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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

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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September 1, 2005

Environmental setting, water budget, and stream assessment for the Broad Run watershed, Chester County, Pennsylvania

The Broad Run watershed lies almost entirely in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pa., and drains 7.08 square miles to the West Branch Brandywine Creek. Because of the potential effect of encroaching development and other stresses on the Broad Run watershed, West Bradford Township, the Chester County Water Resources Authority, and the Chester County Health Department entered into a cooperati

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Peter J. Cinotto, Andrew G. Reif, Leif E. Olson

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

August 30, 2005

Water budgets for selected watersheds in the Delaware River basin, eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey

This pilot study, done by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Delaware River Basin Commission, developed annual water budgets using available data for five watersheds in the Delaware River Basin with different degrees of urbanization and different geological settings. A basin water budget and a water-use budget were developed for each watershed. The basin water budget describes inpu

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Ronald A. Sloto, Debra E. Buxton

Water Resources Mission Area, New Jersey Water Science Center, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

August 30, 2005

Assessment of characteristics and remedial alternatives for abandoned mine drainage : case study at Staple Bend Tunnel unit of Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 2004

This report describes field, laboratory, and computational methods that could be used to assess remedial strategies for abandoned mine drainage (AMD). During April-June, 2004, the assessment process was applied to AMD from bituminous coal deposits at a test site in the Staple Bend Tunnel Unit of Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site (ALPO-SBTU) in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The purp

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Charles A. Cravotta

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

August 30, 2005

Water resources data, Pennsylvania, water year 2004—Volume 3. Ohio and St. Lawrence River basins

Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Pennsylvania consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; contents and elevations of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report, Volume 3 contains (1) discharge records for 60 continuous-record streamflow-gaging stations, 6 partial-record stations and 13 special study and miscellaneou

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Raymond W. Siwicki

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

August 30, 2005

Water resources data, Pennsylvania, water year 2004—Volume 2. Susquehanna and Potomac River basins

Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Pennsylvania consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; contents and elevations of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report, Volume 2 contains (1) discharge records for 85 continuous-record streamflow-gaging stations, 13 partial-record stations, 18 special study and miscellaneous

Authors

R.R. Durlin, W.P. Schaffstall

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

August 25, 2005

Water resources data, Pennsylvania, water year 2004—Volume 1. Delaware River basin

Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Pennsylvania consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; contents and elevations of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report, Volume 1 contains (1) discharge records for 79 continuous-record streamflow-gaging stations, 8 partial record stations, 19 special-study and miscellaneous s

Authors

R.R. Durlin, W.P. Schaffstall

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

August 18, 2005

Streamflow statistics for the Paradise and Pocono Creek watersheds and selected streamflow-gaging stations in Monroe County, Pennsylvania

suite of 36 observed streamflow statistics, ranging from high to low flows, were computed for 7 continuous-record and predicted for 12 partial-record streamflow-gaging stations in Monroe County, Pa. The predicted statistics for the partial-record stations were determined from regression analyses of intermittent streamflow measurements made at the partial-record stations and concurrent daily mean

Authors

Ronald E. Thompson, Gregory J. Cavallo

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

August 18, 2005

Interpretation of geophysical logs, aquifer tests, and water levels in wells in and near the North Penn Area 7 Superfund site, Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 2000-02

Ground water in the vicinity of various industrial facilities in Upper Gwynedd Township and Lansdale Borough, Montgomery County, Pa., is contaminated with various volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The 2-square-mile area was placed on the National Priorities List as the North Penn Area 7 Superfund site by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) in 1989. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) c

Authors

Lisa A. Senior, Peter J. Cinotto, Randall W. Conger, Philip H. Bird, Karl A. Pracht

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

June 22, 2005

Occurrence of fecal-indicator bacteria and protocols for identification of fecal-contamination sources in selected reaches of the West Branch Brandywine Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania

The presence of fecal-indicator bacteria indicates the potential presence of pathogens originating from the fecal matter of warm-blooded animals. These pathogens are responsible for numerous human diseases ranging from common diarrhea to meningitis and polio. The detection of fecal-indicator bacteria and interpretation of the resultant data are, therefore, of great importance to water-resource man

Authors

Peter J. Cinotto

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

April 18, 2005

Comparison of methods for estimating ground-water recharge and base flow at a small watershed underlain by fractured bedrock in the Eastern United States

This study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Department of Agriculture, compared multiple methods for estimating ground-water recharge and base flow (as a proxy for recharge) at sites in east-central Pennsylvania underlain by fractured bedrock and representative of a humid-continental climate. This study was one of several withi

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Dennis W. Risser, William J. Gburek, Gordon J. Folmar

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

April 15, 2005

Effects of historical coal mining and drainage from abandoned mines on streamflow and water quality in Bear Creek, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania — March 1999–December 2002

More than 100 years of anthracite coal mining has changed surface- and ground-water hydrology and contaminated streams draining the Southern Anthracite Coal Field in east-central Pennsylvania. Bear Creek drains the western prong of the Southern Anthracite Coal Field and is affected by metals in drainage from abandoned mines and streamwater losses. Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) developed for dis

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Jeffrey J. Chaplin

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

April 15, 2005

Acid-rock drainage at Skytop, Centre County, Pennsylvania, 2004

Recent construction for Interstate Highway 99 (I?99) exposed pyrite and associated Zn-Pb sulfide minerals beneath a >10-m thick gossan to oxidative weathering along a 40-60-m deep roadcut through a 270-m long section of the Ordovician Bald Eagle Formation at Skytop, near State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Nearby Zn-Pb deposits hosted in associated sandstone and limestone in Blair and Cent

Authors

Jane M. Hammarstrom, Keith Brady, Charles A. Cravotta

Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Pennsylvania Water Science Center