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Title Drinking water from forests and grasslands : a synthesis of the scientific literature / George E. Dissmeyer, editor. [electronic resource]

Imprint Asheville, N.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, [2000]

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 Axe Federal Documents Online  A 13.88:SRS-39    ---  Available
Description ix, 246 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Series General technical report SRS ; 39
Note Not distributed in depository libraries in a physical form.
"September 2000"--P. [2] of cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. I, Introduction. -- Goals of this report / Douglas F. Ryan and Stephen Glasser -- Drinking water quality / F.N. Scatena -- Watershed processes-- fluxes of water, dissolved constituents, and sediment / F.J. Swanson ... [et al.] -- Economic issues for watersheds supplying drinking water / Thomas C. Brown -- pt. II, Effects of recreation and the built environment on water quality. -- Hydromodification-- dams, diversions, return flows, and other alterations of natural water flows / Stephen P. Glasser -- Urbanization / Wayne C. Zipperer, Karen Solari, and Beverly A. Young -- Concentrated recreation / Myriam Ibarra and Wayne C. Zipperer -- Dispersed recreation / David Cole -- Roads and other corridors / W.J. Elliott -- pt. III, Effects of vegetaion management on water quality. -- Timber management / John D. Stednick -- Forest succession / Wayne Swank -- Fire management / Johanna D. Landsberg and Arthur R. Tiedemann -- Pesticides / J.L. Michael -- pt. IV, Effects of grazing animals, birds, and fish on water quality. -- Domestic grazing / John C. Buckhouse -- Wildlife / Arthur R. Tiedemann -- Water birds / Christopher A. Nadareski -- Fish and aquatic organisms / C. Andrew Dolloff -- pt. V, Effects of mining and oil and gas development on water quality. -- Hardrock mining / Mike Wireman -- Coal mining / Mike Wireman -- Oil and gas development / R.J. Gauthier-Warinner -- pt. VI, Implications for source water assessments and for land management and policy. -- Future trends and research needs in managing forests and grasslands as drinking water sources / F.N. Scatena -- Synthesis / Douglas F. Ryan -- pt. VII, Appendices. -- Appendix A, City of Baltimore municipal reservoirs, incorporating forest management principles and practices / Robert J. Northrop -- Appendix B, Managing the shift from water yield to water quality on Boston's water supply watersheds / Thom Kyker-Snowman -- Appendix C, Cumulative impacts of land use on water quality in a southern Appalachian watershed / Wayne T. Swank and Paul V. Bolstad -- Appendix D, Protozoan pathogens giardia and cryptosporidium / Davis Stern -- Appendix E, Water treatment technologies tables / Gary Logsdon.
Form Available via the Internet from the Southern Research Station web site.
Subject Water quality management -- United States.
Drinking water -- Contamination -- United States.
Nonpoint source pollution -- United States.
Land use -- United States.
Watersheds -- United States.
Forest management -- United States.
Grasslands -- United States.
Added Author Dissmeyer, George E.
United States. Forest Service. Southern Research Station.
Gpo Item No. 0083-B-06 (online)
Sudoc No. A 13.88:SRS-39

 
    
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