Case Study: Modeling Tidal Transport of Urban Runoff in Channels Using the Finite-Volume Method
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 127, Issue 10
Abstract
A coupled flow and pollutant transport model based on the finite-volume method is developed and applied to predict the tidal transport of urban runoff in a southern California network of flood control channels that drain to near-shore bathing waters. Urban runoff in southern California contains elevated levels of indicator bacteria that signal the presence of fecal pollution and pose a risk to human health, and model predictions are used to understand the transport of these pollutants toward the coastline. The model is based on 1D conservation equations for fluid mass, momentum, and pollutant mass that are solved in integral form along channel reaches. A 2D formulation is solved at channel junctions. The model incorporates the monotone upwind scheme for conservation laws approach to give a high-resolution, nonoscillatory prediction of water level, velocity, and pollutant concentration. Model predictions and field measurements of water level, velocity, and a conservative urban runoff tracer are presented and compare favorably. This case study demonstrates that this finite-volume method–based scheme results in an accurate, stable, nonoscillatory and computationally manageable model. The nonoscillatory behavior is particularly beneficial in this study, since runoff enters the channels in pulses that create large gradients in pollutant concentration.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 127 • Issue 10 • October 2001
Pages: 795 - 804
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Received: Oct 12, 2000
Published online: Oct 1, 2001
Published in print: Oct 2001
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