Record #:

34341

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

On July 12, 2002, Governor Mike Easley issued a statement asking the federal government to designate fifty-four North Carolina counties as disaster areas due to severe drought throughout the state. On recommendation of the North Carolina Drought Monitoring Council, the governor also called water systems and agricultural and industrial users in the Cape Fear River Basin, the Yadkin River Basin, and in Piedmont areas classified as in “exceptional” or “extreme” drought to reduce their water use by at least twenty-percent through mandatory restrictions. This article discusses the drought of 2002, the conditions of stream flows, groundwater and reservoirs, and the impacts to water quality, energy operations and the economy.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 336, July/Aug 2002, p1-5, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Droughts; Water supply; Water management

Record #:

34342

Author(s):

Paerl, Hans W.

Abstract:

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute of Marine Sciences and Duke University’s Marine Lab are jointly developing ferry-based water quality monitoring as a regional and national tool for assessing estuarine and coastal ecosystem health. In 2000, following massive flooding that inundated Pamlico Sound from hurricanes, the North Carolina Department of Transportation helped establish a pilot water quality monitoring program using the ferries. The FerryMon Program provides a unique, long-term and cost-effective “real-time” observing system to evaluate status and trends in Albemarle-Pamlico system water quality.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 336, July/Aug 2002, p9-10 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ferries; Water quality management