Ground-water reconnaissance of the Bijou Creek watershed, South Lake Tahoe, California, June-October 2003
Kip K. Allander
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1329
USGS science in Florida: proceedings of Florida Integrated Science Center meeting, Orlando, Florida, May 3-5, 2005
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1213
Assessment of shallow ground-water quality in recently urbanized areas of Sacramento, California, 1998
Jennifer L. Shelton
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5148
Evidence for anthropogenic impact on shallow ground-water quality beneath recently developed urban areas of Sacramento, California, has been observed in the sampling results from 19 monitoring wells in 1998. Eight volatile organic compounds (VOCs), four pesticides, and one pesticide transformation product were detected in low concentrations, and nitrate, as nitrogen,...
Water-quality and biologic data for the Blue River basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, October 2000 to October 2004
Donald H. Wilkison, Daniel J. Armstrong, Rebecca E. Brown, Barry C. Poulton, Jeffrey D. Cahill, Steven D. Zaugg
2005, Data Series 127
This report presents water-quality and biologic data collected in the Blue River Basin, metropolitan Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas, from October 2000 to October 2004. Data were collected in cooperation with the city of Kansas City, Missouri, Water Services Department as part of an ongoing study designed to characterize long-term...
Effects of rain gardens on the quality of water in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota, 2002-04
Lan H. Tornes
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5189
Rain gardens are a popular method of managing runoff while attempting to provide aesthetic and environmental benefits. Five rain-garden sites in the Minneapolis – Saint Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota were instrumented to evaluate the effects of this water-management system on surface and subsurface water quality. Most of these sites...
Effects of spray-irrigated municipal wastewater on a small watershed in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Curtis L. Schreffler, Daniel G. Galeone
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3092
Spray irrigation is a method for disposing of secondary treated municipal wastewater by spraying it on the land surface (fig. 1). The sprayed wastewater either evaporates into the air, soaks into the soil, or percolates through the soil and recharges the ground water. Land application of wastewater has advantages over...
Estimates of ground-water recharge based on streamflow-hydrograph methods: Pennsylvania
Dennis W. Risser, Randall W. Conger, James E. Ulrich, Michael P. Asmussen
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1333
This study, completed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey (T&GS), provides estimates of ground-water recharge for watersheds throughout Pennsylvania computed by use of two automated streamflow-hydrograph-analysis methods--PART and RORA. The PART computer program...
Sediment studies in the Assabet River, central Massachusetts, 2003
Marc J. Zimmerman, Jason R. Sorenson
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5131
From its headwaters in Westborough, Massachusetts, to its confluence with the Sudbury River, the 53-kilometer-long Assabet River passes through a series of small towns and mixed land-use areas. Along the way, wastewater-treatment plants release nutrient-rich effluents that contribute to the eutrophic state of this waterway. This condition is most obvious...
Field tests of nylon-screen diffusion samplers and pushpoint samplers for detection of metals in sediment pore water, Ashland and Clinton, Massachusetts, 2003
Marc J. Zimmerman, Don A. Vroblesky, Kimberly W. Campo, Andrew J. Massey, Walter Scheible
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5155
Efficient and economical screening methods are needed to detect and to determine the approximate concentrations of potentially toxic trace-element metals in shallow groundwater- discharge areas (pore water) where the metals may pose threats to aquatic organisms; such areas are likely to be near hazardous-waste sites. Pushpoint and nylon-screen diffusion samplers...
Geochemical assessment of metals and dioxin in sediment from the San Carlos Reservoir and the Gila, San Carlos, and San Francisco Rivers, Arizona
Stan E. Church, LaDonna M. Choate, Marci E. Marot, David L. Fey, Monique Adams, Paul H. Briggs, Zoe Ann Brown
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5086
In October 2004, we sampled stream-bed sediment, terrace sediment, and sediment from the San Carlos Reservoir to determine the spatial and chronological variation of six potentially toxic metals-Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, As, and Hg. Water levels in the San Carlos Reservoir were at a 20-year low at an elevation of...
Use of discrete-zone monitoring systems for hydraulic characterization of a fractured-rock aquifer at the University of Connecticut Landfill, Storrs, Connecticut, 1999 to 2002
Carole D. Johnson, Christopher S. Kochiss, C. B. Dawson
2005, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4338
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the University of Connecticut, used a suite of hydraulic methods to characterize the hydrogeology of a fractured-rock aquifer near the former landfill and chemical-waste disposal pits at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. Multiple methods were used to determine head, driving potential, and...
