The USGS implemented the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program in 1991 to develop long-term consistent and comparable information on streams, rivers, groundwater, and aquatic systems in support of national, regional, State, and local information needs and decisions related to water-quality management and policy.
USGS National Water-Quality Assessment Program and Michigan
Monitoring data from the several river sites in Michigan including the Clinton River and River Raisin, as well as data from a variety of groundwater well networks have been collected since NAWQA began. A complete listing of reports analyzing data that NAWQA collected in Michigan can be found here. Today the NAWQA program has entered its third 10-year cycle. USGS MIWSC continues to sample groundwater networks and a river station as part of the National Fixed Network of monitoring stations.
The NAWQA program is designed to address the following objectives and answer these questions:
1. What is the condition of our Nation's streams, rivers, and groundwater?
2. How are these conditions changing over time?
3. How do natural features and human activities affect these conditions, and where are those effects most pronounced?
The USGS implemented the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program in 1991 to develop long-term consistent and comparable information on streams, rivers, groundwater, and aquatic systems in support of national, regional, State, and local information needs and decisions related to water-quality management and policy.
USGS National Water-Quality Assessment Program and Michigan
Monitoring data from the several river sites in Michigan including the Clinton River and River Raisin, as well as data from a variety of groundwater well networks have been collected since NAWQA began. A complete listing of reports analyzing data that NAWQA collected in Michigan can be found here. Today the NAWQA program has entered its third 10-year cycle. USGS MIWSC continues to sample groundwater networks and a river station as part of the National Fixed Network of monitoring stations.
The NAWQA program is designed to address the following objectives and answer these questions:
1. What is the condition of our Nation's streams, rivers, and groundwater?
2. How are these conditions changing over time?
3. How do natural features and human activities affect these conditions, and where are those effects most pronounced?