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The
Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory (OWML) is responsible
for making determinations in a number of areas critical to
the ongoing management of water quality in the Occoquan watershed,
including:
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Determining
the suitability of reclaimed water for indirect discharge
into a public water supply;
Providing
information required for consideration of alternative
treatment practices at the water reclamation plant;
Providing receiving water data for use in contemplating
water reclamation plant expansions; Providing information
on water quality effects and cost-effective control
of nonpoint sources of pollution.
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Since
its founding, the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Program (OWMP)
has been successful in building a hydrologic and water quality
data acquisition and analysis system that has formed the basis
of regional watershed management decision-making for nearly
30 years. The system has made it possible for the local governments
of northern Virginia to successfully deal with the competing
uses of urban development (and the attendant wastewater discharges
and urban runoff) and public water supply in a critical watershed-impoundment
system.
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