Plenary Lecture

Best modeling practices in the application of the Directive 2000/60 in Greece

Assc. Professor Anastasios I. Stamou
Laboratory of Applied Hydraulics
School of Civil Engineering
Department of Water Resources, Hydraulic and Maritime Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
5 Irroon Polytechniou Str. 15780 Zografou, Athens-Greece
stamou@central.ntua.gr

Abstract: The main characteristics of the modeling procedure, especially these related to the application of the Directive are presented. These are (a) the building of models with sufficient degree of integration and (b) the requirement of calibration and verification of models with "high quality" field data. The relationship between modeling and monitoring is emphasized with the presentation of the optimization of the design of monitoring networks. The main elements of the water bodies are presented, focusing on the morphological and hydrodynamic elements. Methods are described for the calculation of these elements. Α methodology is presented for the investigation of water management scenarios with mathematical models. Various applications of this procedure in Greece are discussed. These include: calculation of the values and the reference conditions for various water quality elements, methods for facing an incident of accidental pollution in trans-boundary rivers or reservoirs used for water supply, identification of trends of pollutants in ground-waters, artificial groundwater recharge and others.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Associate Professor, Department of Water Resources, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.
Twenty three years experience in teaching undergraduate courses in Fluid Mechanics, Applied Hydraulics, Transient Flow, Environmental Technology, Open Channel Hydraulic, Computational Hydraulics and Environmental Hydraulics in the School of Civil Engineering (and temporarily in the School of Surveying and Rural Engineering) of the National Technical University of Athens. Teaching for the last five years the undergraduate course Mathematical Modelling of Pollution in the School of Civil Engineering of the University of Thessaly. Also, teaching courses in Computational Hydraulics and Mathematical Modelling of Pollutant Transport in the postgraduate programme Water Resources Science and Technology of the National Technical University of Athens. Teaching in app. 25 postgraduate courses and seminars of mainly postgraduate level in Greece and abroad (Tempus Programmes in Bulgaria, Russia, Hungary etc.) and supervision of over 50 diploma and postgraduate theses and 4 doctoral theses in subjects related to flow and water quality modelling wastewater treatment, environmental impact analyses, etc.
Research in the area of mathematical modelling, mainly with CFD (Computational Fluid Mechanics) methods: hydrodynamic, water quality, modeling of sewage treatment plants, indoor environment etc. Development and application of 1-D, 2-D, depth averaged and 3-D mathematical models for hydrodynamic and other processes describing water quality (diffusion, dispersion, sedimentation and bio-chemical rections) in rivers or streams (FROM; Flood Rooting Model), estuaries, lakes (1-D MERES; Modelling Eutrophication in Reservoirs), coastal areas (FLOW-3DL), units of treatment plants, water bodies of limited extend (e.g. reactors in wastewater treatment) etc. Calibration and application of commercial (mainly CFD) codes: QUAL-E, HEC-RAS, CFX, FLOW3D, DAMBRK, FLDWAV, MIKE. Participation in 30 research projects, in 17 of which as project leader.
Approximately 400 publications in scientific journals, publications and presentations in conferences and workshops, University Reports, books, chapters in Books, series of educational notes, series of notes for WHO, University Theses, various publications, research project reports and technical reports of engineering studies.