Modelling the point and non-point nitrogen loads to the Venice Lagoon (Italy): the application of water quality models to the Dese-Zero basin

Desalination

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 81-88

  Salvetti, Roberta ^a   Acutis, Marco ^b   Azzellino, Arianna ^a   Carpani, Marta ^b   Giupponi, Carlo ^b   Parati, Paolo ^c   Vale, Manfredi ^c   Vismara, Renato ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ARPAV (Regional Agy for Environmental Prevention and Protection in Veneto) Osserv Regionale Acqu   (Italy)

Author keywords

Point and non point sources; QUAL2E; River quality modelling; SWAT; Venice Lagoon Watershed (VLW)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); NITROGEN; RIVERS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATERSHEDS;

DRY WEATHER SCENARIO; WATER QUALITY MODEL; WET WEATHER SCENARIO;

WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); NITROGEN; RIVERS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

LAGOON; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 40949092697     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.01.236     Document Type: Article

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