The stream-gaging program in South Dakota
J.R. Little, D.K. Matthews
1985, Open-File Report 85-564
This report documents the results of a study of the uses, funding, and availability of the streamflow information program in South Dakota. In 1983, 107 continuous-record surface-water gaging stations were being operated in South Dakota on a budget of $607,050. Data from most stations have multiple uses. Data uses and...
Selected water-quality data for a coastal dunes aquifer near Coos Bay - Oregon, 1971 to 1983
R. A. Dobberpuhl, J. E. Luzier, C. A. Collins
1985, Open-File Report 84-858
No abstract available....
Simulation of an aquifer test on the Tesuque Pueblo Grant, New Mexico
Glenn A. Hearne
1985, Water Supply Paper 2206
An aquifer test was designed and conducted in the anisotropic dipping beds of the Tesuque Formation on the Tesuque Pueblo Grant, New Mexico. The three-dimensional digital model used to analyze the test approximated the response to the test. The analysis of the geohydrology of the test site in combination with...
Controls on phosphorus mobility in the Potomac River near the Blue Plains wastewater treatment plant
Hearn Jr.
1985, Water Supply Paper 2231
The Blue Plains wastewater treatment plant is the largest point source of phosphorus in the Potomac River basin, discharging an average of 2 metric tons of phosphorus into the river each day in 1980. An intensive study of the water and sediments in the vicinity of the treatment plant was...
A primer on trace metal-sediment chemistry
Arthur J. Horowitz
1985, Water Supply Paper 2277
In most aquatic systems, concentrations of trace metals in suspended sediment and the top few centimeters of bottom sediment are far greater than concentrations of trace metals dissolved in the water column. Consequently, the distribution, transport, and availability of these constituents can not be intelligently evaluated, nor can their environmental...
Digital models of ground-water flow in the Cape Cod aquifer system, Massachusetts
John H. Guswa, Denis R. LeBlanc
1985, Water Supply Paper 2209
The Cape Cod aquifer system was simulated with three-dimensional finite-difference ground-water-flow models. Five areas were modeled to provide tools that can be used to evaluate the hydrologic impacts of regional water development and waste disposal. The model boundaries were selected to represent the natural hydrologic boundaries of the aquifer. The...
Subsurface storage of freshwater in South Florida; a digital model analysis of recoverability
Michael L. Merritt
1985, Water Supply Paper 2261
As part of a study of the feasibility of recovering freshwater injected and stored underground in south Florida, a digital solute-transport model was used to investigate the relation of recovery efficiency to the variety of hydrogeologic conditions that could prevail in brackish artesian aquifers and to a variety of management...
Polallie Creek debris flow and subsequent dam-break flood of 1980, East Fork Hood River basin, Oregon
Gary L. Gallino, Thomas C. Pierson
1985, Water Supply Paper 2273
Geohydrology and model analysis of stream-aquifer system along the Arkansas River in Kearny and Finney Counties, southwestern Kansas
L. E. Dunlap, Richard J. Lindgren, C. G. Sauer
1985, Water Supply Paper 2253
A study was made, in cooperation with the Division of Water Resources, Kansas State Board of Agriculture, to determine geohydrologic conditions in an area comprising nearly 850,000 acres along the Arkansas River valley in Kearny and Finney Counties, southwestern Kansas. The Arkansas River meanders atop and interacts hydraulically with the...
Distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Housatonic River and adjacent aquifer, Massachusetts
Frederick B. Gay, Michael H. Frimpter
1985, Water Supply Paper 2266
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) are sorbed to the fine-grained stream-bottom sediments along the Housatonic River from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, southward to the Massachusetts-Connecticut boundary. The highest PCB concentrations, up to 140,000 micrograms per kilogram, were found in samples of bottom material from a reach of the river between Pittsfield and Woods Pond...
Study and interpretation of the chemical characteristics of natural water
John David Hem
1985, Water Supply Paper 2254
The chemical composition of natural water is derived from many different sources of solutes, including gases and aerosols from the atmosphere, weathering and erosion of rocks and soil, solution or precipitation reactions occurring below the land surface, and cultural effects resulting from human activities. Broad interrelationships among these processes and...
Traveltime and dispersion in the Potomac River, Cumberland, Maryland, to Washington, D.C.
Kenneth R. Taylor, Robert W. James Jr., Bernard M. Helinsky
1985, Water Supply Paper 2257
A travel-time and dispersion study using rhodamine dye was conducted on the Potomac River between Cumberland, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., a distance of 189 miles. The flow during the study was at approximately the 90-percent flow-duration level. A similar study was conducted by Wilson and Forrest in 1964 at a...
Relation between ground-water quality and mineralogy in the coal-producing Norton Formation of Buchanan County, Virginia
John D. Powell, Jerry D. Larson
1985, Water Supply Paper 2274
The geochemical processes controlling ground-water chemistry in the coal-producing strata of southwestern Virginia include hydrolysis of silicates, dissolution of carbonates, oxidation of pyrite, cation exchange, and precipitation of secondary minerals, kaolinite and goethite. Core material from the Norton Formation of the Pennsylvania Period is composed of slightly more than one-half...
