Quality of shallow ground water in recently developed residential and commercial areas, Memphis vicinity, Tennessee, 1997
Gerard Gonthier
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4294
Twenty-four monitor wells screened in the shallow water-table aquifer and eight monitor wells screened in the upper part of the Memphis aquifer in the Memphis vicinity, Tennessee, were sampled as part of the Mississippi Embayment National Water-Quality Assessment Program. These samples were collected during April and May 1997, and were...
Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas — Surface-water quality, shallow ground-water quality, and factors affecting water quality in the Rincon Valley, south-central New Mexico, 1994-95
Scott K. Anderholm
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4188
As part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, surface-water and ground-water samples were collected in 1994 and 1995 for analysis of common constituents, nutrients, dissolved organic carbon, trace elements, radioactivity, volatile organic compounds, and pesticides to characterize surface water quality and shallow ground-water quality and to determine factors affecting water...
A National survey of methyl tert-butyl ether and other volatile organic compounds in drinking-water sources: Results of the random source-water survey
Stephen J. Grady
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4079
Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) was detected in source water used by 8.7 percent of randomly selected community water systems (CWSs) in the United States at concentrations that ranged from 0.2 to 20 micrograms per liter (μg/L). The Random Survey conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Metropolitan...
Volatile organic compound and pesticide data in public water-supply reservoirs and wells, Texas, 1999-2001
Barbara Mahler, M.O. Gary, M.G. Canova, Eric W. Strom, Lynne Fahlquist, Michael E. Dorsey
2002, Open-File Report 2002-93
To provide data for the Texas Source-Water Assessment and Protection Program, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a synoptic survey of 48 public water-supply reservoirs and 174 public water-supply wells during 1999–2001. The surface-water samples were analyzed for volatile organic compounds and soluble pesticides. The ground-water samples were analyzed for volatile...
Characterization of fractures and flow zones in a contaminated shale at the Watervliet Arsenal, Albany County, New York
John H. Williams, Frederick L. Paillet
2002, Open-File Report 2001-385
Flow zones in a fractured shale in and near a plume of volatile organic compounds at the Watervliet Arsenal in Albany County, N. Y. were characterized through the integrated analysis of geophysical logs and single- and cross-hole flow tests. Information on the fracture-flow network at the site was needed to...
Occurrence and status of volatile organic compounds in ground water from rural, untreated, self-supplied domestic wells in the United States, 1986-99
Michael J. Moran, Wayne W. Lapham, Barbara L. Rowe, John S. Zogorski
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4085
Samples of untreated ground water from 1,926 rural, self-supplied domestic wells were analyzed for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during 1986-99. This information was used to characterize the occurrence and status of VOCs in domestic well water. The samples were either collected as part of the U.S. Geological Survey?s National Water-Quality...
Quality of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential and commercial development, Wichita, Kansas, 2000
Larry M. Pope, Breton W. Bruce, Patrick P. Rasmussen, Chad R. Milligan
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4228
Water samples from 30 randomly distributed monitoring wells in areas of recent residential and commercial development (1960–96), Wichita, Kansas, were collected in 2000 as part of the High Plains Regional Ground-Water Study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The samples were analyzed for about 170...
Distribution and mass loss of volatile organic compounds in the surficial aquifer at sites FT03, LF13, and WP14/LF15, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, November 2000–February 2001
Jeffrey R. Barbaro, Pradumna P. Neupane
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4121
Ground-water and surface-water sampling was conducted in the natural attenuation study area in the East Management Unit of Dover Air Force Base, Delaware to determine the distributions of volatile organic compounds in the vicinity of four sites?Fire Training Area Three, the Rubble Area Landfill, the Receiver Station Landfill, and the...
Guidance on the use of passive-vapor-diffusion samplers to detect volatile organic compounds in ground-water-discharge areas, and example applications in New England
Peter E. Church, Don A. Vroblesky, Forest P. Lyford
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4186
Polyethylene-membrane passive-vapor-diffusion samplers, or PVD samplers, have been shown to be an effective and economical reconnaissance tool for detecting and identifying volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in bottom sediments of surface-water bodies in areas of ground-water discharge. The PVD samplers consist of an empty glass vial enclosed in two layers of...
Changes in ground-water quality in the Canal Creek Aquifer between 1995 and 2000-2001, West Branch Canal Creek area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Daniel J. Phelan, William B. Fleck, Michelle M. Lorah, Lisa D. Olsen
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4076
Since 1917, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland has been the primary chemical-warfare research and development center for the U.S. Army. Ground-water contamination has been documented in the Canal Creek aquifer because of past disposal of chemical and ordnance manufacturing waste. Comprehensive sampling for volatile organic compounds in ground water by the...
Water quality of springs in the Valley and Ridge Physiographic Province in the upper Tennessee River basin, 1997
Gregory C. Johnson
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4180
In the fall of 1997, 35 springs in the carbonate rocks of the Valley and Ridge Physiographic Province of the upper Tennessee River Basin were sampled for nutrients, fecal-indicator bacteria, pesticides, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. About half of the randomly...
Water quality of the Mississippian carbonate aquifer in parts of middle Tennessee and northern Alabama, 1999
James A. Kingsbury, John M. Shelton
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4083
Water-quality data for nitrate, fecal-indicator bacteria, pesticides, and volatile organic compounds collected in parts of Middle Tennessee and northern Alabama indicate that the Mississippian carbonate aquifer in these areas is susceptible to contamination from point and nonpoint sources. Thirty randomly located wells (predominantly domestic), two springs, and two additional public-supply...
