Water resources data Texas, water year 1998, volume 2. San Jacinto River basin, Brazos River basin, San Bernard River basin, and intervening coastal basins
S. C. Gandara, W.J. Gibbons, F.L. Andrews, D.L. Barbie
1999, Water Data Report TX-98-2
Water-resources data for the 1998 water year for Texas are presented in four volumes, and consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and canals; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. Volume 2 contains records...
Water Resources Data, Kansas, Water Year 1998
J.E. Putnam, D.L. Lacock, D.R. Schneider, M.D. Carlson
1999, Water Data Report KS-98-1
Water-resources data for the 1998 water year for Kansas consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; elevation and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels of ground-water wells. This report contains records for water discharge at 149 gaging stations; elevation and contents at 19 watershed...
Water resources data Texas, water year 1998, volume 1. Arkansas River basin, Red River basin, Sabine River basin, Neches River basin, Trinity River Basin, and intervening coastal basins
S. C. Gandara, W.J. Gibbons, F.L. Andrews, D.L. Barbie
1999, Water Data Report TX-98-1
Water-resources data for the 1998 water year for Texas are presented in four volumes, and consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and canals; stage, contents, and water-quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. Volume 1 contains records for...
Comparison of two approaches for determining ground-water discharge and pumpage in the lower Arkansas River Basin, Colorado, 1997-98
Russell G. Dash, Brent M. Troutman, Patrick Edelmann
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4221
In March 1994, the Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDWR) adopted ?Rules Governing the Measurement of Tributary Ground Water Diversions Located in the Arkansas River Basin? (Office of the State Engineer, 1994); these initial rules were amended in February 1996 (Office of the State Engineer, 1996). The amended rules require...
Ground-water, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona, 1997
Gregory R. Littin, Bradley M. Baum, Margot Truini
1999, Open-File Report 98-653
The Black Mesa monitoring program is designed to document long-term effects of ground-water from the N aquifer by industrial and municipal users. The N aquifer is the major source of water in the 5,400-square-mile Black Mesa area, and the ground water occurs under confined and unconfined conditions. Monitoring...
Water resources data, Arizona, water year 1998
S. Tadayon, N.R. Duet, G.G. Fisk, H.F. McCormack, C.K. Partin, G.L. Pope, P.D. Rigas
1999, Water Data Report AZ-98-1
Water discharge data for the 1998 water year for Arizona consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, water quality of lakes and reservoirs; water levels of observation wells; and quality of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 167 gaging stations, annual peaks...
Induced infiltration from the Rockaway River and water chemistry in a stratified-drift aquifer at Dover, New Jersey, with a section on modeling ground-water flow in the Rockaway River Valley
Joel E. Dysart, Stephen J. Rheaume, Angelo L. Kontis
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4068
The vertical hydraulic conductivity per unit thickness (streambed leakance) of unconsolidated sediment immediately beneath the channel of the Rockaway River near a municipal well field at Dover, N.J., is between 0.2 and 0.6 feet per day per foot and is probably near the low end of this range. This estimate...
Water resources data Texas, water year 1998, volume 3. Colorado River basin, Lavaca River basin, Guadalupe River basin, Nueces River basin, Rio Grande basin, and intervening coastal basins
S. C. Gandara, W.J. Gibbons, F.L. Andrews, D.L. Barbie
1999, Water Data Report TX-98-3
Water-resources data for the 1998 water year for Texas are presented in four volumes, and consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and canals; stage, contents, and water-quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. Volume 3 contains records for...
Water Resources Data, California, Water Year 1998. Volume 2. Pacific Slope Basins from Arroyo Grande to Oregon State Line except Central Valley
M.F. Friebel, L.A. Freeman, M.D. Webster
1999, Water Data Report CA-98-2
Water-resources data for the 1998 water year for California consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams, stage and contents in lakes and reservoirs, and water levels and water quality in wells. Volume 2 contains discharge records for 113 gaging stations, gage height records for 5 stations,...
Water resources data, Maryland and Delaware, water year 1998, volume 1. surface-water data
Robert W. James Jr., Richard W. Saffer, Anthony Tallman
1999, Water Data Report MD-DE-DC-98-1
Water resources data for the 1998 water year for Maryland and Delaware consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs. This volume (Volume 1. Surface-Water Data) contains records for water discharge at 105 gaging stations; stage and contents of 1...
Evaluation of processes affecting 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) concentrations in ground water in the eastern San Joaquin Valley, California: Analysis of chemical data and ground-water flow and transport simulations
Karen R. Burow, Sandra Y. Panshin, Neil H. Dubrovsky, David Vanbrocklin, Graham E. Fogg
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4059
Future use of the sole-source aquifer near Fresno in the eastern San Joaquin Valley, California, will depend, in part, on how long 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP), an agricultural fumigant banned from use since the late 1970's, persists at concentrations greater than the maximum contaminant level of 0.2 micrograms per liter (mg/L). Field...
Concentrations and possible sources of nitrate in water from the Silurian-Devonian aquifer, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Bryan D. Schaap
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4106
Carbonate rocks of the Silurian-Devonian aquifer are the primary source of water for Cedar Falls, Iowa. A trend of increasing nitrate concentrations has been detected in samples from Cedar Falls water-supply wells 9 and 10, and 1998 nitrate concentrations were close to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Maximum Contaminant Level...
