Air toxics deposition monitoring in Galveston Bay Texas
- Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
In order to fulfill the mandates of the Great Waters Program and portions of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated atmospheric monitoring research in important and representative water bodies, including coastal waters, for evidence of atmospheric deposition of pollutants. These pollutants include nutrients, trace metals, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, PCBs and chlorinated pesticides. A site was established in Galveston Bay, Texas as a representative souther, coastal water system. This study determines selected environmental pollutants of potential concern to Galveston Bay and other Gulf coastal waters. While information is currently being generated by other investigations in Galveston Bay, such as EPA EMAP, Galveston Bay National Estuary, NOAA Status and Trends and other programs on contaminants in sediments and organisms, little reliable data is available to assess atmospheric deposition. This study is producing information on atmospheric deposition of pollutants to Galveston Bay, as well as on long range transport of pollutants to other water bodies. These research results are critical to the understanding of the relative importance of pollution inputs to Galveston Bay by estimating atmospheric depositional fluxes. The results from this Program will also be compared with the results from other Great Waters Program sites.
- OSTI ID:
- 33538
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410273--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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