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BASINS 3.0 Users' Manual 

Download Zip (6MB) complete BASINS 3.0 Users' Manual

Note: If the BASINS program has been install, the BASINS Users' Manual
can be found under the "/BASINS/docs/" folder.

Below is a list of downloadable documents in PDF (Adobe) Format
of specific sections of BASINS 3.0 Users' Manual 

Preface Cover page, Acknowledgments, and Table of Contents (0.3 MB)
Section 1 Introduction (0.3 MB)
Section 2 System Overview (0.5 MB)
Section 3 Hardware and Software Requirements (0.3 MB)
Section 4 Installation (0.7 MB)
Section 5 Extension Manager(0.5 MB)
Section 6 Assessment Tools (0.6 MB)
Section 7 Data Extensions (1.4 MB)
Section 8.1 Manual Watershed Delineation (1.6 MB)
Section 8.2 Automatic Watershed Delineation (1.9 MB)
Section 8.3 Predefined Delineation (0.4 MB)
Section 9 BASINS Utilities (2.2 MB)
Section 10 Watershed Characterization Reports (1.2 MB)
Section 11 Selecting Watershed and Instream Models (0.3 MB)
Section 12 References (0.3 MB)
Appendix A GIS Data Dictionary (0.3 MB)
Appendix B HSPF and Weather Data Files(0.8 MB)

A printed copy of the BASINS 3.0 Users Manual is freely available from EPA's Center for Environmental Publications. See the search publications with the following publication number: EPA823B01001 Also a handy "html" version of the Users Manual is found under the "Help" pulldown menu in the BASINS project window.

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WinHSPF 2.0 Users' Manual 

Download Zip (3.9MB) complete WinHSPF 2.0 Users' Manual

Note: If the BASINS program has been install, the WinHSPF Users' Manual
can be found under the "/BASINS/docs/" folder.

Below is a list of downloadable documents in PDF (Adobe) Format
of specific sections of WinHSPF 2.0 Users' Manual 

Preface Coverpage, Table of Contents, Abstract, Introduction, and System Overview (0.2 MB)
Tutorials 1 to 3 Creating and Opening a Project (0.6 MB)
Tutorials 4 to 5 Specifying Timeseries and Changing HSPF Parameters (1.2 MB)
Tutorial 6 Modeling a Watershed Management Practice
(1.5 MB)
Tutorials 7 to 8 Adding Point Sources and Modifying Meteorological Data (0.9 MB)
Detailed Functions WinHSPF Window, Edit Operations, Reach Editor, and Simulating Time (1.3 MB)
Detailed Functions continued Landuse Editor, Control Cards, Point Sources, Input/Output Manager, Run, View Output, Best Management Practices (BMP) Editor (2.1 MB)

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Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) 2000 Users' Manual 

Download Zip (7.9MB) complete SWAT2000 Users' Manual

Note: If the BASINS program has been install, the SWAT2000 Users' Manual
can be found under the "/BASINS/docs/" folder.

Below is a list of downloadable documents in PDF (Adobe) Format
of specific sections of SWAT2000 Users' Manual 

Table of Contents, and Chapter 1 Coverpage, Table of Contents, and Introduction
(0.4 MB)
Chapter 2 through 9 Model Description / Climate Equations (0.9 MB)
Chapter 10 through 16 Model Description / Nutrients and Pesticides Equations (0.9 MB)
Chapter 17 through 22 Model Description / Land Cover, Plants, and Management Practices Equations (2.3 MB)
Chapter 23 through 30 Model Description / Main Channel Processes and Waterbodies Equations (1.3 MB)
Chapter 31 through 36 Model Operations / SWAT Input (0.4 MB)
Chapter 37 through 45 Model Operations / SWAT Input Continued and SWAT Output (0.4 MB)
Appendices A and B SWAT Databases and Example Watershed Configurations (0.4 MB)

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BASINS Technical Notes

Note: References in the technical notes are made to NPSM (NonPoint Source Model) which was the predecessor to WinHSPF (Windows Hydrological Simulation Program - Fortran) in BASINS 3.0. Please substitute "WinHSPF" for "NPSM" in the Technical Notes.

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BASINS Case Study

  • Download BASINS Case Study 1 "Cottonwood Creek Watershed, Idaho County, Idaho" in PDF (37 KB)

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  • Download accompanying Data & Project Files zip archive for use in the Case Study Step-by-Step Guide (2.7 MB)
  • Demonstration on how load allocations and compliance costs on this case study vary across three allocation objectives or scenarios.  

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HSPF Users' Manual

  • Download Zip WinHSPF Version 2.0, "An Interactive Windows Interface to HSPF" (3.9 MB)
  • Download Zip version 12.0 of HSPF Users' Manual (10.8 MB)
  • Download Zip Microsoft Windows help file of HSPF Users' Manual (3.2 MB)
  • Download PDF version of Modeling of Nonpoint Source Water Quality in Urban and Non-urban Areas-(EPA/600/3-91/039), June 1991). This is a background document on model selection for nonpoint source modeling. (430KB)

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PLOAD Users Manual

Note: If the BASINS program has been install, the PLOAD Users' Manual
can be found under the "/BASINS/docs/" folder.

  • Download PDF version 3.0 of PLOAD ArcView GIS Tool to Calculate Nonpoint Sources of Pollution in Watershed and Stormwater Projects Users' Manual (.65 MB)

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WDMUtil Version 2.0 Users Manual

Note: If the BASINS program has been install, the WDMUtil Users' Manual
can be found under the "/BASINS/docs/" folder.

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