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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Reconnaissance investigation of water-quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, 1986-87
In 1986, the Department of the Interior conducted reconnaissance investigations in nine areas of the western conterminous United States to determine whether irrigation drainage has caused or has the potential to cause harmful effects to human health, fish, and wildlife, or may adversely affect the suitability of water for beneficial uses. Data collected in the lower Rio Grande valley and Laguna At
Authors
Frank C. Wells, Gerry A. Jackson, William J. Rogers
Sources of water-use data in Minnesota
Since the 1976-77 drought in Minnesota, legislators, planners, and citizens have become aware of the need for water management based on knowledge of water availability and use in order to alleviate local water shortages. In addition to maintaining an adequate supply, information on the amount of water used, where it is used, and how it is used is needed to help resolve problems of resource allocat
Authors
L. C. Trotta
Inventory of interbasin water transfers in Minnesota
Water transfer data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey , in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, from the 13 hydrologic subregions in Minnesota. About 30,000 acre-ft of water is exported annually from eight of these subregions. Interbasin transfer of water is classified according to type of water conveyance in Minnesota. This information is needed by water-syst
Authors
L. C. Trotta
Aggregation of Minnesota water-use data and transfer of data to the National Water-Use Data System; Procedures and programs
The Minnesota Water-Use Data System stores data on the quantity of withdrawals and discharge in Minnesota. To transfer these data into the U.S. Geological Survey 's National Water-Use Data System properly, certain procedures must be followed. Uniform data categorization and entry allows comparison of water use from State to State. The data in the National Water-Use Data System are aggregated by co
Authors
L. C. Trotta
Selected hydrologic data for Pahvant Valley and adjacent areas, Millard County, Utah, 1987
This report contains hydrologic data collected in Pahvant Valley and adjacent areas from 1909 to 1987. The report area is mainly comprised of Pahvant Valley on the east and the southern part of the Sevier Desert on the west (plate 1). The area is in west-central Utah, within the Basin and Range physiographic province, and includes about 1,600 square miles. Most of the data in this report were coll
Authors
Susan A. Thiros
Sediment characteristics of North Carolina streams, 1970-79
No abstract available.
Authors
Clyde E. Simmons
Water resources data for South Carolina, water year 1987
No abstract available.
Authors
C. S. Bennett, R.D. Hayes, K.H. Jones, T. W. Cooney
Water resources data for Texas, water year 1987, volume 3. Colorado River, Lavaca River, Guadalupe River, Nueces River, Rio Grande basins, and intervening coastal basins
No abstract available.
Authors
H.D. Buckner, E.R. Carrillo, H.J. Davidson
Water resources data for Texas, water year 1987, volume 2. San Jacinto River, Brazos River, San Bernard River basins, and intervening coastal basins
No abstract available.
Authors
H.D. Buckner, E.R. Carrillo, H.J. Davidson
Water resources data for Texas, water year 1987, volume 1. Arkansas River, Red River, Sabine River, Neches River, Trinity River basins, and intervening and adjacent coastal basins
No abstract available.
Authors
H.D. Buckner, E.R. Carrillo, H.J. Davidson
Water resources data for Utah, water year 1987
No abstract available.
Authors
M. D. ReMillard, L. R. Herbert, G. W. Sandberg, G. A. Birdwell