Kuterdem, Can Ali. Integrated Watershed Management Using a Genetic AlgorithmBased Approach (Under the direction of Dr. Ranji S. Ranjithan) Watershed management requires consideration of a multitude of factors affecting water quality at the watershed-scale while integrating point and non-point sources of pollution and control. While the existing water quality modeling systems and associated quan...

The total maximum daily load ~TMDL! concept provides the basis for regulating pollution load from riverine sources to impaired water bodies. However, load is comprised of two components: flow and concentration. These two components may have confounding, or even conflicting, effects on waterbody attributes of concern. This is particularly the case for dynamic, advective systems, such as estuarie...