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 ground-water withdrawals on the Rock River and associated valley aquifer, eastern Rock County, Minnesota
A better understanding of the ground-water and surface-water resources of the Rock River Valley in southwestern Minnesota was needed due to concerns surrounding future reliable sources of water for public supply. The Rock River Valley aquifer consists of a surficial sand and gravel unit that underlies the entire Rock River Valley and a buried sand and gravel unit that is present only in the vicini
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Richard J. Lindgren, M.K. Landon
Altitude, depth, and thickness of the Galena-Platteville Bedrock Unit in the subcrop area of Illinois and Wisconsin
The Galena-Platteville bedrock unit is a carbonate deposit of Ordovician age, composed of the Galena and Platteville Groups in Illinois and the Sinnippee Group in Wisconsin. It is the uppermost bedrock unit (subcrop) in most of northern Illinois and southern and eastern Wisconsin. The subcrop area is shaded in figure 1 of sheet 1 (Batten and others, 1997). The unit is predominately dolomite, with
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Timothy A. Brown, Charles P. Dunning, Jennifer B. Sharpe
Analysis of persistent organic pollutants in the Newark Bay Estuary, New Jersey, U.S.A.
No abstract available.
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D. I. Thal, S. A. Mills, Timothy P. Wilson, Jennifer L. Bonin
Geohydrologic assessment of crystalline bedrock for the New York City water-tunnel project by use of advanced borehole-geophysical methods
No abstract available.
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Frederick Stumm, Frederick L. Paillet, John H. Williams, John W. Lane
Ground-water quality and vulnerability to contamination in selected agricultural areas of southeastern Michigan, northwestern Ohio, and northeastern Indiana
Ground-water quality was assessed in the northeastern part of the Corn Belt, where tile-drained row crops are underlain by fractured glacial till. Data were collected from 30 shallow monitor wells and 18 co-located domestic wells as part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water- Quality Assessment in the Lake Erie-Lake St. Clair Basin.Pesticides or pesticide degradates were detected in 41 pe
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Mary Ann Thomas
Assessment of the habitats, biota, sediments, and water quality near the discharge of primary-treated effluent from the Mayaguez Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, Bahia de Anasco, Puerto Rico
No abstract available.
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Richard M. T. Webb, P.D. Collar, W. C. Schwab, Carlos Goenaga, J.R. Gracia, Roberto Castro
Status and trends in suspended-sediment discharges, soil erosion, and conservation tillage in the Maumee River basin: Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana
The relation of suspended-sediment discharges to conservation-tillage practices and soil loss were analyzed for the Maumee River Basin in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana as part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality Assessment Program. Cropland in the basin is the largest contributor to soil erosion and suspended-sediment discharge to the Maumee River and the river is the largest sour
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Donna N. Myers, Kevin D. Metzker, Steven Davis
Water quality of lakes in Voyageurs National Park, northern Minnesota, 1999
Water-quality samples were collected during July 1999 from selected lakes and bays, and the mouths of two rivers that flow into Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota. Results of laboratory analyses and field measurements of chemical and physical properties were compared to similar data collected during 1977-83. Water-quality data were evaluated for changes in specific conductance, alkalini
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Gregory A. Payne
Nutrients and suspended sediment in snowmelt runoff from part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1997
The U.S. Geological Survey sampled snowmelt runoff from 42 stream sites during March and April 1997 in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, to characterize nutrient and suspended-sediment concentrations, yields, and loads. Ancillary data from 12 sites provided data to estimate constituent loads delivered during snowmelt and 1997. The snowmelt period contributed from
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James D. Fallon, Ryan P. McNellis
Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin - Ground-water quality in three different land-use areas, 1996-98
The surficial sand and gravel aquifer is susceptible to effects from land-use in the Upper Mississippi River Basin study unit of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The purpose of this report is to describe the ground-water quality and the assessment of how different land-uses affect the shallow ground-water quality in the surficial sand and gravel aquifer. Ground-water quality
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Alison L. Fong
Pesticides in streams in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1974-94
Analysis of historical pesticide information by the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program indicates that land use and pesticide use affect detections of pesticides in streams in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin (UMIS). Agricultural pesticide use was greatest in the Minnesota River Basin. Greater than twenty-seven times more herbicides than insecticides were used for agricultur
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James D. Fallon
Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin - Ground-water quality in an agricultural area of Sherburne County, Minnesota, 1998
The quality of shallow ground water in a 75-mi2 agricultural area of the Anoka Sand Plain aquifer in central Minnesota is described as part of the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - a national-scale assessment of the quality of water resources within large study units in various hydrologic settings. Data were collected during 1998 from 29 wells completed in the aquifer, which pred
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James F. Ruhl, Alison L. Fong, Paul E. Hanson, William J. Andrews