Using Exceedance Probability to Determine Total Maximum Daily Loads for Reservoir Water Quality Management

Total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) are used to protect water bodies based on their assimilative ability and are transferred as a maximum allowable load, which is the sum of all pollution emissions in a watershed that cannot be exceeded. This allowable load is calculated from a target water quality co...

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Main Authors: Chi-Feng Chen, Lin-Yi Tsai, Chi-Hsuan Fan, Jen-Yang Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/8/11/541