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| 2003 Annual Report on Watershed Planning and Permitting | This report summarizes how participating agencies on Virginia's Watershed Planning and Permitting Coordination Task Force have worked to coordinate watershed planning and permitting. It includes information about TMDLs, Tributary Strategies, efforts to eliminate straight-piep discharges, and ways to improve implementation of the Agricultural Stewardship Act. | Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (2003) |
| Annual Report Water Resources Data - Virginia | Water data for the USGS Virginia District since 1990, including groundwater and surface water information. | USGS |
| Appraisal of the Northern Shenandoah Valley Carbonate Aquifer System, Frederick County, Virginia | The objective of this 3.5-year U.S. Geological Survey study (begun October 2000) is to better characterize the carbonate aquifer system in the Northern Shenandoah Valley and provide relevant hydrogeologic information that can be used to guide the development and management of this important water resource. | USGS |
| Aquifer Susceptibility in Virginia, 1998-2000 | This U.S. Geological Survey study, prepared by David L. Nelms, George E. Harlow, Jr., L. Niel Plummer, and Eurybiades Busenberg, sampled water from 171 wells and springs across the Commonwealth of Virginia between 1998 and 2000 as part of the Virginia Aquifer Susceptibility study. The study found that the Shenandoah Basin groundwater is susceptible to contamination from near-surface sources. | USGS |
| Berkeley County Karst Aquifer Fracture Trace Analysis | USGS | |
| Berkeley County West Virginia Source Water Analysis and Protection Program Report | In March 2004, Berkeley County adopted a Source Water Analysis and Protection Program, which was completed using funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The effort was led by the Berkeley County Public Service District (BCPSD), which enlisted the participation of a range of federal, state, and community stakeholders. The SWAPP consists of an extensive examination of existing and potential threats to the County’s water sources and makes specific recommendations to mitigate those threats. Significantly, the SWAP includes water demand forecasts through 2023 for the entire County, and not just the BCPSD. The SWAP also includes a brief examination of potential new water supply sources to meet increasing demands, although the report does not contain specific recommendations. | Berkeley County, West Virginia (2004) |
| Bioaccumulation factors for mercury in stream fish | Use of bioaccumulation in fish to quantify mercury presence for site specific testing across southeastern united states. | Environmental Practice Journal |
| Biological and hydrogeological interactions affect the persistance of 17B-estradiol in an agricultural watershed. | 17b-estradiol presence in virginia watersheds, hormone can impair reproductive health of aquatic organisms. | Geobiology Journal |
| Chesapeake Bay Program Directory of Watershed Organizations | Directory includes contact information for almost 700 nonprofit organizations that are actively working to restore and conserve natural resources and create sustainable communities in the Chesapeake Bay basin. | Chesapeake Bay Program |
| Clarke County Aquifer Appraisal | The objective of this study is to better characterize the aquifer systems in the Northern Shenandoah Valley and provide relevant hydrogeologic information that can be used to guide the development and management of these water resources in Clarke County. | USGS |
| College and University Expert Database | On-line database set up to facilitate communication between academic researchers and decision-makers. The expert directory provides contact information for the Commonwealth's academia, state agencies, local officials, and legislators, as well as the private sector. | Virginia Water Resources Research Center |
| Commonwealth of Virginia Guidance for Conducting a Comprehensive Public Drinking Water Needs Assessment | Guidance to provide assistance to public drinking water system owners in development comprehensive public drinking water needs assessments. Primarily addresses the need for water to support the protection of public health, safety, and welfare rather than the impacts of those needs on water resources. | Virginia Department of Health, Department of Environmental Quality, et al. (2000) |
| Current Site Information: Avtex Fibers, Inc., Front Royal, VA (PCB and Heavy Metals Contamination) | Waste disposal practices at the plant contaminated the groundwater under the site and in residential wells across the river from the site with carbon disulfide, phenol, sodium, and heavy metals including lead, arsenic, and cadmium. In 1989, the Virginia State Water Control Board linked polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination in the Shenandoah River to the Avtex Fibers plant. Subsequently, Virginia revoked the plant's permit that allowed treated wastewater to be discharged to the river. Shutdown of the Avtex Fibers plant followed this action. | U.S. EPA |
| Current, reconstructed past, and projected future status of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalus) streams in Virginia | Analysis of southern appalachian stream's trout population. | Depository Services Program |
| Daily Stream Flow for West Virginia | USGS | |
| Development of a Method to Determine Sources of Fecal Pollution in Water | Effects and causes of fecal pollution in virginia watersheds. | Crop and Soil Environmental News |
| Drought Watch | Presents a map depicting streamflow conditions as measured at USGS gaging stations. The colors represent discharge as a percentile, which is computed from the period of record for the current day of the year. Only stations having at least 30 years of record are used. | USGS |
| Ecological Land Units of Shenandoah National Park | This page describes an initial effort to quantify the environmental gradients present in Shenandoah National Park as a precursor to vegetation sampling. | USGS |
| Effects of Acidic Deposition on Aquatic Resources in Central Appalachian Mountains | Study of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions for past and present (through year 2004). | SWAS Project Annual Report 2004 |
