Transient pollution events: Acute risks to the aquatic environment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1-15

  Beck, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological integrity; Frequency spectrum; Infrastructure failure; Integrated wastewater management; Nonpoint sources; Reliability; Risk; Transient pollution events

Indexed keywords

EID: 85088077626     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.1996.0033     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Aalderink, R. H., Zoeteman, A. and Jovin, R. (1996). Effect of input uncertainties upon scenario predictions for River Vecht. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
2. Asano, T. and Levine, A. D. (1995). Wastewater reuse: a valuable link in water resources management Wat. Qual. Int., 4, 20-24.
3. Barnwell, T. O., Brown, L. C. and Whittemore, R. C. (1987). QUAL2E - A case study in water quality modeling software. In Systems Analysis in Water Quality Management (Beck, M. B., ed.). Pergamon, Oxford, pp. 377-387.
4. Bauwens, W., Vanrolleghem, P. A. and Smeets, M. (1996). An evaluation of the efficiency of the combined sewer - waste water treatment system under transient conditions. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
5. Beck, M. B. (1981). Operational water quality management: beyond planning and design. Executive Report 7, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
6. Beck, M. B. (1987). Water quality modeling: a review of the analysis of uncertainty. Wat. Res. Res., 23(8), 1393-1442.
7. Beck, M. B. and Cummings, R. G. (1996). Wastewater infrastructure: challenges for the sustainable city in the new millennium. Habitat Int. (in press).
8. Beck, M. B. and Finney, B. A. (1987). Operational water quality management: problem context and evaluation of a model for river water quality. Wat. Res., 23(11), 2030-2042.
9. Beck, M. B., Adeloye, A. J., Finney, B. A. and Lessard, P. (1991). Operational management of water quality: transient events and seasonal variability. Wat. Sci. Tech., 24(6), 257-265.
10. Bergh, S-G. and Olsson, G. (1996). Knowledge based diagnosis of solids-liquid separation problems. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
11. Binkley, D. and Brown, T. C. (1993). Forest practices as nonpoint sources of pollution in North America. Wat. Res. Bull., 29(5), 729-740.
12. Casti, J. M. (1979). Connectivity, Complexity and Catastrophe in Large-scale Systems. Wiley, Chichester.
13. Chen, J. and Beck, M. B. (1993). Modelling, control and on-line estimation of activated sludge bulking. Wat. Sci. Tech., 28(11-12), 249-256.
14. Crabtree, R., Earp, W. and Whalley, P. (1996). A demonstration of the benefits of integrated wastewater planning for controlling transient pollution. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
15. Egerton, A-J. (1996). Achieving reliable and cost effective water treatment. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
16. Geldof, G., Jacobsen, P. and Fujita, S. (1994). Urban stormwater infiltration perspectives. Wat. Sci. Tech., 29(1-2), 245-254.
17. Gore, J. A., Kelly, J. R. and Yount, D. J. (1990). Application of ecological theory to determining recovery potential of disturbed lotic ecosystems: research needs and priorities. Environ. Manag., 14(5), 755-762.
18. Grossman, G. D., Dowd, J. F. and Crawford, M. (1990). Assemblage stability in stream fishes: a review. Environ. Manag., 14(5), 661-671.
19. Harremoës, P., Capodaglio, A. G., Hellström, B. G., Henze, M., Jensen, K. N., Lynggaard-Jensen, A., Otterpohl, R. and Søeberg, H. (1993). Wastewater treatment plants under transient loading - performance, modelling and control. Wat. Sci. Tech., 27(12), 71-115.
20. Harris, G. P. (1980). Temporal and spatial scales in phytoplankton ecology. Mechanisms, methods, models and management. Can. J. Fish. Aqu. Sci., 37, 877-900.
21. Hatfield, J. L. (1993). Sustainable agriculture: impacts on nonpoint pollution. Wat. Sci., Tech., 28(3-5), 415-424.
22. Hesterberg, D., Stigliani, W. M. and Imeson, A. C. (eds.) (1992). Chemical tune bombs: linkages to scenarios of socioeconomic development. Executive Report 20, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
23. Holdgate, M. (1994). Sustainable development - what does it mean for biologists and engineers? Lecture, UK Institution of Civil Engineers, London.
24. House, M. A., Ellis, J. B., Herricks, E. E., Hvitved-Jacobsen, T., Seager, J., Lijklema, L., Aalderink, R. H., and Clifforde, I. T. (1993). Urban drainage - impacts on receiving water quality. Wat. Sci. Tech., 27(12), 117-158.
