Modelling Water Quality For Integrated Water Resources Management At The Basin Scale

摘要

The concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a powerful tool for satisfying needs for freshwater, protecting the environment and ensuring sustainable socio-economic development. After explaining the meaning of IWRM, mathematical modelling of water quality is applied at the basin scale as a first step towards achieving environmental protection. In view of many uncertainties, a risk-based methodology is proposed for IWRM at the basin scale with special reference to transboundary river basins.