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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Estimating iron and aluminum content of acid mine discharge from a north-central Pennsylvania coal field by use of acidity titration curves
Determination of acidity provides a value that denotes the quantitative capacity of the sample water to neutralize a strong base to a particular pH. However, much additional information can be obtained from this determination if a titration curve is constructed from recorded data of titrant increments and their corresponding pH values. The curve can be used to identify buffer capabilities, the aci
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A.N. Ott
Water-use information for California
This pamphlet reports on the availability of water use information to and for the state of California, through the development of the State Water-Use Data System (SWUDS). SWUDS is currently organized into 12 water use categories: Agricultural non-irrigation; Commercial; Domestic; Industrial; Irrigation; Mining; Power generation--fossil fuel, geothermal, hydroelectric , nuclear; Sewage treatment; a
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W. E. Templin
National water summary 1985: Hydrologic events and surface-water resources
The surface-water resources of the United States, the focal point for this National Water Summary, are extensively developed and managed to provide water supplies, hydroelectric power, navigation, recreational opportunities, and sufficient instream flows to maintain fish and wildlife habitats and adequate water quality. Surface water represents 77 percent of the Nation's total freshwater withdrawa
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Water Resources Mission Area, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Pennsylvania Water Science Center, Kansas Water Science Center, Utah Water Science Center, Dakota Water Science Center, Central Midwest Water Science Center, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center
Areal and temporal variability of selected water-quality characteristics in two hydrologic-benchmark basins in the northeastern United States
Two U.S. Geological Survey National Hydrologic Benchmark stations--Young Womans Creek near Renovo, Pennsylvania and Esopus Creek at Shandaken, New York--were studied to (1) define, both areally and temporally, variations of stream acidity and other water quality characteristics within the basins; (2) evaluate how well the data collected at the Benchmark station represent the water quality conditio
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R.A. Hainly, J.R. Ritter
Embryonic mortality and abnormalities of aquatic birds: Apparent impacts of selenium from irrigation drainwater
Severe reproductive impacts were found in aquatic birds nesting on irrigation drainwater ponds in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Of 347 nests studied to late incubation or to hatching, 40.6% had at least one dead embryo and 19.6% had at least one embryo or chick with an obvious external anomaly. The deformities were often multiple and included missing or abnormal eyes, beaks, wings, legs an
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H. M. Ohlendorf, D. J. Hoffman, M. K. Saiki, T. W. Aldrich
Bedrock aquifers of eastern San Juan County, Utah
This study is one of a series of studies appraising the waterbearing properties of the Navajo Sandstone and associated formations in southern Utah. The stu<¥ area is al:x>dy area is about 4,600 square miles, extending from the Utah-Arizona State line northward to the San Juan-Grand County line and westward from the Utah-Colorado State line to the longitude of about 109°50'.Some of the water-yield
Authors
Charles Avery
Population biology of bluegills, Lepomis macrochirus, in lotic habitats on the irrigated San Joaquin Valley floor
Rapid expansion of irrigated agriculture in the western United States has prompted concerns for aquatic resources. Although the impacts of irrigation activities on quality and quantity of river water are well documented (e.g., high turbidity from soil erosion, eutrophication from nutrient runoff, pesticide contamination, reduced dis- charge), their effects on fish populations are still poorly unde
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M. K. Saiki, C. J. Schmitt
Iowa: a summary of water-resources activities of the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
No abstract available.
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R.A. Karsten
Simulation of ground-water flow in the Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer and relation to ground-water contamination by coal-tar derivatives, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
No abstract available.
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J. R. Stark, M. F. Hult
Tracer test for evaluating nonpumping intraborehole flow in fractured media
No abstract available.
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Devin L. Galloway, J.R. Erickson
Ground-water data for the alluvial, buried channel, Basel Pleistocene and Dakota aquifer in west-central Iowa
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the availability, quantity and quality of groundwater from three principal aquifers in West-Central Iowa, the alluvial, buried channel, Basal Pleistocene and the Dakota aquifers. Specific objectives were to: (1) determine the location, extent and the nature of these aquifers; (2) evaluate the occurrence and movement of groundwater, including the s
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Pamela K. B. Hunt, Donna L. Runkle
Application of a ground-water flow digital model in evaluating alternate dewatering systems in the Río Grande de Arecibo alluvial valley, Puerto Rico
No abstract available.
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Vicente Quinones-Aponte, Heriberto Torres-Sierra