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— Water Quality Themes —

The following are Water Quality Themes or Target Programs for Alabama:
  1. General Water Information  
  2. Waste and Wastewater Management
  3. Drinking Water and Human Health
  4. Environmental Restoration
  5. Nutrient and Pesticide Management
  6. Pollution Assessment and Prevention
  7. Watershed Management
  8. Water Conservation and Management
  9. Water Policy and Economics

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Waste and Wastewater Management
Addresses proper handling, storage and beneficial reuse of various waste materials including human and animal biosolids and industrial by-products.

Theme Leader(s): Ted Tyson and Charles Mitchell

Auburn University Animal Waste Management Website
Drinking Water & Human Health
Addresses the testing and evaluation of water quality for human consumption, types of contaminants and methods of treatment.

Theme Leader(s): Jim Hairston
Environmental Restoration
Addresses the evaluation, management and recovery of impaired land and water resources impacted by natural and human-accelerated disturbance or contamination such as mining, energy exploration, erosion and/or waste disposal.

Theme Leader(s): Eve Brantley
Nutrient and Pesticide Management
Addresses the proper handling, storage and use of nutrients and pesticides to protect water quality in agricultural and non-agricultural environments.

Theme Leader(s):
Charles Mitchell and Fudd Graham
Pollution Assessment and Prevention
Addresses methods and technologies for evaluating types and sources of potential water pollution and strategies for prevention.

Theme Leader(s): Eve Brantley and Bill Deutsch
Watershed Management
Addresses the characteristics and functions of watersheds and methods for protection of water resources on a watershed scale.



Theme Leader(s):Kathryn Flynn and Donn Rodekohr
Water Conservation and Management
Addresses water conservation issues and their relevance to maintaining the availability and quality of water resources needed to meet the growing demands for both consumptive and nonconsumptive uses.
Theme Leader(s): Jim Hairston, Donn Rodekohr and Ted Tyson
Water Policy and Economics
Addresses water policy and economic issues and their relevance to maintaining the availability and quality of water resources needed to meet the growing demands for both consumptive and nonconsumptive uses.

Theme Leader(s): Bob Goodman and Donn Rodekohr
   

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This website was developed by the ACES Water Quality Team, under the leadership of Dr. James E. Hairston. It is funded, in part, by USDA-CSREES water quality grant support under Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998.