Use of a 3D Mathematical Model in Water Quality Management – Billings Reservoir´s case / Utilização de modelagem matemática 3D na gestão da qualidade da água em mananciais - aplicação no Reservatório Billings

AUTOR(ES)

José Antonio Oliveira de Jesus

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

Mathematical modeling has proved to be an extremely useful technique in forecasting water quality. Because of different hydrometeorological conditions and the different ways in which land is used and existing infrastructure is managed, there is considerable variation in the volume and type of pollutant flowing into the receptor bodies. This has implications for water quality and, consequently, public health. More complex mathematical models, simulating three-dimensional reservoir flows and capable of representing pollutant transportation, circulation and reactions, although widely adopted in other countries, are still underutilized in Brazil. Currently, the RMSP is the scene of several programs designed to improve and maintain water quality in the Alto Tiete basin. These include the Tiete Project, the widening of the Tiete River bed and the water source protection program, all of which are being carried out by national specialists with the help of funding from the IDB, the JBIC and the World Bank. Bearing all this in mind, assessing the implementation of more complex mathematical models is imperative for any discussion of the instruments defined by the regulatory framework for federal and state water resource policy. This thesis addresses the feasibility of implementing 3D mathematical models in the RMSP and their utilization as an aid in the discussion of specific water resource management problems, which would be otherwise be difficult to assess. The application of the model to the Billings Reservoir, thanks to a cooperation agreement between CETESB and the IDB, supplies valuable input for the discussion of the model’s results in evaluating the changes in the reservoir’s water quality engendered by such factors as the pumping of water from the Pinheiros River, reservoir segmentation and basin occupation. At the same time it also highlights that if the utilization of such modeling is to be a success, then it is vital that specialists from all the reservoir management institutions are involved.

ASSUNTO(S)

mathematical model water resources billings water quality recursos hídricos modelo matemático billings reservoir qualidade da água

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