Waste assimilative capacity of coastal waters along Mumbai mega city, west coast of India using MIKE-21 and WASP simulation models

• Main Authors: Vishnuradhan, Renjith, Vethamony, Ponnumony, Zainudin, Zaki, Vinod Kumar, Kumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim 2014
• Subjects: TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering; TH6014 Environmental engineering.
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/37669/7/37669-Waste%20Assimilative%20Capacity%20of%20Coastal%20Waters.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37669/8/37669-Waste%20Assimilative%20Capacity%20of%20Coastal%20Waters_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37669/9/37669-Waste%20Assimilative%20Capacity%20of%20Coastal%20Waters_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37669/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/clen.201200549/abstract

Coastal waters are the ultimate receivers of the organic waste materials generated by upstream cities and towns. This waste can cause dissolved oxygen depletion due to increased oxygen demand, affecting the natural ability of water bodies to withstand certain amount of pollution - the Waste Assimila...