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      Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan: A Critique of the Pilot Projects and Related Plans for Asr in the Lake Okeechobee and Western Hillsboro Areas

      Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a process by which water is recharged through wells to an aquifer and extracted for beneficial use at some later time from the same…

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      Adaptive Monitoring and Assessment for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

      Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The Everglades encompass over 46,000 square kilometers and support 6.5 million people. It has lost 85% to 95% of its wading birds and a significant number of its indigenous plants…

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      Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

      The report evaluates a White Paper written by restoration planners in South Florida on the role of water flow in restoration plans. The report concludes that there is strong evidence…

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      Re-Engineering Water Storage in the Everglades: Risks and Opportunities

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

      To remedy the degradation of the Everglades, Everglades Restoration Plan was formulated in 1999 with the goal of restoring the original hydrologic conditions of its remaining natural ecosystem. This report…

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      Committee On Restorationof The

      This report is a product of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE), which provides consensus advice to the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. The Task…

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fourth Biennial Review, 2012

      Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Twelve years into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades ecosystem; instead, most project construction so far has occurred…

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fifth Biennial Review: 2014

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress

      The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the…

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      Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

      Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The report reviews a comprehensive research plan on Everglades restoration drafted by federal and Florida officials that assesses a central feature of the restoration: a proposal to drill more than…

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The First Biennial Review, 2006

      Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP),National Research Council

      The Restoration plan, which was launched in 1999 by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District, includes more than 40 major projects that are…

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review, 2008

      Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP),National Research Council

      An evaluation of the progress being made in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a multibillion-dollar effort to restore historical water flows to the Everglades. It concludes that budgeting, planning…

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Third Biennial Review

      Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP),National Research Council

      Although the progress of environmental restoration projects in the Florida Everglades remains slow overall, there have been improvements in the pace of restoration and in the relationship between the federal…

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Sixth Biennial Review - 2016

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress

      The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the…

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Seventh Biennial Review - 2018

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress

      During the past century, the Everglades, one of the world’s treasured ecosystems, has been dramatically altered by drainage and water management infrastructure that was intended to improve flood management, urban…

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      Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act

      Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council

      Explores the adequacy of science and technology for replacing wetland function and the effectiveness of the federal program of compensatory mitigation in accomplishing the nation’s goal of clean water. This…

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      Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River

      Committee on Endangered and Threatened Species in the Platte River Basin,National Research Council

      The Platte River provides important habitat for migratory and breeding birds, including three endangered or threatened species: the whooping crane, the northern Great Plains population of the piping plover, and…

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      Science and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration: An Assessment of the Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Panel to Review the Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative

      The report reviews a U.S. Department of the Interior research program, finding that it provides key information to support the restoration of the Florida Everglades and to better assess the…

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      Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management

      Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife…

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      Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River Basin

      Committee on Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River,National Research Council

      Assesses two studies that evaluate the various aspects of flows in the Klamath basin: The Instream Flow Phase II study (IFS), conducted by Utah State University, and the Natural Flow…

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      Achieving Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals in the Chesapeake Bay: An Evaluation of Program Strategies and Implementation

      Committee on the Evaluation of Chesapeake Bay Program Implementation for Nutrient Reduction to Improve Water Quality,National Research Council

      The Chesapeake Bay is North America’s largest and most biologically diverse estuary, as well as an important commercial and recreational resource. However, excessive amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment from…

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      Ecological Indicators for the Nation

      Committee to Evaluate Indicators for Monitoring Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments,National Research Council,Commission on Geosciences,Environment & Resources,National Academy of Sciences

      Environmental indicators, such as global temperatures and pollutant concentrations, attract scientists’ attention and often make the headlines. This book identifies ecological indicators that can support US policymaking and also be…

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      Colorado River Ecology and Dam Management: Proceedings of a Symposium May 24-25, 1990 Santa Fe, New Mexico

      Committee to Review the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains 11 papers that review the information about the Colorado River from an ecosystem perspective and serve as the basis for discussion of the use of ecosystem/earth science information for…

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      Effectiveness and Impacts of Dust Control Measures for Owens Lake

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

      During the 20th century, the city of Los Angeles diverted surface water flowing into Owens Lake for water supply, transforming the large, closed-basin, saline lake into a small brine pool…

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      Review of the WATERS Network Science Plan

      Committee on the Review of Water and Environmental Research Systems (WATERS) Network,National Research Council

      One of the most critical issues facing the United States today is the proper management of our water resources. Water availability and quality are changing due to increasing population, urbanization…

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      Copper in Drinking Water

      Committee on Copper in Drinking Water,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The National Research Council was requested to form a committee to review the scientific validity of the EPA’s maximum contaminant level goal for copper in drinking water. This book outlines…

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      Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines for Selected Contaminants

      Committee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines,Committee on Toxicology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      To protect space crews from contaminants in potable and hygiene water, NASA requested that the National Research Council (NRC) provide guidance on how to develop water exposure guidelines and subsequently…

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      Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards

      Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Most people associate fluoride with the practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies for the prevention of tooth decay. However, fluoride can also enter public water systems from…

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      Managing the Columbia River: Instream Flows, Water Withdrawals, and Salmon Survival

      Committee on Water Resources Management, Instream Flows, and Salmon Survival in the Columbia River Basin,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Flows of the Columbia River, although modified substantially during the twentieth century, still vary considerably between seasons and between years. This book provides a comprehensive water permitting process and it…

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      Re-evaluation of Drinking-Water Guidelines for Diisopropyl Methylphosphonate

