Title:
Development of a Sustainable Water Resource for the Big Creek Watershed
Development of a Sustainable Water Resource for the Big Creek Watershed
| dc.contributor.author | Brashear, Robert W. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Santo, James M. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Stanko, Thomas A. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Camp, Dresser & McKee | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Atlanta Regional Commission | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Golder Associates | en_US |
| dc.contributor.editor | Hatcher, Kathryn J. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-19T19:11:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-19T19:11:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001-03 | |
| dc.description | Proceedings of the 2001 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 26 and 27, 2001, Athens, Georgia. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The Big Creek Water Quality Management Plan has been a cooperative effort of Cherokee, Forsyth and Fulton Counties, as well as the Cities of Alpharetta, Cumming and Roswell to develop a mutually agreeable water quality protection Plan for the Big Creek Watershed. The Big Creek Watershed straddles the rapidly growing Georgia 400 Corridor in the northern part of Metropolitan Atlanta. It is a water supply for the City of Roswell and has an area of about 99 square miles at the Roswell water intake. The project purposes included: achieving and maintaining a high quality water supply; minimizing flooding, property damage and stream impacts; protecting wetlands and establish greenways; meeting minimum Georgia DNR water supply watershed criteria or developing acceptable alternatives; understanding the impacts of urbanization; and considering options for and developing multi jurisdictional cooperation. The study encompassed watershed characterization, assessment of water quality and quantity issues, assessment of habitat and social issues and the selection of best management practices (BMP's) to meet water quality, water quantity, habitat and social goals. Study tasks included forecasting future land use and impervious areas, assessing current and future impacts and evaluating alternate management and protection scenarios. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | 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 | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | This book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2202. The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of The University of Georgia, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397) or the other conference sponsors. | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 0-935835-07-5 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44033 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.publisher.original | Institute of Ecology | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | GWRI2001. Watershed Protection | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water resources management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water quality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Best management practices | en_US |
| dc.title | Development of a Sustainable Water Resource for the Big Creek Watershed | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Proceedings | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Water Resources Institute | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | College of Engineering | |
| local.relation.ispartofseries | Georgia Water Resources Conference | |
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