Browsing 1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference by Title
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Modeling Point Source Discharges in Tidal Waters
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)Discharges into highly unsteady flows, such as tidal waters, create special problems for assessing their environmental impact and compliance with mixing zone regulations. Exposures to toxic materials at the edges of ... -
Modeling The Financial Health Of Public Water Systems
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)The purpose of this paper is to present a theory and a model for assessing the financial health of public water systems. Using financial information from 25 water utilities in Georgia, the paper seeks to identify the ... -
National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Effect Of Restricted Phosphate Detergent Use And Mandated Upgrades At Two Wastewater-Treatment Facilities On Water Quality, Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, 1988-93
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)Historic effluent discharge and water-quality data analyses from six wastewater-treatment facilities (WWTF) in Metropolitan Atlanta indicated that the phosphorus load discharged to the Chattahoochee River decreased by ... -
National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Environmental Distribution of Organochlorine Compounds in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin, which drains about 20,000 square miles of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, is one of 20 large hydrologic systems included in the first phase (1991-1996) of the U.S. Geological ... -
National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Pesticide Occurrence And Temporal Distribution In Streams Draining Urban And Agricultural Basins In Georgia And Florida, 1993-94
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)Six streams located in Georgia and Florida were sampled intensively from March 1993 through April 1994 to assess the occurrence and temporal distribution of pesticides in streams representative of small urban and ... -
National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Water Quality Conditions and Mass Transport in the Flint River, Southwestern Georgia, Related to the Flood of July 1994, Caused by Tropical Storm Alberto
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)Nineteen water samples were collected from July 6-26 in the Flint River at Newton, Ga., to assess water quality and mass transport related to flooding caused by tropical storm Alberto. Water-quality and stream-discharge ... -
National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Water Quality In Surficial Aquifers In Two Agricultural Areas In Georgia, Alabama, And Florida
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)As part of the U.S. Geological Survey National WaterQuality Assessment Program, water samples were collected from 61 shallow monitoring wells located adjacent to farm fields in parts of southwestern Georgia, southeastern ... -
Nitrate Contamination of Domestic Wells in Georgia
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)Beginning in 1989 the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service began compiling a data base to determine the extent and distribution of nitrate contamination of domestic wells in Georgia. From 1989 through 1993 ... -
Nitrate-Nitrogen Levels in Well Water from the Little River/Rooty Creek Watershed in East Central Georgia
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)The 99,912 ha Little River/Rooty Creek watershed lies in the heart of Georgia's dairy industry. Surface and ground water contamination from agricultural activities is of great concern in the watershed. This study shows ... -
Nitrogen Release from Land-applied Animal Manures
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)Animal manures are a valuable source of nitrogen (N) for crops. However, not all N in manure is available to plants. In general, manure N in inorganic form is immediately available to plants, although some inorganic N ... -
Overview of Recent Initiatives for Better Savannah River Basin Management
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)A comprehensive water resources study is needed to develop an updated plan addressing current and future needs in the basin, examine reallocation of storage, and to develop a better management structure to deal with basin ... -
Overview of the EPA Savannah River Watershed Project
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)At the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the emphasis of environmental protection program is shifting towards an integrated, holistic management approach in order to cohesively address the many diverse ... -
Panel Discussion: Amending Georgia's Environmental Planning Standards
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Panel Discussion: Streambank Stabilization
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Partners for Environmental Progress
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Partners in Education: The Water Sourcebook for Grades 3-5
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)This presentation describes a public/private partnership to provide educational material on water to school systems in Georgia. The long term goal of this project is to establish a water ethic: "Use what you need, and ... -
Potential for Reduced Infiltration and Recharge on a Local Scale Following Cover Type Conversions in the Southeastern Coastal Plain
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)Conversion of mixed hardwoods to stands of pine has been shown to reduce water yield as stream flow in watersheds of Piedmont and mountainous physiographic provinces. Decreases in yield have been attributed to documented ... -
Preservation of Wetlands as a Preferred Option for Impact Mitigation
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)Current Section 404 regulatory policy focuses on wetland restoration and creation as the primary means of compensating for unavoidable wetland impacts. However, most wetland restoration and creation projects are ... -
Projected Seasonal Water Consumption And Water Restrictions For Row Crop Irrigation In The A.C.F. Basin
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)Water consumption in the Flint River Basin depends upon seasonal irrigation of the major row crops — corn, peanut, cotton, and soybean. Knowledge of each crop's water use pattern, water retention by major soil types, ... -
Protecting the Big Haynes Creek Watershed: A Strategy for Land Management and Nonpoint Pollution Control
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyCarl Vinson Institute of Government, 1995-04)Population growth has led metropolitan Atlanta and surrounding counties to evaluate and pursue new water supply sources. Rockdale County plans to construct a dam on Big Haynes Creek to create a reservoir and build ...