Arsenic in ground water in Huron County, Michigan
Sheridan K. Haack, Cynthia M. Rachol
2000, Fact Sheet 128-00
Previous studies of ground-water resources in Michigan by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicate that in several counties in the southeastern part of the State the concentrations of arsenic in ground water may exceed the...
Arsenic in ground water in Sanilac County, Michigan
Sheridan K. Haack, Cynthia M. Rachol
2000, Fact Sheet 132-00
Previous studies of ground-water resources in Michigan by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicate that in several counties in the southeastern part of the State the concentrations of arsenic in ground water may exceed the...
Arsenic in ground water in Washtenaw County, Michigan
Sheridan K. Haack, Cynthia M. Rachol
2000, Fact Sheet 134-00
Previous studies of ground-water resources in Michigan by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicate that in several counties in the southeastern part of the State the concentrations of arsenic in ground water may exceed the...
Arsenic in ground water in Lapeer County, Michigan
Sheridan K. Haack, Cynthia M. Rachol
2000, Fact Sheet 129-00
Previous studies of ground-water resources in Michigan by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicate that in several counties in the southeastern part of the State the concentrations of arsenic in ground water may exceed the...
Arsenic in ground water in Livingston County, Michigan
Sheridan K. Haack, Cynthia M. Rachol
2000, Fact Sheet 130-00
Previous studies of ground-water resources in Michigan by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicate that in several counties in the southeastern part of the State the concentrations of arsenic in ground water may exceed the...
Arsenic in ground water in Genesee County, Michigan
Sheridan K. Haack, Cynthia M. Rachol
2000, Fact Sheet 127-00
Previous studies of ground-water resources in Michigan by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicate that in several counties in the southeastern part of the State the concentrations of arsenic in ground water may exceed the...
Water quality and macroinvertebrate communities of Emigration and Red Butte Creeks, Salt Lake County, Utah
Elise Giddings
2000, Fact Sheet 161-00
Residential development in the canyons and foothills surrounding Salt Lake City, Utah, is growing at a rapid pace. Urban development typically degrades the water quality when formerly natural lands are developed. In Emigration Canyon, however, residential development is replacing land formerly used for grazing and recreation. It is not clear...
Water produced with coal-bed methane
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2000, Fact Sheet 156-00
Natural gas produced from coal beds (coal-bed methane, CBM) accounts for about 7.5 percent of the total natural gas production in the United States. Along with this gas, water is also brought to the surface. The amount of water produced from most CBM wells is relatively high compared to conventional...
Nitrogen in the Mississippi Basin--Estimating sources and predicting flux to the Gulf of Mexico
Donald A. Goolsby, William A. Battaglin
2000, Fact Sheet 135-00
No abstract available....
Rapid recharge of parts of the high plains aquifer indicated by a reconnaissance study in Oklahoma, 1999
William J. Andrews, Noel I. Osborn, Richard R. Luckey
2000, Fact Sheet 137-00
The High Plains aquifer underlies about 174,000 square miles in parts of eight states, including about 7,100 square miles in northwestern Oklahoma (fig. 1). This aquifer consists of the saturated part of the Ogallala Formation and saturated materials of Quaternary Age that are hydraulically connected to the Ogallala. The High...
The National Flood-Frequency Program -- Methods for Estimating Flood Magnitude and Frequency in Rural Areas in Hawaii, Island of Oahu, 2000
Mason Jr., Luis A. Fuste, Jeffrey N. King, Wilbert O. Thomas Jr.
2000, Fact Sheet 004-00
Sea Level and Climate
Richard Z. Poore, Richard S. Williams Jr., Christopher Tracey
2000, Fact Sheet 002-00
Municipal Stormwater Monitoring Program, Dallas-Fort Worth area, Texas: Summary of sampling, February 1997-February 2000
Stephanie J. Moore, Timothy H. Raines, Stanley Baldys
2000, Fact Sheet 042-00
During 1992–94, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) collected stormwater runoff data for the cities and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Districts in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area to meet the regulatory requirements of the application phase for the National...
Monitoring the Effectiveness of Urban Best Management Practices in Improving Water Quality of Englesby Brook, Burlington, Vermont
Laura Medalie
2000, Fact Sheet 114-00
Seabed observation and sampling system
Page C. Valentine, Dann Blackwood, Kenneth F. Parolski
2000, Fact Sheet 142-00
No abstract available....
¿Cuales son las amenazas o peligros volcanicos?
Bobbie Myers, Steven R. Brantley, Peter Stauffer, James W. Hendley II
2000, Fact Sheet 144-00
Los volcanes son capaces de producir numerosos peligros geologicos e hidrologicos. Los cientificos del Servicio Geologico de los EE. UU. (USGS, por sus siglas en ingles) y de otras instituciones alrededor del mundo estan estudiando los peligros de muchos de los centenares de volcanes activos y potencialmente activos del mundo....
Occurrence of organochlorine pesticides in streambed sediment and fish from selected streams on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, 1998
Anne M. D. Brasher, Stephen S. Anthony
2000, Fact Sheet 140-00
Organochlorine pesticides were heavily used from the mid-1940s to the mid-1980s. The persistence of organochlorine pesticides, their tendency to accumulate in soil, sediment, and biota, and their harmful effects on wildlife brought this class of compounds into disfavor and eventually resulted in restriction or cancellation of most of them in...
Mitigating landslide hazards in Seattle: a partnership
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2000, Fact Sheet 148-00
Identifying wells downstream from Laguna Dam that yield water that will be replaced by water from the Colorado River, Arizona and California
Sandra J. Owen-Joyce
2000, Fact Sheet 125-00
This report summarizes a comprehensive study and development of the method documented in Owen-Joyce and others (2000). That report and one for the area upstream from Laguna Dam (Wilson and Owen-Joyce, 1994) document the accounting-surface method to identify wells that yield water that will be replaced by water from the...
What makes a healthy environment for native freshwater mussels?
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2000, Fact Sheet 124-00
Freshwater mussels are sensitive to contamination of sediment that they inhabit and to the water that they filter, making the presence of live, adult mussels an excellent indicator of ecosystem health and stability. Freshwater mussels are relatively immobile, imbedded in the streambed with part of the shell sticking up into...
Ground-water flooding in glacial terrain of southern Puget Sound, Washington
Myrtle A. Jones, Joseph L. Jones, Theresa D. Olsen
2000, Fact Sheet 111-00
Ground Water in Hawaii
Stephen B. Gingerich, Delwyn S. Oki
2000, Fact Sheet 126-00
Ground water is one of Hawaii's most important natural resources. It is used for drinking water, irrigation, and domestic, commercial, and industrial needs. Ground water provides about 99 percent of Hawaii's domestic water and about 50 percent of all freshwater used in the State. Total ground water pumped in Hawaii...
Lake Tahoe Interagency Monitoring Program; tributary sampling design, sites, and periods of record
Timothy G. Rowe
2000, Fact Sheet 138-00
Coal-Bed Methane: Potential and Concerns
Vito F. Nuccio
2000, Fact Sheet 123-00
Ground- and surface-water relations in the Eleven Point and Current River basins, south-central Missouri
Michael J. Kleeschulte
2000, Fact Sheet 032-00