Accession Number:

ADA094799

Title:

Delaware River Dredging Disposal Study, Stage 1 Reconnaissance Report.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT PHILADELPHIA PA

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1979-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

997.0

Abstract:

A regional dredging disposal plan is to be developed for the tidal portions of the Delaware River, its tidal tributaries and Delaware Bay, extending from Trenton New Jersey to the sea and for Indian River Inlet and Bay. This reconnaissance report is written to present technical background as foundation for the study. Various appendices of this plan focus on environmental impacts of dredge disposal and inventory of various fish and wildlife in the area. Historic and archeological sites are also listed. Various plates provide maps of different actual and proposed disposal areas. Author

Descriptors:

• *DREDGING
• ENVIRONMENTS
• IMPACT
• NATURAL RESOURCES
• RIVERS
• DISPOSAL
• DREDGED MATERIALS
• NEW JERSEY
• PENNSYLVANIA
• DELAWARE

Subject Categories:

• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
• Civil Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE