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- BASINS User Manual
- WinHSPF Manual
- SWAT Manual
- BASINS Technical Notes
- BASINS Case Study
- HSPF Users' Manual
- PLOAD Users Manual
- WDMUtil Version 2.0 Users Manual
BASINS 3.0 User Manual
Note: If the BASINS program has been install, the BASINS Users' Manual can be found under the "/BASINS/docs/" folder.
Download the entire manual (.zip, 6 MB, more on zip files 
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A printed copy of the BASINS 3.0 Users Manual is freely available from our Center for Environmental Publications. Go to the search publications page and enter the publication number: EPA823B01001. Also, a web version of the Users Manual is found under the "Help" pulldown menu in the BASINS project window.
Below is a list of downloadable sections in PDF format:
| 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) |
WinHSPF 2.0 User Manual
Note: If the BASINS program has been installed, the WinHSPF Users' Manual can be found under the "/BASINS/docs/" folder
Download the entire manual (.zip, 3.9mb, more on zip files )
Below is a list of downloadable sections in PDF format
| 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) |
Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) 2000 User Manual
Note: If the BASINS program has been installed, the SWAT2000 Users' Manual can be found under the "/BASINS/docs/" folder.
Download the entire manual (.zip, 7.9mb, more on zip files )
Below is a list of downloadable sections in PDF format
| 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) |
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.
- Technical Note #1 (PDF) (83 K, 10 pp.) - Creating Hydraulic Function Tables (FTABLES) for Reservoirs in BASINS
- Technical Note #2 (PDF) (206 K, 14 pp.) - Two Automated Methods for Creating Hydraulic Function Tables (FTABLES)
- Technical Note #3 (PDF) (174 K, 9 pp.) - WinHSPF Simulation Module Matrix
- Technical Note #4 (PDF) (28 K, 11 pp.) - Incorporating Upstream Flow and Water Quality Time Series in the Source Model
- Technical Note #5 (PDF) (34 K, 15 pp.) - Using HSPEXP with BASINS
- Technical Note #6 (PDF) (200 K, 34 pp.) - Estimating Hydrology and Hydraulic Parameters for HSPF
- Addendum to Technical Note #6 (PDF) (144 K, 1 page) - Additional notes for HSPF users.
- Technical Note #7 (PDF) (58 K, 16 pp.) - Matching STORET Parameters with HSPF Output
- Technical Note #8 (PDF) (314 K, 46 pp.) - Sediment Parameter and Calibration Guidance for HSPF
- Technical Note #9 (PDF) (434 K, 14 pp.) - Web-based HSPF Toolkit to Support Low Impact Development (LID) and Other Urban Stormwater Modeling Applications
- Technical Note #10 (PDF) (211 K, 5 pp.) - Using the BASINS Meteorological Database (Version 2006)
- User's Manual for Agricultural Runoff Management (ARM) Model (select pp.) (PDF) (2.8MB, 9 pp.) of this reference are provided here for convenience.
Land Use and Land Cover Analysis for Watershed Modeling (PDF) (21 pages, 2.4 MB)—A method for determining the extent of effective impervious area, for use in watershed modeling.
BASINS Case Study
- Download BASINS Case Study 1 (PDF) (37 K, 13 pp.) "Cottonwood Creek Watershed, Idaho County, Idaho"
- Download accompanying data & project files archive (.zip, 2.7mb, more on zip files ) for use in the Case Study Step-by-Step Guide
- Demonstration on how load allocations and compliance costs on this case study vary across three allocation objectives or scenarios.
HSPF User Manual
- DownloadWinHSPF Version 2.0 "An Interactive Windows Interface to HSPF" (.zip, 3.9mb, more on zip files )
- Downloadversion 12.0 of HSPF Users' Manual (.zip, 10.8mb)
- DownloadMicrosoft Windows help file of HSPF Users' Manual (.zip, 3.2mb)
- Download background document (PDF) (430 K, 101 pp.) 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.
PLOAD Users Manual
Note: If the BASINS program has been install, the PLOAD Users' Manual can be found under the "/BASINS/docs/" folder.
Download Manual (PDF) (650 K, 48 pp.) version 3.0 of PLOAD ArcView GIS Tool to Calculate Nonpoint Sources of Pollution in Watershed and Stormwater Projects Users' Manual
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.
Download Manual (.zip, 3.7mb, more on zip files ) version 2.0 of WDMUtil Users Manual