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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A review of possible causes of nutrient enrichment and decline of endangered sucker populations in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon
Upper Klamath Lake, and the connecting Agency Lake, is a large (140 square mile) lake in south-central Oregon. The lake has a recent history of long-duration, near-monoculture, blue-green algal blooms of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae. Typically, the algal bloom causes nuisance and detrimental conditions, including a deep-green "pea soup" appearance, from mid-May to late October. Accompanying the blooms
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Gilbert C. Bortleson, Marvin O. Fretwell
Geohydrology and Possible Transport Routes of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Haiku Valley, Oahu, Hawaii
A combination of geologic mapping, seepage runs, water-budget computation, analysis of stream-gaging records, study of stream sediment, and measurement of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was used to investigate the geohydrology and possible routes of PCB transport from areas of possible contamination in the U.S. Coast Guard's Omega Station in Haiku Valley, Oahu, Hawaii. The PCBs were a contaminan
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Scot K. Izuka, Barry R. Hill, Patricia J. Shade, Gordon W. Tribble
Age dating ground water by use of chlorofluorocarbons (CCl3F and CCl2F2), and distribution of chlorofluorocarbons in the unsaturated zone, Snake River Plain Aquifer, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho
No abstract available.
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Eurybiades Busenberg, E.P. Weeks, Niel Plummer, R. C. Bartholomay
U.S. Geological Survey; North Carolina's water resources; a partnership with State, Federal and local agencies
For more than 80 years, the Federal-State Cooperative Program in North Carolina has been an effective partnership that provides timely water information for all levels of government. The cooperative program has raised awareness of State and local water problems and issues and has enhanced transfer and exchange of scientific information. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts statewide water-re
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M. D. Winner
A description of hydrogeologic units in the Portland Basin, Oregon and Washington
No abstract available.
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R.D. Swanson, W. D. McFarland, J. B. Gonthier, J.M. Wilkinson
Statistical summaries of streamflow data in Oregon: Volume 2 – Annual low and high flow and instantaneous peak flow
No abstract available.
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R. E. Wellman, J. M. Gordon, R. L. Moffatt
Estimated water use in Ohio, 1990; thermoelectric power data
No abstract available.
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R.J. Veley
Techniques for detecting effects of urban and rural land-use practices on stream-water chemistry in selected watersheds in Texas, Minnesota,and Illinois
Although considerable effort has been expended during the past two decades to control nonpoint-source contamination of streams and lakes in urban and rural watersheds, little has been published on the effectiveness of various management practices at the watershed scale. This report presents a discussion of several parametric and nonparametric statistical techniques for detecting changes in water-c
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J.F. Walker
Hydrologic and water-quality data in selected agricultural drainages in Beaufort and Hyde Counties, North Carolina, 1990-92
An investigation was begun in 1988 to: (1) quantify nutrient, sediment, and freshwater loadings in canals that collect drainage from cropland field ditches; (2) determine the effects of tide gates and flashboard risers on these loadings and on receiving water quality; and (3) characterize the effects of drainage on the salinity regime of a tidal creek. Data were collected in three canals in Hyde C
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M.W. Treece
Estimated water use in Ohio, 1990; livestock, animal specialities, and irrigation data
No abstract available.
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R.J. Veley
Selected hydrologic data for southern Utah and Goshen Valleys, Utah, 1890-1992
This report contains hydrologic data collected in southern Utah and Goshen Valleys from 1890 to 1992. Southern Utah and Goshen Valleys are south of Salt Lake City in Utah County, north-central Utah. The area is bounded on the east and south by the Wasatch Range, on the south by Long Ridge, on the west by the East Tintic Mountains and the Mosida Hills, and on the north by a line through about the m
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Bernard J. Stolp, Marilyn J. Drumiler, Lynette E. Brooks
Ground Water in Kilauea Volcano and Adjacent Areas of Mauna Loa Volcano, Island of Hawaii
About 1,000 million gallons of water per day moves toward or into ground-water bodies of Kilauea Volcano from the lavas of Mauna Loa Volcano. This movement continues only to the northern boundaries of the east and southwest rift zones of Kilauea, where a substantial quantity of ground water is deflected downslope to other ground-water bodies or to the ocean. In the western part of Kilauea, the kao
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Kiyoshi J. Takasaki