Assessment of Produced Water Impacts in the Galveston Bay System
Date
1993
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Abstract
This study provides a general assessment of any adverse environmental effects resulting from tidal disposal of produced waters by: 1) documenting any alterations to the benthic macroinvertebrate communities; 2) physically and chemically characterizing impacted and unimpacted sediments; and 3) assessing the sediment toxicity caused by these discharges.
Description
56 pages; available for download at the link below.
Keywords
Galveston Bay, benthic community, tidal mixing, sediment toxicity, environmental impacts, water pollution, sediments, produced water