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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Surficial aquifer system of the New Jersey Coastal Plain: Significance to resource management
An understanding of the interaction between human activities and the Nation's surficial (water-table) aquifers is critical to maintaining the quantity and quality of our water resources and the health of the ecosystems they support. In recognition of the importance of these aquifers, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is developing a program to study the surficial aquifers of the New Jersey Coastal
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Herbert T. Buxton
Water-level changes in the High Plains Aquifer, 1980 to 1994
No abstract available.
Authors
Jack T. Dugan, Jennifer B. Sharpe
Are streams in agricultural and urban areas contaminated by pesticides?
To answer this question, a study of pesticides in streams in a small agricultural area and a small urban area in Colorado was conducted in 1993 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. The results indicate that pesticides are present in streams, and both agricultural and urban areas are probable sources of the contamination. In the agri
Authors
R. A. Kimbrough
Use of seismic refraction techniques for investigating recent landslides in a tropical rain forest in Puerto: Chapter 56
No abstract available.
Authors
Matthew C. Larsen
Comparative ecology of prickly sculpin, Cottus asper, and coastrange sculpin, C. aleuticus, in the Eel River, California
We documented species' distributions, size structure of populations, abundance in mainstem and tributary streams, habitat use, and diets of prickly sculpin, Cottus asper, and coastrange sculpin, C. aleuticus, in the Eel River drainage of California, to determine the processes allowing coexistence of these very similar fishes. We observed prickly sculpins at 43 sites and coastrange sculpins at 34.
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Larry R. Brown, Scott A. Matern, Peter B. Moyle
Documentation and guidelines for the application of telescoped models to simulate ground-water flow in coastal Georgia and adjacent parts of Florida and South Carolina
No abstract available.
Authors
Reggina Garza, Christopher T. West
United States Geological Survey: Programs in Utah
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been collecting hydrologic data relating to the occurrence, quantity, and quality of water resources in Utah since 1889. The USGS maintains a network of about 200 gaging stations on rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs in Utah and parts of Wyoming, Idaho, and Arizona and monitors about 1,100 wells throughout the State (fig. 1). Within this network, water-qua
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Well-integrity survey (Phase II) of abandoned homestead water wells in the High Plains aquifer, former Pantex Ordance Plant and Texas Tech Research Farm near Amarillo, Texas, 1995
This report describes the methods used and the results obtained during a field search for abandoned homestead sites and water wells at the former Pantex Ordnance Plant and Texas Tech Research Farm (Pantex site) near Amarillo, Texas. The search was the second phase of a three-phase well-integrity survey at the Pantex site proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The methods used to locate the
Authors
Glenn A. Rivers
Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory-Determination of volatile organic compounds in water by purge and trap capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
No abstract available.
Authors
D.L. Rose, M.P. Schroeder
Withdrawal and delivery of water by municipal supplies in Minnesota, 1993
Total withdrawal Statewide by municipal suppliers serving over 1,000 people was 108 billion gallons in 1993. Most of Minnesota's municipal deliveries were for residential purposes. About 87 percent of suppliers withdraw from ground-water and 13 percent withdraw from surface-water sources. Water withdrawn for public supply has steadily risen since 1955 and the increase has mainly come from ground w
Authors
L. C. Trotta