本研究旨在提供一种机制，供公用事业管理人员分析上游排放对源水的影响。该项目的具体组成部分包括选择、实施和示范基于微型计算机的水质信息商业数据库管理系统；选择和演示水质模型，以表示地表水源中污染物的移动和运输；评估政府来源的工业和市政排放信息的可用性；以及数据库管理系统、水质监测和数据库开发在密西西比河下游的应用。包括9个参考文献、表格、图表。

This study was conducted to provide a mechanism with which utility managers could analyze the effects of upstream discharges on source waters. Specific components of the project included selection, implementation, and demonstration of a microcomputer-based commercial data base management system for water quality information; selection and demonstration of a water quality model to represent the movement and transportation of pollutants in a surface water source; assessment of the availability of industrial and municipal discharge information from government sources; and applications of the data base management system, water quality monitoring, and data base development to the lower Mississippi River. Includes 9 references, tables, figures.