Assessment of Surface Water Model Maintenance and Support Status-EPA

EPA/600/R-18/270
September 2018
ASSESSMENT OF SURFACE WATER

MODEL MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT
STATUS
Prepared by
Tetra Tech, Inc.
10306 Eaton Place, Suite 340
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contract Number #EP-C-14-016, Work Assignment 3-24
Prepared for
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Water Modeling Workgroup
NOTICE/DISCLAIMER STATEMENT
This report was prepared by Tetra Tech, Inc. under Contract #EP-C-14-016, Work Assignment 3-24, for the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Water Modeling Workgroup. The U.S. EPA made comments and
suggestions on the report, however the U.S. EPA did not contribute otherwise to the production of the report.
The U.S. EPA’s Water Modeling Workgroup consists of members from EPA regions, the U.S. EPA Office of Water
(OW), and the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD). The workgroup is led by a steering committee
consisting of the following members:
Ashley Allen, U.S. EPA OW
Ben Cope, U.S. EPA Region 10
Joel Corona, U.S. EPA OW

Jason Gildea, U.S. EPA Region 8
Arndt Gossel, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education participant assigned to U.S. EPA OW
John M. Johnston, U.S. EPA ORD
Pravin Rana, U.S. EPA OW

Brenda Rashleigh, U.S. EPA ORD
Taimur Shaikh, U.S. EPA Region 6

Tim Wool, U.S. EPA Region 4
The views expressed in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views or policies
of the U.S. EPA. Any mention of trade names, products, or services does not imply an endorsement by the U.S.
Government or the U.S. EPA. The EPA does not endorse any commercial products, services, or enterprises.
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CONTENTS
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 1
AGNPS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Aquatox ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
BASINS ........................................................................................................................................................................... 8
BATHTUB ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13
CE-QUAL-ICM ............................................................................................................................................................... 16
CE-QUAL-W2 ................................................................................................................................................................ 19
CORMIX........................................................................................................................................................................ 22
EFDC............................................................................................................................................................................. 25
HAWQS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 30
HSPF ............................................................................................................................................................................. 32
LSPC ............................................................................................................................................................................. 36
QUAL2KW .................................................................................................................................................................... 38
SPARROW .................................................................................................................................................................... 41
SWAT ........................................................................................................................................................................... 44
SWMM ......................................................................................................................................................................... 48
SWTOOLBOX ................................................................................................................................................................ 50
VISUAL PLUMES ........................................................................................................................................................... 52
WASP ........................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Summary...................................................................................................................................................................... 57
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INTRODUCTION
The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Water Modeling Workgroup (WMW) provides support
for core surface water quality modeling tools used in Clean Water Act programs. The WMW identified a set of 18
separate surface water modeling applications that are currently applied to support development of Total
Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plans, assess permit conditions for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) facilities, evaluate policy and water quality effects of potential actions, and conduct other water quality
analyses. The WMW directed Tetra Tech to perform an assessment of the current maintenance and support status
of each modeling tool to facilitate the identification of gaps in support or other activities that might warrant future
WMW activity.
This report summarizes the findings of Tetra Tech’s review of the maintenance and support status of the following
modeling applications.
AGNPS Aquatox BASINS
BATHTUB CE-QUAL-ICM CE-QUAL-W2
CORMIX EFDC HAWQS
HSPF LSPC QUAL2KW
SPARROW SWAT SWMM
SWTOOLBOX VISUAL PLUMES WASP
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AGNPS/ANNAGNPS
Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Model (AGNPS) is a modeling tool for use in evaluating the effect of
predominantly agricultural management decisions impacting water, sediment and chemical loadings within a
watershed system. The model predicts (1) water; (2) sediment by particle size class & source of erosion; and (3)
chemicals-nitrogen, phosphorus, organic carbon, & pesticides. The pollutant loadings are generated from land
areas and routed through stream systems on a daily basis. Special land use components such as feedlots, gullies,
field ponds, and point sources are included.
MODEL DEVELOPER/STEWARD
AGNPS was developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
USDA continues to provide support for the model.
Ron Bingner is the ARS project manager responsible for the distribution of AGNPS. Ron Binger can be contacted at
[email protected] or (662)232-2966.
MODEL STATUS
The model name “AGNPS” has been replaced with Annualized AGNPS (AnnAGNPS) and refers to a system of model
components which can be used to estimate annualized loads and load reductions. The single event version known
as AGNPS was discontinued in the mid-1990’s. Several versions that integrate the model with geographic
information system (GIS) and Windows-based graphical user interfaces are available.
The most recent version of AnnAGNPS (version 5.45) is dated December 2016. AnnAGNPS versions 5.0 and later
incorporate enhanced features for many input and output options including ephemeral gullies, automated
calibration for pollutants, actual or potential evapotranspiration climate files, and the ability to enter unlimited
climate stations with any naming convention.
MODEL CODE
AnnAGNPS is a batch-process, continuous-simulation, surface-runoff, pollutant loading computer model written in
standard ANSI FORTRAN 2015.
SOURCE CODE
The model (current version 5.45) is a non-proprietary, public domain model with an open source code that can be
accessed and downloaded by any individual at the following web site:
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/water/manage/hydrology/?cid=stelprdb1043591
ACCESSIBILITY
USER COMMUNITY PORTAL

There is no user community portal.
DOCUMENTATION AND TRAINING MATERIALS
MODEL THEORY DOCUMENTATION

AnnAGNPS Technical Processes V5.4 March, 2015
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USER MANUAL
The AnnAGNPS User’s Guide for Input Files & Formats Version v5.45 (August 2016) is included in the model
installation package
(https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/water/manage/hydrology/?cid=stelprdb1043591)
.
The AGNPS Continuous Simulation Model Processes page provides additional helpful user information such as
descriptions of how specific processes are modeled (listed below).
• Chemical routines – in situ

• Chemical reach routing
• Erosion routine – RUSLE2
• Error checking
• Event output files
• Feedlots
• Field ponds
• Ephemeral gullies
• Hydrograph development
• Impoundments
• Internal data preparation
• Irrigation
• Overall system
• Read input
• Sediment reach routing
• Composite of soil layers
• Soil moisture, CN runoff
• Source accounting
• Water reach routing
• Winter routines
The Input Data Preparation page provides contact information and descriptions of where users can obtain
additional information related to grid generation, climate data time series generation and reference databases
that can be used to facilitate development of other input data
EXAMPLE PUBLICATIONS OF MODEL APPLICATIONS

Karki, R., Tagart, M.L., Paz, J.O., Bingner, R.L. (2017). Application of AnnAGNPS to model an agricultural watershed
in East-Central Mississippi for the evaluation of an on-farm water storage (OFWS) system. Agricultural Water
Management. 192:103-114.
Li, H., Cruse, R. M., Bingner, R. L., Gesch, K. R., & Zhang, X. (2016). Evaluating ephemeral gully erosion impact on
Zea mays L. yield and economics using AnnAGNPS. Soil and Tillage Research (155): 157- 165.
Momm, H.G., Bingner, R.L., Yuan, Y., Kostel, J., Monchak, J.J., Locke, M.A., and Giley, A. (2016). Characterization
and placement of wetlands for integrated conservation practice planning. Trans. of the ASABE, 59(5): 1345-1357.
Que, Z., Seidou, O., Droste, R.L., Wilkes, G., Sunohara, M., Topp, E., Lapen, D.R. (2015). Using AnnAGNPS to predict
the effects of tile drainage control on nutrient and sediment loads for a river basin. J. Environmental Quality
44:629-641.
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Zema, D.A., Denisi, P., Taguas Ruiz, E.V., Gomez, J.A., Bombino, G., & Fortugno, D. (2016). Evaluation of surface
runoff prediction by AnnAGNPS model in a large Mediterranean watershed covered by olive groves. Land
Degradation & Development, 27: 811-822. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2390
TRAINING MATERIALS
None.
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AQUATOX
AQUATOX is an ecological simulation model that predicts the impacts of various environmental pollutants on
aquatic ecosystems and aquatic organisms including fish, invertebrates and aquatic plants. The aquatic ecosystems
that can be modeled include streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs and estuaries. Hydrodynamics are not simulated
within AQUATOX and must be supplied as model inputs. AQUATOX predicts the response of these aquatic
ecosystems to multiple stressors including nutrients, organic loadings, sediments, organic chemicals and
temperature. AQUATOX is known as a process-based or mechanistic model because it simulates the transfer of
biomass, energy and chemicals from one compartment of the ecosystem to another by simultaneously computing
each of the most important chemical or biological processes.AQUATOX can be run as a point model, a stratified
model (for lakes), and as a two- or three-dimensional model with linked segments depending on the modeling
goal.
Lead developer(s) and affiliation:

Richard Park of Eco Modeling and Jonathan Clough of Warren Pinnacle Consulting Inc. developed AQUATOX for
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water.
Maintenance Status:
AQUATOX is maintained by EPA Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling (CEAM).
VERSION INFORMATION
AQUATOX was developed in 2002 and has undergone major updates since the initial release, as summarized in
Table 1. The model was developed and compiled in Delphi. AQUATOX release 3 is integrated into the BASINS
modeling system with a MapWindow interface.
Table 1. Version History
Version Release Date Non- Proprietary Available for

Download
Release 1 2002 Yes No
Release 2.1 2005 Yes No
Release 3.1 Plus 05/2014 Yes Yes
For system requirements of the AQUATOX model, see Table 2.

Table 2. System Requirements
Minimum Requirement Preferred Requirement

Hardware Pentium PC, 2.0GHZ or higher (or
equivalent)
Operating System MS Windows 98, 2000, NT, or XP Windows XP, Vista, 7, or 8
Memory Requirements 1 GB RAM 4 GB RAM
Disk Space 1 GB free disk space 32 GB free disk space
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ACCESSIBILITY
Only Release 3.1 Plus version of AQUATOX is available for download from EPA: AQUATOX 3.1 Plus Download Page.
Release 3 is included in the BASINS 4.1 package Release 3.2 is expected in September 2018.
SOURCE CODE
The source code is available for download through the About Screen under Help.
MODEL LANGUAGE
The source code language is Delphi, and the AQUATOX model must be compiled with Delphi 2007 Professional.
User community portals

EPA hosts a listserv for the user community: AQUATOX listserv . Users can post a messages to the user community
or request a search of past messages based on key words.
User Manuals
A user manual and four technical documents comprise the theoretical and computational documentation for
AQUATOX.
• AQUATOX User's Manual Release 3.1 (2014)

• AQUATOX User's Manual Release 2 (2004)
• AQUATOX Technical Document Release 3.1 (2014)
• AQUATOX Technical Note 1: Calibrated Parameter Set for Simulation of Algae in Shallow Rivers (2009)
• AQUATOX Technical Note 2: Requirements, Sources, Conditioning of Data (2014)
• AQUATOX Technical Note 3: Modeling Water Flows (2014)
Additional Documentation
Additional documentation including guidance on setup and application and parameter sensitivity.
• Guidance in AQUATOX Setup and Application (2014)

• AQUATOX Sensitivity Analysis (2014)
Training Materials
EPA has hosted training opportunities and the course material is available on the EPA’s AQUATOX Training
Workshops webpage. Training materials include an option for a one-day short course or three-day course. The
one-day course materials discuss the capabilities of AQUATOX and provide examples of application. The three-day
course materials provide more extensive details of the model and a hands-on example.
Recent Application/Reports
AQUATOX coupled foodweb model for ecosystem risk assessment of Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in
lake ecosystems (2014)
Assessment of improvement scenario for water quality in Mogan Lake by using the AQUATOX Model (2015)
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Establishing nearshore marine injuries for the Deepwater Horizon natural resource damage assessment using
AQUATOX (2017)
Food web modeling of a river ecosystem for risk assessment of down-the-drain chemicals: A case study with
AQUATOX (2015)
Simulation of a water ecosystem in a landscape lake in Tianjin with AQUATOX: Sensitivity, calibration, validation
and ecosystem prognosis (2016)
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BASINS
BASINS is a GIS-based Decision DupportSystem that serves as an interface to several models, including HSPF, SWAT
and AQUATOX, that was designed to facilitate the completion of watershed and water quality studies by local,
state and regional entities. It uses a geographic information system to bring together key data sets that are
utilized by many different modeling applications. It provides for easy access to national environmental data in the
application of a number of proven water quality models and assessment tools.

