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Little Sackville River Sediment Monitoring Program
Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax (SWCSMH)
Updated: August 12, 2015
Contents:
Introduction
A predecessor committee of ours, the
Sackville Rivers Advisory Board (SRAB), which amalgamated with our
group during 1990-91, monitored the Little Sackville River for SS and
other variables for several years. The following report from the Nova
Scotia Dept of Environment was based on approx. two years' of SS data
collected by us.
We subsequently carried out
further sampling as needed on an event basis, but most of it are in
field books and not enunciated in a formal report format due to lack of
any perceived value on a long-term basis. We had also conducted the
first ever Predictive TP/Cha modelling of the entire Sackville River watershed as well in addition to other historical field data and archives.
Commitments given by Chang Lin PhD PEng, NS Dept. of Environment
Note below where Dr. Lin stated clearly the
responsibility of his Department provided we carried out the volunteer
sampling; we kept our commitments but the Department failed to keep
their commitments inspite of several letters we wrote Mr. Andy Cameron,
Manager of the Surface Water Management to whom the program was
transferred to:
Interim report prepared by David Briggins P.Geo., NS Dept. of Environment
Following is the 1990 interim report prepared by Mr. David Briggins of the NS Dept. of Environment on our request:
Sediment monitoring by the Federal DFO during 1982-1983
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