An institutional and legal assessment of an instream aeration project in the Houston Ship Channel

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dc.acquisition-srcReview of GBNEP-15 reference listen_US
dc.call-noTD 225 .H76 I57 1987 GBAYen_US
dc.call-noTD 225 .H76 I57 1987en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorBlodgett, T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSmerdon, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMcgarity, T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStewart, R.B.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:58:33Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:58:33Z
dc.date.issued1986en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description210 pgs.en_US
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dc.description.abstractThe rapid growth and development of the Houston area has placed enormous burdens on the Houston Ship Channel to assimilate pollutants and avoid environmental damage. Once a meandering tidal bayou, the inner reaches of the channel have now been dredged to a width of 300 to 400 feet, with a depth of 40 feet to allow the passage of ocean-going vessels. During the last fifty years an explosive growth in the population of the Houston area coupled with the arrival of numerous heavy industries placed heavy strains on wastewater treatment facilities discharging into the channel. By the mid-1960s water quality in the Ship Channel had deteriorated to the point where federal and subsequently state water quality agencies were forced to mandate increased levels of treatment for wastewater discharges. In recent years continued population growth has led to point and non-point source loading which even advanced wastewater treatment techniques cannot mititgate. Therefore, an alternative method of maintaining dissolved oxygen levels, instream aeration, is now receiving serious consideration. Previous studies have been conducted on the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay for almost twenty years. All have verified the need for additional water quality improvement measures. Furthermore, many have identified instream aeration as a viable alternative to more sophisticated and expensive treatment systems. Other studies commissioned at the same time are investigating the technical and economic feasibility of instream aeration and the extent of non-point source loading into the channel. The focus of this study is how can the legal, administrative and economic issues associated with an instream aeration project be resolved.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeHouston Ship Channelen_US
dc.geo-codeHoustonen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.history3/15/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20598
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dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collection; TAMUG Circulating Collectionen_US
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dc.notesen_US
dc.placeAustin, TXen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Texas at Austin, Policy Research Institute.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries280.00en_US
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dc.seriesPolicy Research Institute series no. 3; Center for Research in Water Resources technical report no. 220en_US
dc.subjectartificial aerationen_US
dc.subjectaerationen_US
dc.subjectdissolved oxygen (DO)en_US
dc.subjectlegal aspectsen_US
dc.subjectpollutionen_US
dc.subjectwater pollutionen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental impacten_US
dc.titleAn institutional and legal assessment of an instream aeration project in the Houston Ship Channelen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
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