Estimation of minimum 7-day, 2-year discharge for selected stream sites, and associated low-flow water-quality data, southeast Texas, 1997-98
Jeffery W. East
1999, Fact Sheet 122-99
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) operates a network of streamflow-gaging stations in Texas that provides discharge data used for water-management decisions and various other purposes. Operating stations at all locations where discharge data are needed is not feasible, but the statistical characteristics of the network station data can be used...
SutraPlot, a graphical post-processor for SUTRA, a model for ground-water flow with solute or energy transport
W. R. Souza
1999, Open-File Report 99-220
This report documents a graphical display post-processor (SutraPlot) for the U.S. Geological Survey Saturated-Unsaturated flow and solute or energy TRAnsport simulation model SUTRA, Version 2D3D.1. This version of SutraPlot is an upgrade to SutraPlot for the 2D-only SUTRA model (Souza, 1987). It has been modified to add 3D functionality, a...
U.S. Geological Survey Activities Related to American Indians and Alaska Natives Fiscal Year 1998
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1998, Report
IntroductionThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is an impartial scientific organization that strives to produce scientific results that are relevant to the people of the United States and their land and resource managers. In cooperation with American Indian and Alaska Native governments, the USGS conducts research on water and mineral resources,...
Wisconsin: A summary of cooperative water-resources investigations 1998
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
1998, Report
The objectives of this study are to provide continuous discharge records for selected rivers at specific sites to supply the needs for regulation, analytical studies, definition of statistical properties, trends analysis, determination of the occurrence, and distribution of water in streams for planning. The project is also designed to determine...
Design, operation, and data analysis for a wireline packer system in open boreholes, with field-test results from Belvidere, Illinois
Frederick L. Paillet, A.E. Hess, John Williams
1998, Open-File Report 98-413
A wireline-operated packer was designed for use with a standard geophysical logging system. The packer probe consists of a downhole packer inflated with water removed from the borehole by an in-line submersible pump, and a differential pressure transducer calibrated to measure the hydraulic-head difference between the zones above and below...
Elevation maps of the San Francisco Bay region, California, a digital database
Scott E. Graham, Richard J. Pike
1998, Open-File Report 98-625
PREFACE: Topography, the configuration of the land surface, plays a major role in various natural processes that have helped shape the ten-county San Francisco Bay region and continue to affect its development. Such processes include a dangerous type of landslide, the debris flow (Ellen and others, 1997) as well...
Measured flow and tracer-dye data showing the anthropogenic effects on the hydrodynamics of south Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, spring 1996 and 1997
Richard N. Oltmann
1998, Open-File Report 98-285
Tidal flows were measured using acoustic Doppler current profilers and ultrasonic velocity meters during spring 1996 and 1997 in south Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, when (1) a temporary barrier was installed at the head of Old River to prevent the entrance of migrating San Joaquin River salmon smolts, (2) the...
Evaluation of the surface-water sampling design in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages in relation to environmental factors affecting water quality at base flow
Dale M. Robertson
1998, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4072
Eight stream sites (Fixed Sites) were chosen to describe the variability in the water quality of the Western Lake Michigan Drainages (WMIC) Study Unit of the National Water-Quality Assessment program. These sites were chosen in areas (Relatively Homogeneous Units) dominated by unique combinations of the environmental factors thought to be...
Concentrations and loads of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Yazoo River, northwestern Mississippi, 1996-97
Richard H. Coupe
1998, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4219
Increased nutrient loading to the Gulf of Mexico from off-continent flux has been identified as contributing to the increase in the areal extent of the low dissolved-oxygen zone that develops annually off the coast of Louisiana and Texas. The proximity of the Yazoo River Basin in northwestern Mississippi to the...
Low-flow statistics of selected streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Curtis L. Schreffler
1998, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4117
Low-flow statistics for many streams in Chester County, Pa., were determined on the basis of data from 14 continuous-record streamflow stations in Chester County and data from 1 station in Maryland and 1 station in Delaware. The stations in Maryland and Delaware are on streams that drain large areas within...
Simulated response to pumping stress in the Sparta aquifer of southeastern Arkansas and north-central Louisiana, 1998-2027
Phillip D. Hays, John K. Lovelace, Thomas B. Reed
1998, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4121
The Sparta aquifer in southeastern Arkansas and north-central Louisiana is a major water resource for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses. In recent years, the demand for water in some areas has resulted in withdrawals from the Sparta that significantly exceed recharge to the aquifer. Considerable drawdown has occurred in the...
Flow and geochemistry along shallow ground-water flowpaths in an agricultural area in southeastern Wisconsin
D. A. Saad, D.C. Thorstenson
1998, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4179
Water-quality and geohydrologic data were collected from 19 monitor wells and a stream in an agricultural area in southeastern Wisconsin. These sites were located along a 2,700-ft transect from a local ground-water high to the stream. The transect is approximately parallel to the horizontal direction of ground-water flow at the...
Temporal and vertical variation of hydraulic head in aquifers in the Edgewood area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Colleen A. Donnelly, Fredrick J. Tenbus
1998, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4047
Water-level data and interpretations from previous hydrogeological studies conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland, were compared to determine similarities and differences among the aquifers. Because the sediments that comprise the shallow aquifers are discontinuous, the shallow ground-water-flow systems are local...
