The modified SWAT model for predicting fecal coliforms in the Wachusett Reservoir Watershed, USA

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 4750-4760

  Cho, Kyung Hwa ^a   Pachepsky, Yakov A ^b   Kim, Joon Ha ^c   Kim, Jung Woo ^d   Park, Mi Hyun ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^d Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fecal coliform; Solar intensity; SWAT model; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONS; FECAL COLIFORM; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOLAR INTENSITIES; SWAT MODEL; WACHUSETT RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WILDLIFE;

WATER POLLUTION;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FECAL COLIFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDICTION; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; FECAL COLIFORM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED; WILDLIFE;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES; WACHUSETT RESERVOIR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84864040432     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.057     Document Type: Article

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