A review and evaluation of water quality and quantity models used by the Northern River Basins Study / prepared for the Northern River Basins Study under project 5327-D1 by Edward McCauley.: R71-49/3-82E-PDF

"Modelling water quality in the Peace, Athabasca, and Slave River Systems represents some fundamental challenges. These are large complex systems that are relatively oligotrophic, located at relatively high latitudes, and experience highly seasonal environmental fluctuations. This report summarizes the major modelling projects undertaken by the NRBS, provides a critical summary of major results, and makes recommendations for future work. Section 1.0 describes the scope of the problem of model water quality in the Northern River Basins and provides a summary of the models used by NRBS to predict key water quality variables. Section 2.0 provides a general overview of the utility and shortcomings of models of water quality with the goal of establishing key criteria for assessing the successes or failures of models developed by NRBS. Section 3.0 summarizes the key findings of NRBS models and evaluates the modelling results against the criteria outlined in Section 2.0. Section 4.0 presents a series of recommendations along with strategic suggestions for future work in the modelling of water quality in the Northern River Basins"--Report summary.

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