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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Managing the water resources of the Oswego River Basin in central New York
No abstract available.
Authors
William M. Kappel, Betsy F. Landre
Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 2000
This is the thirty-seventh in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, published cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources and Division of Water Rights, provide data to enable interested parties to maintain awareness of changing ground-water conditions.This report, l
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Carole B. Burden, J.D. Sory, M.R. Danner, K. K. Johnson, T.A. Kenny, S.J. Brockner, Robert J. Eacret, Paul Downhour, B.A. Slaugh, R.L. Swenson, J.H. Howells, H.K. Christiansen, M.J. Fisher
Creating a standardized watersheds database for the Lower Rio Grande/Río Bravo, Texas
This report describes the creation of a large-scale watershed database for the lower Rio Grande/Río Bravo Basin in Texas. The watershed database includes watersheds delineated to all 1:24,000-scale mapped stream confluences and other hydrologically significant points, selected watershed characteristics, and hydrologic derivative datasets.Computer technology allows generation of preliminary watersh
Authors
J.R. Brown, Randy L. Ulery, Jean W. Parcher
Nutrient pollution of coastal rivers, bays, and seas
Over the past 40 years, antipollution laws have greatly reduced discharges of toxic substances into our coastal waters. This effort, however, has focused largely on point-source pollution of industrial and municipal effluent. No comparable effort has been made to restrict the input of nitrogen (N) from municipal effluent, nor to control the flows of N and phosphorus (P) that enter waterways fro
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Robert W. Howarth, D. B. Anderson, James E. Cloern, Chris Elfring, Charles S. Hopkinson, Brian Lapointe, Tom Malone, Nancy Marcus, Karen McGlathery, Andrew N. Sharpley, Dan Walker
Calcite crystal growth rate inhibition by aquatic humic substances.
No abstract available.
Authors
M.M. Reddy, A.R. Hoch
The inhibition of calcium carbonate formation in aqueous supersaturated solutions. Spontaneous precipitation and seeded crystal growth.
No abstract available.
Authors
P.G. Klepetsanis, A. Kladi, T. Ostvold, C.G. Kontoyiannis, P.G. Koutsoukos, Z. Amjad, M.M. Reddy
Water Resources Data - New Jersey, Water Year 1999, Volume 3, Water-Quality Data
Water-resources data for the 1999 water year for New Jersey are presented in three volumes, and consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. Volume 3 contains a summary of surface and ground water hydrologic conditions for the 1999 water year, a listing of current water-resourc
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M.J. DeLuca, K.M. Romanok, M.L. Riskin, G.L. Mattes, A.M. Thomas, B.J. Gray
Effects of the Paradox Valley Unit on dissolved solids, sodium, and chloride in the Dolores River near Bedrock, Colorado, water years 1988-98
During 1999, a study was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation to evaluate the effect of the Paradox Valley Unit on dissolved solids, sodium, and chloride in the Dolores River downstream from the Paradox Valley Unit. This report describes this evaluation and presents the results from this study. Daily mean flow and daily mean specific conducta
Authors
Kenneth R. Watts
Finding minimal herbicide concentrations in ground water? Try looking for their degradates
Extensive research has been conducted regarding the occurrence of herbicides in the hydrologic system, their fate, and their effects on human health and the environment. Few studies, however, have considered herbicide transformation products (degradates). In this study of Iowa ground water, herbicide degradates were frequently detected. In fact, herbicide degradates were eight of the 10 most frequ
Authors
D.W. Kolpin, E.M. Thurman, S. M. Linhart
Metal exposure in a benthic macroinvertebrate, Hydropsyche californica, related to mine drainage in the Sacramento River
A biomonitoring technique was employed to complement studies of metal transport in the upper Sacramento River affected by acid mine drainage. Metals (Al, Cd, Cu, Fe, Hg, Pb, and Zn) were determined in a resident invertebrate, Hydropsyche californica (Insecta: Trichoptera), and streambed sediments (<62 µm) to assess metal contamination within a 111-km section of the river downstream of the mining a
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Daniel J. Cain, James L. Carter, Steven V. Fend, Samuel N. Luoma, Charles N. Alpers, Howard E. Taylor
A new approach for determining the 87Sr/86Sr ratio of the ‘‘granitoid weathering component"
No abstract available
Authors
Thomas D. Bullen, Arthur F. White, Thomas G. Huntington, Norman E. Peters
Progress of environmental studies in coal mining areas of western Pennsylvania and central West Virginia
Two studies related to the regional environmental effects of coal mining in the Appalachian Plateau were conducted in 1998 as part of the National Water‐Quality Assessment program of the U.S. Geological Survey. The study area of about 20,000 square miles included parts of the Allegheny and Monongahela River basins in the north and the Kanawha River basin in the south. Water in domestic wells downg
Authors
James H. Eychaner