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Big Creek Watershed Volunteer Monitoring and Education Program: Focus on Wet Weather Sediment and Turbidity Levels
Big Creek Watershed Volunteer Monitoring and Education Program: Focus on Wet Weather Sediment and Turbidity Levels
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Groszmann, Glynn Forrest
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The project, a one-year study of sediment loads in
the Big Creek watershed in north Fulton and Forsyth
Counties, involved the collection of water samples during
rain events when suspended sediment levels are at their
highest. The goal of the project is to determine the actual
magnitude of peak sediment loads that occur in this
waterway as a result of rain events, and to show that this
type of evaluation can be accomplished with simple,
inexpensive equipment and non-technical personnel with
limited training. Conditions within the watershed were
evaluated to determine what factors might contribute to
sediment loads, with a focus on land-use patterns and
erosion and sediment control practices on construction sites.
Data produced from analysis of water samples shows
extremely high peak and average values of sediment loads
for most of the rain events monitored, and observations of
construction sites revealed a lack of effective erosion and
sediment controls throughout the watershed.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
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1997-03
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