National Synthesis on Potential Sources, Fate and Transport, and Potential Effects of Chloride in Surface-and- Ground -Water Resources of the Conterminous United States

The objective of this proposed United States Geological Survey (USGS) investigation is to provide water-resource managers and decision makers with the information necessary to evaluate potential natural and anthropogenic Chloride (C1) sources in a watershed. Characterization of natural C1 concentrations can provide a baseline to evaluate the salt tolerance of the natural ecosystem and to evaluate the probability of water-quality exceedances without anthropogenic inputs. Characterization of anthropogenic C1 concentrations and loads can provide information necessary to estimate C1 inputs on the basis of land-use information. This information, which can be used to identify and evaluate the magnitude of potential sources, may be used by water-resource managers to evaluate methods to reduce various C1 sources throughout the watershed so that the number of water-quality exceedances may be reduced. This project will be comprised of a literature review, data mining and exploratory data analysis from the USGS national water information system Web (NWIS Web). This information and data will be collected, interpreted, summarized, and reported to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for publication.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $100000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTFH61-08-X-30027 TA

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Planning, Environment and Realty (HEP)
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Cazenas, Patricia

• Performing Organizations:

  United States Geological Survey

  10 Barefoot Road
  Northborough, MA  United States  01532
• Principal Investigators:

  Granato, Greg

• Start Date: 20080625
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20100625
• Source Data: RiP Project 24584

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chlorides; Contaminants; Data collection; Decision making; Groundwater; Research projects; Water quality management; Watersheds; Websites (Information retrieval)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Anthropogenics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01461769
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-08-X-30027 TA
• Files: RiP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:52PM