Environmental Setting and Water-Quality Issues in the Lower Tennessee River Basin

Table of Contents

Foreword

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and Scope

Acknowledgments

Environmental Setting

Natural Setting

Geology and Soils

Physiography and Ecoregions

Climate

Surface Water

Ground Water

Surface- and Ground-Water Interactions

Cultural Setting

Reservoirs

Water Use

Wastewater Discharge

Population, Land Use, and Land Cover

Nonpoint-Source Nutrient Inputs

Pesticide Use

Water-Quality Issues

Selected Water-Quality Data

Nutrients in Surface and Ground Water

Bacteria in Surface and Ground Water

Summary

References