Pollution susceptibility: An environmental parameter for coastal zone management
Titel:
Pollution susceptibility: An environmental parameter for coastal zone management
Auteur:
Weyl, Peter K.
Verschenen in:
Coastal management
Paginering:
Jaargang 2 (1976) nr. 4 pagina's 327-343
Jaar:
1976
Inhoud:
The pollution susceptibility is a simple quantitative measure of the tidal flushing of coastal waters. It can be determined from readily available data on tidal height and currents. The pollution susceptibility is the spatial and temporal average concentration of a miscible, conservative pollutant that results from a unit rate of discharge. In embayments, in addition to a pollution susceptibility suitable for short-time discharges, a second parameter, the steady state pollution susceptibility, takes into account recirculation of the pollutant after the bay has come to steady state. The pollution susceptibility is useful for broad planning purposes, but does not eliminate the need for detailed, site-specific environmental surveys. However, by identifying reasonable options, it enables the coastal zone manager to use his limited resources more effectively.
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