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Yuan, Lifeng, Tadesse Sinshaw, and Kenneth J. Forshay. "Review of Watershed-Scale Water Quality and Nonpoint Source Pollution Models." Geosciences 10, no. 1 (2020): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10010025.

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Watershed-scale nonpoint source (NPS) pollution models have become important tools to understand, evaluate, and predict the negative impacts of NPS pollution on water quality. Today, there are many NPS models available for users. However, different types of models possess different form and structure as well as complexity of computation. It is difficult for users to select an appropriate model for a specific application without a clear understanding of the limitations or strengths for each model or tool. This review evaluates 14 more commonly used watershed-scale NPS pollution models to explai
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Jiang, Song, Shuang Qiu, Hong Zhou, and Meilan Chen. "Can FinTech Development Curb Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 22 (2019): 4340. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224340.

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The green development of FinTech empowerment has become a compelling theme in economic development. In this study, based on the weighted least squares (WLS) and threshold regression methods of cross-sectional data, we empirically examine the impact of FinTech development on agricultural nonpoint source (NPS) pollution, a major cause of impaired surface water quality. Our results show that there is an inverted “U” shape relationship between the development of FinTech and agricultural NPS pollution. That is, after crossing a “threshold value”, the level of FinTech development can curb agricultur
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Yoon, K. S., K. H. Yoo, and J. M. Soileau. "Nonpoint source (NPS) model simulation of tillage effects on water quality." Journal of Environmental Science and Health . Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering and Toxicology 32, no. 5 (1997): 1491–506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10934529709376623.

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Drevno, Ann. "Policy tools for agricultural nonpoint source water pollution control in the U.S. and E.U." Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal 27, no. 2 (2016): 106–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/meq-12-2014-0177.

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Purpose – In the USA and Europe, agricultural nonpoint source (NPS) pollution continues to be among the chief impediments to achieving water quality standards. While the implementation of technology-based water pollution control tools has resulted in evident point source pollution abatement, NPSs continue to threaten surface water and groundwater. The purpose of this paper is to draw from environmental policy literature to identify regulatory tools and management approaches that specifically target agricultural NPS pollution and the factors that drive or impede their implementation and enforce
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Lei, Ping, Ram Kumar Shrestha, Bing Zhu, et al. "A Bibliometric Analysis on Nonpoint Source Pollution: Current Status, Development, and Future." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 15 (2021): 7723. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157723.

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Nonpoint source pollution (NPS) has become the leading factor of global water quality problems, attracting great attention from governments and researchers in various countries. Based on this situation, understanding the current research status of NPS can help guide future research. However, most of the current reviews only describe the research status of some specific aspects but fail to quantify the research hotspots and development trends on the whole, which limits the overall understanding of NPS. In this paper, bibliometrics was used to study the current status, hotspots, and frontiers of
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Wang, Y., J. M. Bian, S. N. Wang, and S. Y. Nie. "Predicting precipitation on nonpoint source pollutant exports in the source area of the Liao River, China." Water Science and Technology 74, no. 4 (2016): 876–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2016.268.

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The source area of the Liao River is an important grain growing area in China which experiences serious problems with agricultural nonpoint source pollution (NPS) which is impacting the regional economy and society. In order to address the water quality issues it is necessary to understand the spatial distribution of NPS in the Liao River source area. This issue has been investigated by coupling a wavelet artificial neural network (WA-ANN) precipitation model with a soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model to assess the export of nonpoint source pollutants from the Liao River source area. T
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Zong, Min, Yuanman Hu, Miao Liu, Chunlin Li, Cong Wang, and Xiaoying Ping. "Effects of Landscape Pattern Change on Water Yield and Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Hun-Taizi River Watershed, China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 9 (2020): 3060. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093060.

