Ground water atlas of the United States: Segment 13, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
James A. Miller, R.L. Whitehead, Delwyn S. Oki, Stephen B. Gingerich, Perry G. Olcott
1997, Hydrologic Atlas 730-N
No abstract available....
Ground-water flow and contaminant transport at a radioactive-materials processing site, Wood River Junction, Rhode Island
Barbara J. Ryan, Kenneth L. Kipp
1997, Professional Paper 1571
Liquid wastes from an enriched-uranium cold-scrap recovery plant at Wood River Junction, Rhode Island, were discharged to the environment through evaporation ponds and trenches from 1966 through 1980. Leakage from the ponds and trenches resulted in a plume of contaminated ground water extending northwestward to the Pawcatuck River through a...
Hydrologic budgets of regional aquifer systems of the United States for predevelopment and development conditions
Richard H. Johnston
1997, Professional Paper 1425
Ground-water budgets are presented in this report for 14 regionally extensive aquifer systems; pumpage from 11 of these systems provided from 40 to 50 percent of the ground water withdrawn in the United States during the 1970's and 1980's. The budgets are based on simulation results from computer-based models developed...
Hydrology of the shallow aquifer and uppermost semiconfined aquifer near El Paso, Texas
D. E. White, E. T. Baker Jr., Roger Sperka
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4263
The availability of fresh ground water in El Paso and adjacent areas that is needed to meet increased demand for water supply concerns local, State, and Federal agencies. The Hueco bolson is the principal aquifer in the El Paso area. Starting in the early 1900s and continuing to the 1950s,...
Hydrologic and water-quality data related to the occurrence of arsenic for areas along the Madison and Upper Missouri Rivers, southwestern and west-central Montana
L.K. Tuck, D.M. Dutton, D. A. Nimick
1997, Open-File Report 97-203
Geothermal waters in Yellowstone National Park contribute large quantities of arsenic to the headwaters of the Madison River. Water in some Quaternary and Tertiary valley-fill deposits along the Madison and upper Missouri Rivers also is locally enriched in arsenic. Arsenic in surface and ground water in these...
Sub-crop geologic map of pre-Tertiary rocks in the Yucca Flat and northern Frenchman Flat areas, Nevada Test Site, southern Nevada
J. C. Cole, Anita G. Harris, Ronald R. Wahl
1997, Open-File Report 97-678
This map displays interpreted structural and stratigraphic relations among the Paleozoic and older rocks of the Nevada Test Site region beneath the Miocene volcanic rocks and younger alluvium in the Yucca Flat and northern Frenchman Flat basins. These interpretations are based on a comprehensive examination and review of data for...
Guide to the revised heat and solute transport simulator; HST3D, Version 2
K.L. Kipp Jr.
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4157
No abstract available....
Documentation of R-UNSAT, a computer model for the simulation of reactive, multispecies transport in the unsaturated zone
Matthew A. Lahvis, Arthur L. Baehr
1997, Open-File Report 97-630
No abstract available....
Hydrologic, sedimentologic, and chemical data describing surficial bed sediments in the navigation pools of the upper Mississippi River, after the flood of 1993
John A. Moody, editor(s)
1997, Open-File Report 96-580
Hydrologic, sedimentologic, and chemical data describing surficial bed sediments and water in the navigation pools of the Upper Mississippi River, July 1991-April 1992
John A. Moody, editor(s)
1997, Open-File Report 95-708
Urbanization and recharge in the vicinity of East Meadow Brook, Nassau County, New York: Part 2 — Effect of urban runoff on the hydrology of the headwaters of East Meadow Brook, 1989-90
Frederick Stumm, Henry F. H. Ku
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4063
No abstract available....
Model-estimated ground-water recharge and hydrograph of ground-water discharge to a stream
A. T. Rutledge
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4253
The computer model PULSE, described in this report, can be used to construct a hydrograph of ground-water discharge to a stream. The model is applicable to a ground-water flow system that is driven by areally uniform recharge to the water table, and in which ground water discharges to a gaining...
Environmental setting and implications for water quality in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages
C.A. Peters, editor(s)
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4196
In 1991, the U.S. Geological Survey began to implement its National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. The Western Lake Michigan Drainages was one of 20 study units selected for investigation to begin in 1991. The study-unit investigation will include an assessment of surface- and ground-water quality. The quality of water in...
