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Main Title Ecological Baseline and Monitoring Study for Port Gardner and Adjacent Waters.
Author English, T. Saunders ; Pine., Roland E. ;
CORP Author Washington State Dept. of Ecology, Olympia. ;Washington Univ., Seattle. ;Scott Paper Co., Westbrook, Maine. S. D. Warren Div. ;Weyerhaeuser Co., Everett, Wash.;Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle, Wash. Region X.
Year Published 1976
Report Number WA/DOE/WQ-76/20;
Stock Number PB-265 977
Additional Subjects Marine microorganisms ; Ecology ; Pulp mills ; Paper industry ; Water pollution abatement ; Puget Sound ; Sulfite pulping ; Dissolved gases ; Oxygen ; Toxicity ; Concentration(Composition) ; Indicator species ; Oysters ; Turbidity ; Monitoring ; Washington(State) ; Water quality ; Baseline studies
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NTIS  PB-265 977 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract The report concerns an on-going study designed to monitor changes in the saltwater environment and populations of marine organisms in Port Gardner and adjacent waters of Puget Sound, Washington resulting from significant reductions in sulfite waste liquor (SWL) and other wastes discharged from two pulp and paper mills located on the Everett, Washington waterfront. Major reductions in the quantity of wastes discharge occurred in 1975 when Weyerhaeuser Company closed their sulfite pulping operation and converted to a thermomechanical process. Early indications of improvements in water quality were noted as a result of these reductions. SWL concentrations decreased approximately 50% and dissolved oxygen concentrations have increased as much as 30%. Toxicity of the receiving water to Pacific oyster larvae has decreased and the water clarity has increased significantly. Changes in population and diversity of biological organisms were not readily apparent since reductions in major waste discharges have only recently occurred.
Supplementary Notes Prepared in cooperation with Washington Univ., Seattle, Contract EPA-68-01-3109, Scott Paper Co., Westbrook, Maine. S. D. Warren Div., and Weyerhaeuser Co., Everett, Wash.
NTIS Title Notes Summary rept. 1972-75.
PUB Date Free Form Nov 76
Category Codes 13B; 6C; 6F; 68D; 57H; 57Z; 47D
NTIS Prices PC A23/MF A01
Document Type NT
Cataloging Source NTIS/MT
Control Number 323715761
Origin NTIS
Type CAT