The Water-Quality Monitoring Program for the Baltimore Reservoir System, 1981?2007?Description, Review and Evaluation, and Framework Integration for Enhanced Monitoring

Koterba, Michael T; Waldron, Marcus C; Kraus, Tamara E.C.

ISBN 10: 1499171560 / ISBN 13: 9781499171563

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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• Title: The Water-Quality Monitoring Program for the Baltimore Reservoir System, 1981?2007?Description, Review and Evaluation, and Framework Integration for Enhanced Monitoring
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1499171560
• ISBN 13: 9781499171563
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The City of Baltimore, Maryland, and parts of five sur- rounding counties obtain their water from Loch Raven and Liberty Reservoirs. A third reservoir, Prettyboy, is used to resupply Loch Raven Reservoir. Management of the water- shed conditions for each reservoir is a shared responsibility by agreement among City, County, and State jurisdictions. The most recent (2005) Baltimore Reservoir Watershed Management Agreement (RWMA) called for continued and improved water-quality monitoring in the reservoirs and selected watershed tributaries. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a retrospective review of the effective- ness of monitoring data obtained and analyzed by the RWMA jurisdictions from 1981 through 2007 to help identify possible improvements in the monitoring program to address RWMA water-quality concerns.