Water Quality Profile Plots provide a visualization of how water quality constituents change along the length of a reach. These plots display the relationship between reach distance and the water quality constituent value for each time step in the simulation. To access the water quality profile plot, right-click on a reach in the map panel, from the context (popup) menu that appears, select Plot WQ Profile (Plot WQ profile). 


 Plot WQ profile

This will generate the Water Quality Profile Plot for the selected reach (WQ profile).


WQ profile

The Water Quality Profile Plot for reaches provides additional menu options for fine-tuning the data displayed within the plot. These options allow users to customize the view to focus on specific water quality constituents or other relevant data. Available menu options:

  • Constituent: The menu allows users to choose which water quality constituent(s) to display (Profile Plot - Constituents). Add a checkmark next to the constituent name. The profile plot will immediately update to reflect the selected constituent, replacing the current data with the new one.


Profile Plot - Constituents

  • View: The Animate option under the View menu provides users with animation controls to visualize how the water quality changes over time in the Profile Plot (Profile Plot - Animate). This is particularly useful for understanding dynamic variations in water quality constituents.



 Profile Plot - Animate