Impact of proposed Burlington and Hamilton sewage discharges in Western Lake Ontario

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 627-645

  Rao, Yerubandi R ^a   Murthy, Raj C ^a   Chiocchio, Fausto ^a   Skafel, Michael G ^a   Charlton, Murray N ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dilution models; Hamilton Harbour; Lake Ontario; Sewage; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

PHYSICAL LIMNOLOGICAL DATA; WINTER DILUTION RATIOS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

DILUTION; LAKE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE OUTFALL; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES; HAMILTON HARBOR; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0346461702     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2003.040     Document Type: Article

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