Question: How can I best evaluate the environmental impact and find the risk of water pollution from wastewater disposal? Answer: This book shows you the way! In a unique and comprehensive manner, questions of risk and reliability in water quality are analyzed. And more than that: The author also develops a methodology to evaluate the environmental impact of wastewater disposal on rivers, groundwater and coastal areas.Major topics covered include: fuzzy set theory for engineering risk analysis, uncertainty analysis of water quantity and quality data, stochastic and fuzzy simulation of hydrosystems - model selection under uncertainty, water quality control and management in rivers and aquifers, and risk in coastal pollution, and decision theory under uncertainty - groundwater pollution, risk management, risk-cost trade-offs. In addition, numerous case studies deepen the reader's understanding of the methods and techniques presented. Jacques Ganoulis from the University of Thessaloniki has written extensively on groundwater hydraulics, surface hydrology and coastal water quality.
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INTRODUCTION Role of Engineering Risk Analysis in Water Pollution Problems Environmental Risk Assessment and Management Aim and Organisation of the Book RISK IDENTIFICATION Definition of Risk Uncertainties in Water Pollution Problems Probabilistic Approach Use of Fuzzy Set Theory Water Quality Specifications RISK QUANTIFICATION Stochastic Approach Fuzzy Set Theory Time Dependence and System Risk RISK ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL WATER QUALITY Risk in Coastal Water Pollution Risk in River Water Quality Risk in Groundwater Contamination RISK MANAGEMENT Performance Indices and Figures of Merit Objective Functions and Optimization Basic Decision Theory Elements of the Utility Theory Multi-Objective Decision Analysis CASE STUDIES Coastal Pollution: the Thermaikos Gulf (Makedonia, Greece) River Water Quality: the Case of Axios (Makedonia, Greece) Groundwater Pollution: the Campaspe Aquifer (Victoria, Australia) References Index