The 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments mandated control of point source and nonpoint source pollution of the nation's waters. Section 208 of the amendments authorized planning for nonpoint source pollution ...

In this paper the author recounts the history of the Georgia Water Resources Research Program, describes the method of operation and provides some examples of outstanding research programs. These programs have produced ...

Water quality has been a public concern for several decades. Public law 95-200 set the national goals of "fishable-swimmable" surface water by 1983. More recently, the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1986 and the Water Quality ...

During the 1970's Cobb County began a simple stream monitoring program to locate and correct overflowing manholes and to evaluate the performance of small treatment plants operated by the cities and industries located ...

Since 1980, the Atlanta metropolitan area has encountered several of the driest summers on record. These frequently recurring summer drought conditions have resulted in mandatory water use restrictions and have focused the ...

During the years 1986, 1987, and 1988, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) has taken part in five urban stream monitoring projects, together with five local governments: Cobb County, DeKalb County, and the cities of ...