Leaching of plutonium from a radioactive waste glass by eight groundwaters from the western United States
T.F. Rees, J.M. Cleveland, K.L. Nash
1985, Nuclear Technology (70) 133-140
The leachability of a radioactive waste glass formulated to Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory specification 80-270 has been studied using eight actual groundwaters with a range of chemical compositions as leachants. Waters collected from the Grande Ronde Basalt (Washington State) and from alluvial deposits in the Hualapai Valley (Arizona) were the...
The continued rise of Great Salt Lake, Utah
Ted Arnow
1985, Report, United States Geological Survey Yearbook, Fiscal Year 1984
The Great Salt Lake rose 5.0 feet from September 25,1983, to July 1, 1984, the second largest seasonal rise on record since 1847. The maximum seasonal rise was observed the previous year when the lake rose 5.1 feet from September 18,1982, to June 30,1983. The lake declined only 0.5 foot...
Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1985
Ralph L. Seiler, L. R. Herbert, Donald A. Bischoff, David W. Clark, George Pyper, Carole B. Burden, V.L. Jensen, Michael Enright, D. C. Emett, B.A. Sether, M.R. Eckenwiler, G. W. Sandberg
1985, Cooperative Investigations Report 25
This is the twenty-second in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, published cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Division of Water Resources, provide data to enable interested parties to keep abreast of changing ground-water conditions.This report, like the...
Water use data for public water suppliers and self supplied industry in Utah: 1982, 1983
Brent Johnson
1985, Utah Division of Water Rights Water-Use Report 5
This publication is the fifth in a continuing series of reports presenting water use data for Utah. The data are collected by the State of Utah, Division of Water Rights, for the National Water Use Information Program. This is a cooperative effort with the U.S. Geological Survey. Most states contribute...
Ground water in Utah - A summary description of the resource and its related physical environment
Don Price, Ted Arnow
1985, Utah Department of Natural Resources Water Circular 3
Ground water is one of Utah’s most extensive and valuable natural resources. Because of its widespread occurrence in both wet and dry areas, ground water has been, and is a major factor affecting economic growth and development of the State. In some areas, ground water is used to supplement streamflow...
Reconnaissance of the quality of surface water in the upper Virgin River Basin, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada, 1981-82
G. W. Sandberg, LaVerne G. Sultz
1985, Technical Publication 83
This report on the quality of surface water in the Virgin River basin from the headwaters near Navajo Lake, Utah, to Littlefield, Ariz., was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Division of Water Rights, Utah Department of Natural Resources. The objectives of the study leading to...
Seepage study of six canals in Salt Lake County, Utah, 1982-1983
L. R. Herbert, R.W. Cruff, K.M. Waddell
1985, Technical Publication 82
A study of selected reaches of the Utah and Salt Lake, Utah Lake Distributing, Provo Reservoir, Draper Irrigation, East Jordan, and Jordan and Salt Lake City Canals in Salt Lake County, Utah, was made to determine gains or losses of flow in those reaches. Three to five sets of seepage...
Monitoring the hydrothermal system in Long Valley caldera, California
C. D. Farrar, M.L. Sorey
1985, Geothermal Resources Council Transactions (9) 423-428
An ongoing program to monitor the hydrothermal system in Long Valley for changes caused by volcanic or tectonic processes has produced considerable data on the water chemistry and discharge of springs and fluid temperatures and pressures in wells. Chemical and isotopic data collected under this program have greatly...
Vertical transmission of infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus in sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum): isolation of virus from dead eggs and fry
D. Mulcahy, R.J. Pascho
1985, Journal of Fish Diseases (8) 393-396
The control of epizootics of infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IIHN) virus in salmonid fishes is presently based on examination and certification of adult brood fish to prevent the introduction of virus-infected eggs into hatcheries (Canadian Fisherics and Marine Service 1976; McDaniel 1979). This strategy is based on the assumption that the...
Comparisons of spawning areas and times for two runs of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Kenai River, Alaska
C. V. Burger, R.L. Wilmot, D.B. Wangaard
1985, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (42) 693-700
From 1979 to 1982,188 chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) were tagged with radio transmitters to locate spawning areas in the glacial Kenai River, southcentral Alaska. Results confirmed that an early run entered the river in May and June and spawned in tributaries, and a late run entered the river from late...
Effects of a Kentucky flood-control reservoir on macroinvertebrates in the tailwater
J.F. Novotny
1985, Hydrobiologia (126) 143-153
The effects of a flood-control reservoir on downstream macroinvertebrates were assessed by comparing the tailwater community with that of a natural stream. Samples were collected 1.6 and 21.1 km below Barren River Lake dam in 1979, 1980, and 1981 and in a reservoir tributary in 1980 and 1981. An indication...
Ground-water resources of northern Utah Valley, Utah
D.W. Clark, C. L. Appel
1985, Technical Publication 80
An evaluation was made of the ground-water resources of northern Utah Valley, Utah, to describe the ground-water system and to document changes in ground-water conditions since 1963. The principal ground-water reservoir is in basin-fill deposits. It consists of three major confined aquifers and an unconfined aquifer in pre-Lake Bonneville deposits...
