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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Effects of regulation on L-moments of annual peak streamflow in Texas
Several techniques exist to estimate annual peak-streamflow frequency for streamflows that have recurrence intervals ranging from 2 to 500 years for natural (unregulated) drainage basins in Texas. Unfortunately, such techniques have limited applicability in regulated basins. There are numerous regulated basins throughout Texas, which has more than 7,000 dams that are identified by Texas Natural Re
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William H. Asquith
Ground-water recharge and flowpaths near the edge of the Decorah-Platteville-Glenwood confining unit, Rochester, Minnesota
The primary source of ground water for the city of Rochester, Olmsted County, southeastern Minnesota is the St. Peter-Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer. Based on results of a previous U.S. Geological Survey investigation in the Rochester area, relatively high rates of areal recharge to the St. Peter-Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer occur along the edge of the overlying Decorah-Platteville-Glenwood co
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Richard J. Lindgren
Analysis of suspended-sediment concentrations and radioisotope levels in the Wild Rice River basin, northwestern Minnesota, 1973-98
We examined historical suspended-sediment data and activities of fallout radioisotopes (lead-210 [210Pb], cesium-137 [137Cs], and beryllium-7 [7Be]) associated with suspended sediments and source-area sediments (cultivated soils, bank material, and reference soils) in the Wild Rice River Basin, a tributary to the Red River of the North, to better understand sources of suspended sediment to streams
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Mark E. Brigham, Carolyn J. McCullough, Philip M. Wilkinson
Water-Quality Assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin— Organochlorine compounds in streambed sediment and fish tissues, 1995-97
Streambed sediments and fish tissues were collected in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin to assess the presence and distribution of organochlorine compounds (OCs) including PCBs. A total of 13 OCs were detected among 14 of 27 streambed sediment sampling locations. In fish tissues analyzed, 9 OCs were detected among 17 of 24 sites sampled. Eight OCs were detected in both fish and streambed
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R. P. McNellis, J. D. Fallon, K. E. Lee
Effects of Pumping on Ground-Water Flow Near Water-Supply Wells in the Lower Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer, Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey
Since the 1970's, hexavalent chromium has been detected in concentrations as great as 1.0 milligram per liter in wells at the Puchack well field operated by the Camden City Department of Utilities, Water Division (Water Department), forcing the Water Department to progressively remove five of its six wells from service between 1975 and 1988. The wells in the Puchack well field range in depth from
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Richard L. Walker
Water-quality and lake-stage data for Wisconsin lakes, water year 2001
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with local and other agencies, collects data at selected lakes throughout Wisconsin. These data, accumulated over many years, provide a data base for developing an improved understanding of the water quality of lakes. To make these data available to interested parties outside the USGS, the data are published annually in this report series. The loca
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W. J. lead by Rose, J. F. Elder, H.S. Garn, G. L. Goddard, E.A. Mergener, D.L. Olson, Dale M. Robertson
The effects of large-scale pumping and diversion on the water resources of Dane County, Wisconsin
Throughout many parts of the U.S., there is growing concern over the effects of rapid urban growth and development on water resources. Ground- water and surface-water systems (which comprise the hydrologic system) are linked in much of Wisconsin, and ground water can be utilized both for drinking water and as a source of water for sustaining lakes, streams, springs, and wetlands. Ground water is i
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Randall J. Hunt, Kenneth R. Bradbury, James T. Krohelski
Benthic invertebrate communities and their responses to selected environmental factors in the Kanawha River basin, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina
The effects of selected environmental factors on the composition and structure of benthic invertebrate communities in the Kanawha River Basin of West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina were investigated in 1997 and 1998. Environmental factors investigated include physiography, land-use pattern, streamwater chemistry, streambed- sediment chemistry, and habitat characteristics. Land-use patterns
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Douglas B. Chambers, Terence Messinger
Use of advanced borehole geophysical techniques to delineate fractured-rock ground-water flow and fractures along water-tunnel facilities in northern Queens County, New York
Advanced borehole geophysical methods were used to assess the geohydrology of crystalline bedrock along the course of a new water tunnel for New York City. The logging methods include natural gamma, spontaneous potential, single-point resistance, mechanical and acoustic caliper, focused electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, borehole-fluid temperature and
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Frederick Stumm, Anthony Chu, Andrew D. Lange, Frederick L. Paillet, John H. Williams, John W. Lane
Computed and estimated pollutant loads, West Fork Trinity River, Fort Worth, Texas, 1997
In 1998 the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Trinity River Authority, did a study to estimate storm-runoff pollutant loads using two models—a deterministic model and a statistical model; the estimated loads were compared to loads computed from measured data for a large (118,000 acres) basin in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, metropolitan area. Loads were computed and estimated for 12
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Paul W. McKee, Harry C. McWreath
Methodology and significance of studies of atmospheric deposition in highway runoff
Atmospheric deposition and the processes that are involved in causing and altering atmospheric deposition in relation to highway surfaces and runoff were evaluated nationwide. Wet deposition is more easily monitored than dry deposition, and data on wet deposition are available for major elements and water properties (constituents affecting acid deposition) from the inter-agency National Atmospheri
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John A. Colman, Karen C. Rice, Timothy C. Willoughby
Use of advanced borehole geophysical techniques to delineate fractured-rock ground-water flow, faults, foliation, and fractures along the western part of Manhattan, New York
No abstract available.
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Frederick Stumm, Anthony Chu, Andrew D. Lange