Water quality modelling for small river basins

Water quality modelling in small rivers is often considered unworthy from a practical and economic viewpoint. This paper shows instead that a simple model structure can be set up to describe the stationary water quality in small river basins in terms of carbon and nitrogen compounds, when the use of complex models is unfeasible. In short rivers point and nonpoint sources play a key role in shaping the model response, being as important as the self-purification dynamics. Further, the varying river characteristics, in terms of morphology, hydraulics and vegetation, require

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: ENVSOFT
• Authors: Stefano Marsili-Libelli, Elisabetta Giusti
• Keywords: ENVSOFT 2008, Simple Model Structure, Small River, Water Quality