Imperial College London
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DR ANA MIJIC

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Reader in Water Systems Integration
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 3796ana.mijic Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Judith Barritt +44 (0)20 7594 5967

 
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Location

 

310BSkempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Liu:2022:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150642,
author = {Liu, L and Dobson, B and Mijic, A},
doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150642},
journal = {Science of the Total Environment},
pages = {1--12},
title = {Hierarchical systems integration for coordinated urban-rural water quality management at a catchment scale.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150642},
volume = {806},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Managing river quality is important for sustainable catchment development. In this study, we present how catchment management strategies benefit from a coordinated implementation of measures that are based on understanding key drivers of pollution. We develop a modelling approach that integrates environmental impacts, human activities, and management measures as three hierarchical levels. We present a catchment water management model (CatchWat) that achieves all three hierarchical levels and is applied to the Cherwell Catchment, UK. CatchWat simulations are evaluated against observed river flow and pollutant data including suspended solids, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus. We compare three competing hypotheses, or framings, of the catchment representation (integrated, urban-only, and rural-only framings) to test the impacts of model boundaries on river water quality modelling. Scenarios are formulated to simulate separate, combined and coordinated implementation of fertiliser application reduction and enhanced wastewater treatment. Results show that models must represent both urban and rural pollution emissions to accurately estimate river quality. Agricultural activities are found to drive river quality in wet periods because runoff is the main pathway for rural pollutants. Meanwhile, urban activities are the key source of pollution in dry periods because effluent constitutes a larger percentage of river flow during this time. Based on this understanding, we identify a coordinated management strategy that implements fertiliser reduction measures to improve river quality during wet periods and enhanced wastewater treatment to improve river quality during dry periods. The coordinated strategy performs comparably to the combined strategy but with higher overall efficiency. This study emphasises the importance of systems boundaries in integrated water quality modelling and simulating the mechanisms of seasonal water quality behaviour. Our key recommendation is tha
AU  - Liu,L
AU  - Dobson,B
AU  - Mijic,A
DO  - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150642
EP  - 12
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 0048-9697
SP  - 1
TI  - Hierarchical systems integration for coordinated urban-rural water quality management at a catchment scale.
T2  - Science of the Total Environment
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150642
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34597536
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972105720X?via%3Dihub
VL  - 806
ER  -
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