Author: Rick Jirsa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chippewa River Watershed (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The State of the Headwaters River Basins
Author: Rick Jirsa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chippewa River Watershed (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chippewa River Watershed (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The State of the Headwaters River Basins
Author: Rick Jirsa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chippewa River Watershed (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chippewa River Watershed (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Texas Aquatic Science
Author: Rudolph A. Rosen
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623492270
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This classroom resource provides clear, concise scientific information in an understandable and enjoyable way about water and aquatic life. Spanning the hydrologic cycle from rain to watersheds, aquifers to springs, rivers to estuaries, ample illustrations promote understanding of important concepts and clarify major ideas. Aquatic science is covered comprehensively, with relevant principles of chemistry, physics, geology, geography, ecology, and biology included throughout the text. Emphasizing water sustainability and conservation, the book tells us what we can do personally to conserve for the future and presents job and volunteer opportunities in the hope that some students will pursue careers in aquatic science. Texas Aquatic Science, originally developed as part of a multi-faceted education project for middle and high school students, can also be used at the college level for non-science majors, in the home-school environment, and by anyone who educates kids about nature and water. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623492270
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This classroom resource provides clear, concise scientific information in an understandable and enjoyable way about water and aquatic life. Spanning the hydrologic cycle from rain to watersheds, aquifers to springs, rivers to estuaries, ample illustrations promote understanding of important concepts and clarify major ideas. Aquatic science is covered comprehensively, with relevant principles of chemistry, physics, geology, geography, ecology, and biology included throughout the text. Emphasizing water sustainability and conservation, the book tells us what we can do personally to conserve for the future and presents job and volunteer opportunities in the hope that some students will pursue careers in aquatic science. Texas Aquatic Science, originally developed as part of a multi-faceted education project for middle and high school students, can also be used at the college level for non-science majors, in the home-school environment, and by anyone who educates kids about nature and water. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.
Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309177812
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation's best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river including drinking water, recreational and commercial activities, and support for the river's ecosystems and the environmental goods and services they provide. The Clean Water Act, passed by Congress in 1972, is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States, employing regulatory and nonregulatory measures designed to reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways. The Clean Water Act has reduced much pollution in the Mississippi River from "point sources" such as industries and water treatment plants, but problems stemming from urban runoff, agriculture, and other "non-point sources" have proven more difficult to address. This book concludes that too little coordination among the 10 states along the river has left the Mississippi River an "orphan" from a water quality monitoring and assessment perspective. Stronger leadership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is needed to address these problems. Specifically, the EPA should establish a water quality data-sharing system for the length of the river, and work with the states to establish and achieve water quality standards. The Mississippi River corridor states also should be more proactive and cooperative in their water quality programs. For this effort, the EPA and the Mississippi River states should draw upon the lengthy experience of federal-interstate cooperation in managing water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309177812
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation's best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river including drinking water, recreational and commercial activities, and support for the river's ecosystems and the environmental goods and services they provide. The Clean Water Act, passed by Congress in 1972, is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States, employing regulatory and nonregulatory measures designed to reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways. The Clean Water Act has reduced much pollution in the Mississippi River from "point sources" such as industries and water treatment plants, but problems stemming from urban runoff, agriculture, and other "non-point sources" have proven more difficult to address. This book concludes that too little coordination among the 10 states along the river has left the Mississippi River an "orphan" from a water quality monitoring and assessment perspective. Stronger leadership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is needed to address these problems. Specifically, the EPA should establish a water quality data-sharing system for the length of the river, and work with the states to establish and achieve water quality standards. The Mississippi River corridor states also should be more proactive and cooperative in their water quality programs. For this effort, the EPA and the Mississippi River states should draw upon the lengthy experience of federal-interstate cooperation in managing water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
River Basins of the United States (48 Conterminous States)
Author: United States. Soil Conservation Service. River Basins Division
Publisher:
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Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Development of the Rivers of the United States
Author: United States. President's Committee on Water Flow
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
State Hydrologic Unit Maps
Author: Paul R. Seaber
Publisher:
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Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Developing procedures for assessment of ecological status of Indian River Basins in the context of environmental water requirements
Author: Smakhtin, Vladimir, Arunachalam, M., Behera, S., Chatterjee, A., Das, S., Gautam, P., Joshi, G. D., Sivaramakrishnan, K. G., Unni, K. S.
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290906685
Category : Ecosystem management
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
This report attempts to introduce a prototype scoring system for the ecological status of rivers in India and illustrate it through the applications in several major river basins. This system forms part of the desktop environmental flow assessment and is based on a number of indicators reflecting ecological condition and sensitivity of a river. The unique aspect of this study is that it interprets, for the first time, the existing ecological information for Indian rivers in the context of environmental flow assessment. The report targets government departments, research institutions and NGOs which are engaged in environmental flow management and associated policy development, and suggests some subsequent steps in environmental flow work in India.
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290906685
Category : Ecosystem management
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
This report attempts to introduce a prototype scoring system for the ecological status of rivers in India and illustrate it through the applications in several major river basins. This system forms part of the desktop environmental flow assessment and is based on a number of indicators reflecting ecological condition and sensitivity of a river. The unique aspect of this study is that it interprets, for the first time, the existing ecological information for Indian rivers in the context of environmental flow assessment. The report targets government departments, research institutions and NGOs which are engaged in environmental flow management and associated policy development, and suggests some subsequent steps in environmental flow work in India.
River Basins
Author: Dean W. Davis
Publisher:
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Category : Federal government
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal government
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Plan for Development of the Land and Water Resources of the Southeast River Basins
Author: United States Study Commission on the Savannah, Altamaha, Saint Marys, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee, and perdido-Escambia River Basins and Intervening areas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description