Project Overview

Full Title
Currituck Sound Water Quality Monitoring

Location
 Currituck County, Dare County, City of Chesapeake, VA, and City of Virginia Beach, VA

Cooperating Agencies
NC Division of Water Resources
US Army Corps of Engineers
Elizabeth City State University
US Fish and Wildlife Service
The North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve

Project Chief
Jason Fine
jmfine@usgs.gov

Period of Project
2005 to present

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Currituck Sound

Reports

Related Publications

Bales, J.D., and Skrobialowski, 1994, Flow and salinity in West Neck Creek, Virginia, 1989-92, and salinity in North Landing River, North Carolina and Virginia, 1991-92: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4067, 36 p.

Bales, J.D. and Nelson, T.M., 1988, Bibliography of hydrologic and water-quality investigations conducted in or near the Albemarle-Pamlico Sounds region, North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-480, 148 p.

Caldwell, W.S., 2001, Hydrologic and salinity characteristics of Currituck Sound and selected tributaries in North Carolina and Virginia, 1998 – 99: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Rresources Investigations Report 01-4097, 36 p.

Garlo, E., 1982, Currituck Sound bibliography: Raleigh, North Carolina, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, 49 p.

North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 2004, North Carolina water quality assessment and impaired waters list (2004 Integrated 305(b) and 303(d) Report): Raleigh, Division of Water Quality, Water Quality Section, 104 p. (draft)

North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, 1980, Water Quality, Salinity, and Fisheries in Currituck Sound: Raleigh, Currituck Sound Task Committee, 17 p.

North Carolina Division of Environmental Management, 1994, Currituck Sound outstanding resource waters evaluation: Raleigh, Water Quality Section, 33 p.

Rideout, R.R., 1990, A comprehensive management plan for the Currituck Sound drainage basin: Background investigations: Raleigh, North Carolina, Report No. 90-19, Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study, 106 p + app.