Okatee River environmental condition assesment : volumes 1 & 2
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: In order to respond to local citizens’ concerns over and questions about potential water quality impacts in the Okatee River due to operations of and events at the Able Contracting facility, the Department commissioned the multi-media sampling and analysis assessment reported herein. The Okatee River, which was the ultimate receiving stream for the runoff from the firefighting water, is utilized by nearby residents for shellfish harvesting, fishing, crabbing, and other recreational activities. Questions from local residents about the potential environmental impacts of pollutants from the fire and concerns about the safety of locally-collected shellfish for human consumption led the Bureau of Water (BOW) to develop this Okatee River Environmental Condition Assessment. This project collected a wide range of data on both volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds, metals (including arsenic and mercury), pesticides, and PCBs in water, sediment, and oyster and blue crab tissues. Most of the analytes have no numeric standards related to human consumption of oysters and blue crabs, or water quality or sediment standards or criteria. Consequently, the acquired data will be used to begin to establish the baseline for environmental media chemical quality and linkage to hard substrate (via the oyster population) integrity in the assessment area. Technical Report No. 011-2020.
Language: English
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7197857504