1.77 | Spring 2006 | Graduate

Water Quality Control

Readings

The readings listed in the table below are intended as secondary references, and are taken from the following textbook:

Fischer, Hugo B., John E. List, C. Robert Koh, Jorg Imberger, and Norman H. Brooks. Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1979. ISBN: 0122581504.

Supplemental Readings

SES # TOPICS READINGS
1 Introduction  
2-3

Molecular Diffusion

Random Walk Processes

Application to Solar Ponds

Chapter 2
4-6

Turbulent Advection and Diffusion

1-, 2-, and 3-D Models of Concentration Distributions from Point, Line, and Plane Sources

Instantaneous and Continuous Discharges

Applications to Water and Air Pollution

Chapters 3 and 5
7-8

Spatial Averaging

Longitudinal Dispersion in Steady and Unsteady Flows

Applications to Rivers

Chapter 4
9-11

Mixing in Estuaries and Embayments

Tidal Motion, Salinity Intrusion

Flushing and Residence Time Concepts

Field Tracer Studies

Chapters 7 and 8
12 First Quiz  
13

Reactor Tanks (Fully Mixed, Dispersed Flow, and Plug Flow)

Models of Reservoirs and Ponds

Applications

 
14-15

Initial Mixing (Jets and Plumes; Ocean Outfalls)

Applications

Chapter 9
16-17

Surface Boundary Processes: Exchange of Mass, Momentum, and Thermal Energy

Thermal Stratification in Lakes and Reservoirs

Models of Oil Spill Trajectory

Gas Exchange

Chapter 6
18-19

Bottom Boundary Processes: Sediment Erosion/Deposition

Discrete and Flocculant Settling

Sorption Processes

Sediment-Water Exchange

 
20-21

Carbon, Nutrient, and Oxygen Cycles

Dissolved Oxygen in Rivers and Estuaries

 
22-23

Numerical Models of Hydrodynamics and Water Quality and their Linkage in 1-, 2-, and 3-D

Model Selection/Assessment

Case Studies

 
24 Second Quiz  
25-26 Student Presentations  

Supplemental Readings

Chapra, Steven C. Surface Water Quality Modeling. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1996. ISBN: 0070113645.

Clark, Mark M. Transport Modeling for Environmental Engineers and Scientists. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. ISBN: 047112348X.

DiToro, Dominic M. Sediment Flux Modeling. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2000. ISBN: 0471135356.

Environmental Protection Agency. “Water Quality Assessment: A Screening Procedure for Toxic and Conventional Pollutants in Surface and Ground Water: Parts I and II.” EPA/600/6-85/002, 1985.

Holley, Edward R., and Jirka, Gerhard H. “Mixing in Rivers.” Technical Report E-86-11, Environmental and Water Quality Operational Studies, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, 1986.

Martin, James L., and Steven C. McCutcheon. Hydrodynamics and Transport for Water Quality Modeling. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis, 1999. ISBN: 0873716124.

Orlob, Gerald T., ed. Mathematical Modeling of Water Quality: Streams, Lakes, and Reservoirs. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1983. ISBN: 0471100315.

Rutherford, J.C. River Mixing. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1994. ISBN: 0471942820.

Schnoor, Jerald L. Environmental Modeling: Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air, and Soil. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. ISBN: 0471124362.

Thomann, Robert V., and John A. Mueller. Principles of Surface Water Quality Modeling and Control. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1997. ISBN: 0060466774.

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