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Creator:: Coyle, Jim, Hamel, Allen, and Johnson, Ben
Abstract:: In 2008 the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) initiated a program to monitor Oregon’s surface waters and aquatic biota for the presence of pollutants that pose risks to human and/or environmental health. ODEQ’s Toxics Monitoring Program was first implemented in the Willamette River Basin (WRB) between 2008 and 2010....
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Creator:: Kelly, Valerie and McCarthy, Kathleen
Abstract:: Conventional monitoring to assess water quality of drinking water sources in streams and rivers is typically focused on identifying primary sources and conditions that are associated with mobilization of contaminants. This approach is often organized as a series of discrete samples collected in such a way as to capture the...
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Full Text:: Integrated water-quality assessment using conventional

Creator:: Moellendorf, Suzanne, Miller, Mike, Nelson, Dennis, and Livesay, Dave
Abstract:: The City of Florence, local stakeholders, and partner agencies recently formed the Siuslaw Estuary Partnership (SEP) to address threats to drinking water quality and fish and wildlife habitat in the lower Siuslaw watershed. The Sole Source Dunal Aquifer within the lower Siuslaw watershed, which supplies the City ’s drinking water,...
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Full Text:: Management and Conservation Plan 2010). SEP’s Water Quality & Quantity Monitoring Program SAMPLING Well

Creator:: Lee, Baek Soo and Jarvis, W. Todd
Abstract:: The Metolius River basin is a sub-basin of the Deschutes Basin within central Oregon. Considered one of the crown jewels of the state, this historically undisturbed basin drew attention in 2009 because the Oregon legislature designated the basin as the first Area of Critical State Concern (ACSC) under the state’s...
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Full Text:: Monitoring land use and water quality 2 For over 20 years Purpose of the Study Compile data Publish data

Creator:: Morgenstern, Karl and Rubin, Jared G.
Abstract:: The McKenzie River serves as the sole source of drinking water for nearly 200,000 residents in Eugene, OR. The McKenzie River is also home to a number of threatened and endangered fish species. Whereas the majority of the upper watershed is forested, areas of rural development and agriculture occur along...
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Full Text:: exceptional water quality. 53 Elements of Source Protection Program Comprehensive Monitoring Disaster

Creator:: Steele, Madeline, Bonak, Zoe, and Chang, Heejun
Abstract:: While the negative effects of urban development on freshwater systems are well documented, impacts of human disturbance on water quality vary depending on land cover, local climate, and temporal and spatial scales of analysis. To better understand this variation, we analyzed water quality data for a total of 15 sites...
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Full Text:: Spatial patterns among multiple water quality parameters

Creator:: Wise, Daniel and Johnson, Hank
Abstract:: The USGS SPARROW model (SPAtially Referenced Regression On Watershed attributes) was used to predict the long-term, average loads, yields, and concentrations of total nitrogen and total phosphorus for stream reaches located in the Pacific Northwest (the Columbia basin, Puget Sound basin, and Pacific drainages of Oregon and Washington), and to...
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Full Text:: Process-Based Nonpoint Sources SPARROW Model Description SPARROW Water-quality monitoring data

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