Editor's Note: After reviewing the preceding chapters, EPA's Office of Wetland Protection prepared this concluding chapter, which presents their recommendations for protecting coastal wetlands. Recognizing the numerous benefits and values accrued to society from wetlands, there are several options available for minimizing potential future losses of wetlands from predicted sea level rise. These ...

A sensitive method was developed to measure the sediment concentration of 10 wastewater micropollutants selected as potential sanitary tracers of sewage contamination and include: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (acetaminophen - ACE and diclofenac - DIC), an anti-epileptic drug (carbamazepine - CBZ), a β-blocker (atenolol - ATL), a stimulant (caffeine - CAF), a bronchodilator (theophylline...

[1] Bed load sediment particles supplied to channels by hillslopes are reduced in size by abrasion during downstream transport. The branching structure of the channel network creates a distribution of downstream travel distances to a given reach of river and thus may strongly influence the grain size distribution of the long-term bed load flux through that reach. Here we investigate this hypoth...

Multi-purpose Artificial Reefs (MPARs) are structures that may provide aesthetically acceptable coastal protection and improve recreational outcomes. Twenty years after construction of the first MPAR, Narrowneck Reef on Gold Coast Australia, most available literature is still focused planning, design such peer-reviewed publications their post-construction monitoring, interaction with sediment t...

Forecasting of sediment load (SL) is essential for reservoir operations, design water resource structures, risk management, planning and preventing natural disasters in the river basin systems. Direct measurement SL difficult, labour intensive, expensive. The development an accurate reliable model forecasting required. Sediment transport highly non-linear influenced by a variety factors. using ...