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BASIN WATER MONITORING: HYDROLOGIC IMPACT OR LEGAL COMPLIANCE 1
Author(s) -
Duckson Don W.
Publication year - 1986
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.1752-1688.1986.tb01900.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , compliance (psychology) , data collection , resource (disambiguation) , land reclamation , environmental science , structural basin , environmental resource management , environmental planning , selection (genetic algorithm) , hydrology (agriculture) , business , computer science , engineering , geology , geography , psychology , social psychology , computer network , philosophy , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , epistemology , artificial intelligence
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (PL 95–87) requires data collection prior to mining which will allow a determination to be made of the probable hydrologic consequences. Modeling strategies exist which allow for such determination, but selection of a specific model form will dictate the length of data record needed. The absence of a sound management strategy by the regulatory authority in‘Maryland does not result in valid data collection and suggests that the agency is concerned more with legal compliance than with integrated resource management.