Publications
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Availability of ground water in the Branch River basin; Providence County, Rhode Island
Stratified glacial drift consisting largely of sand and gravel constitutes the only aquifer capable of supporting continuous yields of 100 gpm (6.3 1/s) or more to individual wells. The aquifer covers about a third of the 79 mi 2 (205 km2) study area, occurring mainly in stream valleys that are less than a mi le wide. Its saturated thickness is commonly 40 to 60ft (12 to 18 m); its transmissivity
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H.E. Johnston, D.C. Dickerman
Availability of ground water in the Blackstone River area Rhode Island and Massachusetts
The Blackstone River study area covers 83 square miles of northern Rhode Island and 5 square miles of adjacent Massachusetts (fig. 1). It includes parts of the Blackstone, Moshassuck, and Tenmile River basins, and a coastal area that drains to the brackish Seekonk and Providence Rivers. In Rhode Island, all or parts of the suburban towns of Cumberland, Lincoln, North Smithfield, and Smithfield and
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Herbert E. Johnston, David C. Dickerman
Ground-water management, Buzzards Bay coastal streams, Massachusetts and Rhode Island
No abstract available.
Authors
Michael H. Frimpter
Effect of septic-tank wastes on quality of water, Ipswich and Shawsheen River basins, Massachusetts
Many housing projects in the metropolitan area of Boston are beyond the reach of municipal sewer systems. Waste water disposed of through septic-tank or cesspool systems percolates to ground-water reservoirs and eventually reaches the streams. The dissolved-solids load in the streams receiving septic-tank effluent is increased by an amount that can be predicted from the housing density. In the stu
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L.G. Toler, George B. Morrill
Water resources inventory of Connecticut Part 3: lower Thames and southeastern coastal river basins
The lower Thames and southeastern coastal river basins have a relatively abundant supply of water of generally good quality which is derived from streams entering the area and precipitation that has fallen on the area. Annual precipitation has ranged from about 32 inches to 65 inches and has averaged about 48 inches over a 30-year period. Approximately 22 inches of water are returned to the atmosp
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Chester E. Thomas, Michael A. Cervione, I.G. Grossman
Availability of ground water in the northern part, Tenmile and Taunton River basins, southeastern Massachusetts
The northern part of the Tenmile and Taunton River basins occupies an area of about 195 square miles. It includes some of the rapidly growing suburbs of Boston, Attleboro, and Brockton and lies along major highways connecting Boston with Fall River and Providence, Rhode Island. (See location map.)
The purpose of this report is to delineate the extent of and to estimate the annual sustained yield a
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John R. Williams
Water resources inventory of Connecticut Part 1: Quinebaug River basin
The Quinebaug River basin is blessed with a relatively abundant supply of water of generally good quality which is derived from precipitation that has fallen on the basin. Annual precipitation has ranged from about 30 to 67 inches and has averaged about 45 inches over a 44-year period. Approximately 21 inches of water are returned to the atmosphere each year by evaporation and transpiration; the r
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Allan D. Randall, Mendall P. Thomas, Chester E. Thomas, John A. Baker
Water resources of the Ipswich River basin, Massachusetts
Water resources of the Ipswich River basin are at resent {1960) used principally for municipal supply to about 379,000 person's in 16 towns and cities in or near the river basin. By the year 2000 municipal use of water in this region will probably be more than twice the current use, and subsidiary uses of water, especially for recreation, also will have increased greatly. To meet the projected ne
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Edward A. Sammel, John Augustus Baker, Richard A. Brackley
Availability of ground water upper Pawcatuck River basin Rhode Island
The upper Pawcatuck River basin is a 70-square-mile area in southcentral Rhode Island consisting of broad, rolling hills and narrow valleys in the north and fiat-floored plains in the south. It is drained by the Pawcatuck River and its two major tributaries, the Usquepaug-Queen River and the Chipuxet River.
Analysis of the water budget for the basin shows that approximately 94 mgd (million gal
Authors
William Burrows Allen, Glenn Walter Hahn, Richard A. Brackley
Water resources data for Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
No abstract available.
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Records of wells and test holes, materials tests, and chemical analyses of water in the Assabet River basin, Massachusetts
The Assabet River, located in Worcester and Middlesex Counties in eastern Massachusetts, drains an area of approximately 177 square miles. The area includes all or a portion of the following towns: Acton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Hudson, Littleton, Marlborough, Maynard, Stow, Sudbury, and Westford in Middlesex County; Berlin, Bolton, Boylston, Clinton, Grafton, Harvard, Northborough, Shrewsb
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Samuel J. Pollock, William B. Fleck