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Overview of SPARROW Modeling
R.A. Smith, R.B. Alexander, G.E. Schwarz, J.V. Nolan
U.S. Geological SurveyNational Water Quality Assessment Program
Reston, Virginia USA
http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/sparrow
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Outline of Topics
• What is SPARROW? How is it unique?• How is it structured and evaluated?• How can it be used?• What is the role for SPARROW in future national
and regional modeling?• How is the model evaluated for accuracy?• Who is currently involved in SPARROW
modeling?• What are the problems and limitations?
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What is SPARROW?
• SPAtially-Referenced Regression On Watershed Attributes
• Water-quality model linked to a network of monitoring stations
• Statistically calibrated• Equations expressed in terms of watershed
flow paths (network of stream reaches) and attributes
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SPARROW (SPAtially Referenced Regression on Watershed Attributes)
Land Use & Sources
Drainage & Impoundments
Landscape Features
Monitoring Data
Uses watershed data and simple mechanistic features to statistically estimate origin &
fate of contaminants
Smith et al. Water Resour. Res., 1997http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/sparrow
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What is the relation of SPARROW to other watershed models?
SPARROW
Statistical (“Black box”) Models• Simple mathematical structure• Easy to build• Known error bounds (in range of data)
• Little process description• Difficult to interpret results
Deterministic Models• Complex math structure• Large time/resources to build• Error bounds not well known
• Detailed description of processes• Provides insight into behavior of system (if accurate)
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How is SPARROW structured?
• Equations describe the average rate of movement of material through watersheds: – from sources on land to stream channels, – then downstream through stream channels.
• Characteristics of the sources, land, and stream channels are variables in the model.
• Measurements of material flux past moni-toring sites are regressed on these variables.
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How is SPARROW structured?
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SPARROWEstimated Equation
StreamLoad
Sources
Land-to-watertransport
Aquatictransport
Error
Nutrient ModelsFertilizer
Animal WastesAtmosphere (TN)
Industrial & Municipal WastesNonagricultural Diffuse Sources
Land Use
Soil PermeabilitySlope
Stream DensityTemperature (TN) Streamflow
Water VelocityChannel Length
Reservoir Hydraulics
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HYDRO 1-km Watershed Boundaries
Nolan et al. 2002 (http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?erf1-2)
Water
Ice, snow
High intensity residential
Low intensity residential
Quarries, strip mines, gravel pits
Transitional
Bare rock, sand, clay
Commercial, industrial, transportation
Deciduous forest
Mixed forest
Evergreen forest Grasslands, herbaceous
Pasture, hay
Orchards, vineyards, other
Shrubland Row crops
Small grains
Urban, recreational grasses
Fallow
Emergent herbaceous wetlands
Woody wetlands
NLCD 1K
New SPARROW Infrastructure
1992 NLCD 30-m Land Use
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How may SPARROW be used?
• Describe conditions• Identify sources• Simulate alternative conditions• Analyze uncertainty (design monitoring)• Conduct basic research
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How may SPARROW be used?1. Describe National and
Regional Conditions• Addresses two major limitations of
monitoring:– Cost (sparse sampling)– Geographic sampling bias
• May be integrated into National and regional assessment programs
• Will provide reach-level info. on WWW• Other basin information will be included
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12From Smith et al. 1997
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Proportion of Hydrologic Units withTP Concentration < 0.1 mg/L TP
CriterionRegion No.
HUCsProportion Lower
90% CIUpper 90% CI
U.S. 2048 0.39 0.37 0.42 New England 52 0.84 0.75 0.90 Mid. Atlantic 88 0.60 0.53 0.67 Upper Miss. 131 0.19 0.15 0.23
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How may SPARROW be used?2. Identify Pollution Sources
• Model links conditions in each stream reach to individual sources in each upstream reach.
• Potential tool for TMDL development• Especially valuable in large (interstate)
basins
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SPARROW PredictionsSPARROW PredictionsNutrients from Animal Agriculture in Streams
Total Phosphorus
Percentage0 - 2020 - 3030 - 4040 - 5050 - 100
Total Nitrogen
Explanation
From Smith and Alexander, 2000
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How may SPARROW be used?
