[Coral-List] "Over the water" villas & their impacts

Tom Williams ctwiliams at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 5 02:53:32 EDT 2007


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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