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3 Implementation, Coordination, and National Synthesis
3 Implementation, Coordination, and National Synthesis
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Except for NAWQA, the current USGS national monitoring and assessment activities are the National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) , the Hydrologic Benchmark Program, and the National Trends Network.
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Its budget is $0.3 million per year. Summaries of these national water quality assessment programs are presented below.
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National Water-Quality Inventory In accordance with Section 305(b) of the Clean Water Act of 1972 and its 1986 amendments, the EPA must submit a water quality assessment report to Congress every two years.
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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is developing concepts for an Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
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of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began in 1967 as the National Pesticide Monitoring Program, a cooperative effort with the USGS, Food and Drug Administration, and Federal Water Pollution Control Administration.
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ANCILLARY DATA BASES FOR NATIONAL WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS Hirsch et al., 1988, summarize ancillary data bases that could be used by the NAWQA program (see Table 3.2~. These data bases contain information on source characteristics and related demographic data in addition to other water quality data.
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industnal and municipal waste treatment facilities and from mnoff from major land types, including urban, cropland, pastureland, rangeland, and forest land. Resources for the Future, Inventory of 184 pesticides used in Gianessi and Pesticide Usage Inventory the United States, identified by Purer, 1986.
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En~riron Industnal Facility facilities having EPA permits; mental Pro Discharge File identified by permit number in section Agency, the National Pollution Discharge commun., 1988. Elimination (NPDES)
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A like amount of money is estimated to be spent by nonfederal agencies for a total estimated annual expenditure of about $1 billion per year. The National Water Quality Assessment program is estimated to have an annual budget of approximately $60 million, or 6 percent of the total annual expenditure for monitoring activities.
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44.4 National Water Quality Asses. Program National Stream Quality Accounting Net.
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Known large monitoring activities to support hazardous waste Mediation activities. No direct estimate available.
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The work group is chaired by the chief hydrologist and currently consists of nine federal members, seven nonfederal members, and representatives from each of the pilot project liaison committees. Organizations represented include the American Water Resources Association, the Association of American State Geologists, the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, the Chemical Manufacturers Association, the Interstate Conference on Water Policy, the National Association of Conservation Districts, the U.S.
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However, in spite of the fact that interagency cooperative agreements have existed at least since 1967, no master plan has been available to ensure that existing and proposed monitoring activities will provide the basis for a comprehensive national water quality assessment program, even with NAWQA and EMAP. Such a plan is essential in order to evaluate whether federal funds are being wisely allocated among the suites of problems, e.g., bacteriological contamination, pesticides, and nutrients; receiving environments, e.g., rivers, lakes and impoundments, ground water, and wetlands; constituents (physical, chemical, and/or biological)
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2. Prepare an action plan of how overall agency programs will perform national water quality assessments by: a.
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It is the committee's understanding that two approaches will then be used within the USGS to synthesize these data into information that is useful at the regional and/or national scale. The first approach to national synthesis will be "issue-based" teams to focus on critical regional and national water quality issues.
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Selection of topics will also be based on results of other water quality assessment programs and on the advice of the National Coordinating Work Group and other technical advisory committees. The second approach to national synthesis will use a "national synthesis" team of five individuals to compile information and key findings from the study units, the issue-based teams, and other USGS programs to prepare a general overview of national water quality conditions and trends.
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As with all of NAWQA, the USGS must not rely solely on its own data and expertise in achieving national synthesis. It is imperative that the issue-based and national synthesis teams make a significant effort to identify relevant data and information from all available sources in preparing reports on regional and national issues.
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