HAYS JR AJGLOYNA EF2010-02-152010-02-151972http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23296195-214The 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 dischargesINDUSTRIAL WASTESManagementModelsOptimizationOxygenPORTS AND HARBORS,Houston,TexSYSTEMS ANALYSISWaterWATER POLLUTION--ControlWater qualityJournal