A least cost analysis for the Houston Ship Channel
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247
Authors
HAYS JA
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A FINITE-DIFFERENCE, STEADY-STATE MATHEMATICAL MODEL WAS EMPLOYED TO PREDICT SUMMER DISSOLVED OXYGEN PROFILES RESULTING FROM WASTEWATER DISCHARGES AND OTHER INFLUENCES FOR A ONE-DIMENSIONAL, HOMOGENOUS ESTUARINE SYSTEM SUCH AS THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL. RESULTS SHOW THAT SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS COULD BE MADE THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF SYSTEM ANALYSES AND OPTIMIZATION METHODS TO WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS ON THE UPPER REACHES OF THIS CHANNEL. LARGE BENTHAL DEPOSITS CAN APPARENTLY PREVENT AEROBIC CONDITIONS FROM OCCURRING IN THE UPPER CHANNEL EVEN WHEN BIOLOGICAL WASTE TREATMENT IS NECESSITATED FOR ALL WASTE DISCHARGERS. (GOTTSCHALK-TEXAS)
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*COST ANALYSIS, *DISSOLVED OXYGEN, *HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL, *MATHEMATICAL MO ELEMENT ANALYSIS, *SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, *Texas, AEROBIC CONDITIONS, ALGORITHMS, BENTHAL PROGRAMMING, BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT, DISCHARGE, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, Estuarine environment, Houston, Houston Ship Channel, OPTIMIZATION, Oxygen, SW 3020 Sources and fate of pollution, SW 3070 Water quality control, SW 4010 Techniques of planning, Texas, WASTE DISCHARGERS, WASTE TREATMENT, WATER, Water quality