Study of Deep-Sea Wastewater Discharge

M. S. Nemirovskii and E. A. Kuftarkova

Institute of Biology of Southern Seas, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
prosp. Nakhimova 2, Sevastopol, 99011 Ukraine

Received December 2, 2002

Abstract—Results of comprehensive experimental hydrophysical and hydrochemical studies of deep-sea
municipal wastewater discharge to the marine environment are presented. Relationships between variations in
the rates of physical dilution, destruction of unstable organic matter contained in municipal wastewater, and uti-
lization of biogenic compounds by phytoplankton are determined. The contribution of physical dilution and uti-
lization of ammonia nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen, and phosphates to the process of marine environment self-puri-
fication is estimated for different depths of wastewater discharge.

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