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Environmental Modeling Community of Practice

WMOST 2.0 Documentation

Watershed Management Optimization Support Tool (WMOST) v2

The Watershed Management Optimization Support Tool (WMOST) is a decision support tool that evaluates the relative cost-effectiveness of management practices at the local or watershed scale. WMOST models the environmental effects and costs of management decisions in a watershed context, which is, accounting for the direct and indirect effects of decisions.

Keywords: Integrated watershed management, water resources, decision support, optimization, green infrastructure

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WMOST v2.0 User Guide (PDF)(109 pp, 12 MB, November 2015, EPA/600/R-15/059)
WMOST v2.0 Theoretical Documentation (PDF)(80 pp, 6 MB, September 2015, EPA/600/R-15/058)