Ground Water Atlas of the United States: Segment 11, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Henry Trapp Jr., Marilee A. Horn
1997, Hydrologic Atlas 730-L
Segment 11 consists of the States of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, West Virginia, and the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia. All but West Virginia border on the Atlantic Ocean or tidewater. Pennsylvania also borders on Lake Erie. Small parts of northwestern and north-central Pennsylvania drain to Lake Erie...
Water resources data, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, water year 1996
R.S. Socolow, D. Murino Jr., R.G. Casey, L.R. Ramsbey
1997, Water Data Report MA-RI-96-1
Water resources data for the 1996 water year for Massachusetts and Rhode Island consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; contents of lakes and reservoirs; and ground-water levels. This report contains discharge records for 88 gaging stations, month end contents of 4 lakes and reservoirs, water...
Assessment of saltwater intrusion in southern coastal Broward County, Florida
M. L. Merritt
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4221
Of the counties in southeastern Florida, Broward County has experienced some of the most severe effects of saltwater intrusion into the surficial Biscayne aquifer because, before 1950, most public water-supply well fields in the county were constructed near the principal early population centers located less than 5 miles from the...
Hydrology and simulation of ground-water flow in Juab Valley, Juab County, Utah.
Susan A. Thiros, Bernard J. Stolp, Heidi K. Hadley, Judy I. Steiger
1996, Technical Publication 114
Plans to import water to Juab Valley, Utah, primarily for irrigation, are part of the Central Utah Project. A better understanding of the hydrology of the valley is needed to help manage the water resources and to develop conjunctive-use plans.The saturated unconsolidated basin-fill deposits form the ground-water system in Juab...
Choosing optimum station configurations for summarizing water quality characteristics, in 1994 Annual Report, San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances: San Francisco Estuary Institute
James E. Cloern, Brian E. Cole, J.M. Caffrey, A.D. Jassby
1996, Report, 1994 Annual Report: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances
One of the central problems in regional monitoring is choosing a station array that accurately reflects the distribution of values for the entire region of interest. For time-consuming or expensive measurements, an additional goal is to make the number of sampling locations and times as small as possible. These problems...
The developing framework of marine ecotoxicology: Pollutants as a variable in marine ecosystems?
Samuel N. Luoma
1996, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (200) 29-55
Marine ecosystems include a subset in which at least some interrelated geochemical, biochemical, physiological, population and community characteristics are changed by pollutants. Moderate contamination is relatively widespread in coastal and estuarine ecosystems, so the subset of ecosystems with at least some processes affected could be relatively large. Pollutant influences have...
The application of an analytic element model to investigate groundwater-lake interactions at Pretty Lake, Wisconsin
Randall J. Hunt, James T. Krohelski
1996, Lake and Reservoir Management (12) 487-495
Pretty Lake is a 64 acre, sandy-bottomed groundwater flow-through lake that has a history of hydrologic disturbance. Residents and regulators require a better understanding of lake-groundwater interaction to develop measures to protect the lake's hydrologic system and water quality. A groundwater flow model was constructed as a tool to synthesize...
Pesticides in the atmosphere: distribution, trends, and governing factors
Michael S. Majewski, Paul D. Capel
1996, Book, Pesticides in the Hydrologic System
Most people know about the presence and health effects of pesticide residues in the water they drink. However, they may not realize the impact of atmospheric transportation and deposition of pesticides on water quality. Scientific studies of pesticides in various atmospheric matrices (air, rain, snow, aerosols, and fog) provide some...
Seepage measurements from Long Lake, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
S.A. Isiorho, F.M. Beeching, P.M. Stewart, R.L. Whitman
1996, Environmental Geology (28) 99-105
Long Lake, located near Lake Michigan within the dune-complexes of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, USA, was formed some time during the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. A surficial aquifer underlies Long Lake, which is either a source or sink for the later. The hydrologic processes in the lakeshore and surrounding environs...
Processes of wetland loss in India
A. Lee Foote, Sanjeeva Pandey, N. Krogman
1996, Environmental Conservation (23) 45-54
Wetlands in India supply crucial human and animal needs such as drinking water, protein production, fodder, water purification, wildlife habitat, and flood storage. Increased appreciation of uses and threats is essential to protect wetlands where justified. Three quarters of India's population is rural, it places great demands on India's wetlands...
