Role of Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics in Environmental Engineering Publications

This Journal deals with a great number of issues associated with assessing and controlling water and air quality. Accurately describing the movement of air and water is sometimes critical to the applicability of the concepts and methods presented. There are probably few readers of this Journal who would argue with the previous statement; however, some might argue that a paper with a focus on the hydraulics and fluid mechanics of an environmental problem is misplaced. For example, proper description of the flow in manifold distribution systems in water and wastewater treatment plants is important in the effective operation of the plants, but the manifolds have no direct effect on water quality. Therefore, it could be argued that a paper on that topic submitted