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Understanding the influence of landscape pattern changes on water yield (WYLD) and nutrient yield is a key topic for water resource management and nonpoint source (NPS) pollution reduction. The annual WYLD and NPS pollution were estimated in 2004 and 2015 with the calibrated and validated Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) in the Hun-Taizi River watershed. The impact of land use and landscape pattern changes on the annual WYLD and NPS loading changes were analyzed with a boosted regression tree (BRT) and redundancy analysis (RDA). The results showed that WYLD had a positive correlation with
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MORGAN, ROBERT, and MARTY MATLOCK. "A COLLABORATIVE LEARNING MATRIX FOR COMBINING SCIENCE WITH STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT TO PRIORITIZE WATERSHED IMPLEMENTATION IN ARKANSAS' NONPOINT SOURCE STATE MANAGEMENT PLAN." Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 10, no. 03 (2008): 307–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1464333208003081.

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In 2004, the Ecological Engineering Group at the University of Arkansas received a grant to update Arkansas' nonpoint source pollution (NPS) management program. A stakeholder involvement process was developed that used collaborative learning (CL) and comparative risk assessment (CRA) to prioritise watersheds for NPS implementation. The relative ecological risk posed by nonpoint pollution to each watershed was assessed and values assigned using available water quality, GIS, and demographic data. This risk assessment was the foundation to a CL exercise. Through the CL process, the knowledge and
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Aron, Joan L., Robert K. Hall, Michael J. Philbin, and Robin J. Schafer. "Using watershed function as the leading indicator for water quality." Water Policy 15, no. 5 (2013): 850–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2013.111.

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Diffuse nonpoint source (NPS) pollutants, such as sediment, nitrogen, phosphorus, and pathogens, have become the primary cause of water quality impairments in the United States of America. Resource management agencies in the USA are expanding the use of tools for the assessment of ecosystem function in water quality programs to control NPS pollution to meet US Clean Water Act objectives. Assessing the ecosystem function of upland and riparian areas provides the context for monitoring data that can improve the targeting of best management practices for NPS pollution, and be a leading (early) in
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Irland, Lloyd C., and James F. Connors. "State Nonpoint Source Programs Affecting Forestry: The 12 Northeastern States." Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 11, no. 1 (1994): 5–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/njaf/11.1.5.

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Abstract Programs addressing nonpoint source (NPS) water pollution impacts in forestry cover a wide range of activities in the Northeast. While state water program managers rate forestry-related sedimentation as a low priority problem, monitoring data to verify this are scanty. Most states have cooperative arrangements between environmental agencies which handle enforcement and forestry agencies which deliver NPS programs. Field assessments show that properly installed BMPs are effective in minimizing sedimentation from forestry activities. Only a few field reviews of compliance have been done
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Water quality and Nonpoint source pollution (NPS)"

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Rees, Gwendolen Jayne. "Two analyses of costs of agricultural NPS pollution: Transactions costs of expanding nutrient trading to agricultural working lands and Impacts of TCs and differential BMP adoption rates on the cost of reducing agricultural NPS pollution in Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52939.

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For over 30 years, federal and state governments have been engaged in a collective effort to improve the water quality and living resources in the Chesapeake Bay (CB), focusing particularly on reducing delivered nitrogen and phosphorus loads. However, achievement of water quality objectives remains elusive. In Virginia, agriculture represents the single largest source of nutrient loads to the Chesapeake Bay. Despite aggressive regulatory efforts in other nutrient source sectors, state authorities rely on educational programs and voluntary financial assistance programs to induce landowners to a
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Padmanabhan, Aarthi. "Stormwater evaluation and site assessment : a multidisciplinary approach for stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs)." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1141.

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MacQueen, A. Andrew. "Spatial characterization of pollution sources an analysis of in-stream water quality data from the Potomac Headwaters of West Virginia /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/controller.jsp?moduleName=documentdata&jsp%5FetdId=3837.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2005<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 113 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-113).
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Qiu, Zeyuan. "Integrated assessment of agricultural nonpoint source pollution in Goodwater Creek Watershed, Missouri /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1996. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9821344.

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Butler, Gary Brooks. "Evaluating water quality impacts of alternative management practices through development of a BMP database." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2007%20Spring%20Theses/BUTLER_GARY_41.pdf.

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Malone, Sarah J. "Agricultural nonpoint source pollution management : water quality impacts of Balm Road Treatment Marsh, Hillsborough County, Florida." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0003211.

