Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply
Title | Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 569 |
Release | 2000-02-17 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0309172683 |
In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an analysis of the agreement's scientific validity. The resulting book finds New York City's watershed agreement to be a good template for proactive watershed management that, if properly implemented, will maintain high water quality. However, it cautions that the agreement is not a guarantee of permanent filtration avoidance because of changing regulations, uncertainties regarding pollution sources, advances in treatment technologies, and natural variations in watershed conditions. The book recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens, understanding pathogen transport and fate, and demonstrating that best management practices will remove pathogens. Other recommendations, which are broadly applicable to surface water supplies across the country, target buffer zones, stormwater management, water quality monitoring, and effluent trading.
New York State Water Quality 1994
Title | New York State Water Quality 1994 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Water |
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Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program
Title | Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 423 |
Release | 2020-12-04 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309679702 |
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.
New York Harbor Water Quality Survey, 1994
Title | New York Harbor Water Quality Survey, 1994 PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas M. Brosnan |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Harbors |
ISBN |
Rules and Classifications and Standards of Quality and Purity for Waters of New York State
Title | Rules and Classifications and Standards of Quality and Purity for Waters of New York State PDF eBook |
Author | New York (State). Water Pollution Control Board |
Publisher | |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | Water |
ISBN |
New York Bight Water Quality
Title | New York Bight Water Quality PDF eBook |
Author | U. S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Publisher | BiblioGov |
Pages | 98 |
Release | 2013-07 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781289209940 |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. The agency is charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. The EPA's struggle to protect health and the environment is seen through each of its official publications. These publications outline new policies, detail problems with enforcing laws, document the need for new legislation, and describe new tactics to use to solve these issues. This collection of publications ranges from historic documents to reports released in the new millennium, and features works like: Bicycle for a Better Environment, Health Effects of Increasing Sulfur Oxides Emissions Draft, and Women and Environmental Health.
Water Quality '94
Title | Water Quality '94 PDF eBook |
Author | Water Quality '94. Seminar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Water quality management |
ISBN |