MPCA Simple Estimator: Rv, TSS EMC, and TP EMC Values for Land Use Types
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Land use | Runoff coefficient (Rv)1 | Event mean concentration (EMC)(mg/L) | |
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Total phosphorus (TP) | Total suspended solids (TSS) | ||
Commercial | 0.8 | 0.200 | 75 |
Industrial | 0.8 | 0.235 | 93 |
Institutional | 0.75 | 0.25 | 80 |
Mixed use | 0.5 | 0.290 | 76 |
Open space | 0.2 | 0.190 | 21 |
Residential | 0.4 | 0.325 | 73 |
Transportation | 0.8 | 0.280 | 87 |
1Runoff coefficients vary with soil and slope. Link here