Non-point source (NPS) pollution is the result of various land use practices such as agriculture, sites of construction and
waste disposal, urban development and so on. The control of NPS pollution is possible by regular monitoring and assessment
on watershed basis to educate people for implementing well-known structural and non-structural measures. Recent trend is to
use GIS based modelling tool for assessment of rainfall-runoff and non-point loading. The approach requires generation and
analysis of basin wide data on various features of land and estimates of Event Mean Concentrations (EMCs) of pollutants in
the runoff. In the present paper, basin wide data in different districts of Tapi basin has been analysed for land use distribution;
fertilizer application; low, medium and high-density habitation; and annual rainfall. Coefficients of runoff have been estimated
considering pervious and impervious area for different land use types, and compared with the reported values for Indian conditions.
The estimated mean annual runoff flow indicated that two districts Jalgaon and Dhule contribute maximum runoff to the Tapi
River. Estimates of EMCs for BOD and nutrients (N and P) in the runoff from various districts are useful in GIS-based modelling
study for NPS pollution assessment.
Keywords EMC - impervious coefficient - land use - non-point source pollution - pervious coefficient - runoff