Review of the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Program, Committee to Review the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Pilot
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1990.
Temas:
Water quality > United States > Measurement.
Water quality > Measurement
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Recommendation
  • Rotational Versus Continual AssessmentRecommendation
  • Choice of Chemical Constituents
  • Recommendations
  • Choice of Biological Constituents
  • Recommendations
  • Quality Assurance/Quality Control
  • Recommendations
  • Data Management
  • Recommendations
  • Analytical Framework
  • Recommendations
  • Products
  • Recommendations
  • NRC Committee-Initiated Case Study
  • Recommendation
  • Implementation, Coordination, and National Synthesis
  • Recommendations
  • Implementation and Coordination
  • National Synthesis
  • 1 Overview
  • INTRODUCTION
  • NEED FOR A NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY2 NAWQA Design Evaluation
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Integration of Ground Water and Surface Water Description
  • Critique
  • Summary
  • Lakes and Estuaries
  • Description
  • Critique
  • Summary
  • Selection of Study Units
  • Introduction
  • Description
  • Critique
  • Summary
  • SAMPLING DESIGN
  • Sampling Approach
  • Introduction
  • Ground Water
  • Description
  • Critique
  • Surface Water
  • Description
  • Critique
  • Combined Surface-and Ground-Water Study Units
  • Summary of Sampling Design
  • Rotational Versus Continual Data CollectionDescription
  • Critique
  • Summary
  • Choice of Chemical Constituents
  • Chemical and Physical Characteristics
  • Description
  • Critique
  • Summary
  • Choice of Biological Constituents
  • Description
  • Critique
  • Fecal Contamination
  • Tissue Analyses
  • Ecological Surveys
  • Biological Processes Affecting Water Quality
  • Summary
  • Quality Assurance/Quality Control
  • Description
  • Critique
  • Summary
  • Data Management
  • Description
  • Critique
  • Summary
  • ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
  • DescriptionCritique
  • Summary
  • PRODUCTS
  • Description
  • Critique
  • Summary
  • Committee-Initiated Case Study
  • Description
  • Critique
  • Summary
  • 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

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