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Chingombe, Wisemen. "Effects of land-cover - land-use on water quality within the Kuils - Eerste River catchment." Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2012. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5893_1373463134.

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<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt<br>line-height:150%<br>font-family:&quot<br>Times New Roman&quot<br>,&quot<br>serif&quot<br>">The most significant human impacts on the hydrological system are due to land-use change. The conversion of land to agricultural, mining, industrial, or residential uses significantly alters the hydrological characteristics of the land surface and modifies pathways and rates of water flow. If this occurs over large or critical areas of a catchment, it can have significant short and long-term impacts, on the quality of water. While there are methods availa
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Ubilava, Mariam. "Effect of winter storm on water quality and fish toxicity the Duwamish and Nisqually Rivers /." Online pdf file accessible through the World Wide Web, 2007. http://archives.evergreen.edu/masterstheses/Accession86-10MES/Ubilava_M%20MESThesis%202007.pdf.

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Leitch, Katherine McArthur. "Estimating Tributary Phosphorus Loads Using Flow-Weighted Composite Storm Sampling." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/10078.

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Quantification of total phosphorus (TP) loads entering a lake or reservoir is important because phosphorus is most often the limiting nutrient in terms of algae growth, thus phosphorus can control the extent of eutrophication. Four methods for assessing the annual tributary phosphorus loads to two different Virginia reservoirs were analyzed, three methods that use tributary monitoring program data and one that uses land-use and rainfall data. In this project, one tributary has been extensively monitored for many years and served as a control on which the other methods were tested. The key diff
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Taylor, Michael A. "Tradable permit markets for the control of point and nonpoint sources of water pollution technology-based collective performance-based approaches /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1059077005.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003.<br>Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 465 p.; also includes graphics. Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: Allan Randall, Interdisciplinary Program. Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165).
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Books on the topic "Water quality and Nonpoint source pollution (NPS)"

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Cusimano, Robert F. Salmon Creek nonpoint source pollution TMDL. Washington State Dept. of Ecology, Environmental Investigations and Laboratory Services Program, Watershed Assessments Section, 1995.

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Thomas, Jack. Montana nonpoint source management plan. Water Quality Bureau, Dept. of Health and Environmental Sciences, 1991.

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North Carolina. Division of Environmental Management. Water Quality Section. North Carolina nonpoint source management program. The Section, 1989.

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Watson, Montgomery. Nonpoint source pollution control guidebook. Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality, 1994.

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New York (State). Bureau of Water Quality Management. Nonpoint source management program. New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Division of Water, Bureau of Water Quality Management, 1990.

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Nonpoint Source Pollution Issues Team (Minn.). Nonpoint Source Pollution Issues Team report. Executive Branch Policy Development Program, 1986.

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H, Clark William. Coordinated nonpoint source water quality monitoring program for Idaho. Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare, Division of Environmental Quality, 1990.

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Idaho. Division of Environmental Quality. Idaho nonpoint source management plan. State of Idaho, Division of Environmental Quality, 1999.

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Bureau, Montana Water Quality. Montana nonpoint source management plan, 1990. Edited by Kuntz Bernie 1949- and United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Montana Office. The Bureau, 1991.

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MacLean, Jayne T. Nonpoint source pollution, January 1984-August 1988: 179 citations. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library, 1987.

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Knisel Jr, Walter, Adel Shirmohammadi, Lars Bergstrom, and Hubert Montas. "Water Quality Models." In Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution. CRC Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420033083.ch9.

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Bergstrom, Lars, and William Ritter. "Nitrogen and Water Quality." In Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution. CRC Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420033083.ch3.

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Edwards, Dwayne, and Kenneth Campbell. "Phosphorus and Water Quality Impacts." In Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution. CRC Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420033083.ch4.

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Ritter, William. "Pesticides and Water Quality Impacts." In Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution. CRC Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420033083.ch5.

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Shirmohammadi, Adel, and William Ritter. "Agricultural Drainage and Water Quality." In Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution. CRC Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420033083.ch8.

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Hanson, Blaine, and Thomas Trout. "Irrigated Agriculture and Water Quality Impacts." In Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution. CRC Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420033083.ch7.

