Water Quality Modelling for Rivers and Streams

• Main Authors: Benedini, Marcello. (Author), Tsakiris, George. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Water Science and Technology Library, 70
• Subjects: Geography.; Hydraulic engineering.; Computer simulation.; Engineering mathematics.; Environmental sciences.; Pollution.; Environmental pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Hydrogeology.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Pollution, general.; Simulation and Modeling.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5509-3

The main objective of the Water Framework Directive in the European countries is to achieve a good status of all the water bodies, in the integrated management of river basins. In order to assess the impact of improvement measures, water quality models are necessary. During the previous decades th...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Water Quality in the context of Water Resources Management
• 2. Basic notions
• 3. Mathematical interpretation of pollution transport
• 4. Fundamental expressions
• 5. Dispersion in rivers and streams
• 6. The biochemical pollution
• 7. The most frequent pollutants in a river
• 8. Temperature dependence
• 9. Application of the general differential equations
• 10. The steady-state case
• 11. Interpretation in finite terms
• 12. Progress in numerical modelling: the Finite Difference Method
• 13. The finite element method
• 14. The finite volume method
• 15. Multi-dimensional approach
• 16. Thermal Pollution
• 17. Optimisation models
• 18. Model calibration and validation
• 19. Water Quality Measurements and Uncertainty
• 20. Model reliability
• 21. Final thoughts and future trends
• Appendix
• Index.