Guidance Document
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Ballast Monitoring Practicums-2019: Guidance Document
May 30-31, 2019 in Duluth-Superior June 3-4, 2019 in Erie
Guidance Document
A guidebook of practical methods is being drafted for use at the practicums and then for more general distribution afterwards based on the activities and results of the practicums and input from multiple stakeholders before, during, and after the practicums. Following completion of the practicums, the guidebook will be widely disseminated to professionals throughout the Great Lakes region and to relevant authorities in the federal government by direct electronic communication, by the project web site, and through presentations at conferences and other venues at which stakeholders will be present.
A draft outline of the guidance document is given below. Please return to this website to read draft contents linked to outline elements listed below and to provide input to the final document.
Outline:
1. Introduction
A. Purpose (brief)
B. Acknowledgements
2. Background
A. Biological/Environmental Drivers
B. Legislative/Legal Context (including review of the recent VIDA authorization)**
C. Guidebook Purpose & Process
3. Ballast Water Monitoring in the Great Lakes
A. Organisms of concern
B. Harbors of most concern
C. Ships. Ports of origin. Operations.
D. Monitoring Operations of Ballast Management (Treatment) Systems
4. Monitoring Tools Relevant to Great Lakes Ballast Monitoring*
A. Technology A
B. Technology B
C. Technology C
D. Technology D
Etc. This chapter will cover a variety of established and emerging monitoring tools across an array of analytical processes (ATP measurements, e-DNA detection, chlorophyll fluorometry, fluorescein diacetate metabolism, particle counters, microvideography, etc), as compared to conventional methods (microscopy).
5. Monitoring Tool Operational Data
A. Results of hands-on measurements at the two practicums
B. Current applicability of methods and data types to programmatic objectives identified in previous chapters
6. Future Needs
A. Monitoring gaps identified at practicums
B. Technology needs to meet future environmental challenges
*Extensive links to various technologies and scientific literature will be provided. At the draft stage, the following links and publications are relevant:
https://www.chelsea.co.uk/products/green-shipping/fastballast-portable-compliance-monitor
https://www.chelsea.co.uk/products/green-shipping/fastballast-integrated-compliance-monitor
http://www.bw-monitor.com
https://microwise.eu/ballastwise/
https://www.10cells.com/en/
https://www.mol.co.jp/en/pr/2018/18033.html
https://www.hach.com/bw680-ballast-water-handheld-fluorometer/product?id=15457732842
https://www.luminultra.com/products/
http://www.sixsenso.com/
http://marinetestingsolutions.com/products/ballast-water-kit/
https://www.turnerdesigns.com/ballast-check-2
https://www.eazychem.co.uk/product/ballast-water-test-kit/
Euro Tech (China) Ballast Water Checker
https://www.cmtechnologies.de/en/products-en/water-monitoring/ballastwater.html
http://info.fluidimaging.com/hs-fs/hub/300163/file-1872039560-
http://digital.mlml.calstate.edu/islandora/object/islandora%3A17938
Recent publications reviewing indicative monitoring technologies
Table of Contents of a special issue of the Journal of Sea Research devoted to ballast testing (March 2018)
Bradie et al. 2018 Rapid analytic tools--review of >10 methods
Bradie et al 2018 >10 ballast monitoring methods tested shipboard
Hyun et al 2018 ATP method
Lo Curto 2018 SGS ATP method
Lundgren 2019 Automated counting method for FDA and CMFDA stained cells
IMO IMarEST 2019 Summary of currently available ballast water indicative analysis instruments
**Text of the 2018 Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA)
For more information, contact
Jeffrey Ram at jeffram@gmail.com
or Allegra Cangelosi at allegracangelosi@gmail.com