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Item Analysis techniques for Houston ship channel(1970 May) HANN RW; Asce Proceedings, Journal of the Waterways and Harbors Division, Vol 96, No Ww 2, Paper 7258, P 171-180, May 1970 10 P, 9 Fig, 1 RefTHE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION PROBLEMS OF THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL ARE DEFINED AND THE BROAD PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ANALYTICAL MANAGEMENT TOOLS IS PRESENTED. METHODOLOGY IS PRESENTED FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE TIDAL MASS WATER MOVEMENT AND FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE DENSITY CURRENT COUPLE WHICH IS SUPERIMPOSED ON THE TIDAL MASS MOVEMENT. DEGREE OF STRATIFICATION IS DEFINED AND ITS VALUE DISCUSSED. THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF THE STEADY MODEL WITH PROVISIONS FOR STRATIFIED ANALYSIS PRESENTED AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS ARE DISPLAYED. THE FIELD PROGRAM BEING CARRIED OUT BY TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE DATA FOR THE VERIFICATION OF THE PRESENTED METHODS AND FOR MORE EL DEVELOPED IS OUTLINED. (KNAPP-USGS)Item An ecological survey of the Houston ship channel and adjacent bays(1959) CHAMBERS GV; SPARKS AK; Institute of Marine Science, Publications, Vol 6, 1959, Pp 213-250AN ECOLOGICAL SURVEY WAS INITIATED IN THE SUMMER OF 1957 WITH DATA COLLECTED AT FREQUENT REGULAR INTERVALS. THIS REPORT INCLUDES THE COMPARISON OF DATA ON TEMPERATURE, CHLORINITY, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, AND RELATED QUANTITIES WITH DATA ON FISH, SHRIMP, AND CR IN TRAWLS. DATA ARE ALSO GIVEN ON CURRENTS, BOTTOM CORES, AND ORGANIC CONTENT OF SEDIMENTS. STUDIES OF BOTTOM SAMPLES DEMONSTRATED THAT EXTENSIVE SILTING HAS OCCURRED IN THE SHIP CHANNEL AND BAYS. LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN, HYDROGEN SULFIDE PRODUCTION, AND HIGH ORGANIC CONTENT OF THE MUD IN THE CHANNEL, ALL INDICATIVE OF ORGANIC POLLUTION, PREVENT THE EST A NORMAL BOTTOM FAUNA. A SMALL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WAS FOUND IN THE SHIP CHANNEL, TWO OR THREE DEGREES HIGHER IN THE UPPER CHANNEL THAN IN THE LOWER PART OF THE SURVEY AREA. WHEN DISSOLVED OXYGEN (D.O.) LEVEL IS SUFFICIENT, A LARGE AND DIVERSE POPULATION OF FISHES EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE BAYS IN THE SURVEY AREA AND FOR A CONSIDER OUTFALL. NO LOWERING OF THE DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION OF THE SHIP CHANNEL ATTRIBUT EFFECT WAS FOUND TO BE EXERTED ON THE FISH POPULATIONS OF THE SHIP CHANNEL AND ADJACENT BAYS BY HUMBLE'S OPERATIONSItem Effects of proposed barriers on dye dispersion for normal bay hurricane surge study(2002) BOBB WH; BOLAND RA; Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station Technical Report H-69-12 (No 2 of 3 Reports), July 1970 140 P, 2 Fig, 73 Plate, 9 Photo, 12 TabMIGRATION FROM CITIES TO SUBURBAN AREAS COMBINED WITH INDUSTRIAL GROWTH JUSTIFIES HURRICANE PROTECTION FOR THE GALVESTON BAY AREA. MODELS INDICATED TWO BARRIER SCHEMES WOULD PROTECT UPSTREAM AREAS. ALPHA BARRIER WAS LOCATED JUST BEHIND THE GULF BEACHES AND GAMMA BARRIER CROSSED GALVESTON BAY 9 MILES UPSTREAM. BOTH SCHEMES PROVIDED GATED NAVIGATION OPENINGS ACROSS CHANNELS AND GATED TIDAL PASSAGES OF SUFFICIENT CAPACITY, LOCATED TO MAINTAIN EXISTING CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO TIDES, CURRENTS, SALINITIES, AND DISPERSION PATTERNS. DIVERSION OF TRINITY RIVER FLOW TO HOUSTON, WHICH WOULD INCREASE FRESH WATER TO BUFFALO BAYOU AND DECREASE FRESH WATER TO TRINITY BAY, IS PROPOSED. A POWER STATION WILL PUMP UP TO 3500 CFS OF COOLING WATER FROM HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL AND T BAY. TESTS FOR NORMAL TIDES WERE MADE IN A 1:600-, 1:60-SCALE MODEL. IMPORTANT CONCLUSIONS WERE: (A) DIVERSIONS FROM TRINITY RIVER TO HOUSTON WILL HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS; (B) CEDAR BAYOU POWER STATION WILL TRANSPORT WATER WHICH IS MORE SALINE AND OF POORER QUALITY FROM HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL AND T TRINITY BAY; (C) PLAN 1 ALPHA BARRIER WOULD HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON TIDES, CURRENTS, SALINITIES, OR DYE DISPERSION PATTERNS AND THE AREA OF TIDAL PASSAGES COULD BE REDUCED 20% WITHOUT ADVERSELY AFFECTING NAVIGATION; AND (D) PLAN 1 GAMMA BARRIER WOULD CAUSE SLIGHT REDUCTIONS IN TIDAL PRISM AND SALINITIES. (SEE ALSO W71-02243 AND W71-02245). (WOODARD-USGS)