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Cooperative water-resources monitoring in the St. Clair River/Lake St. Clair Basin, Michigan

June 29, 2007

As part of the Lake St. Clair Regional Monitoring Project, this report describes numerous cooperative water-resources monitoring efforts conducted in the St. Clair River/Lake St. Clair Basin over the last 100 years. Cooperative monitoring is a tool used to observe and record changes in water quantity and quality over time. This report describes cooperative efforts for monitoring streamflows and flood magnitudes, past and present water-quality conditions, significant human-health threats, and flow-regime changes that are the result of changing land use. Water-resources monitoring is a long-term effort that can be made cost-effective by leveraging funds, sharing data, and avoiding duplication of effort. Without long-term cooperative monitoring, future water-resources managers and planners may find it difficult to establish and maintain public supply, recreational, ecological, and esthetic water-quality goals for the St. Clair River/Lake St. Clair Basin.

Publication Year 2007
Title Cooperative water-resources monitoring in the St. Clair River/Lake St. Clair Basin, Michigan
DOI 10.3133/ofr20071148
Authors Stephen J. Rheaume, Brian P. Neff, Stephen P. Blumer
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 2007-1148
Index ID ofr20071148
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Michigan Water Science Center