Application of SWAT to Meet Water Quality Requirements for Canadian Conditions-A Study in Grand River Watershed
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Abstract
The objective of the present study was to evaluate SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) hydrological model for Canagagigue Creek watershed, a tributary of Grand River. This drainage basin is facing a growing challenge of maintaining water quality under the increasing rural/agricultural and urban/industrial activities. Currently, water quality in the Grand River is rated form fair-to-good. Winter freezing and spring thawing plays the dominating effect on various hydrological processes in this region of Canada. Detailed evaluation of the SWAT model indicated that this model could potentially be used for simulation of flows and sediment yield in the watershed. Analysis of daily, monthly, and yearly flows and sediment yield illustrated good match between simulated and observed values. Efforts were also made to map critical areas in the watershed. The result further indicated that 7% of the watershed area is responsible for 11% of total sediment yield from the watershed. The model was also tested for various scenarios of management practices in the watershed for the selection of best management practices (BMPs). Detailed results of the study and functionality of the model under the limited availability of data are presented and discussed in the paper.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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