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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Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory-Use of a modified ultrasonic nebulizer for the analysis of low ionic-strength water by inductively coupled optical emission spectrometry
The U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory has developed a method for the determination of dissolved calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, silica, and sodium using a modified ultrasonic nebulizer sample-introduction system to an inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometer. The nebulizer's spray chamber has been modified to avoid carryover and memory effects common in
Authors
Carl M. Harris, Charles J. Litteral, Donna L. Damrau
Trace-element concentrations and transport in the Coeur d'Alene river, Idaho, water years 1993-94
for almost a century, the U.S. Geological Survey has collected hydrologic data at a network of stream-gaging stations throughout the Coeur d'Alene Lake and River drainage basin. Since 1990, extensive water-quality data have been collected for a comprehensive study of potential eutrophication of Coeur d'Alene Lake and for assessment of the environmental effects of past mining and ore-processing act
Authors
Michael A. Beckwith, Paul F. Woods, Charles Berenbrock
Dissolved oxygen in the Tualatin River, Oregon, during winter flow conditions, 1991 and 1992
This report describes the capacity of the Tualatin River to assimilate oxygen-demanding material during winter streamflow conditions, with an emphasis on peak-flow and winter base-flow conditions. The study examined major processes governing concentrations of dissolved oxygen (DO) in the river under different streamflow conditions, as well as the effect of streamflow and temperature on these proce
Authors
Valerie J. Kelly
Water-level altitudes in wells completed in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, Houston-Galveston region, Texas, January-February 1992, 1993, and 1994
This report depicts annual water-level altitudes for 3 consecutive years in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston-Galveston region, Texas. The report, prepared in cooperation with the city of Houston and the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District, presents maps for the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers showing the approximate water-level altitudes in wells in 1992 and 1994. The most
Authors
M. C. Kasmarek
Water-level altitudes in wells completed in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, Fort Bend County and adjacent areas, Texas, January-February 1992, 1993, and 1994
This report depicts annual water-level altitudes for 3 consecutive years in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in Fort Bend County and adjacent areas, Texas. The report, prepared in cooperation with the Fort Bend Subsidence District, presents maps for the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers showing the approximate water-level altitudes in wells in 1992 and 1994. The most recent previously published wat
Authors
M. C. Kasmarek
Water-level altitudes in wells completed in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, Fort Bend County and adjacent areas, Texas, January-February 1990
This report, prepared in cooperation with the Fort Bend Subsidence District, presents maps for the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in Fort Bend County and adjacent areas showing the approximate water-level altitudes in wells in 1990 (figs. 1, 2). The most recent previously published water-level-altitude maps (and water-level-change maps) for the two aquifers are by Coplin and others (1997). The e
Authors
M. C. Kasmarek
Water and salt balance of Great Salt Lake, Utah, and simulation of water and salt movement through the causeway
The water and salt balance of Great Salt Lake primarily depends on the amount of inflow from tributary streams and the conveyance properties of a causeway constructed during 1957-59 that divides the lake into the south and north parts. The conveyance properties of the causeway originally included two culverts, each 15 feet wide, and the permeable rock-fill material.During 1980-86, the salt balance
Authors
Steven R. Wold, Blakemore E. Thomas, Kidd M. Waddell
Water-level altitudes 1997 and water-level changes 1990-97 and 1996-97 in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, Fort Bend County and adjacent areas, Texas
This report is one in an annual series of reports that depicts water-level altitudes and water-level changes since 1990 in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in Fort Bend County and adjacent areas, Texas.
Authors
L. S. Coplin, M. C. Kasmarek, H. X. Santos, D. A. Sneck-Fahrer
Water-level altitudes 1997, water-level changes 1977-97 and 1996-97, and compaction 1973-96 in the Chicot and Evangeline Aquifers, Houston-Galveston region, Texas
This report is one in an annual series of reports that depicts water-level altitudes and water-level changes since 1977 and compaction since 1973 in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston-Galveston region, Texas.
Authors
Mark C. Kasmarek, L. S. Coplin, Horacio X. Santos
Hydrology of the shallow aquifer and uppermost semiconfined aquifer near El Paso, Texas
The availability of fresh ground water in El Paso and adjacent areas that is needed to meet increased demand for water supply concerns local, State, and Federal agencies. The Hueco bolson is the principal aquifer in the El Paso area. Starting in the early 1900s and continuing to the 1950s, most of the municipal and industrial water supply in El Paso was pumped from the Hueco bolson aquifer from we
Authors
D. E. White, E. T. Baker, Roger Sperka
Organochlorine compounds in fish tissue and bed sediment in the upper Snake River basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, 1992-94
Fish-tissue and bed-sediment samples were
collected from 20 sites in the upper Snake River
Basin in Idaho and western Wyoming as part of the
National Water-Quality Assessment Program to
determine the occurrence and distribution of organochlorine compounds. During 1992-94, 41 samples were analyzed for 28 different organochlorine
compounds in whole-fish tissue and 32 compounds
in bed sediment.
Authors
Terry R. Maret, Douglas S. Ott
Agricultural land-use classification using landsat imagery data, and estimates of irrigation water use in Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, and Minidoka counties, 1992 water year, Upper Snake River basin, Idaho and western Wyoming
As part of the U.S. Geological Survey's
National Water-Quality Assessment Program in
the upper Snake River Basin study unit, land- and
water-use data were used to describe activities that
have potential effects on water quality, including
biological conditions, in the basin. Land-use maps
and estimates of water use by irrigated agriculture
were needed for Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, and
Mini
Authors
Molly A. Maupin