2004 UC Proceedings Abstract
 Risk Assessment of Surface Water Quality Using BASINS Track: Environmental Management Author(s): Oyeyemi Abioye, Richard Hay Hydrologic models are necessary to understand the risk faced by the environmental system. The Arc View GIS available spatial data was used to integrate geographic datasets and their spatial relationships through Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and NonPoint Sources (BASINS). This interface provided a platform for the integration of land use management from point and non-point discharges. BASINS is an environmental simulation analysis tool, and its components are HSPF, a watershed scale model for estimating in stream concentration from land use practices; and SWAT, a soil and water assessment tool. The interface allowed for integrating environmental information and displaying relationships. Three case studies were selected from a broad literature review for their use of HSPF and SWAT. The result of this research and review support the appropriateness of this approach to reveal vulnerable surface waters at risk to the impact of pollutant loadings from nonpoint sources. Oyeyemi Abioye Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi 211 South Meadows Court Sugarland , TX 77479 US Phone: 361-779-2033 E-mail: oyeyemia@yahoo.com Richard Hay Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi Center for Water Supply Studies 6300 Ocean Drive NRC 3100 Corpus Christi , TX 78412 US Phone: 361-825-3347 Fax: 361-825-3345 E-mail: rhay@falcon.tamucc.edu |
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