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Nonpoint source pollution: a distributed water quality modeling approach.

L F León1, E D Soulis, N Kouwen

  • 1Civil Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. lfleonvi@uwaterloo.ca

Water Research
|March 10, 2001
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This study introduces a distributed water quality model for agricultural watersheds, enhancing flood forecast models with sediment and nutrient transport capabilities. The model improves nonpoint source pollution assessment through enhanced portability and GIS integration.

Area of Science:

  • Environmental Hydrology
  • Water Resource Management
  • Agricultural Engineering

Background:

  • Nonpoint source pollution from agricultural watersheds poses significant environmental challenges.
  • Existing hydrological models often lack comprehensive water quality components for diffuse pollution.
  • Accurate modeling of sediment and nutrient transport is crucial for watershed management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and describe a distributed water quality model integrated into the WATFLOOD hydrological model.
  • To address sediment and nutrient transport in agricultural watersheds.
  • To enhance the portability of water quality models for improved nonpoint source pollution assessment.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a water quality component for the WATFLOOD flood forecast hydrological model.

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  • Employed a distributed group response unit approach for water quantity and quality simulation.
  • Utilized Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for data extraction, model calibration, and validation.

    • Main Results:

    • Calculated runoff, sediment yield, and soluble nutrient concentrations per land cover class.
    • Successfully calibrated the hydrologic response and validated the water quality component for a local watershed.
    • Demonstrated substantially increased model portability through GIS integration and the group response unit approach.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed distributed water quality model effectively simulates sediment and nutrient transport in agricultural watersheds.
    • The integration with GIS significantly enhances model portability, addressing a key challenge in diffuse pollution modeling.
    • The approach improves watershed-scale nonpoint source pollution modeling, particularly in data-scarce regions.