05015nam 2200649Ia 450 991077861410332120230426202923.00-309-17157-11-280-18530-997866101853060-309-56976-1(CKB)110986584753176(EBL)3377359(SSID)ssj0000183287(PQKBManifestationID)11199649(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183287(PQKBWorkID)10195211(PQKB)10630053(MiAaPQ)EBC3377359(Au-PeEL)EBL3377359(CaPaEBR)ebr10071386(CaONFJC)MIL18530(OCoLC)923270025(EXLCZ)9911098658475317620010406h20002000 ua 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInvestigating groundwater systems on regional and national scales /Committee on U.S.G.S. Water Resources Research, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, National Research CouncilWashington, D.C. :National Academy Press,2000.©20001 online resource (xiv, 143 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-309-07182-8 Includes bibliographical references.""Investigating Groundwater Systems on Regional and National Scales""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Groundwater and Society ""; ""A CRITICAL RESOURCE""; ""Drinking and Irrigation Water""; ""Streamflow and Ecosystems""; ""A THREATENED RESOURCE""; ""AN OVERDEVELOPED RESOURCE""; ""Regional Subsidence""; ""Salt-Water Intrusion""; ""Resource Depletion""; ""THE NECESSITY FOR CONJUNCTIVE MANAGEMENT""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""2 Approaches to Synthesis of Groundwater Issues at the Regional Scale ""; ""USGS GROUNDWATER PROGRAMSâ€?PAST AND PRESENT""""The Changing Arena of Hydrogeology"" ""Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA) Program""; ""National Water-Quality Assessment Program""; ""Groundwater Monitoring Networks""; ""Other Current USGS Programs""; ""Ground-Water Resources Program""; ""NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND MANDATES""; ""An Emphasis on Sustainability""; ""Alternative Meanings of "Regional"""; ""PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR REGIONAL-SCALE GROUNDWATER STUDIES""; ""Regional Groundwater Assessment""; ""Regional Groundwater Science""; ""Example: Middle Rio Grande""; ""Regionalization""; ""CONCLUSIONS""""3 Institutional Integration and Collaboration "" ""EXTERNAL COLLABORATION""; ""Rationale and Benefits""; ""Conditions for and Obstacles to Collaboration""; ""INTERNAL COLLABORATION""; ""Federal-State Cooperative Water Program""; ""National Water-Quality Assessment Program""; ""Toxic Substances Hydrology Program""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""4 Scientific Issues ""; ""AQUIFER MANAGEMENT""; ""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Aquifer Management""; ""NATURAL GROUNDWATER RECHARGE""; ""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Groundwater Recharge""""GROUNDWATER QUALITY AND MOVEMENT IN SURFICIAL MATERIALS"" ""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Surficial Material Hydrogeology""; ""GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS""; ""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions""; ""GROUNDWATER IN KARST AND FRACTURED AQUIFERS""; ""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Karst and Fractured-Rock Studies""; ""CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY""; ""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Characterization of Subsurface Heterogeneity""""NUMERICAL MODELING"" ""Scientific and Management Issues""; ""USGS Roles in Numerical Modeling""; ""FACILITATING USE OF GROUNDWATER INFORMATION IN DECISION-MAKING""; ""Quantifying and Reducing Uncertainty in Predictions""; ""Scaling Available Information to the Regional Level""; ""Developing Decision-Making and Risk Models for Groundwater Use""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""5 Delivery and Accessibility of Groundwater Data ""; ""USERS OF GROUNDWATER DATA""; ""CONTENT OF GROUNDWATER DATA""; ""FORMAT OF GROUNDWATER DATA""; ""Web-Based Data Sets on a National Scale""; ""Web-Based Data Sets on Regional Scales""GroundwaterUnited StatesWater resources developmentHydrogeologyUnited StatesGroundwaterWater resources development.Hydrogeology553.790973National Research Council (U.S.).Committee on U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Research.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778614103321Investigating groundwater systems on regional and national scales3768981UNINA