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Modeling framework for managing copper runoff in urban watersheds

Nikolaidis Nikolaos, Bryan Boulanger

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URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/50456DA0-FF3C-42EF-AC0A-FA71D263CB55
Year 2003
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
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Bibliographic Citation Boulanger, B. and N.P. Nikolaidis, "Modeling Framework for Managing Copper Runoff in Urban Watersheds", Journal American Water Resources Association, Vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 325-336, Apr. 2003. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2003.tb04388.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2003.tb04388.x
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A modeling framework was developed for managing copper runoff in urban watersheds that incorporates water quality characterization, watershed land use areas, hydrologic data, a statistical simulator, a biotic ligand binding model to characterize acute toxicity, and a statistical method for setting a watershed specific copper loading. The modeling framework is driven by export coefficients derived from water quality parameters and hydrologic inputs measured in an urban watershed's storm water system. This framework was applied to a watershed containing a copper roof built in 1992. A series of simulations was run to predict the change in receiving stream water chemistry caused by roof aging and to determine the maximum copper loading (at the 99 percent confidence level) a watershed could accept without causing acute toxicity in the receiving stream. Forecasting the amount of copper flux responsible for exceeding the assimilation capacity of a watershed can be directly related to maximum copper loadings responsible for causing toxicity in the receiving streams. The framework developed in this study can be used to evaluate copper utilization in urban watersheds.

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