Modeling effects of a tidal barrage on water quality indicator distribution in the Severn Estuary

Gao, Guanghai, Falconer, Roger Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5960-2864 and Lin, Binliang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8622-5822 2013. Modeling effects of a tidal barrage on water quality indicator distribution in the Severn Estuary. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 7 (2) , pp. 211-218. 10.1007/s11783-012-0464-1

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Abstract

In this study, emphasis has focused on assessing the potential hydro-environmental impacts of a barrage across the Severn Estuary, with a numerical model being developed and applied to the estuary to assess the impacts of proposed Severn Barrage on the hydrodynamic, sediment transport and faecal indicator organism distribution within the estuary. The results show that the Severn Barrage has the potential to reduce the tidal currents in a highly dynamic estuary. This leads to the reduction of suspended sediment concentrations, which in turn affects the bacterial transport processes which is highly related to the sediment transport processes.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	water quality indicator, Severn Estuary, numerical model, tidal energy
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	2095-2201
Funders:	Welsh Funding Office, Low Carbon Research Institute
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 10:43
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/45557

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