Evaluation of Emerging Contaminants of Concern of the South District Wastewater Treament Plant Based on Seasonal Sampling Events, Miami-Dade County, Florida 2004
Lietz A and Meyer M. 2006. Evaluation of Emerging Contaminants of Concern of the South District Wastewater Treament Plant Based on Seasonal Sampling Events, Miami-Dade County, Florida 2004. Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative. ASS03-1. Everglades National Park/South Florida Natural Resources Center
Final Report. The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) has identified highly treated wastewater as a possible water source for the restoration of natural water flows and hydroperiods in selected coastal areas, including the Biscayne Bay coastal wetlands. Effluent from the South District Wastewater Treatment Plant in southern Miami-Dade County has been identified as one potential source of reclaimed wastewater for the Biscayne Bay coastal wetlands. This CESI-funded study examines a suite of contaminants found in both the influent and effluent of the plant, including organic wastewater compounds, pharmaceutical compounds, antibiotic compounds and hormones. Because several of these are either known or suspected "endocrine disrupters", further investigation is needed to determine their potential effects to receiving ecosystems. Lietz, A. C. and Michael Meyer. 2006. Evaluation of Emerging Contaminants of Concern at the South District Wastewater Treatment Plant Based on Seasonal Sampling Events, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2004. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5240.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Lietz, A.; Meyer, Micahel
- Date of Issue
- 2006
- Units
- BISC , EVER
- Keywords
- Assessment, BISC, Biscayne Bay National Park, CESI, Contaminants, everglades, Water Quality
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Nutrient Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Toxics , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Intertidal Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Estuarine Communities