Water Quality Modeling : A Guide to Effective Practice

This report serves as a guide to the utility and relevance of water quality prediction modeling. It draws upon examples from recent World Bank water resources and wastewater management projects. The goal of the guide is to provide a broad-based und...

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Main Author: Palmer, Mervin D.
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spelling okr-10986-139142021-04-23T14:03:10Z Water Quality Modeling : A Guide to Effective Practice Palmer, Mervin D. AVAILABLE WATER BOD CALIBRATION CONSTRUCTION COPPER COST SAVINGS CURRENT VELOCITY CURRENTS DEMAND FOR WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN EFFLUENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ESTUARIES FLOW MEASUREMENTS FRESHWATER GRID SYSTEM GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS HYDRODYNAMICS HYDROLOGY INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES INTAKES LAKES LAND USE LOW TIDE MANAGING WATER RESOURCES METEOROLOGY MODELING NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NUTRIENTS OCEANS PERMITS POINT SOURCES POLLUTION PROGRAMS QUALITY OF WATER RESERVOIRS RIVER BASIN RIVERS SALINITY SEDIMENT SPRING STORM WATER STRATIFICATION SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER QUALITY SURFACE WATER RESOURCES SURFACE WATERS SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT USE OF WATER WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTEWATER WASTEWATER DISCHARGE WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS WATER ALLOCATION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CHARACTERISTICS WATER LEVELS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT MODEL WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES WATER MOVEMENT WATER PROJECTS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY DATA WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER QUALITY MODELING WATER QUALITY MONITORING WATER QUALITY MONITORING DATA WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER SUPPLY WATER USE WATER USERS WATER USES WATER WITHDRAWALS This report serves as a guide to the utility and relevance of water quality prediction modeling. It draws upon examples from recent World Bank water resources and wastewater management projects. The goal of the guide is to provide a broad-based understanding of the water quality prediction process and to evaluate the relative merits and cost-effectiveness of using water quality models under field conditions. The guide build on and revises the chapter on water quality modeling prepared for the World Bank's "Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook, 1998 (report no. 19128)." The guide comprises five sections. Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the use of water quality models, including the objectives of water quality modeling, the approach to water quality prediction, the costs of modeling processes, and the general components of typical water quality models. Chapter 2 discusses the most common water quality parameters that are modeled, the receiving water processes, quality assurance and control for the water quality data and model predictions, and the required model resources. Chapter 3 describes generic components of water quality models. Some prediction models are then discussed, with detailed summaries of these models presented in an Appendix. Chapter 4 summarizes the present uses of water quality models and recent Bank development projects that used water quality models. Chapter 5 discusses the model data requirements and prediction issues. 2013-06-13T17:29:38Z 2013-06-13T17:29:38Z 2001-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/05/1121241/water-quality-modeling-guide-effective-practice 0-8213-4863-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13914 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic AVAILABLE WATER
BOD
CALIBRATION
CONSTRUCTION
COPPER
COST SAVINGS
CURRENT VELOCITY
CURRENTS
DEMAND FOR WATER
DISSOLVED OXYGEN
EFFLUENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ESTUARIES
FLOW MEASUREMENTS
FRESHWATER
GRID SYSTEM
GROUNDWATER
HYDRAULICS
HYDRODYNAMICS
HYDROLOGY
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
INTAKES
LAKES
LAND USE
LOW TIDE
MANAGING WATER RESOURCES
METEOROLOGY
MODELING
NATURAL RESOURCES
NITROGEN
NUTRIENTS
OCEANS
PERMITS
POINT SOURCES
POLLUTION
PROGRAMS
QUALITY OF WATER
RESERVOIRS
RIVER BASIN
RIVERS
SALINITY
SEDIMENT
SPRING
STORM WATER
STRATIFICATION
SURFACE RUNOFF
SURFACE WATER
SURFACE WATER QUALITY
SURFACE WATER RESOURCES
SURFACE WATERS
SUSTAINABLE WATER
SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT
USE OF WATER
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE
WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
WATER ALLOCATION
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CHARACTERISTICS
WATER LEVELS
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER MANAGEMENT MODEL
WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
WATER MOVEMENT
WATER PROJECTS
WATER QUALITY
WATER QUALITY DATA
WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY MODELING
WATER QUALITY MONITORING
WATER QUALITY MONITORING DATA
WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES
WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER SUPPLY
WATER USE
WATER USERS
WATER USES
WATER WITHDRAWALS
spellingShingle AVAILABLE WATER
BOD
CALIBRATION
CONSTRUCTION
COPPER
COST SAVINGS
CURRENT VELOCITY
CURRENTS
DEMAND FOR WATER
DISSOLVED OXYGEN
EFFLUENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ESTUARIES
FLOW MEASUREMENTS
FRESHWATER
GRID SYSTEM
GROUNDWATER
HYDRAULICS
HYDRODYNAMICS
HYDROLOGY
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
INTAKES
LAKES
LAND USE
LOW TIDE
MANAGING WATER RESOURCES
METEOROLOGY
MODELING
NATURAL RESOURCES
NITROGEN
NUTRIENTS
OCEANS
PERMITS
POINT SOURCES
POLLUTION
PROGRAMS
QUALITY OF WATER
RESERVOIRS
RIVER BASIN
RIVERS
SALINITY
SEDIMENT
SPRING
STORM WATER
STRATIFICATION
SURFACE RUNOFF
SURFACE WATER
SURFACE WATER QUALITY
SURFACE WATER RESOURCES
SURFACE WATERS
SUSTAINABLE WATER
SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT
USE OF WATER
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE
WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
WATER ALLOCATION
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CHARACTERISTICS
WATER LEVELS
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER MANAGEMENT MODEL
WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
WATER MOVEMENT
WATER PROJECTS
WATER QUALITY
WATER QUALITY DATA
WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY MODELING
WATER QUALITY MONITORING
WATER QUALITY MONITORING DATA
WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES
WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER SUPPLY
WATER USE
WATER USERS
WATER USES
WATER WITHDRAWALS
Palmer, Mervin D.
Water Quality Modeling : A Guide to Effective Practice
description This report serves as a guide to the utility and relevance of water quality prediction modeling. It draws upon examples from recent World Bank water resources and wastewater management projects. The goal of the guide is to provide a broad-based understanding of the water quality prediction process and to evaluate the relative merits and cost-effectiveness of using water quality models under field conditions. The guide build on and revises the chapter on water quality modeling prepared for the World Bank's "Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook, 1998 (report no. 19128)." The guide comprises five sections. Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the use of water quality models, including the objectives of water quality modeling, the approach to water quality prediction, the costs of modeling processes, and the general components of typical water quality models. Chapter 2 discusses the most common water quality parameters that are modeled, the receiving water processes, quality assurance and control for the water quality data and model predictions, and the required model resources. Chapter 3 describes generic components of water quality models. Some prediction models are then discussed, with detailed summaries of these models presented in an Appendix. Chapter 4 summarizes the present uses of water quality models and recent Bank development projects that used water quality models. Chapter 5 discusses the model data requirements and prediction issues.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Palmer, Mervin D.
author_facet Palmer, Mervin D.
author_sort Palmer, Mervin D.
title Water Quality Modeling : A Guide to Effective Practice
title_short Water Quality Modeling : A Guide to Effective Practice
title_full Water Quality Modeling : A Guide to Effective Practice
title_fullStr Water Quality Modeling : A Guide to Effective Practice
title_full_unstemmed Water Quality Modeling : A Guide to Effective Practice
title_sort water quality modeling : a guide to effective practice
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/05/1121241/water-quality-modeling-guide-effective-practice
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13914
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