[Coral-List] Overwater structures
Cloe Waterfield
cloe at turrell-associates.com
Thu Jul 5 12:26:11 EDT 2007
Shannon,
Impact considerations should also include;
- The absence of a coastal setback (which should be a prerequisite for
any coastal construction)
- Increased potential for storm related damage, unless building codes
and standards are exemplary (including human life, costs and further
environmental damage)
- Effects of pile driving on benthic and transient resources (temporary
but loud)
- I am not sure what bug problems are like in Virgin Gorda, but in the
Bahamas, structures like these would have the added complication of
limiting access to sandfly breeding beaches for raking, leading to more
use of insecticides /repellents by residents, and the potential release
to the marine environment.
I am sure there are more, but some thoughts for you.
Cloe Waterfield
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1. Re: "Over the water" villas & their impacts (Tom Williams)
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3. Re: "Over the water" villas & their impacts (John McManus)
4. Re: "Over the water" villas & their impacts (Tom Williams)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:25:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom Williams <ctwiliams at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] "Over the water" villas & their impacts
To: Shannon Gore <sd_gore at yahoo.com>, coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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Based on experiences in East Malaysia and Dubai, major
issues would include:
Presumption - NOT DIRECTLY ON CORAL
Status and maintenance of freshwater and sewerage
connections and disposal - presumably for direct
discharges
Wind/Wave induced current changes and the fact that
the villas would be sighted in shallow, intertidal,
low wave, low current regime to begin with - loss of
wind induced currents and circulation would heighten
any nutrient effect in the underlying water
Piling/piers form attached media reactor for increased
bacteria and attached growth
Secondaries include villa debris (planting boxes,
etc.), motor boating liquids/petro, oils, grease,
Direct shading relatively minor as the water would
have been shallow and probably sand bottom..
--- Shannon Gore <sd_gore at yahoo.com> wrote:
TRY TO CONTACT SOMEONE IN MALDIVES WHICH HAS MANY
MORE. SOME IN PHILIPPINES BUT USUALLY MORE LAGOONAL
AND HIGHER DIRECT NUTRIENTLOADS.
Hope it helps.
Send a copy of you contract documents, location,
schedule, etc. and I can GIVE you a scope of work.
Dr. Tom Williams
> The British Virgin Islands are currently undergoing
> a number of developments and the latest call for
> "over the water" villas, several proposed for Little
> Dix Bay, Virgin Gorda. Does anyone have any
> information such as terms of reference for
> developing an EIA for such a project, any similar
> projects that failed, any studies on their impacts,
> etc.? ANY information would be appreciated as this
> is the first of several similar proposed projects.
>
> Shannon Gore
> BVI Conservation & Fisheries Department
> sgore at gov.vg
>
>
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:41:06 +0100
From: "Laura Robinson" <laura_jr at hotmail.co.uk>
Subject: [Coral-List] Honours Project
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Hi,
I have just completed the second year of my degree in Zoology, as part
of
the final year i am required to carry out an individual research project
on
a relevant topic.
I would like to look at the effects of sedimentation on corals. I am
going
travelling in South America this summer and I am hoping to carry out the
research whilst there.
I am hoping to look at the reefs of the coast of venezuela, using
Margarita
Island as a base, but dont know much about the local area/ conditions or
where I could possibly borrow equipment needed.
Any information or relevant exsisting papers would be greatly
appreciated,
Thank-you for your time,
Laura Robinson
Liverpool John Moores University (England)
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:29:40 -0400
From: "John McManus" <jmcmanus at rsmas.miami.edu>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] "Over the water" villas & their impacts
To: <ctwiliams at yahoo.com>, "'Shannon Gore'" <sd_gore at yahoo.com>,
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Stilt houses also often involve discarded cloth and plastic bags (or
those
blown off a porch) which wrap around coral colonies, 'smothering' them.
