Relevance and Benefits Sample Clauses

Relevance and Benefits. Hydrologic and geochemical processes occurring in surface water and groundwater interaction as well as those that are associated with ASR are of local, national, and global interest. The city of Wichita will gain information to optimize facility operation. GMD2, KDA-DWR, and KDHE will benefit from having online real-time water quantity and quality data to evaluate and minimize environmental impacts. USGS will benefit by fulfilling its mission in describing a critical aquifer water supply to the State’s largest city and increased understanding of hydrologic and geochemical effects of artificial and natural recharge in a managed aquifer system. This proposal addresses the USGS Water Science Strategy with the assessment of water resources and their suitability to meet human and ecological needs. Objectives will be accomplished using continuously collected data from surface water and groundwater sites. Activities listed in the Objectives and Scope are described below. Table 1 describes discrete constituent analyses required for the operation of nitrate and fluorescent dissolved organic material (fDOM, a proxy for dissolved organic carbon) sensors. Table 2 describes discrete constituent analyses required for the publishing of surrogate models on the National Real-Time Water Quality webpage (xxxxx://xxxxx.xxxx.xxx/).
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Relevance and Benefits. The results from the proposed study will help inform Broward County managers on the current, historical, and projected future spatial distributions of salinity within the surficial aquifer and help identify the primary influences on the advancement of the saltwater front. The variable density numerical model developed during the study will provide the county with a tool capable of simulating projected future conditions and evaluate the effects of various changes to the hydrologic conditions on the salinity distribution. Additionally, during the project it would be desirable to communicate the importance and improve the understanding of the effects of future sea level and water use on salinity intrusion within the region to a broader audience. These beneficial outreach activities could include presentations at local colleges and universities, regional utilities, or local chapter meetings of environmental groups. This study aligns with the goals, objectives, and actions outlined in USGS circular 1383-G (Xxxxxxx and others, 2013) by providing/aiding in the (1) advancement of the understanding of processes that determine water availability and effects from human interactions (Goal 2, Objective 4, Strategic Action 12); (2) development and application of models to predict the potential effects of changes in population, land-use, climate, and management practices upon future water availability considering human and ecological needs (Goal 3, Objective 1, Strategic Action 14, 15, 16, 17); and (3) identifying the current and future threats to communities from water-related hazards (Goal 4, Objective 1, Strategic Actions 19, 20). The proposed project also aligns with the Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center Strategic Science Plan (Xxxxx and others, 2017) by evaluating water availability, water quality, and the risk of further saltwater intrusion in response to increased sea level and providing tools to assess the uncertainty of future conditions and the effect on the hydrologic system.
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Relevance and Benefits. Results of this investigation will result in a more efficient use of water stored in Jordan Lake. With increasingly intense competition for this resource, the need for effective management and use of the water is extremely important. An important part of the USGS mission is to provide scientific information to manage the water resources of the Nation. Such information helps states and communities to better understand water availability and to prepare for management of this resource in response to natural hazards (U.S. Geological Survey – Circular 1309). To effectively assess the Nation's surface-water resources, the USGS operates more than 7,000 streamgaging stations, monitors lakes and reservoirs, makes periodic flow measurements on rivers and streams using standardized methods, and maintains the data from these stations in a national data base. Much of the data also is available on a near real-time basis to cooperators, customers and the public, which is critical for the effective management of the Nation's water resources. The data are made available online at xxxx://xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx/nwis and are published annually for each State. Surface-water data are essential to a variety of individuals and agencies for the planning and management of diverse water-resources projects and programs including flood warning; flood assessment; reservoir operations; monitoring water-quality and setting water-quality standards; designing infrastructure such as bridges, culverts, and dams; evaluating the effects of changing land use; detecting long-term changes in climate; and administering compacts, decrees, and (or) treaties on interstate and international bodies of water. The streamgaging stations, and lake and reservoir monitoring stations operated in this State are an integral part of the nationwide surface-water data program. Two of the priority issues for science activities conducted by the USGS in North Carolina are strongly related to the objectives identified in this proposal: hydrologic and geospatial data, and increased population and water resources (Xxxxx and others, 2004). One by-product associated with efforts to collect hydrologic data is expanding the database of discharge records in reaches that are affected by backwater and where traditional data-collection techniques cannot be utilized satisfactorily. An action associated with the increased population and water resources priority is to increase the understanding of State and local water use in order to...
