Sponsor
Prepared for Water Environment Services, Inc. on behalf of Richwine Environmental Inc.
Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
11-2001
Subjects
Willamette River (Or.) -- Water quality -- Models, Water-supply -- Models, Willamette River (Or.) -- Water quality -- Computer simulation, Hydrologic models, Hydrodynamics -- Mathematical models
Abstract
Water Environment Services of Clackamas County is in the process of planning upgrades on several of its sewage treatment plants which discharge into the Lower Willamette River. The goals of the modeling effort are to:
• Gather data to construct a computer simulation model of the Lower Willamette River system including part of the Lower Columbia River and the Willamette River above the Oregon City Falls; Because of the tidal influence in the Lower Willamette River, portions of the Columbia River that might affect the Lower Willamette River water quality were also modeled. Also, a section of the Willamette River above the head of tide, the Oregon City Falls, was modeled because of the lack of good boundary condition data at the Falls. • Ensure that the model accurately represents the system physics and chemistry (flow, temperature, dissolved oxygen and nutrient dynamics); • Use the model to evaluate how to meet various future discharge scenarios for the sewage district.
A hydrodynamic and water quality model, CE-QUAL-W2 Version 3 (Wells, 1997), is being applied to model the Willamette-Columbia system. CE-QUAL-W2 is a two dimensional (longitudinal-vertical), laterally averaged, hydrodynamic and water quality model that has been under development by the Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiments Station (Cole and Wells, 2000).
In order to model the system, the following data were required:
• Willamette and Columbia River flow, water level and water quality data • Tributary inflows and water quality • Meteorological conditions • Bathymetry of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers and several side channels • Point source inflows and water quality characteristics
Many local, state and federal agencies have been collecting data in the Lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers. This report summarizes data used in the modeling effort.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12115
Citation Details
Rodriguez, H.; Annear, R.; Berger, C.; and Wells, S. (2001) "Lower Willamette River Model: Boundary Conditions and Model Setup,” Technical Report EWR-1-01, Department of Civil Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
Description
Technical Report EWR-1-01 prepared by the School of Engineering & Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering at Portland State University.