Publications
This list of Upper Midwest Water Science Center publications spans from 1899 to present. It includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. To access the full, searchable catalog of USGS publications, please visit the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Water use in Wisconsin, 1979
This report summarizes the uses of water in Wisconsin for 1979, except aesthetics, navigation, and recreational use.
The greatest single use of water, an instream use, was for hydroelectric power production. About 26 trillion gallons, or 93 percent, was used for this purpose. Of the other 7 percent where water is pumped to a different location, 81 percent (6 percent of all water use) was cooling w
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C.L. Lawrence, B.R. Ellefson
Status of projects in Minnesota, fiscal year 1981
No abstract available.
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M.M. Diedrich, J. A. Jannis
Recent refinements in calibrating bed-load samplers
No abstract available.
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D. W. Hubbell, H.H. Stevens, J. V. Skinner, J.P. Beverage
Test and design of automatic fluvial suspended-sediment samplers
No abstract available.
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J. V. Skinner, J.P. Beverage
The effect of snowmelt on the water quality of Filson Creek and Omaday Lake, northeastern Minnesota
Sulfate concentration and pH were determined in surface water, groundwater, and precipitation samples collected in the Filson Creek watershed to evaluate the sources of sulfate in Filson Creek. During and immediately after snowmelt, sulfate concentrations in Filson Creek increased from about 2 to 14 mg/l. Concurrently, H+ ion activity increased from an average of 10−6.6 to 10−5.5. These changes su
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D. I. Siegel
Hydrogeology of the Buffalo aquifer, Clay and Wilkin Counties, West-Central Minnesota
The Buffalo aquifer is the principal source of ground-water supplies in the Moorhead, Minnesota area. The aquifer is an elongate deposit of sand and gravel, which locally contains water under confined conditions. Although the Buffalo aquifer contains about 270 billion gallons of water in storage, only 120 billion gallons could be withdrawn. Largest well yields occur along the deep trough in the ce
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R. J. Wolf
Geology and hydrology for environmental planning in Marquette County, Michigan
Marquette County, in the glaciated area of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, includes 1,878 square miles. Precipitation averages 32 inches per year. Bedrock and glacial deposits contain materials that are good aquifers. Sedimentary bedrock units generally yield sufficient water for domestic supply and, in places, may yield more than 100 gallons per minute to large-diameter wells. In the glacial dep
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F. R. Twenter
Quality of surface water before implementation of a flood-control project in Chaska, Minnesota
Samples were collected for 1 year from East Creek, Chaska Creek, and Courthouse Lake in Chaska, Minnesota, to determine the water quality before implementation of a flood-control project proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The creeks had similar water-quality characteristics. Data indicate that ground water may be the primary source of dissolved solids, sulfate, chloride, and chromium in
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L. H. Tornes
Effect of snowmelt on the quality of Filson Creek and Omaday Lake, northeastern Minnesota
Concentrations of major constituents were determined in the surface water, ground water, and precipitation in Filson Creek watershed to evaluate the effects of acid precipitation on surface-water quality during snowmelt. Concentrations of sulfate increased in Filson Creek and Omaday Lake during snowmelt from less than 2 to 12 milligrams per liter in 1977 and from less than 2 to 4 milligrams per li
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Donald I. Siegel, L. E. Anderson, J. A. Rogalla
Hydrogeologic setting of the Glacial Lake Agassiz Peatlands, northern Minnesota
Seven test holes drilled in the Glacial Lake Agassiz Peatlands indicate that the thickness of surficial materials along a north-south traverse parallel to Minnesota Highway 72 ranges from 163 feet near Blackduck, Minnesota to 57 feet about 3 miles south of Upper Red Lake. Lenses of sand and gravel occur immediately above bedrock on the Itasca moraine and are interbedded with lake clay and till und
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Donald I. Siegel
Limnological and geochemical survey of Williams Lake, Hubbard County, Minnesota
A limnological and geochemical survey of Williams Lake, Minnesota, was made in 1979 to provide an initial interpretive description of the lake and the contiguous ground-water system. This survey was made as part of a continuing research program related to the investigation of the interaction of lakes and their contiguous ground-water systems at Williams Lake, Minnesota, as well as other sites with
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J. W. LaBaugh, G.E. Groschen, Thomas C. Winter