Reservoir released waves as a transient riverine pollution mitigation tool : an examination of the feasibility of using waves of water released from a reservoir as a response to pollution spills

Pollution spills are a serious threat to rivers causing fish kills, and lasting damage to the biological systems of rivers. At present financial penalties are used to deter such incidents but no mitigation system exists. A multiple method approach involving a hydrological and water chemistry based f...

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Main Author: DeSmet, Simon
Other Authors: Kay, Paul ; Carrivick, Jonathan
Published: University of Leeds 2014
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550
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.655244