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The Little River Watershed Assessment: Water Quality in a Rapidly Developing Suburban Atlanta Watershed
The Little River Watershed Assessment: Water Quality in a Rapidly Developing Suburban Atlanta Watershed
Author(s)
Morrissey, Mike
Pelliccia, Anthony
Pelliccia, Anthony
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
This paper presents the results of the
Little River watershed assessment that identified
current water quality conditions in the watershed of a
major tributary to Allatoona Lake, a heavily used
reservoir in northern metropolitan Atlanta.
Water quality impairment was found to be the result
of both point and nonpoint sources. Biological
monitoring showed fish communities to be in "fair" to
"good" condition while benthic macroinvertebrate
communities generally rated "poor". Water quality
modeling indicated that standards for phosphorus loads
entering the Little River embayment are likely being
exceeded, and loads will continue to increase under
current land use projections. The watershed protection
plan focuses on eliminating point source impairment
and on watershed based analyses, planning and zoning
by the Cherokee County government for nonpoint
source control. Plans are to add substantially to the
water quality database before recommending specific
measures to reduce nonpoint source impairment so that
Cherokee County government can cost-effectively
implement best management practices.
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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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