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Overview
Basics
Basics
Develop a toolbox of modeling tools, package selected models to include user-friendly protocols, documentation and application formats, leading to a means for technology transfer to Basin users, create conceptual and operational linkages between individual models as appropriate, and update the Watershed Model to better address the critical issue of wildfire and pollutant runoff.
Completed
2007
2008
2012
$348,232
Patricia Maloney (pemaloney@ucdavis.edu)
10/27/2017
10/27/2017
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04.01.01.0089 - P023: Development of a Water Quality Modeling Toolbox to Inform Pollutant Reduction Planning
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Funding
Expected Funding
Expected Funding
$348,232
$348,232
$0
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| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (Pacific Southwest Research Station) (USFS - PSW) | $348,232 | $348,232 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $348,232 | $348,232 | $0 |
Reported Expenditures
Reported Expenditures
| Total | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |
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| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (Pacifi... | $348,232 | $58,039 | $58,039 | $58,039 | $58,039 | $58,038 | $58,038 |
| Grand Total | $348,232 | $58,039 | $58,039 | $58,039 | $58,039 | $58,038 | $58,038 |
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It is recognized by both researchers and environmental managers that the use of models for water quality planning at Lake Tahoe has just started with the current Lake Tahoe Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) effort. In 2004, the TMDL program began to develop the Tahoe Water Quality Tool Box.
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Notes
Notes
| 10/27/2017 1:44 PM | Matt Driscoll | Match Funding: $37,900 | ||
| 08/18/2017 6:27 AM | Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall | Objectives: Using the modeling tools that have been developed, the goals of this project were to (1) work with the water quality regulatory agencies to formally develop the envisioned Tahoe Water Quality Tool Box, (2) package selected models to include user-friendly protocols, documentation and application formats, leading to a means for technology transfer to Tahoe Basin users, (3) create conceptual and operational linkages between individual models as appropriate, and (4) update the Watershed Model to better address the critical issue of wildfire and pollutant runoff. The specific objectives were: • Review the performance of both the LSPC Watershed Model and Lake Clarity Model with regard to meteorology, stream loading and lake clarity on the basis of new observational data collected since 2004 when the models were initially validated. • Ready the Watershed Model and Lake Clarity Model for transfer to agencies by creating a user-friendly packaging format. • Develop a computational linkage between the Lake Clarity Model and the UC Davis 3-D lake circulation model using regional meteorology output. • Develop a computational linkage between the project-scale Pollutant Load Reduction Model (PLRM) and the basin-scale LSPC Watershed Model. • Update Watershed Model to better evaluate impact of wildfire on hydrology and loading. • Develop a data product to house meteorology inputs used in water quality modeling. |
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| 08/18/2017 6:26 AM | Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall | Findings: • In terms of flow volume and runoff impact, forest fires result in higher runoff and total water yield to the streams. • The model projects that the sediment yield will be most impacted by fire because of disturbance of the surface cover combined with the changes in evapotranspiration, runoff, and water yield. • The fact that the Angora fire occurred during a relatively dry period of time resulted in a below average increase in sediment and nutrient loads. • The percent increase in flow volume and runoff during the first year of the 2007 fire was higher than the hypothetical 1994 fire; however, the actual volume of flow and runoff increase was comparable. *** See www.fs.fed.us/PSW/partnerships/tahoescience for additional findings. |
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| 08/18/2017 6:25 AM | Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall | Management Implications: • It is recognized by both researchers and environmental managers that the use of models for water quality planning at Lake Tahoe has just started with the current Lake Tahoe Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) effort. This project was intended to extend this process by using the Tool Box concept to help organize and integrate the current loose confederation of models. • This study was intended to establish a framework for future model development, application and revision; it was not intended to physically create all possible model linkages nor address all management questions. |
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| 08/18/2017 6:25 AM | Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall | Publications: www.fs.fed.us/PSW/partnerships/tahoescience The response of Lake Tahoe to climate change. G. B. Sahoo , S. G. Schladow, J. E. Reuter, R. Coats, M. Dettinger, J. Riverson, B. Wolfe and M. Costa-Cabral Water Quality Monitoring Toolbox Project, Assessment of Tahoe Basin Roads: Road Shoulder Condition, Connectivity, Compaction, and Pollutant Generation Risk, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants. |