Biological and Environmental Engineering
Selected Publications

Hydrologically Sensitive Areas                                   (* indicate undergraduate co-authors)
Areas likely to generate storm runoff and likely nonpoint sources of pollution

Agnew, L.J., S. Lyon, P. Gérard-Marchant, V.B. Collins, A.J. Lembo, T.S. Steenhuis, M.T. Walter. 2006. Identifying hydrologically sensitive areas: Bridging science and application. Journal of Environmental Management 78: 64-76. pdf

Easton, Z.M., P. Gérard-Marchant, M.T. Walter, A.M. Petrovic, T.S. Steenhuis. 2007. Identifying dissolved phosphorus source areas and predicting transport from an urban watershed using distributed hydrologic modeling. Water Resources Research 43: Art. No. W11414. pdf

Easton, Z.M., M.T. Walter T.S. Steenhuis. 2008. Combined monitoring and modeling indicate the most effective agricultural best management practices. Journal of Environmental Quality 37: 1798-1809 [doi:10.2134/jeq2007.0522]. pdf

Easton, Z.M., M.T. Walter, E.M. Schneiderman, T.S. Steenhuis. Including source specific phosphorus mobility in a non-point source pollution model for agricultural watersheds. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering (in press).

Lyon, S.W., A.J. Lembo, M.T. Walter, T.S. Steenhuis. 2006. Defining probability of saturation with indicator kriging on hard and soft data. Advances in Water Resources 29(2): 181-193. pdf

Lyon, S.W., M. McHale, M.T. Walter, T.S. Steenhuis. 2006. Effect of runoff generation mechanism on estimating land use control of P concentrations. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 42(3) 793-804.pdf

Lyon, S.W., A.J. Lembo, M.T. Walter, T.S. Steenhuis. 2006. Internet mapping tools make scientific applications easy. EOS 87(38): 386.

Qui, Z, M.T. Walter, C. Hall 2007. Managing variable source pollution in agricultural watersheds. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 63(3): 115-122.

Schneiderman, E.M., T.S. Steenhuis, D.J. Thongs, Z.M. Easton, M.S. Zion, A.L. Neal*, G.F. Mendoza, M.T. Walter. 2007. Incorporating variable source area hydrology into Curve Number based watershed loading functions. Hydrological Processes 21(25): 3420-3430. pdf

Walter, M.T. and M.F. Walter. 1999. The New York City Watershed Agricultural Program (WAP): A model for comprehensive planning for water quality and agricultural economic viability. Water Resources Impact 1(5): 5-8.

Walter, M.T., M.F. Walter, E.S. Brooks, T.S. Steenhuis, J. Boll, K.R. Weiler. 2000. Hydrologically sensitive areas: Variable source area hydrology implications for water quality risk assessment. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 55(3): 277-284. pdf

Walter, M.T., E.S. Brooks, M.F. Walter, T.S. Steenhuis, C.A. Scott, J.Boll. 2001. Evaluation of soluble phosphorus transport from manure-applied fields under various spreading strategies. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 56(4): 329-336. pdf

Walter, M.T., M. Dosskey, M. Khanna, J. Miller, M. Tomer, J. Wiens. 2007. The science of targeting within landscapes and watersheds to improve conservation effectiveness. In (M. Schnepf and C. Cox eds.) Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality, Strengthening the Science Base, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, IA pp 63-91.

Walter, M.T., J.A. Archibald, B. Buchanan, H. Dahlke, Z.M. Easton, R.D. Marjerison, A.N. Sharma, S.B. Shaw. 2008. A new paradigm for sizing riparian buffers to reduce risks of polluted storm water: A practical synthesis. ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (in press).