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CCU’s Environmental Quality CCU’s Environmental Quality Lab: Investigation of Ocean Lab: Investigation of Ocean Outfalls in Myrtle Beach and Outfalls in Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach, SCNorth Myrtle Beach, SCJoseph Bennett and Susan Libes
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Stormwater Pipes
Pipes on Beach 2 to 3 inch diameters 100+
Outfall Pipes 60+ inch diameters 1000+ ft offshore Myrtle Beach
25th Ave S (June 2003) 53rd Ave. N (delayed) 14th Ave. N. (Fall 2005)
North Myrtle Beach 6th Ave. S. (installed 2004) 33rd Ave S. and ? One in construction
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SC DHEC OCRM Permit Requirements
Onshore Stormwater Quality StudyCharacterize composition of outfall emissionsTreatment devices
In-Situ Water Quality Study Evaluate the impact of runoff on nearshore
?FlowsDispersionDischarge
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Potential Impacts of Concern
BacteriaSwimming
EutrophicationDissolved Oxygen
?AnimalsToxicsSalinity
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Potential Parameters
Enteroccoci Dissolved Oxygen Nutrients Oxygen Demanding Substances (BOD5) Chlorophyll Turbidity Salinity Temperature
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Potential Sampling Strategies
Following rain eventsOnshoreOffshore
Controls: What is normal for Long Bay?Dry weather(onshore and offshore)?Geographic
Pre and post constructionSites with little runoffSites with lots of runoff
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Stormwater Runoff Sources
Tidal Creeks (swashes)Withers Swash: 35 to 40 cfs non-rainMidway Swash: 10 to 15 cfs non-rain
Pipes on Beach FaceOutfall Pipes
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Enterococci in Stormwater Runoff Around 25th S in 2004
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Enterococci in Surf Zone Around 25th S in 2004
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Withers Swash(12,997 CFU/100 mL)
Outfall
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Enterococci (CFU/100 mL)
Distance Up or Downshore from Pipe Crossing on Beach (m)
Distance Offshore(m)
Expanded Surface Distribution of Enterococci Around 25th S Outfall Dischargeon 10/4/04, >1" Rain in Previous 24 Hours and >3" Rain in Previous 72 Hours
Longshore Flow
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What is normal?What is acceptable? Impacts
Water Quality Animals
Fisheries Natural populations
Loading Beach Pipes Outfall Pipes Swashes
Management Regulatory Criteria
Benchmarks Thresholds
Monitoring
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DO (ppm) % Saturation
Temperature (oC) Salinity
2nd Ave N. Pier 7/20/2004
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Bottom Water Quality: Longitudinal Transect Along Pier
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0 m
3 m
?Low DO5 m
Longitudinal Model of Hypoxic Zone
Pier
+ 100 to 200 m
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Time-line
Surface Cooling: July 1 – July 30 Rain fall
7/9, 1.0 inches 7/18, 2.2 inches
Sampling 7/20: 2nd Ave N and Springmaid 7/22: 2nd Ave N and Springmaid 7/23: Cherry Grove and Apache + DNR transects
Flounder Jubilee July 15 – 23 July 23 – 28: tapered down
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Withers Swash Midway Swash
Flounder runs start
Cold Event
Hypoxia first observed
Rain Fall Amounts Near Locations of Major Freshwater Input to Surf Zone
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Time-line
Surface Cooling: July 1 – July 30 Rain fall
7/9, 1.0 inches 7/18, 2.2 inches
Sampling 7/20: 2nd Ave N and Springmaid 7/22: 2nd Ave N and Springmaid 7/23: Cherry Grove and Apache + DNR transects
Flounder Jubilee July 15 – 23 July 23 – 28: tapered down
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DO Concentration in Bottom Water During Hypoxic Event
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Surfside MyrtleBeach
State Park
SpringmaidPier
2nd Ave N.MB
ApachePier
CherryGrove Pier
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(p
pm
)
7/20/047/22/047/23/04
NOAA Estuarine Eutrophication Criteria Biological Stress >2 ppm, < 5 ppmHypoxic >0 ppm, < 2 ppmAnoxic 0 ppm
Off Shore
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Garden City Garden City Surfsidenearshore
Surfsideoffshore
Myrtle BeachState Park
Pier
2nd Ave Pier Apache Pier,nearshore
Mea
n p
HpH measurements along Grand Strand, July 23, 2004
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Surf Zone and Near Shore Dissolved Oxygen Percent Saturation
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Sampling Date
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atu
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DO
2nd Ave N Springmaid Pier Surf Zone (25th Ave N)
Cherry Grove Pier Apache Pier
Cold Event
Bottomwater
Rain No Rain
Rain
