Author : National Research Council
Release : 2000-02-17
Genre : Nature
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Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2000-02-17. Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an analysis of the agreement's scientific validity. The resulting book finds New York City's watershed agreement to be a good template for proactive watershed management that, if properly implemented, will maintain high water quality. However, it cautions that the agreement is not a guarantee of permanent filtration avoidance because of changing regulations, uncertainties regarding pollution sources, advances in treatment technologies, and natural variations in watershed conditions. The book 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, understanding pathogen transport and fate, and demonstrating that best management practices will remove pathogens. Other recommendations, which are broadly applicable to surface water supplies across the country, target buffer zones, stormwater management, water quality monitoring, and effluent trading.