3. Simulate Alternative Conditions
• Evaluate pollution control programs
• A potential tool for research in large basins
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Estimated Background TN Concentrations in RF1 Streams and Rivers
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How may SPARROW be used?
4. Analyze Uncertainty
• A statistical tool in ecological risk assessment
• Design monitoring to reduce uncertainty
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How may SPARROW be used?5. Conduct Basic Research
• Test hypotheses over large geographic areas– Test generality– Take advantage of wide range in dependent and
independent variables• National and regional models could be
made available to the research community for testing hypotheses
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In-Stream Routing of Nitrogen
• In-stream routing of contaminants performed as a function of 1st-order decay & water TOT or channel length estimated for a range of stream sizes
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• Statistical measures of model fit--Model explains ~88-96% of spatial variability in flux--Typical prediction errors: +/- 35% to +/- 75%--Coefficient confidence intervals
• Comparisons of model coefficients with literature rates
--Physical interpretability of the model--Catchment yields by land use, per capita waste
loads, point-source coef., in-stream decay, reservoir settling rates
• Independent stream monitoring data
Evaluation and Verification of SPARROW Models
Observed vs Predicted Nat Monitoring Stations
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• Inter-model comparisonsU.S. and Regional SPARROWs, SWAT, HSPF, Regression methods, N budgets, RivR-N [Valigura et al. 2001 AGU volume; SCOPE N project: Seitzinger et al. 2002 and Alexander et al. 2002]
Evaluation and Verification of SPARROW Models
SPARROW vs. HUMUS (SWAT)U.S. Hydrologic Cataloging Units
• Spatial analyses of prediction errors(tests of mis-specification of large watershed models; SCOPE N project: Alexander et al. 2002)
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• National Research Council Reports
• Clean Coastal Waters: Understanding and Reducing the Effects of Nutrient Pollution, 2001
• Ecological Indicators for the Nation, 2001• Assessing the TMDL Approach to Water Quality Management, 2001• Review of the USGS National Water-Quality Assessment Program, 2002• Estimating Water Use in the United States: A New Paradigm for the
National Water-Use Information Program, 2002
Evaluation and Verification of SPARROW Models
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Who is Currently Involved in SPARROW
Modeling?
Drainage Basin Staff Institution• National model 4 USGS/Reston• Chesapeake Bay 2 MD District• New England 3 NH/VT District• Neuse R. 2 NC Dist; Duke U• Delaware R. 3 NJ District• Waikato R., NZ 3 NIWA, USGS• Upper MS (prop.) 4? USGS (WRD, NMD,
BRD, Region ?)
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Applications of the National Model
R.A. Smith, R.B. Alexander, G.E. Schwarz, J.V. Nolan
U.S. Geological SurveyNational Water Quality Assessment Program
Reston, Virginia USA
http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/sparrow
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Past and CurrentNational SPARROW Applications
Programmatic• USEPA nutrient criteria• Agriculture and nutrients
• Livestock waste management (nutrients, fecal bacteria)• Evaluating effects of extensive changes in agriculture• Prioritizing lands for enrollment in Conservation Reserve Program
• Nitrogen delivery to coastal waters• NOAA Eutrophication Assessment• N sources to major U.S. estuaries (atmospheric deposition)• Mississippi River Basin sources and Gulf hypoxia• Evaluations of efficiency of nutrient controls (World Resources Institute)• Economically efficient management of nutrients
• Contaminants in surface water drinking water supplies (atrazine)
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Past and CurrentNational SPARROW Applications
Research• Nutrient and contaminant processing in streams and
reservoirs—mass-balance methods and scaling variables
• SCOPE Nitrogen Project• N processing over regional spatial scales (N.E. U.S.)• Inter-model comparisons:
• Riverine export – accuracy evaluation• In-stream N loss
• Background nutrients
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28Modified from Bricker et al. 1999
Estuaries of the United StatesWQ Indicators Denote Highly Stressed Trophic Conditions
NOAA National Eutrophication Assessment, 1999
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Major Estuarine Watersheds of the Conterminous United States
• A NOAA-EPA sponsored study involving collaboration of > 30 freshwater and marine researchers
• First comprehensive national study of N sources in coastal watersheds
• Study complement a recent NOAA assessment of coastal eutrophication problems (Bricker et al. 1999)
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SPARROW Estimates of Nitrogen Sources in Streams Entering 40 Major U.S. Estuaries
Alexander et al., AGU Coastal & Estuarine Studies 57, 2001, Valigura et al. (eds.)
