Atmospheric deposition of selected chemicals and their effect on nonpoint-source pollution in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota
R. G. Brown
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4195
Atmospheric deposition and subsequent runoff concentrations of total Kjeldahl nitrogen, dissolved nitrite-plus-nitrate nitrogen, total phosphorus, total sulfate (only for atmospheric deposition), total chloride, and total lead were studied from April 1 to October 31, 1980, in one rural and three urban watersheds in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota. Seasonal...
Cost-effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in Nebraska
G.B. Engel, K.L. Wahl, J.A. Boohar
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4098
This report documents the results of a study of the cost-effectiveness of the streamflow information program in Nebraska. Presently, 145 continuous surface-water stations are operated in Nebraska on a budget of $908,500. Data uses and funding sources are identified for each of the 145 stations. Data from most stations have...
Water-data program of the US Geological Survey in Kansas, fiscal year 1983
R.K. Livingston, K.D. Medina
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4306
The U.S. Geological Survey is the principal Federal agency responsible for the collection of hydrologic data needed for the planning, development, use, and management of the water resources in Kansas. Hydrologic-data collection by the U.S. Geological Survey in Kansas began in 1895. The fiscal-year 1983 water-data program, operated in cooperation...
Trace metals in Suisun Bay, California: A preliminary report
S. N. Luoma, P. V. Cascos, R. M. Dagovitz
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4170
A 5-month partial study (February to July 1983) was completed in Suisun Bay, a shallow embayment of San Francisco Bay, Calif., to determine characteristic heavy metal concentrations present in sediments and organisms (Corbicula clams) prior to possible discharge of San Luis Drain irrigation tile return water. Preliminary results show sediments...
Design of a ground-water-quality monitoring network for the Salinas River basin, California
P. K. Showalter, J. P. Akers, L.A. Swain
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4049
A regional ground-water quality monitoring network for the entire Salinas River drainage basin was designed to meet the needs of the California State Water Resources Control Board. The project included phase 1--identifying monitoring networks that exist in the region; phase 2--collecting information about the wells in each network; and phase...
Cost-effectiveness of the US Geological Survey stream-gaging program in Arkansas
M.E. Darling, T.E. Lamb
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4084
This report documents the results of the cost-effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in Arkansas. Data uses and funding sources were identified for the daily-discharge stations. All daily-discharge stations were found to be in one or more data use categories, and none were candidates for alternate methods which would result in...
Review of buried crystalline rocks of eastern United States in selected hydrogeologic environments potentially suitable for isolating high-level radioactive wastes
R. W. Davis
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4091
Among the concepts suggested for the deep disposal of high-level radioactive wastes from nuclear power reactors is the excavation of a repository in suitable crystalline rocks overlain by a thick sequence of sedimentary strata in a hydrogeologic environment that would effectively impede waste transport. To determine the occurrence of such...
Assessment of selected ground-water-quality data in Montana
R. E. Davis, G.D. Rogers
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4173
Ground-water-quality data for Montana in the U.S. Geological Survey 's computer data file WATSTORE were evaluated for nine geohydrologic units in part of the State east of the Rocky Mountains and for two geohydrologic units in the western mountainous part of the stated region. The availability of data for inorganic,...
Hydrologic conditions in the Chicod Creek basin, North Carolina, before and during channel modifications, 1975-81
S.A. Watkins, C.E. Simmons
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4025
Beginning in late 1978, stream channels throughout the 60-square mile Chicod Creek basin underwent extensive modification to increase drainage efficiency and reduce flooding potential. Drainage modifications in this Coastal Plain basin, consisting primarily of channel excavation and clearing of channel blockages, were completed in December 1981. The hydrologic condition of...
Cost-effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in Alaska
R. D. Lamke
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4096
This report documents the results of a study of the cost-effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in Alaska. Data uses and funding sources were identified for the 110 continuous stream-gaging stations that were being operated in September 1983 with a budget of about $1,700,000 per year.However, for the purposes of the...
A reconnaissance study of saltwater contamination in the El Dorado aquifer, Union County, Arkansas
Matthew E. Broom, T. F. Kraemer, William V. Bush
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4012
Since 1960 chloride concentrations in the El Dorado aquifer have increased near El Dorado, Arkansas. The aquifer is a major source for municipal and industrial water supply in Union County. Greatest withdrawal occurs near El Dorado. Because of this withdrawal, the potentiometric surface at El Dorado has been lowered more...
Water quality of a stream-aquifer system, southern Franklin County, Ohio
J.T. De Roche, A. C. Razem
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4238
The chemical quality of the water resources in the Scioto River valley south of Columbus, Ohio, was evaluated on the basis of data collected from 74 wells and 4 surface-water sites. A very hard calcium bicarbonate water that is high in dissolved solids is characteristic of the aquifer. Mean pH...