Integrity of production wells and confining unit at the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Dallas, Texas, 1995
Sonya A. Jones, Frederick L. Paillet
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4047
Ground water in the shallow alluvial aquifer is contaminated at the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Dallas, Texas. Five production wells at the site are cased through the alluvial aquifer and underlying units and are screened in either the Paluxy or Twin Mountains aquifers. Three abandoned wells, originally completed in...
Hydrology and water quality of the Beaver Dam Wash area, Washington County, Utah, Lincoln County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona
W. F. Holmes, G. E. Pyper, J. S. Gates, D. H. Schaefer, K.M. Waddell
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4193
PHREEQCI: A graphical user interface for the geochemical computer program PHREEQC
Scott R. Charlton, Clifford L. Macklin, David L. Parkhurst
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4222
PhreeqcI is a Windows-based graphical user interface for the geochemical computer program PHREEQC. PhreeqcI provides the capability to generate and edit input data files, run simulations, and view text files containing simulation results, all within the framework of a single interface. PHREEQC is a multipurpose geochemical program that can perform...
Agricultural chemicals in Iowa's ground water, 1982-95: What are the trends?
Dana W. Koplin, George Hallberg, D. A. Sneck-Fahrer, Robert Libra
1997, Fact Sheet 116-97
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Geological Survey Bureau: the University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory; and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have been working together to address this question. As part of the Iowa Ground-Water Monitoring Program (IGWM). water samples have been collected from selected Iowa municipal wells since 1982....
Are walleye from Lake Roosevelt contaminated with mercury?
Martha L. Erwin, Mark D. Munn
1997, Fact Sheet 102-97
To find out, scientists from the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) tested walleye and other sport fish from the upper Columbia River and Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Lake Roosevelt), the largest reservoir in Washington and a popular fishing spot.Findings:Walleye had higher concentrations of mercury than other sport fish.Larger walleye had...
Water resources of Bannock Creek basin, southeastern Idaho
Joseph M. Spinazola, B.D. Higgs
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4231
The potential for development of water resources in the Bannock Creek Basin is limited by water supply. Bannock Creek Basin covers 475 square miles in southeastern Idaho. Shoshone-Bannock tribal lands on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation occupy the northern part of the basin; the remainder of the basin is privately...
Hydrogeology and water quality of the Shell Valley Aquifer, Rolette County, North Dakota
M.L. Strobel
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4291
The Shell Valley aquifer is the sole source of water for the city of Belcourt and the primary source of water for most of the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians is concerned about the quantity and quality of water in the Shell Valley aquifer,...
Estimation of peak-discharge frequency of urban streams in Jefferson County, Kentucky
Gary R. Martin, Kevin J. Ruhl, Brian L. Moore, Martin F. Rose
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4219
An investigation of flood-hydrograph characteristics for streams in urban Jefferson County, Kentucky, was made to obtain hydrologic information needed for waterresources management. Equations for estimating peak-discharge frequencies for ungaged streams in the county were developed by combining (1) long-term annual peakdischarge data and rainfall-runoff data collected from 1991 to 1995...
Hydrologic and water-quality data for the Southwest Irrigation District's High Plains States Groundwater Recharge Demonstration Project, south-central Idaho
H.W. Young
1997, Open-File Report 97-820
Effects of the 1993 flood on water levels and water quality in the Sheyenne Delta Aquifer, southeastern North Dakota, 1993-94
M.L. Strobel, S.A. Radig
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4163
A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of precipitation and flooding on water levels in the Sheyenne Delta aquifer and to evaluate the variations in water quality that are related to the precipitation and flooding. Water-level, streamflow, and water-quality data collected before July 1993 were assumed to be representative...
Natural attenuation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds in a freshwater tidal wetland, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Michelle M. Lorah, Lisa D. Olsen, Barrett L. Smith, Mark A. Johnson, William B. Fleck
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4171
Ground-water contaminant plumes that are flowing toward or currently discharging to wetland areas present unique remediation problems because of the hydrologic connections between ground water and surface water and the sensitive habitats in wetlands. Because wetlands typically have a large diversity of microorganisms and redox conditions that could enhance biodegradation,...
Glacier ice-volume modeling and glacier volumes on Redoubt Volcano, Alaska
Dennis C. Trabant, Daniel B. Hawkins
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4187
Assessment of ice volumes and hydrologic hazards on Redoubt Volcano began four months before the 1989-90 eruptions removed 0.29 cubic kilometer of perennial snow and ice from Drift glacier. A volume model was developed for evaluating glacier volumes on Redoubt Volcano. The volume model is based on third-order polynomial simulations...
