Control options for river water quality improvement: A case study of TDS and inorganic nitrogen in the Crocodile River (South Africa)

Water SA

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-217

  Deksissa, Tolessa ^a   Ashton, Peter J ^b   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dynamic model; Flow regulation; Tank in series model; Water quality management

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS (TDS);

WATER QUALITY;

FLOW REGULATION; MODELING; RIVER WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CROCODILE RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

ALLIGATOR;

EID: 0037768548     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v29i2.4858     Document Type: Article

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