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Computer Model Library

Here's a list of Environmental/Hydrologic/Hydraulic/Water Quality/Water Resources computer models compiled and archived in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, Old Dominion University. All models are public domain, and has been compiled from various sources such as USEPA, USACE WES, USDA-ARS, etc. Most of programs are designed for DOS/Windows platform, and there're also several programs written and compiled for Unix platform. Please check the individual model for its system requirement and model assumption/limitation as well as source code availability before downloading. Once downloaded, please follow installation guide comes with the package. Most packages are in self-extractable form (i.e., *.exe) or compressed using the standard methods such as 'zip' (i.e., *.zip) or Unix 'tar'ed and 'gunzip'ed (i.e., *.tar.gz). If you do not have a de/compression utility readily installed in your computer, please download appropriate one from below. For 'tar'ed and 'gunzip'ed Unix files, please use

$ gzip -dc [file.tar.gz] | tar xvf -

to uncompress & restore original directories/files. If you do not have GNU 'gunzip' installed in your system, please download following GNU gzip program first, then uncompress the 'gunzip'ed and 'tar'ed model files.
Programs Download
Winzip for Windows 2000/NT/XP/ME/98 File Download
Winzip for MS-DOS File Download
GNU gzip 1.2.4 (tar file) File Download

Instruction for copying computer models
bigger than 1.44 MB to multiple floppy disks

Important Data Sources

USGS daily value streamflow data

USEPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Water Quality Models

  • Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling (CEAM)
  • Center for Subsurface Modeling Support (CSMoS)
MS-DOS Program
Source Codes Available
Unix Program
Windows Program
Required Model for CEE 450/550 Water Distribution & Waste Water Collection System Design course
Recommended Model for your Water Quality Modeling Project in CEE 756/856 course

CORMIX Cornell Mixing Zone Expert System v3.20
MS-DOS Program
EPANET Simulation of Hydraulic and Water Quality Behavior Within Pressurized Pipe Networks v2.00.10
Windows Program Source Codes Available
Required Model for CEE 450/550
EXAMS Exposure Analysis Modeling System v2.96
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
EXAMS Exposure Analysis Modeling System v2.98.03
Windows Program Source Codes Available
FEMWATER 3-D Finite Element Model of Water Flow Through Saturated-Unsaturated Media v1.00
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
FGETS Food and Gill Exchange of Toxic Substances simulation model v3.0.18
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
HSCTM2D Hydrodynamic, Sediment, and Contaminant Transport Model (2-D, vertically-integrated, surface water flow Finite Element Method) v1.01
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
HSPF Hydrological Simulation Program - FORTRAN v11.0
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
HSPF Hydrological Simulation Program - FORTRAN v11.0
Unix Program Source Codes Available
LC50 Lethal Concentration, 50% (Trimmed Spearman-Karber Method) v1.00
MS-DOS Program
MINTEQ Geochemical Equilibrium Speciation Model for Dilute Aqueous Systems v3.11
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
MINTEQA2 Metal Speciation Equilibrium Model for Surface and Ground Water v3.12b
Unix Program Source Codes Available
OXYREF Oxygen Requirements of Fishes Database v1.00
MS-DOS Program
P-ROUTE Pollutant Routing Model (Screening-level PS/NPS pollution on a reach by reach flow basis, using 7Q10 or mean flow) v3.11
Windows Program
PATRIOT Pesticide Assessment Tool for Rating Investigations of Transport v1.20
MS-DOS Program
PLUMES Initial Dilution Plume Models v3.00
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
VPLUME Visual Initial Dilution Plume Models v1.00
Windows Program
PRZM3 Pesticide Root Zone Model - 3 v3.12
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
PRZM2 Pesticide Root Zone Model - Release 2 Version 2.01 Beta 2.01B
Unix Program Source Codes Available
QUAL2EU Enhanced Stream Water Quality Model with Uncertainty Analysis v3.22
MS-DOS Program Windows Program
QUAL2K Stream Water Quality Model (Modernized version of QUAL2EU) v1.00
Windows Program
SMPTOX3 Simplified Method - Variable Complexity Stream Toxics Model v2.01
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
SWMM Storm Water Management Model v5.0.002
MS-DOS Program Windows Program Source Codes Available
SWRRBWQ Simulator for Water Resources in Rural Basins Water Quality
MS-DOS Program Windows Program Source Codes Available
WASP Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program v6.2
Windows Program MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
WTP The Water Treatment Plant Model v2.078
MS-DOS Program

USEPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Air Quality Models
MS-DOS Program
Source Codes Available
Unix Program
Windows Program
Recommended Model for your Water Quality Modeling Project in CEE 756/856 course
ISCLT3 EPA ISCLT3 (Industrial Source Complex - Long Term) Dispersion Air Quality model MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
ISCST3 EPA ISCST3 (Industrial Source Complex - Short Term) Dispersion Air Quality model MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
CDM EPA CDM 2.0 (climatological dispersion model - version 2.0) v2.00
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
PCRAMMET EPA PCRAMMET meteorological preprocessor program used for preparing National Weather Service (NWS) data for use in EPA's short term air quality dispersion models such as ISCST3, CRSTER, RAM, MPTER, BLP, SHORTZ, and COMPLEX1 MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available

USACE WES (US Army Corps of Engineers
Waterways Experiment Station) Models
MS-DOS Program
Source Codes Available
Unix Program
Windows Program
Recommended Model for your Water Quality Modeling Project in CEE 756/856 course

BATHTUB
FLUX
Empirical Eutrophication, Loadings, Mass Discharges for Lake and Reservoir v4.0
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
CE-QUAL-R1 A Numerical One-Dimensional Model of Reservoir Water Quality
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
CE-QUAL-W2 A Numerical 2-D Water Quality and Hydrodynamic Model for Rivers, Estuaries, Lakes, Reservoirs and River basin systems
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
 
CE-THERM-R1 A Numerical One-Dimensional Thermal Stratification Model of Reservoir and Lake
MS-DOS Program Source Codes Available
ODU_THERM ODU Sun Solaris 2.5 port of CE-THERM-R1 - Release 96R3 96R3
Unix Program Source Codes Available

USDA-ARS (US Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Services) Models
MS-DOS Program
Source Codes Available
Unix Program
Windows Program
Recommended Model for your Water Quality Modeling Project in CEE 756/856 course

AGNPS Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Model v5.00
MS-DOS Program
AGNPS Sun Solaris 2.51 port of Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Model v5.00
Unix Program