OpenNSPECT
Features
- Provides estimates and maps of surface water runoff volumes, pollutant loads, pollutant concentrations, and total sediment loads
- Helps users identify areas that might benefit from changes to proposed development strategies
- Processes digital elevation data quickly and easily
- Provides a means to analyze "what if" land use change scenarios
Overview
Use OpenNSPECT, the open-source version of the Nonpoint Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison Tool (more), to investigate potential water quality impacts from development, other land uses, and climate change. OpenNSPECT was designed to be broadly applicable. When applied to coastal and noncoastal areas alike, the tool simulates erosion, pollution, and their accumulation from overland flow.
Training and live technical assistance are available for this tool.