Cooperative water-resources monitoring in the St. Clair River/Lake St. Clair Basin, Michigan
Open-File Report
2007-1148
Prepared in cooperation with the Lake St. Clair Regional Monitoring Project, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, and Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne Counties, Michigan
By: Stephen J. Rheaume, Brian P. Neff, and Stephen P. Blumer
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Abstract
As part of the Lake St. Clair Regional Monitoring Project, this report describes numerous cooperative water-resources monitoring efforts conducted in the St. Clair River/Lake St. Clair Basin over the last 100 years. Cooperative monitoring is a tool used to observe and record changes in water quantity and quality over time. This report describes cooperative efforts for monitoring streamflows and flood magnitudes, past and present water-quality conditions, significant human-health threats, and flow-regime changes that are the result of changing land use. Water-resources monitoring is a long-term effort that can be made cost-effective by leveraging funds, sharing data, and avoiding duplication of effort. Without long-term cooperative monitoring, future water-resources managers and planners may find it difficult to establish and maintain public supply, recreational, ecological, and esthetic water-quality goals for the St. Clair River/Lake St. Clair Basin.
Suggested Citation
Rheaume, S.J., Neff, B., and Blumer, S.P., 2007, Cooperative water-resources monitoring in the St. Clair River/Lake St. Clair Basin, Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1148, iv, 41 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071148.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Cooperative water-resources monitoring in the St. Clair River/Lake St. Clair Basin, Michigan |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2007-1148 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20071148 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Michigan Water Science Center |
| Description | iv, 41 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| Other Geospatial | Lake St. Clair Basin, St. Clair River |