Chapter A5. Section 6.1.F. Wastewater, Pharmaceutical, and Antibiotic Compounds
Michael Edward Lewis, Steven D. Zaugg
2003, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 09-A5.6.1.F
The USGS differentiates between samples collected for analysis of wastewater compounds and those collected for analysis of pharmaceutical and antibiotic compounds, based on the analytical schedule for the laboratory method. Currently, only the wastewater laboratory method for field-filtered samples (SH1433) is an approved, routine (production) method. (The unfiltered wastewater method...
Chapter A7. Section 7.3. Protozoan Pathogens
Rebecca N. Bushon, Donna S. Francy
2003, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 09-A7.3
Protozoan pathogens are widely distributed in the aquatic environment. Cryptosporidium and Giardia are the principal protozoan pathogens that are known to affect the acceptability of water supplies for public use within the United States. A sampling program for protozoan pathogens should be conducted over an extended period of time because...
Chapter A7. Section 7.2. Fecal Indicator Viruses
Rebecca N. Bushon
2003, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 09-A7.2
More than 100 types of human pathogenic viruses may be present in fecal-contaminated waters. Coliphages are used as indicators of virus-related fecal contamination and of the microbiological quality of waters. This report provides information on the equipment, sampling protocols, and laboratory methods that are in standard use by U.S. Geological...
Water resources data, Michigan, water year 2003
S.P. Blumber, T.E. Behrendt, C.R. Whited, J.M. Ellis, R. J. Minnerick, R. L. Leu Voy
2003, Water Data Report MI-03-1
Water resources data for the 2003 water year for Michigan consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report contains discharge records for 170 streamflow-gaging stations; stage only records for 1...
Using the Landsat 7 enhanced thematic mapper tasseled cap transformation to extract shoreline
J.W. Scott Jr.
2003, Open-File Report 2003-272
A semiautomated method for objectively interpreting and extracting the land-water interface has been devised and used successfully to generate multiple shoreline data for the test States of Louisiana and Delaware. The method is based on the application of tasseled cap transformation coefficients derived by the EROS Data Center for Landsat...
Processing large remote sensing image data sets on Beowulf clusters
Daniel R. Steinwand, Brian Maddox, Tim Beckmann, Gail Schmidt
2003, Open-File Report 2003-216
High-performance computing is often concerned with the speed at which floating- point calculations can be performed. The architectures of many parallel computers and/or their network topologies are based on these investigations. Often, benchmarks resulting from these investigations are compiled with little regard to how a large dataset would move about...
Water Resources Data: Hawaii and Other Pacific Areas, Water Year 2002. Volume 1. Hawaii
M.F. Wong, D.C. Nishimoto, P.C. Teeters, R.I. Taogoshi
2003, Water Data Report HI-02-1
Water resources data for the 2002 water year for Hawaii consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and springs; water levels and quality of water wells; and rainfall totals. * Water discharge for 71 gaging stations on streams, springs, and ditches. * Discharge data for 93 crest-stage partial-record...
Remediation control strategies and cost data for an economic analysis of a mercury total maximum daily load in California
Alexander Wood
2003, Open-File Report 2003-284
Water resources data, Michigan, water year 2002
S. P. Blumer, T.E. Behrendt, J.M. Ellis, R. J. Minnerick, R.L. LeuVoy, C.R. Whited
2003, Water Data Report MI-02-1
Water resources data for the 2002 water year for Michigan consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report contains discharge records for 165 streamflow-gaging stations; stage only records for...
Extending Beowulf Clusters
Daniel R. Steinwand, Brian Maddox, Tim Beckmann, George Hamer
2003, Open-File Report 2003-208
Beowulf clusters can provide a cost-effective way to compute numerical models and process large amounts of remote sensing image data. Usually a Beowulf cluster is designed to accomplish a specific set of processing goals, and processing is very efficient when the problem remains inside the constraints of the original design....
Global GIS database. Digital atlas of planet Earth
United States Geological Survey
2003, Data Series 62-H
No abstract available....
Quaternary fault and fold database of the United States
Michael N. Machette, Kathleen M. Haller, R. L. Dart, S.B. Rhea
2003, Open-File Report 2003-417
Water-quality and lake-stage data for Wisconsin lakes, water year 2002
Wisconsin District Lakes-Studies Team
2003, Open-File Report 2003-99
Water resources data, Nevada, water year 2003
Emil L. Stockton, Clifford Z. Jones, Ryan C. Rowland, Rose L. Medina
2003, Water Data Report NV-03-1
Water-resources data for the 2003 water year for Nevada consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; precipitation; and water levels in wells. This report contains discharge records for 182 streamflow-gaging stations on streams, canals and drains; Discharge...
