An Evaluation of Oil and Grease Contamination Associated with Dredged Material Containment Areas: final report

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noTC 187 .D73 TR-D-77-25, 1977en_US
dc.contract-noDACW39-75-C-0125 (DMRP Work Unit No. 6B05)en_US
dc.contributor.authorEngineering Science, Inc.en_US
dc.contributor.otherU.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredged Material Research Programen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:14:30Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:14:30Z
dc.date.issued1977en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description147 pgs.en_US
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dc.description.abstractThe report addresses the potential problem of contamination of receiving waters by oil and grease in return waters from dredged material containment areas. As a part of this study, field studies were conducted at six locations where dredging is practiced, and both water and sediment samples were collected at these sites. The samples were analyzed for various environmental factors with the intent of establishing whether or not the release of oil and grease from dredged sediments could be predicted on the basis of the environmental factors. The results of the field study strongly indicated that oil and grease are not released from sediments to a significant extent during the dredging process. It was found that relatively high oil levels in return waters were associated with high suspended solids concentrations, but that the various factors could not be related to the release of oil and grease from sediments. A bench-scale study was devised to delineate the significant factors affecting the release of oil and grease from dredged sediments; however, no consistent relationships were found. The bench-scale results confirmed the field study results in that oil and grease concentrations in the water phase were quite low, even with particularly oily sediments. The report also presents the following: a. An evaluation of oil and grease sampling and analytical techniques. B. A literature review of potential treatment methods for the reduction of the oil and grease contents of containment area return waters.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeUnited Statesen_US
dc.history8/27/07 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23087
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationTAMUG Circulating Collectionen_US
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dc.notesen_US
dc.placeVicksburg, MSen_US
dc.publisherU.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Stationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries5065.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesU.S. Army Corps of Engineers Technical Report D-77-25en_US
dc.subjectdredgingen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental aspectsen_US
dc.subjectoil pollution of wateren_US
dc.subjectwaste disposal in the grounden_US
dc.subjectwateren_US
dc.subjectpollutionen_US
dc.subjectdredge spoilen_US
dc.subjectdredgeen_US
dc.titleAn Evaluation of Oil and Grease Contamination Associated with Dredged Material Containment Areas: final reporten_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
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