Estimation of TMDLs and Margin of Safety under Conditions of Uncertainty

Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers

Volumn 342, Issue , 2009, Pages 6215-6224

  Hantush, Mohamed M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION PROCESS; CURRENT PRACTICES; DEGREE OF PROTECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FIRST-ORDER APPROXIMATIONS; GAUSSIANS; LOG-NORMAL; MARGIN OF SAFETY; MONTE CARLO; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; PROBABILISTIC METHODOLOGY; QUALITY STANDARD; WATER QUALITY STANDARD;

EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; QUALITY CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 70350180467     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41036(342)628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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