USGS

Water-Resources Investigations in Tennessee: Programs and Activities of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1988-1989

U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 89-379

by Ferdinand Quinones, B.H. Balthrop, and E.G. Baker


Table of Contents

A message from the Tennessee District Chief

Hydrologic Data Section

Surface-water monitoring network

Ground-water level network

Water-quality network

Suspended-sediment investigations

Water-use program

Flood investigations

Hydrologic Investigations Section

Ground-water quality network in Tennessee

Effects of urbanization and detention storage on flood-peak discharges in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Water quality of farmstead wells in Tennessee

Sediment chemistry at Reelfoot Lake evaluated for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Investigation of scour at bridges throughout Tennessee

Application of soil-gas analysis for detection of volatile organic compounds and delineation of areas of subsurface contamination

Source of recharge and transport of volatile organic compounds to Hackett’s Spring, Brentwood, Tennessee

Water quality in the Clinch and Powell Rivers, East Tennessee

Investigation of the occurrence of radionuclides in ground water from Hickman and Lewis Counties, Tennessee

Hydrogeology of radioactive-waste burial grounds at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Research examines behavior of organochlorine pesticides in ground water

Regional aquifer-system analysis of aquifers in West Tennessee

Geohydrology of deeply buried rocks in the Western Highland Rim of Tennessee

Preliminary assessment of the potential for contamination of the Memphis

Sand aquifer in the Memphis area, Tennessee

Water-supply potential of the ground-water system of the Hixson

Utility District, Hamilton County

Development of ground-water resources in the Eastside Utility District

Ground-water availability in the Webb Creek area, Sevier County

Effects of storm-water runoff on local ground-water quality, Clarksville, Tennessee

Impact on ground-water quality of blasted-in subsurface sewage system field lines

Characterization of inflow of pesticides and nutrients from storm runoff into Reelfoot Lake, West Tennessee

Reconnaissance of the impact of agricultural chemicals on ground-water quality

Hydrogeology and delineation of wellhead-protection areas at Jackson, Tennessee

Geographic Information System inventory for the State of Tennessee

Sediment deposition at wetlands near bridge crossings

Botanical techniques used for flood-frequency investigation

Documentation of Millington flood

Appalachian Valleys-Piedmont Regional Aquifer-System Analysis

Wayne County landfill investigation

Hydrogeology in the vicinity of the Y- plant at the Oak Ridge Reservation

Other activities

Ground-Water Information Unit

Geographic Information System (GIS)

Computer Section and activities

Regional Publication Center

Recent publications

Administrative Services Section

Appendices

List of active recording surface-water stations in Tennessee as of 3/1/89

List of active ground-water network in Tennessee as of 3/1/89

List of water-quality and suspended-sediment stations

Index

 


 

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