Assessing petrochemical effluent effect on heavy metal pollution in Musa Estuary: A numerical modeling approach.

The objective of this study is to assess the effect of petrochemical effluent on heavy metal pollutant in the Musa Estuary ecosystem in the North-western region of the Persian Gulf, through numerical modeling. The outfall of 30 petrochemical plants poses a potential threat to the estuary's seawater and sediment quality, environment, and public health. A combined hydrodynamic and ecologic modeling framework is applied to predict the spatial distribution of BOD and hazardous heavy metals in this estuary.