Monitoring and maintaining the quality of Nantucket Harbor is the responsibility of the Nantucket Department of Natural Resources as they attempt to preserve the harbor’s aquatic life and economy. The goal of this project was to compile all available data on water quality regarding Nantucket Harbor, make observations in trends regarding the harbor’s health, and make recommendations to better record and communicate information on water quality. This goal was met by specifically analyzing nitrates and nitrogen inputs into the harbor and addressing the need for more detailed monitoring of water quality factors.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Dorfman, Daniel Arthur
• Brown, Hannah Katherine
• Mucaro, Daniel Louis
• Kenney, Allison Haley

Subject

• Environment
• Community
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121913-133242

Keyword

• Water-supply--Health aspects
• Sustainability
• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects
• Marine pollution

Advisor

• Looft, Fred J.
• Servatius, Brigitte

Year

• 2013

Center

• Nantucket, Massachusetts Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Nantucket Dept. of Natural Resources

Date created

• 2013-12-19

Location

• Nantucket

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright