Nutrient Control Actions For Improving Water Quality In The Mississippi River Basin And Northern Gulf Of Mexico

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act: Scientific, Modeling, and Technical Aspects of Nutrient Pollutant Load Allocation and Implementation
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780309141789

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Nutrient Control Actions for Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act: Scientific, Modeling, and Technical Aspects of Nutrient Pollutant Load Allocation and Implementation Pdf

A large area of coastal waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico experiences seasonal conditions of low levels of dissolved oxygen, a condition known as hypoxia. Excess discharge of nutrients into the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers causes nutrient overenrichment in the gulf's coastal waters and stimulates the growth of large algae blooms. When these algae die, the process of decomposition depletes dissolved oxygen from the water column and creates hypoxic conditions. In considering how to implement provisions of the Clean Water Act to strengthen nutrient reduction objectives across the Mississippi River basin, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested advice from the National Research Council. This book represents the results of the committee's investigations and deliberations, and recommends that the EPA and U.S. Department of Agriculture should jointly establish a Nutrient Control Implementation Initiative to learn more about the effectiveness of actions meant to improve water quality throughout the Mississippi River basin and into the northern Gulf of Mexico. Other recommendations include how to move forward on the larger process of allocating nutrient loading caps-which entails delegating responsibilities for reducing nutrient pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphorus-across the basin.

Author : Committee on Clean Water Act Implementation Across the Mississippi River Basin,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309162722

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Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico by Committee on Clean Water Act Implementation Across the Mississippi River Basin,National Research Council Pdf

Most water resources managers, scientists, and other experts would agree that nonpoint source pollution is a more pressing and challenging national water quality problem today than point source pollution. Nonpoint sources of pollutants include parking lots, farm fields, forests, or any source not from a discrete conveyance such as a pipe or canal. Of particular concern across the Mississippi River basin (MRB) are high levels of nutrient loadings--nitrogen and phosphorus--from both nonpoint and point sources that ultimately are discharged into the northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM). Nutrients emanate from both point and nonpoint sources across the river basin, but the large majority of nutrient yields across the MRB are nonpoint in nature and are associated with agricultural activities, especially applications of nitrogen-based fertilizers and runoff from concentrated animal feeding operations. Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico offers strategic advice and priorities for addressing MRB and NGOM water quality management and improvements. Although there is considerable uncertainty as to whether national water quality goals can be fully realized without some fundamental changes to the CWA, there is general agreement that significant progress can be made under existing statutory authority and budgetary processes. This book includes four sections identifying priority areas and offering recommendations to EPA and others regarding priority actions for Clean Water Act implementation across the Mississippi River basin. These sections are: USDA's Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative; Numeric Water Quality Criteria for the northern Gulf of Mexico; A Basinwide Strategy for Nutrient Management and Water Quality; and, Stronger Leadership and Collaboration.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Mississippi River Water Quality Science and Interstate Collaboration
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780309304870

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Mississippi River Water Quality and Interstate Collaboration by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Mississippi River Water Quality Science and Interstate Collaboration Pdf

Summary of a Workshop on Mississippi River Water Quality Science and Interstate Collaboration summarizes presentations and discussions of Mississippi River and basin water quality management, monitoring, and evaluation programs that took place at a workshop that was held in St. Louis on November 18-19, 2013. The workshop examined a wide array of challenges and progress in water quality monitoring and evaluation in states along the Mississippi River corridor, and provided a forum for experts from U.S. federal agencies, the Mississippi River states, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to share and compare monitoring and evaluation experiences from their respective organizations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 4604 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080878850

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Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science by Anonim Pdf

The study of estuaries and coasts has seen enormous growth in recent years, since changes in these areas have a large effect on the food chain, as well as on the physics and chemistry of the ocean. As the coasts and river banks around the world become more densely populated, the pressure on these ecosystems intensifies, putting a new focus on environmental, socio-economic and policy issues. Written by a team of international expert scientists, under the guidance of Chief Editors Eric Wolanski and Donald McClusky, the Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, Ten Volume Set examines topics in depth, and aims to provide a comprehensive scientific resource for all professionals and students in the area of estuarine and coastal science Most up-to-date reference for system-based coastal and estuarine science and management, from the inland watershed to the ocean shelf Chief editors have assembled a world-class team of volume editors and contributing authors Approach focuses on the physical, biological, chemistry, ecosystem, human, ecological and economics processes, to show how to best use multidisciplinary science to ensure earth's sustainability Provides a comprehensive scientific resource for all professionals and students in the area of estuarine and coastal science Features up-to-date chapters covering a full range of topics

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015090406680

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Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12
Category : Delegated legislation
ISBN : UCR:31210024840462

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Federal Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015060961748

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U.S. Geological Survey Circular by Anonim Pdf

Author : Leslie A. Duram
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780313359644

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Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food by Leslie A. Duram Pdf

A comprehensive compilation of entries illuminates the key trends, activities, and themes in organic, sustainable, and local food, covering consumers, organizations, farming, policies, and much more. The Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food pulls together a fascinating array of diverse, interdisciplinary topics to provide a thorough overview of our current alternative food system. With increasing attention focused on organic and local food, many people are attracted to these sustainable food choices. Yet despite its popularity, there are misconceptions and a general lack of understanding about organic and local food. This encyclopedia illuminates social concerns, economic trends, policy influences, and ecological terms to provide a comprehensive overview. Contributions from expert authors from government agencies, research universities, and private organizations provide key information on each of these relevant topics. Eating is a basic human activity, yet many people do not know where their food comes from. This book helps readers fill the gap between the trendy and the factual.

