Title:
Recommended Flows to Protect Aquatic Habitat in Georgia Streams
Recommended Flows to Protect Aquatic Habitat in Georgia Streams
dc.contributor.author | Evans, James W. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | England, Russell H. | en_US |
dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia. Wildlife Resources Division | en_US |
dc.contributor.editor | Hatcher, Kathryn J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-09T00:32:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-07-09T00:32:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1997-03 | |
dc.description | Proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, Athens, Georgia. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Rising demand for surface water withdrawals to support a rapidly growing population prompted us to compare Georgia's current method of protecting stream flows below permitted withdrawals with other methods considered adequate by fisheries professionals for protecting aquatic habitat. U.S. Geological Survey stream gage records from 31 widely-distributed sites were analyzed for broadly applicable relationships among parameters such as average annual flow, mean monthly flow, and 7Q10 flow, in order to define a flow policy that would preserve good habitat quality for most aquatic organisms. These analyses, coupled with a thorough literature review, were used to develop higher flow recommendations that were submitted to the State Environmental Protection Division for replacing the current policy that reserves only the 7Q10 flow (the lowest average flow expected for seven consecutive days with an average frequency of once in ten years). | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 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 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397). 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 or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors. | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 0-935835-05-9 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44237 | |
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 | GWRI1997. Water Quantity | en_US |
dc.subject | Water resources management | en_US |
dc.subject | Surface water | en_US |
dc.subject | Water supply | en_US |
dc.subject | Stream flow | en_US |
dc.subject | Aquatic life | en_US |
dc.subject | Habitat | en_US |
dc.title | Recommended Flows to Protect Aquatic Habitat in Georgia Streams | 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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