* Mississippi R. Basin (Alexander et al., Nature, 2000)
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• Largest N contributions from fertilizer and livestock wastes
• Atmospheric and point sources highest along North Atlantic and Gulf coasts
• Direct atmospheric deposition to estuarine water surface a major source of nitrogen
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Elevated nutrient loads in coastal streams havecaused estuarine trophic conditions to decline
• 44 of 138 U.S. estuaries display eutrophic conditions related tohigh nutrient loads
• A 30% nitrogen reduction goal recently adopted for the Mississippi River Basin; more stringent goal for 2015
Dissolved oxygen <2 mg/L19
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modified from Rabalais et al. 2002Year
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Total Nitrogen Yield Delivered to Gulf of MexicoTotal Nitrogen Yield Delivered to Gulf of MexicoAgriculture Point Sources
Atmosphere
Nitrogen Flux from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico: Share from Major Sources (with
90 percent confidence intervals)
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Point Sources Fertilizer Use Livestockwastes
Atmosphericdeposition
Nonagriculturalnonpointsources
Perc
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Alexander et al. Nature, 2000
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National and RegionalSPARROW Models
• Channel size (depth) is an important scaling property controlling N transport over range of stream sizes
• Illustrates use of model to test hypotheses—inverse relation theoretically expected; i.e., less water contact with stream bottom in large channels (e.g., Stream Solute Workshop, 1992; LINX)
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Fraction of In-Stream NitrogenDelivered to Watershed Outlet
Mississippi R. Basin(2.9 x 106 km2)
Waikato R. Basin, N.Z.(1.4 x 104 km2)
0 50
kilometers0 600
kilometers
Outlet to Tasman Sea
Alexander et al. Nature, 2000
Alexander et al. Water Resour Res, in press
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HYDRO 1-km Watershed Boundaries
Nolan et al. 2002 (http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?erf1-2)
Water
Ice, snow
High intensity residential
Low intensity residential
Quarries, strip mines, gravel pits
Transitional
Bare rock, sand, clay
Commercial, industrial, transportation
Deciduous forest
Mixed forest
Evergreen forest Grasslands, herbaceous
Pasture, hay
Orchards, vineyards, other
Shrubland Row crops
Small grains
Urban, recreational grasses
Fallow
Emergent herbaceous wetlands
Woody wetlands
NLCD 1K
New SPARROW Infrastructure
1992 NLCD 30-m Land Use
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SPARROW Total Phosphorus Models New Infrastructure
Land-use based model:Row crops, pasture, urban, forest, shrub/grass
Intensive-source model:Fertilizer, livestock wastes, sewered population,urban, forest, shrub/grass
Both model types of interest for research and policy analysis
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TP Land-Use ModelSources kg ha-1 yr -1
Row crops 0.33Row crops-MS Basin 1.23Pasture 1.20Urban 3.63Forest 0.19Shrub/grass 0.06
Land-to-Water Transport:Soil permeability (- coef.)Drainage density (+ coef.)
In-stream loss (day-1) 0.01, 0.07, 0.195
Reservoir loss (m yr-1) 14.3
R-squared 0.87Reach-accuracy +/- 74%
Sources: kg ha-1 yr -1Sewered pop. 0.2 kg person -1Fertilizer use 3.5% of inputsLivestock wastes 4.3% of inputsUrban 2.21Forest 0.21Shrub/grass 0.05
Land-to-Water Transport:Soil permeability (- coef.)Drainage density (+ coef.)
