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Author(s) -
Leiman Jonathan
Publication year - 2015
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 - 10.5942/jawwa.2015.107.0147
Subject(s) - resource (disambiguation) , quality (philosophy) , business , water quality , value (mathematics) , environmental resource management , environmental science , environmental economics , computer science , ecology , economics , computer network , philosophy , epistemology , machine learning , biology
The State of Montana dedicates sizeable portions of its annual budget to collect, analyze, and store water quality data. This information resource is used by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to decide (1) whether water bodies support their beneficial uses, (2) if discharges are in compliance with permits, (3) whether water quality is improving or declining, and (4) what the causes and sources of impairment of water bodies are. At present this information is neither readily available nor easily accessible for many prospective end users. But this resource has tremendous potential and value for citizen‐based groups working to restore and maintain water quality.