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# Water Management

            Accurately reproducing water management practices can be one of the most complicated portions of data input for the model. Because water management affects the hydrologic balance, it is critical that the model is able to accommodate a variety of management practices. Water management options modeled by SWAT+ include irrigation, tile drainage, impounded/depressional areas, water transfer, consumptive water use, and loadings from point sources.