Estimated withdrawals and use of freshwater in Vermont, 1990
M.A. Horn, Laura Medalie
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4097
Estimated freshwater withdrawals during 1990 in Vermont totaled about 632 million gallons per day. The largest withdrawals were for thermoelectric- power generation (82 percent), industrial use (7 percent), and public supply (6 percent). Most withdrawals, 587 million gallons per day, were made from surface-water sources as compared to 44.9 million...
Navigation quality from Lake Baikal 1992 multichannel seismics cruise
D. R. Hutchinson
1995, Open-File Report 95-233
Environmental Setting and Implications on Water Quality, Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado and Utah
Lori E. Apodaca, Nancy E. Driver, Verlin C. Stephens, Norman E. Spahr
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4263
The Upper Colorado River Basin in Colorado and Utah is 1 of 60 study units selected for water-quality assessment as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment program, which began full implementation in 1991. Understanding the environmental setting of the Upper Colorado River Basin study unit is important...
Simulation of stage and the the hydrologic budget of Devils Lake, Sauk County, Wisconsin
J. T. Krohelski, W. G. Batten
1995, Open-File Report 94-348
Water clarity of Devils Lake, in the Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin, has been decreasing because of blue-green algal blooms. An understanding of the hydrology of Devils Lake is needed to develop a mitigation plan to reduce phosphorus input. A model was developed to test the current understanding of the...
User's guide to PHREEQC, a computer program for speciation, reaction-path, advective-transport, and inverse geochemical calculations
D.L. Parkhurst
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4227
PHREEQC is a computer program written in the C programming language that is designed to perform a wide variety of aqueous geochemical calculations. PHREEQC is based on an ion-association aqueous model and has capabilities for (1) speciation and saturation-index calculations, (2) reaction-path and advective-transport calculations involving specified irreversible reactions, mixing...
Assessment of intrinsic bioremediation of jet fuel contamination in a shallow aquifer, Beaufort, South Carolina
Frank Chapelle, J. E. Landmeyer, P. M. Bradley
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4262
Field and laboratory studies show that microorganisms indigenous to the ground-water system underlying Tank Farm C, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., degrade petroleum hydrocarbons under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Under aerobic conditions, sediments from the shallow aquifer underlying the site mineralized radiolabeled (14C) toluene to 14CO2 with first-order...
Distribution and transport of polychlorinated biphenyls in Little Lake Butte des Morts, Fox River, Wisconsin, April 1987-October 1988
L. B. House
1995, Open-File Report 93-31
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) in the bottom sediment and water column of Little Lake Butte des Morts were studied by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Geological Survey. The lake is a 8-kilometer-long impoundment of the Fox River between Lake Winnebago and Appleton, Wisconsin. Discharge of PCB's into...
Ground-Water Data-Collection Protocols and Procedures for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Selection, Installation, and Documentation of Wells, and Collection of Related Data
Wayne W. Lapham, Franceska D. Wilde, Michael T. Koterba
1995, Open-File Report 95-398
Protocols for well installation and documentation are included in a 1989 report written for the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Pilot Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). These protocols were reviewed and revised to address the needs of the full-scale implementation of the NAWQA Program that began in 1991. This...
Hydraulic characteristics near streamside structures along the Kenai River, Alaska
Joseph M. Dorava
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4226
Hydraulic characteristics, water velocity, depth, and flow direction were measured near eight sites along the Kenai River in southcentral Alaska. Each of the eight sites contained a different type of structure: a road-type boat launch, a canal-type boat launch, a floating dock, a rock retaining wall, a pile-supported dock, a...
Geochemical and PB, SR, and O isotopic study of the Tiva Canyon Tuff and Topopah Spring Tuff, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
L.A. Neymark, B.D. Marshall, L.M. Kwak, Kiyoto Futa, S. A. Mahan
1995, Open-File Report 95-134
Geochemistry of sediments from coastal marshes of Louisiana
L. L. Jackson, Laurie S. Balistrieri, K. S. Smith, Katherine Walton-Day, D.L. Kirshcenman, P.S. Briggs, D.L. Fey, S. J. Sutley
1995, Open-File Report 95-251
As a part of the U.S. Geological Survey Global Change and Climate History Program we have been studying the biogeochemistry of coastal marshes in Terrebonne Basin, Louisiana. Louisiana has about 40 percent of the coastal wetlands in the conterminous U.S. and it is losing wetlands at one of the highest...
Evaluation of nonpoint-source contamination, Wisconsin; selected streamwater-quality data, land-use and best-management practices inventory, and quality assurance and quality control, water year 1993
Steven R. Corsi, John F. Walker, D.J. Graczyk, S.R. Greb, D.W. Owens, K.F. Rappold
1995, Open-File Report 94-707-W
The objective of the watershed-management evaluation monitoring program in Wisconsin is to evaluate the effectiveness of the best-management practices (BMPs) for rural streams, urban streams, and urban storm sewers. This report is an annual summary of the data collected for the program and a report of the results from several...
