ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Development of Non-Point Source Hybrid Cells
in Series Model for Reactive Pollutant Transport
in Natural Rivers
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Civil Engineering Programme, School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Submission date: 2019-02-01
Final revision date: 2019-04-16
Acceptance date: 2019-04-28
Online publication date: 2020-04-10
Publication date: 2020-05-12
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2020;29(5):3031-3039
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Studies in recent years have shown that most reactive pollutants in natural rivers originate from
non-point sources such as agricultural lands and informal settlements through rainfall runoff. Much
work has centred on simulating decaying substances in rivers from point-source discharges. To expand
on the area of non-point source modelling in rivers, a non-point source hybrid cells in series model for
simulation of reactive pollutants in rivers is proposed. The potential of the proposed model has been
demonstrated and found to simulate decay from non-point sources in streams and rivers satisfactorily.
The proposed model is compared with the numerical solution of the ADE model with added components
for non-point source and first-order reaction kinetic. The comparisons indicate reasonably good
agreement. The breakthrough curves obtained from the proposed model shows its capability to simulate
reactive pollutant transport in natural rivers effectively.