Effects of discharge permit trading on water quality reliability

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-88

  Ng, Tze Ling ^a   Eheart, J Wayland ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Reliability analysis; River systems; Stochastic models; Uncertainty analysis; Wasteload allocation; Water policy; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; RIVERS; STANDARDS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

COST SAVINGS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN (DO) CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY RELIABILITY; TRANSFERABLE DISCHARGE PERMIT (TDP);

WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; WATER QUALITY;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WILLAMETTE RIVER; WORLD;

EID: 14644394983     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2005)131:2(81)     Document Type: Article

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