The Strategy for Improving Water-quality Monitoring in the United States

The Strategy for Improving Water-quality Monitoring in the United States
Author: Intergovernmental Task Force on Monitoring Water Quality (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1995
Genre: Water quality
ISBN:

In response to increased technological advances and burgeoning demands on available water supplies, the federal government and the private sector are joining efforts to reshape the network and broaden the focus of water quality monitoring efforts in the United States.

Water Quality Monitoring

Water Quality Monitoring
Author: Jamie Bartram
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2020-10-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000101606

Water quality monitoring is an essential tool in the management of water resources and this book comprehensively covers the entire monitoring operation. This important text is the outcome of a collborative programme of activity between UNEP and WHO with inputs from WMO and UNESCO and draws on the international standards of the International Organization of Standardization.

Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply

Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 569
Release: 2000-02-17
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0309172683

In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an analysis of the agreement's scientific validity. The resulting book finds New York City's watershed agreement to be a good template for proactive watershed management that, if properly implemented, will maintain high water quality. However, it cautions that the agreement is not a guarantee of permanent filtration avoidance because of changing regulations, uncertainties regarding pollution sources, advances in treatment technologies, and natural variations in watershed conditions. The book recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens, understanding pathogen transport and fate, and demonstrating that best management practices will remove pathogens. Other recommendations, which are broadly applicable to surface water supplies across the country, target buffer zones, stormwater management, water quality monitoring, and effluent trading.

102 Monitor

102 Monitor
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 702
Release: 1976
Genre: Administrative agencies
ISBN:

Study of Federal Water Quality Monitoring Efficiency

Study of Federal Water Quality Monitoring Efficiency
Author: Enviro Control, inc
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1975
Genre: Environmental policy
ISBN:

"A critical review and analysis of federal policies and practices re [sic] water quality monitoring, including the nature and objectives of monitoring, data collection requirements, and processing and dissemination requirements."--Bibliographic data sheet

Confronting the Nation's Water Problems

Confronting the Nation's Water Problems
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2004-10-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 030916589X

In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources. A new mechanism is needed to coordinate water research currently fragmented among nearly 20 federal agencies. Given the competition for water among farmers, communities, aquatic ecosystems and other users-as well as emerging challenges such as climate change and the threat of waterborne diseases-Confronting the Nation's Water Problems concludes that an additional $70 million in federal funding should go annually to water research. Funding should go specifically to the areas of water demand and use, water supply augmentation, and other institutional research topics. The book notes that overall federal funding for water research has been stagnant in real terms for the past 30 years and that the portion dedicated to research on water use and social science topics has declined considerably.