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USE OF WATER QUALITY MODELS IN MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING
Citation:
Barnwell, Jr., T. AND P. Krenkel. USE OF WATER QUALITY MODELS IN MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-82/168 (NTIS PB83182923), 1982.
Description:
The use of water quality models in three management contexts is described: screening, planning, and design. Screening models are illustrated by describing a methodology applicable to large areas of land and another applied to a large number of chemicals. The application of models in a planning context is illustrated by a local planning agency's use in developing nonpoint source control strategies and by the federal government's use in assessing potential exposure to a pesticide. Development of design criteria is illustrated by summarizing the long history of model use to develop effluent limits in the Holston River basin (Tennessee).