| Episodic acidification of three streams in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA | Results on the acidification of streams due to rainfuall and snowmelts. | Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Journal |
| Fish Tissue analysis Data for years 1993-2005 | Fish tissue analysis for metals, PAHs, PCBs, and pestisides for samples collected from shenandoah river and james river basin. | Virgina Department of Environmental Quality |
| Flood Recurrence Intervals: Shenandoah Basin | The U.S. Geological Survey uses data from its and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s monitoring stations to develop recurrence intervals, which show the likelihood that an event, such as a flood, will occur in any given year. | USGS |
| Friends of the Shenandoah River Water Monitoring Data | Monitoring data for 124 monitoring sites in Augusta, Clark, Frederick, Jefferson, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren Counties. Parameters include nitrate, orthophosphorus, ammonia, pH, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen. Testing is performed bi-monthly. | Friends of the Shenandoah River |
| Ground Water Data for West Virginia | USGS | |
| Groundwater Programs and Activities Biennial Report to the 2004 West Virginia Legislature | Biennial Report to the West Virginia Legislature on the status of the state's groundwater and groundwater management program, including detailed reports from each agency that holds regulatory responsibility. | Biennial Report to the West Virginia West Virginia DEP (2004) |
| Instream Flow Studies in the Shenandoah River Basin | ||
| Karst Resources of the Shenandoah River Watershed | This document describes the unique plant and animal communities associated with the Shenandoah Basin’s complex karst geology (sinkholes, springs, caves, ground water seeps, etc.), as well as the threats posed by water pollution throughout the Basin. | |
| Local Watershed Management Planning in Virginia | Document provides an approach to local watershed planning to meet the Chesapeake Bay 2000 Agreement goal of implemeting watershed planning in two-thirds of the Bay watershed. Outlines planning steps and contains extensive planning resource information. | Virginia Watershed Advisory Committee/Institute for Environmental Negotiation (2003) |
| Major Issues and Findings in the Potomac River Basin - Organic contaminants and metals in streams | Study finds organic contaminants in potomac river basin such as mercury and lead. | USGS |
| Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center: Shenandoah Basin | This site, maintained by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, provides graphs of the river stages at various points in the basin for the past 2 days. | NOAA |
| Potomac Basin Water Supply Outlooks | –Water Supply Outlooks are conducted by ICPRB annually each year from April through October to provide an ongoing assessment of the status of water resources. | Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin |
| Real Time Data for Virginia - Groundwater | Real-time groundwater data for 18 sites in Virginia, including Clarke and Rockingham counties. | USGS |
| Real Time Data for Virginia - Streamflow | Real-time streamflow data for 135 sites in Virginia. | USGS |
| SAMAB Watershed Group Finder | The SAMAB Watershed Initiative group has developed a site where you can click on any basin in the SAMAB area and get information on the watershed organizations within the basin. Basins are delineated by 8-digit hydrologic unit codes. | Souther Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Program |
| Shenandoah Basin Water Window | This website provides map-based access to a wealth of water quality data collected by volunteer monitors at nearly 200 locations in the Shenandoah Basin since 1996. Information includes land cover for selected subwatersheds, water quality trends (information from the Friends of the Shenandoah), and other map features. | Pure Water Forum |
| Shenandoah River Fish Kill Investigation Update - News Release July '05 | Summary of fish kill history, cause, and effects as of 2005. | Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries |
| Shenandoah River Fish Kill Investigations 2004-2005 | Recent fish health issues in the chesapeake bay watershed - specifically the shenandoah river. | Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society |
| Shenandoah River Recreational Use Management Plan | This report represents the recommendations of a Shenandoah River Recreation Use Management Plan Working Committee, composed of representatives from the counties of Clarke, Page, Shenandoah and Warren. | Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission (2001) |
| Shenandoah River Watershed Yellow Pages | This Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation list provides contact information for agencies and organizations working for conservation and environmental protection throughout the Shenandoah Basin. | Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation |
| Shenandoah Watershed Study-25 year summary | Includes findings concerning water acidification in streams, sulfur deposition, geologic influences, and the integrity of fish communities in the shenandoah watershed. | SWAS Project - Jack Cosby, Jim Galloway |
| Sources of stream sulphate in headwater catchments Otter Creek Wilderness, West VA | Study of upland forested catchments in the Appalachian Plateau region for sulfur deposition. | Hydrological Processes Journal |
| South River/South Fork Shenandoah River Mercury Information | This site, maintained by Virginia DEQ, offers the following reports: Shenandoah River mercury monitoring update for fish tissue, May 2003 ; Shenandoah River mercury monitoring update for fish tissue, November 2001 100-year mercury monitoring plan, August 2000; and South River/South Fork Shenandoah River mercury report, revised June 2000. | Virginia Department of Environmental Quality |
| State of West Virginia Source Water Assessment and Protection Program | West Virginia's strategic approach to meeting the source water assessment requirements of the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act. | West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Environmental Engineering Division (1999) |
