Hi, i am trying to see whether some certain activities which are being practiced and also the different land uses occurring within the watershed will have a positive or a negative impacts on the quality of the surface water such as the rivers streams, in the future , thus am asking whether it is possible to do this in SWAT model and see future predictions
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Well,
Article Water Quality Assessment and Application of SWAT Model for H...
https://www.slideshare.net/TimoBrusse/assessing-the-ability-of-swat-as-a-water-quality-model-in-the-lake-victoria-basin-and-its-wetlands
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Yes, it's possible. You can consider the influences of climate change on runoff yields in the watershed and also investigate the effects of various management scenarios covered a combination of changes in population, agricultural and livestock farming activities, industrialization, water conservation, and pollution control on surface water quality.
Davoud Davoudi Moghaddam thanks the brother, do you have any paper that you can refer me to ?
if you have measured water quality data (nitrogen and phosphorus) you can calibrated the SWAT model in addition to streamflow. If you have different land use maps you can simulate them in the calibrated model to see the impact on streamflow
Ndamulelo Musumuvhi Yes, refer to the following links:
Article Evaluating and Predicting the Effects of Land Use Changes on...
Article Impacts of climate change and agricultural activities on wat...
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/2/394
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/24/7221
Article Modelling the impacts of altered management practices, land ...
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Miyuru Bandara Gunathilake and Davoud Davoudi Moghaddam thanks so much