The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's water programs and their counterparts in states and pollution control agencies are increasingly emphasizing watershed and water quality-based assessment and integrated analysis of point and nonpoint sources. Better Assessment Science Integrating point and Nonpoint Sources (BASINS) is a system developed to meet the needs of such agencies. It integrates a geographic information system (GIS), national watershed and meteorologic data, and state-of-the-art environmental assessment and modeling tools into one convenient package.

The Consortium is currrently using BASINS for several watershed applications in northeastern PA.  BASINS GIS data were queried and reviewed to support the GIS Environmental Master Plan for the Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna Watershed.  Funding for BASINS applications have been provided by USDA RGIS and EPA.

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