Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply: Assessing the New York City Strategy - Couverture souple

National Research Council; Commission On Geosciences, Environment, And Resources; Water Science And Technology Board; Committee To Review The New York City Watershed Management Strategy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0309067774 ISBN 13 : 9780309067775

Editeur : National Academies Press, 2000

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Strategy, National Research Council

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Academies Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0309067774
• ISBN 13: 9780309067775
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 569
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible