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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Hydrologic implications of solid-water disposal
The disposal of more than 1,400 million pounds of solid wastes in the United States each day is a major problem. This disposal in turn often leads to serious health, esthetic, and environmental problems. Among these is the pollution of vital ground-water resources.
Of the six principal methods of solid-waste disposal in general use today, four methods-open dumps, sanitary landfill, incineration, a
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William Joseph Schneider
Water as an urban resource and nuisance
Generally, when people speak of water as a resource, they are considering its good aspects and recognizing that it is essential for life and living. Sometimes or at some places or to some people, the same water may be annoying or unpleasant and thus a nuisance-for example, rain at a picnic, snow at any time except Christmas Eve, ground water in a basement, floodwater inundating personal property,
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H. E. Thomas, William Joseph Schneider
Floods of December 1964 and January 1965 in the far Western States; Part 2 Streamflow and Sediment Data
No abstract available.
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A. O. Waananen, D.D. Harris, R.C. Williams
Profiles of regional ground-water flow in glacial deposits in Minnesota based on existing well data
No abstract available.
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W. A. Van Voast
Ground water for irrigation near Lake Emily, Pope County, west-central Minnesota
No abstract available.
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W. A. Van Voast
Graphs of ground-water levels in Minnesota, 1962-1966
No abstract available.
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W. A. Miller, G.C. Straka
Great Salt Lake, Utah: Chemical and physical variations of the brine, 1963-1966
Great Salt Lake is a shallow, closed-basin lake in northern Utah. Its surface area and concentration of dissolved solids vary in response to both annual and long-term climatic changes. The lake gains water mainly as streamflow from mountains to the east and loses water through evaporation. In 1965, at a lake-surface altitude of 4,194 feet, the surface area was about 1,000 square miles, and the max
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D. C. Hahl, A.H. Handy
International geophysics: Symposium on the hydrology of deltas
A Symposium on the Hydrology of Deltas was held in Bucharest, Romania, on May 6–9; it was followed by a field trip to the delta of the Danube River on May 10–14. The Symposium was organized by Unesco, with the collaboration of the Romanian Government and the support of the International Association of Scientific Hydrology (IASH).The Romanian Government did an excellent job of arranging for airport
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Ted Arnow
A system for planning and scheduling water resources studies and construction projects
A simplification of the two most commonly used methods of network planning and scheduling is ideally suited to the planning and evaluation of both water resources studies and construction projects. The project planning diagrams illustrate the system for scheduling of project activities and the relation of each activity to the others.
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E. F. LeRoux, D. G. Jorgenson
Willamette Basin Comprehensive Study of Water and Related Land Resources: Appendix B--Hydrology
The study was undertaken to plan for the proper development of water andrelated land resources of the Willamette Basin in Oregon. Appendix B, along with Appendices A and C, provides supporting data for the functional Appendices D through L. Climate is first discussed, including the climatic significance of geographical features such as the Pacific Ocean, the Columbia Gorge, and the Coast and Casca
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The linear decision rule in reservoir management and design: 1, Development of the stochastic model
With the aid of a linear decision rule, reservoir management and design problems often can be formulated as easily solved linear programing problems. The linear decision rule specifies the release during any period of reservoir operation as the difference between the storage at the beginning of the period and a decision parameter for the period. The decision parameters for the entire study horizon
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Charles Revelle, Erhard Joeres, William H. Kirby
Discharge measurements at gaging stations
The techniques used in making discharge measurements at gaging stations are described in this report. Most of the report deals with the current-meter method of measuring discharge, because this is the principal method used in gaging streams. The use of portable weirs and flumes, floats, and volumetric tanks in measuring discharge are briefly described.
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Thomas J. Buchanan, William P. Somers