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Chalk point cooling tower project: cooling tower effects on crops and soils. preoperational report. Report for April 1973--April 1975

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6409751
The objectives of the Chalk Point Cooling Tower Project are to monitor the effects of saline aerosol drift originating from the stacks and natural draft cooling towers associated with Units No 3 and 4 at the Chalk Point Electric Generating Station operated by PEPCO. This report summarizes baseline dustfall and SO/sup 2/ data obtained on a monthly basis over the period April, 1973 - April, 1975 from 12 monitoring sites. Each monitoring site is approximately 0.4 ha in area and has three replicated plots established for monitoring yields and chemical characteristics of major agricultural crops (corn, soybeans, tobacco, wheat, oats, barley), dustfall collectors, sulfation plates, a raingauge and an undisturbed site for monitoring changes in the chemical and physical properties of soils. (Color illustrations reproduced in black and white)
Research Organization:
Maryland Univ., College Park (USA). Water Resources Research Center
OSTI ID:
6409751
Report Number(s):
PB-284075
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English