In planning mode PC-Quasar can

N2
provide distributions of flow and AIR
quality at key sites of interest, Re-aeration
allowing river regulators to set WATER
effluent consent levels designed
to meet river quality objectives. Respiration Denitrification

In dynamic (prediction) mode, Dissolved

PC-QUASAR provides river flow Algae Photosynthesis oxygen NO 3 Temperature

and water quality estimates at

each reach boundary over a Death Decay Nitrification
period of time, allowing proposed BOD

changes in the river's use, flow or NH4 H + NH3

quality to be assessed.
Sedimentation Benthic oxygen
The following determinands can demand
E. coli Death

be modelled:
SEDIMENT
● river flow Processes and determinands represented in PC-QUASAR
● ammonia
● pH During their passage through respiration of algae and river
● nitrate the reach the concentrations of mud.
● temperature the water quality determinands
● E.coli are modified according to in- These water quality determinands
● biochemical oxygen stream physical, biochemical may be edited by the user or
demand and chemical processes. In the imported from an ASCII file, for
● dissolved oxygen case of dissolved oxygen, for some or all segments of the river
● conservative pollutant or tracer. example, additions are made to be modelled. Modelling may
through re-aeration and then be undertaken using any
PC-QUASAR models a river as a photosynthetic oxygen combination of observed and
series of reaches, usually defined production. Losses occur due edited parameters to predict the
by the locations of tributary to the decay of biochemical effects of real or potential
confluences, weirs, public water oxygen demand (BOD), the changes to the river's use.
supply intakes or effluent nitrification of ammonia and the
discharges. PC-QUASAR

Rate coefficient editing

Impulse definition
 incorporates PCQMAP
(left), a utility that
allows the user to build
up and modify river
and reach definitions at
will, allowing easier
model data map file
creation and editing.

Output
In dynamic mode the simulated
water quality and flow can be
viewed either as a profile along
the river system or against time at
any reach of interest (e.g. river
abstraction site). Hayne Barton — Newton Poppleford
frequency and distribution curve
In planning mode cumulative
frequency and distribution data
are produced. These can be
exported to a spreadsheet or a
statistical package.
Percentiles

Dissolved oxygen profile plot along the Otter

Dissolved Oxygen (mg/l)

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (mg/l)

Example of a planning mode plot

Distance down river (m)

Example of a reach profile plot