Using the Surface Water Toolbox for Estimating Critical Flow Statistics
February 8, 2018
Julie Kiang, Supervisory Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Brian Nickel, Environmental Engineer, Water Protection Division, Region 10, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jenny Molloy, Lead Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Permits Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A new Surface Water Toolbox was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Surface Water Toolbox is a user friendly, downloadable tool for water managers to estimate a wide variety of streamflow statistics. This tool can be downloaded from https://water.usgs.gov/osw/swtoolbox/ and enables users to:
• Estimate critical flow statistics such as 7Q10 for gaged and un-gaged streams;
• Use a variety of statistic tests to evaluate emerging trends and identify anomalies.
Presentation Slides (pdf)