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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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Water use in Wisconsin, 1985

An inventory of water use in Wisconsin is essential for appraising current and future water-resource needs of the State. The U.S. Geological Survey has collected and published national water-use data every 5 years since 1950. Sources of data in these reports have not always been well documented, and the methods for collecting and reporting the data were not the same for all States. Some planning a
Authors
B.R. Ellefson, K.S. Rury, J. T. Krohelski

Variable delay miniservo-control unit

No abstract available. 
Authors
M.A. Uhrich

Water quality of Canyon Lake, central Texas

No abstract available.
Authors
W.R. Roddy, K. M. Waddell

Predicting baseflow alkalinity as an index to episodic stream acidification and fish presence

Regression models to predict baseflow alkalinity from basin hydrogeology were developed and verified for headwater streams on the Laurel Hill anticline in southwestern Pennsylvania. Predicted baseflow alkalinities were then used to estimate sensitivity to acidification and presence of trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations for 61 headwater streams. Sensitivity classifications were verified by s
Authors
David R. DeWalle, Richard S. Dinicola, William E. Sharpe

The phytoplankton component of seston in San Francisco Bay

Phytoplankton biomass (as carbon) was estimated from chlorophyll a concentrations (Chla) and a mean value for the ratio of phytoplankton carbon to chlorophyll a in San Francisco Bay. The ratio was determined as the slope of a Model II regression of POC' against (Chla), where POC' is total particulate organic carbon minus sediment-associated non-phytoplankton carbon. Samples from 30 fixed sites in
Authors
S.M. Wienke, J. E. Cloern

Interaction of acid mine drainage with waters and sediments of West Squaw Creek in the West Shasta Mining District, California

Acid mine drainage has acidified large volumes of water and added high concentrations of dissolved heavy metals to West Squaw Creek, a California stream draining igneous rocks of low acid-neutralizing capacity. During mixing of the acid sulfate stream waters in the South Fork of West Squaw Creek with an almost equal volume of dilute uncontaminated water, Cu, Zn, Mn, and Al remained in solution rat
Authors
L.H. Filipek, D. Kirk Nordstrom, W. H. Ficklin

Water movement in the unsaturated zone at a low-level radioactive-waste burial site near Barnwell, South Carolina

Four unsaturated zone monitoring sites and a meteorologic station were installed at the low level radioactive waste burial site near Barnwell, South Carolina, to investigate the geohydrologic and climatologic factors affecting water movement in the unsaturated zone. The study site is located in the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The unsaturated zone consists of a few centimeters to > 1 m of surface sand,
Authors
K. F. Dennehy, P. B. McMahon

Hydrology of area 46, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain coal provinces, North Dakota

This report is one of a series that describes the hydrology of coal provinces nationwide. The Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Coal Provinces are divided into 20 separate reporting areas which are numbered 43 to 62. This report provides general hydrologic information for Area 46 using a brief text with accompanying maps, charts, or graphs. This information may be used to describe the hydro
Authors
M.G. Croft, Orlo A. Crosby

Georgia ground-water quality

No abstract available.
Authors
J.S. Clarke, J. B. McConnell

Water resources activities, Georgia District, 1986

The U.S. Geological Survey, through its Water Resources Division , investigates the occurrence, quantity, quality, distribution, and movement of the surface and underground water that composes the Nation 's water resources. Much of the work is a cooperative effort in which planning and financial support are shared by state and local governments and other federal agencies. This report contains a br
Authors
Carolyn A. Casteel, Mary D. Ballew

Index of surface-water stations in Texas, January 1987

As of January 1, 1987, the surface-water data-collection network in Texas included 376 continuous streamflow, 76 continuous or daily reservoir-content, 34 gage height, 16 crest-stage partial-record, 8 periodic discharge through range, 33 floodhydrograph partial-record, 9 flood-profile partial-record, 36 low-flow partial-record, 46 daily chemical-quality, 19 continuous-recording water-quality, 84 p
Authors
Jack Rawson, E.R. Carrillo, H.D. Buckner