Cost effectiveness of the U.S. Geological Survey's stream-gaging program in Illinois
D. M. Mades, K. A. Oberg
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4123
Data uses and funding sources were identified for 138 continuous-record discharge-gaging stations currently (1983) operated as part of the stream-gaging program in Illinois. Streamflow data from five of those stations are used only for regional hydrology studies. Most streamflow data are used for defining regional hydrology, defining rainfall-runoff relations, flood...
Flow routing in the Susquehanna River basin: Part V – Flow-routing models for the West Branch Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania
S. A. Brua
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4049
Digital-computer, daily-flow routing models were developed for four consecutive reaches of the West Branch Susquehanna River between Curwensville and Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. These models will enable water-resources managers to evaluate efficiently the effect of present and future water-resources developments on streamflows at six locations along the West Branch Susquehanna River. The...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Thames River basin
S. W. Wandle, J. A. LeBlanc
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4287
The Thames River basin includes streams draining the Quinebaug River (141 square miles), French River (99.5 square miles), and Middle River (about 6 square miles) basins in south central Massachusetts. Drainage areas, using the latest available 1:24 ,000 scale topographic maps, were computed for the first time for streams draining...
Channel changes of Powder River between Moorhead and Broadus, Montana, 1939-1978
H. A. Martinson
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4128
Bank erosion and changes in channel width, length, and pattern were determined for the Powder River between Moorhead and Broadus, Montana using maps of the bankfull channel made from aerial photographs taken during 1939, 1954, 1967, 1973, and 1978. Contemporaneous daily mean and peak discharge records from Moorhead provide the...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Taunton and Ten Mile River basins and coastal river basins of Mount Hope Bay, Narragansett Bay, and Rhode Island Sound
S. W. Wandle, G. R. Keezer
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4283
The study area includes streams draining the Taunton River (562 square miles), the Tenmile River (53.1 square miles), and the minor streams flowing into Mount Hope Bay, Narragansett Bay, and Rhode Island Sound in southern Massachusetts, and adjacent areas of Rhode Island. Drainage areas, using the latest available 1:24 ,000...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Merrimack River basin
S. W. Wandle, R. A. Fontaine
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4284
The Merrimack River basin in northeastern Massachusetts includes streams draining the Nashua (507 square miles), Concord (400 square miles), Shawsheen (78.0 square miles), and lower Merrimack (275 square miles) River basins. Drainage areas using the latest available 1:24,000 scale topographic maps were computed for the first time for streams draining...
Cost-effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in Iowa
I.L. Burmeister, O. G. Lara
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4171
This report documents the results of a study of the cost-effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in Iowa. Data uses and funding sources were identified for the 122 surface-water stations (including reservoir, lake, stage only, and miscellaneous stations) operated by the U. S. Geological Survey in Iowa. There are 110 continuous...
Water-quality and chemical loads of the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 1980 to March 1981
David K. Fishel
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4164
Water samples were analyzed for 42 chemical constituents to determine the water quality of the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from April 1, 1980, to March 31, 1981. The investigation was part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Chesapeake Bay Program's Fall Line Monitoring Project to provide information on...
Sediment yields in eastern Montana; summary of data and proposed techniques for estimating sediment yields from small, ungaged watersheds
J. H. Lambing
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4200
Sediment-yield data for 121 sites in eastern Montana have been compiled from results of studies conducted by various Federal, State, and private agencies. Methods used to determine mean annual sediment yields included reservoir sedimentation surveys, suspended-sediment sampling in streams, and estimates of gross erosion and indirect estimation based on physical...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Hudson River basin
S. William Wandle Jr.
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4250
The Hudson River basin includes streams draining the Hoosic River (205 square miles), Kinderhook Creek (20.9 square miles), and Roeliff Jansen Kill (13.3 square miles) basins in western Massachusetts, eastern New York, and southern Vermont. Drainage areas, using the latest available 1:24,000 scale topographic maps, are re-computed for data-collection sites...
Geochronometric and lead isotope data on samples from the Wallace 1 degree by 2 degrees Quadrangle, Montana and Idaho
R. F. Marvin, R. E. Zartman, J. D. Obradovich, J. E. Harrison
1984, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1354-G
Most of the bedrock in the Wallace quadrangle belongs to the Belt Supergroup, a thick (about 18,000 m) sequence of generally fine-grained clastic and carbonate rocks of Middle Proterozoic age. Regional metamorphism prior to Cambrian time prograded the Belt rocks to greenschist facies, and some metal-bearing veins were emplaced in...
Drought-related impacts on municipal and major self-supplied industrial water withdrawals in Tennessee -- Part B
Frank M. Alexander, Lee A. Keck, Lewis G. Conn, Stanley J. Wentz
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4074
A state-wide water use survey was conducted of all public water suppliers and large, self-supplied industries in Tennessee. This report contains a summation of the data received from 463 public-water suppliers and 129 self-supplied water users. Analysis of the study results and findings indicate that many communities in Tennessee do...
Water Resources Data, Illinois, Water Year 1983, Vol. 2
K. K. Fitzgerald, P.D. Hayes, T.E. Richards, R.L. Stahl
1984, Water Data Report IL-83-2
