Field tests of nylon-screen diffusion samplers and pushpoint samplers for detection of metals in sediment pore water, Ashland and Clinton, Massachusetts, 2003
Marc J. Zimmerman, Don A. Vroblesky, Kimberly W. Campo, Andrew J. Massey, Walter Scheible
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5155
Efficient and economical screening methods are needed to detect and to determine the approximate concentrations of potentially toxic trace-element metals in shallow groundwater- discharge areas (pore water) where the metals may pose threats to aquatic organisms; such areas are likely to be near hazardous-waste sites. Pushpoint and nylon-screen diffusion samplers...
Estimates of ground-water recharge based on streamflow-hydrograph methods: Pennsylvania
Dennis W. Risser, Randall W. Conger, James E. Ulrich, Michael P. Asmussen
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1333
This study, completed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey (T&GS), provides estimates of ground-water recharge for watersheds throughout Pennsylvania computed by use of two automated streamflow-hydrograph-analysis methods--PART and RORA. The PART computer program...
Sediment studies in the Assabet River, central Massachusetts, 2003
Marc J. Zimmerman, Jason R. Sorenson
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5131
From its headwaters in Westborough, Massachusetts, to its confluence with the Sudbury River, the 53-kilometer-long Assabet River passes through a series of small towns and mixed land-use areas. Along the way, wastewater-treatment plants release nutrient-rich effluents that contribute to the eutrophic state of this waterway. This condition is most obvious...
Water-quality and biologic data for the Blue River basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, October 2000 to October 2004
Donald H. Wilkison, Daniel J. Armstrong, Rebecca E. Brown, Barry C. Poulton, Jeffrey D. Cahill, Steven D. Zaugg
2005, Data Series 127
This report presents water-quality and biologic data collected in the Blue River Basin, metropolitan Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas, from October 2000 to October 2004. Data were collected in cooperation with the city of Kansas City, Missouri, Water Services Department as part of an ongoing study designed to characterize long-term...
Effects of spray-irrigated municipal wastewater on a small watershed in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Curtis L. Schreffler, Daniel G. Galeone
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3092
Spray irrigation is a method for disposing of secondary treated municipal wastewater by spraying it on the land surface (fig. 1). The sprayed wastewater either evaporates into the air, soaks into the soil, or percolates through the soil and recharges the ground water. Land application of wastewater has advantages over...
Geochemical assessment of metals and dioxin in sediment from the San Carlos Reservoir and the Gila, San Carlos, and San Francisco Rivers, Arizona
Stan E. Church, LaDonna M. Choate, Marci E. Marot, David L. Fey, Monique Adams, Paul H. Briggs, Zoe Ann Brown
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5086
In October 2004, we sampled stream-bed sediment, terrace sediment, and sediment from the San Carlos Reservoir to determine the spatial and chronological variation of six potentially toxic metals-Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, As, and Hg. Water levels in the San Carlos Reservoir were at a 20-year low at an elevation of...
Stratigraphy, lithology, and sedimentary features of Quaternary alluvial deposits of the South Platte River and some of its tributaries east of the Front Range, Colorado
David A. Lindsey, William H. Langer, Daniel H. Knepper
2005, Professional Paper 1705
Effects of rain gardens on the quality of water in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota, 2002-04
Lan H. Tornes
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5189
Rain gardens are a popular method of managing runoff while attempting to provide aesthetic and environmental benefits. Five rain-garden sites in the Minneapolis – Saint Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota were instrumented to evaluate the effects of this water-management system on surface and subsurface water quality. Most of these sites...
Local tsunami hazards in the Pacific Northwest from Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes
Eric L. Geist
2005, Professional Paper 1661-B
No abstract available....
Use of discrete-zone monitoring systems for hydraulic characterization of a fractured-rock aquifer at the University of Connecticut Landfill, Storrs, Connecticut, 1999 to 2002
Carole D. Johnson, Christopher S. Kochiss, C. B. Dawson
2005, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4338
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the University of Connecticut, used a suite of hydraulic methods to characterize the hydrogeology of a fractured-rock aquifer near the former landfill and chemical-waste disposal pits at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. Multiple methods were used to determine head, driving potential, and...
Quaternary Geologic Map of Connecticut and Long Island Sound Basin
Janet Radway Stone, John P. Schafer, Elizabeth Haley London, Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen, Ralph S. Lewis, Woodrow B. Thompson
2005, Scientific Investigations Map 2784
The Quaternary geologic map (sheet 1) and explanatory figures and cross sections (sheet 2) portray the geologic features formed in Connecticut during the Quaternary Period, which includes the Pleistocene (glacial) and Holocene (postglacial) Epochs. The Quaternary Period has been a time of development of many details of the landscape and...
