EVALUATING THE WATER QUALITY SIGNIFICANCE OF DREDGED SEDIMENTS.

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

12-1-1984

Abstract

In the mid-1970s, the Corps of Engineers and the US EPA developed several laboratory evaluation procedures, the elutriate test, bioassay/toxicity tests, and bioconcentration tests, to aid in the evaluation of the potential water quality significance of chemical contaminants associated with dredged sediment. These tests were designed to estimate the release of contaminants from dredged sediments to the water column, the toxicity of the sediment-associated contaminants to aquatic life, and the potential for bioconcentration of contaminants associated with the sediments by organisms in contact with the sediments. While these evaluation procedures were developed almost ten years ago, there are still significant problems with the way they are being used. This paper presents a summary of the work done by the authors on the water quality significance of chemical contaminants associated with dredged sediments.

Identifier

0021584457 (Scopus)

ISBN

[0872624315]

First Page

1050

Last Page

1062

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