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Modelling the fate of faecal indicators on a coastal basin

Lin, BinLiang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8622-5822, Kashefipour, Seyed Mahmood and Falconer, Roger Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5960-2864 2006. Modelling the fate of faecal indicators on a coastal basin. Water Research 40 (7) , pp. 1413-1425. 10.1016/j.watres.2005.12.046

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Abstract

The paper describes a modelling study of near-shore coastal waters, undertaken to assess the impact of various bacterial input loads on the receiving waters in a coastal basin in the UK. Total and faecal coliforms, used as the indicators for bathing water quality under the European Union (EU) Bathing Water Directive, were numerically modelled using a 2D depth integrated hydro-environmental model. Details are given of the governing equations and solution methods used in the numerical model, together with a discussion of the recent development in faecal bacterial indicator modelling. Details are also given of a field data collection exercise, which involved initially collecting existing information on effluent input loads and followed by an intensive field survey. Using the water quality model, the mortality rate of the pathogen bacteria was investigated. Three methods were used to represent the relationship between the decay rate and the level of solar radiation including: a constant decay rate, day- and night-time decay rates and a solar radiation related time varying decay rate. Relatively close agreement between model predicted and measured total and faecal coliform concentration distributions were obtained for different day- and night-time decay rates and time varying decay rates. No significant differences were found in the optimum decay rates for total and faecal coliform levels. Finally, the impact of the individual inputs on the bathing water quality of the basin was also statistically and numerically investigated. Results showed that the River Irvine was the most significant input during high river flows, and that under these conditions the bathing waters were likely to fail to comply with the European Union Bathing Water Directive. For base river flow conditions the Meadowhead effluent input was found to be critical for both total and faecal coliform level predictions.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Engineering
Subjects: T Technology > TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
Uncontrolled Keywords: Bathing waters; Decay rate; Field survey; Indicator organisms; Models; Prediction
Publisher: IWA Publishing
ISSN: 0043-1354
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2022 09:04
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/1961

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