Appraisal of ground-water quality near wastewater-treatment facilities, Glacier National Park, Montana
Joe A. Moreland, Wayne A. Wood
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4
Water-level and water-quality data were collected from monitoring wells at wastewater-treatment facilities in Glacier National Park. Five additional shallow observation wells were installed at the Glacier Park Headquarters facility to monitor water quality in the shallow ground-water system.Water-level, water-quality, and geologic information indicate that some of the initial monitoring wells...
Evapotranspiration of applied water, Central Valley, California, 1957-78
Alex K. Williamson
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-45
In the Central Valley, Calif., where 57% of the 20,000 square miles of land is irrigated, ground-water recharge from agricultural lands is an important input to digital simulation models of ground-water flow. Several methods of calculating recharge were explored for the Central Valley Aquifer Project and a simplified water budget...
Ground water in the Seaside area, Monterey County, California
K. S. Muir
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-10
No abstract available. ...
Estimated natural streamflow in the Rio San Jose upstream from the pueblos of Acoma and Laguna, New Mexico
D. W. Risser
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4096
The development of surface and ground water, which began about 1870 in the upper Rio San Jose drainage basin, has decreased the flow of the Rio San Jose on the Pueblo of Acoma and the Pueblo of Laguna. The purpose of this study was to estimate the natural streamflow in...
Algal conditions in the Caloosahatchee River (1975-79), Lake Okeechobee to Franklin Lock, Florida
Benjamin F. McPherson, Henry R. La Rose
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-81
Maximum numbers of suspended algae occurred in late spring and early summer, in each of the years 1975-79, in the Caloosahatchee River. Numbers exceeded 100,000 cells per milliliter at all stations sometime during the study. Concentrations decreased during late summer and autumn and were low during winter, except in January...
Downstream effects of reservoir releases to the Potomac River from Luke, Maryland, to Washington, D.C.
T. J. Trombley
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4062
A digital computer flow-routing model was developed for the Potomac River in order to determine the downstream effects of flow releases from the Bloomington and Savage River Reservoirs. Both reservoirs are located above Luke, Maryland approximately 230 miles upstream from Washington, D. C. The downstream effects of reservoir releases were...
Geology and ground-water resources of Oswego County, New York
Todd S. Miller
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-60
Unconsolidated deposits of Pleistocene and Holocene age form a nearly continuous cover in Oswego County. Pleistocene deposits consist of lodgment and ablation tills, outwash, kame, beach and wave-delta sand and gravel, and lacustrine sand, silt, and clay. Holocene deposits consist of peat and muck deposited in wetlands , and alluvial...
Hydrologic effects of storing liquified sewage sludge on strip-mined land, Fulton County, Illinois
G. L. Patterson
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4047
The water table near four sewage storage basins in a strip-mined area of western Illinois, has risen about 10 feet since the basins were constructed in 1971. Two dimensional modeling of ground-water flow in the mine spoil indicates that the rise is caused by leakage from one storage basin. The...
Water-quality and hydrogeologic data for three phosphate industry waste-disposal sites in central Florida, 1979-80
Ronald L. Miller, Horace Sutcliffe Jr.
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-84
This report is a complilation of geologic, hydrologic, and water-quality data and information on test holes collected in the vicinity of gypsum stack complexes at two phosphate chemical plants and one phosphatic clayey waste disposal pond at a phosphate mine and beneficiation plant in central Florida. The data were collected...
The effects of channel excavation on water-quality characteristics of the Black River and on ground-water levels near Dunn, North Carolina
C.E. Simmons, S.A. Watkins
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4083
During 1976-81 data were collected at three sites on the Black River near Dunn, N.C., to define the effects of channel excavation on stream quality and on ground-water levels in nearby areas. One of the data sites was located upstream from the five-mile long excavated reach and served as a...
Hydrologic characteristics of surface-mined land reclaimed by sludge irrigation, Fulton County, Illinois
G. L. Patterson, R.F. Fuentes, L.G. Toler
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-16
Analyses of water samples collected at four stream-monitoring stations, in an area surface mined for coal and being reclaimed by sludge irrigation, show the principal metals are sodium, calcium, and magnesium and principal non-metals are chloride, sulfate, and bicarbonate. Comparing yearly mean chemical concentrations shows no changing trends since reclamation...
A stormwater management model for the West Branch Brandywine Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Ronald A. Sloto
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-73
Three subbasins in the West Branch Brandywine Creek watershed were modeled by the Dawby, Schaake, and Alley distributed routing rainfall- runoff model. The Honeybrook subbasin could not be calibrated because of nonrepresentative rainfall data. The Coatesville subbasin was calibrated, but not verified; the average standard error of estimate is 34...
