TRACE METALS IN SUISUN BAY, CALIFORNIA:

Excerpt from Trace Metals in Suisun Bay, California: A Preliminary Report The u.s. Bureau of Reclamation is seeking to obtain a permit from the California State Water Resources Control Board to dispose of agricultural tile drainage water from the San Luis Drain. One of the alternative discharge sites is in Suisun Bay (fig. A possible extension of San Luis Drain would collect and move agricultural tile drainage return water from farm areas around Kettleman City in the south to the upper San Joaquin Valley farms in the north into Suisun Bay for disposal. The possible impacts of the tile drain-water plume would be greatest in the Suisun Bay area and would need to be assessed by the California State Water Resources Control Board prior to issuing a permit. Benthic sediments and benthic organisms generally function as a repository for trace metals in estuaries. Metals sequestered by sediments and organisms can become available again in the water column unless metal-enriched sediments are removed from the estuary. Present trace-metal concentrations and fluctuations in the Suisun Bay benthic sediments, suspended sediments, and benthic organisms are unknown. In order to assess any future impacts on the bay from the disposal of agricultural drainage water, trace-element concentrations and fluctuations need to be characterized as they currently exist in the drain-water plume area. This preliminary study of Suisun Bay presents the current effort to understand trace-element controlling processes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.