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Levy, Sharon. "The Fight This Time." In The Marsh Builders. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190246402.003.0018.

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Forty- five years after the passage of the Clean Water Act (CWA), water pollution remains a profound problem. More than forty- seven thousand US waters are impaired. At the rate these lakes, rivers, and estuaries are being cleaned up, it will take more than five hundred years to make them all safe for swimming and fishing. Oliver Houck, a professor of law at Tulane University who has focused on environmental protection since the 1970s, sums up the situation: “We have not had clean water in America,” he writes, “in the lifetime of anyone living.” The major source of pollution in the waters of the US, as in other developed countries, is now runoff from farm fields and city streets. These nonpoint sources remain difficult to control. More than 75 percent of the rivers and lakes that fail to meet water quality standards are tainted by nonpoint sources. In terms of nutrient pollution, agricultural runoff is by far the dominant source, triggering harmful algal blooms from Chesapeake Bay to Puget Sound. The CWA of 1972 addressed point sources of pollution in a decisive and radical way. Section 402 of the CWA applies effluent standards based on the best available treatment technology to city sewage and industrial wastewaters, and puts regulatory power in the hands of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Regulation under this scheme has brought dramatic improvement in water quality. Before the CWA was enacted, major urban river systems throughout the country had such low levels of dissolved oxygen that fish kills became routine, and urban beaches were often closed due to fecal contamination. By the late 1990s, dissolved oxygen levels had improved in about 70 percent of river reaches and watersheds studied by the EPA, and fish had returned to many waters. Beach closures decreased. Problems remain, especially in cities like Chicago and Baltimore, where heavy rains can overwhelm treatment systems, releasing raw sewage downstream. Still, in terms of curbing point source pollution, the CWA has made a critical difference. The rise of pollution from unregulated nonpoint sources has eaten away at these water quality gains. The Mississippi River basin, whose waters flow into the northern Gulf of Mexico, may be the most dramatic example. In August 2017, the Gulf’s dead zone grew to an unprecedented 8,776 square miles, about the size of New Jersey.
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"Mitigating Impacts of Natural Hazards on Fishery Ecosystems." In Mitigating Impacts of Natural Hazards on Fishery Ecosystems, edited by Sarah G. McCarthy. American Fisheries Society, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.47886/9781934874011.ch2.

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&lt;em&gt;Abstract&lt;/em&gt;.—Nonpoint source pollution in the form of stormwater runoff is one of the most important emerging threats to ecosystems along the coastal margins of the United States. A wide diversity of potentially toxic chemicals is commonly found in stormwater. These include the various pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and other common contaminants that originate from commercial, industrial, residential, and agricultural land-use activities. These chemicals are mobilized from roads, lawns, crops, and other surfaces by rainfall and then transported to aquatic habitats via terrestrial runoff. The ongoing development of coastal watersheds nationwide is increasing the loading of nonpoint source pollutants to rivers, estuaries, and the nearshore marine environment. A central aim of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s national Coastal Storms Program (CSP) is to enhance the resiliency of coastal ecosystems by improving the ability of coastal communities to anticipate and reduce the impacts of contaminated terrestrial runoff. Toxic chemicals in stormwater can adversely impact the health of fish, including threatened and endangered species. Nonpoint source pollution can also degrade the biological integrity of aquatic communities that support productive fish populations. This article examines the effects of stormwater runoff on fish and fisheries. Using case studies drawn from CSP project work in the Pacific Northwest and Southern California pilot regions, we show how degraded water quality can impact the health of fish during critical life history stages (i.e., spawning and rearing) as well as limit the overall effectiveness of fish habitat restoration. We also discuss some of the resources currently available to local communities to reduce the loading of toxics in stormwater, thereby increasing the resilience of aquatic communities. Finally, we identify priority areas for new research to help guide the future conservation and recovery of at-risk fish populations.
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"Historical Changes in Large River Fish Assemblages of the Americas." In Historical Changes in Large River Fish Assemblages of the Americas, edited by Chris O. Yoder, Edward T. Rankin, Marc A. Smith, et al. American Fisheries Society, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.47886/9781888569728.ch21.

