Disposal Area Monitoring System (DAMOS) Program

US Army Corps of Engineers New England District

Using our experience in data management, statistics, data visualization, as well as offshore dredged material management, Exa has participated in the Disposal Area MOnitoring System (DAMOS) Program through integration of years of biological, chemical, and physical monitoring data to illuminate trends, visualize historic patterns, and recommend data-based actions. Examples of these projects include statistical analyses and visualization of chemical patterns of dredged material relative to background sediments; analyses of the use of sediment guideline values for assessment of Long Island Sound sediments; comparison of post-disposal monitoring data relative to predictive models for offshore disposal and capping; and historical retrospectives of different methods of management and mitigation of offshore disposal of dredged material throughout New England.