Technical Bulletin No. 0473: A Compilation of Surface Water Quality Modeling Formulations, Rate Constants, and Kinetic Coefficients

This technical bulletin was Chapter 3 of the EPA manual and was distributed with EPA permission. The bulletin contents provide guidance for selecting DO saturation, reaeration, CBOD, NBOD, SOD, photosynthesis, and algal respiration rates. These factors are usually the more significant in water quality models developed for receiving waters serving the forest products industry.