SECTION IX 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



Westinghouse Ocean Research Laboratory (WORL) is grateful to the 

 Environmental Protection Agency for the financial support and 

 technical guidance of this study. Funds were supplied under E.P.A. 

 Contract Number 14.12.888. Dr. J. Frances Allen, Dr. Richard Wade, 

 and Dr. Roy Irwin were project officers and their guidance and 

 interest in the program were greatly appreciated. 



WORL also thanks the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission, particularly 

 its chairman, John M. Koenig, for permission to work closely with 

 the operators of the Key West Desalination Plant and for the generous 

 use of their property for the installation of laboratory equipment 

 and to conduct of biological experiments. Their cooperation reflects 

 the genuine concern of the Commission for the environmental well-being 

 of the nearshore Florida waters. 



Lester Chillcott, the Westinghouse Plant Manager of the desalination 

 facility, was especially helpful during the course of the study. His 

 expert knowledge of the engineering aspects and operation of the de- 

 salination plant was of inestimable value in assessing the operational 

 modes of the desalination plant which might affect the environment. 

 Like the members of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission, Mr. Chillcott 

 was vitally concerned about the environmental impact of the effluent 

 and was as interested as the researchers in correcting deleterious 

 effects. 



George Smith, Plant Foreman for the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission 

 and the other members of the operational staff were also concerned 

 about the results of the survey and their cooperation was greatly 

 appreciated. 



Dr. C.P. Tarzwell and George Gardner of the E.P.A. National Marine 

 Water Quality Laboratory, cooperated extensively in the analysis of 

 histological effects of copper toxicity on fish from Safe Harbor. 



Dr. E.F. Corcoran of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric 

 Sciences (RSMAAS) performed analyses of copper and nickel content in 

 samples from the survey and provided insight into some of the toxic 

 and chemical characteristics of these elements. Dr. 0. Joensuu (RSMAAS) 

 analyzed the effluent samples by emission spectroscopy and atomic 

 absorption for a variety of elements. Dr. Wayne Bock (RSMAAS) analyzed 

 the foraminiferan fauna from sediment samples and from core samples. 

 Charlene D. Long from the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 

 University identified the annelid worms collected in Safe Harbor and 



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