New Bedford Harbor Superfund Project, Acushnet River estuary engineering feasibility study of dredging and dredged-material disposal alternatives. Report 11. Evaluation of conceptual dredging and disposal alternatives. Technical report, August 1985-July 1988

Technical Report · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5163372

Averett, D E; Palermo, M R; Otis, M J; Rubinoff, P B

This report evaluates conceptual dredging and disposal alternatives for the Acushnet River Estuary, a part of the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site. Dredging for removal of the highly contaminated sediment and subsequent disposal in upland or nearshore confined disposal facilities or disposal in contaminated aquatic disposal facilities are alternative considered in the Engineering Feasibility Study of Dredging and Dredged Material Disposal Alternatives. Sediment testing and sediment-transport modeling performed as earlier tasks of the study form the basis for evaluation of the alternatives. The technical feasibility of conceptual design options is based on site availability, capacity, and characteristics and on sediment physical characteristics and dredged-material settling behavior as defined by laboratory testing. Contamination releases during dredging and disposal operations are estimated for each disposal option. A preliminary cost estimate for implementation of each option evaluated is alo presented.

• Research Organization: Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (USA). Environmental Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5163372
• Report Number(s): AD-A-211895/8/XAB; WES/TR/EL-88-15-11
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also Report 9, AD-A206-744
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
DREDGE SPOIL
WASTE DISPOSAL
ESTUARIES
SEDIMENTS
RIVERS
DREDGING
SUPERFUND
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
COST ESTIMATION
ENGINEERING
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
METALS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROGRESS REPORT
WATER POLLUTION
AROMATICS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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