The original BASINS (Better Assessment Science Integration Point and Nonpoint Sources) was developed by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Office of Water. Technical direction and guidance was provided
from US EPA and system development was provided by AQUA TERRA with cooperation from Tetra Tech, Inc., Texas
A&M University, and CH2M Hill.
The GIS foundation for BASINS 4.0 and subsequent versions was provided by Map Window GIS. Map Window GIS
was developed by Utah Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University, and is maintained and supported by
Idaho State University and Utah State University. Various plug-in elements of BASINS have been developed by a
range of entities, as outlined in Table 3.
Table 3. BASINS’ plug-in development/contribution
Plug-In Development/ Contribution
Eco Modeling and Jonathan Clough of Warren

AQUATOX Pinnacle Consulting Inc. developed AQUATOX for
U.S.EPA Office of Water.
USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center

Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment
and the US-EPA National Research Exposure Lab in
(AGWA)
Las Vegas, NV
Automatic watershed delineation David Tarboton at Utah State University
AQUA TERRA developed the tool with for EPA

Climate Assessment Tool (CAT) Global Change Research Program (GCRP), in
partnership with the EPA Office of Water
DFLOW US EPA
Hydrologic Analysis Software Support Program of
GenScn the United States Geological Survey, Water
Resources Division
Barry Evans and Ken Corradini of Penn State
GWLF-E
University
Hourly precipitation data EarthInfo, Inc
Tony Donigian, Jr of AQUA TERRA. David Chen
(Chinese University of Hong Kong), James Sams
(USGS, Pittsburgh), Larry Moore (University of
HSPFParm
Memphis), Thomas Fontaine (South Dakota School
of Mines & Technology) and Scott Wells (Portland
State University)
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Plug-In Development/ Contribution
AQUA TERRA in conjunction with EPA Athens
Hydrological Simulation Program - FORTRAN (HSPF)
Laboratory and the USGS Office of Surface Water.
Jeyakanthan Veluppillai and Daniel P. Ames at Idaho
OpenSWAT State University in cooperation with R. Srinivasan at
Texas A&M University
PLOAD CH2M Hill
SWAT USDA Agricultural Research Service
SWMM Lew Rossman of the US EPA
USGS Surface Water Statistics (SWSTAT) U.S. Geological Survey
WASP Tim Wool at EPA Region 4
Chris Wilson of Wilson Engineering and Tim Wool at
Watershed Characterization System (WCS)
EPA Region 4
Hydrologic Analysis Software Support Program of
the United States Geological Survey, Water
Resources Division.
WDMUtil Note: WDMUtil is a standalone program and cannot
be used within BASINS4.1. BASINS4.1 has its own
advanced data management system that can also
open WDM files
Maintenance Status:
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) funded model setup for HSPF and updates to HSPFParm software.
BASINS is maintained by EPA Center Exposure Assessment Models (CEAM).
MODEL STATUS
BASINS 4.1 is the only version fully supported by EPA. BASINS 4.1 interface has changed from BASINS 4.0, but the
main functions have remained the same. BASINS 4.1 includes updates to automatic watershed delineation tools,
separation of GenSen and WDMUtil, and includes DFLOW. EPA Region 4 is currently looking at updating BASINS
and HSPF.
EPA BASINS 4.11 is a maintenance release containing HSPF 12.2. The current plan is to synch the BASINS and HSPF
versioning (BASINS 4.5 and HSPF 12.5) and host them on the EPA web site.
AQUA TERRA (now part of RESPEC) has released BASINS 4.2 that includes HSPF 12.4. BASINS 4.2/ HSPF 12.4 are
BETA versions and are not yet available for public release from EPA.
The version history is summarized in 4 and hardware requirements are presented in Table 5.
Table 4. Version history
Version Release Date Non-proprietary Available for download
BASINS 1.0 05/1996 Yes1

BASINS 2.0 01/1999 Yes1
BASINS 3.0 06/2001 Yes1
BASINS 3.1 08/2004 Yes1
BASINS 4.0 03/2007 Yes2
BASINS 4.0 Update 1 11/2007 Yes2
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Version Release Date Non-proprietary Available for download

BASINS 4.1 2013 Yes2 BASINS 4.1 Download
BASINS 4.11 09/2015 Yes2 BASINS 4.1 Download
BASINS 4.2 09/2016 Yes2 BASINS 4.2 Download
1: Required proprietary ESRI ArcView (prior to v3.0 or less) GIS software
2: Uses Map Windows GIS and is fully non-proprietary
Table 5. Hardware requirements
Hardware/Software Minimum Requirements Preferred Requirements

Processor 1GHz processor 2GHz processor or higher
Available hard disk space 2.0 Gb 10.0 Gb
Random access memory (RAM) 512 Mb of RAM plus 2 Gb of page 1 Gb of RAM plus 2 Gb of page
space space
Color monitor 16 bit color, Resolution 1024x768 32 bit color, Resolution 1600x1200
Internet Connection WiFi DSL or better
Operating system Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and
Windows 8 Windows 8
The GIS based interface and visualization platform of BASINS is built upon Map Window GIS. It integrates other
models and analysis tools.
ACCESSIBILITY
User Community Portals

EPA hosts a listserv for the user community, users can request to join here: BASINS listserv . Users can post
messages to the user community or request a search of past messages based on key words.
The EPA’s BASINS support team is available to provide any additional information.
User Manuals
There is a user manual as well as multiple technical documents that make up the documentation for BASINS.
• BASINS 4.1 User Manual (2013)

• Technical Note 01: Creating Hydraulic Function Tables (FTABLES) for Reservoirs in BASINS (2007)
• Technical Note 02: Two Automated Methods for Creating Hydraulic Function Tables FTABLES (2007)
• Technical Note 03: WinHSPF Simulation Module Matrix (2007)
• Technical Note 04: Incorporating Upstream Flow and Water Quality Time Series in the Source Model
(1999)
• Technical Note 05: Using HSPEXP with BASINS (1999) (now replaced with HSPEXP+)
• Technical Note 06: Estimating Hydrology and Hydraulic Parameters for HSPF (2000)
• Technical Note 06 Addendum: Additional Notes for HSPF Users (2000)
• Technical Note 07: Matching STORET Parameters with HSPF Output (2005)
• Technical Note 08: Sediment Parameter and Calibration Guidance for HSPF (2006)
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• Technical Note 09: Web Based HSPF Toolkit to Support Low Impact Development LID and Other Urban
Stormwater Modeling Applications (2007)
• Technical Note 10: Using the BASINS Meteorological Database Version 2006 (2008)
• Technical Note 11: Infiltration BMP Tutorial for HSPF (2009)
Training Materials
RESPEC and AECOM are hosted a BASINS/HSPF Training Workshop at Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina
in April 2018.
The EPA has developed a series of BASINS lectures and exercises. The lectures and exercises were created for
BASINS 4.0, the lectures and exercises are compatible with the BASINS 4.1.
The website hosts 17 lectures including the following topics:
• Introduction to BASINS and TMDLs

• Introduction to HSPF and the model application process
• Watershed delineation
• Weather data and WDMS
• Hydrologic processes, parameters and calibration
• Channel routing in HSPF
• Operational aspects of HSPF and supporting software
• Watershed segmentation
• Snow processes, parameters and calibration
• Sediment processes, parameters and calibration
• NPS quality (PQUAL,IQUAL) processes, parameters and calibration
• Instream water quality - temperature, sediment and general constituents
• AGCHEM processes, parameters and calibration
• Instream water quality - biochemical reactions
• Watershed model calibration and validation: issues and procedures
• Analysis of alternatives: modeling scenarios, BMPs and TMDLs
• Additional HSPF features
The website also hosts 16 exercises:
• Building a BASINS project and data download tool

• Manual and automatic watershed delineation
• WDM utility
• Introduction to WinHSPF and GenSen
• Segmentation
• WinHSPF hydrology calibration
• HSPEXP
• Simulation of snow accumulation and melt
• Sediment erosion and delivery
• Sediment transport calibration
• Bacteria and temperature modeling
• AHCHEM
• Nutrient, dissolved oxygen, and algae modeling
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• Water quality calibration
• Modeling alternative scenarios, BMPs, and TMDLs
• HSPFParm Tool
Recent Application/Reports
A Watershed Modeling System for Fort Benning, GA Using the US EPA BASINS Framework (2013)
An integrated modeling system for estimating glacier and snow melt driven streamflow from remote sensing and
earth system data products in the Himalayas (2014)
Estimating impact of rainfall change on hydrological processes in Jianfengling rainforest watershed, China using
BASINS-HSPF-CAT modeling system (2017)
Integration of an energy balance snowmelt model into an open source modeling framework (2015)
Land use and its effects on water quality using the BASINS model (2014)
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BATHTUB
BATHTUB is a steady state, empirically based receiving water model appropriate for simulation of morphologically
complex lakes and reservoirs. It applies a series of eutrophication models derived from lake monitoring data from a
number of northeastern U.S. lakes to perform steady-state water and nutrient balance calculations that account
for advective and diffusive transport, and nutrient sedimentation, as well as internal pollutant sources.
Eutrophication-related water quality conditions are predicted by BATHTUB and expressed as total phosphorus,
total nitrogen, chlorophyll a, transparency, organic nitrogen, ortho-phosphorus, and hypolimnetic oxygen
depletion rate. BATHTUB can be configured for simultaneous application to collections or networks of reservoirs to
provide regional perspectives on reservoir water quality.

The original developer was Dr. William W. Walker for the Environmental Laboratory of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) Waterways Experiment Station (WES).
Maintenance status:
Dr. David Soballe distributes the Bathtub model on an informal (i.e., unfunded, volunteer) basis. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers has discontinued any formal maintenance or support for the BATHTUB model. Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) hosts the model, but they provide no formal commitment to support the model.
VERSION INFORMATION
BATHTUB was developed in 1996 and has undergone multiple updates, as summarized in 6.
Version Release Date Non-Proprietary

Version 3.2 12/1996 Yes
Version 6.2 2014 Yes
MODEL CODE LANGUAGE

The source code language is Visual Basic and earlier versions were executable through an MS-DOS interface.
Version 6 adds a Microsoft Excel interface
ACCESSIBILITY
MODEL EXECUTABLE (ALL AVAILABLE VERSIONS)

The model executable is hosted on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) website (MPCA BATHTUB
download link) and the model is available upon request from David Soballe (contact information below).
SOURCE CODE (ALL AVAILABLE VERSIONS)

The source code is not publicly distributed.
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USER COMMUNITY PORTAL (IF ANY)
There is no community portal.
ACCESS POINTS-OF-CONTACT
Dr. David Soballe email: [email protected]

Walker, W.W. (1981). Empirical Methods for Predicting Eutrophication in Impoundments - Report 1: Data Base
Development. Technical Report E-81-9. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg,
MS.
Walker, W.W. (1982) Empirical Methods for Predicting Eutrophication in Impoundments - Report 2: Model Testing,
prepared for Office, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., Technical Report E-81-9, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, September 1982. Not available online
Walker Jr, W. W. (1985). Empirical Methods for Predicting Eutrophication in Impoundments. Report 3. Phase II.
Model Refinements. Report E-81-9, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS.
Walker Jr, W. W. (1985). Empirical Methods for Predicting Eutrophication in Impoundments. Report 4. Phase III.
Applications Manual. Report E-81-9, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS.
USER MANUAL
Walker Jr., W.W. (1996) Simplified Procedures for Eutrophication Assessment and Prediction: User Manual [Version
3]. Instruction Report W-96-2. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS

Lake Champlain BATHTUB Model Calibration Report (PDF), 2015
Water quality and hydrology of Silver Lake, Oceana County, Michigan, with emphasis on lake response to nutrient
loading (PDF), 2015
Water quality, hydrology, and simulated response to change in phosphorus loading of Butternut Lake, Price, and
Ashland Counties, Wisconsin, with Special Emphasis on the Effect of Internal Phosphorus Loading in a Polymictic
Lake (PDF), 2008
DRAFT Nutrient TMDLs for Sanibel Slough (WBIDs 2092F1 and 2092F2) and Documentation in Support of the
Development of Site-Specific Numeric Interpretations of the Narrative Nutrient Criterion (PDF), 2017
Water Quality Improvement Plan for Windmill Lake Taylor County, Iowa (PDF), 2016
TRAINING MATERIALS
Sample cases are provided on William W. Walker's Bathtub main page, under the sample cases contents. The
sample cases include five instructional cases: (1) single reservoir, spatially averaged, (2) single reservoir, spatially
segmented, (3) reservoir embayment, segmented, (4) segmented reservoir, multiple scenario, and (5) collection of
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reservoirs, spatially averaged. The sample cases also include four real application files: (1) Keystone Reservoir,
Oklahoma - two tributary arms & several segments, (2) Beaver Reservoir, Arkansas - one tributary arm, (3) Lake
Memphremagog, Vermont/Canada - natural lake with longitudinal gradient, and (4) Lake Champlain,
Vermont/New York / Canada - natural lake with multiple bays & transport channels.
RELEVANT LINKS
http://www.wwwalker.net/bathtub/help/bathtubWebMain.html
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CE-QUAL-ICM
CE-QUAL-ICM was first developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development
Center (ERDC) as a three-dimensional eutrophication model for Chesapeake Bay and its major tributaries. It
continues to be applied for eutrophication studies in rivers, lakes, reservoirs, estuaries and coastal areas around
the world. It is capable of simulating biogeochemical cycles, including the aquatic carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle,
phosphorus cycle and oxygen cycle as well as physical factors, including salinity, temperature and suspended
solids. It does not simulate hydrodynamics. Its technical underpinning is analogous to the finite-volume numerical
method and the model simulates the transport and fate of pollutants in well-mixed cells that can be arranged in 1-,
2-, or 3-dimensional configurations. Simulated constituents include algae, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, silica,
dissolved oxygen, zooplankton, submerged aquatic vegetation, epiphytes, and benthic algae.
LEAD DEVELOPER(S) AND AFFILIATION

Dr. Carl Cerco of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).
MAINTENANCE STATUS AND FUNDING SOURCE

USACE ERDC currently maintains and supports ongoing model development.
MODEL STATUS
CURRENT MODEL VERSION AND YEAR OF RELEASE

Version 1.0 is the original version developed for Chesapeake Bay in 1992. The current generally available standard
distribution version is Version 1.1, (released 11/17/2015). A library of additional sub-models developed during
subsequent CE-QUAL-ICM applications is available but not all submodules are available with Version 1.1, which
only comes with the sediment diagenesis submodule. One may request the other available submodules (filter
feeding benthos, toxics, submerged aquatic vegetation and carbon cycle) directly from the Chesapeake Bay
Program (Lewis Linker, [email protected]).
A newly developed "ICM-Lite" version is designed to run on a PC and with an excel user interface. This is available
from [email protected].
MODEL CODE LANGUAGE

FORTRAN
PREVIOUS VERSIONS STILL AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AND YEAR OF RELEASE

None prior to version 1.1
ACCESSIBILITY
MODEL EXECUTABLE AND SOURCE CODE

The basic version of ICM (version 1.1, 11/17/2015) is available at no cost. The standard distribution version is
available from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/cequalicm/?source=directory. (Version 1.1; 11/17/2015).
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The source code is open to users. The distribution packet includes FORTRAN code, a compiled version executable
on a Windows PC, and a user’s guide.
The full featured version is housed on a Corps of Engineers server that is not accessible to the general public. As
noted above this version may be obtained by contacting the Chesapeake Bay Program at the contact listed.

