A model library for dynamic transport and fate of micropollutants in integrated urban wastewater and stormwater systems

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-111

  Vezzaro, Luca ^a   Benedetti, Lorenzo ^b,c   Gevaert, Veerle ^b   De Keyser, Webbey ^b   Verdonck, Frederik ^b   De Baets, Bernard ^b   Nopens, Ingmar ^b   Cloutier, Frédéric ^d   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a,d   Mikkelsen, Peter Steen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c WATERWAYS srl   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental quality standards; Integrated water quality modelling; Multimedia fate models; Priority pollutants; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; STORMS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; FATE MODEL; PRIORITY POLLUTANTS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER QUALITY MODELLING;

WATER POLLUTION;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRIORITIZATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84890753129     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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