Assessment of possible sources of microbiological contamination in the water column and streambed sediment of the Jacks Fork, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri — Phase III
Jerri V. Davis, Miya N. Barr
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5161
In 1998, a 5 river-mile reach of the Jacks Fork was included on Missouri's list of impaired waters as required by Section 303(d) of the Federal Clean Water Act. The identified pollutant on the Jacks Fork was fecal coliform bacteria. The length of the impaired reach was changed to 7...
Water quality in the Blue River basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, July 1998 to October 2004
Donald H. Wilkison, Daniel J. Armstrong, Richard D. Norman, Barry C. Poulton, Edward T. Furlong, Steven D. Zaugg
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5147
Water-quality data were collected from sites in the Blue River Basin from July 1998 to October. Sites upstream from wastewater-treatment plants or the combined sewer system area had lower concentrations of total nitrogen, phosphorus, organic wastewater compounds, and pharmaceuticals, and more diverse aquatic communities. Sites downstream from wastewater-treatment plants had...
Water quality in the Blue River Basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, July 1998 to October 2004
Donald H. Wilkison, Daniel J. Armstrong, Richard D. Norman, Barry C. Polton, Edward T. Furlong, Steven D. Zaugg
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3103
Water-quality data were collected from sites in the Blue River Basin from July 1998 to October. Sites upstream from wastewater-treatment plants or the combined sewer system area had lower concentrations of total nitrogen, phosphorus, organic wastewater compounds, and pharmaceuticals, and more diverse aquatic communities. Sites downstream from wastewater-treatment plants had...
Investigating the role of gas bubble formation and entrapment in contaminated aquifers: Reactive transport modelling
Richard T. Amos, K. Ulrich Mayer
2006, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (87) 123-154
In many natural and contaminated aquifers, geochemical processes result in the production or consumption of dissolved gases. In cases where methanogenesis or denitrification occurs, the production of gases may result in the formation and growth of gas bubbles below the water table. Near the water table, entrapment of atmospheric gases...
Potentiometric surface of the Upper Floridan aquifer in the St. Johns River water management district and vicinity, Florida, September 2005
Sandra L. Kinnaman
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1108
This map depicts the potentiometric surface of the Upper Floridan aquifer in the St. Johns River Water Management District and vicinity for September 2005. Potentiometric contours are based on water-level measurements collected at 643 wells during the period September 12-28, near the end of the wet season. Some contours are...
Science for maintaining riverine ecosystems: Actions for the USGS identified in the workshop "Analysis of Flow and Habitat for Aquatic Communities"
Kenneth E. Bencala, David B. Hamilton, James H. Petersen
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1256
Federal and state agencies need improved scientific analysis to support riverine ecosystem management. The ability of the USGS to integrate geologic, hydrologic, chemical, geographic, and biological data into new tools and models provides unparalleled opportunities to translate the best riverine science into useful approaches and usable information to address issues...
Use of Numerical Simulations in Surface-Water Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Missouri
David C. Heimann, Paul H. Rydlund Jr., Susan S. Licher
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3075
Numerical simulations of surface-water systems can be a useful tool to predict and understand a variety of physical, chemical, and ecological processes. A number of applications have been conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey Missouri Water Science Center in conjunction with ecological and flood studies in Missouri. Numerical simulations can...
Estimated ground-water availability in the Delaware River basin, 1997-2000
Ronald A. Sloto, Debra E. Buxton
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5125
Ground-water availability using a watershed-based approach was estimated for the 147 watersheds that make up the Delaware River Basin. This study, conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), supports the DRBC's Water Resources Plan for the Delaware River Basin. Different procedures were...
Assessment of the use of selected chemical and microbiological constituents as indicators of wastewater in curtain drains from home sewage-treatment systems in Medina County, Ohio
Denise H. Dumouchelle
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5183
Many home sewage-treatment systems (HSTS) in Ohio use curtain or perimeter drains to depress the level of the subsurface water in and around the systems. These drains could possibly intercept partially untreated wastewater and release potential pathogens to ground-water and surface-water bodies. The quality of water in curtain drains from...
Flood of May 23, 2004, in the Turkey and Maquoketa River basins, northeast Iowa
David A. Eash
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1067
Severe flooding occurred on May 23, 2004, in the Turkey River Basin in Clayton County and in the Maquoketa River Basin in Delaware County following intense thunderstorms over northeast Iowa. Rain gages at Postville and Waucoma, Iowa, recorded 72-hour rainfall of 6.32 and 6.55 inches, respectively, on May 23. Unofficial...
Assessment of coalbed gas resources in Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks on the North Slope, Alaska, 2006
Steve Roberts, Charles E. Barker, Kenneth J. Bird, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy Cook, David W. Houseknecht, Timothy R. Klett, Richard M. Pollastro, Christopher J. Schenk
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3105
The North Slope of Alaska is a vast area of land north of the Brooks Range, extending from the Chukchi Sea eastward to the Canadian border. This Arctic region is known to contain extensive coal deposits; hypothetical coal resource estimates indicate that nearly 4 trillion short tons of coal are...
Water-quality conditions in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, 2002-04
Tamara M. Wood, Gene R. Hoilman, Mary K. Lindenberg
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5209
Eleven (2002) to 14 (2003 and 2004) continuous water-quality monitors that measured pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and specific conductance, were placed in Upper Klamath Lake to support a telemetry tracking study of endangered adult shortnose and Lost River suckers. Samples for the analysis of chlorophyll a and nutrients were collected...
