Ecological Changes Associated with the Industrialization of Cedar Bayou and Trinity Bay, Texas
Date
1974
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Abstract
Cedar Bayou (a tributary of Galveston Bay) and Trinity Bay were studied before and after construction and operation of two industries. Cedar Bayou is the discharge site for U.S. Steel Company, and the intake site for Houston Lighting and Power Company's Cedar Bayou Generating Station. Trinity Bay, near Point Barrow, is the discharge site for thermal effluents from the power plant.
Description
79 pages; available for download at the link below.
Keywords
environmental impact, Cedar Bayou, Texas, estuarine ecology, Trinity Bay, Texas