STRATEGY 4.2.4: Water Availability & Quality

Monitor and assess water availability and quality.

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The Nation faces an increasing set of water resource challenges. The Department will continue to monitor and conduct research to generate a more precise estimate of water availability and use for meeting current and future human, environmental, and wildlife requirements. These research and monitoring activities will help identify water resources for use by humans and the environment while also developing tools to forecast likely outcomes for water use and quality, and aquatic ecosystem health affected by changes in land use and land cover, natural and engineered infrastructure, water use, and climate. State and local governments rely heavily on the monitoring data that is provided by USGS monitoring systems that operate across the country.

Stakeholder(s):

• USGS

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