ABSTRACT:
A computer model to analyze nonprofit-source pollution and to prioritize potential water quality problems in rural areas is described. The event-based model uses geographic cells of data units at resolutions of 0.4 to 16 ha to represent upland and channel conditions. Within the framework of the cells, runoff characteristics and transport processes of sediment, nutrients, and chemical oxygen demand are simulated for each cell and routed to the outlet. This permits the flow at any point in the watershed to be examined. Upland sources contributing to a potential problem can be identified and prioritized where remedial measures could be initiated to improve water quality most efficiently.
Footnotes
R. A. Young and C. A. Onstad are agricultural engineers, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Morris, Minnesota 56262 D. D. Bosch is a hydraulic engineer, ARS, USDA, Tucson, Arizona. W. P. Anderson is head of the Watershed and No point Program Unit, Division of Water Quality, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul. This paper is a contribution from the North Centml Soil Conservation Research Labommy, ARS, USDA, Morris, Minnesota, in cooperation with the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, St. Paul, Science Journal Series 15, 843. Td names and company names are included for the benefit of the reader and do not imply any endorsement or preferential treatment of the product listed by USDA.
- Copyright 1989 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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