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Time-line
Surface Cooling: July 1 – July 30 Rain fall
7/9, 1.0 inches 7/18, 2.2 inches
Sampling 7/20: 2nd Ave N and Springmaid 7/22: 2nd Ave N and Springmaid 7/23: Cherry Grove and Apache + DNR transects
Biotic Impacts Flounder Jubilee Benthic invertebrate kills at Huntington Beach and Pawleys
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Causative Agents
Coastal UpwellingSummer CoolingPlankton Bloom
Elevated Chlorophylls Nutrients
Stormwater RunoffPipes and swashes discharge on beachOff-shore discharge pipes
Raw Sewage Spill
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Surf Zone and Near Shore Chlorophyll a Levels
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Sampling Date
Ch
l a (
pp
b)
2nd Ave N Springmaid Pier Surf Zone (25th Ave N)
Cherry Grove Pier Apache Pier
NOAA Estuarine Eutrophication Criteria Surface ConcentrationHypereutrophic >60 ppbHigh >20 ppb, < 60 ppbMedium >5 ppb, < 20 ppbLow >0 ppb, <5 ppb
Bottomwater
Cold Event
Rain No Rain Rain
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Total Nitrogen Concentration in the Surf Zone and Near Shore
0.000
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Co
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2nd Ave N Springmaid Pier Surf Zone (25th Ave N)
Cherry Grove Pier Apache Pier
NOAA Estuarine Eutrophication Criteria Maximum Dissolved Surface ConcentrationHigh >1ppmMedium >0.1 ppm, < 1 ppmLow >0 ppm, <0.1 ppm
Bottomwater
Cold Event
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Total Phosphorus Concentration in the Surf Zone and Near Shore
0.000
0.010
0.020
0.030
0.040
0.050
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4/23 5/3 5/13 5/23 6/2 6/12 6/22 7/2 7/12 7/22 8/1Sampling Date
Co
nce
ntr
atio
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pp
m P
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2nd Ave N Springmaid Pier Surf Zone (25th Ave N)
Cherry Grove Pier Apache Pier
NOAA Estuarine Eutrophication Criteria Maximum Dissolved Surface ConcentrationHigh >0.1ppmMedium >0.01 ppm, < 0.1 ppmLow >0 ppm, <0.01 ppm
Bottom water
Cold Event
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Nitrogen to Phosphorus Ratio in the Surf Zone and Near Shore
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Sampling Date
N/P
2nd Ave N Springmaid Pier Surf Zone (25th Ave N)
Cherry Grove Pier Apache Pier
Bottom water
Cold Event
N deficient growth
P deficient growth
Guildford and Hecky, 2000
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Causative Agents
Coastal UpwellingSummer coolingPlankton Bloom
Elevated Chlorophylls Nutrients
Stormwater RunoffPipes and swashes discharge on beachOff-shore discharge pipes
Raw Sewage Spill
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Causative Agents Coastal Upwelling
Summer cooling Plankton Bloom
Elevated Chlorophylls Nutrients
Stormwater Runoff Pipes and swashes discharge on beach Off-shore discharge pipes
Raw Sewage Spill in NMB July 13: few hundred gallons July 21: 5000 gallons
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Is this a one-time event?
Should we be worried?
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200,000
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Po
pu
lati
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Es
tim
ate
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2020 2030
Year
Horry County Population Growth Projections
Permanent Overnight Day
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Future Frequency of Hypoxia
Frequency of UpwellingGlobal Climate Change
Stormwater RunoffGlobal Climate Change Increase in population & impervious cover
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Potential Impacts
Hard Bottom CommunitiesFisheries
OverfishingHarmful Algal Blooms
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< 0.5 m sediment cover
Potential Hard Bottom Habitat
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3 m
Typical 4 s waves along Grand Strand constrain wind mixing to upper 3 m (Gayes, pers. comm.)
Hard Bottoms start
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Potential Impacts
Hard Bottom CommunitiesFisheries
OverfishingHarmful Algal Blooms
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Needs
Monitoring Define normal for Nearshore Waters
Now using estuarine criteriaHow much of these events are natural
Translate this into management guidelinesReduction of nonpoint loads
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Acknowledgments
Bob Van Dolah, Mel Bell, George Reikerk, Dean Cain, SC DNR
Denise Sanger, SC DHEC OCRM Alan Lewitus, South Carolina Algal Ecology
Laboratory Bob Pender, Ryan Day, Burroughs and Chapin
Center for Marine and Wetland Studies
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Surf Zone and Swashes, Myrtle Beach, SC
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Drainage Basin 2 (ditch) Drainage Basin 1 (pool)