Simple Models and Analytical Procedures for Total Maximum Daily Load Assessment
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 24, Issue 2
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The TMDL Analysis and Modeling Task Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Environmental and Water Resources Institute was formed to address concerns and challenges over the current practices of analysis and modeling in the TMDL development and implementation in terms of analysis technique, model selection, data requirement, calibration, confirmation testing, and uncertainty reporting. The committee investigated some of the current practices of analysis and modeling in TMDL development and implementation and reported the technical challenges in a report entitled Total Maximum Daily Load Analysis and Modeling: Assessment of the Practice, published by ASCE Press in 2017. Authors of this paper are members of the Task Committee, and the paper is partly based on the findings of the Task Committee and expansion of original publication.
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Volume 24 • Issue 2 • February 2019
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Received: Sep 28, 2017
Accepted: Aug 8, 2018
Published online: Nov 23, 2018
Published in print: Feb 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Apr 23, 2019
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