Download or read book Design of Cycle 3 of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, 2013?2023 written by U.S. Department of the Interior and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1991, the U.S. Congress established the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water- Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program to develop long-term, nationally consistent information on the quality of the Nation's streams and groundwater. Congress recognized the critical need for this information to support scientifically sound management, regulatory, and policy decisions concerning the increasingly stressed water resources of the Nation.