Watersheds in Georgia are subject to alteration and contaminant input due to the assemblage of diverse land uses present in this state.  Land uses include, but are not limited to, residential, urban, poultry production, livestock grazing, row crop agriculture, and relatively unaltered national forest.  In this study, ten streams were assessed to determine the effects of differing land uses on water quality and aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages.  Sites were selected in an effort to capture the diversity of land uses present in the inner piedmont ecoregion of Georgia. Stream assessment consisted of habitat assessment, collection of macroinvertebrates from riffle, pool and bank habitats, and water and sediment samples for analysis of heavy metals, organics, nutrients and various other water quality parameters. Data will be analyzed to determine which contaminants and water quality parameters are related to or affected by specific land uses and the potential impact these relationships have on macroinvertebrate community structure.