Nutrient Control Actions for Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico (2009) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
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, through its Clean Water Act authorities and responsibilities, plays a key role in the monitoring and management of northern Gulf of Mexico water quality and hypoxia. To obtain advice on Mississippi River basin nutrient control strategies, the EPA requested that the National Research Council (NRC)
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It also finds that the EPA has failed to use its Clean Water Act authorities to provide adequate interstate coordination and oversight of state water quality activities. It recommends that the EPA develop water quality criteria for nutrients in the Mississippi River and the northern Gulf of Mexico; ensure that states establish water quality standards and TMDLs such that they protect water quality; and, develop a federal TMDL, or its functional equivalent, for the Mississippi River and the northern Gulf of Mexico.
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of the Clean Water Act, and the roles of nutrients and sediment in northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxia. These are mentioned here because although both topics are referred to in this committee's task statement and are important in Mississippi River and northern Gulf of Mexico water quality issues, neither topic is explored in great detail in this report.
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Phosphorus also is causing impairments in the upper river basin, such as in Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River. Comprehensive nutrient control actions for water quality improvements across the Mississippi River basin and into northern Gulf of Mexico therefore will include both nitrogen and phosphorus control measures.
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It is presented as fundamental background information on key water quality issues and problems as they relate to this committee's statement of task. Chapter 3 is entitled "Getting Started: A Nutrient Control Implementation Initiative." It presents recommendations for a program to help better monitor and control nutrient yields across the Mississippi River basin.
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