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WATER QUALITY PROJECTIONS: PREIMPOUNDMENT CASE STUDY 1
Author(s) -
McCuen Richard H.,
Cook Darryl E.,
Powell Robert L.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1980.tb02335.x
Subject(s) - water quality , environmental science , recreation , pollution , water resource management , quality (philosophy) , water supply , surface water , hydrology (agriculture) , water pollution , environmental engineering , geology , ecology , philosophy , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , epistemology , political science , environmental chemistry , law , biology
Recent regulations require impact statements for major water development projects, including reservoirs that will be used for water supply, recreation, and pollution control. A water quantity/quality model was developed and used for making water quality projections of a proposed reservoir in Montgomery County, Maryland. The study area is uncommon in that there is an extensive water quality data base. The results indicate that land use changes will have a significant effect on water quality and that the proposed reservoir will improve the quality of the surface waters downstream from the reservoir. A major effect of land use changes is the increase in the variability of water quality.