The Chesapeake Community Modeling Program provides a forum for discussion of the open source models used
for Bay applications, including CE-QUAL-ICM; it is not currently active and there is no forum specifically devoted to
discussion of the CE-QUAL-ICM model. http://ches.communitymodeling.org/models.php
ACCESS POINTS-OF-CONTACT:
Standard Version
AVAILABLE WITH DOCUMENTATION AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/cequalicm/?source=directory.
Full Featured Version

Chesapeake Bay Program
Dr. Lewis Linker, [email protected]
ICM-Lite Version
United States Corps of Engineers
Jodi Ryder, [email protected]
General Information and Questions

Dr. Carl F. Cerco, PE., RETIRED.
Email: [email protected]
A general Fact Sheet is available on the USACE webpage. Other general information is available on the Chesapeake
Community Modeling Program webpage. Both contain outdated version information.
MODEL THEORY DOCUMENTATION (INCLUDING MODEL VERSION AND PUBLICATION YEAR)

The existing available user manual is for version 1.0 (1995). Additional capabilities have been added to ICM since
then and the corresponding theoretical documentation provided in the following references:
Cerco, C., and Cole, T. 1993. “Three‐dimensional eutrophication model of Chesapeake Bay,” Journal of
Environmental Engineering, 119(6), 1006‐1025.
Cerco, C., and Moore, K. 2001. “System‐wide submerged aquatic vegetation model for Chesapeake Bay,”
Estuaries, 24(4), 522‐534.
Cerco, C., and Noel, M. 2004. “Managing for water clarity in Chesapeake Bay,” Journal of Environmental
Engineering, 130(6), 631‐642.
USER MANUAL (INCLUDING MODEL VERSION AND PUBLICATION YEAR)
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Available with download of the model and also at the following link: User's Guide to the CE-QUAL-ICM Three-
Dimensional Eutrophication Model Release Version 1.0 (1995) by Carl F. Cerco and Thomas Cole.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF MODEL APPLICATIONS
CERCO, CARL F., AND MARK R. NOEL (2010). THE 2002 CHESAPEAKE BAY EUTROPHICATION MODEL. U. S.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION, VICKSBURG, MS. PREPARED FOR THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM OFFICE, U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ANNAPOLIS, MD. EPA 903-
R-04-004. JULY 2004.
Cerco, Carl F., Mark R. Noel, and Sung-Chan Kim (2004). Three-Dimensional Eutrophication Model of Lake
Washington, Washington State Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development
Center, Vicksburg, MS. ERDC/ELTR-04-12. August 2004.
Cerco, C., Noel, M., and Kim, S‐C. (2006). “Three‐dimensional management model for Lake Washington: (II)
Eutrophication modeling and skill assessment,” Journal of Lake and Reservoir Management, 22(2), 115‐131.
Cerco, C., and Noel, M. (2007). “Can oyster restoration reverse cultural eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay?”
Estuaries and Coasts, 30(2), 331‐343.
Dortch, Mark S., Mansour Zakikhani, Mark R. Noel, and Sung-Chan Kim (2007). Application of a Water Quality
Model to Mississippi Sound to Evaluate Impacts of Freshwater Diversions. U.S. Army Engineer Research and
Development Center, Environmental Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS
St. Johns River Water Management District (2012). Water Supply Impact Study Technical Publication SJ2012-1.
St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, FL.
St. Johns River Water Management District (2012). Water Supply Impact Study Appendix 8.D. CE-QUAL-ICM
Setup, Calibration and Withdrawal Scenario Results. John C. Hendrickson, SJRWMD St. Johns River Water
Management District, Palatka, FL.
TRAINING MATERIALS
• none
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CE-QUAL-W2
CE-QUAL-W2, commonly referred to as W2, is a 2-dimensional (vertical/longitudinal) hydrodynamic and water
quality model. It is configured as a user defined grid and its mathematical structure is based on a set of differential
equations that define conservation of mass and energy in each horizontal layer. The model includes variable cell
spacing allowing for greater resolution where needed with simulation algorithms based on hydrostatic
approximation (i.e. negligible vertical accelerations) and eddy coefficients used to simulate turbulence. Also
included are numerical algorithms for pipe, weir, spillways, and pump flow. Simulated water quality includes
nutrients, eutrophication kinetics, and a single algal compartment. General quality constituents can also be
simulated using user-defined decay rates, settling rates, and temperature correction coefficients. It is best suited
for long, narrow rivers, lakes, reservoirs and estuaries because it assumes lateral homogeneity.

Thomas Cole, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) originally developed W2 and the Corps provided early
maintenance and development support for W2. While they have done so in the past, presently, the Corps does not
provide support for model maintenance. Dr. Scott Wells, director of the Water Quality Research Group (WQRG) at
Portland State University (PSU) continues to maintain the code internally at PSU. The work is supported by
research grants and CE-QUAL-W2 training contracts (personal communication). Dr. Wells indicated that his group
has received additional funds beginning in fall 2018 (with further funding anticipated) to continue updating and
maintaining the code for the Corps.

A fact sheet on the USACE webpage (undated, accessed 10/11/2017) is outdated, indicating the current version of
W2 is 3.71. The current version is version 4.1. It was released October 3, 2017.
PSU provides the newest version of W2 on their web page, which notes that they do not receive support from
USACE for model support, maintenance or upgrades. Contributions are accepted on the webpage to help support
continued model maintenance, bug fixes and updates.
MODEL STATUS
All available versions of W2 are non-proprietary and the source code is publicly available.
CURRENT MODEL VERSION AND YEAR OF RELEASE

The current version is 4.1 (October 3, 2017), available here, includes a registration page, download of source code,
model release notes, executable, User Manual, documentation, example problems and reports.
OTHER MODEL VERSIONS

Older versions of W2 including versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7 are also available on the PSU model webpage;
however they are no longer actively supported. The download packages are similar to version 4.1. The ‘History’
link on the model webpage provides a detailed description of the differences between all versions of W2.
MODEL CODE LANGUAGE

FORTRAN
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ACCESSIBILITY
The W2 model is in the public domain and its source code is available for download. http://www.cee.pdx.edu/w2

Water Quality Research Group (WQRG) at Portland State University hosts a user forum at this LINK. Registration is
required for posting messages.. Alternatively, access to the forum (i.e., read access) may be granted by emailing
the site administrator ([email protected]) with full contact information (name, title, organization, email and
phone number) or at the following LINK.
There is also a blog where model updates and code changes are described.
ACCESS POINTS-OF-CONTACT
Contacts associated with the Army Corps of Engineers as well as PSU are provided below.
Topic Contact Information

Scott Wells: Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Portland State University
Phone: (503) 725-4276
Fax (503) 725-5950
E-mail: [email protected]
PSU W2
Chris Berger: Research Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Portland State University
Phone: (503) 725-3048
Fax : (503) 725-5950

A general FACT SHEET is available on the USACE website; however the version information is not current.

Cole, T.M., and Wells, S. A. (2017) "CE-QUAL-W2: A two-dimensional, laterally averaged, hydrodynamic and water
quality model, version 4.1," Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University,
Portland, OR.
USER MANUAL
Version 4.1 User’s Manual—October 2017
EXAMPLE PUBLICATIONS OF MODEL APPLICATIONS (5 MOST RECENT PAPERS/REPORTS)

Bowen, J., and Hieronymus, J. (2003). "A CE-QUAL-W2 Model of Neuse Estuary for Total Maximum Daily Load
Development." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 129(4), 283-294.
O’Donnell, S., Gelda, R., Effler, S., and Pierson, D. (2011). "Testing and Application of a Transport Model for
Runoff Event Inputs for a Water Supply Reservoir." Journal of Environmental Engineering, 137(8), 678-688.
Singleton, V., Jacob, B., Feeney, M., and Little, J. (2013). "Modeling a Proposed Quarry Reservoir for Raw Water
Storage in Atlanta, Georgia." Journal of Environmental Engineering, 139(1), 70-78.
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Wells, S. A., Wells, V. I., and Berger, C. (2012). “Impact of Phosphorus Loading from the Watershed on Water
Quality Dynamics in Lake Tenkiller, Oklahoma, USA,” Proceedings World Environmental and Water Resources
Congress, EWRI, ASCE, Albuquerque, NM, pp. 888-899.
Wells, V. I. and Wells, S. A. (2012). “CE-QUAL-W2 Water Quality and Fish-bioenergetics Model of Chester Morse
Lake and the Cedar River,” Proceedings World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, EWRI, ASCE,
Albuquerque, NM, pp. 2756-2767
Zhang, H., Culver, D. A., and Boegman, L. (2008). "A two-dimensional ecological model of Lake Erie: Application
to estimate dreissenid impacts on large lake plankton populations." Ecological Modelling, 214(2-4), 219-241.
TRAINING MATERIALS
PSU periodically holds a 4 ½ day Workshop on W2. The next is scheduled for June 18-22, 2018 in Portland, OR.
An Internet search revealed a Wiki page for first time users, source not known. (2013)
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CORMIX
CORMIX is a mixing zone model and decision support system for environmental impact assessment of regulatory
mixing zones resulting from continuous point source discharges. The system emphasizes the role of boundary
interaction to predict steady-state mixing behavior and plume geometry.
CORMIX contains systems to model discharges where initial mixing zone characteristics are desired. Discharge
types that can be modeled include power plant cooling waters, desalinization facility or drilling rig brines, and
municipal wastewater. The effluents considered may be conservative, non-conservative, heated, brine discharges
or contain suspended sediments. CORMIX can be applied across a variety of waterbodies ranging from estuaries,
deep oceans, rivers, to stratified reservoirs and lakes. CORMIX makes near-field and far-field plume trajectory,
shape, concentration, and dilution predictions and visualizations within these waterbodies.
CORMIX development began in 1986 with Dr. Robert Doneker at Cornell University under a contract with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental Research Laboratory, Athens, GA; Dr. Thomas Barnwell, Program
Officer).
CORMIX is no longer distributed or supported by the U.S. EPA. Information on a Windows version of CORMIX is
available at cormix.info. CORMIX software is licensed and distributed solely by MixZon Inc. Contact MixZon Inc. or
Dr. Robert Doneker ([email protected]) of Oregon Graduate Institute (OGI) Department of Environmental
Science and Engineering for technical information and support.
MODEL STATUS
The current model versions are10.0G (General Release), 10.0GT (Advanced Tools), 10.0GTH (Advanced Tools
Hydraulics), 10.0GTS (Advanced Tools Sediment), 10.0 GTD (Advanced Tools Design), and 10.0 GTR* (Research
Tools Release). The feature comparison of the different versions of CORMIX v10.0 can be found at
http://www.mixzon.com/sales/featcomp.php.
CORMIX v10.0 was released in 2016 and is available for purchase and download at www.mixzon.com/downloads/.
Previous versions are not available for download.
CORMIX is composed of mathematical models to predict geometry and dilution characteristics of mixing zones
within computer-aided-design (CAD) interface. CORMIX is coded in NEXPERT object, an “expert systems shell”,
C++, and FORTRAN. NEXPERT is for the logical reasoning and FORTRAN for mathematical computations.
The version history of the CORMIX model is provided in Table 7.
Table 7. Model versions for CORMIX
Release Proprietary/
Version Developer
Date Non-Proprietary
DOS Version 1.00 Cornell University 1989 Non-Proprietary
Oregon Graduate
CORMIX-GI Version 4.00 1999 Proprietary
Institute
Oregon Graduate
CORMIX-GI Version 4.1E, 4.1G, 4.1GT, 4.1GTR 2000 Proprietary
Institute
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Release Proprietary/
Version Developer
Date Non-Proprietary
CORMIX Version 4.2E, 4.2G, 4.2GT, 4.2GTR MixZon, Inc. 2002 Proprietary
CORMIX Version 4.3E, 4.3G, 4.3GT, 4.3GTR MixZon, Inc. 2004 Proprietary
CORMIX Versions 5.0E, 5.0G, 5.0GT, 5.0GTS,
MixZon, Inc. 2007 Proprietary
5.0GTR
CORMIX Versions 6.0E, 6.0G, 6.0GT, 6.0GTS,
6.0GTD, 6.0GTR
CORMIX Versions 7.0E, 7.0G, 7.0GT, 7.0GTH,
7.0GTS, 7.0GTD, 7.0GTR
10.0GTS, 10.0GTD, 10.0GTR
ACCESSIBILITY
The model executable can be downloaded from www.mixzon.com/downloads/ once a MixZon user’s account is
created. A User Name and Password is required to download the model. The minimum system requirements are
Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10, active internet connection with access to www.mixzon.com, 1 GHz or faster 32-bit or
64-bit processor, 1 or 2 GB RAM, and minimum of 250 MB free hard disk space
(http://www.cormix.info/releaseinfo100.php).
SOURCE CODE
The source code is not available.

There is no user community portal. However, MixZon offers CORMIX Technical Support via a subscription service
called CorSupport (www.mixzon.com/support/). Current software licensing is required for access to CorSupport.

