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Reference Site Location

 

The Western Long Island Sound Disposal Site (WLDS) is located 2.8 nmi (5.1 km) south of Long Neck Point, Noroton, Connecticut between three historic dredged material disposal sites (Stamford, South Norwalk, and Eaton's Neck). It is a site centered at 40° 59.406' N, 73° 28.674' W (NAD 83). This 2.0 nmi2 (5.3 km2) site has accepted small to moderate volumes of dredged material originating from Stamford, Norwalk, and other coastal communities of Connecticut and New York. Since 1982, approximately 1,332,000 yd3 of dredged material have been deposited at the site.

 

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Annual Disposal Volumes
Bathymetry of WLDS

Bathymetry of Long Island Sound

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Thickness of Dredged Material

Redox Potential Discontinuity (RPD) and Sediment-Organism Index (OSI)

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