GCRC Project Summary |
A GIS Water Quality Database for Georgia's Coastal Zone Counties
PI: Randal L. Walker and Karen Payne (Univ of Georgia Marine Extension Service, Athens, GA, USA)
Support: GA DNR Coastal Zone Management (through a Coastal Incentive Grant) and funds from the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Timeframe: 2000 - ongoing
Project Overview:
The University of Georgia's Marine Extension Service (MAREX) is developing a
single Geographic Information System (GIS) database for all existing water quality
parameters (temperature, water salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrient levels,
turbidity, pH, E. coli counts, etc.).
Findings:
To date, water quality
information has been collected from: United States Environmental Protection
Agency (National Pollution Discharge Elimination Systems); Georgia Department
of Natural Resources Coastal Division (National Shellfisheries Sanitation Program,
Environmental Protection Division's rend Monitoring Program, Shrimp Survey Program,
and Coastal 2000 Program); Sapelo Island Marine Institute; Sapelo Island National
Estuarine Research Reserve, Friends of Sapelo Adopt-A-Stream; School of Marine
Program's Long Term Monitoring Program, and the Altamaha Riverkeepers.
Publications:
Links:
This project is
part of a larger effort by the Marine Extension Service to evaluate coastal
water quality. http://www.uga.edu/marine_advisory/waterquality.html