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Appendix B: Letter Report Assessing the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program's Science Plan
Appendix B: Letter Report Assessing the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program's Science Plan
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Appendix B Letter Report Assessing the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program's Science Plan 153
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Program Water Science and Technology Board Division on Earth and Life Studies THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C. www.nap.edu Copyright © National Academy of Sciences.
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Geological Survey under Grant Number 07HQAG0124. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s)
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Letter Report Assessing the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program's Science Plan 156 APPENDIX B The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters.
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The Science Plan is the high level planning F F document that will guide the NAWQA program through the next 10 years of water quality monitoring. Your letter dated December 14th, 2010 asked the committee to provide additional advice on NAWQA's progress in the Cycle 3 planning process, focusing particularly on whether the draft NAWQA Science Plan sets forth adequate priorities and direction for the future.
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By selectively increasing temporal and spatial resolution when and where it is needed, dynamic monitoring contributes to understanding of complex water quality phenomena and allows improved forecasting of likely future conditions. The committee compliments the NAWQA Cycle 3 Team for envisioning a bold plan for the coming decade, with priority placed on dynamic water quality monitoring.
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Outputs and potential outcomes are not provided for Goal 4. Developing outputs and potential outcomes for each goal is viewed as critical for the science plan's implementation, to help frame the significance of dynamic water quality monitoring, and to help NAWQA allocate its resources effectively and efficiently over the next 10 years.
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As NAWQA moves forward with a more dynamic approach to its program, the distinction between sampling parameters for traditional water quality monitoring and sampling for dynamic water quality changes becomes more important. NAWQA has utilized a periodic approach in assessments of pesticides in hydrologic systems and found remarkable added value (Box 2)
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With advice from the NRCs Committee to Review the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program (NRC, 1990) , the USGS adopted a more integrated approach with respect to surface water and groundwater interaction by implementing 60 "integrated" study units in Cycle 1.
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Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program (NRC, 2002)
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Also, in the final report the committee will answer the statement of task in its entirety and also speak to a number of issues and related topics raised during the review of this letter and deferred to the final report2. The NAWQA program has a history of working in the multidisciplinary interface, and this experience could benefit the USGS as it implements a re-alignment and in the face of certain fiscal 2 Topics deferred to the final report include the history of NAWQA and what makes a national water quality assessment program, further probing priorities and trade-offs in light of current fiscal realities, a more detailed discussion of the technical aspects of the Science Plan, and a deeper discussion about internal collaborative approaches in light of the USGS reorganization.
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The extent of water quality degradation from demographic and associated land use changes, agricultural chemicals, climate change, energy production, human use, and other factors must be characterized and quantified for effective water resources management. The NAWQA Program is looked to as a model for water quality monitoring outside the U.S.
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2010. Letter Report Assessing the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program's Science Framework.
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2010. The National Water-Quality Assessment Program -- Science to Policy Management.
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Siegel, Chair, Syracuse University Michael E Campana, Oregon State University Jennifer A
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2. Provide advice on how NAWQA should approach these issues in Cycle 3 with respect to the following questions: What components of the Program -- Surface Water Status and Trends; Ground-Water Status and Trends; Topical Understanding Studies; National Synthesis -- should be retained or enhanced to better address national water-quality issues?
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Luoma, U.S. Geological Survey Emeritus; G
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