The user’s MixZon user name and password allows the download of model theory documentation from
www.mixzon.com/downloads/ including:
CORMIX1 Technical Report (1990) Expert System for Hydrodynamic Mixing Zone Analysis of Conventional and
Toxic Submerged Single Port Discharges (CORMIX1) - [EPA/600/3-90/012]
CORMIX2 Technical Report (1991) CORMIX2:An Expert System for Hydrodynamic Mixing Zone Analysis of
Conventional and Toxic Multiport Diffuser Discharges - [EPA/600/3-91/073]
CORMIX3 Technical Report (1996) CORMIX3:An Expert System for Mixing Zone Analysis And Prediction of Buoyant
Surface Discharges - [CR 818527]
CORMIX Tidal Applications Technical Report (1995) Buoyant Discharges into Reversing Ambient Currents -
Jonathan D. Nash Thesis
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USER MANUAL
The CORMIX User’s Manual Rev. 10.0.3.0 (2017) is available for download in Adobe Acrobat - PDF format using the
user’s MixZon account information. The User’s Manual is also part of the CORMIX installation
(www.mixzon.com/downloads/). The citation for the user’s manual is:
Doneker L. R. and H.G. Jirka. 2014. CORMIX User Manual. A Hydrodynamic Mixing Zone Model and Decision
Support System for Pollutant Discharges into Surface Waters. EPA-823-K-07-001 (December 2007).

Environmental Planning, Prediction and Management of Brine Discharges from Desalination Plants (2010)
Effect of Thermal Discharge of Cool Water Outfall from Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Plant into Sea Using CORMIX
(2013)
Yang, Y., Y. Liu, Y. Qiao, F. Liu, C. Zhang and B. Wang. (2013). Near Field Simulation of Low Level Waste Water
Released from Nuclear Power Plants in Rivers through Surface by CORMIX. Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 807-
809, pp. 113-117.
Yang, Y., Y. Qiao, X. Pan, Y. Liu, F. Liu, A. Zhang, B. Wang and C. Zhang. (2014). Research of Water Body Diffusion
Condition in Near Field of Inland Nuclear Power Plants in China. Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 955-959, pp.
1722-1725.
Simulation of Sediment Discharge during an Outfall Dredging Operation (2016)
TRAINING MATERIALS
MixZon Inc. provides a web-based, online CORMIX training series that covers introductory CORMIX topics
(http://www.mixzon.com/training/). The training series consists of four two-hour Introductory Classes that focuses
on regulatory background, definition of Mixing Zones, Mixing Processes and the CORMIX Mixing Zone model
application and use with illustrative case studies. In addition to the online training course, MixZon offers CORMIX
Technical Support via a subscription service called CorSupport. Current software licensing is required for access to
CorSupport.
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EFDC
The Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC) is a public domain, open source, linked hydrodynamic and water
modeling system, which also includes modules for sediment transport and fate and transport of toxic
contaminants fully integrated in a single source code. Model simulations can be fully coupled where
hydrodynamics, sediment, and contaminant transport are executed simultaneously or be done using saved
hydrodynamic transport data. EFDC can represent water bodies in one, two and three dimensions using a finite
difference methodology. Model cells are represented using a curvilinear or Cartesian grid with two options for
vertical cell spacing: Sigma-z or GVC (general vertical coordinate). Water column transport includes 3-dimensional
advection and vertical and horizontal turbulent diffusions. EFDC also incorporates a eutrophication water quality
model, functionally equivalent to CE-QUAL-ICM and can represent multiple size classes of cohesive and non-
cohesive sediments, associated deposition and resuspension processes, and bed geomechanics. Toxics are
transported as both dissolved and sediment associated in the water column and bed. Other model features include
representation of drying and wetting, hydraulic structures, vegetation resistance, and Lagrangian particle tracking.

The late Dr. John Hamrick originally developed EFDC while at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, funded with
state legislatively directed research funds. Further support was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Sea Grant Program. After Dr. Hamrick joined in
the 1990’s, Tetra Tech has been a major focus for continued development of EFDC—both from continued EPA
funding as well as through a variety of additional projects throughout the country. Tetra Tech continues to
support the use and enhancement of EFDC through individual, project-specific customizations.
Maintenance status:
There is no current federally supported program to maintain, support or enhance the model. Project- and client-
specific efforts to customize the model have resulted in multiple customized versions developed by various entities
among government, academia and consulting firms.
Funding source:
None ongoing for the EPA version of EFDC.
VERSION INFORMATION
For purposes of this summary, the publicly available, EPA version of EFDC will be referred to as EPA-EFDC. Other
entities have also developed versions of EFDC based on the 2007 EPA-EFDC. These versions are technically “newer”
versions and have undergone various customizations, sometimes significant, depending on specific program needs.
For example, the Philadelphia Water Department maintains its own version of EFDC, which was based on the 2007
EPA-EFDC version but has been significantly customized to support the needs of the department. Likewise, the St.
Johns Water Management District in Florida also maintains a version of EFDC for the St. Johns River.
Sandia National Laboratories 1 developed SNL-EFDC, an open-source tool to support the marine renewable-energy
industry by enabling simultaneous evaluation of array power production and environmental effects. They
1
Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and
Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the U.S.
Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
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subsequently incorporated the module into an open-source version of the DELFT-3D application called SNL-DELFT-
3d-CEC.
Dynamic Solutions-International (DSI), developed a Windows-based GUI (interface) for pre- and post-processing of
the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC). The interface is commercially known as EFDC-Explorer and their
version of the EFDC model is called EFDCPlus. DSI’s version of EFDC includes a multi-thread function as well as new
variables such as CO2. DSI’s website provides links for downloading EFDC_Plus as well as the EPA-EFDC version.
The user must register to download all files from the website. EFDCPlus, EFDC-Explorer and the grid generator are
all proprietary. They provide the source code for only their single-thread version to licensees upon request.
In recent years, Tetra Tech developed Visual EFDC (VEFDC), a user-graphical interface for creating and editing
curvilinear orthogonal grids for EFDC as well as for creating and manipulating input data files and model output
results. VEFDC is not open-source but Tetra Tech distributes the interface to clients and upon request. In addition
to the above EFDC model versions and GUIs, other pre and post processing GUI tools for EFDC are commercially
available (e.g., grid generation tools and post processing tools to support various graphics packages). Funding to
support development of these tools has come from various sources so they are not all necessarily publicly available
or their source code may not be available.
The version history of EPA-EFDC and others is summarized in Table 8. All of the non-EPA versions are derived from
the EPA version. Executables are presented in Table 9.
Table 8. Draft Version History
Version Release Non- Developer Operating Code Available

Date Proprietary System language Source
Code?
EPA_EFDC v 09/2007 Yes Tetra Tech Windows FORTRAN Yes
1.1 Inc. 95/98/NT/2K/XP
EFDC_Plus 06/02/2017 No DSI XP, Vista, Win7, FORTRAN To clients
8.2 Win8, and
EFDC_Plus 09/08/2016 No DSI Win10 in either FORTRAN To clients
8.1 32 or 64 bit;
Linux with
windows
emulator
EFDC_EPA 12/01/2010 Yes, must Tetra Tech, ?? FORTRAN Yes
register Inc.
SNL-EFDC 1 10/20/2015 Yes Sandia ?? FORTRAN Yes
0.0 (Beta) National
Laboratories
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Table 9. Executables
Version Release Date Download Page

EPA_EFDC v 1.1 09/2007 https://www.epa.gov/exposure-assessment-models/environment-
fluid-dynamics-code-efdc-download-page
EFDC_Plus for 06/02/2017 http://www.efdc-explorer.com/downloads/efdc-dsi-model.html
EE 8.2
EFDC_Explorer 07/04/2017 http://www.efdc-explorer.com/downloads/efdc-explorer.html
8.2
CVLGrid 1.1 10/17/2016 http://www.efdc-explorer.com/downloads/cvlgrid.html
SNL-EFDC 1 0.0 10/20/2015 https://sourceforge.net/projects/snl-efdc/?source=navbar
(Beta)
VEFDC 2.0.0.20 8/21/2017 Contact [email protected]
The VEFDC setup package includes the GUI as well as the EFDC executable and user manuals.
ACCESSIBILITY
EPA_EFDC
Model executable is downloadable from EPA http://www2.epa.gov/exposure-assessment-models/efdc
Source code is available from EPA’s Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling (CEAM).
Phone: 706-355-8403
EFDC_PLUS/EXPLORER
Model executables (all available versions) available at http://www.efdc-explorer.com/downloads/
Source code is not available for the multi-thread version of the EFDC_Plus model. Otherwise, source code is
provided upon request to clients and users with a paid license.
SNL-EFDC
Executable and source code are available. Must submit order request--
https://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/1242511 or download from the following location:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/snl-efdc/?source=navbar
Possible Contact: Jesse Roberts – [email protected]
VEFDC
Installation package available upon request.
Contact: [email protected]
User community portals

• EPA-EFDC –A Yahoo user group was active under Dr. Hamrick; it no longer exists.
• Dynamic Solutions-International hosts two user forums for the EFDC Explorer application and one for
EFDC: http://www.efdc-explorer.com/forums/
• SNL-EFDC – none
• VEFDC - none
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User Manuals and Theoretical Documentation
Multiple Theoretical and Academic EFDC References:
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/EFDC_References.pdf
EPA-EFDC
A user manual and three separate volumes comprise the theoretical and computational documentation for EPA-
EFDC.
• EFDC user manual EPA ver 101 (PDF)
• EFDC Hydrodynamics Mass Transport Manual (PDF) (60 pp, 411 K)
• EFDC Sediment Contaminant Transport Manual (PDF) (96 pp, 631 K)
• EFDC Water Quality Manual (PDF) (90 pp, 606 K)
EFDC_Plus/Explorer
Documentation is available here: http://www.efdc-explorer.com/downloads/efdc-dsi-model.html
SNL-EFDC
• Model User Manual
• Sediment Transport User Manual
• pH Effects User Manual
TRAINING MATERIALS/COURSES
• EPA-EFDC
o EPA’s modeling workgroup sponsored the “Introduction to EFDC” webinar in February 2017
(available at https://www.epa.gov/tmdl/tmdl-modeling)
o EPA Region 3 supported a multi-day training that included EFDC topics (2010)
 Overview of Receiving Water Modeling
 Introduction to EFDC
 Grid Generation
 EFDCView Preprocessor/Model Setup
 EFDC
 Linkage to LSPC
 EFDCView Model setup
 Hydrodynamic Calibration
o EPA Region 6 sponsored a Dissolved Oxygen modeling training in which EFDC was discussed but
QUAL2K was the main model focus (2007)
• EFDC-Explorer – 32 hour training course offered. (link)
• SNL-EFDC – none
• VEFDC - none
RECENT APPLICATIONS/REPORTS
Camacho, R. A., Martin, J. L., Watson, B., Paul, M. J., Zheng, L., & Stribling, J. B. (2014). Modeling the factors
controlling phytoplankton in the St. Louis Bay Estuary, Mississippi and evaluating estuarine responses to nutrient
load modifications. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 141(3), 04014067.
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Chen, Yan, R. Zou, H. Su , S. Bai , M. Faizullabhoy , Y. Wu and H Guo. (2017). Development of an Integrated Water
Quality and Macroalgae Simulation Model for Tidal Marsh Eutrophication Control Decision Support. Water 2017,
9, 277; doi:10.3390/w9040277.
Tetra Tech. (2015). South Saskatchewan River In-Stream Water Quality Model. Prepared for Alberta Environment
and Parks, Calgary, Alberta. December 2015.
Tetra Tech. (2015). Final Report: Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modeling Report for the Savannah Harbor,
Georgia. Prepared for Department of the Army, Savannah District, Corps of Engineers. Final Report, Version 3;
October 30, 2015.
Tetra Tech. (2014). Sheep River In-Stream Water Quality Model Modelling. Prepared for Alberta Environment and
Sustainable Resource Development, Calgary, Alberta. June 2014.
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HAWQS
The Hydrologic and Water Quality System (HAWQS) is a web-based interactive water quantity and quality
modeling tool that uses the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) as its core model. HAWQS provides users with
interactive web interfaces and maps; pre-loaded input data; SWAT outputs that include tables, charts, and raw
output data; and online development, execution, and storage of a user's modeling projects.
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water supports and provides project management and
funding for HAWQS. The Texas A&M University Spatial Sciences Laboratory and EPA provide ongoing technical
support including system design, modeling, and software development.
MODEL STATUS
HAWQS Version 1.0 is a non-proprietary modeling tool that was released in September 2017. Future versions will
be released based on user needs. There are no previous versions.
The model code language for the SWAT model within HAWQS is FORTRAN.
ACCESSIBILITY
HAWQS is run entirely on a server, therefore personal computing requirements are minimal. HAWQS requires a
web browser, such as the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, or Safari, Internet Explorer 11 or Microsoft Edge.
HAWQS can be accessed at epahawqs.tamu.edu/.
SOURCE CODE
The source code for the SWAT model used in HAWQS is available for download at swat.tamu.edu/software/swat-
executables/.

There is no HAWQS community portal. For assistance with account settings and system errors, users can contact
[email protected]. For assistance with training and use cases, users can contact [email protected].

HAWQS does not have its own model theory documentation. All model theory documentation for the SWAT model
can be found at swat.tamu.edu/documentation/. The documentation includes Soil and Water Assessment Tool
Theoretical Documentation for SWAT versions 2000, 2005 and 2009 (Neitsch et al. 2002, 2005 and 2011). There is
also Input/Output File Documentation for SWAT versions 2005, 2009 and 2012 (Neitsch et al. 2004 and 2011;
Arnold et al. 2012).
USER MANUAL
The HAWQS v1.0 User Guide was released in September 2017 and can be downloaded epahawqs.tamu.edu/.

