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 compilation of chemical quality data for ground and surface waters in Utah
An accelerated use of water resulting from a growing population, industrial expansion, and irrigation has brought into focus the importance of the quality as well as the quantity of this natural resource in Utah. As new demands are made on the existing supply, a search goes on for new sources of ground and surface water. These new sources must not only meet quantity requirements, but also must fal
Authors
John G. Connor, C.G. Mitchell
Ground-water levels in observation wells in Kansas, 1957
No abstract available.
Authors
V.C. Fishel, B.J. Mason
Geology and ground-water resources of Logan County, Kansas
No abstract available.
Authors
C. R. Johnson
Quaternary geology and ground-water resources of the Kansas River Valley between Bonner Springs and Lawrence, Kansas
No abstract available.
Authors
A.E. Dufford
Graphs of ground water levels in Minnesota through 1956
No abstract available.
Authors
G.C. Straka, Robert Schneider
Progress report of hydrology and sedimentation in Bixler Run, Corey Creek, and Elk Run watersheds, Pennsylvania
This report describes the results of an investigation in progress and presents some tentative findings from a study of hydrology and sedimentation of three small watersheds where soil conservation practices are being applied. The study was begun in April 1954, to determine precipitation, runoff, probable sources and yields of sediment, and channel changes in two small watersheds in Pennsylvania. T
Authors
J.K. Culbertson
Estimated use of water in the United States, 1955
The estimated withdrawal use of water in the United States during 1955 was about 740,000 mgd (million gallons per day). Withdrawal use of water requires that it be removed from the ground or diverted from a stream or lake. In this report it is divided into five types: public supplies, rural, irrigation, self-supplied industrial, and waterpower. Consumptive use of water is the quantity discharged t
Authors
Kenneth Allen MacKichan
Salt water and its relation to fresh ground water in Harris County, Texas
Harris County, in the West Gulf Coastal Plain in southeastern Texas, has one of the heaviest concentrations of ground-water withdrawal in the United States. Large quantities of water are pumped to meet the requirements of the rapidly growing population, for industry, and for rice irrigation. The water is pumped from artesian wells which tap a thick series of sands ranging in age from Miocene (?) t
Authors
Allen G. Winslow, William Watson Doyel, L.A. Wood
Floods of April-June 1952 in Utah and Nevada
The floods of April-June 1952 in the Great Basin and in the Green River basin in Utah came as the result of the heaviest snow cover recorded, a long period of near-record subnormal temperature during March and early April, and an abrupt change to above-normal temperature that induced rapid melting.Rainfall played an insignificant part. Low- and intermediate-elevation snow melted, bringing many str
Authors
J. V. B. Wells