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Relevance and Benefits. Sampling for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on this scale has never before been conducted in New Mexico and information gained from sampling is crucial for understanding the distribution throughout the state in both areas of known impact and unknown impact (New Mexico Environment Department, 2020; Intellus New Mexico, 2020). The proposed work also includes comprehensive analytical suites in addition to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to provide context for the geochemical evolution and possible sources of water contributing to the sampled water. The study directly supports the USGS Water Science Strategy by gaining an understanding of human interactions on water quality. Quality assurance (QA) measures will be followed to ensure completeness of the information communicated during the study. The QA objectives for collection and communication of information will: • Withstand scientific scrutiny • Be obtained by methods appropriate for the information and its intended use, and • Be representative and of known completeness and comparability. All data will be collected in adherence to USGS standards and methods and water quality samples will be collected according to the USGS National Field Manual for the Collection of Water Quality Data (USGS, variously dated). Collection methods for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are still being evaluated prior to publication in the USGS National Field Manual and sampling will follow the best available guidance and include the use of shoulder length gloves beneath the standard nitrile gloves during sampling. Groundwater samples for per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds will be collected directly from the sampling port at xxxxx with a dedicated pump and utilize HDPE tubing for samples collected with a portable pump. If a portable pump is used, a blank sample will be collected from the pump prior to sample collection. Surface water samples will be collected following the USGS National Field Manual using polypropylene equipment. All digital data will be reviewed by USGS personnel to ensure proper documentation. The project and project budget will be reviewed by USGS management on a semi-annual basis to ensure project timelines are met. USGS products are impartial, credible, relevant, provide timely information, and are equally accessible and available to all interested parties. Quality assurance samples provide important context for the environmental samples to understand potential contamination from sampling equipmen...
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Relevance and Benefits. This proposed study will have immediate and long-standing benefits for the city of Wichita, state of Kansas, and the nation. Study results will provide information on changing water-quality conditions in the Xxxxxx watershed and reservoir because of BMP implementation. In addition, the study will increase understanding of reservoir processes as influenced by biological, physicochemical, and hydrological factors and provide insight into the factors influencing harmful algal blooms, an increasing water-quality concern throughout the nation. The study will also provide insight into watershed BMP effectiveness. Knowledge gained will assist in the development, implementation, maintenance, and assessment of watershed management goals and plans to maintain Xxxxxx Reservoir as a public water supply and recreational resource. Understanding the biological, physicochemical, and hydrological factors associated with long- term changes in water-quality conditions, efficacy of BMPs, and harmful algal blooms in a eutrophic, Central Plains reservoir also will provide insight into how to assess and manage water-quality problems experienced in other reservoirs regionally, nationally, and globally. This study is relevant to the Water Mission Area Strategic Directions (Xxxxxxx and others, 2012) by:
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  • Compensation and Benefits Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the Employment Period, while Executive is employed by the Employer, the Employer shall compensate Executive for Executive’s services as follows for periods following the Effective Date: (a) Executive shall be compensated at an annual rate of $290,000 (the “Annual Base Salary”), which shall be payable in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices as are in effect from time to time. Beginning on January 1, 2012 and on each anniversary of such date, Executive’s rate of Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed by the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), and following such review, the Annual Base Salary may be adjusted upward but in no event will it be decreased. (b) Executive shall be entitled to receive performance based annual incentive bonuses (each, the “Incentive Bonus”) from the Employer for each fiscal year ending during the Employment Period. Any such Incentive Bonus shall be paid to Executive within thirty (30) days of the completion of the annual audit by the Company’s auditor, but in no event later than two and one-half months after the close of each such fiscal year. Executive’s target Incentive Bonus shall be not less than forty percent (40%) of the Annual Base Salary, which Incentive Bonus shall be determined by specific performance criteria established from time to time by the Compensation Committee. (c) Executive shall be eligible to participate, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, in all other incentive plans and programs, including such cash and deferred bonus programs and equity incentive plans as may be in effect from time to time with respect to senior executives employed by the Employer on as favorable a basis as provided to other similarly situated senior executives. Executive and Executive’s dependents, as the case may be, shall be eligible to participate in all pension and similar benefit plans (qualified, non-qualified and supplemental), profit sharing, 401(k), as well as all medical and dental, disability, group and executive life, accidental death and travel accident insurance, and other similar welfare benefit plans and programs of the Employer, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, as in effect from time to time with respect to senior executives employed by the Employer on as favorable a basis as provided to other similarly situated senior executives. (d) Executive shall be entitled to accrue vacation at a rate of no less than four (4) weeks paid vacation for each calendar year, subject to the Employer’s vacation programs and policies as may be in effect during the Employment Period. (e) Executive shall be reimbursed by the Employer, on terms and conditions that are substantially similar to those that apply to other similarly situated executives of the Employer, for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for entertainment, travel, meals, lodging and similar items which are consistent with the Employer’s expense reimbursement policy and actually incurred by Executive in the promotion of the Employer’s business.

