Submarine wastewater discharges: Dispersion modelling in the Northern Adriatic Sea

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 844-855

  Scroccaro, Isabella ^a   Ostoich, Marco ^b   Umgiesser, Georg ^c   De Pascalis, Francesca ^c   Colugnati, Luigi ^a   Mattassi, Giorgio ^a   Vazzoler, Marina ^b   Cuomo, Marco ^d  

^a Regional Environment Protection Agency of Friuli Venezia Giulia (ARPA FVG)   (Italy)

^b ARPAV (Veneto Regional Prevention and Protection Agency)   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Wastewater Treatment Plants Management   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dispersion modelling; Escherichia coli; Integrated areal analysis; Numerical simulations; SHYFEM model; Submarine outfalls

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHELLFISH FISHERY; SUBMARINE; SURFACE WATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIMESCALE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA; GULF OF TRIESTE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SHIP; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER; SHIPS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77951640697     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0273-7     Document Type: Article

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