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Direct Assistance Available For Water Resources

In case you haven't heard, there is a group of water resource specialists providing direct assistance to states. Based on input provided from state level specialists, state conservationists, conservation partners, and others, the NWMC serves as a point of contact when information/assistance is needed regarding water resources. Functions of the NWMC include: direct assistance, technology transfer, watershed planning and assessment, water policy interpretation and development, and interagency coordination.

Recently, the NWMC provided assistance to more than 20 states including the Pacific Basin and the Caribbean Area.

Assisting Louisiana NRCS in preliminary planning for a large scale irrigation project Working closely with the National Water and Climate Center to help provide irrigation modeling support
Assisting the Pacific Basin in addressing impacts of agriculture on a sole source aquifer in Guam with the use of water quality models Providing PL83-566 watershed planning assistance to Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Hawaii
Assisting Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas with streambank restoration including the development of regionalized curves Assisting Alaska with strategies for providing flood plain management assistance to Native American villages
Assisting numerous states in agricultural waste management technologies. Assisting the Caribbean Area and Arkansas with water-related outreach activities to non-traditional clients
Helping Louisiana NRCS and others acquire coastal wetland technologies including the USACE UNET model for delta watersheds. Assisting Arkansas NRCS in assessing declines in ground water levels.
Assisting Utah NRCS and others in assessing watershed-scale changes in water yields associated with vegetation management. Assisting the Caribbean Area with a large-scale wetland restoration project in Puerto Rico

If you need water-related assistance or would like to know more about the National Water Management Center, please contact Keith Admire at 501 210-8900 keith.admire@ar.usda.gov or any NWMC staff member. You may also want to check out our web site.

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