      Subcommittee on the Toxicity of Diisopropyl Methylphosphonate,Committee on Toxicology,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      Diisopropyl Methylphosphonate (DIMP) is a groundwater contaminant at the US Army’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado. DIMP is a by-product created from the manufacture and detoxification of the nerve agent…

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      Sustainability Concepts in Decision-Making: Tools and Approaches for the US Environmental Protection Agency

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

      In its current strategic plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) describes a cross-agency strategy to advance sustainable environmental outcomes and optimize economic and social outcomes through Agency decisions and…

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      A Framework to Guide Selection of Chemical Alternatives

      Committee on the Design and Evaluation of Safer Chemical Substitutions: A Framework to Inform Government and Industry Decision,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Historically, regulations governing chemical use have often focused on widely used chemicals and acute human health effects of exposure to them, as well as their potential to cause cancer and…

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      Drinking Water and Health

      Subcommittee on Pharmacokinetics in Risk Assessment,Safe Drinking Water Committee,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,National Research Council

      Presents a collection of papers authored by experts in academia, industry, and government. This book reviews the progress of the risk-assessment process and discusses the role of pharmacokinetic principles in…

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      Applications of Toxicogenomic Technologies to Predictive Toxicology and Risk Assessment

      Committee on Applications of Toxicogenomic Technologies to Predictive Toxicology and Risk Assessment,National Research Council

      The new field of toxicogenomics presents a potentially powerful set of tools to better understand the health effects of exposures to toxicants in the environment. At the request of the…

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      Environmental Cleanup at Navy Facilities: Adaptive Site Management

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Environmental Remediation at Naval Facilities,National Academy of Sciences

      Applies the concepts of adaptive management to complex, high-risk hazardous waste sites that are typical of the military, EPA, and other responsible parties. This work suggests ways to make progress…

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      Arsenic in Drinking Water: 2001 Update

      Subcommittee to Update the 1999 Arsenic in Drinking Water Report,Committee on Toxicology,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Evaluates epidemiological studies and experimental data that provides information on how and at what level arsenic in drinking water can lead to cancer. This report concludes that men and women…

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      Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta

      Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta,Water Science and Technology Board,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Extensively modified over the last century and a half, California’s San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary remains biologically diverse and functions as a central element in California’s water supply system. Uncertainties…

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      Research Progress on Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Materials and Manufacturing Board,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology

      A report that follows up the 2012 report A Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials, which presented a strategic approach for developing the science and…

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      Delta Waters: Research to Support Integrated Water and Environmental Management in the Lower Mississippi River

      Committee on Strategic Research for Integrated Water Resources Management,Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The Water Institute of the Gulf is a not-for-profit, independent research institute dedicated to advancing the understanding of coastal, deltaic, river and water resource systems, both within the Gulf Coast…

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      Validation of Toxicogenomic Technologies: A Workshop Summary

      Committee on Validation of Toxicogenomic Technologies: A Focus on Chemical Classification Strategies,Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants,National Research Council

      Beginning in the early 1980s, new technologies, began to permit evaluation of the expression of individual genes. Recent technological advances have expanded those evaluations to permit the simultaneous detection of…

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      A Scientific Assessment of Alternatives for Reducing Water Management Effects on Threatened and Endangered Fishes in California’s Bay Delta

      Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta,National Research Council

      California’s Bay-Delta estuary is a biologically diverse estuarine ecosystem that plays a central role in the distribution of California’s water from the state’s wetter northern regions to its southern, arid…

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      Valuing Ecosystem Services: Toward Better Environmental Decision-Making

      Committee on Assessing and Valuing the Services of Aquatic and Related Terrestrial Ecosystems,National Research Council

      Identifies methods for assigning economic value to ecosystem services, even intangible ones, and calls for greater collaboration between ecologists and economists in such efforts.

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      Transforming EPA Science to Meet Today’s and Tomorrow’s Challenges

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Academy of Engineering, Cultural, Ethical, Social, and Environmental Responsibility in Engineering Program, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Committee on Anticipatory Research for EPA's Research and Development Enterprise to Inform Future Environmental Protection: The Road Ahead

      Since its establishment in 1970, the mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. EPA develops regulations, ensures compliance, and issues policies, in coordination…

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      CLEANER and NSF’s Environmental Observatories

      Committee on the Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER),Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Degradation of the nation’s water resources threatens the health of humans and the functioning of natural ecosystems. To help better understand the causes of these adverse impacts and how they…

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      Seeing into the Earth: Noninvasive Characterization of the Shallow Subsurface for Environmental and Engineering Applications

      Committee for Noninvasive Characterization of the Shallow Subsurface for Environmental and Engineering Applications,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council

      Examines why noninvasive characterization is important and how improved methods can be developed and disseminated. This volume makes recommendations for linking characterization and cost savings, provides information on topics such…

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      Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use

      Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption,National Research Council

      Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy causes negative effects. Many of these negative effects…

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      Review of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Operations Support Tool for Water Supply

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Operations Support Tool for Water Supply

      New York City’s water supply system is one of the oldest, largest, and most complex in the nation. It delivers more than 1.1 billion gallons of water each day from…

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      A Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Environmental Change and Society,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board

      The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington State radically changed the physical and socio-economic landscapes of the region. The eruption destroyed the summit of the volcano, sending…

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      Drinking Water and Health

      Safe Drinking Water Committee,Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents a collection of papers authored by experts in academia, industry, and government. This book reviews the progress of the risk-assessment process and discusses the role of pharmacokinetic principles in…

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      Drinking Water and Health

      Safe Drinking Water Committee,Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards,National Research Council

      Part of the Drinking Water and Health series, this text contains the results of a two-part study on the toxicity of drinking water contaminants. The first part examines various practices…

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