Water and Sediment Quality Sample Clauses

Water and Sediment Quality prevention of chemical pollution or physical degradation of the water and sediments
Sample 1
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Water and Sediment Quality. The tourist industry, visitors, and the local population value the ideal of a "pristine environment" in Port Valdez. Protecting air, water, and sediment maintains the quality of this environment. We have included water and sediment quality as assessment endpoints for Port Valdez. Air quality, although not chosen as an endpoint, will affect both the water and sediment endpoints. Particulate air pollutants deposit directly onto the water surface and onto the land where rain and melt-water runoff carry them to the Port. Water and sediments also have critical impacts on the resident microbial, planktonic, and benthic communities, which will in turn affect fish and wildlife populations that depend on these communities for nutrient cycling and food resources. Water and sediment quality include a variety of water and sediment characteristics that are measurable (e.g., turbidity levels, dissolved oxygen content, or toxicity). Possible measurements designed to monitor conditions within the Port that could be affected by anthropogenic activities include:  Turbidity, suspended solids, or sediment deposition causing changes in intertidal and subtidal community structure;  Dissolved oxygen levels in sediments or bottom waters capable of supporting benthic communities, habitat for crustaceans or fishes; and  Survival, growth, and reproduction of organisms sensitive to chemical contaminants. Poor water and sediment quality are progressive problems and can be difficult or expensive to correct. In areas that are not heavily contaminated, monitoring and attention to potential problems can prevent water and sediment quality declines. In Port Valdez there are large fluctuations in the natural conditions of the water and sediments. These fluctuations include extreme changes in surface water salinity, suspended sediment loads and deposition on the bottom as snow and glacial ice melt in the summer and flow into the Port. Baseline studies in the Port have characterized some of these natural parameters historically and seasonally (Hood, 1969; Xxxx et al., 1973; Colonell, 1980; Shaw and Hameedi, 1988). Studies of benthic organisms in the subtidal and intertidal environments indicate that the large natural disturbances within the system have discernible effects on community structure and abundance (Xxxxx and Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx, 1988; Xxxxx and Xxxxxx, 1988; Xxxxx and Shaw, 1995). Measures of water and sediment quality can be monitored for changes in the environment or in the effluen...
Sample 1

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