The uncertainty effects of design flow on water quality management

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 81-91

  Chen, Chi Feng ^a   Ma, Hwong Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Annual flow duration curve (AFDC); Design flow; Flow variability; Uncertainty analysis; Waste load allocation (WLA)

Indexed keywords

QUALITY CONTROL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANNUAL FLOW DURATION CURVE (AFDC); DESIGN FLOW; FLOW VARIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE LOAD ALLOCATION (WLA);

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

OXYGEN;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DESIGN METHOD; FLOW MODELING; POLLUTION CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RIVER BASIN; TAIWAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; RIVERS; TAIWAN; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAHAN BASIN; TAIWAN;

EID: 51649108103     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9947-0     Document Type: Article

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