Pollution Abatement in Regions M-4 through M-9
Date
1959-02
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Texas Game and Fish Commission
Abstract
The Columbia Southern Chemical Corporation at Corpus Christi was polluting Nueces Bay by destroying the vegetated flats capable of serving as nursery grounds and directly killing aquatic life with a toxic pollutant. A change in the route of the disposal line decreased the concentration of the toxic pollutant and emptied the wastes into a cove of little biologic importance. At the present time there is no damage done to the aquatic life and vegetation in the harbor, but a disposal line that empties into Nueces Bay may be slowly reducing the size of the bay, creating a hazard to fishermen, and destroying the habitat for marine forms.
Description
4 pages; available for download at the link below.
Keywords
Nueces Bay, Columbia Southern Chemical Corporation, hazardous waste dumping, environmental impact, water pollution