Optimal water quality management for the Houston Ship Channel

The results of the research indicate that savings can be obtained through the applicationof systems analysis and optimization methods to water quality management problems of the Houston Ship Channel. A finite- difference, steady- state mathematical model is employed topredict summer dissolved oxygen profiles resulting from wastewater discharges and other influences for a one- dimensional, homogeneous estuarine system. Optimization models of implicit enumeration and a nonlinear programming algorithm are utilized to find least- cost patterns of waste discharges