Water-Quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin- Compilation of Related Literature

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Description
The U.S. Geological Survey began full-scale implementation of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program in 1991. The purposes of NAWQA arc to describe the status and trends in the quality of the Nation's water resources and aquatic ecosystems, and to determine factors affecting water quality at local, regional, and national scales. The Upper Mississippi River (UMIS) NAWQA study unit, which includes all of the surface drainage to the Mississippi River Basin upstream from Lake Pcpin, encompasses 47,000 mi2 . The study characterizes the geographic and seasonal distribution of water quality and aquatic biota in relation to anthropogenic activities and natural features. The initial phase of the UMIS study, during 1994-99. is focused on an area in Minnesota and Wisconsin that includes the seven-county Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) metropolitan area. This report is a compilation of selected sources of information that arc being used to aid in understanding water-quality issues and processes that form the basis of the sampling design for the study. This literature review includes sources of information about geology, surface- and ground-water hydrology, water quality, and aquatic biology and ecology.
Date Issued
1996
Number of Pages
149
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Publisher
U.S. Geological Survey
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Minnesota Water Research Digital Library
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Creative Commons