The Impact of Land Use on Water Quality- a Watershed Evaluation from Canoes

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Session I Objectives

• Use various Internet sources of imagery (topographic maps and aerial and satellite images) to visualize a watershed
• Determine land use and ownership in a watershed
• Predict potential impacts of land use on water quality
• Make recommendations for interventions that could be made to improve water quality

Session II Objectives

• Safely access several portions of a stream for observation and measurement
• Properly collect water samples
• Use appropriate instrumentation and technique to measure water quality parameters
• Make and record relevant observations related to land use and water quality
• Predict potential impacts of land use on water quality

Session III Objectives

• Evaluate the potential impacts of land use on water quality parameters
• Compare predicted water quality impacts with measured impacts
• Make recommendations for interventions that could be made to improve water quality.

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