Viewing total maximum daily loads as a process, not a singular value: Adaptive watershed management

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 695-702

  Freedman, Paul L ^a   Nemura, Adrienne D ^a   Dilks, David W ^a  

^a Limno Tech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive systems; Implementation; Water pollution; Water resources management; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING;

TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS (TMDL); WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WATERSHEDS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 2942512769     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2004)130:6(695)     Document Type: Article

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