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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Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1997
This is the thirty-fourth in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, published cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources, provide data to enable interested parties to keep aware of changing ground-water conditions.This report, like the others in the series, contains
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S.J. Gerner, J.I. Steiger, J.D. Sory, Carole B. Burden, B.L. Loving, S.J. Brockner, M.R. Danner, Paul Downhour, B.A. Slaugh, R.L. Swenson, J.H. Howells, H.K. Christiansen, L. R. Herbert
Acid Rain
Acid deposition, or acid rain as it is more commonly referred to, has become a widely publicized environmental issue in the U.S. over the past decade. The term usually conjures up images of fish kills, dying forests, "dead" lakes, and damage to monuments and other historic artifacts. The primary cause of acid deposition is emission of S02 and NOx to the atmosphere during the combustion of fossil f
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Owen P. Bricker, Karen C. Rice
Status, trends, and changes in freshwater inflows to bay systems in the Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary Program study area
This report presents the results of a study to quantify current (1983–93) mean freshwater inflows to the six bay systems (open water and wetlands) in the Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary Program study area, to test for historical temporal trends in inflows, and to quantify historical and projected changes in inflows. The report also addresses the adequacy of existing data to estimate freshwater
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W.H. Asquith, J. G. Mosier, P. W. Bush
Natural chemical attenuation of halogenated hydrocarbon compounds via dehalogenation
No abstract available
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M. Reinhard, G.P. Curtis, Jack E. Barbash
Pesticides and volatile organic compounds in shallow urban groundwater of the United States
The widespread use of pesticides and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) over the past half century has led to their detection in many hydrologic systems in the United States. However, few systematic investigations of occurrences have been carried out over multistate regions using a consistent study design. Nine urban studies of shallow groundwater have been conducted to date as part of the U.S. Geo
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Dana W. Kolpin, Paul J. Squillace, John S. Zogorski, Jack E. Barbash
Cometabolic biodegradation of trichloroethylene in microcosms
Laboratory microcosms were used to determine the concentrations of oxygen (O2) and methane (CH4) that optimize trichloroethylene (TCE) biodegradation in sediment and ground-water samples from a TCE-contaminated aquifer at Picatinny Arsenal, Morris County, New Jersey. The mechanism for degradation is the cometabolic activity of methanotrophic bacteria. The laboratory data will be used to support a
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Allen C. Kane, Timothy P. Wilson, Jeffrey M. Fischer
Modified level II streambed-scour analysis for structure I-65-81-5523 crossing Big Blue River in Shelby County, Indiana
No abstract available.
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R. L. Miller, B.A. Robinson, D. C. Voelker
Hydraulic analyses of alternative methods for reducing backwater from log jams on Locust Creek near Pershing State Park, Linn County, Missouri
No abstract available.
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T.W. Alexander
Accuracy of data for selected categories compiled in the Puerto Rico Water-Use Information Program
No abstract available.
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Wanda L. Molina-Rivera
Comparison of chlorofluorocarbon-age dating with particle-tracking results of a regional ground-water flow model of the Portland Basin, Oregon and Washington
This report describes the results of a study in which chlorofluorocarbon-age dating was used to evaluate the results of a ground-water particle tracker for the Portland Basin in Oregon and Washington.
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Stephen R. Hinkle, Daniel T. Snyder
Ground-water quality assessment of the Carson River basin, Nevada and California — Results of investigations, 1987–91
Using existing Nevada State drinking-water standards as a measure of the overall water quality, ground-water quality in principal aquifers of the upper Carson River basin is generally excellent. Ground-water quality in the Carson Desert, the distal end of the Carson River basin, displays extremes in concentrations of major and minor inorganic constituents, with dissolved solids reaching concentrat
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Alan H. Welch, Stephen J. Lawrence, Michael S. Lico, James M. Thomas, Donald H. Schaefer
Data Base for Assessment of Streambed Scour and Channel Instability at Selected Bridges in Indiana, 1991–95
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Transportation, has collected data at 5,587 bridges in Indiana built with federal aid. These data, which can be useful for assessing Streambed scour and channel instability, are maintained in a computerized data base at the U.S. Geological Survey in Indianapolis, Indiana. The data elements are grouped under one of five headi
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Mark S. Hopkins, Bret A. Robinson