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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Hydraulic properties and ground-water flow in the St Peter-Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer, Rochester area, southeastern Minnesota
The hydraulic properties were updated and their effects on ground-water flow in the St. Peter-Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer in the Rochester area in southeastern Minnesota were evaluated, using new information compiled since a study by Delin (1990). Since 1988, new information on the hydrogeology of the ground-water system in the Rochester area has become available from well-drilling and constru
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R. J. Lindgren
Selected aquatic ecology, surface-water quality, and ground-water studies in the Santee River basin and coastal drainages, North and South Carolina, 1996
No abstract available.
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Thomas A. Abrahamsen, W.B. Hughes, E.J. Reuber, T.L. Sicherman
Natural and mining-related sources of dissolved minerals during low flow in the Upper Animas River Basin, southwestern Colorado
As part of the Clean Water Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-500), all States are required to establish water-quality standards for every river basin in the State. During 1994, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment proposed to the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission (CWQCC) an aquatic-life standard of 225 µg/L (micrograms per liter) for the dissolved-zinc concentration in the Ani
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Winfield G. Wright
Trace elements and organic compounds associated with riverbed sediments in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo basin, Mexico and Texas
In 1991, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) was mandated by the Texas Clean Rivers Act (Senate Bill 818) to assess water quality of rivers in Texas. Recent efforts to collect information for the assessment of water quality in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin have involved Federal agencies on both sides of the 1,248-mile U.S.-Mexico border?U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
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R. W. Lee, J.T. Wilson
Irrigation and Surface-Water Quality in the Quincy and Pasco Basins, Washington
No abstract available.
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Moon H. Kim, James C. Ebbert
Ground-water use of the principal aquifers in Puerto Rico during calendar year 1990
No abstract available.
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Wanda L. Molina-Rivera
Pesticides in surface and ground water of the San Joaquin-Tulare basins, California: Analysis of available data, 1966 Through 1992
Available pesticide data (1966-92) for surface and ground water were analyzed for the San Joaquin-Tulare Basins, California, one of 60 large hydrologic systems being studied as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. Most of the pesticide data were for the San Joaquin Valley, one of the most intensively farmed and irrigated areas of the United States. D
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Joseph L. Domagalski
A science-based, watershed strategy to support effective remediation of abandoned mine lands
A U.S. Geological Survey Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative will develop a strategy for gathering and communicating the scientific information needed to formulate effective and cost-efficient remediation of abandoned mine lands. A watershed approach will identify, characterize, and remediate contaminated sites that have the most profound effect on water and ecosystem quality within a watershed. The I
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Herbert T. Buxton, David A. Nimick, Paul Von Guerard, Stan E. Church, Ann G. Frazier, John R. Gray, Bruce R. Lipin, Sherman P. Marsh, Daniel F. Woodward, Briant A. Kimball, Susan E. Finger, Lee S. Ischinger, John C. Fordham, Martha S. Power, Christine M. Bunch, John Jones
Pesticides in ground water: distribution, trends, and governing factors
A comprehensive review of published information on the distribution and behavior of pesticides and their transformation products in ground water indicates that pesticides from every chemical class have been detected in ground waters of the United States. Many of these compounds are commonly present at low concentrations in ground water beneath agricultural land. Little information is available on
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Jack Barbash, Elizabeth A. Resek
Pesticides in surface waters: distribution, trends, and governing factors
Pesticde use in agriculture and non-agriculture settings has increased dramatically over the last several decades. Concern about adverse effects on the environment and human health has spurred an enormous amount of research into their environmental behavior and fate. Pesticides in Surface Waters presents a comprehensive summary of this research. This book evaluates published studies that focus on
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Steven J. Larson, Paul D. Capel, Michael Majewski
Investigation of salt loss from the Bonneville Salt Flats, northwestern Utah
The Bonneville Salt Flats study area is located in the western part of the Great Salt Lake Desert in northwestern Utah, about 110 miles west of Salt Lake City. The salt crust covers about 50 square miles, but the extent varies yearly as a result of salt being dissolved by the formation and movement of surface ponds during the winter and redeposited with the evaporation of these ponds during the su
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James L. Mason, Kenneth L. Kipp
Hydrogeology and ground-water flow in the Edwards-Trinity aquifer-system, west-central, Texas
Two finite-element ground-water flow models were developed for the Edwards–Trinity aquifer system, west-central Texas, to gain a better understanding of the flow system; one ground-water flow model was developed at a large scale to simulate the regional system and contiguous, hydraulically connected units, and one model was constructed at a smaller more detailed scale to simulate the most active a
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Eve L. Kuniansky, Ann F. Ardis