Waste disposal in the ocean

This review is structured into four main sections. First, the three major types of discharge into coastal receiving water are discussed: by means of a single submerged pipe outfall; a multiple port (multiport) submerged diffuser outfall; and surface discharge by means of a canal at the shoreline. All of these discharges produce jet-like motions that are modified in various ways by buoyancy, ambient geometry, and ambient currents. The emphasis in these three sections is to provide a classification of the behaviour of these discharges and to present simple methods for predicting their mixing capacity (near field dilution). Predictive methods for far field transport processes are then discussed. The application…