Since HAWQS is such a new modeling tool (released September 2017), there are not many publications of model
applications. The following two papers were found.
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Fant, C., R. Srinivasan, B. Boehlert, L. Rennels , S. Chapra, K. M. Strzepek, J. Corona, A. Allen and J. Martinich.
(2017). Climate Change Impacts on US Water Quality Using Two Models: HAWQS and US Basins. Water 9 (118).
Yen, H., Daggupati, P., White, J.M., Srinivasan, R. Gossel, A., Wells, D., and Arnold, G. J. (2016). Application of
Large-Scale, Multi-Resolution Watershed Modeling Framework Using the Hydrologic and Water Quality System
(HAWQS). Water 8 (164).
TRAINING MATERIALS
There are no training materials available besides the User Manual (epahawqs.tamu.edu/) and step-by-step use-
cases. For assistance with training, users can contact [email protected].
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HSPF
The Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) is a comprehensive model for the simulation of watershed
hydrology and water quality for both conventional pollutants and toxic chemicals. It enables simulation of both
land based runoff, temperature, and pollutant loading with instream hydraulic and pollutant fate and transport
processes in 1-dimensional stream channels. Watershed hydrology simulations are based on the Stanford
Watershed Model and consists of a water balance method that defines the water storage for surface and soil
layers. Water storage is modified by interception, infiltration, evapotranspiration, and losses to inactive
groundwater with outflows simulated from surface and subsurface (interflow and groundwater outflow) layers.
Sediment is simulated as cohesive (silt and clay) and non-cohesive (sand) fractions with loading based on
detachment/scour and transport algorithms. Other pollutant loads can be simulated generally using build-up
washoff functions and instream transport and fate processes or using agricultural and eutrophication modules that
explicitly represent the application, transformation, interaction, and fate of nutrients, phytoplankton, gases, pH,
and pesticides. HSPF also includes a special action block for simulating management activities.
HSPF was originally developed by Crawford et al. (1966) as the Stanford Watershed Model—a hydraulic and
hydrologic model. Development of a FORTRAN version, which included water quality processes, was funded by the
Athens, GA, Research Lab of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and released in 1974 under its current
name Hydrologic Simulation Program, Fortran (HSPF). In the 1980s, pre- and post-processing software, algorithm
enhancements, and use of the USGS binary Watershed Data Management (WDM) system were developed jointly
by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and EPA. This included work performed by HydroComp, Inc. and included the
development of the original user’s manual as part of the Version 5.0 release. Since 1980, all model code changes
have been maintained by AQUA TERRA Consultants (now a subsidiary of RESPEC), under contract with EPA and
USGS. During the mid to late 1990s, Tetra Tech, Inc., under contract with EPA developed the BASINS system and
Non-point Source Model (NPSM), resulting in the first Windows-based interface for the HSPF model.
The current supported model release is Version 12.2, distributed with BASINS 4.1 as the WinHSPF model interface.
WinHSPF is a standalone application, however, and can be run outside of the BASINS platform. The version 12
series includes a number of new options and enhancements, as well as bug fixes. AQUA TERRA Consultants also
offer Version 12.4 (containing increased array bounds and minor bug fixes) as a standalone download, although it
is still a beta version under internal peer review. HSPF Version 12.4 or 12.5 is anticipated to be included in the
forthcoming release of BASINS 4.5.
MODEL STATUS
HSPF Version 12.2 is distributed with BASINS 4.1, with an initial release in 2013. WinHSPF Version 3.0 beta and
Version 2.3 are distributed with BASINS 4.1 as GUI’s for the underlying HSPF algorithms and can be downloaded at
https://www.epa.gov/exposure-assessment-models/basins-download-and-installation.
The HSPF algorithms are coded in FORTRAN 77.

HSPF Version 11.0, released in 1996 is available from USGS at https://water.usgs.gov/software/HSPF/
All versions of HSPF are nonproprietary.
ACCESSIBILITY
Model executables for the WinHSPF versions distributed with BASINS 4.1 are available as Version 2.3 and Version
3.0, both of which run HSPF Version 12.2. HSPF Version 11.0 available from USGS at the link above.
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Source code for Version 11.0 is available from the USGS at the link above. Code for newer versions is maintained in
a GitHub repository at
https://github.com/respec/FORTRAN/tree/c869a580fc35befc2b702f6420b7a0da05953f2f/lib3.0/SRC.
User support is provided by AQUA TERRA (now part of RESPEC) at annual HSPF workshops with schedules posted
at http://aquaterra.com/resources/workshops/index.php. USGS also provides user training on an annual and
upon-request basis as detailed at https://water.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/man_wrdapp?hspf#HISTORY.
POINT OF CONTACT
U.S. Geological Survey point-of-contact is:
U.S. Geological Survey
Hydrologic Analysis Software Support Program
437 National Center
Reston, VA 20192
[email protected]
The WinHSPF/BASINS point of contact is:
Glenn Fernandez
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4
61 Forsyth Street SW
Atlanta, Georgia30303
COMMUNITY USER PORTAL

BASINS offers an online community where users can exchange questions and answers, including those relevant to
HSPF, which can be joined by sending an email to [email protected], leaving the "Subject:" field blank and putting
"subscribe basinsinfo firstname lastname" in the body of the text.
THEORETICAL DOCUMENTATION
Bicknell, B.R., Imhoff, J.C., Kittle, J.L., Jr., Donigian, A.S., Jr., and Johanson, R.C. 1997. Hydrological Simulation
Program--FORTRAN, User's Manual for Version 11. EPA/600/R-97/080, prepared for the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Athens, GA.
USER MANUAL
HSPF user’s manual (Bicknell et al. 1997) for Version 11.0 is available from the USGS at
https://water.usgs.gov/software/HSPF/ and includes model theory documentation for the included simulation
algorithms.
HSPF user’s manual (Bicknell et al. 2005) for Version 12.2 is available as part of the BASINS 4.1 download package
available at https://www.epa.gov/exposure-assessment-models/basins-download-and-installation and includes
model theory documentation for the included simulation algorithms.
Bicknell, B.R., Imhoff, J.C., Kittle, J.L., Jobes, T.H., and Jr., Donigian, A.S. 2005. HSPF Version 12.2 User’s Manual
User's. Prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Athens,
GA.
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TRAINING MATERIALS
Recommendations for the application of HSPF are contained in the following article:
Duda, P.B., P.R. Hummel, A.S. Donigian, Jr., and J.C. Imhoff. 2012. BASINS/HSPF: Model use, calibration, and
validation. Transactions of the ASABE, 55(4): 1523-1547.
HSPF tutorials are included as part of the BASINS software distribution and are available at
https://www.epa.gov/exposure-assessment-models/basins-tutorials-and-training. The BASINS website also
contains a series of Technical Notes, many of which focus on different aspects of the construction and calibration
of HSPF models. See https://www.epa.gov/exposure-assessment-models/basins-technical-notes.
MODEL APPLICATION PAPERS

Publications of recent HSPF model applications include:
Mishra, A., B.R. Bicknell, P.B. Duda, A.S. Donigian, Jr. and M. H. Gray. (2017). HSPEXP+: An enhanced expert system
for HSPF model calibration—A case study of the Snake River Watershed in Minnesota. Journal of Water
Management Modeling, 25:C422 https://doi.org/10.14796/JWMM.C422.
Dudula, J., and T.O. Randhir. (2016). Modeling the influence of climate change on watershed systems: Adaptation
through targeted practices. Journal of Hydrology, 541(B): 703-713.
Stern, M., L. Flint, J. Minear, A. Flint, and S. Wright. (2016). Characterizing changes in streamflow and sediment
supply in the Sacramento River Basin, California, using Hydrological Simulation Program—FORTRAN (HSPF). Water,
8(10): 432; doi:10.3390/w8100432.
M.E. Berndt, W. Rutelonis, and C. P. Regan. (2016). A comparison of results from a hydrologic transport model
(HSPF) with distributions of sulfate and mercury in a mine-impacted watershed in northeastern Minnesota, Journal
of Environmental Management, 181: 74-79.
Luo, C., Z. Li, K. Jiang., X. Chen, and H. Li. (2017). Comprehensive study on parameter sensitivity for flow and
nutrient modeling in the Hydrological Simulation Program Fortran model. Environmental Science and Pollution
Research, 24(26): 20982–20994.
RECENT PROJECT REPORTS

Michael Baker Jr., Inc., Aqua Terra, Consultants, and Dynamic Solutions, LLC. 2015. Final Setup, Calibration and
Validation for Illinois River Watershed Nutrient Model and Tenkiller Ferry Lake EFDC Water Quality Model.
Prepared for U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Dallas TX.
Tetra Tech, Inc. 2013. Root River Model Calibration. Prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region
5 and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency by Tetra Tech, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC .
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2010. Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for
Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sediment. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3, Chesapeake Bay Program
Office, Annapolis, MD.
Tetra Tech, Inc. 2012. Santa Maria Watershed TMDL – Salt Modeling. Prepared for the Central Coast Regional
Water Quality Control Board and U.S. Environmental Protection Region 9 by Tetra Tech, Inc., San Diego, CA.
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). 2009. Final TMDL Report, Nutrient TMDL for the
Caloosahatchee Estuary (WBIDs 3240A, 3240B, 3240C). Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division
of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, Bureau of Watershed Restoration, South District, Tallahassee, FL.
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LSPC
Loading Simulation Program in C++ is a recoded version of the Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF).
Like HSPF, LSPC is a comprehensive model for the simulation of watershed hydrology and water quality for both
conventional pollutants and toxic chemicals. It enables simulation of both land based runoff, temperature, and
pollutant loading with instream hydraulic and pollutant fate and transport processes in 1-dimensional stream
channels. Watershed hydrology simulations are based on the Stanford Watershed Model and consist of a water
balance method that defines the water storage for surface and soil layers. Water storage is modified by
interception, infiltration, evapotranspiration, and losses to inactive groundwater with outflows simulated from
surface and subsurface (interflow and groundwater outflow) layers. Sediment is simulated as cohesive (silt and
clay) and non-cohesive (sand) fractions with loading based on detachment/scour and transport algorithms. Other
pollutant loads can be simulated generally using build-up washoff functions and instream transport and fate
processes or using the eutrophication modules that explicitly represent the transformation, interaction, and fate of
nutrients, phytoplankton, and gases. LSPC is the Loading Simulation Program in C++, a watershed modeling system
that includes a streamlined subset of Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) Version 11.0 algorithms for
simulating hydrology, sediment, and general water quality on land as well as a detailed stream transport model.
There is no inherent limit on the size of the watershed that can be represented in LSPC and it simulates land and
instream processes simultaneously.
LSPC was developed by Tetra Tech, Inc. with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The
initial public release (Version 1.0) was made available in 2002.
Tetra Tech , maintains and distributes the most recent, currently supported version of the model (Version 5.0).
Jon Ludwig
Tetra Tech
Tel: 703-385-6000
[email protected]
MODEL STATUS
The most current model version is Version 5.0, released in 2015. The model executable, database, and source code
are distributed and maintained by Tetra Tech.
MODEL CODING LANGUAGE

The underlying algorithms of LSPC are coded in C++.
PREVIOUS VERSIONS
Selected versions of LSPC are non-proprietary
ACCESSIBILITY
The available LSPC model executables include Version 5.0 and Version 4.1. Version 5.0 is available from Jon
Ludwig, Tetra Tech, 4, whose contact information is provided above.

There is no currently supported user community portal.
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POINTS-OF-CONTACT:
Jon Ludwig
Tetra Tech
Tel: 703-385-6000
[email protected]

The underlying algorithms of LSPC are based on those developed for HSPF Version 11.0. Model theory
documentation for the latest peer reviewed version of that model (Version 11.0) is available from the USGS at
https://water.usgs.gov/software/HSPF/.
The Version 3.1 model user manual (Tetra Tech 2009) is available for download from the Los Angeles County
Department of Public works at http://dpw.lacounty.gov/wmd/wmms/docs/LSPC-UserManual.pdf.
Tetra Tech. 2009. Loading Simulation Program in C++ (LSPC) Version 3.1 User’s Manual. Developed for the County
of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Watershed Management Division, Alhambra, CA.
The Version 5.0 model user manual (Tetra Tech 2017) is available upon request from Jon Ludwig.
Tetra Tech. 2017. Loading Simulation Program in C++ (LSPC) Version 5.0 – User’s Manual. Developed for the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality under EPA Contract #
EP-R8-12-04. December 6, 2017.
RECENT PROJECT APPLICATION REPORTS AND PAPERS

Example applications of LSPC are included in the Version 3.2 model user’s manual. Publications of recent LSPC
model applications include:
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ). 2016. James River Watershed Model Refinements for
Chlorophyll-a Criteria Assessment. Prepared by Tetra Tech, Inc. for the Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality, Richmond VA.
Tetra Tech. 2016. Watershed Model Development to Support the San Diego Region Beaches and Creeks Bacteria
TMDLs. Prepared for the City of San Diego Storm Water Division by Tetra Tech Inc., San Diego CA.
Tetra Tech. 2014. Lake B. Everett Jordan Watershed Model Report. Prepared for the North Carolina Nutrient
Science Advisory Board, North Carolina Division of Water Resources and Triangle J Council of Governments by
Tetra Tech, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Tetra Tech. 2010. Los Angeles County Water Model Configuration and Calibration. Prepared for the County of Los
Angeles Department of Public Works by Tetra Tech, Inc., Fairfax, VA.
Tetra Tech. 2009. Final Roanoke River PCB TMDL Development (Virginia). Prepared for the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 3 by Tetra Tech, Inc., Pasadena, CA.
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QUAL2KW
QUAL2Kw, is a one-dimensional river and stream water quality model that simulates temperature, dissolved
oxygen nutrients, pH, periphyton, macrophytes, phytoplankton, and sediment diagenesis. Based on QUAL2K
(Chapra and Pelletier 2003), it includes additional processes and options relative to QUAL2K. Both models are
modernized version of EPAs QUAL2E model, incorporating more recent science and allowing for application to
shallow, upland streams. QUAL2E, QUAL2K, and QUAL2Kw have historically been applied to steady state
representation of stream responses with diel variability in boundary conditions. Version 6 of QUAL2Kw now allows
continuous simulation with non-steady, non-uniform flow using kinematic wave flow routing. The model
framework includes a genetic algorithm to automate the calibration of kinetic parameters and provides capabilities
for Monte Carlo simulation investigation of uncertainty and sensitivity. Water quality simulations include nutrient
dynamics, algal production, dissolved oxygen with the impact of benthic and carbonaceous demand, pH, and
alkalinity.