Borehole geophysical logging and aquifer-isolation tests conducted in well MG-1693 at North Penn Area 5 Superfund Site near Colmar, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Philip H. Bird
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5014
Borehole geophysical logging and aquifer-isolation (packer) tests were conducted in well MG-1693 (NP-87) at the North Penn Area 5 Superfund Site near Colmar, Montgomery County, Pa. Objectives of the study were to identify the depth and yield of water-bearing zones, occurrence of vertical borehole flow, and effects of pumping on...
Survival estimates of migrant juvenile Salmonids through Bonneville Dam using radio telemetry, 2004
Timothy D. Counihan, Jill Hardiman, Chris Walker, Amy Puls, Glen Holmberg
2006, Report
During 2004, the USGS evaluated the survival of radio-tagged yearling and subyearling Chinook salmon and steelhead trout through the ice and trash sluiceway and the minimum gap runner (MGR) turbine unit at Bonneville Dam’s powerhouse 1. Survival was estimated using paired release-recapture models with paired releases made directly into these...
Arsenic in ground water: A review of current knowledge and relation to the CALFED solution area with recommendations for needed research
Alan H. Welch, Ronald S. Oremland, James A. Davis, Sharon A. Watkins
2006, San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science (4)
Ground water with arsenic concentrations greater than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency drinking water standard exists throughout much of the CALFED solution area. These high concentrations are of con-cern from the standpoint of both existing water supply and development of conjunctive use projects. Much is known about arsenic mobility in...
Geodetic observations of post-seismic transients in the context of the earthquake deformation cycle
Kurt L. Feigl, Wayne R. Thatcher
2006, Comptes Rendus - Geoscience (338) 1012-1028
Satellite geodetic techniques that can measure displacements with millimeter-level accuracy reveal transient signals in the deformation fields produced by both moderate and large earthquakes. These post-seismic signals exhibit characteristic time scales ranging from weeks to decades and distance scales from hundreds of meters to hundreds of kilometers. By considering them...
Range expansion of an exotic Siberian prawn to the Lower Snake River
Craig A. Haskell, Rex D. Baxter, Kenneth F. Tiffan
2006, Northwest Science (80) 311-316
The introduction of non-native plant and animal species in aquatic systems is of increasing concern because of their potentially negative ecological and economic impacts (Sytsma et al. 2004). There are many examples of food web repercussions resulting from non-native invertebrate introductions. For example, in Flathead Lake, Montana, the kokanee salmon...
Storms and flooding in California in December 2005 and January 2006 — A preliminary assessment
Charles Parrett, Richard A. Hunrichs
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1182
A series of storms beginning before Christmas 2005 and ending after New Year’s Day 2006 produced significant runoff over much of northern California. The storms resulted in an estimated $300 million in damages and Federal disaster declarations in 10 counties. Several precipitation stations in the Sierra Nevada had precipitation totals...
Hydrologic and water-quality data, Honey Creek State Natural Area, Comal County, Texas, August 2001-September 2003
Richard N. Slattery, Allen L. Furlow, Darwin J. Ockerman
2006, Data Series 200
The U.S. Geological Survey collected rainfall, streamflow, evapotranspiration, and rainfall and stormflow water-quality data from seven sites in two adjacent watersheds in the Honey Creek State Natural Area, Comal County, Texas, during August 2001–September 2003, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the San...
Monitoring changes in the Platte River riparian corridor with serial LiDAR surveys
Paul J. Kinzel, Jonathan M. Nelson, C. Wayne Wright
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3063
The Platte River in central Nebraska is a wide, sand-bedded river that provides habitat for migratory water birds along the North American flyway. The central Platte River functions as critical habitat for the endangered whooping crane (Grus americana) and also is an important habitat for the endangered least tern (Sterna...
A comparison of approaches for estimating bottom-sediment mass in large reservoirs
Kyle E. Juracek
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5168
Estimates of sediment and sediment-associated constituent loads and yields from drainage basins are necessary for the management of reservoir-basin systems to address important issues such as reservoir sedimentation and eutrophication. One method for the estimation of loads and yields requires a determination of the total mass of sediment deposited in...
An update of hydrologic conditions and distribution of selected constituents in water, Snake River Plain aquifer, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, Emphasis 1999-2001
Linda C. Davis
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5088
Radiochemical and chemical wastewater discharged since 1952 to infiltration ponds, evaporation ponds, and disposal wells at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has affected water quality in the Snake River Plain aquifer underlying the INL. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, maintains ground-water monitoring...
Hydraulic and solute-transport properties and simulated advective transport of contaminated ground water in a fractured-rock aquifer at the Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, New Jersey, 2003
Jean C. Lewis-Brown, Glen B. Carleton, Thomas E. Imbrigiotta
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5049
Volatile organic compounds, predominantly trichloroethylene and its degradation products, have been detected in ground water at the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC), West Trenton, New Jersey. An air-stripping pump-and-treat system has been in operation at the NAWC since 1998. An existing ground-water-flow model was used to evaluate the effect of...
A conceptual model of ground-water flow in the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer at the Idaho National Laboratory and vicinity with implications for contaminant transport
Daniel J. Ackerman, Gordon W. Rattray, Joseph P. Rousseau, Linda C. Davis, Brennon R. Orr
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5122
Ground-water flow in the west-central part of the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer is described in a conceptual model that will be used in numerical simulations to evaluate contaminant transport at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and vicinity. The model encompasses an area of 1,940 square miles (mi2) and includes...
Methodology to evaluate the effect of sorption in the unsaturated zone on the storage of nitrate and other ions and their transport across the water table, southern New Jersey
Timothy J. Reilly, Arthur L. Baehr
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5074
A new field-based approach for determining sorption in the unsaturated zone and its effect on the storage of ions and their transport in recharge to ground water has been demonstrated for a small agricultural watershed in the Coastal Plain of southern New Jersey. Moisture-content and chemical-concentration data obtained from unsaturated-zone-core...