Reconnaissance for determining effects of land use and surficial geology on concentrations of selected elements on streambed materials from the coal-mining region, southwestern Indiana, October 1979 to March 1980
W. G. Wilber, Rita R. Boje
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4013
Streambed materials were collected in October 1979 from 69 watersheds in Southwest Indiana having predominantly forested, agricultural, reclaimed, and unreclaimed mined land use to determine whether concentrations of sorbed and acid-soluble metals and trace elements were affected by land use and surficial geology. Analysis of variance indicated that 10% or...
Origins and distribution of saline ground waters in the Floridan Aquifer in coastal southwest Florida
W.C. Steinkampf
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4052
Twenty-three ground-water samples from the Floridan aquifer in coastal southwest Florida show that water quality deteriorates to the south and west. The waters grade from a fresh calcium magnesium bicarbonate sulfate type to a very saline sodium magnesium chloride type downgradient. Bromide-chloride and specific conductance ratios indicate that dilution of...
Ground-water resources of the glacial outwash along the White River, Johnson and Morgan counties, Indiana
Z. C. Bailey, T.E. Imbrigiotta
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4016
An 88-square-mile segment of the White River valley contains an unconfined sand and gravel aquifer ranging-from a featheredge zero, to 120 feet in saturated thickness. Hydraulic conductivity is 340 feet per day, and transmissivity is as much as 35,000 square feet per day. The aquifer, recharged primarily by precipitation, gains...
Geological Survey research 1981
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Professional Paper 1275
This U.S. Geological Survey activities report includes a summary of 1981 fiscal year scientific and economic results accompanied by a list of geologic, hydrologic, and cartographic investigations in progress. The summary of results includes: (1) Mineral, (2) Water resources, (3) Engineering geology and hydrology, (4) Regional geology, (5) Principles and...
Delineation and hydrologic effects of a gasoline leak at Stovepipe Wells Hotel, Death Valley National Monument, California
A. Buono, Elaine M. Packard
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-45
Ground water is the only local source of water available to the Stovepipe Wells Hotel facilities of the Death Valley National Monument, California. A leak in a service station storage tank caused the formation of a gasoline layer overlying the water table, creating the potential for contamination of the water...
Plankton studies in San Francisco Bay; IV, Phytoplankton abundance and species composition, January 1980 - February 1981
R.L. Wong, J. E. Cloern
1982, Open-File Report 82-443
Data are presented on the phytoplankton species composition and abundance in San Francisco Bay from January 1980 through February 1981. Phytoplankton were identified and enumerated in surface samples collected approximately every two weeks at selected stations in the main channel of the Bay, and at shoal stations in the central...
Water-quality and fluvial-sediment characteristics of selected streams in northeast Kansas
H.E. Bevans
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4005
In cooperation with the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, an investigation was made of the water-quality and fluvial-sediment characteristics of selected streams in northeast Kansas for which the construction of floodwater-retarding and grade-stabilization structures to control soil erosion is being considered. The predominent chemical type of water in streams draining the...
Geobiologic study of the South Texas outer continental shelf
Gary W. Hill, K.A. Roberts, J. L. Kindinger, G.D. Wiley
1982, Professional Paper 1238
Ground-water resources of the White River basin, Delaware County, Indiana
Leslie D. Arihood, Wayne W. Lapham
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-47
The ground-water resources of the White River basin in and near Delaware County, Indiana, were investigated by mapping the aquifers, calculating their hydraulic properties, determining the distribution of potentiometric head, and determining some of the components of the ground-water budget from data collected in the field. This information was used...
Ground-water resources of the White River basin, Hamilton and Tipton Counties, Indiana
Leslie D. Arihood
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-48
An analysis of the ground-water resources of the Hamilton and Tipton Counties was based on data from about 1,900 well logs, 125 water levels in 125 wells, streamflow measurements at 57 sites, and municipal- and industrial-pumpage records. These data were used to map the flow system and construct a three-dimensional...
Evapotranspiration before and after clearing phreatophytes, Gila River flood plain, Graham County, Arizona
R. C. Culler, R.L. Hanson, R. M. Myrick, R. M. Turner, F.P. Kipple
1982, Professional Paper 655-P
Magnitude and frequency of floods from selected drainage basins in South Dakota
Lawrence D. Becker
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-31
The 2-, 5-, 10-, 25-, 50-, and 100-year floods are determined for gaged sites on 120 selected, small drainage basins in South Dakota. These estimates are from the frequency curves defined from the streamflow records. Short-term records for 66 sites were extended on the basis of long-term climatic records and...
Technique for estimating magnitude and frequency of floods in natural-flow streams in Florida
W. C. Bridges
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4012
A technique is presented for estimating floods on natural-flow streams in Florida for specific recurrence intervals of 2, 5, 10 , 25, 50, 100, 200, and 500 years. Florida peaks from 159 stream-gaging stations with long-term records (10-53 years) and 23 rainfall-runoff stations with short-term records (7-17 years) were used...
