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The Alcovy Protection Plan: A Regional Approach to Watershed Protection
The Alcovy Protection Plan: A Regional Approach to Watershed Protection
Author(s)
Ruhlman, Melanie B.
Wenger, Seth
Wenger, Seth
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Editor(s)
Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
The Alcovy River Watershed Protection
Project is the first comprehensive regional land use
and water quality study of the Alcovy River
watershed. Multiple regulatory requirements created
the need for a watershed study that overlapped
jurisdictional and political boundaries. Current and
future land use information and hydrologic and water
quality data were obtained for the watershed. A water
quality model was developed to estimate future water
quality as a function of anticipated land use changes.
The model was run for existing and future (2020)
conditions. Various implementation options were
superimposed onto the default future scenario to
predict the effect that certain policy tools would have
on water quality. Model results suggested that the
single most effective tool for protecting water quality
is an improved stormwater ordinance that has
provisions for downstream water quality and channel
protection. An ideal watershed protection plan is
recommended that includes a combination of policy
and incentive-based land management tools.
Sponsor
Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date Issued
2001-03
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