Effects of spray-irrigated treated effluent on water quantity and quality, and the fate and transport of nitrogen in a small watershed, New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Curtis L. Schreffler, Daniel G. Galeone, John M. Veneziale, Leif E. Olson, David L. O’Brien
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5043
An increasing number of communities in Pennsylvania are implementing land-treatment systems to dispose of treated sewage effluent. Disposal of treated effluent by spraying onto the land surface, instead of discharging to streams, may recharge the ground-water system and reduce degradation of stream-water quality. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation...
Soils infiltration data for selected Wyoming watersheds, 1998-1999
Kirk Miller, John Elliott, Nolan Friday
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1322
Seven aeromagnetic surveys in California and Nevada: A web site for distribution of data
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1328
No abstract available....
Water resources data Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., water year 2004, Volume 1. Surface-water data
Richard W. Saffer, Robert H. Pentz, Anthony J. Tallman
2005, Water Data Report MD-DE-DC-04-1
Quality of nutrient data from streams and ground water sampled during water years 1992-2001
David K. Mueller, Cindy J. Titus
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5106
Proper interpretation of water-quality data requires consideration of the effects that bias and variability might have on measured constituent concentrations. In this report, methods are described to estimate the bias due to contamination of samples in the field or laboratory and the variability due to sample collection, processing, shipment, and...
Analysis of borehole-radar reflection data from Machiasport, Maine, December 2003
Carole D. Johnson, Peter K. Joesten
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5087
In December 2003, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, collected borehole-radar reflection logs in two boreholes in Machiasport, Maine. These bedrock boreholes were drilled as part of a hydrogeologic investigation of the area surrounding the former Air Force Radar Tracking Station site on...
Biological Monitoring and Assessment of Watersheds in Rockdale County, Georgia, May - August 2003
M. Brian Gregory
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1214
Potentiometric surface map of the Magothy aquifer in southern Maryland, September, 2003
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Judith C. Wheeler
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1006
This report presents a map showing the potentiometric surface of the Magothy aquifer in the Magothy Formation of Upper Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland during September 2002. The map is based on water-level measurements in 79 wells. The highest measured water level was 83 feet above sea level near the...
Potentiometric surface of the Upper Patapsco Aquifer in southern Maryland, September 2003
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Judith C. Wheeler
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1008
No abstract available....
The difference between the potentiometric surfaces of the Lower Patapsco Aquifer, September 1990 and September 2003 in Southern Maryland
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Judith C. Wheeler
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1011
This report presents a map showing the change in the potentiometric surface of the Lower Patapsco aquifer in the Lower Patapsco Formation of Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland for September 1990 and September 2003. The map, based on water level measurements in 45 wells, shows that the change of the...
Water-chemistry data for selected springs, geysers, and streams in Yellowstone National Park Wyoming, 2001-2002
R. Blaine McCleskey, James W. Ball, D. Kirk Nordstrom, JoAnn M. Holloway, Howard E. Taylor
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1316
Water analyses are reported for one-hundred-twenty-one samples collected from hot springs and their overflow drainages, the Gibbon River, and one ambient-temperature acid stream in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) during 2001-2002. Twenty-five analyses are reported for samples collected during May 2001, fifty analyses are reported for samples collected during September 2001,...
Geomorphic Data Collected Within Nebraska Public Power District's Cottonwood Ranch Property, Platte River, Nebraska, Water Year 2004
Paul J. Kinzel, Randolph S. Parker, Jonathan M. Nelson, Aaron R. Burman, Ashley K. Heckman
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1090
Pre- and post-reservoir ground-water conditions and assessment of artificial recharge at Sand Hollow, Washington County, Utah, 1995-2005
Victor M. Heilweil, David D. Susong, Philip M. Gardner, Dennis E. Watt
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5185
Sand Hollow, Utah, is the site of a surface-water reservoir completed in March 2002, which is being operated by the Washington County Water Conservancy District primarily as an aquifer storage and recovery project. The reservoir is an off-channel facility receiving water from the Virgin River, diverted near the town of...
Trends in surface-water quality at selected National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) stations, in Michigan
Atiq U. Syed, Lisa R. Fogarty
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5158
To demonstrate the value of long-term, water-quality monitoring, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), initiated a study to evaluate potential trends in water-quality constituents for selected National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) stations in Michigan. The goal of this study is...