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Nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed - A Century of Change, 1950–2050

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Domestic Well Water Quality in Marcellus Shale Region

Factors Affecting Groundwater Quality Used for Domestic Supply in Marcellus Shale Region of North-Central and North-East Pennsylvania

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Geohydrologic and water-quality characterization of a fractured-bedrock test hole in an area of Marcellus Shale gas development, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

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Time of travel of water in the Ohio River, Pittsburgh to Cincinnati

This report presents a procedure for estimating the time of travel of water in the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cincinnati, Ohio, under various river stage conditions. This information is primarily for use by civil defense officials and by others concerned with problems involving travel time of river water. Tables and charts are presented to show, for a particular stage or discharge at
Authors
Robert E. Steacy
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Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Hydraulic and hydrologic aspects of flood-plain planning

The valid incentives compelling occupation of the flood plain, up to and eve n into the stream channel, undoubtedly have contributed greatly to the development of the country. But the result has been a heritage of flood disaster, suffering, and enormous costs. Flood destruction awakened a consciousness toward reduction and elimination of flood hazards, originally manifested in the protection of ex
Authors
S.W. Wiitala, K.R. Jetter, Alan J. Sommerville
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Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Ground-water resources of Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown, Pennsylvania

Olmsted Air Force Base is underlain by the Gettysburg shale of Triassic age. The Gettysburg shale at the Air Force Base consists of interbedded red sandstone, siltstone, and shale. The average strike of the strata is N. 43° E., and the strata dip to the northwest at an average angle of 26°. The transmissibility of known aquifers in the warehouse area of the Air Force Base is low. Therefore, wells
Authors
Harold Meisler, Stanley Miller Longwill
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Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Drainage basins, channels, and flow characteristics of selected streams in central Pennsylvania

The hydraulic, basin, and geologic characteristics of 16 selected streams in central Pennsylvania were measured for the purpose of studying the relations among these general characteristics and their process of development. The basic parameters which were measured include bankfull width and depth, channel slope, bed material size and shape, length of stream from drainage divide, and size of draina
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Lucien M. Brush
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Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Floods in Pennsylvania, frequency and magnitude

This report outlines a method of determining the magnitude of floods having frequencies up to 50 years for any stream in Pennsylvania except regulated streams and streams whose drainage basins are smaller than 10 square miles. On the main stems of the Schuylkill, Delaware, Susquehanna, and Chemung Rivers the magnitude of floods can be determined for frequencies up to 100 years. Six composite frequ
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W. F. Busch, E.C. Shaw
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Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Progress report of hydrology and sedimentation in Bixler Run, Corey Creek, and Elk Run watersheds, Pennsylvania

This report describes the results of an investigation in progress and presents some tentative findings from a study of hydrology and sedimentation of three small watersheds where soil conservation practices are being applied. The study was begun in April 1954, to determine precipitation, runoff, probable sources and yields of sediment, and channel changes in two small watersheds in Pennsylvania. T
Authors
J.K. Culbertson
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Water levels and artesian pressures in observation wells in the United States, 1955, Part 1, Northeastern States

No abstract available.
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New Jersey Water Science Center, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Surficial geology and geomorphology of Potter County, Pennsylvania

Potter County is located in the Appalachian Plateaus of north-central Pennsylvania and contains the headwaters of the Genesee River, the Allegheny River, and the Susquehanna River. Drift of Wisconsin age covers the northeastern part of the county. This study includes a detailed survev of the surficial deposits of the Genesee quadrangle in north-central Potter County and a reconnaissance of the rem
Authors
C. S. Denny
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Floods of August 1955 in the Northeastern States

The floods of August 1955 were an unprecedented disaster in a arge area of the northeastern United States. They rank among the most destructive in the country's his ory. Augmented by the antecedent hurricane sto m of August 11-15, the rainfall of August 17-20 accompanying hurricane Diane reached maximum val es of 17 to 19 inches in south-central Massachusett • Record-breaking floods resulted withi
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Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

The natural channel of Brandywine Creek, Pennsylvania

This study of the channel of Brandy wine Creek, Pennsylvania, consists of three parts. The first is an analysis of the changes which take place in the width, depth, velocity, slope of the water surface, suspended load, and roughness factor with changing discharge below the bankfull stage at each of several widely separated cross sections of the channel. Expressed as functions of the discharge, it
Authors
M. G. Wolman
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Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Water resources of the Pittsburgh area, Pennsylvania

The per capita use of water in the Pittsburgh area in 1951 was 2, 000 gallons per day fgpd) or twice the per capita use in Pennsylvania as a whole. An average of about 3, 040 million gallons of water was withdrawn from the streams and from the ground each day. Of this amount, nearly 190 million gallons per day (mgd), or 6 percent, was for domestic public water supply. Industry, including public ut
Authors
Max Noecker, D.W. Greenman, N.H. Beamer
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Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

The use of water in Pennsylvania, 1951

No abstract available
Authors
John William Mangan, Jack Bennett Graham
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Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center
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