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Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Integrated Analysis of Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Data
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Monitoring Strategy
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Environmental monitoring
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309679702
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
New York City's municipal water supply system provides about 1 billion gallons of drinking water a day to over 8.5 million people in New York City and about 1 million people living in nearby Westchester, Putnam, Ulster, and Orange counties. The combined water supply system includes 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes with a total storage capacity of approximately 580 billion gallons. The city's Watershed Protection Program is intended to maintain and enhance the high quality of these surface water sources. Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program assesses the efficacy and future of New York City's watershed management activities. The report identifies program areas that may require future change or action, including continued efforts to address turbidity and responding to changes in reservoir water quality as a result of climate change.
Methods for the Determination of Inorganic Substances in Environmental Samples
Author: National Marine Pollution Program
Author: EPA Publications Bibliography
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
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Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Chesapeake Bay Living Resources
Author: Chesapeake Bay Program (U.S.). Living Resources SubcommitteePublisher:
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Category : Aquatic resources
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for 1996
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent AgenciesPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1590
Book Description
Third Joint U.S./USSR Symposium on the Comprehensive Analysis of the Environment
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Category : Environmental health
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
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.