Publications
These publications are written or co-authored by Central Midwest Water Science Center personnel in conjuction with their work at the USGS and other government agencies. They include USGS reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, and published abstracts that are available in the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Water resources data, Iowa, water year 1999, volume 1. surface water--Mississippi River basin
Water resources data for water year 1999 for Iowa consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report, in two volumes, contains stage or discharge records for 123 gaging stations; stage or contents records for 10 lakes and reservoirs; water-quality records for 4 gaging sta
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G.M. Nalley, J.G. Gorman, R.D. Goodrich, V.E. Miller, M.J. Turco, S. M. Linhart
Fish communities and their relation to environmental factors in the eastern Iowa basins in Iowa and Minnesota, 1996
Fish community data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at 12 sites in 1996 in the Wapsipinicon, the Cedar, the Iowa, and the Skunk River Basins in eastern Iowa. The study was done as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the USGS. This report presents an evaluation of the fish communities, the composition and conditions of the fish communities,and by rel
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Daniel J. Sullivan
Finding minimal herbicide concentrations in ground water? Try looking for their degradates
Extensive research has been conducted regarding the occurrence of herbicides in the hydrologic system, their fate, and their effects on human health and the environment. Few studies, however, have considered herbicide transformation products (degradates). In this study of Iowa ground water, herbicide degradates were frequently detected. In fact, herbicide degradates were eight of the 10 most frequ
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D.W. Kolpin, E. M. Thurman, S. M. Linhart
Water-quantity and water-quality aspects of a 500-year flood - Nishnabotna River, southwest Iowa, June 1998
Flooding that occurred in southwest Iowa during June 15–17, 1998, was the worst flood ever recorded on the Nishnabotna River, exceeding the theoretical 500-year flood calculated from peak-flow records (1922 to present). This flood was a direct consequence of severe thunderstorm activity that caused more than 4 inches of rain to fall over a large part of the Nishnabotna River Basin. In fact, a new
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Dana W. Kolpin, Edward E. Fischer, Douglas J. Schnoebelen
Effects of land use on recharge potential of surficial and shallow bedrock aquifers in the upper Illinois River basin
The upper Illinois River Basin (UIRB) is the 10,949-square-mile drainage area upstream from Ottawa, Illinois on the Illinois River and is one of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program study units. To assist in the interpretation of groundwater data that will be collected during the course of the UIRB study, the study-unit team designed a spatial model to des
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Terri Arnold, Michael J. Friedel
Water quality in the eastern Iowa basins, Iowa and Minnesota, 1996-98
The water quality in rivers and streams and in selected aquifers in eastern Iowa and part of southern Minnesota is described and illustrated. Major ions, nitrogen and other nutrients, and pesticides and some of their breakdown compounds were analyzed in both surface and ground water. Biological communities that included fish, invertebrates, and algae, were described in relation to stream water qua
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Stephen J. Kalkhoff, Kimberlee K. Barnes, Kent Becher, Mark E. Savoca, Douglas J. Schnoebelen, Eric M. Sadorf, Stephen D. Porter, Daniel J. Sullivan
Effects of land use and hydrogeology on the water quality of alluvial aquifers in eastern Iowa and southern Minnesota, 1997
Ground-water samples were collected from monitoring wells at 31 agricultural and 30 urban sites in the Eastern Iowa Basins study unit during June–August 1997 to evaluate the effects of land use and hydrogeology on the water quality of alluvial aquifers. Ground-water samples were analyzed for common ions, nutrients, dissolved organic carbon, tritium, radon-222, pesticides and pesticide metabolites,
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Mark E. Savoca, Eric M. Sadorf, S. Mike Linhart, Kim K.B. Akers
Microbiological and chemical quality of ground water used as a source of public supply in southern Missouri — Phase I, May 1997–March 1998
No abstract available.
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Jerri V. Davis, Emitt C. Witt
Analysis of nutrients, selected inorganic constituents, and trace elements in water from Illinois community-supply wells, 1984–91
The lower Illinois River Basin (LIRB) study unit is part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program that includes studies of most major aquifer systems in the United States. Retrospective water-quality data from community-supply wells in the LIRB and in the rest of Illinois are grouped by aquifer and depth interval.
Concentrations of selected chemical constituents in water samples from comm
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Kelly L. Warner
Ground-water quality in alluvial aquifers in the eastern Iowa basins, Iowa and Minnesota
The quality of shallow alluvial ground water that is used for domestic supplies in the Wapsipinicon, Cedar, Iowa, and Skunk River Basins (Eastern Iowa Basins) is described. Water samples from 32 domestic-supply wells were collected from June through July 1998. This study of ground-water quality in alluvial aquifers in the Eastern Iowa Basins is part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Q
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Eric M. Sadorf, S. Michael Linhart
Floods of May 17-20, 1999, in the Volga and Wapsipinicon River Basins, northeast Iowa
No abstract available.
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J.L. Ballew, E.E. Fischer
Geology, hydrology, and ground-water quality of the Galena-Platteville aquifer in the vicinity of the Parson's Casket Hardware Superfund Site, Belvidere, Illinois
The geology, hydrology, and distribution of contaminants in the Galena-Platteville aquifer in the vicinity of the Parson's Casket Hardware Superfund site in northeastern Belvidere, Ill., were characterized on the basis of data collected from boreholes using geophysical logging and packer assemblies. Horizontal flow in the Galena-Platteville aquifer is affected by a network of subhorizontal fractur
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Robert T. Kay