Watershed health monitoring : emerging technologies

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Boca Raton : Lewis, 2002

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227 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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9781566769679

Subject Term:

Watershed management

Environmental monitoring

Added Author:

Jones, Chris, 1969 Dec. 22-

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Watershed Health Monitoring: Emerging Technologies is a concise reference that defines the concept of watershed health and explains that monitoring the health of watersheds is a critical precursor to adaptive resource management on a watershed basis. The focus of the text is a clear description of an innovative "Closed Loop" model that specifies four key aspects of successful monitoring programs: political linkages and support, sound scientific assessment techniques, a community education and awareness component; and a sustainable cost-recovery framework achieved through partnership.

Divided into two sections, the book begins with an introduction that defines watershed health, explains how monitoring fits into watershed planning and management, describes frequent shortfalls of monitoring programs around the world (with an emphasis on North America) and proposes a "Closed Loop" approach that will help ensure successful programs. Subsequent chapters detail each component of the "Closed Loop" model with special emphasis on scientific assessment. The second part features a set of six case studies that describe successful real-world applications of the "Closed Loop" approach to watershed monitoring.

Written in an easily understood manner with the practitioner in mind, Watershed Health Monitoring balances the need for a detailed yet concise treatment of the topic of watershed health monitoring. It is the first book to recognize the multidisciplinary nature of successful monitoring programs-programs that go far beyond science.

