QUAL2K model used in the water quality assessment of Qiantang River, China

Water Environment Research

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2125-2133

  Fang, Xiaobo ^a   Zhang, Jianying ^a   Chen, Yingxu ^a   Xu, Xiangyang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biochemical oxygen demand; One dimension model; Qiantang River watershed; QUAL2K model

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS (BOD); LOW FLOW CONDITION; ONE DIMENSION MODEL; QIANTANG RIVER; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; WATER QUALITY MODELS; ZHEJIANG PROVINCE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHINA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QIANTANG RIVER; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 55749112686     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X304794     Document Type: Article

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