The Long Valley Caldera GIS database
Maurizio Battaglia, M.J. Williams, D.Y. Venezky, D.P. Hill, John O. Langbein, Christopher D. Farrar, James F. Howle, Michelle Sneed, P. Segall
2003, Data Series 81
This database provides an overview of the studies being conducted by the Long Valley Observatory in eastern California from 1975 to 2001. The database includes geologic, monitoring, and topographic datasets related to Long Valley caldera. The CD-ROM contains a scan of the original geologic map of the Long Valley region...
Sedimentation Survey of Lago El Guineo, Puerto Rico, October 2001
Luis R. Soler-Lopez
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4093
Lago El Guineo has lost about 17.5 percent of its original storage capacity in 70 years because of sediment accumulation. The water volume has been reduced from 2.29 million cubic meters in 1931, to 2.03 million cubic meters in 1986, and to 1.89 million cubic meters in 2001. The average...
Geohydrology of the Valley-Fill aquifer in the Norwich-Oxford-Brisben area, Chenango County, New York
Kari K. Hetcher, Todd S. Miller, James D. Garry, Richard J. Reynolds
2003, Open-File Report 2003-242
This set of maps and geohydrologic sections depicts the geology and hydrology of aquifers in the 21.9-square-mile reach of the Chenango River valley between Brisben and North Norwich, N.Y. This report depicts the principal geographic features of the study area; locations of domestic, commercial, and municipal wells from which data...
Water-quality characteristics of urban storm runoff at selected sites in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, February 1998 through April 2002
C. Paul Frederick
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4212
Water was sampled at four watersheds for continued evaluation of urban storm runoff in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, during February 1998 through April 2002. Eighteen samples were collected from four watersheds representing land uses characterized predominantly as established commercial, industrial, new commercial, and residential. Results of water-quality...
Quality of water in domestic wells in the Chicot and Chicot equivalent aquifer systems, southern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi, 2000-2001
Roland W. Tollett, Robert B. Fendick Jr., Lane B. Simmons
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4122
In 2000-2001, water-quality data were collected from 60 randomly selected domestic wells in the Acadian-Pontchartrain Study Unit, as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program. The data were collected from wells screened in shallow sands (less than 350 feet below land surface) in two major aquifer systems--the Chicot aquifer...
Measuring human-induced land subsidence from space
Gerald W. Bawden, Michelle Sneed, Sylvia V. Stork, Devin L. Galloway
2003, Fact Sheet 069-03
Satellite Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) is a revolutionary technique that allows scientists to measure and map changes on the Earth's surface as small as a few millimeters. By bouncing radar signals off the ground surface from the same point in space but at different times, the radar satellite can...
A cost-benefit analysis of The National Map
David L. Halsing, Kevin Theissen, Richard Bernknopf
2003, Circular 1271
The Geography Discipline of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has conducted this cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of The National Map. This analysis is an evaluation of the proposed Geography Discipline initiative to provide the Nation with a mechanism to access current and consistent digital geospatial data. This CBA is a supporting...
Availability of ground-water data for California, water year 2002
Julia A. Huff
2003, Fact Sheet 074-03
The U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources, in cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies, obtains a large amount of data pertaining to the ground-water resources of California each water year (October 1?September 30). These data constitute a valuable database for developing an improved understanding of the water resources of the...
New studies initiated by the U.S. Geological Survey - Effects of nutrient enrichment on stream ecosystems
Mark D. Munn, Pixie A. Hamilton
2003, Fact Sheet 118-03
In 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program began an intensive study of nutrient enrichment elevated concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus in streams in five agricultural basins across the Nation (see map, p. 2). This study is providing nationally consistent and comparable data and analyses of nutrient...
Pesticides and oil and grease in selected streams and lakes in northeastern Louisiana, 2001
Benton D. McGee
2003, Open-File Report 2003-386
A 6-month study was begun in April 2001 to determine the concentrations of pesticides or oil and grease in selected stream reaches and lakes within the Ouachita, Tensas, and Black River Basins in northeastern Louisiana. During April through September 2001, six monthly water samples for analysis of pesticides were...
Development and calibration of a ground-water flow model for the Sparta Aquifer of southeastern Arkansas and north-central Louisiana and simulated response to withdrawals, 1998-2027
Paul W. McKee, Brian R. Clark
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4132
The Sparta aquifer, which consists of the Sparta Sand, in southeastern Arkansas and north-central Louisiana is a major water resource and provides water for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses. In recent years, the demand in some areas has resulted in withdrawals from the Sparta aquifer that substantially exceed replenishment of...
