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Discharge Anaysis Predicting and mitigating the impacts of heated discharges to, and cooling water intakes from lakes, reservoirs, rivers, estuaries and coastal waters are essential for optimal power plant design, and for the NPDES and 316(a)/(b) permitting process. The impact issues stem from two considerations: environmental questions arising from concern for ecological and societal impacts, and engineering questions concerning the design aspects of power plants. HydroQual’s state-of-the-art near- and far-field hydrodynamic models provide reliable means to determine transport mechanisms (currents and mixing zones) to understand and predict the role of heated discharges and cooling water intakes. |
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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)
