Ground-water quality data for the Atlantic Coastal Plain: New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina
L.L. Knobel
1985, Open-File Report 85-154
This report is a compilation of chemical analyses of ground-water samples in the Atlantic Coastal Plain from North Carolina through New Jersey. It contains records of 3,616 chemical analyses of ground water selected from more than 15,000 analyses in WATSTORE. These analyses serve as the data base for interpreting the...
Report of the River Master of the Delaware River for the period December 1, 1983 - November 30, 1984
F.T. Schaefer, W. E. Harkness, R.W. Baebenroth, D.W. Speight
1985, Open-File Report 85-339
A Decree of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954 established the position of Delaware River Master. The Decree authorizes diversions of water from the Delaware River basin and requires compensating releases from certain reservoirs of the City of New York to be made under the supervision and direction of the...
Field guidelines for collection, treatment, and analysis of water samples, Montana district
J. R. Knapton
1985, Open-File Report 85-409
This manual provides a set of standardized guidelines and quality-control procedures for the collection and preservation of water samples and defines procedures for field analyses of unstable constituents or properties. Seldom is the water being samples of such uniformity that a single grab sample is representative of the whole. For...
Methods for determination of inorganic substances in water and fluvial sediments
Marvin J. Fishman, Linda C. Friedman, editor(s)
1985, Open-File Report 85-495
Chapter Al of the laboratory manual contains methods used by the Geological Survey to analyze samples of water, suspended sediments, and bottom material for their content of inorganic constituents. Included are methods for determining the concentration of dissolved constituents in water, total recoverable and total of constituents in water-suspended sediment...
Texas stream-gaging program: an analysis of data uses and funding
Bernard C. Massey
1985, Open-File Report 85-84
This report presents an analysis of data uses and funding for the stream-gaging program operated by the U.S. Geological Survey in Texas. Presently (1984), 391 continuous surface water stations are operated in Texas. Selected hydrologic data, data uses, and funding sources are presented for each of the 391 stations. This study...
Uranium in Holocene valley-fill sediments, and uranium, radon, and helium in waters, Lake Tahoe-Carson Range area, Nevada and California
James K. Otton, Robert A. Zielinski, Josh M. Been
1985, Open-File Report 85-389
No abstract available....
Proposed artificial recharge studies in northern Qatar
J. O. Kimrey
1985, Open-File Report 85-343
The aquifer system in northern Qatar comprises a water-table aquifer in the Rus Formation which is separated by an aquitard from a partially confined aquifer in the top of the overlying Umm er Radhuma Formation. These two aquifers are composed of limestone and dolomite of Eocene and Paleocene age and...
Data on surface-water quality and quantity, Truckee River system, Nevada and California, 1979-81
R.J. La Camera, R.J. Hoffmann, J. O. Nowlin, L. H. Smith, S.M. Lima
1985, Open-File Report 84-238
Selected hydrologic data were collected between May 1979 and October 1981 at 59 sites on the Truckee River, 10 sites on selected tributaries and smaller diversions, and 9 sites on the Truckee Canal. The data were collected in support of the water-quality and hydrologic investigation components of the Truckee-Carson River-Quality...
Selected trace-element data for streams in the southern Yampa River basin, northwestern Colorado
W.S. Maura
1985, Open-File Report 85-192
Increases in coal mining in northwestern Colorado have increased concerns about the impact of mining on the chemical quality of surface water. One area of particular concern is in the southern part of the Yampa River basin. To identify the possible changes in water quality produced by mining in this...
Water budgets for major streams in the Central Valley, California, 1961-77
J.R. Mullen, Paul Nady
1985, Open-File Report 85-401
A compilation of annual streamflow data for 20 major stream systems in the central Valley of California, for water years 1961-77, is presented. The water-budget tables list gaged and ungaged inflow from tributaries and canals, diversions, and gaged outflow. Theoretical outflow and gain or loss in a reach are computed....
Base-flow characteristics of segments of the Piney River, and East and West Piney Rivers, Dickson and Hickman Counties, Tennessee
V.J. May
1985, Open-File Report 85-155
Base-flow profiles based on discharge measurements made during a seepage investigation on August 28, 1984, define losing and gaining reaches of segments of the Piney River, and East and West Piney Rivers, Dickson and Hickman Counties, central Tennessee. A similar profile defines losing and gaining reaches for the average 3-day...
Regression modeling of ground-water flow
R.L. Cooley, R.L. Naff
1985, Open-File Report 85-180
Nonlinear multiple regression methods are developed to model and analyze groundwater flow systems. Complete descriptions of regression methodology as applied to groundwater flow models allow scientists and engineers engaged in flow modeling to apply the methods to a wide range of problems. Organization of the text proceeds from an introduction...
