Final report point source loading characterization of Galveston Bay

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dc.contributor.authorArmstrong NEen_US
dc.contributor.authorWard G Jren_US
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dc.date.issued1993en_US
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dc.description.abstractGalveston Bay is the most important estuary on the Texas coast harboring the largest seaport, housing the largest industrial complex, and producing the largest shellfish catch on the Texas coast. Thousands of weekend fishermen and boaters use the bay. However, Galveston Bay also receives the largest total amount of industrial and municipal effluent of all the Texas estuaries, both directly from the Houston/Texas City areas and indirectly from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area via the Trinity River. Prior to the mid-seventies, the Houston Ship Channel, which empties into Galveston Bay, was listed as one of the 10 most polluted bodies of water in the United States by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). In 1969, state water quality specialists determined that this water quality degradation caused frequent and massive fish kills in the upper portion of Galveston Bay. A comprehensive study of the bay system was initiated by state and federal agencies and spanned the years from 1966 to 1974. Following the study, several corrective measures helped to reduce the impact of municipal and industrial waste on Galveston Bay. Between 1973 and 1980, millions of dollars were awarded by the EPA to upgrade and expand municipal waste treatment facilities discharging to the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bayen_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23200
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dc.notesSource GALVESTON BAY NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM, BAY PLAZA ONE, 711 WEST BAY AREA BLVD. STE 210, WEBSTER, TX 77598 (USA), 1993, 232 ppEnglishReporten_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries50776.00en_US
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dc.subjectAustinen_US
dc.subjectBAYen_US
dc.subjectBODIES OF WATERen_US
dc.subjectCitiesen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental Effectsen_US
dc.subjectEstuariesen_US
dc.subjectfishen_US
dc.subjectGALVESTONen_US
dc.subjectGalveston Bayen_US
dc.subjectgovernment financeen_US
dc.subjectHoustonen_US
dc.subjectHouston Ship Channelen_US
dc.subjectindustrial wastewateren_US
dc.subjectmunicipal wastewateren_US
dc.subjectRIVERen_US
dc.subjectSHELLFISHen_US
dc.subjectSW 3020 Sources and fate of pollutionen_US
dc.subjectTexasen_US
dc.subjectTreatment facilitiesen_US
dc.subjectTRINITY RIVERen_US
dc.subjectTXen_US
dc.subjectUNITED STATESen_US
dc.subjectUSAen_US
dc.subjectUSA,Texas,Galveston Bayen_US
dc.subjectWASTE TREATMENTen_US
dc.subjectwastewater pollutionen_US
dc.subjectWATERen_US
dc.subjectwater pollution controlen_US
dc.subjectwater pollution treatmenten_US
dc.subjectWater qualityen_US
dc.titleFinal report point source loading characterization of Galveston Bayen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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dc.vol-issueGBNEP-36()en_US

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