Occurrence of organic wastewater compounds in wastewater effluent and the Big Sioux River in the Upper Big Sioux River basin, South Dakota, 2003-2004
Steven K. Sando, Edward T. Furlong, James L. Gray, Michael T. Meyer, Roy C. Bartholomay
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5249
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the East Dakota Water Development District conducted a reconnaissance study to determine the occurrence of organic wastewater compounds (OWCs) in wastewater effluent and the Big Sioux River at or near the cities of Watertown, Volga, and Brookings in the upper Big Sioux...
Hydrogeology and ground-water/surface water interactions in the Des Moines River valley, southwestern Minnesota, 1997-2001
Timothy K. Cowdery
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5219
Increased water demand in and around Windom led the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, local water suppliers, and Cottonwood County, to study the hydrology of aquifers in the Des Moines River Valley near Windom. The study area is the watershed of a 30-kilometer...
Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Fifth Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop: March 1-5, 2004, Denver, Colorado
Stephen J. Char, Jennifer B. Sieverling
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5236
Hydrologic and water-quality conditions in the Kansas River, northeast Kansas, November 2001–August 2002, and simulation of ammonia assimilative capacity and bacteria transport during low flow
Patrick P. Rasmussen, Victoria G. Christensen
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5188
Large concentrations of ammonia and densities of bacteria have been detected in reaches of the Kansas River in northeast Kansas during low streamflow conditions, prompting the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to list these reaches as water-quality limited with respect to ammonia and fecal coliform bacteria. Sources for...
Surface water-quality and water-quantity data from selected urban runoff-monitoring sites at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Commerce City, Colorado, water years 1988-2004
John D. Gordon, Donald E. Schild, Joseph P. Capesius, Cecil B. Slaughter
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5214
The U.S. Geological Survey has monitored the quality and quantity of streamflow at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal (RMA) northeast of Denver, Colorado, since the early 1990s in cooperation with the U.S. Army. This report, prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, documents existing surface-water-quality conditions on the...
Water-quality and biological characteristics of the Little White River and selected tributaries, Todd County, South Dakota, 2002-2003
Joyce E. Williamson
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5267
Hydrogeology and water resources of Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
David L. Berger
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5247
Effects of the 1998 Drought on the Freshwater Lens in the Laura Area, Majuro Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Todd K. Presley
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5098
Lower than average rainfall during late 1997 and early 1998 in Majuro Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, caused a drought and severe drinking-water shortage. Majuro depends on a public rainfall catchment system, which uses an airport runway and storage reservoirs. The storage reservoirs can supply water for about 30...
Ground-water conditions and studies in Georgia, 2002-03
David C. Leeth, John S. Clarke, Caryl J. Wipperfurth, Steven D. Craigg
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5065
Potential Evapotranspiration on Tutuila, American Samoa
Scott K. Izuka, Thomas W. Giambelluca, Michael A. Nullet
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5200
Data from nine widely distributed climate stations were used to assess the distribution of potential evapotranspiration on the tropical South Pacific island of Tutuila, American Samoa. Seasonal patterns of climate data in this study differed in detail from available long-term data because the monitoring period of each station in this...
Trends in annual peak flows and mean annual flows of selected streams within and near Oklahoma
Robert L. Tortorelli, Teresa J. Rasmussen, Charles A. Perry
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5192
Numerical simulation of aquifer tests, west-central Florida
Dann K. Yobbi, Keith J. Halford
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5201
Effects of Surface-Water Diversions on Habitat Availability for Native Macrofauna, Northeast Maui, Hawaii
Stephen B. Gingerich, Reuben H. Wolff
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5213
Effects of surface-water diversions on habitat availability for native stream fauna (fish, shrimp, and snails) are described for 21 streams in northeast Maui, Hawaii. Five streams (Waikamoi, Honomanu, Wailuanui, Kopiliula, and Hanawi Streams) were chosen as representative streams for intensive study. On each of the five streams, three representative reaches...
