Sustainable Water Use Rulemaking -- Background Studies

In the process of developing the draft rules, the Department worked closely with other interested state agencies, including the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Conservation, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Geologists from the Maine Geological Survey provided technical support and prepared the following studies.

• Preliminary Assessment of Water Withdrawal Thresholds at Selected U.S. Geological Survey Stream Flow Gages, March 2005
• Preliminary Assessment of Winter Water Withdrawals at Selected U.S. Geological Survey Stream Flow Gages, March 2005
• Preliminary Assessment of Peak Flow Storage Capacities at Selected Surface-Water Withdrawal Points, November 2004
• Preliminary Assessment of Peak Flow Storage Capacities at Selected Surface-Water Withdrawal Points, Addendum for Late Spring and Summer Peak Flow Withdrawals, November 2004
• Preliminary Assessment of Water Withdrawal Thresholds at Selected Surface-Water Withdrawal Points, September 2004

Related United States Geological Survey Maine Reports (off-site)

• FS-2004-3001 Lombard, P. J., 2004, Methods for Estimating Streamflow Statistics for Ungaged Streams in Maine , FS-2004-3001, 2 p.
• SIR2004-5026 Dudley, R. W., 2004, Estimating Monthly, Annual, and Low 7-Day, 10-Year Streamflows for Ungaged Rivers in Maine , SIR2004-5026, 22 p.
• SIR2004-5157 Lombard, P. J., 2004, August Median Streamflow on Ungaged Streams in Eastern Coastal Maine , SIR2004-5157, 15 p.
• WRIR03-4225 Lombard, P. J., Tasker, G. D., Nielsen, M. G., 2003, August Median Streamflow on Ungaged Streams in Eastern Aroostook County , Maine , WRIR03-4225, 19 p.