Problems, Issues, Constraints, and Barriers to Water Quality Planning and Management in Urban and Urbanizing Areas (SMSA's) in Tennessee

摘要

Results are presented of a statewide study based on the systematic gathering of information on water quality management issues, problems, and barriers from three sources: a literature review, a questionnaire sent to experts within the state, and five case studies of '208' agencies within Tennessee. The study points out considerable variation among water basins, related to both water quality and the causes and treatment of problems. The major problems identified were: erosion and sediment, agricultural and forest runoff, sludge, flooding, construction runoff, low dissolved oxygen, flood plain development, eutrophication, algal growth and contamination from hazardous wastes.