National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program--
Long Island-New Jersey (LINJ) Coastal Drainages Study Unit
January, 1997 version
LINJ NAWQA STUDY--FY97 WORKPLAN
Table of Contents
Introduction / Environmental Setting / Archieving Information / References /
Surface-Water Activities / Ecological Activities / Ground-Water Activities / Urban Study Activities /
SW Background and Perspective / GW Background and Perspective /
Introduction
Major Issues and Goals
Analysis of Existing Information
Accomplishments in FY 1996
Surface-Water Activities
HIP plans as modified by FY96 conference call
Accomplishments in FY 1996
Contaminants in Bed Sediment and Tissue
Basic Fixed Sites
Accomplishments in FY 1996
Proposed work in FY 1997
Intensive Fixed Sites
Accomplishments in FY 1996
Proposed work in FY 1997
Water-Quality Synoptics
Ecological Activities
HIP plans as modified by FY96 conference call
Accomplishments in FY 1996
Special Ecological Synoptics
Proposed Work in FY 1997
Ground-Water Activities
HIP plans as modified by FY96 conference call
Study-Unit Surveys
Accomplishments in FY96
Proposed Work in FY97
Land-Use Surveys
Flow-Path Surveys
Occurrence and Movement of Contaminants through the Urban Hydrologic Cycle
Introduction
The Study Area
Atmospheric Sources
VOC in atmosphere and precipitation
Pesticides in atmosphere and precipitation
Unsaturated Zone
Gas-phase sampling for VOC and major gases
Water and total phase sampling for pesticides, nitrate, and other low volatility compounds
Transport modeling parameters
Ground Water
Extended land-use survey
Flowpath study and transport modeling
Unsaturated Zone/Shallow Ground-Water Interface
Vertical flowpath sampling
Transport modeling
Training and Application to NAWQA land use surveys
Surface Water
Sampling of streams
Transport modeling and surface/ground water interaction
Sampling stormwater and detention basins
Budget and Personnel
Documenting and Archieving Information
Monitoring Environmental Factors
Monitoring Water-Resources Issues And Management Plans
Budget For The LINJ SU
Background and Environmental Setting
Population and Land Use
Stratification of the Study Area
Description of the Study Area
SW Background and Perspective
New Jersey
Long Island
Biological Monitoring
GW Background and Perspective
References
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