The interrelationship of material toxicity, stream properties and quantity of spilled material in assessing the risk of hazardous material spills

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noTD 425 .J5 GBAYen_US
dc.call-noTD 425 .J5en_US
dc.contract-noGrant 04-3-158-18en_US
dc.contributor.authorJensen, Paul Alfred and Roy W. Hann, Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:05:20Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:05:20Z
dc.date.issued1976en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description261 pgs.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractThe current status of regulatory efforts for the bulk carriage of oil and hazardous materials is reviewed. The hazard posed to water resources is examined using the method of risk analysis. A weakness of the present regulatory efforts, namely that aquatic system properties and spill quantity are not considered, is identified. With risk defined as the product of spill probability and severity, a procedure is suggested to better quantify one element of water pollution risk - severity of spill impact. The procedure identifies two major parameters which affect spill impact, concentration of material in the water and the concentration at which the material causes acute toxic effects. Methods are developed to quantify spill concentration in the water, a function of spill size and available dilution water, on a relative scale for use with existing relative toxicity ratings. The combined toxicity and dilution capacity ratings provide a significantly improved measure of water pollution impact, and thus risk. The waterway relative dilution capacity quantification procedures is based on median discharge and considers the effects of longitudinal dispersion and the dynamics of fish mortality. The procedure is applied to the majority of the major inland and intracoastal waterways. Results are expressed as relative dilution capacity ratings for major waterways areas.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas coasten_US
dc.history7/20/07 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/21709
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collection; TAMUG Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeCollege Station, TXen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University, Sea Grant Program.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries3908.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesTex. A&M Univ. Sea Grant Pub. TAMU-SG-75-212.en_US
dc.subjecttoxicityen_US
dc.subjectstreamsen_US
dc.subjecthazardous materialsen_US
dc.subjecthazard assessmenten_US
dc.subjectchemical spillsen_US
dc.subjectpollution controlen_US
dc.subjectmarine pollutionen_US
dc.subjectwater quality managementen_US
dc.subjectwateren_US
dc.subjectpollutionen_US
dc.titleThe interrelationship of material toxicity, stream properties and quantity of spilled material in assessing the risk of hazardous material spillsen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
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