Pollution due to urbanization

Model characteristics

  • Model name: MARINA-Multi
  • Version: Europe-1.0
  • Application: the drainage area of the Black Sea
  • Scales: sub-basins and annual
  • Period: 2010-2100
  • Pollutants: nitrogen, phosphorus, triclosan, , and microplastics
  • Sources: point (sewage)
  • Main inputs: population with the sewage connections, removal efficiencies, excretion / consumption rates of pollutants per capita
  • Main outputs: inputs of multiple pollutants to rivers by source and sub-basin

Modelling approach

Figure 1: Conceptual framework of the model application to the Black Sea (Strokal et al., 2021)
Figure 1: Conceptual framework of the model application to the Black Sea (Strokal et al., 2021)

Model outputs (example)

Figure 2: Future river pollution with multiple pollutants from urbanization related activities (Strokal et al., under development)
Figure 2: Future river pollution with multiple pollutants from urbanization related activities (Strokal et al., under development)