Three dimensional modelling for estuary
ABPmer has been commissioned by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to develop a 3D water quality model of the Forth Estuary. The model, once validated, will provide SEPA with a suitable tool to assess options to address and mitigate water quality issues as they arise.
As Scotland’s environmental regulator, SEPA has a duty to protect and improve the environment. A specific requirement under WFD is that good ecological status (or potential, for heavily-modified water bodies such as the upper/middle Forth estuary) is achieved. To help ensure that the environmental objective of good ecological potential/status is met in a cost-efficient manner, SEPA is seeking to develop a calibrated and validated, 3-dimensional water quality model of the Forth Estuary.
The model will be used to identify the factors contributing to low dissolved oxygen in the upper estuary and investigate potential measures to improve water quality while at the same time enhancing the understanding of the processes at work in the upper estuary.
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