TY - GEN
T1 - Assessment of non-point source sediment load from the California portion of the Truckee River watershed
AU - Duan, Jennifer G.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Non-point source pollutants from agricultural and forested lands have accounted for more than 50% of pollutants entering the waterways of the nation (Hornbeck, J.W. and Reinhart, K. G., 1964). Studies (Farrish, K. W., Adams, J. C., and Thompson, C. V., 1994) have shown that sediment is the major non-point source pollutant that causing the reduction of stream water quality. This paper reports the preliminary result from a project funded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the California portion of Truckee River. The Annualized Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution Model 98 (AnnAGNPS 98), a joint USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) system of computer models, is used as the analysis tool. The modeling result showed reasonable agreement with the available measured data, and indicated that sediment yield is closely related to watershed slope and soil characteristics. Copyright ASCE 2004.
AB - Non-point source pollutants from agricultural and forested lands have accounted for more than 50% of pollutants entering the waterways of the nation (Hornbeck, J.W. and Reinhart, K. G., 1964). Studies (Farrish, K. W., Adams, J. C., and Thompson, C. V., 1994) have shown that sediment is the major non-point source pollutant that causing the reduction of stream water quality. This paper reports the preliminary result from a project funded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the California portion of Truckee River. The Annualized Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution Model 98 (AnnAGNPS 98), a joint USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) system of computer models, is used as the analysis tool. The modeling result showed reasonable agreement with the available measured data, and indicated that sediment yield is closely related to watershed slope and soil characteristics. Copyright ASCE 2004.
KW - Computer models
KW - Environmental Protection Agency
KW - Nonpoint pollution
KW - Projects
KW - Rivers
KW - Sediment load
KW - Water quality
KW - Watersheds
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U2 - 10.1061/40517(2000)271
DO - 10.1061/40517(2000)271
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:74949122098
SN - 0784405174
SN - 9780784405178
T3 - Joint Conference on Water Resource Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management 2000: Building Partnerships
BT - Joint Conference on Water Resource Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management 2000
T2 - Joint Conference on Water Resource Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management 2000
Y2 - 30 July 2000 through 2 August 2000
ER -