RedN NAWQA
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Red River of the North Basin
National Water-Quality Assessment Program
Stoner, J.D., and Lorenz, D.L., 1992, Water Quality Assessment Strategy for the Red River of the North
Basin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota: North Dakota Water-Quality Symposium Program
Abstracts, March 25-26, 1992, Bismarck, North Dakota, p. 24.
Abstract
The Red River of the North basin, which is mostly agricultural land, is a
study unit of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment
(NAWQA) program. Long-term goals of the NAWQA program are to describe the
status and trends of the quality of a representative part of the Nation's
water resources and to provide a sound understanding of the primary natural
and human factors affecting the quality of these water resources. The Red
River of the North study began in 1991 with the formation of a liaison
committee that has taken an active role in prioritizing water-quality issues
in the basin and in planning the study. A review of previous studies and data
indicates that the environmental setting is diverse and water quality varies
widely throughout the basin. Also, little is known about the quantities of
sediment and pesticides in water. Water sediment, and selected biota will be
sampled and analyzed at different scales to assess water quality within the
context of hydrologic and ecological settings.
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