupture ◽  
Eastern North Carolina

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>Dramatic strides have been made in treating human waste to remove pathogens and excess nutrients before discharge into the environment, to the benefit of ground and surface water quality. Yet these advances have been undermined by the dramatic growth of Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) which produce voluminous quantities of untreated waste. Industrial swine routinely produce waste streams similar to that of a municipality, yet these wastes are held in open-pit "lagoons" which are at risk of rupture or overflow. Eastern North Carolina is a coastal plain with productive estuaries which are imperiled by more than 2000 permitted swine facilities housing over 9 million hogs; the associated 3,500 permitted manure lagoons pose a risk to sensitive estuarine ecosystems, as breaches or overflows send large plumes of nutrient and pathogen-rich waste into surface waters. Understanding the relationship between nutrient pulses and surface water quality in coastal environments is essential to effective CAFO policy formation. In this work, we develop a system of ODEs to model algae growth in a coastal estuary due to a manure lagoon breach and investigate nutrient thresholds above which algal blooms are unresolvable.</p>

AN EVALUATION OF SUB-SURFACE WATER QUALITY AROUND BHARUCH-SURAT INDUSTRIAL REGION, GUJARAT, INDIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-220
Author(s):  
SOMNATH SAHA ◽  
◽  
SUKANTA KUMAR SAHA ◽  
TATHAGATA GHOSH ◽  
ROLEE KANCHAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Surface Water Quality ◽  
Industrial Region

Surface Water Quality Assessment. Case Study: Târnava Mare River, Mediaș Town-Romania

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 70-72
Author(s):  
Cristina Roşu ◽  
◽  
Ioana Piştea ◽  
Carmen Roba ◽  
Mihaela Mihu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Surface Water Quality ◽  
Water Quality Assessment
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