Developed by Greg Pelletier (State of Washington Department of Ecology) and Steve Chapra and Hua Tao (Tufts
University).

The State of Washington Department of Ecology maintains the model and provides financial resources that
support public access to the model, continued updates, and maintenance of updated documentation.
MODEL STATUS
CURRENT MODEL VERSION

Version 5.1, July 2008 – for simulating steady flow
Version 6.0, July 2015– for non-steady, non-uniform flow using kinematic wave flow routing
MODEL CODE LANGUAGE

QUAL2Kw is nonproprietary. It uses Microsoft Excel as the user interface for input, running and viewing output—
programmed in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). The core model is a compiled Fortran 95 program run by the
Excel VBA program.
ACCESSIBILITY
QUAL2Kw is provided by the State of Washington Department of Ecology at:
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/models.html
MODEL EXECUTABLE
The model uses Microsoft Excel as the user interface. The Excel interface calls a compiled dynamic link library to
perform numerical calculations, with results returned to the Excel interface.
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SOURCE CODE
VBA source code is available and unlocked in the Microsoft Excel developer windows. The Fortran source code is
not supplied on the Ecology server.

QUAL2K User Group—note this is a user group for QUAL2K not QUAL2Kw but some posts related to QUAL2Kw
have been made.
ACCESS POINT-OF-CONTACT
Greg Pelletier, Environmental Engineer
Department of Ecology
P.O. Box 47600
Olympia, WA 98504-7600
360.407.6485
[email protected]

General information is provided at the following links:
EPA Science Inventory Fact Sheet

Washington State Department of Ecology Model Page with overview information for QUAL2Kw

Pelletier, Gregory J., S. Chapra, and H. Tao. (2006). QUAL2Kw - A framework for modeling water quality in streams
and rivers using a genetic algorithm for calibration. Environmental Modelling and Software, volume 21 pp. 419-
425. (2006).
USER MANUAL (INCLUDING MODEL VERSION AND PUBLICATION YEAR)

Version 5.1
QUAL2Kw Theory and Documentation (version 5.1) A modeling framework for simulating river and stream water
quality. July 2008. Publication Number 04-03-010. (Available with model download)
Version 6.0
No documentation accompanies the download with Version 6.0. While this version contains some features that
are not in Version 5.1, the 5.1 materials are applicable to Version 6.0.
PROJECT APPLICATION PAPERS

Butcher, J. B., M. Faizullabhoy, H. Nicholas, P. Cada, and J. T. Kennedy. (2016). Quantitative Assessment of
Temperature Sensitivity of the South Fork Nooksack River under Future Climates using QUAL2Kw. U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-14/233, 2016.
Cristea, N.C., and S. J. Burges. (2010). An assessment of the current and future thermal regimes of three streams
located in the Wenatchee River basin, Washington State: Some implications for regional river basin systems.
Climatic Change, 102:493–520.
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Gikas, G.D. (2014). Water quality of drainage canals and assessment of nutrient loads using QUAL2Kw.
Environmental Processes, 1(4): 369-385.
Kannel, P.R., S. Lee, Y.-S. Lee, S.R. Kanel, and G.J. Pelletier (2007). Application of automated QUAL2Kw for water
quality modeling and management in the Bagmati River, Nepal. Ecological Modeling, 202: 503-517.
Sharma, D., A. Kansal, and G. Pelletier (2017). Water quality modeling for urban reach of Yamuna River, India
(1999–2009), using QUAL2Kw. Applied Water Science, 7(3): 1535-1559.
Turner, D.F., G.J. Pelletier, and B. Kasper. (2009). Dissolved oxygen and pH modeling of a periphyton dominated,
nutrient enriched river. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 135(8): 645-652.
TMDLS
North Fork Palouse River TMDL (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1510029.html)
Wenatchee River TMDL (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0810062.html)

Bear-Evans Watershed TMDL (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/0810058.html)
Jordan River TMDL
(https://deq.utah.gov/ProgramsServices/programs/water/watersheds/docs/2013/09Sep/JordanRiverTMDL_Final_
20130905.pdf)
Umpqua Basin TMDL (http://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/tmdls/Pages/TMDLs-Umpqua-Basin.aspx) Appendix 3 of
the Umpqua Basin TMDL describes the model application
(http://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterDocs/umpappx3nut.pdf)
TRAINING MATERIALS
EPA Modeling Workgroup Water Quality Modeling Webinar #4: Nooksack River QUAL2Kw Temperature Model and
Climate Change Scenarios.
The model co-developer, Greg Pelletier, may offer training on QUAL2Kw.
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SPARROW
The SPAtially Referenced Regressions On Watershed attributes (SPARROW) model applies statistical methods to
relate measured water quality with local landscape characteristics. The model uses a multi-variable regression
equation to relate instream water quality measurements to those characteristics, including land use, point sources,
soil type, precipitation, and other environmental measures. The model also explicitly considers factors that affect
the timing and delivery of pollutants. This statistical approach to non-conservative transport allows the model to
estimate loads in ungaged basins, assuming that the explanatory datasets are available to characterize the area
under examination. Empirical estimates of relative source contributions are also included. In general, model output
is used to describe water quality loading and concentration conditions representative of long-term averages.
SPARROW was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Richard Smith, Gregory Schwarz, and
Richard Alexander are the original developers of SPARROW. The national and regional SPARROW contacts are
summarized in Table 10.
Table 10. National and regional SPARROW contacts
Person of Contact National or Regional Level Contact Information

Richard Alexander National 703-648-6869 ([email protected])
Steve Preston National 410-267-9875 ([email protected])
Gregory Schwarz National 703-648-5718 ([email protected])
Richard Smith National 703-648-6870 ([email protected])
Richard Moore Regional – New England and Mid- 603-226-7825 ([email protected])
Atlantic
Anne Hoos Regional - South Atlantic-Gulf and 615-837-4760 ([email protected])
Tennessee
Dale Robertson Regional -Great Lakes, Ohio, Upper 608-821-3867 ([email protected])
Mississippi, and Souris-Red-Rainy
Juliane Brown Regional -Missouri 303-236-6876 ([email protected])
Richard Rebich Regional -Lower Mississippi, 601-933-2928 ([email protected])
Arkansas-White-Red, Texas-Gulf
David Anning Regional - Rio Grande, Colorado, and 928-556-7139 ([email protected])
Great Basin
Daniel Wise Regional - Pacific Northwest 503-251-3213 ([email protected])
John Brakebill Regional - Chesapeake Bay 410-238-4257 ([email protected])
Maintenance status:
The USGS is in the process of developing an R based version of SPARROW, and should be available in late 2018.
Also, they are developing a web-based mapping system to illustrate and explore SPARROW model results, a beta
version of the web portal is available (http://wim.usgs.gov/sparrowmrb3/sparrowmrb3mapper.html#.)
SPARROW decision support system (DSS) is no longer available as of July 31, 2017. Contact Steve Preston
([email protected]) with questions. The site provided access to all publicly available calibrated SPARROW models
and would allow the users to display scenario results.
Funding source:
SPARROW is maintained by USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) to address the changing water
quality in response to human and natural factors. The current cycle for NAWQA is planned to run through 2022.
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MODEL STATUS
The version history of SPARROW is summarized in 11.
Version Release Date Proprietary or Non- Available for

proprietary Download
Version 1.0 12/1997 Non-proprietary No
Version 2.1 04/2006 Non-proprietary No
Version 2.6 8/2006 Non-proprietary Yes
System requirements include: SAS version 8.0 (or higher), Windows 95 or Windows NT Version 4.0 (or higher), 64
megabytes of memory, and minimum hardware configuration of Intel or Inlet-compatible Pentium class processor.
The model execution requires the following SAS components: Base SAS, the SAS statistical procedure (SAS/STAT)
and SAS/IML. The SAS Geographic Information System (SAS/GIS) component is optional.
MODEL CODE
The SPARROW model code is written in SAS macro language, with statistical procedures written in the SAS IML.
The source code is available within the download package. The control files for specific models would only be
available from the model developers.
ACCESSIBILITY
EXECUTABLE AND SOURCE CODE

Model executable and source code is downloadable from USGS, seeTable 12.
Table12. Model executables
Version Link Source Code Available

Version 2.6 Download Version 2.6 Yes
Optional GIS Files Download GIS Files N/A

User Manuals
A user manual and journal article represent the theoretical documentation for SPARROW.
• Regional interpretation of water-quality monitoring data (1997)

• The SPARROW Surface Water- Quality Model: Theory, Application and User Documentation (2006)
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Recent Applications/Reports
• A Regional Modeling Framework of Phosphorus Sources and Transport in Streams of the Southeastern
United States (2011)
• Calibration and Uncertainty Analysis Using the Sparrow Model for Dissolved-Solids Transport in the Upper
Colorado River Basin (2015)
• Enhanced and updated spatially referenced statistical assessment of dissolved-solids load sources and
transport in streams of the Upper Colorado River Basin (2017)
• SPARROW Modeling of Nitrogen Sources and Transport in Rivers and Streams of California and Adjacent
States, U.S. (2015)
• Source and Delivery of Nutrients to Receiving Waters in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the
United States (2011)
TRAINING MATERIALS
No training materials available.
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SWAT
The objective of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model is to predict the effect of management
decisions on water, sediment, nutrient and pesticide yields with reasonable accuracy in moderate to large scale
watersheds. SWAT is widely used in assessing soil erosion prevention and control, nonpoint source pollution
control and regional management in watersheds, especially agricultural watersheds. SWAT incorporates the EPIC
plant growth model. Runoff is generally simulated using a modified Curve Number approach, although Green-
Ampt infiltration can also be used, while sediment yield is based on the Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation
(MUSLE). Instream simulation uses a daily time step.
The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a watershed model jointly developed and maintained by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Texas A&M AgriLife Reasearch, which is
part of The Texas A&M University System.
MODEL STATUS
The current model version is SWAT2012 rev. 664, released in December 2016.
CODE LANGUAGE
The model code language is FORTRAN (including sections in both FORTRAN 77 and FORTRAN 90 styles).
SWAT undergoes frequent revisions. The major version history of the SWAT model is provided in Table 13, which
includes all versions currently available for download. SWAT99.2 and SWAT98.1 are no longer available for
download. For information about these earlier versions, contact Jeff Arnold ([email protected]) or Nancy
Sammons ([email protected]).
Table 13. Model versions for SWAT
Proprietary/
Version Release Date
Non-Proprietary
SWAT2000 2000 Non-Proprietary
SWAT2012 rev. 664 2016 Non-Proprietary
ACCESSIBILITY
The model executable for SWAT2012, SWAT2009, SWAT2005 and SWAT 2000 can be freely downloaded from
http://swat.tamu.edu/software/swat-executables/.
SOURCE CODE
The source code for each of these versions is also available for download at the same site.
In addition to the SWAT executables, there are also several SWAT extensions and supplementary programs
available for download:
• ArcSWAT is an ArcGIS-ArcView extension and graphical user input interface for SWAT and is available for
download at http://swat.tamu.edu/software/arcswat/.
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• QSWAT is an interface for SWAT using the open source QGIS geographic information system software and
is available for download at http://swat.tamu.edu/software/qswat/.
• SWAT-CUP is a calibration/uncertainty or sensitivity program interface for SWAT and can be downloaded
at http://swat.tamu.edu/software/swat-cup/.
• SWAT-MODFLOW is an integrated hydrological model that couples SWAT land surface processes with
spatially-explicit groundwater flow processes and can be downloaded at
http://swat.tamu.edu/software/swat-modflow/.
• VIZSWAT is a visualization and analysis tool developed by Baird & Associates for SWAT model output.
VIZSWAT analyzes results from SWAT 2000, SWAT 2005, and SWAT 2009 versions as well as AVSWAT and
ArcSWAT (ArcGIS-SWAT). VIZSWAT can be purchased and downloaded from
http://swat.tamu.edu/software/vizswat/.
• MWSWAT is an interface to SWAT using the open source MapWindow geographic information
system. MWSWAT can be downloaded at http://swat.tamu.edu/software/mwswat/.
• SWAT Check reads model output from a SWAT project and performs a variety of parameter range and
mass balance checks to identify potential model problems. SWAT Check can be downloaded at
http://swat.tamu.edu/software/swat-check/.
• The Soil-Landscape Estimation and Evaluation Program (SLEEP) helps users generate a spatially
interpolated soil property database (required as an input to SWAT). It is particularly useful for applications
outside the U.S. where spatial soils databases are not readily available and can be downloaded at
http://swat.tamu.edu/software/sleep/.
• SWAT Bflow is a baseflow filter program that offers a Web Interface to determine runoff/baseflow
fraction in streamflow and the baseflow alpha factor required in SWAT .gw files. SWAT Bflow can be
downloaded at http://swat.tamu.edu/software/baseflow-filter-program/.
• The potential heat unit program estimates the number of heat units required to bring a plant to maturity.
This information must be entered in the SWAT management input file for each plant simulated in an HRU.
The potential heat unit program can be downloaded at http://swat.tamu.edu/software/potential-heat-
unit-program/.

Multiple SWAT User Groups (found at http://swat.tamu.edu/support/) enable users to exchange ideas and
questions about the use of the SWAT model as well as the many SWAT extensions or accessories. The SWAT
development team monitors all messages posted to the user groups. There are user groups for SWAT, ArcSWAT,
VizSWAT, SWAT-CUP, QSWAT and SWAT MODFLOW. There are also international SWAT groups for users in Latin
America, Southeast Asia, Africa, Iran and Brazil.

