Selection of optimal river water quality improvement programs using QUAL2K: A case study of Taihu Lake Basin, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 431, Issue , 2012, Pages 278-285

  Zhang, Ruibin ^a   Qian, Xin ^a   Li, Huiming ^a   Yuan, Xingcheng ^a   Ye, Rui ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hongqi River; Optimization; QUAL2K model; River; Simulation; Water quality improvement program

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA NITROGEN; CHINESE GOVERNMENT; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; EFFECTIVE TOOL; FLOATING-BED; OXIDATION SYSTEMS; PRIMARY SOURCES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; REDUCTION RATE; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SIMULATION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; STREAM WATER QUALITY; TAIHU LAKE BASIN; TAIHU LAKES; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION; WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; INFLOW; MODELING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; STREAMWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRIBUTARY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIO CONTACT OXIDATION SYSTEM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CASE STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGICAL FLOATING BED TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUAL2K MODEL; STREAM (RIVER); VERTICAL MOVEABLE ECO BED TECHNOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; LAKES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; TAIHU BASIN;

EID: 84861953792     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.063     Document Type: Article

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