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Should We Allow Recreational Use?
Author(s) -
Stubbart John
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2004.tb01753.x
Subject(s) - recreation , water source , water quality , watershed , baseline (sea) , environmental science , environmental planning , plan (archaeology) , recreational use , water resource management , raw water , environmental resource management , computer science , environmental engineering , geography , fishery , ecology , archaeology , machine learning , biology
This month's question asks whether to allow recreational use of water reservoirs. The article describes how to develop a source water protection plan that allows continued recreational use of the reservoir while providing source protection to reduce the risk from microbial and other contaminants. The article discusses how to establish the reservoir's baseline and watershed data and developing a comprehensive source water assessment program to establish a long‐term database documenting the quality of the raw source water entering and leaving the reservoir.