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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Precision of a splitting device for water samples
Two identical cone splitters, devices designed to split water and its suspended solids into equal aliquots for semi-volatile organic chemical and trace element analyses, were evaluated for their precision. The water-splitting evaluations consisted of experiments to test the effect of water volume, the effect of combining outlet ports, and the effect of different techniques of water introduction. T
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Paul D. Capel, Fernando C. Nacionales, Steven J. Larson
Inputs of the Dormant-Spray Pesticide, Diazinon, to the San Joaquin River, California, February 1993
INTRODUCTION
The objective of the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey is to describe the status and trends of the Nation's water quality with respect to natural features of the environment and human activities or land-use. Pesticides are a major water-quality issue in the San Joaquin Valley of California (fig. 1), and pesticide residues may be transpo
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Joseph L. Domagalski, Neil M. Dubrovsky, Charles R. Kratzer
Waste burial in arid environments - Application of Information from a field laboratory in the Mojave Desert, Southern Nevada
Because of the potentially harmful effect of improper waste disposal on water resources in the arid West, comprehensive laboratory and field studies are critical to identifying likely contaminant-release pathways and the potential for waste migration at arid sites. However, the quandary for those charged with assessment of the suitability of potential disposal sites is that site characterization a
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Brian J. Andraski, David E. Prudic, William D. Nichols
What fish live in the streams of Metropolitan Atlanta?
No abstract available.
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Carol A. Couch, Joe DeVivo, Byron J. Freeman
Water - Managing a National Resource
No abstract available.
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Thomas H. Yorke, T. M. Johnson, C.R. Burchett, P. A. Hamilton
Ground-water flow and quality in Wisconsin's shallow aquifer system
The areal concentration distribution of commonmineral constituents and properties of ground water in Wisconsin's shallow aquifer system are described in this report. Maps depicting the water quality and the altitude of the water table are included. The shallow aquifer system in Wisconsin, composed of unconsolidated sand and gravel and shallow bedrock, is the source of most potable ground-water sup
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P.A. Kammerer
Geologic framework and hydrogeologic characteristics of the Edwards Aquifer outcrop, Hays County, Texas
All of the hydrogeologic subdivisions within the Edwards aquifer outcrop in Hays County have some porosity and permeability. The most porous and permeable appear to be hydrogeologic subdivision VI, the Kirschberg evaporite member of the Kainer Formation; hydrogeologic subdivision III, the leached and collapsed members, undivided; and hydrogeologic subdivision II, the cyclic and marine members, und
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John A. Hanson, Ted A. Small
Documented and potential extreme peak discharges and relation between potential extreme peak discharges and probable maximum flood peak discharges in Texas
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation, conducted a study of extreme flood potential for Texas. Potential extreme peak discharges, derived from the relation between documented extreme peak discharges and their contributing drainage areas, can provide valuable information concerning the maximum expected peak discharge that could occur at a stream site
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William H. Asquith, Raymond M. Slade
Land use and nutrient concentrations and yields in selected streams in the Albemarle-Pamlico drainage basin, North Carolina and Virginia
Because nutrients can cause water-quaiity degradation, a major focus of NAWQA is to investigate effects of nutrients on surface- and ground-water quality. This report summarizes surface-water quality study design and land uses in the NAWQA Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin study unit, one of 60 study units nationwide, and shows how nutrient concentrations are related to land uses at selected basins
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M. D. Woodside, B.R. Simerl
Stratigraphic nomenclature and geologic sections of the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas
Geologic sections showing the subsurface delineation of approximately 100 Stratigraphic units composing the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras illustrate the interrelation of these units across most of the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas. The geologic names that constitute the nomenclature have been published, and the vast majority are approved for use by the U.S. Geological Survey. Four dip sections and four
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E. T. Baker
Water resources of the Bad River Indian Reservation, northern Wisconsin
Water-resources data were collected in the Bad River Indian Reservation of northern Wisconsin from 1983 through 1987. Some data are interpreted to describe ground-water flow, groundwater quality, streamflow, and surface-water quality. Data also are presented in tables and appendixes for baseline reference.
Precambrian sandstone and basalt underlie varying thicknesses of sandy till, outwash sand an
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W. G. Batten, R.A. Lidwin
Physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of three reservoirs in west-central Missouri, 1991-93
No abstract available.
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D. C. Heimann