In-stream loss (day-1)0.04, 0.13, 0.24
Reservoir loss (m yr-1) 12.1
R-squared 0.86Reach-accuracy +/- 75%
TP Intensive-Use Model
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SPARROW TP Intensive-Source Model
(13%)
(4%) (34%)
(26%)
Forest = 19%Shrub = 5%
Percent ofTotal Flux InAll Watersheds
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Conclusions from Studies of Nitrogen and Phosphorus
– SPARROW identifies major point and diffuse nutrient sources and storage/loss in soils, streams, reservoirs
– Nonlinear interactions of sources and processes evident (flux from small catchments not additive)
– Nutrient loss in surface waters:• Physical / hydrologic properties affecting water contact time with
benthic sediment important (e.g., channel size, reservoir flushing rate)
• Smaller losses in deeper channels and more rapidly flushed lakes/reservoirs
• Under these conditions, nutrients transported over 100s to 1000skilometers in stream networks
• Preferential delivery of nutrients from areas in vicinity of large rivers
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Effects of Animal Feeding Operations on Water Quality
Research Question:
Is there a statistically significant difference in the effects of confined and unconfined feeding
operations on fecal bacteria concentrations in streams?
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• Predominant source depends on basin
• Livestock are major source in many basins
• Confined livestock contribute nearly as much as unconfined
• In-stream decay rates 0.08 to 1.00 per day
Sources of Fecal Coliform Bacteria in Streams
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Economically Efficient Targeting of Pollution Controls
If the nation wanted to reduce the flux of nitrogen to coastal waters by a given percentage, we could:
1) reduce all sources by that percentage, or
2) reduce some sources more than others depending on where they are located relative to large rivers
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(percent)
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Cost of Optimal Nitrogen Removal in HydrologicUnits to Obtain a 40 Percent Reduction
at Estuaries
Non-contributing area
Percent Nitrogen Removal$ 0 - 2 million$ 2 - 10 million$ 10 - 15 million$ 15 - 25 million$ 25 million or greater
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Estimation of Background Nutrient Concentrations
(with application to criteria development)
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Objective: Develop models to correct for limitations of data
from reference sites1. Few sites; none in some ecoregions2. Effect of atmospheric deposition3. Effect of natural factors, esp. runoff4. Effect of watershed size
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Approach
1. Calibrate regression models of background TN and TP yield from headwater stream reference sites as functions of runoff, basin size, atmospheric TN deposition, and regional factors.
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US EPA Nutrient Ecoregions &USGS Reference Sites
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Comparison with Other Models(A. = TN; B. = TP)
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Approach (cont.)
2. Use the atmospheric deposition term in the reference site regression model to correct for this source of TN.
3. Use the regression models to estimate background nutrient loadings to larger streams and rivers (defined as RF1 reaches).
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Approach (cont.)
3. Use previously calibrated SPARROW models to predict the effects of transport in larger streams and rivers on background nutrient concentrations.
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SPARROW Transport Equation
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Approach (cont.)
4. Also, use the reservoir sedimentation term in the SPARROW transport model to “correct” for the effect of dams on total P concentrations.
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Estimated Background TN Concentrations in RF1 Streams and Rivers
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Estimated Background TP Concentrations in RF1 Streams and Rivers
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TN Concentration
Background Nutrient Concentrations in RF1 Streams and Rivers
Deposition-adjusted TN Concentration
TP Concentration
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Conclusions
• Actual (i.e. current) TN concentrations (Dodds et al, 1998) exceed background levels by a much larger factor than do actual TP concentrations.
• Reasons: nutrient loadings, pollution controls, dams and reservoirs.
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Conclusions (cont.)
• As much as a 10X variation in natural background concentrations of TN and TP within EPA nutrient ecoregions.
• Predicted background TP concentrations exceed EPA 25th percentile values in many streams (52% nationwide).
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Conclusions (cont.)
• Fundamental problem for setting nutrient criteria: large local variation in background concentrations due to runoff and stream-river junctions.
• Localized variation hinders solving this problem through sub-division of major eco-regions.
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SPARROW Surface Water Quality Modeling
http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/sparrow