Using Continuous Water Quality to Guide Conservation Efforts
January 8, 2025
USGS, in cooperation with the PA Natural Resources Conservation Service, has released a geonarrative describing monitoring of sediment and nutrient reduction efforts in the Chiques and Swatara creeks in central Pennsylvania.
USGS, in cooperation with the PA Natural Resources Conservation Service, has released a geonarrative describing monitoring of sediment and nutrient reduction efforts in the Chiques and Swatara creeks in central Pennsylvania.
This geonarrative describes USGS data collection and analysis efforts to assess water-quality conditions and measure the effects of conservation practices in the Chiques and Swatara Creek watersheds in central Pennsylvania, both within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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