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Water Quality Hazards and Dispersion of Pollutants

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. Włodzimierz Czernuszenko

    1. Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

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  2. Paweł M. Rowiński

    1. Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

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  • Fills the need for fundamental research on the actual impact of pollutants on water quality with a focus on the catastrophic releases of pollutants into water supplies

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Mixing Models for Water Quality Management in Rivers: Continuous and Instantaneous Pollutant Releases

    • Gerhard H. Jirka, Volker Weitbrecht
    Pages 1-34

  3. Three-Dimensional Model of Flow and Mixing Processes in Open Channels

    • Włodzimierz Czernuszenko, Alexey Rylov
    Pages 35-54

  4. Horizontal Mixing in Shallow Flows

    • Bram C. van Prooijen, Wim S.J. Uijttewaal
    Pages 55-68

  5. On the Theoretical Prediction of Longitudinal Dispersion Coefficients in a Compound Channel

    • Steve Wallis, Russell Manson
    Pages 69-84

  6. Application of a Transient Storage Model to Meandering Channel Studies of Solute Transport and Dispersion

    • Ian Guymer, Richard Dutton
    Pages 85-107

  7. Experimental Study of Travel Times in a Small Stream

    • Steve Wallis
    Pages 109-120

  8. Migration of Floating Particles in a Compound Channel

    • Paweł M. Rowiński, Włodzimierz Czernuszenko, Marcin Krukowski
    Pages 121-141

  9. Persistence of Skewness of Concentration Distribution

    • Albert van Mazijk, Ed J.M. Veling
    Pages 143-168

  10. Moments and Analytical Solution of Coupled Equation Describing Transport of Pollutants in Rivers

    • J. M. Veling
    Pages 169-184

  11. Influence of Hyporheic Exchange on Solute Transport in a Highly Hydropower Regulated River

    • Karin Jonsson, Anders Wörman
    Pages 185-213

  12. Models of Hyporheic Contamination by Non Reactive Solutes, Metals and Colloids

    • Andrea Marion
    Pages 215-230

  13. The Flow in Groyne Fields

    • Wim S. J. Uijttewaal
    Pages 231-246

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 247-250
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Water resources are under stress worldwide and one of the elements of this stress - man's impact on water quality constitutes a key problem especially in well-developed countries. This problem receives an increasing attention of the public, politicians, decision makers nowadays. People have to answer how to achieve any given level and pattern of water quality in particular watercourses and also how to mitigate the catastrophes that are inseparable elements of civilization. The EU water framework directive, which came into force at the end of 2000, changes the way of monitoring, assessing and managing water in European countries. Three groups of quality elements (biological, hydromorphological and physico-chemical) have been identified in the water framework directive as necessary to classify the ecological status of a particular water body. There are however many significant shortfalls and gaps not only in the countries information but also at the basic understanding of the physical processes occurring in various water bodies and the presented volume aims at filling some of those gaps. One should also mention about other EU directives, like the dangerous substances directive, drinking water directive, IPCC directive which in general should lead towards reduction and elimination of pollution by hazardous substances, phasing out emissions, losses and discharges of them. In general achievement of levels protecting human health and aquatic ecosystems is expected.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Włodzimierz Czernuszenko, Paweł M. Rowiński

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