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Township engineers raise concerns after pollutant models overstate suspended solids
Summary
Township civil engineer reported recent model estimates of suspended solids were roughly ten times higher than monitored values, prompting supervisors to caution against uncalibrated models as stormwater rules are tightened.
Township civil engineer John reported that recent public reporting of pollutant loads — drawing on modeled estimates — appears to substantially overestimate suspended solids compared with live monitoring data linked from USGS and county pages.
"On just on the suspended solids, it was, like, 10 times the value," John said, describing the discrepancy between model output and monitored…
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