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Water Quality in the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, 1992-95

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REFERENCES

Anderholm, S.K., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Shallow ground-water quality of a land-use area in the San Luis Valley, south-central Colorado, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4144, 94 p.

------1997, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Shallow ground-water quality and land use in the Albuquerque area, central New Mexico, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4067, 73 p.

Anderholm, S.K., Radell, M.J., and Richey, S.F., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley study unit, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Analysis of selected nutrient, suspended-sediment, and pesticide data: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4061, 203 p.

Barbash, J.E., and Resek, E.A., 1996, Pesticides in ground water--Distribution, trends, and governing factors: Chelsea, Mich., Ann Arbor Press, Inc., Pesticides in the hydrologic system series, v. 2, 588 p.

Bexfield, L.M., and Anderholm, S.K., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Ground-water quality in the Rio Grande flood plain, Cochiti Lake, New Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4249, 93 p.

Carter, L.F., 1997a, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Fish communities at selected sites, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4017,
27 p.

------1997b, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Organic compounds and trace elements in bed sediment and fish tissue, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4002, 23 p.

Carter, L.F., and Porter, S.D., 1997, Trace-element accumulation by Hygrohypnum ochraceum in the upper Rio Grande Basin, Colorado and New Mexico: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 16, no. 12,
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Colorado Water Quality Control Commission, 1989, Classifications and numeric standards Rio Grande River Basin: Denver, 50 p.

Ellis, S.R., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The Rio Grande Valley: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-160, 2 p.

Ellis, S.R., Levings, G.W., Carter, L.F., Richey, S.F., and Radell, M.J., 1993, Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, in Leahy, P.P., Ryan, B.J., and Johnson, A.I., eds., American Water Resources Association Monograph Series no. 19,
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Gilliom, R.J., Alley, W.M., and Gurtz, M.E., 1995, Design of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Occurrence and distribution of water-quality conditions: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1112, 33 p.

Gilliom, R.J., Mueller, D.K., and Nowell, L.H., in press, Methods for comparing water-quality conditions among national water-quality assessment study units, 1992-1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-589.

Healy, D.F., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Occurrence and distribution of selected pesticides and nutrients at selected surface-water sites in the Mesilla Valley, 1994-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4069, 85 p.

------1997, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Summary and analysis of water-quality data for the basic-fixed-site network, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4212, 82 p.

Larson, S.J., Capel, P.D., and Majewski, M.S., 1997, Pesticides in surface waters--Distribution, trends, and governing factors: Chelsea, Mich., Ann Arbor Press, Inc., Pesticides in the hydrologic system series, v. 3, 373 p.

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Miller, L.K., Moquino, R.L., and Hill, B.A., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Water-quality data for water-column, suspended-sediment, and bed-material samples collected at selected surface-water sites in the upper Rio Grande Basin, June and September, 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-644,
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Mueller, D.K., and Helsel, D.R., 1996, Nutrients in the nation's waters--Too much of a good thing?: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1136, 24 p.

New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission, 1991, Water-quality standards for interstate and intrastate streams in New Mexico: Santa Fe, 49 p.

Nolan, B.T., and Ruddy, B.C., 1996, Nitrate in ground waters of the United States--Assessing the risk: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 092-96, 4 p.

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Richey, S.F., and Ellis, S.R., 1993, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Water use in the Rio Grande Valley, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-456, 2 p.

Schmitt, C.J., and Brumbaugh, W.G., 1990, National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program--Concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, selenium, and zinc in U.S. freshwater fish, 1976-1984: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 19, p. 731-747.

Schmitt, C.J., Zajicek, J.L., and Peterman, P.H., 1990, National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program--Residues of organochlorine chemicals in U.S. freshwater fish, 1976-1984: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 19, p. 748-781.

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Smith, J.A., Witowski, P.J., and Fusillo, T.V., 1988, Manmade organic compounds in the surface waters of the United States--A review of current understanding: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1007, 92 p.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1996a, Drinking water regulations and health advisories: Washington, D.C., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, 11 p.

------1996b,(Draft) National sediment contaminant point-source inventory: EPA-823-D-96-001.

------1996c,The National Sediment Quality Survey--A report to Congress on the extent and severity of sediment contamination in surface waters of the United States: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Science and Technology, Draft Report EPA 823-D-96-002.

Van Metre, P.C., Mahler, B.J., and Callender, Edward, 1997, Water-quality trends in the Rio Grande/R í o Bravo Basin using sediment cores from reservoirs: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 221-96, 8 p.

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U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1162

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Levings, G.W., Healy, D.F., Richey, S.F., and Carter, L.F., 1998, Water Quality in the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1162, on line at <URL: https://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ1162>, updated May 18, 1998 .

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