25. Hutchins, M. G., Wheater, H. S., Beck, M. B. and Reynolds, B. (1996). Identification of processes regulating the sulphate content in upland catchment waters: the role of empirical models. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
26. Kaemaki, P. S. (1991). Modelling impacts of acid deposition and afforestation on catchment hydrochemistry. PhD dissertation, Imperial College, London.
27. Karr, J. R. (1991). Biological integrity: a long-neglected aspect of water resource management. Ecol. Appl., 1(1), 66-84.
28. Knight, S. S. and Cooper, C. M. (1996). Insecticide and metal contamination of a mixed cover agricultural watershed. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
29. Kleijnen, J. P. C. (1987). Statistical Tools for Simulation Practitioners. Marcel Dekker, New York.
30. Le Dren, I. C. (1996). Modelling and control of nutrient removal in the activated sludge process. PhD Dissertation, Imperial College, London.
31. Lei, J. H. and Schilling, W. (1996). Preliminary uncertainty analysis - A prerequisite for assessing the predictive uncertainty of hydrological models. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
32. Lessard, P. and Beck, M. B. (1990). Operational water quality management: control of storm sewage at a wastewater treatment plant. Res. J. Wat. Pollut. Contr. Fedn, 62(6), 810-819.
33. Malle, K-G. (1994). Accidental spills - frequency, importance, control, countermeasures. Wat. Sci. Tech., 29(3), 149-163.
34. McCutcheon, S. C., Mitsch, W. J., Walski, T. M., Odum, H. T. and Odum, E. P. (1994). Joint editorials. Ecol. Eng, 3, 107-119.
35. Niemczynowicz, J. (1994). New aspects of urban drainage and pollution reduction towards sustainability. Wat. Sci. Tech., 30(5), 269-277.
36. Norreys, R. J. and Cluckie, I. D. (1996). Real time Assessment of Transient Spills (RATS). Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
37. Norton, R. L., Oakes, D. B. and Cole, J. A. (1996). Pollution risk management for resource protection. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
38. Odum, H. T. (1994). Ecological engineering: the necessary use of ecological self-design. Ecol. Eng, 3, 115-118.
39. Odum, W. E., Odum, E. P. and Odum, H. T. (1995). Nature's pulsing paradigm. Estuaries, 18(4), 547-555.
40. Reda, A. (1996). Operational management of river water quality: simulation for the control of stormwater impacts. PhD Dissertation, Imperial College, London.
41. Reice, S. R., Wissmar, R. C. and Naiman, R. J. (1990). Disturbance regimes, resilience, and recovery of animal communities and habitats in lotic systems. Environ. Manag., 14(5), 647-659.
42. Rossi, E. and Ettala, M. (1996). Recovery analysis in risk management of bazardous materials. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
43. Rossman, L. A. (1989). Risk equivalent seasonal waste load allocation. Wat. Res Res., 25(10), 2083-2090.
44. Schilling, W. (1989). Real-time Control of Urban Drainage Systems. Scientific and Technical Report No. 2, IAWQ, London.
45. Schreiber, J. D., Smith, S. and Cooper, C. M. (1996). The occurrence, distribution, and remediation of transient pollution events in agricultural and silvicultural environments. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
46. Somlyody, L. (1995). Water quality management: can we improve integration to face future problems? Wat. Sci. Tech., 31(8), 249-259.
47. Somlyody, L. and Wets, R. J-B. (1988). Stochastic optimization models for lake eutrophication management. Operations Res., 36(5), 660-681.
48. Thomann, R. V. (1963). Mathematical model for dissolved oxygen. Proc Am Soc Civil Engineers, J. Sanit Eng Div., 89(SA5), 1-30.
49. Vanrolleghem, P. A. and Keesman, K. J. (1996). Identification of biodegradation models under model and data uncertainty. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
50. Vanrolleghem, P. A., Kong, Z. and Coen, F. (1996). Full-scale on-line assessment of toxic wastewaters causing change in biodegradation model structure and parameters. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
51. Whitfield, P. H. (1991). From transients to trends: time scales and environmental monitoring. In Using Hydrometric Data to Detect and Monitor Climate Change, Proceedings NHRI Symposium No. 8, NHRI, Saskatoon, pp. 1-8.
52. Whitfield, P. H. and Wade, N. L. (1996). Transient water quality events in British Columbia coastal streams. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
53. Wyer, M. D., Kay, D., Dawson, H. M., Jackson, G. F., Jones, F., Yeo, J. and Whittle, J. (1996). Delivery of microbial indicator organisms to coastal waters from catchment sources. Wat. Sci. Tech., 33(2).
54. Yu, S-M. (1996). Personal communication.