Spatial Optimization of Best Management Practices to Attain Water Quality Targets

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1485-1499

  Gaddis, Erica J Brown ^a,d   Voinov, Alexey ^a,e   Seppelt, Ralf ^b   Rizzo, Donna M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c School of Engineering University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

^d SWCA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Best management practices; BMPs; Diffuse pollution; Optimization; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST REDUCTION; INVESTMENTS; LOADING; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; REDUCTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMPS); BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BMPS; COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY; DIFFUSE PHOSPHORUS LOADS; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 84897576406     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0503-0     Document Type: Article

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