Application of QUAL2Kw for water quality modeling and dissolved oxygen control in the river Bagmati

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 201-217

  Kannel, Prakash R ^a   Lee, Seockheon ^a   Kanel, Sushil R ^b   Lee, Young S ^c   Ahn, Kyu H ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bagmati river; Dissolved oxygen; Modeling; QUAL2Kw; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

FLOW AUGMENTATION; POLLUTION LOADS MODIFICATION; RIVER BAGMATI; STREAM WATER QUALITY MODEL;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; RIVER WATER; OXYGEN;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MODELING; OXYGENATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; STREAMWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEPAL; OXYGENATION; POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; VALIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIVER; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEPAL; OXYGEN; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33847676684     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9255-0     Document Type: Article

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