WASP

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WASP

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The Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program (WASP) is a generalized framework for modeling contaminant fate and transport in surface waters. Based on the flexible compartment modeling approach, it can be applied in one, two or three dimensions and is designed to permit easy substitution of user- written routines into program structure. Problems studied using WASP framework include biochemical oxygen demand and dissolved oxygen dynamics nutrients and eutrophication, bacterial contamination, and organic chemical and heavy metal contamination.

Two WASP models are available:
1. Toxics, TOXI5, combines kinetic structure with WASP transport structure and simple sediment balance algorithms to predict dissolved and sorbed chemical concentrations in the bed and overlying waters;and
2. Dissolved oxygen /eutrophication, EUTRO5, combines kinetic structure with WASP5 transport structure to predict DO and phytoplankton dynamics affected by nutrients and organic material.

WASP's input requirements and output description too large to be described here. Please download & install model documentation for detailed data requirements. The WASP manual is available in Word Perfect format (which can also be read by MS Word) in the files MANUALa.doc (theory) and MANUALb.doc (input and output file descriptions) which is included in the install file from WASP's web page (which can be accessed from www.epa.gov/software).

Current version is 5.10 released in Oct. 93

Sources of info on WASP:

To be added: Theory and application of the WASP program package:

  • theory for hydrodynamic equations, DYNHYD,
  • theory for water quality simulations, EUTRO
  • dissolved and sorbed chemical concentrations at the bed, TOXI