Surface Water Quality Modeling
| Lecturer (assistant) |
Jingshui Huang [L]
|
|---|---|
| Number | 0000003095 |
| Type | lecture with integrated exercises |
| Duration | 2 SWS |
| Term | Summer semester 2026 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Position within curricula | See TUMonline |
| Dates | See TUMonline |
- 13.10.2026 15:00-16:30 0360, Theodor-Fischer-Hörsaal
- 20.10.2026 15:00-16:30 0360, Theodor-Fischer-Hörsaal
Admission information
Description
The following contents will be covered in the module:
• Introduction to the background of the surface water quality problems
• Identifying pollution loadings and describing boundary conditions
• Introduction to dissolved oxygen balance
• Introduction to eutrophication processes
• Introduction to toxicant transport and transformations
• Fundamental equations for water quality modeling
• Process mathematical descriptions in water quality models
Integrated exercises:
• Introduction to WASP8 Model Graphic User Interface (GUI)
• Pre-processing and post-processing of water quality modelling, including the input data preparation, boundary conditions set-up, model parameter configuration, the model performance evaluation
• Modelling case of dissolved oxygen depletion problem
• Modelling case of eutrophication problem
• Modelling case of toxicant pollution problem
• Proposing control measures with scenario analysis
• Introduction to the background of the surface water quality problems
• Identifying pollution loadings and describing boundary conditions
• Introduction to dissolved oxygen balance
• Introduction to eutrophication processes
• Introduction to toxicant transport and transformations
• Fundamental equations for water quality modeling
• Process mathematical descriptions in water quality models
Integrated exercises:
• Introduction to WASP8 Model Graphic User Interface (GUI)
• Pre-processing and post-processing of water quality modelling, including the input data preparation, boundary conditions set-up, model parameter configuration, the model performance evaluation
• Modelling case of dissolved oxygen depletion problem
• Modelling case of eutrophication problem
• Modelling case of toxicant pollution problem
• Proposing control measures with scenario analysis
Teaching and learning methods
The module consists of lectures with integrated exercises.
The background, mechanisms and control strategies of water quality problems are introduced by presentation with various real-world cases. With a brief introduction to water quality monitoring and measurement, the methods of describing the pollution source loadings as the driven conditions of the model are presented. The different instream processes will be introduced by presentations with various case studies. The principles and fundamental equations for water quality modelling are presented discussed. An open-source water quality model is presented to help understand how the mathematical descriptions of the processes are translated and implemented in the water quality modelling software.
Model graphic user interface (GUI) introduction to the water quality model (Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program, WASP) is presented by demonstrating their functions. Pre-processing and post-processing of water quality modelling are demonstrated with 3 real-world cases using Excel template and optionally Matlab codes. Case studies for the exercise are introduced with concrete background information, modelling objectives, and needed data for the model set-ups. The water quality model is set up and run by the students. Different control measures are discussed and presented with the tested prediction scenarios by the students.
The background, mechanisms and control strategies of water quality problems are introduced by presentation with various real-world cases. With a brief introduction to water quality monitoring and measurement, the methods of describing the pollution source loadings as the driven conditions of the model are presented. The different instream processes will be introduced by presentations with various case studies. The principles and fundamental equations for water quality modelling are presented discussed. An open-source water quality model is presented to help understand how the mathematical descriptions of the processes are translated and implemented in the water quality modelling software.
Model graphic user interface (GUI) introduction to the water quality model (Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program, WASP) is presented by demonstrating their functions. Pre-processing and post-processing of water quality modelling are demonstrated with 3 real-world cases using Excel template and optionally Matlab codes. Case studies for the exercise are introduced with concrete background information, modelling objectives, and needed data for the model set-ups. The water quality model is set up and run by the students. Different control measures are discussed and presented with the tested prediction scenarios by the students.