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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"watershed protection"”.
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Watershed Protection as the Primary Tool to Achieve High Quality Drinking Water
… to Bogota, Columbia are discussed to show how watershed protection can reduce the associated costs and risks stemming from impaired water and usually eliminate the need for human engineered treatment. A cost-effectiveness analysis was performed by comparing three municipalities that have …
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Effectiveness of 2016 Watershed Protection Plan on Bacteria and Nutrient Concentration Loads in the Attoyac Bayou Watershed
… and nutrient sampling on the Attoyac Bayou Watershed discovered elevated concentrations of <em>E. coli</em> on five of the main channels key tributary streams. The Attoyac Bayou was then listed on the <em>Texas 303d</em> list of impaired waterbodies and further research was conducted to …
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A case for a "watershed protection approach" to water resources use and allocation : the Merrimack River watershed
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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Impact of reserving forest on local communities: a case of Pugu and Kazimzumbwi forest Reserves
… can include direct revenue from environmental protection, and the maintenance of ecosystem services such as watershed protection. Therefore this study concludes that establishment of Pugu and Kazimzumbwi forest reserves impact local communities surrounding the forests socially, economically and …
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Encouraging low-impact-development stormwater-management practices / Assabet River Watershed sub-basin case study
… worksheet (COW) developed by The Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) was used to evaluate Acton's regulations against the CWP's twenty-two model development principles. Acton's score was then compared to previously completed worksheets from eighteen other eastern seaboard communities. The …
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Multijurisdictional watershed management in Virginia: experiences and lessons learned
… emerged as an effective way to manage Virginia’s watersheds. These agreements generally result in the development of goals and objectives for the watershed environment, and the implementation of various strategies designed to achieve these goals. Successful agreements often result in stabilized or …
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Effects of P.L. 566 Stream Channelization on Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region
The Wild Rice Creek Watershed project, in North and South Dakota was constructed under authority of the Small Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (P.L. 83-566 as amended). Structural measures included 24.7 miles of channelization and four floodwater retarding dams. To measure the degree …
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Realizing global environmental objectives through local environmental initiatives : the incentives behind stakeholder participation in forest carbon sequestration projects
… benefits such as reduced erosion or watershed protection, or directly through income from the project or from timber sales, need to continuously equal or exceed the opportunity cost of land on which the forest is planted throughout the project life. The fundamental challenge of carbon …
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON WATER QUALITY IN THE ATTOYAC BAYOU WATERSHED OF EAST TEXAS
<p>In the Attoyac Bayou Watershed Protection Plan, best management practices (BMPs) were developed for livestock, wildlife, and on-site sewage facilities (OSSFs), using bacteria source tracking (BST), spatially explicit load enrichment calculation tool (SELECT) model, as well as a cost benefit …
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Data-driven analyses of watersheds as coupled human-nature systems
Both climate and human activities alter watershed characteristics. Because climate will continue to change and human population will continue to increase, we can expect that all watersheds will change during the foreseeable future. Interactions between climate change and human activity drive …
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Analysis of Water Quality Parameters in East Texas: A Temporal Study of Attoyac Bayou Watershed Between 2010 to 2024
<p>The Attoyac Bayou, one of the sub watersheds of Upper Neches River Watershed, failed to attain the water quality standards set by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for elevated <em>Escherichia coli</em> (<em>E. coli</em>)<em> </em>starting …
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Advancing the Accuracy of Watershed Analysis Across Diverse Hydrometeorological and Geologic Regimes via Classification and Analysis of GPM-IMERG Products
<p>The analysis and protection of watersheds, along with spring water resources, depend on the accurate identification of catchments. Building on previous research that correlated spring hydrographs with high-resolution, satellite-based Global Precipitation Measurement – Integrated Multi-satellitE …
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Restoring forest landscapes for nature conservation and human well-being: Advanced spatial decision support tools
… involves dealing with conflicts between the protection of nature and the use of natural resources. Bad management practices have led to significant forest degradation worldwide. It is estimated that globally about 13 million hectares of forest are lost every year, leading to a massive loss of …