Effective modelling of a major inland oil spill on the Ohio River

Cronk, Julie K.; Mitsch, J I William; Sykes, Robert M.

doi:10.1016/0304-3800(90)90063-m

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“…Based on the data reported by Cronk et al (1990), direct deaths of adult fish occur infrequently, and the diesel spill itself had a very minor, localized and short-term impact on the Antarctic marine environment (Cripps and Shears 1997). Longer-term effects of spills on biota are less obvious and follow-up studies of individual events.…”

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Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metal evaluation after a diesel spill in Oaxaca, Mexico

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Amezcua‐Allieri

Tenorio-Torres

et al. 2007

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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Pollution in the marine environment due to a diesel spill takes days to months to complete natural remediation owing to its low volatility. Metal and PAH contamination caused by an accidental diesel spill were studied. V, Ni and Hg levels increased immediately after the spill, while PAH levels decreased after 1 month (79.4-7.6 microg kg(-1)). At the diesel spill point, fluoranthene exceeded acute and chronic levels, although most of the PAHs were within the range of low effects. In fish body burden, the highest bioaccumulation factor (2.63 for naphthalene) was related to the lower molecular weight PAHs.

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Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metal evaluation after a diesel spill in Oaxaca, Mexico

Salazar‐Coria

Amezcua‐Allieri

Tenorio-Torres

et al. 2007

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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“…In contrast to river oil spill studies published internationally (e.g. Voznesensky 1979, Shen and Yapa 1988, Cronk et al 1990, Yapa et al 1992, Walker et al 1995 (2008) al , Lee et al 2002, Shiau 2006, Danchuk 2009, Danchuk and Willson 2010 little (or nothing) has been published on oil behavior or slick migration in Nigerian rivers. More attention appears to have been on Nigeria's coastal and marine spill incidents (e.g.…”

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“…First, predicting oil travel time to protect downstream socioecological resources, as seen in Fig. 1, is vital in reducing the consequences of oil spills (Cronk et al 1990, Lawler and Milner 2005, WMO 2008) useful for Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA). The scale of pipeline interdiction in Nigeria discussed in Anifowose et al (2010) and Anifowose et al (forthcoming) justifies the critical need for reliable oil travel time estimates at key locations e.g.…”

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“…Cross-channel flow and velocity variation ( Fig. 4) are key factors in river oil slick travel time (Cronk et al 1990, p.183, Yapa et al 1992, p.345, Swift et al 1992Hibbs et al 1999, p.39;Danchuk 2009, p.21). Flow velocity at the centre of the river tends to be faster than at river banks due, in part, to frictional force with riparian vegetation and bank walls (Lawler 2009).…”

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Predicting Oil Slick Migration at a Pipeline River Crossing on the River Niger Using Hydraulic Geometry

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Understanding oil slick migration in rivers is important for effective spill response because rivers provide essential services for household purposes e.g. fisheries, water supply, transport, sociocultural activities and recreation. Rivers constitute the second most important source of household water supply in Nigeria. Yet, rivers are major receptors of oil pollution. This paper focuses specifically on oil Pipeline River crossing upstream of Lokoja (on the Niger River) to demonstrate likely oil slick migration trend, herein referred to as oil travel time (OTT). An OTT describes the average time it takes lead oil plume to arrive at a downstream destination.The primary objective of this paper is to facilitate timely warning for water and environmental managers through OTT prediction; and, provide valuable information for contingency planning, monitoring and impact assessment. Method applied is the Hydraulic Geometry (HG) model using historic mean daily discharge MDQ (m 3 s -1 ) , hydraulic characteristics: width w (m), mean depth d (d), mean velocity v (m s -1 ) and 3% 'differential oil-water velocity' of wind speed (m s -1 ) at Lokoja.Results suggest that any spilled oil at the pipeline river crossing is likely to hit key receptors (e.g. water reservoir ~34km downstream) in 4 hours during high flow and takes ~9 days to reach Onitsha (~240km downstream) during low flow. This prediction is based on at-a-station HG using logarithmic regression (R 2 = 0.8447). Power regression was also used but had weaker R 2 value of 0.6175; hence the former appears more reliable. The absence of adequate data for other cross-sections downstream of the lower Niger River makes downstream HG less useful in this study. There is urgent need for more data points and systematic survey along the lower Niger to enhance downstream HG OTT prediction.This study represents the first known attempt to predict OTT in Nigerian Rivers using historic intermediate environmental data, though there have been a number of studies on marine/coastal oil spill incidents. This level of analysis is expected in every EIA where oil transport pipeline crosses rivers/streams. It is hoped that the results and the models used in this study would form useful basis for impact assessment in the ongoing efforts to explore oil at the inland river basins of Nigeria known as Nigerian Frontier Inland Sedimentary Basins (NFISB).

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“…The task of dealing with the measurement of the public value of reducing the incidence of oil spill accidents or the damage cost caused by oil spill accidents is the responsibility of researchers [14][15][16][17][18]. There have been many studies on this measurement, as reported in Table 1.…”

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The Public Value of Reducing the Incidence of Oil Spill Accidents in Korean Rivers

2018

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Oil spill accidents involving cars or boats for transport in rivers can contaminate drinking water sources. During the past ten years, an annual average of forty-six cases of oil spill accidents have occurred in Korean rivers. Because of this, the Korean government is seeking to reduce the incidence of oil spill accidents in rivers by half. This article aims to evaluate the public value of the reduction. Household willingness to pay (WTP) for the reduction was investigated, applying the contingent valuation approach. A survey of 1000 households was carried out in Korea. The data on the WTP were gathered using a dichotomous choice question and analyzed employing the spike model. The mean WTP estimate is obtained as KRW 6188 (USD 5.28) per household per annum, which is statistically meaningful. The total public value expanded to the population amounts to KRW 120.8 billion (USD 103.0 million) per year. The information can be utilized in policy-making and decision-making about the reduction of the incidence of oil spill accidents in rivers by half.

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Effective modelling of a major inland oil spill on the Ohio River

Cited by 22 publications

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Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metal evaluation after a diesel spill in Oaxaca, Mexico

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metal evaluation after a diesel spill in Oaxaca, Mexico

Predicting Oil Slick Migration at a Pipeline River Crossing on the River Niger Using Hydraulic Geometry

The Public Value of Reducing the Incidence of Oil Spill Accidents in Korean Rivers

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