Support of Total Maximum Daily Load Programs Using Spatially Referenced Regression Models
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 129, Issue 4
Abstract
The spatially referenced regressions on watershed attributes modeling approach, as applied to predictions of total nitrogen flux in three North Carolina river basins, addresses several information needs identified by a National Research Council evaluation of the total maximum daily load program. The model provides reach-level predictions of the probability of exceeding water-quality criteria, and estimates of total nitrogen budgets. Model estimates of point- and diffuse-source contributions and nitrogen loss rates in streams and reservoirs compared moderately well with literature estimates. Maps of reach-level predictions of nutrient inputs and delivery provide an intuitive and spatially detailed summary of the origins and fate of nutrients within a basin.
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Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 129 • Issue 4 • July 2003
Pages: 315 - 329
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Received: Jun 4, 2002
Accepted: Aug 2, 2002
Published online: Jun 13, 2003
Published in print: Jul 2003
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