Publications
This list of New Mexico Water Science Center publications spans from 1961 to the present. It includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists.
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Use of air-pressurized slug tests to estimate hydraulic conductivity at selected piezometers completed in the Santa Fe Group aquifer system, Albuquerque area, New Mexico
The City of Albuquerque Public Works Department, Water Resources
Management (City), is interested in quantifying aquifer hydraulic
properties in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, area to better understand
and manage water resources in the Middle Rio Grande Basin. In 1998,
the City and the U.S. Geological Survey entered into a cooperative
program to determine hydraulic properties of aquifer ma
Authors
Carole L. Thomas, Conde R. Thorn
Description of piezometers installed in the middle Rio Grande basin area, 1997-99, central New Mexico
Since 1993, the Santa Fe Group aquifer system in the Middle Rio
Grande Basin, and particularly in the Albuquerque area, has been the
focus of studies to further define the extent of the most productive
parts of the aquifer and to gain a better understanding of how ground-
water levels are changing over time. The U.S. Geological Survey, in
cooperation with the New Mexico Office of the Stat
Authors
J. R. Bartolino, D.R. Rankin
Predevelopment water-level map of the Santa Fe Group aquifer system in the middle Rio Grande basin between Cochiti Lake and San Acacia, New Mexico
Because of its increasing population and limited water resources, the Middle Rio Grande Basin between Cochiti Lake and San Acacia, New Mexico, has recently become the subject of intense study. In particular, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the City of Albuquerque has constructed a series of ground-water-flow models of the Tertiary and Quaternary basin-fill deposits of the San
Authors
Laura M. Bexfield, Scott K. Anderholm
U.S. Geological Survey middle Rio Grande basin study; proceedings of the third annual workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 24-25, 1999
Approximately 40 percent (about 600,000 people) of the total
population of New Mexico lives within the Middle Rio Grande Basin,
which includes the City of Albuquerque. Ongoing analyses of the
central portion of the Middle Rio Grande Basin by the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the City of Albuquerque and
other agencies have shown that ground water in the basin is not as
Authors
James R. Bartolino
Plan of study to define hydrogeologic characteristics of the Madera Limestone in the east mountain area of central New Mexico
The east mountain area of central New Mexico includes the
eastern one-third of Bernalillo County and portions of Sandoval,
Santa Fe, and Torrance Counties. The area covers about 320 square
miles.
The Madera Limestone, the principal aquifer in the east mountain
area, is the sole source of water for domestic, municipal,
industrial, and agricultural uses for many residents. Some water is
Authors
D.R. Rankin
Geologic and hydrologic data for the municipal solid waste landfill facility, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss, El Paso County, Texas
Geologic and hydrologic data for the Municipal Solid Waste
Landfill Facility on the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and
Fort Bliss in El Paso County, Texas, were collected by the U.S.
Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the
Army. The 106.03-acre landfill has been in operation since January
1974. The landfill contains household refuse, Post solid
wastes,
Authors
Cynthia G. Abeyta, P. F. Frenzel
Summary of water-quality data for City of Albuquerque drinking-water supply wells, 1988-97
The City of Albuquerque has collected and analyzed more than 5,000
water-quality samples from 113 water-supply wells in the Albuquerque
area, including many drinking-water supply wells, since May of 1988.
As a result, a large water-quality data base has been compiled that
includes data for major ions, nutrients, trace elements, carbon,
volatile organic compounds, radiological constituen
Authors
Laura M. Bexfield, William E. Lindberg, Scott K. Anderholm
Geohydrology of the unsaturated zone and simulated time of arrival of landfill leachate at the water table, Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facility, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss, El Paso County, Texas
The U.S. Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss Municipal
Solid Waste Landfill Facility (MSWLF) is located about 10 miles
northeast of downtown El Paso, Texas. The landfill is built on
the Hueco Bolson, a deposit that yields water to five public-supply
wells within 1.1 miles of the landfill boundary on all sides.
The bolson deposits consist of lenses and mixtures of sand, clay,
si
Authors
Peter F. Frenzel, Cynthia G. Abeyta
Ground-water quality and susceptibility of ground water to effects from domestic wastewater disposal in eastern Bernalillo County, central New Mexico, 1990-91
Eastern Bernalillo County is a historically rural, mountainous
area east of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Historically, the primary
economic activity consisted of subsistence farming and ranching
and support of these activities from small communities. During
the last 40 to 50 years, however, the area increasingly has become
the site of residential developments. Homes in these developments
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Authors
Paul J. Blanchard, Georgianna E. Kues
Numerical simulation of vertical ground-water flux of the Rio Grande from ground-water temperature profiles, central New Mexico
An important gap in the understanding of the hydrology of the Middle Rio Grande Basin, central New Mexico, is the rate at which water from the Rio Grande recharges the Santa Fe Group aquifer system. Several methodologies-including use of the Glover-Balmer equation, flood pulses, and channel permeameters- have been applied to this problem in the Middle Rio Grande Basin. In the work presented here,
Authors
James R. Bartolino, Richard G. Niswonger
Water-level data for the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas, New Mexico, period of record through 1998
The Albuquerque Basin, located in central New Mexico, is about
100 miles long and 25 to 40 miles wide. The basin is defined
as the extent of Cenozoic deposits that encompass the structural
Rio Grande Rift within the basin. Drinking-water supplies
throughout the Albuquerque Basin are obtained solely from ground-
water resources. The population of the basin grew from 419,000 in
1980 to 56
Authors
Dale R. Rankin
Model input and output files for the simulation of time of arrival of landfill leachate at the water table, Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facility, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss, El Paso County, Texas
This report contains listings of model input and output files
for the simulation of the time of arrival of landfill leachate at
the water table from the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facility
(MSWLF), about 10 miles northeast of downtown El Paso, Texas. This
simulation was done by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation
with the U.S. Department of the Army, U.S. Army Air Defense
Art
Authors
Cynthia G. Abeyta, Peter F. Frenzel