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Category : James River Watershed (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Tributary Strategy Goals for Nutrient and Sediment Reduction in the James River, August 2000
Author: Publisher:
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Category : James River Watershed (Va.)
Languages : en
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Tributary Strategy Goals for Nutrient and Sediment Reduction in the James River
Author: Virginia. Secretary of Natural ResourcesPublisher:
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Category : James River Watershed (Va.)
Languages : en
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Third Annual Report on the Development and Implementation of Nutrient Reduction Strategies for Virginia's Tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay
Author: Virginia. Secretary of Natural ResourcesPublisher:
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Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Water Pollution Issues and Developments
Author: Sarah V. ThomasPublisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781604562088
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Pollution is undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities so that the environment becomes harmful or unfit for living things; especially applicable to the contamination of soil, water, or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances. In addition to the harm to living beings, both present or future and known or unknown, pollution cleanup and surveillance are enormous financial drains of the economies of the world. This book focuses on issues and developments critical for the field.
The Jamestown Project, Development Concept Plan
Author: Virginia State Documents
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Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Nutrient and Sediment Concentrations, Loads, and Trends for Four Nontidal Tributaries in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, 1997-2001
Author: Michael P. SenusPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Craney Island Eastward Expansion, Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Hampton Roads
Author: Water-resources Investigations Report
Author: Achieving Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals in the Chesapeake Bay
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309210828
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Chesapeake Bay is North America's largest and most biologically diverse estuary, as well as an important commercial and recreational resource. However, excessive amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment from human activities and land development have disrupted the ecosystem, causing harmful algae blooms, degraded habitats, and diminished populations of many species of fish and shellfish. In 1983, the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) was established, based on a cooperative partnership among the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the state of Maryland, and the commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the District of Columbia, to address the extent, complexity, and sources of pollutants entering the Bay. In 2008, the CBP launched a series of initiatives to increase the transparency of the program and heighten its accountability and in 2009 an executive order injected new energy into the restoration. In addition, as part of the effect to improve the pace of progress and increase accountability in the Bay restoration, a two-year milestone strategy was introduced aimed at reducing overall pollution in the Bay by focusing on incremental, short-term commitments from each of the Bay jurisdictions. The National Research Council (NRC) established the Committee on the Evaluation of Chesapeake Bay Program Implementation for Nutrient Reduction in Improve Water Quality in 2009 in response to a request from the EPA. The committee was charged to assess the framework used by the states and the CBP for tracking nutrient and sediment control practices that are implemented in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and to evaluate the two-year milestone strategy. The committee was also to assess existing adaptive management strategies and to recommend improvements that could help CBP to meet its nutrient and sediment reduction goals. The committee did not attempt to identify every possible strategy that could be implemented but instead focused on approaches that are not being implemented to their full potential or that may have substantial, unrealized potential in the Bay watershed. Because many of these strategies have policy or societal implications that could not be fully evaluated by the committee, the strategies are not prioritized but are offered to encourage further consideration and exploration among the CBP partners and stakeholders.