Availability and suitability of municipal wastewater information for use in a National Water-Quality Assessment; a case study of the upper Illinois River basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin
John S. Zogorski, S.F. Blanchard, R.D. Romack, F. A. Fitzpatrick
1990, Open-File Report 90-375
The availability and suitability of existing information on municipal wastewater-treatment practices and effluent characteristics for use in a national water-quality assessment were evaluated. The information will be used to determine the effects of changes in wastewater-treatment practices on stream quality and ecosystem health. A large amount of information on treatment...
Activities of the Alaska District, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 1990
Elisabeth F. Snyder
1990, Open-File Report 90-157
Thirteen projects of the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resource Division active in Alaska in 1990 are described. Each description includes information on period of project, chief, funding sources, location, purpose, current status, and published or planned reports. The compilation also contains a bibliography of reports published by the Alaska District...
Geohydrology and water quality of Cenozoic and Mesozoic units in southeast Missouri
Thomas O. Mesko
1990, Hydrologic Atlas 719
The U.S. Geological Survey is conducting a regional water-resources investigation of the Gulf Coast Regional Aquifer System, which includes the Mississippi embayment aquifer system in the southeast lowlands of Missouri (Grubb, 1986). The regional study will describe and evaluate the significant aquifer systems of Tertiary and younger age in parts...
Effects of Water Temperature, Hardness, and pH on the Toxicity of Benzocaine to Eleven Freshwater Fishes
Terry D. Bills, George E. Howe, Leif L. Marking
1990, Investigations in Fish Control 102
A geographic information system data base for coal and water resources of the Powder River coal region, southeastern Montana
M. R. Cannon
1990, Open-File Report 90-568
Results of test drilling and hydrologic monitoring in the Indian Bathtub area, Owyhee County, southwestern Idaho, January 1989 through September 1990
H.W. Young, M.L. Jones, D. J. Parliman, A.M. Tungate
1990, Open-File Report 90-597
This report presents data collected during the period January 1989 through September 1990 from eight test holes and selected thermal-water wells and springs in the Indian Bathtub area, southwestern Idaho. The data include completion, lithologic, and gamma logs for eight test holes, hydrographs of water levels in the test holes...
Ground Water Atlas of the United States: Segment 6, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
James A. Miller
1990, Hydrologic Atlas 730-G
The four States-Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina-that comprise Segment 6 of this Atlas are located adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, or both. These States are drained by numerous rivers and streams, the largest being the Tombigbee, Alabama, Chattahoochee, Suwannee, St. Johns, Altamaha, and Savannah...
Water resources activities in Florida, 1989-90
M.E. Glenn, editor(s)
1990, Open-File Report 90-169
This report contains 62 summary statements of water resources activities in Florida conducted by the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with Federal, State , and local agencies during 1989-90. These activities are part of the Federal program of appraising the Nation 's water resources. (USGS)...
Laboratory simulation of the effects of overburden stress on the specific storage of shallow artesian aquifers
Nicasio Sepulveda, A. L. Zack
J.H. Krishna, Vicente Quinones-Aponte, Fernando Gomez-Gomez, G.L. Morris, editor(s)
1990, Conference Paper, Tropical Hydrology and Caribbean Water Resources, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tropical Hydrology
A laboratory experiment to measure the specific storage of an aquifer material was conducted. A known dead load, simulating an overburden load, was applied to a sample of completely saturated aquifer material contained inside a cylinder. After the dead load was applied, water was withdrawn from the sample, causing the...
Basin analysis, paleoenvironment reconstruction and tectonic structures: Application of geologic interpretations to regional ground-water assessment in large sedimentary basins
Robert A. Renken, Rene A. Barker, Fernando Gomez-Gomez
1990, Conference Paper, Australia Water-Resources Council Conference Series no. 20.
Apparent dispersion in transient groundwater flow
Daniel J. Goode, Leonard F. Konikow
1990, Water Resources Research (26) 2339-2351
This paper investigates the effects of large-scale temporal velocity fluctuations, particularly changes in the direction of flow, on solute spreading in a two-dimensional aquifer. Relations for apparent longitudinal and transverse dispersivity are developed through an analytical solution for dispersion in a fluctuating, quasi-steady uniform flow field, in which storativity is...
Predicting the vertical structure of tidal current and salinity in San Francisco Bay, California
Michael Ford, Jia Wang, Ralph T. Cheng
1990, Water Resources Research (26) 1027-1045
A two-dimensional laterally averaged numerical estuarine model is developed to study the vertical variations of tidal hydrodynamic properties in the central/north part of San Francisco Bay, California. Tidal stage data, current meter measurements, and conductivity, temperature, and depth profiling data in San Francisco Bay are used for comparison with model...
Remarkable invasion of San Francisco Bay (California, USA), by the Asian clam Potamocorbula amurensis. I. Introduction and dispersal
James T. Carlton, Janet K. Thompson, Laurence E. Schemel, Frederic H. Nichols
1990, Marine Ecology Progress Series (66) 81-94
The euryhaline bivalve mollusc Potamocorbula amurensis (family Corbulidae), a native of China, Japan, and Korea, has recently appeared and become very abundant in San Francisco Bay. This clam appears to have been introduced as veliger larvae in the seawater ballast of cargo vessels. It was first collected in northern San...
