<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Water is one of the main elements of the environment which determine the existence of life on the Earth, affect the climate and limit the development of civilization. Water resources management requires constant monitoring in terms of its qualitative-quantitative values. Proper assessment of the degree of water pollution is the basis for conservation and rational utilization of water resources. Water quality in lakes and dams is undergoing continuous degradation caused by natural processes resulting from eutrophication and due to anthropogenic reasons. One of the tools that are used to solve problems of surface water pollution is modelling of changes which take place in lake waters and associated water quality changes. In the last thirty years a rapid development of mathematical modelling of water resources quality has been observed. A number of computer models have been designed which are successfully applied in practice in many countries, including Poland. This paper presents an overview of mathematical models for assessment of water quality in dam reservoirs. Description of the WASP program which will be used for modelling water quality in the Sulejow Reservoir was the focal point.</p></abstract>

Water is one of the main elements of the environment which determine the existence of life on the Earth, affect the climate and limit the development of civilization. Water resources management requires constant monitoring in terms of its qualitative-quantitative values. Proper assessment of the degree of water pollution is the basis for conservation and rational utilization of water resources. Water quality in lakes and dams is undergoing continuous degradation caused by natural processes resulting from eutrophication and due to anthropogenic reasons. One of the tools that are used to solve problems of surface water pollution is modelling of changes which take place in lake waters and associated water quality changes. In the last thirty years a rapid development of mathematical modelling of water resources quality has been observed. A number of computer models have been designed which are successfully applied in practice in many countries, including Poland. This paper presents an overview of mathematical models for assessment of water quality in dam reservoirs. Description of the WASP program which will be used for modelling water quality in the Sulejow Reservoir was the focal point.

Review of Mathematical Models of Water Quality

Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Lodz, ul. Wólczańska 213, 90-924 Łódź, Poland

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Water is one of the main elements of the environment which determine the existence of life on the Earth, affect the climate and limit the development of...

Review of Mathematical Models of Water Quality

Published Online: May 24, 2012

Page range: 197 - 211

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10216-011-0015-x

Keywords
mathematical models, eutrophication, WASP, quality of surface water

This content is open access.

Review of Mathematical Models of Water Quality

Published Online: May 24, 2012

Page range: 197 - 211

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10216-011-0015-x

Keywordsmathematical models, eutrophication, WASP, quality of surface water

This content is open access.

Keywords
mathematical models, eutrophication, WASP, quality of surface water