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Summary of a Workshop on Water Issues in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACF-ACT) River Basins (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 8-12

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From page 8...
... The Corps of Engineers, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the states all could benefit by better understanding these phenomena, as it could provide a better footing for ACF-ACT operations decisions, such as setting water release schedules from Buford Dam. Given the importance of this topic to so many stakeholders, it would seem valuable to strengthen the scientific connection between flow levels and ecosystem responses in the lower rivers.
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From page 9...
... As this region continues to grow, and as the uses of and preferences for water change, more information on the values of water, prices paid by different users, population growth patterns, and so on could be useful to users and decision makers. These analyses could explicitly incorporate consideration of economic and social values of ecosystem services.
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From page 10...
... 11) Alternative processes for gathering stakeholder input Although the Corps of Engineers used a "Shared Vision Model" as a collaborative approach in a comprehensive study conducted in the 1990s, several meeting participants stated that it was important to encourage broader participation for future ACF-ACT decisions.
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From page 11...
... A systems-level evaluation of the region's water supplies and demands; broad water management options; and environmental, ecological, and socio-economic impacts of alternative regulation strategies and could encompass several of the topics and issues raised by workshop participants. For example, a basinwide assessment could consider: • hydrologic and storage characteristics, including groundwater aquifer storage and groundwater-surface water interactions; • implications of drought and climate variability for storage and demand; • changes in population and water demand patterns; • better information on water requirements and withdrawals of all users -- municipal and industrial, ecosystem goods and services, irrigation, hydropower generation, commercial navigation, and recreation being the primary ones; • environmental implications to Apalachicola Bay of different flow regimes; • alternative approaches to augmenting water supply (e.g., water reuse)
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From page 12...
... 12 Summary of a Workshop on Water Issues in the ACT-ACT River Basins PREPUBLICA TION
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Key Terms

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  • water managers
  • water supplies

  • population growth
  • management decisions
  • transboundary water
  • water availability
  • comprehensive study

  • apalachicola bay
  • broad water
  • water issues
  • water conservation
  • shared water

  • setting water
  • water table
  • water change
  • aid water
  • water release

  • water withdrawals
  • water reuse
  • water interactions
  • water users
  • water cooperation

  • stress existing
  • coastal protection
  • quantitative information
  • study conducted
  • steady increases


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