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Effective Watershed Management for Surface Water Supplies
Author(s) -
Robbins Richard W.,
Glicker Joseph L.,
Bloem Douglas M.,
Niss Bruce M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1991.tb07263.x
Subject(s) - watershed , watershed management , water quality , surface water , environmental science , water resource management , water resources , environmental planning , environmental resource management , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental engineering , engineering , computer science , geotechnical engineering , machine learning , ecology , biology
Maintaining the best possible water quality is the goal of every surface water source protection program. Watershed management can play an important role in maintaining or enhancing water quality for both filtered and unfiltered systems. The AWWA Research Foundation recently published a study on effective watershed management for surface water supplies. This article presents results of this investigation, which was based on a national survey of surface water systems and state primacy agencies and on case studies of 24 successful watershed management programs.