Receiving water quality assessment: Comparison between simplified and detailed integrated urban modelling approaches

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2301-2312

  Mannina, Giorgio ^a   Viviani, Gaspare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mathematical modelling; River water quality; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis; Urban drainage integrated modelling

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATION; CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DETAILED MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAIN INSIGHT; INTEGRATED MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MODEL APPROACH; MODEL RELIABILITY; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTIMISATIONS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; QUALITY ASPECTS; RECEIVING WATER QUALITY; RECEIVING WATERS; RESERVOIR MODELS; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SAINT VENANT EQUATION; SEWER SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN DRAINAGE INTEGRATED MODELLING; URBAN DRAINAGE MODELLING; URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; URBAN WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

CATCHMENTS; COMBINED SEWERS; DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RATING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RIVER WATER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; RIVER WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWER NETWORK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN DRAINAGE; WASTE FACILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN DRAINAGE INTEGRATED MODEL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79951639573     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.404     Document Type: Article

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