#' Calculate initial predicted environmental concentrations in surface water due to drainage using the UK method #' #' This implements the method specified in the UK data requirements handbook and was checked against the spreadsheet #' published on the CRC website #' #' @param rate Application rate in g/ha #' @param interception The fraction of the application rate that does not reach the soil #' @param Koc The sorption coefficient normalised to organic carbon in L/kg #' @param latest_application Latest application date, formatted as e.g. "01 July" #' @param soil_DT50 Soil degradation half-life, if SFO kinetics are to be used #' @param model The soil degradation model to be used. Either one of "FOMC", #' "DFOP", "HS", or "IORE", or an mkinmod object #' @param model_parms A named numeric vector containing the model parameters #' @return The predicted concentration in surface water in µg/L #' @references HSE's Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) Active substance #' PECsw calculations (for UK specific authorisation requests) #' \url{https://www.hse.gov.uk/pesticides/topics/pesticide-approvals/pesticides-registration/data-requirements-handbook/fate/active-substance-uk.htm} #' accessed 2019-09-27 #' #' Drainage PECs Version 1.0 (2015) Spreadsheet published at #' \url{https://www.hse.gov.uk/pesticides/topics/pesticide-approvals/pesticides-registration/data-requirements-handbook/fate/pec-tools-2015/PEC\%20sw-sed\%20(drainage).xlsx} #' accessed 2019-09-27 #' @export #' @author Johannes Ranke #' @examples #' PEC_sw_drainage_UK(150, Koc = 100) PEC_sw_drainage_UK <- function(rate, interception = 0, Koc, latest_application = NULL, soil_DT50 = NULL, model = NULL, model_parms = NULL) { percentage_lost <- SSLRC_mobility_classification(Koc)[[2]] amount_available <- rate * (1 - interception) # g/ha if (!missing(latest_application)) { lct <- Sys.getlocale("LC_TIME") tmp <- Sys.setlocale("LC_TIME", "C") latest <- as.Date(paste(latest_application, "1999"), "%d %b %Y") tmp <- Sys.setlocale("LC_TIME", lct) degradation_time <- as.numeric(difftime(as.Date("1999-10-01"), units = "days", latest)) if (!missing(soil_DT50)) { k = log(2)/soil_DT50 as.Date(paste(latest_application, "1999"), "%d %B %Y") amount_available <- amount_available * exp(-k * degradation_time) if (!missing(model)) stop("You already supplied a soil_DT50 value, implying SFO kinetics") } if (!missing(model)) { fraction_left <- pfm_degradation(model, parms = model_parms, times = degradation_time)[1, "parent"] amount_available <- fraction_left * amount_available } } volume = 130000 # L/ha PEC = 1e6 * (percentage_lost/100) * amount_available / volume return(PEC) }