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A Water Quality Modeling Study Of Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia, A. Y. Kuo, P. V. Hyer
A Water Quality Modeling Study Of Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia, A. Y. Kuo, P. V. Hyer
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The City of Virginia Beach has proposed channel dredging in the Eastern Branch of the Lynnhaven Bay for the purposes of recreations and drainage improvement. It is therefore necessary to examine the possible environmental results of such a project. This environmental assessment is complicated by another proposal to modify the Lynnhaven system. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed adding a second canal leading to the Eastern Branch, in order to reduce flood damage. This canal project would affect the Lynnhaven system by increasing nonpoint sources of pollution and by increasing the tidal prism. The water quality consequences of …
A Water Quality Study Of The Eastern Branch Of The Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia, Albert Y. Kuo, Paul V. Hyer
A Water Quality Study Of The Eastern Branch Of The Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia, Albert Y. Kuo, Paul V. Hyer
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To alleviate the flooding in the drainage basin of the Lynnhaven River at Virginia Beach, Virginia, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed to improve the waterways along the headwater of the river (House Document, 1976). The improvements include the widening and deepening of the existing canal, and the dredging of a new canal. As a result of the proposed project and the present rate of increase in area development, the freshwater runoff from the drainage basin and the tidal prism in the system are expected to increase. Since nonpoint sources are the only source of pollutants to …