Lecture #11a (Distributed Sytems)
Chapra, L9 (cont.)
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Updated: 23 October 2017 Print version Lecture #11 a (Distributed Sytems) Chapra, L9 (cont.) David A. Reckhow CEE 577 #11 1 Distributed Sources Source (or sink) that is spread out along the stream length classical non-point sources
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classical non-point sources
agricultural, urban runoff
Sediment processes
sediment oxygen demand
Atmospheric deposition
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D k x u
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Distance (miles) Concentration (mg/L)
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0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 2 4 6 8 10
Distance (miles) Concentration (mg/L)
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See also: Fig 1.2 from
Thomann & Mueller
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Miles Downstream
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Loading
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
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recreation: swimming, boating, aesthetics water supply: municipal, industrial agriculture fisheries: commercial or sport ecological balance
must support the above use EPA “red book”
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discharge or effluent Water Quality Standard (enforceable) Formulation of several engineering alternatives to meet
choose model collect data calibrate model verify model sensitivity analysis model run under design conditions alter waste loads and re-run model
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