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Completed:
September, 1995
This report assesses the
feasibility of implementing the Indicators of Risk of Water
Contamination (IROWC) at level 2/3 of the hierarchy proposed by
MacDonald and Spaling (1995a). In particular, the paper assesses the
utility of the Erosion Productivity - Impact Calculator (EPIC) as an
analytical tool to address water contamination risk at this scale. A
description of the broad approach is followed by an evaluation of the
EPIC model's ability to simulate surface runoff and an example
calculation of Nitrogen concentration in surface runoff. The paper
concludes that EPIC represents a viable means for calculating the
various components of IROWC, but that some fine tuning of the model is
required to improve the accuracy and reliability of such calculations.
Created: 05-28-1996
Last Revised:
Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:12:35 PM
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