Using Spatially Detailed Water-Quality Data and Solute-Transport Modeling to Support Total Maximum Daily Load Development

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 949-969

  Walton Day, Katherine ^a   Runkel, Robert L ^a   Kimball, Briant A ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metals; Nonpoint source pollution; Simulation; Total maximum daily loading (TMDL); Transport and fate; Watershed management; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SIMULATION; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADING (TMDL); TRANSPORT AND FATE; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER; METALS; MODELS; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

LOADING;

CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; LOW FLOW; MINE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMEDIATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CEMENT CREEK; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867098587     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2012.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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