Author Notes

Jones, Chris; Palmer, R. Mark; Motkaluk, Susan; Walters, Michael

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Problem statement	p. 3
1.2 Background	p. 5
1.3 Objective and format	p. 6
1.4 Definition of watershed health	p. 6
1.5 The foundation of watershed management: A lead group and a plan	p. 7
1.5.1 The watershed plan	p. 8
1.5.2 The watershed management model	p. 10
1.6 The Closed-Loop Watershed Health Monitoring Model	p. 11
Chapter 2 Political linkages and support
2.1 Rationale	p. 15
2.2 Creating political linkages	p. 18
2.3 Avoiding pitfalls	p. 20
Chapter 3 Scientific assessments
3.1 Rationale	p. 27
3.2 Surveillance and performance evaluation	p. 28
3.3 The three-tiered surface water assessment model	p. 28
3.3.1 Model assumptions	p. 30
3.3.2 Tier 1: Biological assessment approaches	p. 33
3.3.2.1 Univariate approaches	p. 35
3.3.2.2 Multivariate statistics and the reference condition approach	p. 38
3.3.3 Tier 2: Water chemistry and habitat assessment	p. 39
3.3.3.1 Water chemistry approaches	p. 40
3.3.3.2 Habitat surveys	p. 41
3.3.4 Tier 3: Toxic contaminant sampling	p. 44
3.3.4.1 Common toxic contaminants in surface waters	p. 44
3.3.4.2 Contaminant sampling issues and techniques	p. 45
3.3.4.3 Multiple regression, a correlative and predictive tool	p. 50
3.4 Data quality assurance and control	p. 52
3.5 GIS and modeling tools	p. 55
Chapter 4 Community education and awareness
4.1 Rationale	p. 61
4.2 Techniques for educating the watershed community	p. 62
4.2.1 Community-based monitoring	p. 62
4.2.2 Seminars and workshops	p. 62
4.2.3 Field trips	p. 63
4.2.4 Media coverage, marketing, and promotion	p. 64
4.2.5 School curriculum	p. 65
4.2.6 Utilization of community organizations and service groups	p. 65
4.2.7 Computers and the Internet	p. 66
4.3 Avoiding pitfalls	p. 66
Chapter 5 Cost recovery through partnership
5.1 Rationale	p. 71
5.2 A cost recovery and partnering model	p. 71
5.3 Guiding principles	p. 74
Case Study 1 The Laurel Creek Watershed Monitoring Program
CS1.1 Background	p. 82
CS1.2 Mission statement	p. 82
CS1.3 Program objectives	p. 83
CS1.4 Program development	p. 85
CS1.4.1 Initial stages	p. 85
CS1.4.2 Task team development and partnerships	p. 85
CS1.5 Pilot study	p. 86
CS1.5.1 Purpose	p. 86
CS1.5.2 Data collection	p. 86
CS1.5.3 Statistical analysis	p. 86
CS1.5.4 Results	p. 86
CS1.6 The program	p. 86
CS1.6.1 System monitoring (watershed-wide area)	p. 87
CS1.6.2 Development monitoring (development-specific area)	p. 87
CS1.6.2.1 Stage I monitoring (preconstruction)	p. 88
CS1.6.2.2 Stage II monitoring (during construction)	p. 89
CS1.6.2.3 Stage III monitoring (postconstruction)	p. 89
CS1.6.2.4 Postdevelopment monitoring (watershed-wide area)	p. 90
CS1.7 Estimated annual program budget	p. 90
CS1.8 Recent program development	p. 91
CS1.9 Summary and conclusions	p. 91
CS1.10 Supporting watershed documents	p. 92
CS1.10.1 The Laurel Creek Watershed Study	p. 92
CS1.10.2 Regional policy	p. 92
CS1.10.3 Municipal policy	p. 93
CS1.10.4 District plan	p. 94
CS1.11 Winning the 1998 Dubai International Award for Best Practices	p. 94
CS1.12 Long-term goals	p. 95
Case Study 2 Developing an environmental monitoring program for the Uxbridge Brook Watershed
CS2.1 Uxbridge Brook Watershed Plan	p. 99
CS2.2 Monitoring activities used to develop the Uxbridge Brook Watershed Plan	p. 103
CS2.3 Monitoring implementation of the Uxbridge Brook Watershed Plan	p. 110
CS2.3.1 Surveillance monitoring activities	p. 112
CS2.3.2 Performance monitoring	p. 113
CS2.3.3 Cost recovery, data management, and communication	p. 114
Case Study 3 Integrated Stormwater and Watershed Management System--An emerging tool for watershed health planning and monitoring
CS3.1 Introduction	p. 119
CS3.2 Developing subwatershed plans and monitoring programs using the Integrated Stormwater and Watershed Management System	p. 123
CS3.2.1 Objectives and case study locations	p. 123
CS3.2.2 Overview of ISWMS software	p. 125
CS3.2.3 Applying ISWMS in the Blue Mountain and Beaver Valley region, Ontario	p. 130
CS3.2.3.1 Watershed management and flood forecasting	p. 131
CS3.2.3.2 Groundwater management and water balance monitoring	p. 132
CS3.3 Conclusions	p. 134
CS3.4 Case study project participants	p. 135
Case Study 4 Advanced remote sensing technologies for watershed health monitoring
CS4.1 Introduction	p. 139
CS4.2 Recent advances in remote sensing	p. 141
CS4.3 Use of radar satellite data for watershed health monitoring	p. 141
CS4.3.1 Overview	p. 141
CS4.3.2 Location of pilot project watershed	p. 143
CS4.3.3 Methodology	p. 145
CS4.3.4 Conclusions	p. 145
CS4.4 Use of LIDAR data for watershed health monitoring	p. 147
CS4.4.1 Overview	p. 147
CS4.4.2 The Foster Creek LIDAR Pilot Project	p. 149
CS4.4.2.1 Methodology	p. 151
CS4.4.2.2 Conclusions	p. 151
CS4.5 Case study project partners	p. 153
Case Study 5 The Lake Simcoe environmental management strategy
CS5.1 Background	p. 157
CS5.2 Political support	p. 158
CS5.3 Scientific assessment	p. 162
CS5.3.1 Open-lake monitoring	p. 163
CS5.3.2 Tributary monitoring	p. 164
CS5.3.3 Lake Simcoe Fisheries Assessment Unit	p. 166
CS5.4 Defining the problem	p. 166
CS5.4.1 Developing a phosphorus-loading objective	p. 167
CS5.5 Producing a management strategy	p. 169
CS5.5.1 Examples of adaptive management in the LSEMS Implementation Program	p. 171
CS5.5.2 Assessing the effectiveness of remedial efforts	p. 173
CS5.6 Community education and awareness	p. 174
CS5.7 Cost recovery and partnerships	p. 176
CS5.8 Conclusion	p. 178
Case Study 6 Applying the Closed-Loop Model to improve water quality in the Yuqiao Reservoir, Tianjin, China
CS6.1 Summary	p. 181
CS6.2 Introduction	p. 181
CS6.3 The public-participatory process: A means to building consensus	p. 182
CS6.3.1 Identifying the problem	p. 183
CS6.3.2 Developing the project goal and objective	p. 183
CS6.3.3 Defining the study area and pilot projects	p. 183
CS6.3.4 Identifying objectives for involving the public	p. 184
CS6.3.5 Obstacles and benefits of using a public-participatory approach to control pollution	p. 184
CS6.3.6 Identifying the stakeholders	p. 185
CS6.3.7 Outlining methods of public participation	p. 186
CS6.3.8 Producing a public-participation action plan	p. 186
CS6.4 Achieving success: Putting the plans into action	p. 187
CS6.5 Lessons learned and the continued application of the public-participation process in China	p. 189
Glossary	p. 193
References	p. 203
Index	p. 215

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