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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CFC tracing of groundwater in fractured rock aided with 14C and 3H to identify water mixing
No abstract available.
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A.S. Talma, J. Weaver, L.N. Plummer, Eurybiades Busenberg
Digital environmental atlas of Georgia
No abstract available.
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S.J. Alhadeff, J.W. Musser, A.C. Sandercock, T.R. Dyar
Emergent biological patterns and surface-subsurface interactions at landscape scales
In this chapter, we focus on emergent biological patterns in riverine ecosystems at landscape scales resulting from surface-subsurface water interaction. Our objectives are to examine (1) how the balance of physical and chemical factors on the "natural" geologic template affects biological patterns, (2) how natural hydrothermal systems can be used as a model for understanding surface-subsurface in
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C. M. Pringle, F.J. Triska
Pesticides in stream sediment and aquatic biota— Current understanding of distribution and major influences
This report summarizes a comprehensive analysis of existing information on pesticides in bed sediment and aquatic biota of United States rivers and streams: their geographic distribution, sources, trends, environmental fate, and biological significance. It is one of a four-part series that synthesizes current knowledge and understanding of pesticides in the nation’s water resources as part of the
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Lisa H. Nowell, Paul D. Capel, Peter D. Dileanis
Volumes of recent floods and potential for storage in upland watershed areas of Iowa
Substantial flooding at various locations throughout the United States, particularly during and after the Upper Mississippi River Basin flood of 1993, has resulted in analysis and discussion of both structural and nonstructural methods of watershed management to control flooding. The Upper Mississippi River Basin flood of 1993 resulted in the formulation of a Scientific Assessment and Strategy Tea
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Robert C. Buchmiller, David A. Eash, Craig A. Harvey
Water quality in south-central Texas, Texas, 1996–98
This report summarizes major findings about water quality in south-central Texas that emerged from an assessment conducted between 1996 and 1998 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. Water quality is discussed in terms of local and regional issues and compared to conditions found in all 36 NAWQA study areas, called Study Units, assessed to date. Fi
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Peter W. Bush, Ann F. Ardis, Lynne Fahlquist, Patricia B. Ging, C. Evan Hornig, Jennifer Lanning-Rush
Water quality in the Mississippi Embayment; Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky
No abstract available.
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Barbara A. Kleiss, Richard H. Coupe, Gerard Gonthier, B. G. Justus
Water quality in the Long Island-New Jersey coastal drainages, New York and New Jersey, 1996–98
No abstract available.
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Mark A. Ayers, Jonathan Kennen, Paul E. Stackelberg
Hydrology, water quality, and phosphorus loading of Little St. Germain Lake, Vilas County, Wisconsin
Little St. Germain Lake, which is in Vilas County. Wisconsin, just northeast of St. Germain (fig. 1), is one of 21 impoundments operated by Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company (WVIC) to provide storage for power and recreational use. The level of the lake, which was originally dammed in 1882, has been maintained by the WVIC at about 5 feet above its natural level since 1929, and it is annually dr
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Dale M. Robertson, William J. Rose
Hydrogeologic setting and potential for denitrification in ground water, Coastal Plain of southern Maryland
The types and distribution of Coastal Plain sediments in the Patuxent River Basin may contribute to relatively low concentrations of nitrate (typically less than 1 milligram per liter) in stream base flow because of the chemical reduction of dissolved nitrate (denitrification) in ground water. Water chemistry data from synoptic stream base-flow surveys in the Patuxent River Basin show higher disso
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David E. Krantz, David S. Powars
Simulation of the recharge area for Frederick Springs, Dane County, Wisconsin
The Pheasant Branch watershed in Dane County is expected to undergo development. There are concerns that this development will adversely affect water resources, including Frederick Springs, a large spring complex in the watershed. The spring's recharge area was delineated using a telescopic mesh refinement (TMR) model constructed from an existing regional-scale ground-water flow model, and further
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R. J. Hunt, J. J. Steuer