Coastal mapping programs at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Research Center
James B. Johnston, Lawrence R. Handley
1990, Biological Report (90) 105-109
Over the past 10 years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) National Wetlands Research Center (center; formerly the National Coastal Ecosystems Team) has been continuously involved in the production of maps for use by coastal decision makers. The types of maps produced by the center have been national, regional,...
Geochemical Modeling of the Madison Aquifer in Parts of Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota
L.N. Plummer, J.F. Busby, R. W. Lee, B.B. Hanshaw
1990, Water Resources Management (26) 1981-2014
Stable isotope data for dissolved carbonate, sulfate, and sulfide are combined with water composition data to construct geochemical reaction models along eight flow paths in the Madison aquifer in parts of Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota. The sulfur isotope data are treated as an isotope dilution problem, whereas the carbon...
Conterminous U.S. AVHRR: biweekly composites
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1990, Report
No abstract available....
Reevaluation of large-scale dispersivities for a waste chloride plume: Effects of transient flow
Daniel J. Goode, Leonard F. Konikow
1990, Conference Paper, ModelCARE 90: Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling
This paper investigates the effects of transient groundwater flow on dispersion of a waste chloride plume in the basaltic aquifer beneath the Idaho (USA) National Engineering Laboratory. In an early application of numerical modeling techniques to the two-dimensional simulation of field-scale plumes, previous investigators identified longitudinal and transverse dispersivities using...
Groundwater processes in the submarine environment: Chapter 12
James M. Robb
1990, Book chapter, Groundwater Geomorphology: The Role of Subsurface Water in Earth-Surface Processes and Landforms
No abstract available....
Effectiveness of the addition of alkaline materials at surface coal mines in preventing or abating acid mine drainage--Part 2. Mine site case studies
Keith Brady, Michael W. Smith, Richard L. Beam, Charles A. Cravotta III,
1990, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 1990 Mining and Reclamation Conference and Exhibition
The effectiveness of preventing or ameliorating acid mine drainage (AMD) through the application of alkaline additives is evaluated for eight surface coal mines in Pennsylvania. Many of the mine sites had overburden characteristics that made prediction of post‐mining water quality uncertain. Alkaline materials were applied at rates ranging from 42...
Effectiveness of the addition of alkaline materials at surface coal mines in preventing or abating acid mine drainage--Part 1. Geochemical considerations
Charles A. Cravotta III,, Keith Brady, Michael W. Smith, Richard L. Beam
1990, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 1990 Mining and Reclamation Conference and Exhibition
The addition of alkaline materials to supplement deficient "neutralization potential" (NP) of mine spoil, and thus to prevent or abate acid mine drainage, has riot been successful at most surface coal mines in Pennsylvania. A basic problem may have been improper accounting for acid‐production potential and thus inadequate addition rates...
Reference manual for generation and analysis of Habitat Time Series: version II
Robert T. Milhous, John M. Bartholow, Marlys A. Updike, Alan R. Moos
1990, Report, Instream Flow Information Paper 27
The selection of an instream flow requirement for water resource management often requires the review of how the physical habitat changes through time. This review is referred to as 'Time Series Analysis." The Tune Series Library (fSLIB) is a group of programs to enter, transform, analyze, and display time series data...
Chemical weathering in the Loch Vale Watershed, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
M. Alisa Mast, James I. Drever, Jill Baron
1990, Water Resources Research (26) 2971-2978
Mineralogic, hydrologic, and geochemical data were used to determine the source of solutes to surface waters draining the Loch Vale Watershed (LVWS), an alpine-subalpine drainage located in the Front Range of Colorado. The flux of dissolved solids from LVWS is primarily controlled by interactions between snowmelt and materials derived from...
Negotiation techniques to resolve western water disputes
Berton L. Lamb, Jonathan G. Taylor
1990, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (26) 967-975
There is a growing literature on the resolution of natural resources conflicts. Much of it is practical, focusing on guidelines for hands-on negotiation. This literature can be a guide in water conflicts. This is especially true for negotiations over new environmental values such as instream flow....
The chemistry of iron, aluminum, and dissolved organic material in three acidic, metal-enriched, mountain streams, as controlled by watershed and in-stream processes
Diane M. McKnight, Kenneth E. Bencala
1990, Water Resources Research (26) 3087-3100
Several studies were conducted in three acidic, metal-enriched, mountain streams, and the results are discussed together in this paper to provide a synthesis of watershed and in-stream processes controlling Fe, Al, and DOC (dissolved organic carbon) concentrations. One of the streams, the Snake River, is naturally acidic; the other two,...
Comparative toxicity of inorganic contaminants released by placer mining to early life stages of salmonids
Kevin J. Buhl, Steven J. Hamilton
1990, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (20) 325-342
The acute toxicities of four trace inorganics associated with placer mining were determined, individually and in environmentally relevant mixtures, to early life stages of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) from Alaska and Montana, coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kitsutch) from Alaska and Washington, and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) from Montana. The descending rank...
