Title Watershed management for potable water supply : assessing the New York City strategy / Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Strategy, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 549 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Evolution of the New York City Watershed Memorandum of Agreement -- Key Issues in New York City and Other Water Supplies -- National Research Council Study -- The New York City Water Supply System -- Brief History of the New York City Water Supply -- Description of the New York City Water Supply System -- Catskill/Delaware Watershed -- Evolution of Key Environmental Laws, Regulations, and Policies -- Global Public Concerns About Drinking Water Safety -- Federal Environmental Regulations -- Local Environmental Regulations Affecting New York City -- Watershed Management for Source Water Protection -- Goal and Objective Setting -- Watershed Inventory and Contaminant Assessment -- Development of Protection Strategies -- Implementation -- Effectiveness Monitoring and Evaluation -- Stakeholder Involvement -- Sources of Pollution in the New York City Watershed -- Pollutants -- Point Sources of Pollution -- Nonpoint Sources of Pollution -- Weighing Point and Nonpoint Sources -- Current State of Health of the Watershed and Water Supply -- Tools for Monitoring and Evaluation -- Water Quality Monitoring Program -- Geographic Information Systems -- Disease Surveillance and Public Health Protection -- Microbial Risk Assessment -- Land Acquisition and Land Use Planning -- Land Acquisition -- Planning in the Watersheds -- Phosphorus Management Policies, Antidegradation, and Other Management Approaches -- Total Maximum Daily Load Program -- Phosphorus Offset Pilot Program -- Antidegradation -- Additional Treatment Options Summary Recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens and understanding pathogen transport and fate. This book also focuses on buffer zones, stormwater management, water quality monitoring, and effluent trading Analysis Watersheds Water-Supply Nature Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Water quality management -- New York (State) -- New York Watershed management -- New York (State) -- New York Drinking water -- New York (State) -- New York Water-supply -- New York (State) -- New York Phosphorus -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- New York Phosphorus. Water Supply -- organization & administration Water Pollution Phosphorus SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. Phosphorus Drinking water Phosphorus -- Environmental aspects Water quality management Water-supply Watershed management SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) Subject New York (State) -- New York Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Strategy. LC no. 00100784 ISBN 0585260699 9780585260693 9780309067775 0309067774

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