Occurrence of selected volatile organic compounds and soluble pesticides in Texas public water-supply source waters, 1999-2001
Barbara June Mahler, Michael G. Canova, Marcus O. Gary
2002, Fact Sheet 020-02
During 1999–2001, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, collected samples of untreated water from 48 public water-supply reservoirs and 174 public water-supply wells. The samples were analyzed for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and soluble pesticides; in addition, well samples were analyzed for nitrite...
Statistical analysis of stream water-quality data and sampling network design near Oklahoma City, central Oklahoma, 1977-1999
Mark E. Brigham, Gregory A. Payne, William J. Andrews, Marvin M. Abbott
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4111
Water-quality data collected from 1993-99 at five sites on Bluff, Deer, and Chisholm Creeks and from 1988-99 at five sites in the North Canadian River indicated that there were significant differences in constituent values among sites for water properties, major ions, trace elements, nutrients, turbidity, pesticides, and bacteria. Concentrations of...
Trace elements and organic compounds in streambed sediment and fish tissue of coastal New England streams, 1998-99
Ann Chalmers
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4179
Streambed sediment and fish tissue were collected at 14 river sites in eastern New England during low-flow conditions in 1998 and 1999 as part of the New England Coastal Basins (NECB) study of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. Sampling sites were selected over a range of...
Ground-water quality in the central High Plains aquifer, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, 1999
Mark F. Becker, Breton W. Bruce, Larry M. Pope, William J. Andrews
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4112
A network of 74 randomly distributed domestic water-supply wells completed in the central High Plains aquifer was sampled and analyzed from April to August 1999 as part of the High Plains Regional Ground-Water Study conducted by the U. S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program to provide a broad-scale assessment...
Comparison of vapor concentrations of volatile organic compounds with ground-water concentrations of selected contaminants in sediments beneath the Sudbury River, Ashland, Massachusetts, 2000
J.P. Campbell, F. P. Lyford, Richard E. Willey
2002, Open-File Report 2002-143
A mixed plume of contaminants in ground water, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), and metals, near the former Nyanza property in Ashland, Massachusetts, discharges to the Sudbury River upstream and downstream of Mill Pond and a former mill raceway. Polyethylene-membrane vapor-diffusion (PVD) samplers were installed in...
Ground-water monitoring plan, water quality, and variability of agricultural chemicals in the Missouri River alluvial aquifer near the City of Independence, Missouri, well field, 1998-2000
Brian P. Kelly
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4096
A detailed ground-water sampling plan was developed and executed for 64 monitoring wells in the city of Independence well field to characterize ground-water quality in the 10-year zone of contribution. Samples were collected from monitoring wells, combined Independence well field pumpage, and the Missouri River at St. Joseph, Missouri, from...
Ground-water quality beneath an urban residential and commercial area, Montgomery, Alabama, 1999-2000
James L. Robinson
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4052
The Black Warrior River aquifer, which is composed of the Coker, Gordo, and Eutaw Formations, supplies more than 50 percent of the ground water used for public water supply in the Mobile River Basin. The city of Montgomery, Alabama, is partially built upon a recharge area for the Black Warrior...
Hydrogeology and extent of saltwater intrusion on Manhasset Neck, Nassau County, New York
Frederick Stumm, Andrew D. Lange, J.L. Candela
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4193
Manhasset Neck, a peninsula on the northern shore of Long Island, N.Y., is underlain by unconsolidated deposits that form a sequence of aquifers and confning units. Ground water at several public-supply wells has been affected by the intrusion of saltwater from the surrounding embayments (Manhasset Bay, Long Island Sound, Hempstead...
Ground-water-quality data for Albany and surrounding areas, Southwest Georgia, 1951-99
Debbie Warner, Jamie A. Easoz, Sherlyn Priest
2002, Open-File Report 2002-124
This report presents ground-water-quality data from the surficial, Upper Floridan, Claiborne, Clayton, and Upper Cretaceous aquifers in the Albany and surrounding areas of southwest Georgia. Water-quality data from about 186 wells in Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Terrell, and Worth Counties are presented for the period from 1951 through 1999....
Ground-water quality in the West Salt River Valley, Arizona, 1996–98 — Relations to hydrogeology, water use, and land use
Robert J. Edmonds, Dorinda J. Gellenbeck
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4126
The U.S. Geological Survey collected and analyzed ground-water samples in the West Salt River Valley from 64 existing wells selected by a stratified-random procedure. Samples from an areally distributed group of 35 of these wells were used to characterize overall ground-water quality in the basin-fill aquifer. Analytes included the principal...
Natural attenuation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds in ground water at Operable Unit 1, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport, Washington
Richard S. Dinicola, S.E. Cox, J. E. Landmeyer, P. M. Bradley
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4119
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) evaluated the natural attenuation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs) in ground water beneath the former landfill at Operable Unit 1 (OU 1), Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport, Washington. The predominant contaminants in ground water are trichloroethene (TCE) and its degradation byproducts cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cisDCE)...
Distribution of volatile organic compounds in sediments near Sutton Brook Disposal Area, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, May 2001
P. E. Church, F. P. Lyford, Scott Clifford
2002, Open-File Report 2002-138
Ground water at the Sutton Brook Disposal Area, a former municipal landfill in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, located adjacent to Sutton Brook, a tributary of the Shawsheen River, is contaminated by volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Results from the use of passive-vapor-diffusion samplers show vapor concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons as high as 500,000...
Occurrence and distribution of pesticides and volatile organic compounds in ground water and surface water in Central Arizona Basins, 1996-98, and their relation to land use
Dorinda J. Gellenbeck, David W. Anning
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4144
Samples of ground water and surface water from the Sierra Vista subbasin, the Upper Santa Cruz Basin, and the West Salt River Valley were collected and analyzed to determine the occurrence and distribution of pesticides and volatile organic compounds in central Arizona. The study was done during 1996-98 within the...
