Chalk point cooling tower project: cooling tower effects on crops and soils. post operational report no. 2. Final report FY 1977

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:6409726

Mulchi, C L; Wolf, D C; Foss, J E; Armbruster, J A

This report contains a summary of monthly dustfall, SO/sup 2/, rainfall, crops and soils information obtained over the period May, 1976 to March, 1977 from 12 monitoring sites near the Chalk Point Generating Station operated by PEPCO which is located 65 km south-southeast of Washington, D.C. on the Patuxent River in Maryland. The report also contains a comprehensive comparison of monitoring data collected over two-year periods prior to and following, respectively, the initiation of operations of Unit No 3 natural-draft cooling tower at Chalk Point. Chemical analyses of vegetative and soil samples collected following initiation of cooling tower operations have been variable with some increases in tissue chlorides in crops being observed. Changes in crop yields have been more attributable to natural environmental conditions than to salt stress.

• Research Organization: Maryland Univ., College Park (USA). Water Resources Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6409726
• Report Number(s): PB-284094
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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