Effects of uranium-mining releases on ground-water quality in the Puerco River Basin, Arizona and New Mexico
Water Supply Paper
2476
By: Peter C. Van Metre, Laurie Wirt, T. J. Lopes, and S.A. Ferguson
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Abstract
Shallow ground water beneath the Puerco River of Arizona and New Mexico was studied to determine the effects of uranium-mining releases on water quality. Ground-water samples collected from 1989 to 1991 indicate that concentrations of dissolved uranium have decreased. Most samples from the alluvial aquifer downstream from Gallup, New Mexico, met with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's maximum contaminant levels for gross alpha, gross beta, and radium and the proposed maximum contaminant level for uranium.
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Van Metre, P., Wirt, L., Lopes, T.J., Ferguson, S., 1997, Effects of uranium-mining releases on ground-water quality in the Puerco River Basin, Arizona and New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2476, vi, 73 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp2476.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Effects of uranium-mining releases on ground-water quality in the Puerco River Basin, Arizona and New Mexico |
| Series title | Water Supply Paper |
| Series number | 2476 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wsp2476 |
| Year Published | 1997 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | vi, 73 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |