Publications
This list of Water Resources Mission Area publications includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. A searchable database of all USGS publications can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Probability of detecting atrazine/desethyl-atrazine and elevated concentrations of nitrate (NO2+NO3-N) in ground water in the Idaho part of the upper Snake River basin
Draft Federal regulations may require that each State develop a State Pesticide Management Plan for the herbicides atrazine, alachlor, cyanazine, metolachlor, and simazine. This study developed maps that the Idaho State Department of Agriculture might use to predict the probability of detecting atrazine and desethyl-atrazine (a breakdown product of atrazine) in ground water in the Idaho part of th
Authors
Michael G. Rupert
Water quality in the Las Vegas Valley area and the Carson and Truckee River basins, Nevada and California, 1992-96
No abstract available.
Authors
Hugh E. Bevans, Michael S. Lico, Stephen J. Lawrence
Concepts for monitoring water quality in the Spokane River Basin, northern Idaho and eastern Washington
Numerous environmental studies have been
conducted in the Spokane River Basin over the
past several decades by government agencies,
academic institutions, and environmental engineering
firms. Most of these efforts have focused
on the environmental effects of more than a century
of silver, lead, and zinc mining and oreprocessing
activities in the South Fork Coeur
d'Alene River valley in northern Id
Authors
M.A. Beckwith
Preliminary report on water quality associated with the abandoned Fontana and Hazel Creek Mines, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee
No abstract available.
Authors
R.R. Seal, J. M. Hammarstrom, C. S. Southworth, A. L. Meier, D.P. Haffner, A. P. Schultz, G.S. Plumlee, M.J. Flohr, J.C. Jackson, S. M. Smith, P. L. Hageman
Monitoring of Selected Water-Quality Constituents Near the Freshwater/Saline-Water Interface of the Edwards Aquifer, July 1996-December 1997
The Edwards aquifer is the sole source of water for about 1.3 million people in and near San Antonio, Texas, as well as for ranchers and farmers throughout south-central Texas. Because of the demand for this resource, various studies have been conducted to better understand the Edwards aquifer and how the aquifer reacts to environmental changes and human influences. In July 1996, the U.S. Geologic
Authors
J.R. Cederberg, Patricia B. Ging, Robert T. Ourso
Digital map of hydraulic conductivity for the High Plains Aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming
This digital data set consists of hydraulic conductivity contours and polygons for the High Plains aquifer in the central United States. The High Plains aquifer extends from south of 32 degrees to almost 45 degrees north latitude and from 96 degrees 30 minutes to almost 104 degrees west longitude. The area covers 174,000 square miles and is present in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado,
Authors
J. R. Cederstrand, M.F. Becker
Digital map of base of aquifer for High Plains Aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming
This report contains digital data and accompanying documentation for base of aquifer contours of the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. The original data are from the 1:1,000,000-scale mylar source map for Gutentag and others (1984).
Authors
Joel R. Cederstrand, Mark F. Becker
Water-resources activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in Utah, October 1, 1996, to September 30, 1997
This report contains summaries of the progress of water-resources activities of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Water Resources Division, Utah District, from October 1, 1996, to September 30,1997. The waterresources program in Utah during this period consisted of 25 projects, and a discussion of each project is presented.The following sections outline the origin of the USGS, the mission of the
Monitoring the water quality of the Nation's large rivers: Rio Grande NASQAN Program
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has monitored the water quality in the Rio Grande Basin as part of the redesigned National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) since 1995 (Hooper and others, 1997). The NASQAN program was designed to characterize the concentrations and transport of sediment and selected chemical constituents found in the Nation's large rivers-including the Mississippi, Colo
Authors
Dee L. Lurry, David C. Reutter, Frank C. Wells
Laboratory method for analysis of small concentrations of methyl tert-butyl rther and other ether gasoline oxygenates in water
This Fact Sheet presents data for analysis of nanogram-per-liter concentrations of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and three other ether gasoline oxygenates, including methyl tert-pentyl ether (TAME), diisopropyl ether (DIPE), and ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), by purge- and-trap capillary-column gas chromatography. Long-term method detection levels (LT-MDLs) for MTBE, TAME, DIPE, and ETBE ranged f
Authors
Donna L. Rose, Brooke F. Connor, Sonja R. Abney, Jon W. Raese
Summary of floods in the United States, January 1992 through September 1993
This volume contains a summary of the flooding in the upper Mississippi River Basin during the spring and summer of 1993 and 36 articles describing severe, widespread, or unusual flooding in the United States from January 1, 1992, to the end of the 1993 water year, September 30, 1993. Each flood is described to an extent commensurate with its significance and the availability of data on the hydrol
Authors
Donald V. Arvin