Item talk:Q226836

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 "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/sawsc/science/triangle-area-nc-water-supply-monitoring",
 "headline": "Triangle Area, NC, Water Supply Monitoring",
 "datePublished": "April 15, 2024",
 "author": [
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     "@type": "Person",
     "name": "Rosemary M Fanelli, Ph.D.",
     "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/rosemary-m-fanelli",
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     "text": "Awards:"
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     "text": "The project received a 2017 National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Innovation Award, which honors creative approaches to advancing regional community and economic development and improved quality of life. (2017 NADO Innovation Award Winners)"
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     "text": "New public health concerns have recently emerged in the Triangle area related to probable carcinogens in drinking water.  Higher levels of bromide, 1,4-dioxane, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been previously reported in portions of the Cape Fear River basin; however, information is lacking for many of the water-supply sources in the Triangle area. Bromide supports the formation of brominated trihalomethanes. 1,4-dioxane is an organic solvent that is a probable human carcinogen, and evidence is emerging regarding the negative health impacts of PFAS exposure as well. Water suppliers need additional information about these constituents; therefore, the USGS is investigating their occurrence and distribution in Triangle area water supplies while continuing the long-term monitoring program for conventional water-quality constituents."
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     "text": "The project currently is in Phase IX, which spans the period July 2022-June 2027. Water-quality and hydrologic monitoring from Phase VIII will continue, with the addition of constituents of current concern to municipal water suppliers. Specific objectives for Phase IX are to:"
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     "text": "Background:"
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     "text": "Sampling Locations:"
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     "text": "In 1988, several local governments, with assistance from Triangle J Council of Governments (TJCOG), formed the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project. With cooperative assistance from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Project has tracked water-quality conditions and trends in many of the area's water-supply reservoirs, rivers, and selected tributaries since October 1988."
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     "text": "Concerns about lake eutrophication and contaminants that affect drinking-water quality have remained major priorities since the Project began.  Additional concerns have been addressed as they arose. For example, pesticides and PCBs, pharmaceutical compounds, disinfection by-products, microbial pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia, mercury, and cyanotoxins have all been investigated during previous phases, and a series of USGS reports have been published to summarize the results.  The sustainability of water supplies depends on water availability as well as water quality; therefore, 10 streamflow-gaging stations are also supported by the Project."
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     "text": "The Research Triangle area, located within the upper Cape Fear and Neuse River basins, is one of the most rapidly developing areas in the Nation. Growth has increased demand for water from public suppliers, the majority of which draw water from streams and lakes in the region. Growth also brings the threat of greater loads of contaminants and new contaminant sources that, if not properly managed, could adversely affect water quality."
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     "text": "Approach:"
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   {
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     "text": "Release Date: 1/26/2017"
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     "text": "Objective:"
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     "text": "Quality-assurance measures include the use of clean sampling techniques, collection of numerous quality-control samples, and extensive data review. Samples are analyzed by the USGS National Water Quality Laboratory in Denver, Colorado, and the USGS Eastern Region Sediment Laboratory in Louisville, Kentucky. All data are permanently stored and made available to the public online through the USGS National Water Information System."
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     "text": "The USGS samples nine water-supply reservoir sites and four stream sites six times per year. Dissolved oxygen, pH, water temperature, specific conductance, turbidity, nutrients, major ions (including bromide), 1,4-dioxane, and PFAS are sampled at all sites (PFAS sampling will be conducted for one year only).  In addition, suspended sediment is monitored at stream sites.  Chlorophyll, water clarity, iron, and manganese are measured at water-supply reservoir sites. Eight additional streams in the study area are sampled by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) as part of their Ambient Monitoring System. The USGS samples 12 of these sites during selected storm events on a rotational basis to quantify concentrations at high flows. As part of this project, the USGS also operates continuous-record streamflow gaging stations at 10 stream sites."
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   "name": "South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)",
   "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/sawsc"
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