Change in Contact Details for the CZMU

Please note that the contact details for Coastal Zone Management Unit have changed as follows:

Main Office Number: (246) 535-5700

Office Fax Number: (246) 535-5741

The CZMU apologizes for any inconvenience this change may have caused.

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Glossary of Terms

Downstream

Along coasts with obliquely approaching waves there is a longshore (wave-driven) current.

BOD

Biochemical (or Biological) Oxygen Demand - high figures suggest pollution or eutrophication.

Non-point sources of pollution

Multiple, not easily identifiable sources of pollution (e.g. agriculture, urban areas). Also called diffuse sources.

Overtopping

Passing of water over the top of a structure as a result of wave run-up or surge action.

Profile, beach

The intersection of the ground surface with a vertical plane; typically perpendicular to the local shoreline, and may extend from behind the dune line or the top of a bluff to well seaward of the breaker zone.

Survey, hydrographic

A survey that has as its principle purpose the determination of geometric and dynamic characteristics of bodies of water.

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