Wet-weather urban discharges: Implications from adopting the revised European Directive concerning the quality of bathing water

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 9-17

  David, L M ^a   Matos, J S ^b  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bathing waters; Combined sewer overflows; Continuous modelling; Management measures; Pollution control

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COMBINED SEWERS; CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

BATHING WATERS; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; CONTINUOUS MODELING; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; WET WEATHER URBAN DISCHARGES;

WATER QUALITY;

RAIN;

BATHING WATER; POLLUTION CONTROL; URBAN DRAINAGE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEWER; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

EID: 25844462734     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0056     Document Type: Article

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