All documentation for the SWAT model can be found at swat.tamu.edu/documentation/. The documentation
includes Soil and Water Assessment Tool Theoretical Documentation for SWAT versions 2000, 2005 and 2009
(Neitsch et al. 2002, 2005 and 2011). There is also Input/Output File Documentation for SWAT versions 2005, 2009
and 2012 (Neitsch et al. 2004 and 2011; Arnold et al. 2012).
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USER MANUAL
The current version of the user’s manual, (Arnold et al. 2012) as well as older versions can be found at
swat.tamu.edu/documentation/.
RECENT PAPERS
Bai, J., Z. Shen, T. Yan, J. Qui and Y. Li. (2017). Predicting fecal coliform using the interval-to-interval approach and
SWAT in the Miyun watershed, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(18): 15462–15470.
Carvalho-Santos, C., A.T. Monteiro, J.C. Azevedo, J.P. Honrado and J.P. Nunes. (2017). Climate change impacts on
water resources and reservoir management: Uncertainty and adaption for a mountain catchment in northeast
Portugal. Water Resources Management. 31(11): 3355–3370.
Jung, C.G. and S.J. Kim. (2017). SWAT modeling of nitrogen dynamics considering atmospheric deposition and
nitrogen fixation in a watershed scale. Agricultural Sciences. 8: 326-340.
Kundu, S., D. Khare and A. Mondal. (2017). Past, present and future land use changes and their impact on water
balance. Journal of Environmental Management. 197: 585-596.
Thodsen, H., C. Farkas, J. Chormanski, D. Trolle, G. Blicher-Mathiesen, R. Grant, A. Engebretsen, I. Kardel and H.E.
Andersen. (2017). Modeling nutrient load changes from fertilizer application scenarios in six catchments around
the Baltic Sea. Agriculture. 7(5):41.
OTHER IMPORTANT PAPERS

Arnold, J.G., D. N. Moriasi, P. W. Gassman, K. C. Abbaspour, M. J. White,R. Srinivasan, C. Santhi, R. D. Harmel, A.
van Griensven, M. W. Van Liew, N. Kannan, M. K. Jha. (2012). SWAT: Model Use, Calibration, and Validation.
Transactions of the ASABE. 55(4): 1491-1508.
Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Srinivasan, R. and Arnold, J.G., (2010). Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model:
Current developments and applications. Transactions of the ASABE. 53(5):1423-1431.
Gassman, P.W., M. R. Reyes, C. H. Green, and J. G. Arnold. (2007). The Soil and Water Assessment Tool: Historical
Development, Applications, and Future Research Directions. Transactions of the ASABE. 50(4): 1211-1250.
Gassman, P.W., Sadeghi, A.M. and Srinivasan, R., (2014). Applications of the SWAT model special section: overview
and insights. Journal of Environmental Quality. 43(1):1-8.
Neitsch, S.L., J.G. Arnold, J.R. Kiniry, J.R. Williams, 2011. Soil and Water Assessment Tool Theoretical
Documentation Version 2009. Texas Water Resources Institute Technical Report No. 406, Texas A&M University
System, College Station, Texas.
Neitsch, S.L., J.G. Arnold, J.R. Kiniry, R. Srinivasan, J.R. Williams. 2002. Soil and Water Assessment Tool User’s
Manual Version 2000. Texas Water Resources Institute Technical Report No. TR-192, Texas A&M University
System, College Station, Texas.
Neitsch, S.L., J.G. Arnold, J.R. Kiniry, R. Srinivasan, J.R. Williams. 2004. Soil and Water Assessment Tool
Input/Output File Documentation Version 2005. USDA-ARS Temple, Texas.
Neitsch, S.L., J.G. Arnold, J.R. Kiniry, R. Srinivasan, J.R. Williams. 2005. Soil and Water Assessment Tool Theoretical
Documentation Version 2005. USDA-ARS Temple, Texas.
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Pfannerstill, M., K. Bieger, B. Guse, D. D. Bosch, N. Fohrer and Jeffrey G. Arnold. (2017). How to Constrain Multi-
Objective Calibrations of the SWAT Model Using Water Balance Components. Journal of the American Water
Resources Association (JAWRA). 53(3):532-546.
TRAINING MATERIALS
The Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory and Blackland Research Center in Texas cosponsor workshops
periodically. The SWAT development team also collaborates with other agencies/firms to set up workshops outside
of Texas. The site swat.tamu.edu/workshops/ provides summaries of the different types of workshops provided
and a list of upcoming events. In addition to the workshops, there are also training videos available that enable
online instruction for SWAT users (see swat.tamu.edu/workshops/instructional-videos/).
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SWMM
The Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) is a dynamic rainfall-runoff simulation model used for continuous
simulation of runoff quantity and quality from primarily urban and suburban watersheds. The runoff component of
SWMM operates on a collection of subcatchment areas that receive precipitation and generate runoff and
pollutant loads. The routing portion of SWMM transports this runoff through a system of pipes, channels,
storage/treatment devices, pumps, and regulators. SWMM tracks the quantity and quality of runoff generated
within each subcatchment, and the flow rate, flow depth, and quality of water in each pipe and channel during a
simulation period comprised of multiple time steps. SWMM flow simulations include fully dynamic flow routing
that allows for backwater, surcharging, pressurized flow, and looped connections. SWMM is also capable of
simulating a variety of Low Impact Development (LID) practices (such as bio-retention cells, permeable pavement,
and green roofs) as well as more traditional storage-based BMPs (such as detention ponds). It has been widely
applied for more than 40 years for the assessment of urban stormwater systems, including combined storm
sewers. SWMM is the engine for EPA’s National Stormwater Calculator software.
SWMM was first released in 1971 with funding from the Water Quality Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) with development led by Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., the University of Florida, and Water Resources
Engineers, Inc. During the 1980’s and 90’s the model was periodically updated by the University of Florida, Oregon
State University and CDM-Smith with funding and oversight provided by the EPA Research Lab, Athens, GA. In 2002
a CRADA was established between the EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) and CDM-
Smith to re-write the entire SWMM computational model in object-based C and provide it with a modern graphical
user interface. The result of this effort, SWMM 5, was released in 2005. NRMRL has continued to develop SWMM
in-house, by adding new features such as LID modeling and making numerous other improvements.
The current version of SWMM, release 5.1.012, is maintained by EPA NRMRL.
MODEL STATUS
The current version of SWMM (5.1.013) was released in 2018.
MODEL LANGUAGE
The SWMM computational engine is coded in C and exists as both a dynamic link library (DLL) and a stand-alone
command line executable. SWMM’s graphical user interface is written in Delphi-Pascal for the Windows operating
system and is used in conjunction with the engine’s DLL to run a simulation.
EPA’s version of SWMM is non-proprietary, open source, and public domain.
In addition to non-proprietary versions of SWMM, there are numerous examples of developers layering custom
“wrappers” onto the SWMM algorithms to streamline the model setup for users, as well as provide enhanced
functionality, as well as management and visualization tools. Two of the most used of these non-proprietary
versions include PCSWMM developed by Computational Hydraulics International (CHI) and XPSWMM developed
by XP solutions. Information for these model versions can be accessed from their respective websites at:
https://www.pcswmm.com/
http://xpsolutions.com/software/xpswmm/
ACCESSIBILITY
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EXECUTABLE AND SOURCE CODE
The SWMM Model Version 5.1.012 executable and source code is available at https://www.epa.gov/water-
research/storm-water-management-model-swmm#downloads. The executable and source code for other 5.1.X
versions, as well as Versions 4.4, 4.31, and 4.3 are available from
https://www.pcswmm.com/Downloads/USEPASWMM.

CHI maintains an OpenSWMM website that provides free access to a large knowledge base of SWMM information
as well as a list server that allows users to exchange information and questions. More information can be found at:
https://www.openswmm.org/Forum/About#swmm-userslistserver.
POINT OF CONTACT
The EPA NRMRL point of contact for SWMM is:
[email protected]
US EPA Research
National Risk Management Research Laboratory
Mail Code: 689
26 W. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Cincinnati, OH 45268
MODEL THEORY DOCUMENTATION AND USER MANUAL

Model theory documentation, as well as the User’s manual (Rossman 2015) for the latest Version 5.1.012 is
available for download from https://www.epa.gov/water-research/storm-water-management-model-
swmm#documents.
Rossman, L. A. 2015. Storm Water Management Model User’s Manual Version 5.1. National Risk Management
Laboratory of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. EPA/600/R-
14/413b
Rossman, L. A. and Huber, W.C. 2016a. Storm Water Management Model Reference Manual Volume I – Hydrology.
National Risk Management Laboratory of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Cincinnati, OH. EPA/600/R-15/162A
Rossman, L. A. and Huber, W.C. 2016b. Storm Water Management Model Reference Manual Volume III - Water
Quality. National Risk Management Laboratory of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Cincinnati, OH. EPA/600/R-16/093
Rossman, L. A. 2017. Storm Water Management Model Reference Manual Volume II – Hydraulics. National Risk
Management Laboratory of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH.
EPA/600/R-17/111
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Example SWMM applications are included in the Storm Water Management Model Applications Manual (Gironas
et. Al. 2009) available for download from https://www.epa.gov/water-research/storm-water-management-model-
swmm#documents. Publications of recent SWMM model applications include:
Niazi; M., C. Nietch, Mahdi Maghrebi, N. Jackson; B. R. Bennett, M. Tryby; and A. Massoudieh (2017). "Storm
Water Management Model: Performance Review and Gap Analysis." Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built
Environment, 3(2).
Philadelphia Water Department. (2013). Tributary Water Quality Model for Bacteria, Consent Order & Agreement
Deliverable VI, City of Philadelphia Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plan Update. Submitted to the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection by the Philadelphia Water Department,
Philadelphia, PA.
City of North Miami. (2012). Stormwater Master Plan Update, Final Report. Prepared by CDM Smith for the City of
North Miami, Miami, FL.
Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services. (2010). Pohick Creek Watershed
Management Plan. Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services - Stormwater Planning
Division, Fairfax, VA.
Gironas, J., Roesner, L. A., and Davis, J. (2009). Storm Water Management Model Applications Manual. EPA/600/R-
09/077, National Risk Management Laboratory of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Cincinnati, OH.
Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services. (2007). Cameron Run Watershed
Management Plan. Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services - Stormwater Planning
Division, Fairfax, VA.
D.C. Department of Health (DDOH). (2004). Final Total Maximum Daily Load for Metals in Rock Creek. D.C.
Department of Health Environmental, Health Administration, Bureau of Environmental Quality, Water Quality
Division, Washington, DC.
SWTOOLBOX
The Surface Water Toolbox (SWToolbox) combines EPAs DFLOW program and USGS’ SWSTAT tool into a single tool
designed to facilitate easy import of USGS NWIS streamflow data and user-defined text files. SWToolbox contains a
set of procedures for statistical analysis of time-series data to support water-quantity and water-quality modeling.
It is primarily geared toward conducting n-day frequency computations (e.g., 7Q-10 flows) as well as computing
biologically critical flows. SWToolbox can specifically perform flow-duration analysis; compute an n-day high or low
annual time series; perform frequency analysis using the log-Pearson Type III distribution; perform Kendall Tau
analysis for trend; and compute duration hydrograph tables and curves.
The SWToolbox was developed in partnership with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) with technical support provided by RESPEC.
MODEL STATUS
SWToolbox was publicly released in early 2018. The Watershed Academy is hosting a webcast for the Surface
Water Toolbox on February 8th, 2018.
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ACCESSIBILITY
The tool can be downloaded from https://water.usgs.gov/osw/swtoolbox/.
The software is a windows desktop application that is built on the BASINS system. The tool is built on the open-
source MapWindow GIS software.
User Community Portals

No community portals.
Access Points of Contact

There are multiple points of contact, as listed in Table 14.
Table 4. Points of Contact
Contact Agency/Company Email Address

Help Desk USGS [email protected]
Julie Kiang USGS [email protected]
Brian Nickel USEPA [email protected]
Jenny Molloy USEPA [email protected]
Paul Hummel RESPEC [email protected]

There is a draft user manual and a demonstration available on the SWToolbox website.
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VISUAL PLUMES
Visual Plumes is a Windows-based computer application that estimates dilution of outfall discharges. Visual
Plumes supersedes the DOS PLUMES (Baumgartner, Frick, and Roberts 1994) mixing zone modeling system. Visual
Plumes is used for simulating plumes in all waterbody types. It assists in the preparation of mixing zone analyses
for NPDES permits. Visual Plumes simulates single and merging submerged plumes in arbitrarily stratified ambient
flow and buoyant surface discharges.
Visual Plumes incorporates a suite of models including: DKHW model that is based on UDKHDEN (Muellenhoff et
al. 1985), the surface discharge model PDS (Davis 1999), the three-dimensional UM3 model based on UM, and the
NRFIELD model based on RSB. These models can be run consecutively and compared graphically to help assess
performance and uncertainty.
Visual Plumes was developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Center for Exposure
Assessment Modeling (CEAM) and is a Windows-based model that replaces DOS PLUMES developed by
Baumgartner, Frick and Roberts in 1994. Various entities have contributed in the development of the modeling
system, namely the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) of the U.S. EPA in Athens, Georgia; CH2M HILL
in Corvallis, Oregon; Brown and Caldwell in Atlanta, Georgia, University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona and Alaska
Department of Environmental Conservation in Juneau, Alaska.
MODEL STATUS
The application is non-proprietary and is updated periodically; it was updated in August 2018. The latest version
(Plumes18c.exe) is available for download from the State of California Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) at
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ocean/. Original versions (Plumes.exe, 2001; and
Plumes60.exe, 2003) remain available from the EPA CEAM’s website at https://www.epa.gov/exposure-
assessment-models/visual-plumes. However this site does not include recent updates to Visual Plumes; the latest
versions can be obtained from the SWRCB site.
MODEL CODE
The Visual Plumes application coding language is Delphi (a Pascal derivative including the Visual Component
Language, or VCL). Visual Plumes runs on Windows versions up to and including Windows 10.
Since the release of Visual Plumes version 1.0 in 2001, numerous changes have been made to the application to
improve its performance. Major changes to the Visual Plumes modeling system include:
• Contouring
• Far-field progressive vector diagram (PVD) plume tracking
• Plume morphology in small streams beyond the fully-mixed region
• Arbitrary source location
ACCESSIBILITY
The U.S. EPA Visual Plumes model can be downloaded and installed from the SWRCB Ocean Division:
(https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ocean/). On this page, search for and click on the link
to “Visual Plumes Model (ftp site).”
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SOURCE CODE
The source code for the various models is not supplied at the U.S. EPA CEAM or SWRCB website.
CONTACT:
The author of Visual Plumes, Dr. Walter Frick, retired from EPA. He continues to update the model through Visual
Plumes Consultants along with Dr. Philip Roberts, Professor Emeritus at Georgia Tech. They can be reached at:
[email protected]; [email protected]


The Visual Plumes model theory is presented in section 7 of the Visual Plumes Guidance Manual (Frick et al. 2003).
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/VP-Manual.pdf
USER MANUAL
The user’s manual can be downloaded at https://www.epa.gov/exposure-assessment-models/dilution-models-
effluent-discharges-visual-plumes-4th-edition. The manual is titled Dilution Models for Effluent Discharges 4th
Edition (Visual Plumes) (Frick et al. 2003).