Status of fish communities in the Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park, Texas - comparison before and after Spring 2003 period of low flow
J. Bruce Moring
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5209
During 2003–04 the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service, re-evaluated the status of fish communities in three reaches of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park that originally were evaluated when the three reaches were established for study in 1999. The objective was to determine...
Numerical ground-water change model of the C aquifer and effects of ground-water withdrawals on stream depletion in selected reaches of Clear Creek, Chevelon Creek, and the Little Colorado River, northeastern Arizona
S. A. Leake, J.P. Hoffmann, Jesse E. Dickinson
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5277
Simulation of streamflow and estimation of recharge to the Edwards aquifer in the Hondo Creek, Verde Creek, and San Geronimo Creek watersheds, south-central Texas, 1951-2003
Darwin J. Ockerman
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5252
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the San Antonio Water System, constructed three watershed models using the Hydrological Simulation Program—FORTRAN (HSPF) to simulate streamflow and estimate recharge to the Edwards aquifer in the Hondo Creek, Verde Creek, and San Geronimo Creek watersheds in south-central Texas. The three models were...
The structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems - conceptual models to inform long-term ecological monitoring
Mark E. Miller
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5197
Ground water/surface water interactions and quality of discharging ground water in streams of the lower Nooksack River basin, Whatcom County, Washington
Stephen E. Cox, F. William Simonds, Llyn Doremus, Raegan L. Huffman, Rose M. Defawe
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5255
Hydraulic properties of the surficial aquifer at five selected sites in the Little Contentnea Creek basin, North Carolina, 2002-03
Douglas G. Smith, Melinda J. Chapman
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5238
Chemical and biological characterization of the headwaters of the Rush Creek watershed, Perry County, Ohio
Robert A. Darner, John S. Tertuliani, Ralph J. Haefner
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5196
Ground-water quality in the carbonate-rock aquifer of the Great Basin, Nevada and Utah, 2003
Donald H. Schaefer, Susan A. Thiros, Michael R. Rosen
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5232
The carbonate-rock aquifer of the Great Basin is named for the thick sequence of Paleozoic limestone and dolomite with lesser amounts of shale, sandstone, and quartzite. It lies primarily in the eastern half of the Great Basin and includes areas of eastern Nevada and western Utah as well as the...
Spatial and temporal variations in oceanographic and meteorologic forcing along the central California coast, 1980-2002
Curt D. Storlazzi, Dana K. Wingfield
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5085
Since the 1980s, our understanding of such important large-scale phenomena as El Ni?o events and the California Current System that drive physical, chemical, and biologic processes along the U.S. west coast has greatly improved. However, our ability to predict the influence of annual and interannual events on a regional scale...
Stream-sediment geochemistry in mining-impacted streams: Sediment mobilized by floods in the Coeur D'Alene-Spokane River system, Idaho and Washington
Stephen E. Box, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Mohammed Ikramuddin
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5011
Environmental problems associated with the dispersion of metal-enriched sediment into the Coeur d'Alene-Spokane River system downstream from the Coeur d'Alene Mining District in northern Idaho have been a cause of litigation since 1903, 18 years after the initiation of mining for lead, zinc, and silver. Although direct dumping of waste...
Water-quality assessment of Lake Houston near Houston, Texas, 2000-2004
Debra A. Sneck-Fahrer, Matthew S. Milburn, Jeffery W. East, Jeannette H. Oden
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5241
Lake Houston is a major source of public water supply and recreational resource for the Houston metropolitan area, Texas. Water-quality issues of potential concern for the lake have included nutrient enrichment (orthophosphorus, total phosphorus, nitrite plus nitrate) and aquatic life use (dissolved oxygen). The , in cooperation with the City...
Base flow in the Great Lakes Basin
B.P. Neff, S.M. Day, A.R. Piggott, L. M. Fuller
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5217
Hydrograph separations were performed using the PART, HYSEP 1, 2, and 3, BFLOW and UKIH methods on 104,293 years of daily streamflow records from 3,936 streamflow-gaging stations in Ontario, Canada and the eight Great Lakes States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to estimate base-flow...
