A Review of the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309042925
eISBN Pdf: 9780309537131
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 1990
Month: January
Pages: 164
Language: English

A Review of the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program
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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 Assessment
  - Recommendation
  - 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 QUALITY
2 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 Collection
    - Description
    - 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
  - Description
    - Critique
    - 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
  - 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
  - Description
    - Critique
    - Summary
- NATIONAL SYNTHESIS
  - Description
    - Critique
    - Summary
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
    - National Synthesis
    - 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 & 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

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