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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Water quality in the upper Illinois River basin: Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, 1999-2001
This report contains the major findings of a 1999?2001 assessment of water quality in the upper Illinois River Basin. It is one of a series of reports by the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program that present major findings in 51 major river basins and aquifer systems across the Nation.
In these reports, water quality is discussed in terms of local, State, and regional issues.
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George E. Groschen, Terri Arnold, Mitchell A. Harris, David H. Dupre, Faith A. Fitzpatrick, Barbara C. Scudder, William S. Morrow, Paul J. Terrio, Kelly L. Warner, Elizabeth A. Murphy
Water Quality in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, 1999-2000
This report contains the major findings of a 1999?2000 assessment of water quality in streams and drains in the Yakima River Basin. It is one of a series of reports by the NAWQA Program that present major findings on water resources in 51 major river basins and aquifer systems across the Nation.
In these reports, water quality is assessed at many scales?from large rivers that drain lands h
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Gregory J. Fuhrer, Jennifer L. Morace, Henry M. Johnson, Joseph F. Rinella, James C. Ebbert, Sandra S. Embrey, Ian R. Waite, Kurt D. Carpenter, Daniel R. Wise, Curt A. Hughes
Water quality in the lower Tennessee River Basin, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Georgia, 1999-2001
This report contains the major findings of a 1999?2001 assessment of water quality in the Lower Tennessee River Basin. It is one of a series of reports by the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program that present major findings in 51 major river basins and aquifer systems across the Nation.
In these reports, water quality is discussed in terms of local, State, and regional issues.
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Michael D. Woodside, Anne B. Hoos, James A. Kingsbury, Jeffrey R. Powell, Rodney R. Knight, Jerry W. Garrett, Reavis L. Mitchell, John A. Robinson
Water quality in the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee, 1999-2001
This report contains the major findings of a 1999?2001 assessment of water quality in the Mobile River Basin. It is one of a series of reports by the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program that present major findings in 51 major river basins and aquifer systems across the Nation.
In these reports, water quality is discussed in terms of local, State, and regional issues. Conditio
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J. Brian Atkins, Humbert Zappia, James L. Robinson, Ann K. McPherson, Richard S. Moreland, Douglas A. Harned, Brett F. Johnston, John S. Harvill
Water quality in the Yellowstone River Basin, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota, 1999-2001
This report contains the major findings of a 1999?2001 assessment of water quality in the Yellowstone River Basin. It is one of a series of reports by the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program that present major findings in 51 major river basins and aquifer systems across the Nation.
In these reports, water quality is discussed in terms of local, State, and regional issues. Conditi
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David A. Peterson, Timothy T. Bartos, Melanie L. Clark, Kirk A. Miller, Stephen D. Porter, Thomas L. Quinn
U.S. stream flow measurement and data dissemination improve
Stream flow information is essential for many important uses across a broad range of scales, including global water balances, engineering design, flood forecasting, reservoir operations, navigation, water supply, recreation, and environmental management. Growing populations and competing priorities for water, including preservation and restoration of aquatic habitat, are spurring demand for more a
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Robert M. Hirsch, John E. Costa
Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory-Determination of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in bottom and suspended sediment by gas chromatography with electron-capture detection
A method applicable for the determination of 19 organochlorine (OC) pesticides, including total toxaphene as a complex mixture, and 3 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixtures as Aroclor equivalents--Aroclor 1016/1242, 1254, and 1260--in soil, aquatic bottom sediment, and suspended sediment is described. Method performance data are presented. The solvent system is designed to extract simultaneousl
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Mary C. Noriega, Duane S. Wydoski, William T. Foreman
Water-quality characteristics and ground water quantity of the Fraser River watershed, Grand County, Colorado, 1998-2001
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Grand County Board of County Commissioners, conducted a 4-year study to assess ground- and surface-water-quality conditions and ground-water quantity in the 302-square-mile Fraser River watershed in north-central Colorado. The Fraser River flows north about 28 miles from the headwaters near the Continental Divide, through the towns of Winter Park
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Nancy J. Bauch, Jeffrey B. Bails
Water-resources-related information for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District planning area, Wisconsin, 1970-2002
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) Corridor Study is a three-phase project designed to improve the understanding of water resources in the stream corridors of the MMSD planning area by initially compiling existing data and using the compiled information to develop 3-year baseline and long-term monitoring plans. This report is one of the products of Phase I of the Corridor Study.
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Morgan A. Schneider, Michelle A. Lutz
Using temperature to study stream-ground water exchanges
No abstract available.
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David A. Stonestrom, Jim Constantz
Sources of water to the Rio Grande upstream from San Marcial, New Mexico
The Rio Grande watershed is a complex hydrologic system that includes numerous tributaries, inflow from transmountain diversions, irrigation diversions, agricultural return lows, reservoirs, and ground-water inflows and outflows. Many people depend on and are affected by the Rio Grande, which is the largest river of the surface-water system draining the Rio Grande watershed. To provide information
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Stephanie J. Moore, Scott K. Anderholm, Tara Williams-Sether, John M. Stomp
Relations among floodplain water levels, instream dissolved-oxygen conditions, and streamflow in the lower Roanoke River, North Carolina, 1997-2001
The lower Roanoke River corridor in North Carolina contains a floodplain of national significance. Data from a network of 1 streamflow-measurement site, 13 river-stage sites, 13 floodplain water-level sites located along 4 transects, and 5 in situ water-quality monitoring sites were used to characterize temporal and spatial variations of floodplain and river water levels during 1997-2000 and to de
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Jerad D. Bales, Douglas A. Walters