Cadmus - Watershed recovery potential screenings Cadmus provides support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and individual states on the use of recovery potential screening (RPS) methods to compare the relative restorability of watersheds with water quality concerns. The evaluations rely on a systematic method for comparing the ecological, stressor, and social factors that affect water quality across thousands of watersheds. To date, Cadmus has calculated hundreds of metrics for Massachusetts, Tennessee, New Mexico, and Vermont that are used within a multimetric index approach to make statewide comparisons. Cadmus’ work provides water resource managers with tools and data for making data-driven decisions on the prioritization of watersheds for restoration and protection acti

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