Modeling the Dispersion of E. coli in Waterbodies Due to Urban Sources: A Spatial Approach
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Spatial Data Layers
2.2. Graphical User Interface
2.3. Potential E. coli Load Module: Dogs
2.4. Potential E. coli Load Module: OWTS
2.5. Rainfall-Runoff and E. coli Transport
3. Tool Verification
3.1. Study Watershed
3.2. E. coli Transport Model Workflow
3.3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Applications of pySELECT
4.2. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Borel, K.; Swaminathan, V.; Vance, C.; Roberts, G.; Srinivasan, R.; Karthikeyan, R. Modeling the Dispersion of E. coli in Waterbodies Due to Urban Sources: A Spatial Approach. Water 2017, 9, 665. https://doi.org/10.3390/w9090665
Borel K, Swaminathan V, Vance C, Roberts G, Srinivasan R, Karthikeyan R. Modeling the Dispersion of E. coli in Waterbodies Due to Urban Sources: A Spatial Approach. Water. 2017; 9(9):665. https://doi.org/10.3390/w9090665
Chicago/Turabian StyleBorel, Kyna, Vaishali Swaminathan, Cherish Vance, Galen Roberts, Raghavan Srinivasan, and Raghupathy Karthikeyan. 2017. "Modeling the Dispersion of E. coli in Waterbodies Due to Urban Sources: A Spatial Approach" Water 9, no. 9: 665. https://doi.org/10.3390/w9090665