This manual is organized to meet the informational needs of two distinctly different groups of readers: 1) personnel in environmental management positions desiring an overview of the CORMIX systems capabilities, and 2) technical staff needing assistance in actual applications. Chapter II provides a summary of the physical processes of effluent mixing, as well as an overview of the regulatory background and practice on mixing zone applications.

• User's Manual for CORNIX: A Hydrodynamic Mixing Zone Model and Decision Support System for Pollutant Discharges into Surface Waters (PDF)(164 pp, 2 MB, September 1996)
  This user’s manual gives a comprehensive description of CORMIX system; it provides guidance for assembly and preparation of required input data for the three subsystems; it delineates ranges of applicability; it provides guidance for interpretation and graphical display of system output; and it illustrates practical system applications through several case studies.