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Physical mixing patterns of water and contaminants in the North Saskatchewan River

Description

A ten day field campaign was carried out on North Saskatchewan River to study the physical mixing with the ambient river water of effluent from the Goldbar Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), Capital Region WWTP and Agrium Redwater operations. In this report we present rhodamine concentrations, depth averaged water velocities, and flow depths across surveyed sections in reaches downstream of each plant. The objectives of the study were twofold. The primary objective was to determine the downstream distance required to achieve full mixing of the effluent. Full mixing was defined as the location where tracer concentration was uniform across the section. The second objective was to measure spatially distributed tracer concentration and water velocity in the mixing zone, such that dispersion patterns could be determined.

Updated

March 29, 2012

Tags
Mixing North Saskatchewan River Patterns Physical

Title and publication information

Type
Report
Alternative Title

In partial fulfillment of Contract # 120213

Extent

301 pages

Frequency

Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Environment (1971-1992, 1999-2011)

Contributor

Pilechi, Abolghasem

Contributor

Rennie, Colin D

Contributor

Mohammadian, Majid

Contributor

Zhu, David

Contributor

Delatolla, Robert

Contributor

University of Ottawa

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Topic
Environment
Spatial Coverage

North Saskatchewan River

Start Date

2011-10-25

End Date

2011-10-31

Resource Dates

Date Created

2012-03-29

Date Added

2015-08-25T14:58:43.105439

Date Modified

2012-03-29

Date Issued

2012-03-29

Audience information

Identifiers

Local Identifier

W1208

Usage / Licence

Licence

No licence

Contact

Contact Name

Environment and Parks