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

IR@NIO: CSIR-National Institute Of Oceanography, Goa


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Creator	Renjith, V. Vethamony, P. Zainudin, Z. VinodKumar, K.

Date	2014-04-07T08:57:14Z 2014-04-07T08:57:14Z 2014

Identifier	Clean Soil Air Water, vol.42(3); 2014; 295-305 yes http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4499

Description	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 assimilative capacity. The pollution load (biochemical oxygen demand) calculated using the population equivalent value of 0.225 m<sup>3</sup>/day for the present Mumbai population of 13 million is 731250 kg/day. Simulations using MIKE-21 and WASP models along with the observed water quality data as well as current meter data indicated that the coastal waters can withstand the present pollution load since the simulated biochemical oxygen demand was with in the range of 0.2–1.5 mg/L, the National Standard limits. A projected population increase exceeded the target biochemical oxygen demand value of 2 mg/L, indicating the deterioration of ambient quality of coastal waters. Waste assimilative capacity studies are crucial in the present-day regional, as well as global issues, such as population explosion, water shortage, and climate change

Language	en

Publisher	WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co

Relation	Clean_Soil_Air_Water_42_295.jpg

Rights	This is a preprint of an article published in [Clean Soil Air Water, vol.42(3); 2014; 295-305] Copyright © [2013] WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.

Subject	Water quality dissolved oxygen

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

Type	Journal Article