Modeling turbidity in a water supply reservoir: Advancements and issues

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-148

  Gelda, Rakesh K ^a   Effler, Steven W ^a  

^a UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

New York; Reservoirs; Runoff; Water supply

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; TURBIDITY;

OPTICAL METRIC; TURBIDITY MODELING; WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIR;

WATER SUPPLY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; TURBIDITY; WATER SUPPLY;

MODELING; PARTICLE SIZE; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; TURBIDITY; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SCHOHARIE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846405263     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2007)133:2(139)     Document Type: Article

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