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Watershed management for potable water supply : assessing the New York City strategy
Record details
- ISBN: 9780585260693
- ISBN: 0585260699
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 549 pages) : illustrations, maps
remote - Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2000.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Evolution of the New York City Watershed Memorandum of Agreement -- Key Issues in New York City and Other Water Supplies -- National Research Council Study -- The New York City Water Supply System -- Brief History of the New York City Water Supply -- Description of the New York City Water Supply System -- Catskill/Delaware Watershed -- Evolution of Key Environmental Laws, Regulations, and Policies -- Global Public Concerns About Drinking Water Safety -- Federal Environmental Regulations -- Local Environmental Regulations Affecting New York City -- Watershed Management for Source Water Protection -- Goal and Objective Setting -- Watershed Inventory and Contaminant Assessment -- Development of Protection Strategies -- Implementation -- Effectiveness Monitoring and Evaluation -- Stakeholder Involvement -- Sources of Pollution in the New York City Watershed -- Pollutants -- Point Sources of Pollution -- Nonpoint Sources of Pollution -- Weighing Point and Nonpoint Sources -- Current State of Health of the Watershed and Water Supply -- Tools for Monitoring and Evaluation -- Water Quality Monitoring Program -- Geographic Information Systems -- Disease Surveillance and Public Health Protection -- Microbial Risk Assessment -- Land Acquisition and Land Use Planning -- Land Acquisition -- Planning in the Watersheds -- Phosphorus Management Policies, Antidegradation, and Other Management Approaches -- Total Maximum Daily Load Program -- Phosphorus Offset Pilot Program -- Antidegradation -- Additional Treatment Options. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified NLC staff and students only. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. |
| System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
| Action Note: | digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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