Ground-water resources and potential hydrologic effects of surface coal mining in the northern Powder River basin, southeastern Montana
Steven E. Slagle, Barney D. Lewis, Roger W. Lee
1985, Water Supply Paper 2239
The shallow ground-water system in the northern Powder River Basin consists of Upper Cretaceous to Holocene aquifers overlying the Bearpaw Shale--namely, the Fox Hills Sandstone; Hell Creek, Fort Union, and Wasatch Formations; terrace deposits; and alluvium. Ground-water flow above the Bearpaw Shale can be divided into two general flow patterns....
Evaluation of major dike-impounded ground-water reservoirs, Island of Oahu
Kiyoshi J. Takasaki, John Francis Mink
1985, Water Supply Paper 2217
Ground-water reservoirs impounded by volcanic dikes receive a substantial part of the total recharge to ground water on the island of Oahu because they generally underlie the rainiest areas. These reservoirs accumulate the infiltration from rainfall, store it temporarily, and steadily leak it to abutting basal reservoirs or to streams...
Pesticides in the nation's rivers, 1975-1980, and implications for future monitoring
Robert J. Gilliom, Richard B. Alexander, Richard A. Smith
1985, Water Supply Paper 2271
Water samples were taken four times per year and bed-sediment samples two times per year during 1975-80 at 160 to 180 stations on major rivers of the United States. Samples were analyzed for 18 insecticides and 4 herbicides, which together accounted for about one-third of the total amount of all...
Distribution and abundance of submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal Potomac River and Estuary, Maryland and Virginia, May 1978 to November 1981
Virginia Carter, James E. Paschal, Nancy C. Bartow
1985, Water Supply Paper 2234-A
No abstract available....
Geohydrology and water resources of the Papago Farms-Great Plain area, Papago Indian Reservation, Arizona, and the upper Rio Sonoyta area, Sonora, Mexico
Kenneth J. Hollett
1985, Water Supply Paper 2258
The Papago Farms-Great Plain and upper Rio Sonoyta study area includes about 490 square miles in south-central Arizona and north-central Sonora, Mexico. The area is characterized by a broad, deep, sediment-filled basin bounded by low, jagged fault-block mountains. The climate is arid to semiarid. The climate and abundant ground water...
Ground water in Utah's densely populated Wasatch Front area - The challenge and the choices
Don Price
1985, Water Supply Paper 2232
Utah's Wasatch Front area comprises about 4,000 square miles in the north-central part of the State. I n 1980, the area had a population of more than 1.1 million, or about 77 percent of Utah's total population. It contains several large cities, including Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Provo, and...
Hydrology of major estuaries and sounds of North Carolina
G. L. Giese, Hugh B. Wilder, Garald G. Parker Jr.
1985, Water Supply Paper 2221
Hydrology-related problems associated with North Carolina 's major estuaries and sounds include contamination of some estuaries with municipal and industrial wastes and drainage from adjacent, intensively farmed areas, and nuisance-level algal blooms. In addition, there is excessive shoaling in some navigation channels, salt-water intrusion into usually fresh estuarine reaches, too...
Streamflow characteristics of mountain streams in western Montana
Charles Parrett, J. A. Hull
1985, Water Supply Paper 2260
No abstract available....
Mathematical model of the Tesuque aquifer system near Pojoaque, New Mexico
Glenn A. Hearne
1985, Water Supply Paper 2205
A three-dimensional digital model of ground-water flow was constructed to represent the dipping anisotropic beds of the Tesuque aquifer system underlying the Pojoaque River basin and vicinity, New Mexico. Simulations of steady-state conditions and historical ground-water withdrawals were consistent with observed data. The model was used to simulate the response...
Effects of artificial recharge on the Ogallala aquifer, Texas
Richmond Flint Brown, W.S. Keys
1985, Water Supply Paper 2251
Four recharge tests were conducted by injecting water from playa lakes through wells into the Ogallala Formation. Injection was by gravity flow and by pumping under pressure. At one site, 34-acre feet of water was injected by gravity and produced a significant increase in yield of the well. At a...
Chemical and physical characteristics of water and sediment in Scofield Reservoir, Carbon County, Utah
Kidd M. Waddell, D.W. Darby, S.M. Theobald
1985, Water Supply Paper 2247
Evaluations based on the nutrient content of the inflow, outflow, water in storage, and the dissolved-oxygen depletion during the summer indicate that the trophic state of Scofield Reservoir is borderline between mesotrophic and eutrophic and may become highly eutrophic unless corrective measures are taken to limit nutrient inflow.Sediment deposition in...
Simulating unsteady transport of nitrogen, biochemical oxygen demand, and dissolved oxygen in the Chattahoochee River downstream from Atlanta, Georgia
Harvey E. Jobson
1985, Water Supply Paper 2264
As part of an intensive water-quality assessment of the Chattahoochee River, repetitive water-quality measurements were made at 12 sites along a 69-kilometer reach of the river downstream of Atlanta, Georgia. Concentrations of seven constituents (temperature, dissolved oxygen, ultimate carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), organic nitrogen, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate) were...
