Procedure to Determine the Integrity of Surface Water Quality in Streams of CoalProducing Regions

摘要

The goal of this study was to display the utility of an integrated GIS data base,data integrity procedure, and assessment procedure. Study objectives were: (1) to develop an integrated cartographic and textual data base, (2) to develop a procedure which determines regional expectations for physical, chemical, and biological components, (3) to develop a model which evaluates the integrity of submitted data, and (4) to assess potential impacts of coal mining activities as indicated by deviations of model attributes from expected values.