A new analysis of 60 years worth
of water quality data, however, suggests that efforts to control the nutrients are leading to smaller and shorter - lived dead zones.
USGS operates more than 3,000 real - time stream gages and
collects water quality data at numerous long - term stations throughout the Mississippi River basin and the Chesapeake Bay to track how nutrient loads are changing over time.
Water Quality Data Sources Orange County Water Authority Biomonitoring Reports, 2004 - Present Hudson Basin River Watch Report for Streams in New Paltz, NY, 2006 Hudson Basin River Watch Watershed Report for the Wallkill River Watershed in NY, 2006 Hudson Basin River Watch Wallkill Watershed, Ulster County Report, 2006 NYS DEC Division of Water Wallkill River Biological Assessment, 2008 NYS DEC Division of Water Shawangunk Kill Biological Assessment, 2007
A town or the county could get permission to open a beach from the state Department of Health, which would
review water quality data.
Ralf Schäfer of the University of Koblenz - Landau in Landau, Germany, and colleagues
analysed water quality data from over 4000 monitoring sites and measured concentrations of 223 different organic chemicals.
Her team is looking for clues in
historical water quality data, and is also planning to test water samples for a range of chemicals, including heavy metals and fertiliser and pesticide components.
Shale Network for the past six years has fostered a dialogue about shale drilling between concerned citizens, watershed groups, government regulators and personnel from large energy companies by focusing on publicly
available water quality data.
A shared interest in gathering, discussing and
improving water quality data among diverse groups can lead to productive conversations that data alone can not address, the scientists reported in «Engaging over data on fracking and water quality,» published in the journal Science.
• Baseline
ground water quality data should be taken before drilling begins and be monitored over the lifetime and abandonment of the gas - producing well.
The buoy has been collecting
water quality data since 2011 — data now powering new research that captures with unprecedented clarity the lakewide hypoxia afflicting this Great Lakes estuary every summer and fall.
We collect and disseminate scientifically
sound water quality data to aid decision - makers and the public in protecting local waterways, and to foster wider community awareness and involvement in protecting water quality.
Researchers at University of Western Australia see a future
where water quality data is instantly available and inexpensive, thanks to a new type of environmental sensor they've developed.
Water Quality Data Sources Westchester County Citizens» Volunteer Monitoring Program, 2003 - 2010 NYS DEC Waterbody Inventory for Lower Hudson River Watershed, 2012
With the help of Emergen - C Blue, the Surfrider Foundation has developed a website to store and display
their water quality data.