Artesian pressures and water quality in Paleozoic aquifers in the Ten Sleep area of the Bighorn Basin, north-central Wyoming
Maurice E. Cooley
1985, Open-File Report 84-621
The major Paleozoic artesian aquifers, the aquifers most favorable for continued development, in the Ten Sleep area of the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming, are the Tensleep Sandstone, the Madison Limestone and Bighorn Dolomite (Madison-Bighorn aquifer), and the Flathead Sandstone. The minor aquifers include the Goose Egg and Park City Formations...
Evaluation of the ground-water resources of the lower Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland
James M. Gerhart, George J. Lazorchick
1985, Open-File Report 84-748
Ground water in the 3,458-square-mile lower Susquehanna River basin occupies secondary openings in bedrock. The distribution of openings is a function of lithology, depth, and topography. Local flow systems account for most of the total ground-water flow. Average annual recharge for the lower basin is 1,857 million gallons per day,...
Water Resources Research Grant Program project descriptions, fiscal year 1985
U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Research Grants and Contracts
1985, Open-File Report 85-687
Information on each of the 24 projects funded by the U.S. Geological Survey in FY 1985 under section 105 of Public Law 93-242 (the Water Resources Research Act of 1984) is presented, including the grant number, organization, the period of performance, and a brief description of the work to be...
Water-quality and sedimentation data from Lake Tuscaloosa and selected tributaries, North River basin, Alabama: Water year 1983
E. F. Cole
1985, Open-File Report 85-91
No abstract available....
Water-quality data for 34 sites, April and June 1984, near the Y-12 Plant, the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee
Pamela J. Pulliam
1985, Open-File Report 85-165
Water-quality data were collected at 34 sites in the vicinity of the Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on April 12 and 13, 1984. Concentrations of dissolved major and trace constituents were determined; field determinations of specific conductance, pH temperature, alkalinity, and dissolved oxygen were made. Gross alpha and beta activity...
Water-quality data for streams in the Upper North Fork of the Gunnison River, Colorado
J. M. Norris, W.S. Maura
1985, Open-File Report 85-190
The upper reaches of the North Fork of the Gunnison River have been an area of active coal mining for many years. Recently, concerns about impacts of coal mining on surface-water quality have been raised. To answer these concerns, information on existing, or background, water quality must be known. To...
Index of ground-water quality data for Florida
P. R. Seaber, O.O. Williams
1985, Open-File Report 85-177
The Master Water Data Index of the U.S. Geological Survey contains records and information for 13,925 ground-water quality collection sites in Florida as follows: 2,180 active and 11,559 inactive well sites, and 39 active and 147 inactive spring sites. Ground-water quality data have been and are being collected at more...
Results of qualification tests on water-level sensing instruments, 1984-1985
D.H. Rapp, B.L. McDonald, R. M. Hughes
1985, Open-File Report 85-489
Water-resources activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in Texas; fiscal years 1982-84
R.U. Grozier, L. F. Land
1985, Open-File Report 85-346
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was established by an act of Congress on March 3, 1879, to provide a permanent Federal agency to conduct the systematic and scientific classification of the public lands, and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of national domain. An integral part of...
Results of qualification tests on water-level sensing instruments
D.H. Rapp, B.L. McDonald, R. M. Hughes
1985, Open-File Report 85-199
Operation of hydrologic data collection stations by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1985
Alberto Condes de la Torre
1985, Open-File Report 85-640
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) operated hydrologic data collection stations during fiscal yr 1985 in response to the needs of all levels of Government for hydrologic information. Surface water discharge was determined at 11,076 stations; stage data on streams, reservoirs, and lakes were recorded at 2,141 stations; and surface water...
Chemical and biological quality of selected lakes in Ohio, 1978 and 1979
C.G. Angelo, John D. Youger
1985, Open-File Report 84-249
Twenty-eight Ohio lakes were sampled by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for water-quality characteristics during the spring and summer of 1978 and 1979. This report is the third in a series covering a lake-sampling program that began in 1975. Data include water-column profiles of temperature,...
U.S. Geological Survey urban-stormwater data base for 22 metropolitan areas throughout the United States
N. E. Driver
1985, Open-File Report 85-337
The U.S. Geological Survey has been collecting urban rainfall, runoff, and water-quality data nationally for several decades. These data have been stored in many data bases and locations. A collective urban-stormwater data base has now been assembled on magnetic tape and contains data from the U.S. Geological Survey 's urban-stormwater...
