National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) Home Page

The "National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) Home
Page" is an Internet resource that provides information on
research dealing with water quality in the United States. This
home page provides links to NAWQA activities, selected
publications, a bibliography, and summaries of current research
projects.

The NAWQA program is designed to assess historical, current, and
future water-quality conditions in representative river basins
and aquifers nationwide. One of the primary objectives of the
program is to describe relations between natural factors, human
activities, and water quality conditions and to define those
factors that most affect water quality in different parts of the
Nation. The linkage of water quality to environmental processes
is of fundamental importance to water-resource managers,
planners, and policy makers. It provides a strong and unbiased
basis for better decision making by those responsible for making
decisions that affect our water resources, including the United
States Congress, Federal, State, and local agencies,
environmental groups, and industry. Information from the NAWQA
Program also will be useful for guiding research, monitoring,
and regulatory activities in cost effective ways.
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