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Environmental indicators: tracking the status of Georgia’s waters
Environmental indicators: tracking the status of Georgia’s waters
Author(s)
Cowie, Gail
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Editor(s)
Carroll, G. Denise
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Abstract
Since 1997, the Georgia Environmental Protection
Division has published a periodic report titled
Georgia’s Environment. That report has highlighted current
issues or pressures affecting the major environmental
media (air, water, and land) and presented data on a small
number of indicators to illustrate trends related to those
pressures.
As part of a broader environmental indicators project,
the scope of the report has been expanded to provide a
more comprehensive presentation on the state of Georgia’s
environment, focusing on three primary objectives
for environmental management. The revamped report is
intended to serve a public outreach and information function,
similar to that of the earlier publication. In addition,
the 2006 report, along with related work on environmental
indicators, is expected to also highlight emerging issues,
potential policy needs, and critical data and information
gaps.
Development of the 2008 report started with a conceptual
model that relates environmental conditions to major
human activities that affect those conditions, followed by
systematic identification of the indicators feasible to include
in a comprehensive assessment of the state of Georgia’s
environment.
This paper will present the basic outline of the 2008
report, discuss constraints imposed by data availability
and current approaches to data collection, and summarize
results for select indicators of the condition of Georgia’s
water resources.
Sponsor
Sponsored by:
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Water Science Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Water Resources Institute
The University of Georgia, Water Resources Faculty
Date Issued
2009-04
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