A review of the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program / Committee to Review the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

USGS National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program.

Water quality--United States--Measurement.

Water quality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 153 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Review of U.S.G.S. National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program

National water quality assessment

Review of U.S.G.S. National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program.

National water quality assessment.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

A Review of the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program

Copyright

Preface

Contents

Executive Summary

COMMITTEE SCOPE OF WORK

GENERAL FINDINGS

National Assessment of Water Quality is Needed

USGS is Appropriate Agency to Conduct Assessment

Integration of Surface Water and Ground Water Study Units has Improved Usefulness of NAWQA

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Study Unit Selection

Recommendation

Lakes and Estuaries

Recommendations

Sampling Approach-Surface Water/Ground Water

Rotational Versus Continual Assessment

Choice of Chemical Constituents

Choice of Biological Constituents

Quality Assurance/Quality Control

Data Management

Analytical Framework

Products

NRC Committee-Initiated Case Study

Implementation, Coordination, and National Synthesis

Implementation and Coordination

National Synthesis

1 Overview

INTRODUCTION

NEED FOR A NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY

2 NAWQA Design Evaluation

Integration of Ground Water and Surface Water Description

Critique

Summary

Description

Selection of Study Units

Introduction

SAMPLING DESIGN

Sampling Approach

Ground Water

Surface Water

Combined Surface-and Ground-Water Study Units

Summary of Sampling Design

Rotational Versus Continual Data Collection

Chemical and Physical Characteristics

Summary.

Choice of Biological Constituents

Fecal Contamination

Tissue Analyses

Ecological Surveys

Biological Processes Affecting Water Quality

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK

PRODUCTS

Committee-Initiated Case Study

3 Implementation, Coordination, and National Synthesis

CURRENT STATUS OF NATIONAL WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING PROGRAMS

National Stream Quality Accounting Network

Hydrologic Benchmark Network

National Trends Network

National Water-Quality Inventory

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program

National Pesticide Survey

Bioaccumulation Study

National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program

National Status and Trends Program

ANCILLARY DATA BASES FOR NATIONAL WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS

NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS AS A COMPONENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMS

INTERAGENCY COOPERATION

NATIONAL SYNTHESIS

References

Appendix A Interim Report

REVIEW OF THE USGS NATIONAL WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT PILOT PROGRAM INTERIM REPORT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

NEED FOR A LONG-TERM WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT

COMMITTEE'S EVALUATION OF SPECIFIC PROGRAM COMPONENTS

Integration of Surface Water/Ground Water Study Units

National Coordinating Work Groups

Retrospective Analyses

Biology

Coordination

Characterization of Cause-Effect Relationships and Sources

Temporal Considerations

CONCLUSIONS

NEXT STEPS

Committee to Review the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program.

Appendix B Documents Reviewed by the Committee

UPPER ILLINOIS BASIN

KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN

LOWER KANSAS RIVER BASIN

YAKIMA RIVER PILOT PROJECT

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AQUIFER PILOT PROJECT

DELMARVA PENINSULA RIVER BASIN

CARSON RIVER BASIN

LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION

HAND OUTS-OCTOBER 24-25TH MEETING

HAND OUTS/SEPTEMBER 25-26 MEETING

HAND OUTS/JANUARY 25-26, 1990 MEETING

Appendix C Choice of Chemical Constituents

Appendix D Members, USGS National Coordinating Work Group

Appendix E Representatives of State and Federal Agencies Interviewed by the Committee at their February 16-17, 1989 Meeting

FEBRUARY 16, 1989

FEBRUARY 17, 1989

Appendix F Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

Appendix G Draft Memorandum of Agreement Between the USGS and the U.S. Fish &amp

Wildlife Service, October 18, 1989

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

Between the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

I. Purpose

II. Background

III. Scope of Work

IV. Agreements

V. Implementation

VI. Renewal

VII. Termination

VIII. Publications

IX. Authorized Representatives

X. Financial

XI. Approval.

Notes:

Cover title: A review of the U.S.G.S. National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program.

Spine title: National water quality assessment.

Bibliography: p. 97-99.

ISBN:

9786610212330

9781280212338

1280212330

9780309537131

0309537134

9780585144610

0585144613

OCLC:

613378451