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To: Shannon Gore; coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] "Over the water" villas & their impacts
Based on experiences in East Malaysia and Dubai, major
issues would include:
Presumption - NOT DIRECTLY ON CORAL
Status and maintenance of freshwater and sewerage
connections and disposal - presumably for direct
discharges
Wind/Wave induced current changes and the fact that
the villas would be sighted in shallow, intertidal,
low wave, low current regime to begin with - loss of
wind induced currents and circulation would heighten
any nutrient effect in the underlying water
Piling/piers form attached media reactor for increased
bacteria and attached growth
Secondaries include villa debris (planting boxes,
etc.), motor boating liquids/petro, oils, grease,
Direct shading relatively minor as the water would
have been shallow and probably sand bottom..
--- Shannon Gore <sd_gore at yahoo.com> wrote:
TRY TO CONTACT SOMEONE IN MALDIVES WHICH HAS MANY
MORE. SOME IN PHILIPPINES BUT USUALLY MORE LAGOONAL
AND HIGHER DIRECT NUTRIENTLOADS.
Hope it helps.
Send a copy of you contract documents, location,
schedule, etc. and I can GIVE you a scope of work.
Dr. Tom Williams
> The British Virgin Islands are currently undergoing
> a number of developments and the latest call for
> "over the water" villas, several proposed for Little
> Dix Bay, Virgin Gorda. Does anyone have any
> information such as terms of reference for
> developing an EIA for such a project, any similar
> projects that failed, any studies on their impacts,
> etc.? ANY information would be appreciated as this
> is the first of several similar proposed projects.
>
> Shannon Gore
> BVI Conservation & Fisheries Department
> sgore at gov.vg
>
>
>
>
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:53:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom Williams <ctwiliams at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] "Over the water" villas & their impacts
To: Pratik Mehta <pratik_n_mehta at yahoo.com>, sgore at gov.vg
Cc: Shannon Gore <sd_gore at yahoo.com>, coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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Pratik
Send the info to the List, not to me personally.
Palm Jumeirah didn't have any stilt houses
--- Pratik Mehta <pratik_n_mehta at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Dr Williams,
>
> I do have plenty of experience in the same area of
> Dubai especially at Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali,
> Dubai Waterfront.... I have studied their EIA and
> other monitoring reports very closely. Will it be of
> any use to you? I am not sure what exactly you r
> looking for.
>
> I am Dr Pratik Mehta, Marine Biologist, worked for
> 18 months at Dubai, presently at India. Please feel
> free to ask if you have any question.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dr. Pratik Mehta
>
> Tom Williams <ctwiliams at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Based on experiences in East Malaysia and Dubai,
> major
> issues would include:
>
> Presumption - NOT DIRECTLY ON CORAL
>
> Status and maintenance of freshwater and sewerage
> connections and disposal - presumably for direct
> discharges
>
> Wind/Wave induced current changes and the fact that
> the villas would be sighted in shallow, intertidal,
> low wave, low current regime to begin with - loss of
> wind induced currents and circulation would heighten
> any nutrient effect in the underlying water
>
> Piling/piers form attached media reactor for
> increased
> bacteria and attached growth
>
> Secondaries include villa debris (planting boxes,
> etc.), motor boating liquids/petro, oils, grease,
>
> Direct shading relatively minor as the water would
> have been shallow and probably sand bottom..
> --- Shannon Gore wrote:
>
> TRY TO CONTACT SOMEONE IN MALDIVES WHICH HAS MANY
> MORE. SOME IN PHILIPPINES BUT USUALLY MORE LAGOONAL
> AND HIGHER DIRECT NUTRIENTLOADS.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Send a copy of you contract documents, location,
> schedule, etc. and I can GIVE you a scope of work.
>
> Dr. Tom Williams
>
> > The British Virgin Islands are currently
> undergoing
> > a number of developments and the latest call for
> > "over the water" villas, several proposed for
> Little
> > Dix Bay, Virgin Gorda. Does anyone have any
> > information such as terms of reference for
> > developing an EIA for such a project, any similar
> > projects that failed, any studies on their
> impacts,
> > etc.? ANY information would be appreciated as this
> > is the first of several similar proposed projects.
>
> >
> > Shannon Gore
> > BVI Conservation & Fisheries Department
> > sgore at gov.vg
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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