LEADER 04816nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910455993003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-18530-9 010 $a9786610185306 010 $a0-309-56976-1 035 $a(CKB)110986584753176 035 $a(EBL)3377359 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000183287 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11199649 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183287 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10195211 035 $a(PQKB)10630053 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3377359 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3377359 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10071386 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL18530 035 $a(OCoLC)923270025 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584753176 100 $a20010406d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aInvestigating groundwater systems on regional and national scales$b[electronic resource] /$fCommittee on U.S.G.S. Water Resources Research, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, National Research Council 210 $aWashington, D.C. ;$a[Great Britain] $cNational Academy Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (157 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-309-07182-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""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 PROGRAMSa???PAST AND PRESENT"" 327 $a""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 a???Regionala???""; ""PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR REGIONAL-SCALE GROUNDWATER STUDIES""; ""Regional Groundwater Assessment""; ""Regional Groundwater Science""; ""Example: Middle Rio Grande""; ""Regionalization""; ""CONCLUSIONS"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""Web-Based Data Sets on Regional Scales"" 606 $aGroundwater$zUnited States 606 $aWater resources development 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGroundwater 615 0$aWater resources development. 676 $a553.790973 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455993003321 996 $aInvestigating groundwater systems on regional and national scales$92110304 997 $aUNINA