Use of the STORM Model for Estimating the Quantity and Quality of Runoff from the Metropolitan Area of Houston, Texas Page: Front Inside
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA 1. Report No. 2. 3. Recipient's Accession No.
SHEET
4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date
USE OF THE STORM MODEL FOR ESTIMATING THE QUANTITY AND November 1979
QUALITY OF RUNOFF FROM THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF HOUSTON, 6.
TEXAS
7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Rept.
Kidd M. Waddell, Bernard C. Massey, and Marshall E. Jennings No.USGS/WRI-79-74
9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Project/Task/Work Unit No.
U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
300 E. Eighth Street 11. Contract/Grant No.
Austin, TX 78701
12. Sponsoring Organization Name and Address 13. Type of Report & Period
U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division Covered
300 E. Eighth Street Final
Austin, TX 78701 14.
15. Supplementary Notes
Prepared in cooperation with the Texas Department of Water Resources
16. Abstracts The "STORM" model, developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was
selected from existing models and adapted to use available data to compute runoff from
the Houston, Texas, area and to compute the loads and concentrations of biochemical-
oxygen demand, dissolved solids, total phosphorus, total organic carbon, total nitro-
gen, and fecal-coliform bacteria. The water-quality data simulated by the STORM model
will be used by the Texas Department of Water Resources to refine and verify a model
of the Galveston Bay estuarine system.
Discharge and precipitation data for the 1975 water year and all available water-
quality analyses were used to calibrate the model for the Buffalo, Whiteoak, Brays,
Sims, Hunting, Greens, and Vince Bayous. Data for the 1974 water year were used to
verify the model for discharge. After verification, the calibrations were adjusted to
balance the difference between the 1974 and 1975 error predictions for discharge. The
adjusted model was used with records of precipitation and evaporation to simulate a
20-year record of the quantity and quality of runoff from the modeled area.
17. Key Words and Document Analysis. 17a. Descriptors
Water quality, Water pollution, Urbanization, Model studies, Rainfall-runoff
relationships
17b. Identifiers/Open-Ended Terms
Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas; Urban hydrology
17c. COSATI Field /Group
18. Availability Statement 19. Security Class (This 21. No. of Pages
No restriction on distribution. Report)ASSIF ED
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Waddell, Kidd M.; Massey, Bernard C. & Jennings, Marshall E. Use of the STORM Model for Estimating the Quantity and Quality of Runoff from the Metropolitan Area of Houston, Texas, report, November 1979; United States. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc968145/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.