Directory of Assistance Centers of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX)
Cassandra D. Blackwell
1985, Open-File Report 85-413
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), managed by the U.S. Geological Survey, has established a network of Assistance Centers throughout the United States and Puerto Rico to assist users of water data in identifying and locating the data they need. This Directory provides the information needed to contact any of...
US GeoData: Digital cartographic and geographic data
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1985, Report
The increasing use of computers for storing and analyzing earth science information has sparked a growth in the demand for various types of cartographic data in digital form. The production of map data in computerized form is called digital cartography, and it involves the collection, storage, processing, analysis, and display...
United States Geological Survey Yearbook, fiscal year 1984
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1985, Report
The fiscal year 1984 Yearbook summarizes the activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in response to its scientific and regulatory missions....
Program of operation for the National Water Data Ex. (NAWDEX)
M.D. Edwards
1985, Open-File Report 85-76
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) has been established as a nationwide program directed at improving access to water and water-related data and disseminating information about the availability of these data throughout the entire water-resources community. NAWDEX is composed of a confederation of water-oriented organizations working together to facilitate the...
Stage fluctuations of Wisconsin lakes
Leo B. House
1985, Information Circular 49
This report describes lake-stage fluctuations of 83 gaged lakes in Wisconsin and presents techniques for estimating stage fluctuation at ungaged lakes. Included are stage information at 83 lakes and stage-frequency data for 32 of these lakes that had sufficient record for analysis. Lakes are classified by a hydrologic-topographic lake classification...
Pesticide and PCB residues in the Neuse River waterdog, Necturus lewisi
R.J. Hall, R. M. Prouty, R.E. Ashton
1985, Brimleyana (10) 107-109
Residues of 6 organochlorine contaminants were found in N. lewisi from 6 sites in the Tar and Neuse river systems. Concentrations of pesticides were low and apparently related to geographic patterns of use. Levels of PCB were higher and did not seem to vary geographically....
Trends and effects of organochlorine residues on Oregon and Nevada wading birds, 1979-83
Charles J. Henny, L. J. Blus, C.S. Hulse
1985, Colonial Waterbirds (8) 117-128
The incidence of DDT (parent compound) declined significantly in the eggs of Black-crowned Night-Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax), White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi), and Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus), and showed a downward trend in Snowy Egrets (Egretta thula). Mean DDE residues (breakdown product of DDT) in eggs declined significantly in Black-crowned...
Contaminant levels in colonial waterbirds from Green Bay and Lake Michigan, 1975–80
G. H. Heinz, T.C. Erdman, S. D. Haseltine, C. Stafford
1985, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (5) 223-236
Residues of organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), polychlorinated styrenes (PCSs), and mercury were measured in the eggs of 10 species of colonial waterbirds nesting in areas around Green Bay or Lake Michigan from 1975 to 1980. Residues also were measured in the carcasses and brains of black-crowned...
Survival, growth, and histopathological effects of paraquat ingestion in nestling American kestrels (Falco sparverius)
D. J. Hoffman, J. C. Franson, O. H. Pattee, C.M. Bunck
1985, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (14) 495-500
The use of paraquat as a herbicide is becoming more extensive with the increasing popularity of no tillage agriculture, increasing the possibility of exposure for wildlife species. American kestrel (Falco sparverius) nestlings were orally dosed daily with 5 ?l/g of distilled water (controls), 10 mg/kg, 25 mg/kg, or 60 mg/kg...
Reproduction, mortality, and heavy metal concentrations in great blue herons from three colonies in Washington and Idaho
L. J. Blus, Charles J. Henny, A. Anderson, R. E. Fitzner
1985, Colonial Waterbirds (8) 110-116
We collected eggs in nests, hatchlings and eggs with advanced embryos on the ground, and prefledgling young of Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) at three nesting colonies in Washington and Idaho. Intact fish were also collected on the ground at the Idaho colony. The Ft. Lewis colony near...
Organochlorine concentrations in prefledging common terns at three Rhode Island colonies
T. W. Custer, C.M. Bunck, C. J. Stafford
1985, Colonial Waterbirds (8) 150-154
Concentrations of DDE, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDPEs) in carcasses of prefledging Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) at three Rhode Island colonies support the hypothesis that local contamination is responsible for among-colony differences observed in eggs in an earlier study. The highest concentrations of DDE and PCBs (mean...
Habitat comparisons and productivity in nesting common terns on the mid-Atlantic coast
R.M. Erwin, D. C. Smith
1985, Colonial Waterbirds (8) 155-165
Nesting Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) were studied at a number of barrier beaches and small islands of tidal salt marsh in New Jersey and the Eastern Shore of Maryland-Virginina from 1980 through 1982. Data were collected on clutch sizes, nest spacing, and nesting success. The principal null hypothesis tested was...
On condition bias and band-recovery data from large-scale waterfowl banding programs
K.P. Burnham, J.D. Nichols
1985, Wildlife Society Bulletin (13) 345-349
