A global assessment of chemical effluent dilution capacities from a macro-scale hydrological model

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 308, 2006, Pages 586-590

  Keller, Virginie D J ^a   Whelan, Mick J ^b   Gwyn Rees, H ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemicals; Dilution; Environmental risk assessment; GIS; Global scale; Population; Runoff

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER DILUTION; WATER CONSUMPTION;

WATER POLLUTION;

DILUTION; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; GIS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 33845543921     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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