Investigating groundwater systems on regional and national scales /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Committee on U.S.G.S. Water Resources Research, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, National Research Council.
"Support for this project was provided by the U.S. Geological Survey under Contract No. 98HQAG2028"--Title page verso.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-132).
CONTENTS NOTE
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""Investigating Groundwater Systems on Regional and National Scales""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Groundwater and Society ""; ""A CRITICAL RESOURCE""; ""Drinking and Irrigation Water""; ""Streamflow and Ecosystems""; ""A THREATENED RESOURCE""; ""AN OVERDEVELOPED RESOURCE""; ""Regional Subsidence""; ""Salt-Water Intrusion""; ""Resource Depletion""; ""THE NECESSITY FOR CONJUNCTIVE MANAGEMENT""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""2 Approaches to Synthesis of Groundwater Issues at the Regional Scale ""; ""USGS GROUNDWATER PROGRAMS�PAST AND PRESENT""
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""3 Institutional Integration and Collaboration """"EXTERNAL COLLABORATION""; ""Rationale and Benefits""; ""Conditions for and Obstacles to Collaboration""; ""INTERNAL COLLABORATION""; ""Federal-State Cooperative Water Program""; ""National Water-Quality Assessment Program""; ""Toxic Substances Hydrology Program""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""4 Scientific Issues ""; ""AQUIFER MANAGEMENT""; ""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Aquifer Management""; ""NATURAL GROUNDWATER RECHARGE""; ""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Groundwater Recharge""
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""GROUNDWATER QUALITY AND MOVEMENT IN SURFICIAL MATERIALS""""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Surficial Material Hydrogeology""; ""GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS""; ""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions""; ""GROUNDWATER IN KARST AND FRACTURED AQUIFERS""; ""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Karst and Fractured-Rock Studies""; ""CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY""; ""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Characterization of Subsurface Heterogeneity""
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""NUMERICAL MODELING""""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Numerical Modeling""; ""FACILITATING USE OF GROUNDWATER INFORMATION IN DECISION-MAKING""; ""Quantifying and Reducing Uncertainty in Predictions""; ""Scaling Available Information to the Regional Level""; ""Developing Decision-Making and Risk Models for Groundwater Use""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""5 Delivery and Accessibility of Groundwater Data ""; ""USERS OF GROUNDWATER DATA""; ""CONTENT OF GROUNDWATER DATA""; ""FORMAT OF GROUNDWATER DATA""; ""Web-Based Data Sets on a National Scale""
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""The Changing Arena of Hydrogeology""""Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA) Program""; ""National Water-Quality Assessment Program""; ""Groundwater Monitoring Networks""; ""Other Current USGS Programs""; ""Ground-Water Resources Program""; ""NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND MANDATES""; ""An Emphasis on Sustainability""; ""Alternative Meanings of “Regional�""; ""PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR REGIONAL-SCALE GROUNDWATER STUDIES""; ""Regional Groundwater Assessment""; ""Regional Groundwater Science""; ""Example: Middle Rio Grande""; ""Regionalization""; ""CONCLUSIONS""
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Title
Investigating groundwater systems on regional and national scales.
International Standard Book Number
0309071828
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Groundwater-- United States.
Hydrogeology-- United States.
Water resources development.
Groundwater.
Hydrogeology.
NATURE-- Natural Resources.
NATURE-- Rocks & Minerals.
Water resources development.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
P200
NAT-- 030000
NAT-- 038000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
553
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790973
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
GB1015
Book number
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I58
2000eb
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Research.