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  <dc:contributor>Kevin M. Beer</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Theodore F. Buckwalter</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Mary E. Clark</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Steven D. McAuley</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>James I. Sams III</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Donald R. Williams</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Robert M. Anderson</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2000</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Major influences and findings for ground water quality, surface water quality, and biology in the Allegheny and Monongahela River basins are described and illustrated. Samples were collected in a variety of media to determine trace elements, sulfate, pesticides, nitrate, volatile organic compounds, organochlorine compounds, and radon-222. This report discusses the influences of several land-use practices, such as coal mining, urbanization, agriculture, and forestry. The report also includes a summary of a regional investigation of water quality and quality invertebrates in the Northern and Central Appalachian coal regions.</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.3133/cir1202</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geologicall Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Water quality in the Allegheny and Monongahela River basins, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York, and Maryland, 1996-98</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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