Thin-Layer Gravity Current with Implications for Desalination Brine Disposal

Hodges, Ben R.; Furnans, Jordan Ernest; Kulis, Paula S.

doi:10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0000310

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“…Therefore, we completed our first transect after we had completely traversed the pocket of hypoxic waters near platform P2. At that point, we changed our direction of travel and headed southwest toward Oso Bay where hypoxia had been observed previously (Hodges et al 2009). However, as we moved toward Oso Bay, we noticed a low DO gradient in the other direction (i.e., northwest direction toward Nueces Bay).…”

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Integrated real-time monitoring system to investigate the hypoxia in a shallow wind-driven bay

Islam¹,

Bonner

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et al. 2010

Environ Monit Assess

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Corpus Christi Bay (Texas, USA) is a shallow wind-driven bay which experiences hypoxia (dissolved oxygen < 2 mg/L) during the summer. Since this bay is a very dynamic system, the processes that control the hypoxia can last on the order of hours to days. Monitoring systems installed on a single type of platform cannot fully capture these processes at the spatial and temporal scales of interest. Therefore, we have integrated monitoring systems installed on three different platform types: (1) fixed robotic, (2) mobile, and (3) remote. On the fixed robotic platform, an automated profiler system vertically moves a suite of water quality measuring sensors within the water column for continuous measurements. An integrated data acquisition, communication and control system has been configured on our mobile platform (research vessel) for synchronized measurements of hydrodynamic and water quality parameters at greater spatial resolution. In addition, a high-frequency radar system has been installed on remote platforms to generate surface current maps for the bay. With our integrated system, we were able to capture evidence of a hypoxic event in summer 2007; moreover, we detected low dissolved oxygen conditions in a part of the bay with no previously reported history of hypoxia.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Integrated real-time monitoring system to investigate the hypoxia in a shallow wind-driven bay

Islam¹,

Bonner

Page

et al. 2010

Environ Monit Assess

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“…The high weight of concentrated saline stemming from seawater desalination always causes its sinking to the bottom of sea [13,18,22], which prevents mixing with other water bodies and reduces the organic species and qualities and dissolved oxygen level [18,69]. All these factors lead to mortality of benthic organisms [15,22,70], ultimately resulting in degradation to a salt desert status of the ambient water body [13].…”

Section: Seawater Desalination and Environmental Problems Caused By Bmentioning

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Landscape Changes and a Salt Production Sustainable Approach in the State of Salt Pan Area Decreasing on the Coast of Tianjin, China

Wang

Zhu

2015

Sustainability

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Landsat images from 1979, 1988, 1999, 2008, and 2013 were used to analyze the landscape area change of salt pans lying on the coast of Tianjin. While initially (1979)(1980)(1981)(1982)(1983)(1984)(1985)(1986)(1987)(1988), the area of Tianjin's salt pan increased, later it declined dramatically. In the first phase (1979)(1980)(1981)(1982)(1983)(1984)(1985)(1986)(1987)(1988) of the studied period the primary roll-in landscape of the salt pan wasbarren land with an area of 60.0 km 2 . By 1988, the area of Tianjin's salt pan rose to 457.8 km 2 . The main roll-out landscape of the salt pan during 1988-2013 was urban, barren land, village/town, harbor, and road whose area amounted to 69.8, 35.9, 27.3, 25.5 and 18.4 km 2 respectively. The roll-out barren land will be transformed to construction land ultimately. By 2013, the total loss reached 167.3 km 2 , which was 36.5% of the salt pan area of Tianjin in 1988. With the development of coastal economy, the salterns with a lower economic value were transformed to and replaced by land use types with a higher economic value. This trend would influence the production of sea salt and the development of sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate industries. Seawater desalination provides an opportunity for the restoration and compensation of salt production capacity. Based on the theory of circular economy and industrial symbiosis, in this article an industrial symbiosis model for sea salt production and sea water desalination is explored: "mariculture-power plant cooling-seawater desalination-Artemia culture-bromide extraction-sea salt production-salt chemical industry". OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 10079Through the application of this process sustainable development of the sea salt production in Tianjin could be achieved.

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“…The most immediate environmental hazard associated with desalination brine discharges is the formation of so-called 'brine underflows' [4]. This flow is associated is the formation of a thin layer of hypersaline water spreading along the seafloor and becoming depleted in dissolved oxygen.…”

Section: Marine Impacts and Environmental Legislationmentioning

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How robust is the environmental impact assessment process in South Australia? Behind the scenes of the Adelaide seawater desalination project

Kämpf

Clarke

2013

Marine Policy

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Thin-Layer Gravity Current with Implications for Desalination Brine Disposal

Cited by 22 publications

References 44 publications

Integrated real-time monitoring system to investigate the hypoxia in a shallow wind-driven bay

Integrated real-time monitoring system to investigate the hypoxia in a shallow wind-driven bay

Landscape Changes and a Salt Production Sustainable Approach in the State of Salt Pan Area Decreasing on the Coast of Tianjin, China

How robust is the environmental impact assessment process in South Australia? Behind the scenes of the Adelaide seawater desalination project

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