Author : Hugh S. Gorman
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780813554396

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The Story of N by Hugh S. Gorman Pdf

In The Story of N, Hugh S. Gorman analyzes the notion of sustainability from a fresh perspective—the integration of human activities with the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen—and provides a supportive alternative to studying sustainability through the lens of climate change and the cycling of carbon. It is the first book to examine the social processes by which industrial societies learned to bypass a fundamental ecological limit and, later, began addressing the resulting concerns by establishing limits of their own The book is organized into three parts. Part I, “The Knowledge of Nature,” explores the emergence of the nitrogen cycle before humans arrived on the scene and the changes that occurred as stationary agricultural societies took root. Part II, “Learning to Bypass an Ecological Limit,” examines the role of science and market capitalism in accelerating the pace of innovation, eventually allowing humans to bypass the activity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Part III, “Learning to Establish Human-Defined Limits,” covers the twentieth-century response to the nitrogen-related concerns that emerged as more nitrogenous compounds flowed into the environment. A concluding chapter, “The Challenge of Sustainability,” places the entire story in the context of constructing an ecological economy in which innovations that contribute to sustainable practices are rewarded.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1448 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015090414098

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Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2011, Part 3, 111-2 Hearings by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780309114097

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Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act Pdf

The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation's best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river including drinking water, recreational and commercial activities, and support for the river's ecosystems and the environmental goods and services they provide. The Clean Water Act, passed by Congress in 1972, is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States, employing regulatory and nonregulatory measures designed to reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways. The Clean Water Act has reduced much pollution in the Mississippi River from "point sources" such as industries and water treatment plants, but problems stemming from urban runoff, agriculture, and other "non-point sources" have proven more difficult to address. This book concludes that too little coordination among the 10 states along the river has left the Mississippi River an "orphan" from a water quality monitoring and assessment perspective. Stronger leadership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is needed to address these problems. Specifically, the EPA should establish a water quality data-sharing system for the length of the river, and work with the states to establish and achieve water quality standards. The Mississippi River corridor states also should be more proactive and cooperative in their water quality programs. For this effort, the EPA and the Mississippi River states should draw upon the lengthy experience of federal-interstate cooperation in managing water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.

Author : Alberto A. Pinto,David Zilberman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-25
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783319740867

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Modeling, Dynamics, Optimization and Bioeconomics III by Alberto A. Pinto,David Zilberman Pdf

The research and review papers presented in this volume provide an overview of the main issues, findings, and open questions in cutting-edge research on the fields of modeling, optimization and dynamics and their applications to biology, economics, energy, finance, industry, physics and psychology. Given the scientific relevance of the innovative applications and emerging issues they address, the contributions to this volume, written by some of the world’s leading experts in mathematics, economics and other applied sciences, will be seminal to future research developments and will spark future works and collaborations. The majority of the papers presented in this volume were written by participants of the 4th International Conference on Dynamics, Games and Science: Decision Models in a Complex Economy (DGS IV), held at the National Distance Education University (UNED) in Madrid, Spain in June 2016 and of the 8th Berkeley Bioeconomy Conference: The Future of Biofuels, held at the UC Berkeley Alumni House in April 2015.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nonpoint source pollution
ISBN : UCR:31210020506554

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Nonpoint Source News-notes by Anonim Pdf

Author : Virginia H. Dale,Catherine L. Kling,Judith L. Meyer,James Sanders,Holly Stallworth,Thomas Armitage,David Wangsness,Thomas Bianchi,Alan Blumberg,Walter Boynton,Daniel J. Conley,William Crumpton,Mark David,Denis Gilbert,Robert W. Howarth,Richard Lowrance,Kyle Mankin,James Opaluch,Hans Paerl,Kenneth Reckhow,Andrew N. Sharpley,Thomas W. Simpson,Clifford S. Snyder,Donelson Wright
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387896861

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Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico by Virginia H. Dale,Catherine L. Kling,Judith L. Meyer,James Sanders,Holly Stallworth,Thomas Armitage,David Wangsness,Thomas Bianchi,Alan Blumberg,Walter Boynton,Daniel J. Conley,William Crumpton,Mark David,Denis Gilbert,Robert W. Howarth,Richard Lowrance,Kyle Mankin,James Opaluch,Hans Paerl,Kenneth Reckhow,Andrew N. Sharpley,Thomas W. Simpson,Clifford S. Snyder,Donelson Wright Pdf

Since 1985, scientists have been documenting a hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico each year. The hypoxic zone, an area of low dissolved oxygen that cannot s- port marine life, generally manifests itself in the spring. Since marine species either die or ee the hypoxic zone, the spread of hypoxia reduces the available habitat for marine species, which are important for the ecosystem as well as commercial and recreational shing in the Gulf. Since 2001, the hypoxic zone has averaged 2 1 16,500 km during its peak summer months , an area slightly larger than the state 2 2 of Connecticut, and ranged from a low of 8,500 km to a high of 22,000 km . To address the hypoxia problem, the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force (or Task Force) was formed to bring together represen- tives from federal agencies, states, and tribes to consider options for responding to hypoxia. The Task Force asked the White House Of ce of Science and Technology Policy to conduct a scienti c assessment of the causes and consequences of Gulf hypoxia through its Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (CENR).

Author : National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309140430

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The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System by National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects Pdf

Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans and surrounding areas in August 2005, ranks as one of the nation's most devastating natural disasters. Shortly after the storm, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established a task force to assess the performance of the levees, floodwalls, and other structures comprising the area's hurricane protection system during Hurricane Katrina. This book provides an independent review of the task force's final draft report and identifies key lessons from the Katrina experience and their implications for future hurricane preparedness and planning in the region.