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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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Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey Organic Geochemistry Research Group—Determination of glyphosate, aminomethylphosphonic acid, and glufonsinate in water using online solid-phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography/mass sp

An analytical method for the determination of glyphosate, its principal degradation compound, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), and glufosinate in water with varying matrices has been developed. Four different sample matrices fortified at 0.2 and 2.0 μg/L (micrograms per liter) were analyzed using precolumn derivatization with 9-fluorenylmethylchloroformate (FMOC). After derivatization, cleanup a
Authors
E.A. Lee, A.P. Strahan, E.M. Thurman

Water resources data, South Carolina, water year 2000

Water resources data for the 2000 water year for South Carolina consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and ground-water levels. This report contains discharge records for 120 gaging stations; stage-only records for 39 gaging stations; stage and contents for 15 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 38 gaging stations; and
Authors
T.W. Cooney, P.A. Drewes, S.W. Ellisor, F. Melendez

Water resources data, South Carolina, water year 2001

Water resources data for the 2001 water year for South Carolina consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and ground-water levels. This report contains discharge records for 121 gaging stations; stage-only records for 44 gaging stations; stage and co ntents for 14 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 47 gaging stations; and
Authors
T.W. Cooney, P.A. Drewes, S.W. Ellisor, T. H. Lanier, F. Melendez

Alteration of reactive mineral surfaces by ground water

Two different investigations of shallow sandy aquifers inform our thinking about the role of reactive iron minerals in hydrogeological systems. Ground water in a number of settings has been described as having elevated concentrations of dissolved iron in anoxic portions of contaminant plumes (e.g. Baedecker et al., 1993; Lyngkilde and Christensen, 1992), and the coupling of microbial reduction of
Authors
Janet S. Herman, Aaron L. Mills, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli

Relations among sulfate, metals, sediment, and streamflow data for a stream draining a coal-mined watershed in East-Central Pennsylvania

Streamflow and water-quality data for the northern part of Swatara Creek, which drains a 112-km2 area in the Southern Anthracite Field of east-central Pennsylvania, indicate iron, copper, and lead, and to a lesser extent manganese and zinc, are transported with suspended particles during stormflow conditions. During stormflow conditions, concentrations of these constituents typically peak prior to
Authors
Charles A. Cravotta

Detecting change in water quality from implementation of limestone treatment systems in a coal-minded watershed

During 1996-97, a variety of limestone-based treatment systems were implemented to neutralize acidic mine drainage and reduce the transport of dissolved metals in the northern part of the Swatara Creek watershed, which drains a 43-mi2 (112-km2) area in the Southern Anthracite Field upstream from Ravine, Pa. Since 1996, the current project has monitored water quality upstream and downstream of each
Authors
Charles A. Cravotta, Jeffrey B. Weitzel

Diversity of anaerobic halophilic microorganisms

Life in the presence of high salt concentrations is compatible with life in the absence of oxygen. Halophilic and halotolerant anaerobic prokaryotes are found both in the archaeal and in the bacterial domain, and they display a great metabolic diversity. Many of the representatives of the Halobacteriales (Archaea), which are generally considered aerobes, have the potential of anaerobic growth. Som
Authors
Aharon Oren, Ronald S. Oremland

Organophosphorus pesticide occurrence and distribution in surface and ground water of the United States, 1992-97

No abstract available.
Authors
Evelyn H. Hopkins, Daniel J. Hippe, Elizabeth A. Frick, Gary R. Buell

Soil erosion from two small construction sites, Dane County, Wisconsin

Soil erosion from construction sites has long been identified as a significant source of sediment and other suspended solids in runoff in many parts of the United States (Hagman and others, 1980; Yorke and Herb, 1976: Becker and others, 1974). In some states, such as Wisconsin, sediment has been identified as the number one pollutant (by volume) of surface waters (Wisconsin Depart- ment of Natural
Authors
David W. Owens, Peter Jopke, David W. Hall, Jeremy Balousek, Aicardo Roa
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