Agricultural pesticide applications and observed concentrations in surface waters from four drainage basins in the Central Columbia Plateau, Washington and Idaho, 1993-94
R. J. Wagner, J.C. Ebbert, L.M. Roberts, S.J. Ryker
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4285
As part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program, the use and occurrence of agricultural pesticides were investigated in four drainage basins--two dominated by irrigated agriculture and two by dryland agriculture--in the Central Columbia Plateau of eastern Washington. For this study, 85 pesticides or pesticide metabolites were selected...
Preliminary geologic map of part of the Ruch Quadrangle, Jackson County, Oregon
Mary M. Donato
1995, Open-File Report 95-640
Verification of water-quality model to simulate effects of discharging treated wastewater during ice-cover conditions to the Red River of the North at Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota
Edwin A. Wesolowski
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4292
The Red River at Fargo Water-Quality (RRatFGO QW) Model, which used the Enhanced Stream Water Quality Model (QUAL2E) computer program, was calibrated and verified for icefree conditions. The purpose of this study was to verify the model for ice-cover conditions using the same Red River of the North study reach...
Synthesis of nutrient and sediment data for watersheds within the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin
M. J. Langland, P. L. Lietman, S. A. Hoffman
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4233
Nutrient and sediment data collected by Federal and state agencies from 1972 through 1992 at 1,058 surface-water sites in nontidal parts of the Chesapeake Bay Basin were compiled into a large database. Adequate nutrient, sediment, and streamflow data were not available to compute annual loads for all sites because water-quality...
Analysis of streamflow characteristics for streams on the island of Tutuila, American Samoa
Michael F. Wong
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4185
Several methods for estimating streamflow characteristics for low and peak flows for streams on Tutuila, American Samoa are presented. These methods, derived from frequency, flow-duration, and regression analyses, allow the user to compute estimates for the 7-day low flow with 2-year and 10-year recurrence intervals; the median flow; the mean...
Gravity and magnetic investigations of the Ghost Dance and Solitario Canyon faults, Yucca Mountain, Nevada
D. A. Ponce, V.E. Langenheim
1995, Open-File Report 95-521
Magnetic investigations along selected high-resolution seismic traverses in the central block of Yucca Mountain, Nevada
D. A. Ponce, R. F. Sikora, C. W. Roberts, R. L. Morin, P.F. Halvorson
1995, Open-File Report 95-667
Data for and adjusted regional regression models of volume and quality of urban storm-water runoff in Boise and Garden City, Idaho, 1993-94
L.C. Kjelstrom
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4228
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires information on the volume and quality of urban storm-water runoff to apply for a permit to discharge this water into the Boise River under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program. Concentrations of selected chemical constituents in storm runoff were determined from samples collected...
Low-flow characteristics of selected streams in northern Rhode Island
J.D. Kliever
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4299
Low-flow characteristics were estimated for selected streams in northern Rhode Island. Streamflow was measured at 18 low-flow partial-record gaging stations on rivers and brooks including those contributing to the two largest water supplies in Rhode Island, the Scituate Reservoir and the Pawtucket Reservoir system. Relations were developed between streamflows at...
Ground-water recharge in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties, Florida
J. W. Grubbs
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4179
Ground water is a major component of Florida's water resources, accounting for 90 percent of all public-supply and self-supplied domestic water withdrawals, and 58 percent of self-supplied commercial-industrial and agricultural withdrawals of freshwater (Marella, 1992). Ground-water is also an important source of water for streams, lakes, and wetlands in Florida....
Water-resources data network evaluation for Monterey County, California; Phase 2, northern and coastal areas of Monterey County
W. E. Templin, P. E. Smith, M.L. DeBortoli, R. C. Schluter
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4210
This report presents an evaluation of water- resources data-collection networks in the northern and coastal areas of Monterey County, California. This evaluation was done by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District to evaluate precipitation, surface water, and ground water monitoring...
Water-quality and lake-stage data for Wisconsin lakes, water year 1994
S. J. Field, J. F. Elder, H.S. Garn, G. L. Goddard, P.A. Kammerer Jr., D.L. Olson, Dale M. Robertson, W. J. Rose
1995, Open-File Report 95-190
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with local and other agencies, collects data at selected lakes throughout Wisconsin. These data, accumulated over many yes rs, provide a data base for developing an improved understanding of the water quality of lakes\ To make these data available to interested parties outside...
An observed-streambed-scour index for selected bridges in southwestern Indiana, 1991
B.A. Robinson, R.E. Thompson Jr.
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4264
Streambed-scour was assessed at 1,338 federal-aid bridges in southwestern Indiana during 1991. The assessments were conducted as part of a 7-year study by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) that will evaluate 5,600 bridge sites throughout the State. Measurements and observations of remnant...
