Abstract—This study investigates issues related to
hydrodynamics in Lake El-Burullus and flow patterns therein.
Burullus Lake is the second largest lake in the northern
Egyptian coast with a total area of 410 km2. It was utilized
Delft3D-flow module to develop a field validated hydrodynamic
model. The shallow brackish Lake is mainly affected by
uncontrolled creeping of development areas and growing inflow
of untreated agricultural, municipal and industrial drainage
water. The developed model was used to examine a potential
mitigation alternative by decreasing the pollutant loads that
enter the Lake i.e. diversion of existing drains. In this fashion
the creation of a new development area near-by may be feasible.
In addition, the effects of hydrodynamics on pollutant
dispersion either from an individual drain or all drains together.
The results of this study will be the base for the water quality
modeling stage. Actually, this work is the first stage of an
integrated Lake management. The study concluded that the
developed model efficiently simulated the hydrodynamics of the
Lake which can act as an effective decision support tool for
improving the environmental conditions in the surroundings
Index Terms—Numerical simulation, hydrodynamic
modeling, delft3d-Flow, shallow lake, circulation patterns, Nile
delta.
A. El-Adawy, A. M. Negm, M. A. Elzeir, O. C. Saavedra, and K. Nadaoka
are with Energy Resources and Environmental Engineering Department,
Egypt- Japan University of Science and Technology E-JUST, New Borg
Elarab, Alexandria, Egypt (e-mail: ahmed.eladawy @ejust.edu.eg,
Abdelazim.negm@ejust.edu.eg)
O. C. Saavedra is with the Department of civil Engineering, Graduate
School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo,
Japan (e-mail: saavedra.o.aa@m.titech.ac.jp)
I. A. El-Shinnawy is with Coastal Research Institute, Alexandria, Egypt
(e-mail: coriegypt@yahoo.com)
K. Nadaok is with the Department of Mechanical and Environmental
Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering,
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (email:
nadaoka@mei.titech.ac.jp)
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Cite:A. El-Adawy, A. M. Negm, M. A. Elzeir, O. C. Saavedra, I. A. El-Shinnawy, and K. Nadaoka, "Modeling the Hydrodynamics and Salinity of El-Burullus
Lake (Nile Delta, Northern Egypt)," Journal of Clean Energy Technologies vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 157-163, 2013.