Baumgartner, D., W. Frick, P. Roberts. (1994). Dilution Models for Effluent Discharges (3rd Ed). EPA/600/R-94/086,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pacific Ecosystems Branch. Newport, Oregon.
Davis, L.R. (1999). Fundamentals of Environmental Discharge Modeling. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL.
Frick, W.E. (2004). Visual Plumes Mixing Zone Modeling Software. Environmental Modelling &
Software. 19(2004):645–654.
Frick, W., A. Ahmed, K. George, A. Laputz, G. Pelletier and P. Roberts. (2010). On Visual Plumes and associated
applications. MWWD 2010 6th International Conference on Marine Waste Water Discharges and Coastal
Environment, C. Avanzini, ed. Langkawi, Malaysia.
Muellenhoff, W.P., A.M. Soldate, Jr., D.J. Baumgartner, M.D. Schuldt, L.R. Davis, and W.E. Frick, (1985). Initial
mixing characteristics of municipal ocean outfall discharges: Volume 1. Procedures and Applications. EPA/600/3-
85/073a. Environmental research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Narragansett, RI.
Palomar, P., Lara, J. L., & Losada, I. J. (2012). Near field brine discharge modeling part 2: Validation of commercial
tools. Desalination. 290:28–42.
Palomar, P., Lara, J. L., Losada, I. J., Rodrigo, M., & Alvarez, A. (2012). Near field brine discharge modelling part 1:
Analysis of commercial tools. Desalination. 290:14–27.
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TRAINING MATERIALS
Once the Visual Plumes installation package is installed, instructional material can be found in the folder entitled
"Mixing zone course units". The materials are based on the California State Water Resources Control Board mixing
zone course (February 2000, presented by Walter Frick and Debra Denton) and subsequent similar courses. These
materials are intended as classroom visual aids; however, they can also be used as training for individual users.
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WASP
The Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program (WASP8) is a dynamic compartment (or segment)-modeling
program for aquatic systems, including both the water column and the underlying benthos. WASP can be linked to
free surface hydrodynamic models (e.g., EFDC) to allow the user to investigate water quality dynamics in 1, 2, and
3 dimensional systems (streams, rivers, lakes and estuaries). The hydrodynamic models provide WASP information
related to flows, depths, velocities, temperature and salinity. The constituents that can be modeled by WASP
include conventional water quality variables (nitrogen, phosphorus, dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand,
sediment oxygen demand, algae and periphyton), organic chemicals, metals, mercury, pathogens and
temperature. WASP can also be linked with watershed models, which allows for multi-year analysis under varying
meteorological and environmental conditions.
The WASP model was first developed in 1981 by Dominic Di Toro, James Fitzpatrick and Robert Thomann of
Hydroscience, Inc., now HydroQual, Inc.
Current funding and maintenance of the WASP model is provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA) Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling (CEAM). Tim Wool at EPA Region 4 maintains the latest version of
WASP ([email protected]).
MODEL STATUS
The current model version is WASP 8.1, released in July 2017.
The model code language is FORTRAN and the model interface is in C++.
Previous versions of WASP include WASP7.52, 6, 5.1, 5 and 4. WASP6 was the first version with a windows
interface; however, the source code is no longer available. The WASP versions still available for download are
presented in Table 15.
Table 15. Model versions for WASP
Proprietary/
Version Release Date
Non-Proprietary
WASP 8.1 July 2017 Non-proprietary
WASP 8.0 August 2016 Non-proprietary
ACCESSIBILITY
WASP 8.1 can be downloaded from http://epawasp.twool.com/installers/. There is a 64 Bit Windows Installer, 64
Bit Mac OS X (Yosemite or Higher) and 64 Bit Linux (Built on Ubuntu) installer. WASP 7.52 can be downloaded at
https://www.epa.gov/exposure-assessment-models/water-quality-analysis-simulation-program-wasp#model.
SOURCE CODE
The source code for WASP 8.1 is available from Tim Wool of EPA Region 4 upon request.

There is a Google Email Group to support the WASP user community. The group can be found at
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/epawasp.
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MODEL THEORY DOCUMENTATION AND USER MANUAL

The WASP user’s manual is available by download with the WASP model at http://epawasp.twool.com/installers/.
The most recent user’s manual is:
Wool, Tim A., Robert B. Ambrose, James L. Martin, Edward A. Comer. (2006). Water quality analysis simulation
program (WASP). User’s Manual, Version 6.
In addition to the main user’s manual, there are also eight model theory and user’s guide documents that are
intended as supplements to the WASP manual. The eight supplemental documents can be downloaded at
http://epawasp.twool.com/docs/ and are listed below.
Ambrose, R.B. and T. Wool. (2017). WASP8 Stream Transport - Model Theory and User's Guide. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Office of Research and Development. Washington, DC.
Authors Unknown. (2017). The Solids Module – Draft.
Wool, T.A., R.B. Ambrose, J.L. Martin. (2017). WASP8 Multiple Algae - Model Theory and User's Guide. U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development Washington, DC.
Martin, J.L., R.B. Ambrose and T.A. Wool. (2017). WASP8 Macro Algae - Model Theory and User's Guide. U.S.
Martin, J.L. and T.A. Wool. (2017). WASP Sediment Diagenesis Routines: Model Theory and User's Guide. U.S.
Wool, T.A., R.B. Ambrose, J.L. Martin. (2008). WASP8 Temperature Model Theory and User’s Guide. U.S.
Author and date unknown. pH and Alkalinity. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and
Development Washington, DC.
Authors Unknown. (2017). The Light Module – Draft.

Bouchard, D. C. Knightes, X. Chang and B. Avant. (2017). Simulating Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Transport in
Surface Water Systems Using the Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program (WASP). Environmental Science and
Technology. 51(19):11174-11184.
Camacho, R. A., J. L. Martin, B. Watson, M. J. Paul, L. Zheng and J. B. Stribling. (2014). Modeling the factors
controlling phytoplankton in the St. Louis Bay Estuary, Mississippi and evaluating estuarine responses to nutrient
load modifications. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 141(3).
Hosseini, N., K. Pan Chun and K. Lindenschmidt. (2016). Quantifying Spatial Changes in the Structure of Water
Quality Constituents in a Large Prairie River within Two Frameworks of a Water Quality Model. Water. 8(158).
James, R. T. (2016). Recalibration of the Lake Okeechobee Water Quality Model (LOWQM) to extreme hydro-
meteorological events. Ecological Modelling. 325:71-83.
Lee, I., H. Hwang, J. Lee, N. Yu, J. Yun and H. Kim. (2017). Modeling approach to evaluation of environmental
impacts on river water quality: A case study with Galing River, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Ecological
Modelling. 353:167-173.
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TRAINING MATERIALS
Information on WASP workshops and registration for workshops can be found at http://epawasp.twool.com/.
Multiple video tutorials can be found at http://epawasp.twool.com/tutorials/. The tutorials are meant to help the
user understand and apply the model and its associated tools.
A two-hour “Introduction to WASP” webinar was sponsored by EPA’s water quality modeling workgroup on July
12, 2017 (link not yet available, will be posted at https://www.epa.gov/tmdl/tmdl-modeling ).
SUMMARY
Table 16 summarizes key support status characteristics of each model surveyed. While there are proprietary
versions of several of the models reviewed, the only fully proprietary model in the list is CORMIX. Source codes
are made available for most models with the exceptions being BATHTUB, CORMIX, VISUAL PLUMES and WASP.
Levels of current funding and support activities vary. BATHTUB currently is only available for download through the
MPCA website but there is no support or maintenance. EFDC can be downloaded from the listed website however
there is no current support or update/maintenance program supported at the federal level.
Table 16. Summary of Model Status and Support Characteristics
Model Language Open Code Supported Recent Version and Date

Source Availability
AGNPS ANSI FORTRAN 2015 Yes Included in Yes Version 5.45, December 2016
download
Aquatox Delphi Yes Included in Yes Version 3.1, May 2014
download
BASINS MapWindow Yes NA Yes Version 4.1a, 2013
BATHTUB Visual Basic, Excel No Not No Version 6.2, 2014
Interface available
CE-QUAL-ICM FORTRAN Yes Included in Yes Version 1.1, November 17,
download 2015
CE-QUAL-W2 FORTRAN Yes Included in Yes Version 4.1, October 3, 2017
download
CORMIXb NEXPERT, C++ & No Not Yes Version 10.0, 2016
FORTRAN available
EFDC FORTRAN Yesc Available Nod Version 1.1, September 2007
on request
HAWQS Web based SWAT Yes Included in Yes Version 1.0, September 2017
application download
HSPF FORTRAN Yes Available Yes 12.2e, 2013
from
GITHUB
Repository
LSPC C++ Yes Available Yes Version 5.0, 2015
on Request
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Model Language Open Code Supported Recent Version and Date
Source Availability
QUAL2KW FORTRAN 95; Excel VBA-Yes VBA Yes Version 5.1, July 2008f
VBA interface Fortran- Included in Version 6.0, 2015g
Yes download
FORTRAN
Available
on request
SPARROW SAS Macro Yes Included in Yes Version 2.9, October 2007
Language download
SWAT FORTRAN Yes Included in Yes SWAT2012 rev. 664, 2016
download
SWMM C Yes Included in Yes Version 5.1.013, 2018
download
SWTOOLBOX MapWindow GIS Yes NA Yes Not yet available
extension
VISUAL DELPHI, VB Interface No Not Yes Plumes 18c, 2018
PLUMES available
WASP FORTRAN, C++ Yes On request Yes WASP 8.1, July 2017
Interface
a. Only fully supported EPA version with non-Beta HSPF, newer versions in the pipeline
b. Proprietary
c. EPA-EFDC is open source, proprietary versions source code is not necessarily available
d. Not currently supported for general use and maintenance by a public agency, though it is available for download.
e. Newer versions in the pipeline for release
f. for simulating steady flow
g. for non-steady, non-uniform flow using kinematic wave flow routing
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EPA/600/R-18/270

ASSESSMENT OF SURFACE WATER

Contract Number #EP-C-14-016, Work Assignment 3-24

Joel Corona, U.S. EPA OW

John M. Johnston, U.S. EPA ORD

Pravin Rana, U.S. EPA OW

Taimur Shaikh, U.S. EPA Region 6

USER COMMUNITY PORTAL

DOCUMENTATION AND TRAINING MATERIALS

MODEL THEORY DOCUMENTATION

• Chemical routines – in situ

EXAMPLE PUBLICATIONS OF MODEL APPLICATIONS

Lead developer(s) and affiliation:

Version Release Date Non- Proprietary Available for

For system requirements of the AQUATOX model, see Table 2.

Minimum Requirement Preferred Requirement

User community portals

DOCUMENTATION AND TRAINING MATERIALS

• AQUATOX User's Manual Release 3.1 (2014)

• Guidance in AQUATOX Setup and Application (2014)

Lead developer(s) and affiliation:

Plug-In Development/ Contribution

Eco Modeling and Jonathan Clough of Warren

USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center

AQUA TERRA developed the tool with for EPA

Version Release Date Non-proprietary Available for download

BASINS 1.0 05/1996 Yes1

BASINS 4.0 Update 3 05/2010 Yes2

Table 5. Hardware requirements

Hardware/Software Minimum Requirements Preferred Requirements

User Community Portals

DOCUMENTATION AND TRAINING MATERIALS

• BASINS 4.1 User Manual (2013)

• Introduction to BASINS and TMDLs

• Building a BASINS project and data download tool

Lead developer(s) and affiliation:

Version Release Date Non-Proprietary

MODEL CODE LANGUAGE

MODEL EXECUTABLE (ALL AVAILABLE VERSIONS)

SOURCE CODE (ALL AVAILABLE VERSIONS)

DOCUMENTATION AND TRAINING MATERIALS

MODEL THEORY DOCUMENTATION

EXAMPLE PUBLICATIONS OF MODEL APPLICATIONS

LEAD DEVELOPER(S) AND AFFILIATION

MAINTENANCE STATUS AND FUNDING SOURCE

CURRENT MODEL VERSION AND YEAR OF RELEASE

MODEL CODE LANGUAGE

PREVIOUS VERSIONS STILL AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AND YEAR OF RELEASE

MODEL EXECUTABLE AND SOURCE CODE

USER COMMUNITY PORTAL

Full Featured Version

General Information and Questions

MODEL THEORY DOCUMENTATION (INCLUDING MODEL VERSION AND PUBLICATION YEAR)

USER MANUAL (INCLUDING MODEL VERSION AND PUBLICATION YEAR)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF MODEL APPLICATIONS