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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Reach (contd.), bottom deposits from (contd.), oxidation of sulphide in, 272-273, 102 redox potential in, 260, 160 salinity variations in, 18-19, 4 Sewage Works, 81, 42, 84, 125, 177 Grease works—scee Industrial wastes Great Salt Lake, salinity and oxygen content, 350 Greenwich, fish at, 102 Observatory, 361 air temperature at, related to water temperature at various points, 440-445, 169-171, 238-241 wind records, 143, 359, 361, 502 oxygen, dissolved, at, in 1922, 107, 50-5] temperature at, in 1922, 107, 50-51 related to air temperature, 441-443, 169, 238-240, 171 Griess-Ilosvay method of nitrite determination, modified, 573 Half-tide position, xxiv, 7-8 application, 6, 106-108, 50-52, 168, 401, 406, 570 limitations, 8—9, 106 Halfway Reach, deposits, 99, 132 Hamford Water, deposits, 117 Hammersmith, oxygen absorption by mud from, 206 Power Station, 157 Hampton, wind records, 362, 195, 149 Ham Sewage Works, 80, 82, 42, 84, 177 Hardness of fresh-water discharges, 38 Health, effect of estuary conditions on, 96, 98-100 Minister of, and abstraction from Thames, 26 Heat balance, 447-449 discharged to estuary, 427-433, 163 by fresh-water discharges, 427, 432-433, 162-163 by industrial discharges, 427, 430, 159, 163 by power stations, 427-430, 231-232, 157-158, 163 by sewage effluents, 427, 430-432, 160-161, 163, 447 methods of estimating, 430, 432, 447 exchange between water and air, 427 coefficient—see Coefficient, exchange, heat mechanism of, 447 liberated by biochemical activity, 427, 433, 447 unit discharges of—see Unit inputs, of heat units, 427 Heated discharges, effect on estuary condition, xxii—xxiii, 522-526, 287-290 temperature, xxii—xxiii, 523-524, 288, 290 Holehaven Creek, sewage effluent discharged to, 81 water from, used in aeration experiments, 384, 75] Home Office, ‘Barking Enquiry’, 98 Hopper ton, 320 Hornchurch Sluice—see Beam River Housing and Local Government, Minister of, and abstraction from Thames, 26 Ministry of, approval of diversion of Acton sewage, 77 Departmental Committee on Effects of Heated and other Effuents and Discharges on the Condition of the Tidal Reaches of the River Thames—see Pippard Committee recommended methods of analysis, 572-575 Humber Estuary, application of half-tide adjustment to, xxiv, 9 investigation of, xxiv, 532-533 suspended solids in, 533 ‘Humphreys, G. H.’, sludge vessel, sinking of, 105 Hydraulics Research Station, xy, 324, 506 Hydrochloric acid, removal of carbonates by, 104, 287 Hydrogen in gas from mud deposits, 315, /2/ peroxide, oxidation of organic matter by, 104, 287 sulphide (see also Sulphide), dissociation constant, 267 evolution of, xv, 96, 171, 247, 533 exchange between air and water, 265-272, 100, 331, 340-341, 140 in air, 1, 188, 194, 255 determination, 268, 574-576 factors affecting, 265-272 nuisance caused by, xv—xvi, xxiii, 1, 188, 268, 533 smell, detectable concentration, 268 in bubbles, concentration of, changes in, during rising, 193, 270-272, 168-169, 101 from mud deposits, 269-272, 313, 12] oxidation of, 272-275, 170-174 partition coefficient, 267 sulphate as source of, 256 undissociated, effect of pH value, 269, 167 equilibrium with sulphide ions, 267, 100 in estuary, 265, 341 Hydrography, 4-24, 1-22, J—5, 61 8-Hydroxyquinoline complex, determination of magnesium as, 575 Ice-cream manufacture—see Industrial wastes Ignition, loss on determination, 574-575 of bottom deposits, 106-110, 292, 178, 295 relations with other constituents, 182-184, 304, 1//, 306-307 of inorganic matter, 306-307 ~ Illinois River, nitrification in, 219 Improvement in condition of estuary after cessation of dumping at Mucking, 163, 91-92 after introduction of aeration plant at Northern Outfall, 93, 166-167 after introduction of treatment plant in nineteenth century, 101-102, 162 lack of, after reduction in polluting load, 164-166 predicted, after improved treatment at Northern | Outfall, 496-498, 273-274 India Docks, deposits, 132 Industrial wastes, analysis, methods of, 572-574 as sources of ammonia, 217, 77 nitrate, 247 organic carbon, 468, 177 organic nitrogen, 77 oxidizable matter, 278, 326 oxygen, 326 solid matter, 278, 319, 127, 130, 322 discharged from bakelite factories, 78 board mills, 2, 31-32, 48, 86, 239, 127, 159, 468, 177 breweries, 77, 128 candle works, 128 chemical works, 48, 128, 86, 127, 177 DDT factories, 78 dye works, 78 edible-oil refineries, 48, 86, 159, 177 fermentation industries, 2, 90, 48, 86, 128, 127, 430, 468, 159, 177 flour mills, 48, 86, 127, 159, 177 gas works, 2, 90, 48, 128, 86, 239, 127, 430, 159, 177 grease works, 128 | ice-cream manufacture, 78 margarine factories, 78, 48, 86, 127, 177 meat-products manufacture, 78 oil works, 128 paint works, 78 paper mills, 2, 48, 98, 128, 86, 239, 127, 430, 159, 468, 177 petroleum products and storage, 48 plating works, 78 power stations, 90-92, 86, 239-240, 127, 326, 427-430, 231-232, 157-158 soap works, 48, 78, 128, 86 sugar refineries, 48, 237-239, 86, 430, 159, 177 tanneries, 128