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BEsT MANAGEMENT PRACTICEs HANDbooK - Tahoe BMP

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AVAILABILITY AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATIONThe PLRM program and supporting documentation is available for downloadat: http://www.tiims.org/TIIMS-Sub-Sites/PLRM/docs-downloads.aspxKey supporting documentation includes:• User’s Manual and Quick Start Guide - provides information that is directlyapplicable for setting up and performing basic PLRM simulations.• Applications Guide - walks the user through key aspects of developing aPLRM simulation.• Model Development Document - background on the PLRM programstructure; development of data sets supporting the PLRM; and descriptionsof the technical algorithms used to develop data sets and informcomputational methods.1.3.3.7 HSPF AND LSPCMODEL SUMMARYThe Hydrologic Simulation Program – Fortran (HSPF) is developed andsupported by the EPA. The HSPF program code has evolved over the past 50years with its origins based in the Stanford Watershed Model. The HSPF codecontains hundreds of algorithms with extensive capabilities for simulatinghydrology and water quality. WinHSPF is the most recent version of HSPFavailable within the EPA’s BASINS watershed modeling package. The BASINSpackage links a number of EPA’s water resources models under a publiclyavailable GIS platform (MapWindow). WinHSPF consists of a graphical userinterface (GUI) that allows access to the underlying HSPF program code.The Load Simulation Program - C++ (LSPC) is combined with HSPF in thisSummary Sheet because LSPC modernized many of the HSPF technicalalgorithms by bringing the HSPF code into the C++ programming language.LSPC is the modeling platform for the Lake <strong>Tahoe</strong> Watershed Model. TheLake <strong>Tahoe</strong> Watershed Model is a customized application of LSPC and is anupgraded version of the publicly available LSPC program on EPA’s website.Both HSPF and LSPC were designed primarily for watershed-scale modelingapplications (e.g. the Lake <strong>Tahoe</strong> Region). Both models simulate multiplewatershed processes including soil moisture accounting, surface runoff,interflow, base flow, snowpack hydrology, evapotranspiration, andgroundwater interactions. Both models are typically used to assess and reportoutput on the effects of land-use changes, reservoir operations,surface/groundwater interactions, and point or nonpoint source treatmentalternatives.TRPA <strong>BMP</strong> HandbookCHAPTER 1: Urban Hydrology2012 Page 1-25

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