Workplan for Tributary Refinements to Chesapeake Bay Eutrophication Model Package
Workplan for Tributary Refinements to Chesapeake Bay Eutrophication Model Package

Author: Carl F. Cerco

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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The Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program Office, recently completed a three- dimensional model study of eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay and tributaries. The model package applied included an intratidal hydrodynamic model, an intertidal water-quality model, and a benthic sediment diagenesis model. This report comprises a workplan to improve model representation of Chesapeake Bay tributaries and to incorporate living resources directly into the model framework. Four tributaries have been selected for emphasis under this tributary refinements program. They are the James, York, and Rappahannock rivers, and Baltimore Harbor. The James, York, and Rappahannock were specified because tributary-specific models are required to address water-quality and living- resource benefits to be derived from nutrient reductions. Baltimore Harbor was specified because it presents unique management problems, coupled with long-term toxic impacts, which cannot be addressed in the current model framework. The time scale for the project is 4 years from initiation to completion. Anticipated commencement is April 1, 1994.

Work Plan for Three-dimensional Time-varying, Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model of Chesapeake Bay
Work Plan for Three-dimensional Time-varying, Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model of Chesapeake Bay

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Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 62

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This report describes the Work Plan for development of a three-dimensional, time-varying, hydrodynamic and water quality model for Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Program is a cooperative effort between state and Federal agencies to restore the health and productivity of America's largest estuary. The report describes the technical work tasks, schedules, and study management. The developed hydrodynamic and water quality model will be an important component in the development of a strategy to address specific management issues. (fr).

Clean Coastal Waters
Clean Coastal Waters

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2000-08-17

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 0309069483

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Environmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine settings. This nutrient over-enrichment can result in toxic algal blooms, shellfish poisoning, coral reef destruction, and other harmful outcomes. All U.S. coasts show signs of nutrient over-enrichment, and scientists predict worsening problems in the years ahead. Clean Coastal Waters explains technical aspects of nutrient over-enrichment and proposes both immediate local action by coastal managers and a longer-term national strategy incorporating policy design, classification of affected sites, law and regulation, coordination, and communication. Highlighting the Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone," the Pfiesteria outbreak in a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, and other cases, the book explains how nutrients work in the environment, why nitrogen is important, how enrichment turns into over-enrichment, and why some environments are especially susceptible. Economic as well as ecological impacts are examined. In addressing abatement strategies, the committee discusses the importance of monitoring sites, developing useful models of over-enrichment, and setting water quality goals. The book also reviews voluntary programs, mandatory controls, tax incentives, and other policy options for reducing the flow of nutrients from agricultural operations and other sources.