Features of WARMF
- Integrates
models, databases, and graphical software
- Links
catchments, river segments, and lakes as a seamless river basin
model
- Walks
stakeholders through a consensus roadmap for watershed planning
- Calculates
TMDLs to meet water quality criteria for designated uses
- Uses
readily available data from NOAA, EPA, USGS
- Predicts
hydrology and water quality of rivers and lakes
- Models:
- Displays
sources of point and nonpoint loading using GIS maps
- Displays
water quality status in terms of suitability for fish habitat,
swimming, water supply, and other uses with red and green color codes
- Accounts
for controls on atmospheric deposition, point source loads, and BMPs
for nonpoint source loads
- Evaluates
cost sharing schemes for pollution trading
- Determines
the failure risk of a management plan
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Catawba River Application of WARMF
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