Abstract: Microplastics can have direct physical effects on organisms in freshwater systems, and are considered as vectors for absorbed environmental pollutants. It is still under discussion if microplastics are relevant pollutant vectors for uptake into aquatic organisms in comparison to further uptake pathways, e.g., via water or sediment particles. We analyzed how the presence of microplasti...

We present a hybrid finite-volume-particle numerical method for computing the transport of a passive pollutant by a flow. The flow is modeled by the oneand two-dimensional Saint-Venant system of shallow water equations and the pollutant propagation is described by a transport equation. This paper is an extension of our previous work [Chertock, Kurganov and Petrova, J. Sci. Comput. (to appear)],...

We study the theory of optimal control of systems of distributed parameters and apply to problems of ambient pollution. The model consists of a partial differential equation of parabolic type that models the transport of a pollutant in an incompressible viscous fluid, with boundary conditions and initial value; that is, in our model we consider the velocity that the pollutant propagates in the ...

Nonpoint source pollution control and stormwater management are two objectives in managing mixed land use watersheds like those in New Jersey. Various best management practices (BMPs) have been developed and implemented to achieve both objectives. This study assesses the cost-effectiveness of selected BMPs for agricultural nonpoint source pollution control and stormwater management in the Nesha...

Urbanization has been found to impact stormwater runoff quantity and quality. A study catchment with mixed land use, residential and industrial were investigated and the water quality discharged from the catchment were sampled and tested for four basic water quality parameters; BOD5, NH3-N, NO3-N and P. One dry weather flow and several stormwater runoff were sampled. Results were compared to th...

non-point pollution are an important factor in determining water quality and eutrophication of fresh water. the principle causes of this issue is high concentrations of nutrients in the water especially nitrogen and phosphorus. change of land use particularly affected on water nitrate load. therefore, understanding the correlations between land use and nitrate pollutant is a priority in order t...

Study in surface water quality is important. Rivers are one of the main sources of water supply fordrinking, agriculture and industry. Unfortunately, sometime Rivers where wastewater dischargesare considered. For this reason,the pollutant transmission in river is one of the most importantproblems in Environmental Engineering. the Advection Dispersion Equation (ADE) is governedon the pollutant t...

BACKGROUND Ground waters are an important resource of water supply for human health and activities. Groundwater uses and applications are often related to its composition, which is increasingly influenced by human activities.In fact the water quality of groundwater is affected by many factors including precipitation, surface runoff, groundwater flow, and the characteristics of the catchment are...