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Simulation of Streamflow and Water Quality by a Precipitation-Runoff Model of the Tonawanda Creek Basin in Western New York

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2015-09-30

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Problem Nutrients and sediment are generated by and removed from agricultural and urban areas, transported in streams, and ultimately delivered to the Great Lakes. The nutrients stimulate excessive algal growth and potentially cause noxious blooms and hypoxia. Sediment increases turbidity near stream mouths and, when deposited, can smother bottom-dwelling animals, drive fish from affected areas, and decrease water depth in navigation channels. An understanding of the hydrologic and water-quality processes that generate these loads will assist water-resources managers in making informed decisions regarding prevention or mitigation of these problems. A precipitation-runoff watershed model is a tool, which can be used to meet this [...]

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“Low-head dam on the Tonawanda Creek at Batavia, 2010”
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valueA precipitation-runoff model of the Tonawanda Creek Basin developed to assist water-resources managers to conceptualize the hydrologic processes in the basin and to address water-related issues, including flooding, erosion and sedimentation, water-quality problems, habitat degradation, and thermal pollution.
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Low-head dam on the Tonawanda Creek at Batavia, 2010
Low-head dam on the Tonawanda Creek at Batavia, 2010

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  • Tonawanda Creek HSPF Modeling

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