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&lt;em&gt;Abstract.&lt;/em&gt;—A systematic, standardized approach to monitor fish assemblages has been applied in Ohio’s rivers since 1979. A primary objective is the assessment of changes in response to water pollution abatement and other water quality management programs. All major, nonwadeable rivers were intensively sampled using standardized electrofishing methods and a summer–early fall index period. Most rivers were sampled two or three times, before and after implementation of pollution controls at major point source discharges and best management practices for nonpoint sources. A modified and calibrated index of biotic integrity (IBI) was used to demonstrate and evaluate changes at multiple sampling locations in major river segments. An area of degradation value (ADV) and an area of attainment value (AAV) were also calculated from IBI results to demonstrate the magnitude and extent of changes in fish assemblage condition along segments and between sampling years. Positive responses in the IBI and the ADV/AAV were observed 4 to 5 years after implementing improved municipal wastewater treatment. Positive responses were much less apparent in rivers predominantly influenced by complex industrial sources, agricultural nonpoint sources, and extensive hydrologic modifications. The ADV/AAV showed incremental improvements in river fish assemblages, unlike pass/fail IBI thresholds, and tiered IBI biocriteria provided more appropriate benchmarks than chemical, physical, or qualitative biological criteria. The results show the value of standardized and intensive fish assemblage monitoring and the use of tools that reveal the extent and severity of impairments to determine the effectiveness of water pollution control programs.
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"Historical Changes in Large River Fish Assemblages of the Americas." In Historical Changes in Large River Fish Assemblages of the Americas, edited by Chris O. Yoder, Edward T. Rankin, Marc A. Smith, et al. American Fisheries Society, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.47886/9781888569728.ch21.

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&lt;em&gt;Abstract.&lt;/em&gt;—A systematic, standardized approach to monitor fish assemblages has been applied in Ohio’s rivers since 1979. A primary objective is the assessment of changes in response to water pollution abatement and other water quality management programs. All major, nonwadeable rivers were intensively sampled using standardized electrofishing methods and a summer–early fall index period. Most rivers were sampled two or three times, before and after implementation of pollution controls at major point source discharges and best management practices for nonpoint sources. A modified and calibrated index of biotic integrity (IBI) was used to demonstrate and evaluate changes at multiple sampling locations in major river segments. An area of degradation value (ADV) and an area of attainment value (AAV) were also calculated from IBI results to demonstrate the magnitude and extent of changes in fish assemblage condition along segments and between sampling years. Positive responses in the IBI and the ADV/AAV were observed 4 to 5 years after implementing improved municipal wastewater treatment. Positive responses were much less apparent in rivers predominantly influenced by complex industrial sources, agricultural nonpoint sources, and extensive hydrologic modifications. The ADV/AAV showed incremental improvements in river fish assemblages, unlike pass/fail IBI thresholds, and tiered IBI biocriteria provided more appropriate benchmarks than chemical, physical, or qualitative biological criteria. The results show the value of standardized and intensive fish assemblage monitoring and the use of tools that reveal the extent and severity of impairments to determine the effectiveness of water pollution control programs.
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Conference papers on the topic "Water quality and Nonpoint source pollution (NPS)"

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Yaomin Qin, Huaien Li, Jiake Li, and Lei Zhu. "Impact of nonpoint source pollution on water quality of the Bahe River." In 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection (ISWREP). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iswrep.2011.5893682.

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Yongping Yuan, Ronald Bingner, Fred Theurer, and Steve Kolian. "Water Quality Simulation of Rice/Crawfish Fields within Annualized AGricultural NonPoint Source Pollution Model." In 2003, Las Vegas, NV July 27-30, 2003. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/2013.13765.

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A. Bakhsh, J. L. Hatfield, R. S. Kanwar, L. Ma, and L. R. Ahuja. "Evaluation of Root Zone Water Quality Model for Simulation of Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agricultural Lands." In 2001 Sacramento, CA July 29-August 1,2001. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/2013.6268.

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