Abstract:
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 provided: 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;
dissolved oxygen /eutrophication, EUTRO5, combines kinetic structure with WASP5
transport structure to predict DO and phytoplankton dynamics affected by
nutrients and organic material.
[Summary provided by the EPA.] 
