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The CERP is a multi-billion-dollar plan approved by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to save the wetlands of the Everglades in southern Florida with only 50% of its natural wetlands remaining. [28] The goal of this plan is to increase freshwater storage, improve water quality, and re-establish the natural water flow.
Mississippi River Watershed. Conservation programs for the Mississippi River watershed have been designed to protect and preserve it by implementing practices that decrease the harmful effects of development on habitats and to overlook monitoring that helps future planning and management.
Watersheds or drainage basins are an area of land that drain into a common water body such as stream, lake, estuary, aquifer or ocean. [13] The Watershed Approach is an important framework to address today's water challenges. More than $450 billion in food and fiber, manufactured goods, and tourism depends on clean water and healthy watersheds.
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Riparian zones dissipate stream energy. [21] The meandering curves of a river, combined with vegetation and root systems, slow the flow of water, which reduces soil erosion and flood damage. [22] Sediment is trapped, reducing suspended solids to create less turbid water, replenish soils, and build stream banks. [23]
Watershed delineation is the process of identifying the boundary of a watershed, also referred to as a catchment, drainage basin, or river basin.It is an important step in many areas of environmental science, engineering, and management, for example to study flooding, aquatic habitat, or water pollution.
Protected Streaming [1] is a DRM technology by Adobe. The aim of the technology is to protect digital content (video or audio) from unauthorized use. Protected Streaming consists of many different techniques; basically there are two main components: encryption and SWF verification. This technique is used by the Hulu desktop player and the RTÉ ...
The Small Watershed Program is a program created under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (P.L. 83–566), and 1 of 3 programs that are combined into the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program. The Small Watershed Program is available in watersheds that are smaller than 250,000 acres (1,000 km 2). Currently, there are ...