  • Payments and Benefits If an Event occurs during the Term of this Agreement, then the Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Company or its successor (which includes any person acquiring all or substantially all of the assets of the Company) a cash payment and other benefits on the following basis (unless the Executive's employment by the Company is terminated voluntarily or involuntarily before the occurrence of the earliest Event to occur (the "First Event"), in which case the Executive shall be entitled to no payment or benefits under this Section 3): (a) If at the time of, or at any time after, the occurrence of the First Event and before the end of the Transition Period, the employment of the Executive with the Company is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated for any reason (unless such termination is a voluntary termination by the Executive other than a Constructive Involuntary Termination or is on account of the death or Disability of the Executive or is a termination by the Company for Cause), the Executive (or the Executive's legal representative, as the case may be), subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3(e) and 3(g), (1) shall be entitled to receive from the Company or its successor, upon such termination of employment with the Company or its successor, a cash payment in an amount equal to three times the sum of (A) the Executive's then-current annual base salary and (B) the greater of (i) the Executive's annualized then-current year's bonus or (ii) the Executive's annual bonus in the year prior to the then-current year, such payment to be made to the Executive by the Company or its successor in a lump sum at the time of such termination of employment; and (2) shall be entitled for three years after the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company to participate in any health, disability and life insurance plan or program in which the Executive was entitled to participate immediately before the First Event as if he were an employee of the Company during such three-year period; provided however, that if the Executive's participation in any such health, disability or life insurance plan or program of the Company is barred, the Company, at its sole cost and expense, shall arrange to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those that the Executive would be entitled to receive under such plan or program as if he were not barred from participation. (b) The payments provided for in this Section 3 shall be in addition to any salary or other remuneration otherwise payable to the Executive on account of employment by the Company or one or more of its subsidiaries or its successor (including any amounts received before such termination of employment for personal services rendered after the occurrence of the First Event) but shall be reduced by any severance pay which the Executive receives from the Company, its subsidiaries or its successor under any other policy or agreement of the Company in the event of involuntary termination of Executive's employment. (c) The Company shall also pay to the Executive all legal fees and expenses incurred by the Executive as a result of such termination, including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement. (d) If at any time from the date of the First Event until the end of the Transition Period, (1) the Executive shall not be given substantially equivalent or greater title, duties, responsibilities and authority, in each case as compared with the Executive's status immediately before the First Event, other than for Cause or on account of Disability; (2) the Executive's annual base salary or bonus formula shall be reduced from the Executive's annual base salary or bonus formula in effect immediately before the First Event; (3) the Company shall fail to provide the Executive with benefits under the Company's pension, profit sharing, retirement, life insurance, medical, health and accident, disability, bonus and incentive plans and other employee benefit plans and arrangements that in the aggregate for all such plans and arrangements are at least as favorable to the Executive as those benefits covering the Executive immediately before the First Event or shall fail to provide the Executive with at least the number of paid vacation days to which the Executive was entitled immediately before the First Event; (4) the Company shall have failed to obtain assumption of this Agreement by any successor as contemplated by Section 5(b) hereof; (5) the Company shall require the Executive to relocate to any place other than a location within 30 miles of the location at which the Executive performed his primary duties immediately before the First Event or, if the Executive performed such duties at the Company's principal executive offices, the Company shall relocate its principal executive offices to any location other than a location within 30 miles of the location of the principal executive offices immediately before the First Event; or (6) the Company shall require that the Executive travel on Company business to a substantially greater extent than required immediately before the First Event; then a termination of employment with the Company by the Executive thereafter shall constitute a "Constructive Involuntary Termination." (e) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, except the last sentence of this Section 3(e), if the lump-sum cash payment due and the other benefits to which the Executive shall become entitled under Section 3(a), either alone or together with other payments in the nature of compensation to the Executive that are contingent on a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company or otherwise, would constitute a "parachute payment" as defined in Section 280G of the Code or any successor provision thereto, such lump-sum payment and/or such other benefits and payments shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the largest aggregate amount as will result in no portion thereof being subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or being non-deductible to the Company for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 280G of the Code (or any successor provision thereto). The Executive in good faith shall determine the amount of any reduction to be made pursuant to this Section 3(e) and shall select from among the foregoing benefits and payments those which shall be reduced. No modification of, or successor provision to, Section 280G or Section 4999 after the date of this Agreement shall, however, reduce the benefits to which the Executive would be entitled under this Agreement in the absence of this Section 3(e) to a greater extent than they would have been reduced if Section 280G and Section 4999 had not been modified or superseded after the date of this Agreement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in the first sentence of this Section 3(e). (f) The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment or other benefit provided for in this Section 3 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor (except as specifically provided in Section 3(a)(2) or 3(b)) shall the amount of any payment or other benefit provided for in this Section 3 be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer after termination, or otherwise. (g) Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, if (1) an Event has not yet occurred, (2) the Board of Directors of the Company desires to cause the Company to effect a transaction that will qualify as a pooling-of-interests transaction (a "Pooling Transaction") and (3) the independent certified public accountants for the Company advise the Board of Directors that they will be unable to render an opinion that such transaction will be treated as a Pooling Transaction solely because of the payments provided for in this Agreement (or in similar agreements with other employees of the Company), then the Executive agrees that upon the happening of any Event in connection with such Pooling Transaction he shall not be entitled to any payments under this Agreement as a result of such Event to the extent such payments would in the opinion of the Company's independent certified public accountants prevent them from providing the Company with a favorable opinion with respect to the treatment of the desired transaction as a Pooling Transaction. (h) The obligations of the Company under this Section 3 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

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