Estrada Uribe, Melisa. 2008.

Melisa Estrada Uribe. 2008. Stream water quality modeling: assessing the effects of waste water discharge in Puerto Berrío, Colombia.

Master Thesis presented by Melisa Estrada to the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Geo- and Environmental Sciences. Resources Engineering Study Programme, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany. April 2008. First supervisor: Prof. Erhard Hoffmann, IWG/SWW Second supervisor: Prof. Hermann Hahn, IWG/SWW.

Details on the Master Thesis Proposal

Thesis Table of contents

1. Introduction
2. Background
   1. Regional and local background
   2. Institutional framework
   3. Legal framework on water quality
3. Wastewater discharges and river water quality in Puerto Berrío
   1. Drinking Water and Wastewater management in Puerto Berrío
   2. Identification of point sources
   3. Description of the receiving water body
   4. Puerto Berrío – Magdalena River: System definition and boundaries
4. Estimation of local effects of wastewater discharge
   1. River and Stream Water Quality Model QUAL2K
      1. Introduction to QUAL2K
      2. System segmentation and location of pollution sources
      3. Model data requirements
      4. Model calibration and validation
      5. Generation of future scenarios by means of QUAL2K
   2. Causal diagram analysis
5. Results and discussion
6. Conclusion
7. Recommendations
8. Acknowledgments
9. References