Simulation of transboundary pollutant transport action in the Pearl River delta

Kwok Wing Chau; Y. W. Jiang

doi:10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00501-0

Simulation of transboundary pollutant transport action in the Pearl River delta

Kwok Wing Chau, Y. W. Jiang

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Abstract

The rapid economic development in The Pearl River delta region (PRDR) has exerted serious potential pollution threats to areas in the vicinity, which have complicated the task of environmental protection in Hong Kong and Macau. In this paper, a three-dimensional numerical pollutant transport model coupled with a synchronised numerical hydrodynamic model, is developed and employed to simulate the unsteady transport of a representative water quality variable chemical oxygen demand in The Pearl River Estuary. It is demonstrated that there exists a transboundary pollutant transport action between Guangdong Province and Hong Kong for the pollutants in the wastewater discharged from PRDR.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1615-1621
Number of pages	7
Journal	Chemosphere
Volume	52
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00501-0
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2003

Keywords

Chemical oxygen demand
Numerical simulation
Pearl River delta
Pollution transport
Transboundary action
Water quality

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Environmental Chemistry
Chemistry(all)

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