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Water-quality assessment of the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska — Environmental setting

Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4025
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri994025

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Abstract

The Cook Inlet Basin in Alaska is one of 59 study units selected for study for water-quality assessment as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment program. The Cook Inlet Basin study unit encompasses the fresh surface and ground waters in the 39,325 square-mile area that drains to Cook Inlet, but does not include the marine waters of Cook Inlet. This report describes the natural factors (climate, physiography, geology, soils, land cover) and the human factors (population, land use, water use) that affect water quality, which is the first step in designing and conducting a multidisciplinary regional water-quality assessment. The surface- and ground-water hydrology, and the aquatic ecosystems of the Cook Inlet Basin are described. The report provides an overview of existing water-quality conditions and summarizes the results of selected water-quality studies of the basin.

Suggested Citation

Brabets, T.P., Nelson, G.L., Dorava, J.M., Milner, A.M., 1999, Water-quality assessment of the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska — Environmental setting: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4025, viii, 65 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri994025.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Water-quality assessment of the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska — Environmental setting
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 99-4025
DOI 10.3133/wri994025
Year Published 1999
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description viii, 65 p.
Country United States
State Alaska
Other Geospatial Cook Inlet Basin
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