Geology of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository site, Nevada
John H. Peck, David C. Buesch
2005, Conference Paper
Yucca Mountain, located about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been recommended by the President for a mined geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste. This field trip will examine the geologic and hydrologic setting for Yucca Mountain, as well as specific results of the site characterization program. The...
Soils infiltration data for selected Wyoming watersheds, 1998-1999
Kirk Miller, John Elliott, Nolan Friday
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1322
Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma aeromagnetic and gravity maps and data: A web site for distribution of data
Ronald E. Sweeney, Patricia L. Hill
2005, Data Series 138
The Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma aeromagnetic grid is constructed from grids that combine information collected in 28 separate aeromagnetic surveys conducted between 1954 and 1985. The data from these surveys are of varying quality. The design and specifications (terrain clearance, sampling rates, line spacing, and reduction procedures) varied from survey...
Radiocarbon dating of cores collected from Bear Lake, Utah and Idaho
Steven M. Colman, Darrell S. Kaufman, Joseph G. Rosenbaum, John P. McGeehin
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1320
Effects of spray-irrigated treated effluent on water quantity and quality, and the fate and transport of nitrogen in a small watershed, New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Curtis L. Schreffler, Daniel G. Galeone, John M. Veneziale, Leif E. Olson, David L. O’Brien
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5043
An increasing number of communities in Pennsylvania are implementing land-treatment systems to dispose of treated sewage effluent. Disposal of treated effluent by spraying onto the land surface, instead of discharging to streams, may recharge the ground-water system and reduce degradation of stream-water quality. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation...
Summary and integration of geophysical investigations of the Tooele Army Depot (TEAD), Tooele, Utah
Theodore H. Asch
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1338
Seven aeromagnetic surveys in California and Nevada: A web site for distribution of data
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1328
No abstract available....
Iowa magnetic and gravity maps and data: A web site for distribution of data
Robert P. Kucks, Patricia L. Hill
2005, Data Series 135
Magnetic anomalies are due to variations in the Earth's magnetic field caused by the uneven distribution of magnetic minerals (primarily magnetite) in the rocks that make up the upper part of the Earth's crust. The features and patterns of the magnetic anomalies can be used to delineate details of subsurface...
Changes in ground-water levels in the Carlin Trend area, north-central Nevada, 1989-2003
Russell W. Plume
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5075
Ground-water pumpage in support of gold mining activities, including mine dewatering, has resulted in water-level declines and rises in different parts of the Carlin Trend area in north-central Nevada. Total annual pumpage at the Gold Quarry, Carlin, Genesis, and Betze Mines has ranged from about 5,000 acre-feet in 1989 to...
Effects of prescribed fire in the coastal prairies of Texas
James B. Grace, Larry K. Allain, Heather Q. Baldwin, Arlene G. Billock, William R. Eddleman, Aaron M. Given, Clint W. Jeske, Rebecca Moss
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1287
Prescribed fire is widely applied for habitat management in coastal ecosystems. Fire management plans typically list a variety of objectives for prescribed burning, including succession management, promotion of native flora and fauna, providing habitat for species of importance, wildfire risk reduction (fuels management), as well as reduction and/or prevention of...
Water-chemistry data for selected springs, geysers, and streams in Yellowstone National Park Wyoming, 2001-2002
R. Blaine McCleskey, James W. Ball, D. Kirk Nordstrom, JoAnn M. Holloway, Howard E. Taylor
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1316
Water analyses are reported for one-hundred-twenty-one samples collected from hot springs and their overflow drainages, the Gibbon River, and one ambient-temperature acid stream in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) during 2001-2002. Twenty-five analyses are reported for samples collected during May 2001, fifty analyses are reported for samples collected during September 2001,...
Potentiometric surface of the Upper Patapsco Aquifer in southern Maryland, September 2003
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Judith C. Wheeler
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1008
No abstract available....
Pre- and post-reservoir ground-water conditions and assessment of artificial recharge at Sand Hollow, Washington County, Utah, 1995-2005
Victor M. Heilweil, David D. Susong, Philip M. Gardner, Dennis E. Watt
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5185
Sand Hollow, Utah, is the site of a surface-water reservoir completed in March 2002, which is being operated by the Washington County Water Conservancy District primarily as an aquifer storage and recovery project. The reservoir is an off-channel facility receiving water from the Virgin River, diverted near the town of...
Potentiometric surface map of the Magothy aquifer in southern Maryland, September, 2003
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Judith C. Wheeler
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1006
This report presents a map showing the potentiometric surface of the Magothy aquifer in the Magothy Formation of Upper Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland during September 2002. The map is based on water-level measurements in 79 wells. The highest measured water level was 83 feet above sea level near the...
