Alan D Lasker
I have worked for the USGS Arkansas Water Science Center since 1989. Throughout my career, my primary responsibilities have been in water quality. I have worked on numerous projects while here at the survey including the dissolved oxygen monitoring network for the White River, the Mississippi Embayment Study Unit, NASQAN studies at David D. Terry Lock and Dam 6, as well as other progra
Science and Products
Bacteria and turbidity survey for Blue Mountain Lake, Arkansas, spring and summer 1994
Introduction Blue Mountain Lake darn is located at river mile 74.4 on the Petit Jean River in Logan and Yell Counties in west-central Arkansas (fig. 1). Drainage area above the darn is 488 square miles. Blue Mountain Lake is located between two national forests-the Ozark National Forest and the Ouachita National Forest. The primary purpose for Blue Mountain Lake is flood control, but the...
Authors
A. Dwight Lasker
Beaver Lake Water Quantity and Quality - Arkansas
Short Title: Beaver Lake Water Quality Project Chief: Reed Green Cooperator: Beaver Water District Project Time Frame: 2000 - present Beaver Lake, completed in 1963, is located in northwestern Arkansas and receives a majority of its water from three tributaries of the White River (White River, Middle Fork White River, and West Fork White River), Richland Creek, and War Eagle Creek.
Sediment Data Program
Short Title: Sediment Data Program Project Chief: Dwight Lasker Cooperator: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Memphis District Project Time Frame: 1997 - present Sediment concentrations and discharges in rivers and streams must be defined and monitored for effective water resource planning and water-quality assessments. An important part of the USGS mission is to provide scientific information to...
Arkansas Water-Quality Data Program
Short Title: QW Data Program Project Chief: Dwight Lasker Cooperators: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Little Rock District, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, Arkansas Geological Survey, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Central Arkansas Water, Hot Springs Village Project Time Frame: 1962...
Science and Products
Bacteria and turbidity survey for Blue Mountain Lake, Arkansas, spring and summer 1994
Introduction Blue Mountain Lake darn is located at river mile 74.4 on the Petit Jean River in Logan and Yell Counties in west-central Arkansas (fig. 1). Drainage area above the darn is 488 square miles. Blue Mountain Lake is located between two national forests-the Ozark National Forest and the Ouachita National Forest. The primary purpose for Blue Mountain Lake is flood control, but the...
Authors
A. Dwight Lasker
Beaver Lake Water Quantity and Quality - Arkansas
Short Title: Beaver Lake Water Quality Project Chief: Reed Green Cooperator: Beaver Water District Project Time Frame: 2000 - present Beaver Lake, completed in 1963, is located in northwestern Arkansas and receives a majority of its water from three tributaries of the White River (White River, Middle Fork White River, and West Fork White River), Richland Creek, and War Eagle Creek.
Sediment Data Program
Short Title: Sediment Data Program Project Chief: Dwight Lasker Cooperator: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Memphis District Project Time Frame: 1997 - present Sediment concentrations and discharges in rivers and streams must be defined and monitored for effective water resource planning and water-quality assessments. An important part of the USGS mission is to provide scientific information to...
Arkansas Water-Quality Data Program
Short Title: QW Data Program Project Chief: Dwight Lasker Cooperators: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Little Rock District, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, Arkansas Geological Survey, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Central Arkansas Water, Hot Springs Village Project Time Frame: 1962...