| Stormflow/Baseflow comparison of dissolved organic matter concentrations and bioavailability in an Appalachian stream | Study of disolved organic carbon and nitrogen delivery patterns between times of stormflow and baseflow in Paine Run. | Biogeochemistry Journal |
| Stream Salamander Species Richness and Abundance in Relation to Environmental Factors in Shenandoah National Park | Results on stream salamander presence-the salamanders are sensitive to acid mine drainage found in watershed. | USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Study of atmospheric deposition effects on surface waters and watershed resources. | Annual progress report to USGS board on paired-water gauged watershed research at acadia national park. | USGS |
| Summary and Meeting Notes of the Shenandoah Valley Watersheds Roundtable | Summary and meeting notes of Shenandoah Valley Watersheds Roundtable held on May 30-31, 2003 at James Madison University. Contains detailed information from roundtable work groups and facilitated sessions as well as an extensive contact list of participants. | Shenandoah Basin Project (2003) |
| The State of the Valley | Provides an assessment of the efforts of Valley localities toward implementing conservation oriented land use. Detailed analysis of statistics on sprawl, farmland loss, foresty and agricultural data, riparian restoration, natural and cultural heritage conservation efforts and much more. Information concerning the Shenandoah and Upper James River counties of Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren. | Valley Conservation Council (2003) |
| Total Maximum Daily Load Development, Bacteria Impairment | TMDL studies for bacteria in Mill Creek, North River, and Beaver Creek. | Center for TMDL and Watershed Studies |
| U.S. EPA Surf Your Watershed | Voluntary, national catalog of organizations involved in protecting local water bodies, including formal watershed alliances, local groups, and schools that conduct activities such as volunteer monitoring, cleanups, and restoration projects. | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Use of antibiotic resistance analysis for representativeness testing of multiwatershed librarires | Use of antibiotic resistance analysis to trace isolates from known sources in multiwatershed libraries. | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Journal |
| Valley and Ridge Aquifer Basics | Map and basic information about Valley and Ridge karst geology. | USGS |
| Virginia 2002 303(d) Report on Impaired Waters (TMDL) | Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act requires each state to submit a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Priority List to EPA. This list, contained in the 303(d) Report on Impaired Waters in Virginia, is a compilation of waters in the state that do not meet water quality standards. Most impaired waters require the development of TMDLs. DEQ has identified a total of 4,318 stream miles that are impaired because of human activity. | Virginia Department of Environmental Quality |
| Virginia 2002 305(b) Water Quality Assessment Report | The 2002 305(b) Water Quality Assessment Report describes water quality conditions in the Commonwealth of Virginia between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 2000. The primary purpose of this report is to satisfy the water quality reporting requirements of the Commonwealth of Virginia under Sections 305(b), 106, 314 and 319 of the Federal Clean Water Act and the Virginia Water Quality Monitoring, Information and Restoration Act. | Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (2002) |
| Virginia Department of Environmental Quality On-line Interactive Geographical Information System | This web site provides interactive maps showing impaired stream segments, state, federal and citizen monitoring sites, and other information. | Virginia Department of Environmental Quality |
| Virginia Draft and Approved TMDL Reports and Implementation Plans | This site, maintained by Virginia DEQ provides links to all TMDL development reports and implementation plans completed or currently underway in the Shenandoah Basin. | Virginia Department of Environmental Quality |
| Virginia Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program Annual Report | Annual progress report for nonpoint source pollution for year 2004. | Commonwealth of Virginia - Department of Conservation & Recreation |
| Virginia Save Our Streams Monitoring Data | Results on the shenandoah watershed including a multimetric score and a rating of the location's ecological condition. | |
| Virginia Source Water Assessment Program Report | Virginia's strategic approach to meeting the source water assessment requirements of the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act. | Virginia Department of Health (1999) |
| Warren County Siliciclastic and Crystalline Aquifers Appraisal | USGS | |
| Water Resources Scoping Report for Shenandoah National Park | Analysis of water resources management policy and guidelines, planning, technical assistance, training, and operational support units of the National Park System. | National Park Service |
| Water Supply Demands and Resource Analysis in the Potomac River Basin | This study includes an assessment of current and future water demands, with a focus on consumptive use, to the year 2030 for the Potomac River basin, including the Shenandoah River watershed. The assessment is meant to assist regulatory agencies and water utilities in addressing the future adequacy of fresh water resources in the Potomac River basin. | Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin for Maryland Department of the Environment (2000) |
| Water-Quality Data of Soil Water from Three Watersheds for year 1999-2000. | Data on chemical composition of soil-water samples collected quarterly from three watersheds in Shenandoah National Park. | US Department of the Interior & USGS |
| West Virginia Rivers Coalition Watershed Organization Page | Includes a watershed group directory and a directory of funding sources. | West Virginia Rivers Coalition |