Investigation of pond velocities using dye and small drogues: A case study of the Nelson City waste stabilization pond

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-151

  Barter, Paul J ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Drogues; Retention time; Tracer dye; Wastewater pond velocities

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; EFFLUENTS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEWAGE AERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DROGUE MOVEMENT;

STABILIZATION PONDS;

DYE; HELIUM;

DYE; FLOW VELOCITY; STABILIZATION POND; TRACER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACCURACY; AERATOR; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EFFLUENT STANDARD; FLUOROMETRY; NEW ZEALAND; OXIDATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; POND; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER FLOW; WATER RETENTION; WIND;

EID: 0041762172     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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