Browsing 2013 Georgia Water Resources Conference by Title
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10 Years of Water Conservation in the Metro Water District a Retrospective of the Water Supply Water Conservation Plan
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)In 2001, the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District (Metro Water District) was established by the Georgia Legislature to establish policy, provide guidance, and create plans to promote the intergovernmental ... -
Agricultural Damage Analysis for 100-Yr Flood Using HAZUS-MH
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)Due to Global Warming & Climate Change, in recent times, increased precipitation intensity and subsequent flooding is being experienced in most parts of United States. 100-yr flood events are common in recent years in ... -
Alternating Climate Drivers Affect Altamaha River, Georgia Streamflow
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)Variability in freshwater delivery (precipitation and streamflow) to the Altamaha River estuary (GA, USA) was examined in relation to indices for several climate signals: the Bermuda High Index (BHI), the Southern Oscillation ... -
Analysis of Georgia Conservation Lands: for Endangered & Threatened Fish and Mussel Species and Biota Listed Streams Using Geospatial Technology
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)In United States of America (US), as part of the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 101 (a), it is the obligation of each state to monitor and assess the chemical, physical, and biological conditions of streams within its ... -
Best Management Practice (BMP) planning using the BMP-DSS navigator modeling tool, Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, 2012
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)Tetra Tech was contracted by Athens-Clarke County (ACC) for assistance in developing a Watershed Management Program to proactively reduce non-point source pollution associated with urban runoff and improve the overall ... -
Biofilms Provide Critical Ecosystem Services in Urban Piedmont Streams via Retention of Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)There are many stressors associated with urban watersheds, specifically increased nutrient loading and altered hydrology, which affect the functions that streams provide. An important ecosystem service provided by all ... -
Capturing pore water seepage in salt marshes: field measurements and modeling results
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)Marshes play an important role in the exchange of nutrients between terrestrial and marine environments, and it has long been hypothesized that these dynamic ecosystems export excess organic material to the coastal ocean ... -
Cash crop land suitability analysis using environmental spatial information through automated geospatial model
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)Georgia's agricultural industry plays a huge role in the state's economy, contributing billions of dollars annually. The agricultural production may increase with proper site specific crop management (SSCM). One of the ... -
Changing Our Perspective to Increase Our Understanding of Basic Aquatic Ecosystem Function
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)Aquatic ecosystems are dynamic mixtures of physical, chemical, biological, geological, and meteorological elements. Understanding how that mixture produces the observed water quality at a given location is one of our ... -
Chattahoochee-Apalachicola Rivers Water Quality Sampling a Lagrangian Sampling Project
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)The field work portion of this project began September 22, 2012, with an expected completion date of November 10, 2012. The field work will involve traveling by canoe down the entire Chattahoochee-Apalachicola River system ... -
Coastal Plain Headwater Systems: Processes and Functions
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)Headwater streams and wetlands form the critical linkage between groundwater and stream flow. They are the “capillary system” of the stream drainage network, in that, the health and condition of the whole drainage system ... -
Comparison of Digital Filter Hydrograph Separation with Geochemical Separation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)Aquatic Stormflow is defined as flow resulting directly from a storm event, while baseflow is thought to be groundwater flow that continuously occurs, most predominantly during non-storm periods. While conceptually these ... -
Continued Toxicity in Trail Creek Sediments One Year after the Industrial Fire
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)In July 2010 Trail Creek, an urban stream located in Athens, GA was contaminated with runoff from firefighting efforts that contributed nearly 700.000 gallons of water mixed with janitorial chemicals from a burning formulation ... -
Declaring Drought for Effective Water Management
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)Water managers are tasked with resolving conflicts between freshwater resource uses, which range from municipal water supply, to recreation, and to sustaining aquatic ecosystem integrity. Further complicating management, ... -
Delineating the drivers of groundwater flow at a back barrier island – marsh transect in coastal Georgia
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)Groundwater plays an important role in coastal regions by delivering freshwater and nutrients to near shore and salt marsh environments. To quantify groundwater flow, salinity, temperature and pressure, sensors were installed ... -
Development of a Molecular Monitoring Tool for Imperiled Herpetofauna of the Southeastern U.S.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)Molecular techniques have recently been demonstrated to be effective and efficient methods for detecting presence of species across a range of aquatic systems. The general method includes the isolation of environmental ... -
Development of a revised regional hydrogeologic framework for the Floridan aquifer system using geophysical log marker horizons
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)During the process of updating the regional hydrogeologic framework of the Floridan aquifer system a series of subtle geophysical markers where found to be important in helping to define and correlate high and low permeable ... -
Development of an Integrated Watershed and Lake Model System to Evaluate Nutrient Loads in the Upper Coosa River Basin
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)In 2006, Tetra Tech was contracted by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GAEPD) to develop watershed and lake models to evaluate nutrient loadings for Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for chlorophyll a impairments ... -
Display of flood inundation maps for Georgia using interactive web sites
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)Interactive Web sites and digital maps of flood inundation for select areas in Georgia are available on sites hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Weather Service. The USGS Georgia Water Science ... -
Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict: The Case of Large Floods
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)We investigate the impact of large floods on civil conflict in a sample of 125 countries between 1985 and 2009, employing GDP growth as a potential transmission channel. We instrument for floods and control for potential ...