Assessing Cu(II) Speciation and Transport in the New York Bight

by A. B. M. Badruzzaman, Univ of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States,
Wu-Seng Lung, Univ of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Estuarine and Coastal Modeling

Abstract:

The New York Bight had been receiving waste disposals, dredged spoils and acid dumps for the past 30-40 years causing accumulation of trace metals such as Cu(II) in water and sediment. A three-dimensional multi-layered time variable model has been developed to assess the temporal and spatial distribution of dissolved and particulate Cu(II) in the water and sediment layers. A chemical sub-model of this three-dimensional mass transport model computes the equilibrium chemical speciation of the metal in water and sediment layers. Sensitivity of the model was analyzed to determine the effects of different parameters such as, settling velocity of suspended solids, loading and dispersion coefficients, on the transport of dissolved and particulate Cu(II).

Subject Headings: Three-dimensional models | Sediment transport | Water supply systems | Sensitivity analysis | Mathematical models | Water pollution | Three-dimensional analysis | New York | United States

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