Publications
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Level II scour analysis for Bridge 32 (BRIDTH00050032) on Town Highway 005, crossing North Branch Ottauquechee River, Bridgewater, Vermont
This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure
BRIDTH00050032 on town highway 5 crossing the North Branch Ottauquechee River,
Bridgewater, Vermont (figures 1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the
site, including a quantitative analysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1993). A Level I study
Authors
Joseph D. Ayotte
Technology Transfer Opportunities: Automated Ground-Water Monitoring
Introduction
A new automated ground-water monitoring system developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) measures and records values of selected water-quality properties and constituents using protocols approved for manual sampling. Prototypes using the automated process have demonstrated the ability to increase the quantity and quality of data collected and have shown the potential for reduc
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Kirk P. Smith, Gregory E. Granato
Distribution of MTBE in ground water in New England by aquifer type and land use
[No abstract available]
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S. J. Grady
Hydrogeologic framework of western Cape Cod, Massachusetts
The aquifer of western Cape Cod consists of several hydrogeologic units composed of sand, gravel, silt, and clay (fig. 1) that were deposited during the late Wisconsinan glaciation of New England. The aquifer is a shallow, unconfined hydrologic system in which ground-water flows radially outward from the apex of the ground-water mound near the center of the peninsula toward the coast (fig.2). The
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John P. Masterson, Byron D. Stone, Donald A. Walter, Jennifer G. Savoie
Water Resources Data, New Hampshire and Vermont, Water Year 1996
No abstract available.
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M.F. Coakley, Chandlee Keirstead, R.O. Brown, G.S. Hildgendorf
Potential effects of climate change on freshwater ecosystems of the New England/Mid-Atlantic Region
Numerous freshwater ecosystems, dense concentrations of humans along the eastern seaboard, extensive forests and a history of intensive land use distinguish the New England/Mid-Atlantic Region. Human population densities are forecast to increase in portions of the region at the same time that climate is expected to be changing. Consequently, the effects of humans and climatic change are likely to
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M.V. Moore, M. L. Pace, J.R. Mather, Peter S. Murdoch, R. W. Howarth, C.L. Folt, C.-Y. Chen, Harold F. Hemond, P.A. Flebbe, C. T. Driscoll
Streamwater chemistry and nutrient budgets for forested watersheds in New England: Variability and management implications
Chemistry of precipitation and streamwater and resulting input-output budgets for nutrient ions were determined concurrently for three years on three upland, forested watersheds located within an 80 km radius in central New England. Chemistry of precipitation and inputs of nutrients via wet deposition were similar among the three watersheds and were generally typical of central New England. In con
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J.W. Hornbeck, S.W. Bailey, D.C. Buso, J. B. Shanley
Trends in surface-water quality in Connecticut
No abstract available.
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Elaine C. Trench, B.A. Korzendorfer
Reporting of Real Time River Levels in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Introduction
In times of floods and droughts, immediate access to river level data is important to officials charged with the responsibilities of protecting lives and property by taking actions to diminish the adverse effects of the emergency. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with many Federal, State, and local agencies, is the Nation's principal collector of accurate and unbia
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Russell A. Gadoury
Effects of simulated ground-water pumping and recharge on ground-water flow in Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Island basins, Massachusetts
Three-dimensional transient ground-water-flow models that simulate both freshwater and saltwater flow were developed for the flow cells of the Cape Cod Basin to determine the effects of long-term pumping and recharge, seasonal fluctuations in pumping and recharge, and prolonged reductions of natural recharge, on the position of the freshwater-saltwater interface, water-table and pond altitudes, an
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John P. Masterson, Paul M. Barlow
Estimating ground-water recharge from streamflow hydrographs for a small mountain watershed in a temperate humid climate, New Hampshire, United States
Hydrographs of stream discharge were analyzed to determine ground-water recharge for two small basins draining into Mirror Lake, New Hampshire. Two methods of hydrograph analysis developed for determining ground-water recharge were evaluated, the instantaneous recharge method and the constant recharge method. For the instantaneous recharge method, recharge is assumed to be instantaneous and unifor
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D.P. Mau, T. C. Winter
Ground-water flow and contaminant transport at a radioactive-materials processing site, Wood River Junction, Rhode Island
Liquid wastes from an enriched-uranium cold-scrap recovery plant at Wood River Junction, Rhode Island, were discharged to the environment through evaporation ponds and trenches from 1966 through 1980. Leakage from the ponds and trenches resulted in a plume of contaminated ground water extending northwestward to the Pawcatuck River through a highly permeable sand and gravel aquifer of glacial origi
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Barbara J. Ryan, Kenneth L. Kipp