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Watershed scenarios to meet water quality criteria and community-level objectives
Citation:
Martin, D., A. Piscopo, Marty Chintala, T. Gleason, AND W. Berry. Watershed scenarios to meet water quality criteria and community-level objectives. OneCape Summit, Harwich, Massachusetts, August 16 - 17, 2018.
Impact/Purpose:
National water quality criteria determine limits to a water quality pollutant that are necessary to ensure protection of ecological and human health conditions. We apply a decision-making process to meet water quality criteria while also achieving community-level objectives on Cape Cod. This work complements other similar studies being performed by local entities like the Cape Cod Commission.
Description:
We apply a decision-making process to guide watershed managers in meeting national water quality mandates while also considering pertinent ecological, social, and economic factors. Results show that technological advances in controlling household nitrogen sources could provide lower cost solutions. Follow-up research is digging deeper into the cost and effectiveness of household waste treatment technologies.