Tidal Sediment Mini Workshop

A small group of Chesapeake Bay regional experts on sediments, water clarity, and SAV, along with CBP modelers and managers, convened to discuss Chesapeake Bay Program Water Quality and Sediment Transport Model (WQSTM) suspended sediment, water clarity, and SAV predictions from scenarios run to date, in the context of available data and understanding. The vetted scenarios, results, and recommended course corrections assisted the CBP in making defensible recommendations for tidal sediment allocations in 2010. It also helped identify areas in which additional or alternate information should be used for TMDL development.