Effects of polluting discharges on the Thames Estuary : the reports of the Thames Survey Committee and the Water Pollution Research Laboratory.

  • Great Britain. Thames Survey Committee.
Date:
1964
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    Carbon dioxide as bacterial carbon source, 218, 222 evolved in bottom deposits, 193, 269, 315, 121 /nitrogen ratio of bottom deposits in Thames, 310-311, //6, 118 in other British estuaries, 311, //7 change on storage, 311 of dredging spoil, 310-311, 116 of marine algae, 311 of sewage solids, 311 relation to particle size, 311, 1/8 organic, assimilation by bacteria, 216 calculated distributions of, 421-422, 474-475, 255 calculated effects of discharges of, 514-515, 283, 538-540, 184-185, 295-297, 555-556, 565, 302 changes in concentration during denitrification experiments, 251, 90 determination, 572, 575 effects of insensitivity in, 44, 223 division into ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ components, 216-217, 226-227, 536 proportions of ‘fast’ and ‘slow’, 227-228, 231, 234-235, 240-241, 246, 540, 183 entry to estuary, rate of, 467-472, 177 ‘fast’, effects of unit inputs of, 538-540, 184, 295-297, 555-556, 564-565, 302 in bottom deposits, 288, 06-110, 292, 177-179, 294-295, 301-308, 113-114, 327, 132, 182-184 in cellulose, 321 in fresh-water discharges, 12, 38, 15, 44, 18, 50, 25 in sewage and sewage effluents, 39, 232-233, 82, 507 during aeration experiments, 7], 73 in storm sewage, 468-469, 177 oxidation—see Oxidation, carbonaceous oxygen required for oxidation, 216, 321, 537 relation, to B.O.D., 216, 228-229, 145, 234 to carbonaceous U.O.D., 216, 227 to organic nitrogen, 235, 149 to oxidizable nitrogen, 145, 229, 310-311, 116-118 ‘slow’, effects of unit inputs of, 538-540, 185, 295 unoxidizable, 216, 347, 458, 536 Casella displacement sampler, 572 Cellulose, carbon content of, 321 Central Electricity Authority—see next entry Central Electricity Generating Board (see also Electricity-generating stations), xxviii, 91, 337, 427-429, 231, 455, 250, 303 Cesspools, 94-95 Charcoal for making manure from sewage, 95 Chelsea Bridge, temperature variations at, 166 Chemical treatment of sewage—see Sewage, treatment of Chemical works—see Industrial wastes Chicago River, artificial aeration of, 566 Chiswick, fish at, 102 penetration of sea water to, 100 Chloride (see also Salinity), determination, 572 in estuary, 100, 102, 169 variation over cross-section, 390, 219 in fresh-water discharges, 16, 25, 28, 30, 32-33, 38, 41, 43, 46-48, 257 in sea water, 16 relation to salinity, 16, 572 relation to sulphate content, 257, 158 Chlorination of sewage effluents, 101, 200 Chlorococcales, 175-176 Chlorophyceae, 102, 175-176 Cholera, 94 Chromic acid method for determining organic carbon, 572 Clay, chemical composition, 306-307 in bottom deposits, 104, 287, 292, 107-109 particle size, 103 7 INDEX Coal, domestic, U.O.D. of, 223 spillage to estuary, 242, 320 Coalhouse Point, volume of estuary above, 323 Cobalt as catalyst, 353, 360 Cobbles, particle size, 103 Coefficient, absorption, for hydrogen sulphide, 341 for oxygen, 344, 351-352 determination, 353 temperature coefficient, 372 units, 353 activity, value assumed in equilibria studies, 265 correlation, multiple, 131 between oxygen and other factors, 132-138, 56-57 partial, 131 between temperature and other factors, 443 rank, 357-358 total, 131 between oxygen and other factors, 132-138, 56-57 escape, 352 exchange, ammonia, 331 heat, 448-449 in estuary, 448-452, 244, 172 in River Lee, 452 hydrogen sulphide, 341 oxygen—see Exchange coefficient for oxygen EXity oz, non-determination, 131 applications, 132-133, 56-57 partition, for hydrogen sulphide, 267 temperature—see Temperature, effect on Coke-breeze as filter medium, 101 Colne Estuary, deposits, 117 Colour, of fresh-water discharges, 38 of water in anaerobic reach, 171 of suspended matter, 265 Computer, ACE, 415, 449-450 DEUCE, 415, 480 capacity, 425 running times, 425-426 preparation of data, 467, 472 size, effect on methods used, 480 use of, in calculating distribution of dissolved substances, 410, 415, 425-426 mixing constants, 406, 570 Conduction, loss of heat from estuary by, 447 Conductivity, electrical, of fresh-water discharges, 38 Conservative substances, calculation of concentration, 407, 414 definition, 407 displacement matrix, 417 effect of unit inputs of, 538-540, 190, 563-564 Contact beds for sewage treatment, 101 Contamination, effect on reaeration, 366-367, 374-382, 206-215, 150-151, 217 Conversion factors, 581 Cooling rate—see Coefficient, exchange, heat Cooling-water—see Electricity-generating stations Core sampler, Livingstone, 295 Correlation coefficient—see Coefficient, correlation Corringham Sewage Works, 81, 42, 84, 125, 177 Corrosion attributed to sulphide, 1, 265 Cost of intercepting sewers, 97. Crane, River, 6, 29 composition, 29, 26, 23-25, 137 flow, 29, 8 polluting load, 27, 47, 241, 87, 123, 433, 162, 177, 493 Cray, River, 6, 25-26, 46-47 composition, 47, 45, 25, 363, 137 flow, 46, 20