Water Quality Problem:Sediment Loading
Select the answer that best describes the sediment loading in your water resource.
Excessive siltation is reducing water resource capacity
No significant decrease in capacity is evident -
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or, if you know the percent embeddedness, select the answer that most closely describes the percent embeddedness of your water resource.
> 50% embeddedness
25 - 50% embeddedness
< 25% embeddedness
- No Problem. Return to the Water Resource Page.
(Plafkin et al., 1989)
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Information on Sediment
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Information on Percent Embeddedness
