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The Watershed Conservation Screening Tool: A Resource for Large Water Users
Author(s) -
McDonald Robert I.
Publication year - 2016
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.2016.108.0107
Subject(s) - raw water , water quality , water conservation , watershed , environmental science , turbidity , resource (disambiguation) , total maximum daily load , water supply , water resource management , pollutant , water resources , environmental engineering , computer science , ecology , computer network , machine learning , biology
Many water utilities and other large water users struggle with degrading raw water quality over time, such as increases in turbidity, nutrient and algal load, or other pollutants. Raw water quality matters, of course, because it affects the costs of operations and maintenance of a water supply system, and in extreme cases, poor raw water quality can overwhelm the ability of a given water treatment plant to successfully treat water up to the needed standard. There are lots of strategies that water managers can use to maintain raw water quality, but one interesting and promising set of tools tries to use conservation actions in the source watershed to maintain water quality.