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Siting Large quantities of wastewater released from municipal sources or heated water from power plants raise concern over outfall siting and their environmental impact on the ecosystem. The assimilative capacity of receiving waters, which depends on the circulation and mixing characteristics of the system, dictates the siting and design of outfall diffusers. HydroQual engineers and scientists have developed an innovative technique to handle both the near- and far-field in a coupled modeling framework. Initial dilution calculations are performed using CORMIX or PLUMES models to evaluate plume characteristics. A coupled hydrodynamic model is then used to evaluate plume characteristics governed by the ambient far-field hydrodynamics. |
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Environmental
Hydrodynamics | Contaminated Sediment
Transport | Mixing Zone Evaluations
Outfall/Intake Siting | Nowcast/Forecast
Systems | Desalination Discharge
Analysis
Thermal Discharge Analysis | Lake & Reservoir
Simulations | Data Collection & Interpretation
Hydrodynamic & Sediment
Transport Modeling Studies (PDF)
