Browsing 1993 Georgia Water Resources Conference by Type "Text"

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    • Adapting the E.P.A. Rapid Bioassessment Protocol for Use Attainability Study in the Cape Fear River 

      Sacco, Philip; Simpson, Thomas; Kreutzberger, William A. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      Water quality of the lower Cape Fear River below Lock and Dam No. 1 (about 60 km upstream of the City of Wilmington) has long been considered affected by a large number of industrial and municipal waste discharges. However, ...

    • Adsorption and Sedimentation of Phosphorus by Clay Soils in Lake Lanier 

      Mayhew, Edmond A.; Mayhew, Mary C. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      Total phosphorus (JP) has traditionally been the nutrient of choice for assessing the trophic status of lakes and has been used successfully throughout Canada and the upper United States. However, in Lake Lanier and in ...

    • Advance Identification of Wetlands in Georgia 

      Kalla, Peter I.; Fasselt, Veronica; Rigdon, T. Allen; Bowling, Stephen M. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)

    • Agricultural Irrigation Trends in Georgia 

      Tyson, Anthony W.; Harrison, Kerry A. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      According to the 1992 Georgia Irrigation Survey conducted by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service, Georgia currently has approximately 1.3 million acres of irrigated cropland. Annual irrigation water ...

    • The Alcovy River and Swamp Interpretive Center: An Application of Geographic Information Systems Technology in Site Analysis 

      Crow, Susan R. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      This study demonstrates the analytical and mapping capabilities of ARC/INFO Geographic Information System (GIS) software in site selection and graphic presentation of study results. Project goals were to protect a significant ...

    • Allatoona Dam and Lake: A Perspective on History and Water Supply Usage 

      Burkett, Edmund B. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      Allatoona Dam was one of the first multiple-purpose U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects completed in the Southeast. Construction occurred in the late 1940's and the project became operational in early 1950. The project ...

    • Applying Environmental Ethics to the Wetlands Delineation Process 

      Davis, Leisha DeHart (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      The nation's ongoing battle over defining wetlands has been portrayed as a tense political conflict between environmental protection advocates and economic development forces. A more accurate interpretation of the situation, ...

    • Approaches to Development of Water Quality Criteria and Standards for Lakes 

      Marshall, Howard (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      Eutrophication and toxics contamination are serious problems in many lakes in the United States. In a 1989 EPA publication entitled, "Report to Congress: Water Quality of the Nation's Lakes," 25 percent of the 12,413, 837 ...

    • Assessment of Possible Groundwater Contaminant Flow Paths in Two Upper Coastal Plain Hydrogeologic Settings 

      Bentley, Samuel J.; Fay, William M. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      The Upper Coastal Plain geologic province of Georgia and South Carolina has abundant groundwater in sand aquifers of Cretaceous- and Tertiary-age geologic formations. This groundwater, a primary source for agricultural, ...

    • Book Cover and Front Material 

      Hatcher, Kathryn J. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)

    • A Case Study of Watershed Protection in Douglas County, Georgia 

      Frost, Peter (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      Prompted by tremendous local development in the 1980's, the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority generated a comprehensive Watershed Management Plan designed to allow for controlled growth within the ...

    • The Characterization of a Layered Saprolite/Fractured Bedrock Aquifer 

      Radzieta, David (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)

    • Chemical Transport and Transformation in Large Soil Cores 

      Smith, M. C.; Vellidis, George; Thomas, Daniel L.; Leonard, R. L. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)

    • A Clean Lakes Phase I - Diagnostic/Feasibility Study of Lake Allatoona: A Preliminary Report 

      Dirnberger, Joseph M.; Rascati, Ralph; Msimanga, Huggins (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      Lake Allatoona is an 11,862 acre impoundment of the Etowah River in northwest Georgia, lying along the southern tail of the Blue Ridge Mountains, only 30 miles northwest of Atlanta. The impoundment has been designated for ...

    • Clean Water Act Reauthorization: The States' Perspective 

      Savage, Roberta Haley (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      Water, our most precious and vital natural resource, has long been the subject of national debate. Congressional interest in the protection of water dates back to the early 1940s. In those days, clean water legislation ...

    • Collaborative Decision Making and Conflict Resolution for the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa and Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basins 

      Smart, Louisa E. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      Management of water uses from interstate river basins involves a complexity of competing needs, differing priorities among upstream and downstream users, and different jurisdictional authorities. Resolution of water-related ...

    • Conservation Easements: A Tool for Protecting Georgia's Rivers 

      Fowler, Laurie (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      Georgians are already using a variety of tools - regulatory requirements, river basin planning, and governmental purchase of river corridor segments-- to protect the state's rivers. Conservation easements providing financial ...

    • COSSMO: A Combination of Crop Growth and Water Management Modeling System 

      Perry, Calvin D.; Thomas, Daniel L. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      Controlled-drainage/subirrigation (CDSI) is a management scheme by which the water table below the crop root zone is managed (by adding or removing water) to provide an optimum soil water environment. Since crop growth ...

    • Cost-Recovery Policies for Public Utilities 

      Thomson, Rebecca P. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      This paper describes (1) the importance of developing written cost-recovery policies for publicly held water and sewer utilities, (2) recommends steps for developing such policies, and (3) gives examples of policy issues ...

    • Cost-Sharing and Project Financing 

      Almodovar, Lillian; Meyer, John W. (Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Natural Resources, 1993-04)
      The Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (WRDA 86), Public Law 99-662, established new rules for the cost sharing of Federally authorized water resources projects. For the first time, sponsors are required to share in ...