Coastal Environment and Water Quality

From Proceedings of the 25th Anniversary Meeting & International Conference Challenges in Coastal Hydrology and Water Quality. This book will be of interest to anyone studying: coastal hydrology and water resources, water resources planning; environmental science and engineering; development and management; agricultural and forest resources; earth sciences; watershed and range sciences; environmental resources planning & management. Coastal Environment and Water Quality contains 41 papers in seven sections reflecting various aspects of coastal environment and water quality. Section 1 deals with coastal water pollution which has received considerable attention in recent decades. Section 2 looks at saltwater intrusion which is of fundamental importance for the management of coastal aquifers. Section 3 covers coastal water eutrophication. This subject takes on an added significance in light of growing hypoxia due to nutrient enrichment in the Gulf of Mexico. Section 4 deals with best management practices currently being employed for water quality management. Taken together, these first four sections constitute the building blocks for water quality modeling, which is the subject of Section 5. Extending this discussion further, Section 6 encompasses coastal ecology, wetlands and environment. In conclusion, Section 7 presents some of the impacts of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.