South Florida Ecosystem Program web site
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1996, Fact Sheet 155-96
Introduction The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program is an intergovernmental effort, involving a number of agencies, to reestablish and maintain the ecosystem of south Florida. One element of the restoration effort is the development of a firm scientific basis for resource decision making. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), one of...
South Florida Ecosystem Program database development
J.A. Stapleton, Roy Sonenshein, Bob Halley
1996, Fact Sheet 174-96
Purpose The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program is an intergovernmental effort to reestablish and maintain the ecosystem of south Florida. One element of the restoration effort is the development of a firm scientific basis for resource decision making. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is one of the agencies that provides...
Sampling design for assessing water quality of the Red River of the North basin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, 1993-1995
D. L. Lorenz, J.D. Stoner
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4129
This map report describes the sampling design for a comprehensive regional assessment of water quality in the Red River of the North Basin, a study unit under the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality Assessment Program. The sampling design was developed to address questions about the presence, distribution, and loads of...
Occurrence of selected contaminants in water, fish tissue, and streambed sediments in central Nebraska, 1992-95
Steven A. Frenzel
1996, Open-File Report 96-223
Surface and ground water in Nebraska may contain contaminants resulting from human activities. For purposes of this publication, a contaminant is any element or compound whose presence may affect the water's suitability for certain uses. For example, herbicide concentrations may exceeed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) Health Advisory Levels...
Digital geologic map of Lawton quadrangle, southwestern Oklahoma
Joel R. Cederstrand
1996, Open-File Report 96-376
This data set consists of digital data and accompanying documentation for the surficial geology of the 1:250,000-scale Lawton quadrangle, Oklahoma. The original data are from the Geologic Map, sheet 1 of 4, included in the Oklahoma Geological Survey publication, 'Reconnaissance of the water resources of the Lawton quadrangle, southwestern Oklahoma',...
South Florida High-accuracy elevation data collection project
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1996, Fact Sheet 162-96
BackgroundThe major issues facing ecosystem restoration and management in south Florida are centered on the availability and distribution of clean, fresh water. Surface water flow modeling studies are an important aspect of the scientific information needs of the ecosystem restoration initiative. Hydrologic models provide much needed predictive capabilities for evaluating...
Water flows and nutrient loads to the southwest coast of Florida—A study
Victor A. Levesque
1996, Fact Sheet 179-96
BackgroundThe embayments and estuaries of Florida's southwest coast are an integral part of the south Florida ecosystem. Nutrients and other constituents are transported to these coastal waters by surface water and ground-water flow from the Everglades National Park (ENP) and the Big Cypress Preserve and by longshore and offshore tidal...
January 1996 floods deliver large loads of nutrients and sediment to the Chesapeake Bay
Linda D. Zynjuk, Brenda Feit Majedi
1996, Fact Sheet 140-96
The Blizzard of 1996 struck the Mid-Atlantic region in January, depositing a record amount of snowfall. Within two weeks of the paralyzing blizzard, warm and extremely humid air entered the region, followed by a major rainstorm. The combination of warm, humid air and heavy rainfall melted the snow at an unprecedented rate....
U. S. Geological Survey programs in Michigan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1996, Fact Sheet 022-96
For more than 100 years, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has provided earth-science information on which managers, scientists, and other interested citizens base decisions regarding Michigan’s natural resources and natural hazards. The non-regulatory and scientific nature of the USGS work ensures that our products are technically sound, unbiased, and...
Phytoplankton bloom dynamics in coastal ecosystems: A review with some general lessons from sustained investigation of San Francisco Bay, California
James E. Cloern
1996, Reviews of Geophysics (34) 127-168
Phytoplankton blooms are prominent features of biological variability in shallow coastal ecosystems such as estuaries, lagoons, bays, and tidal rivers. Long-term observation and research in San Francisco Bay illustrates some patterns of phytoplankton spatial and temporal variability and the underlying mechanisms of this variability. Blooms are events of rapid production...
A watershed-scale approach to tracing metal contamination in the environment
Stanley E Church
1996, Conference Paper
IntroductionPublic policy during the 1800's encouraged mining in the western United States. Mining on Federal lands played an important role in the growing economy creating national wealth from our abundant and diverse mineral resource base. The common industrial practice from the early days of mining through about 1970 in the...
Water-surface profile and flood boundaries for the computed 100-year flood, Big Muddy Creek, Fort Peck Indian Reservation and adjacent area, Montana
R. J. Omang
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4291
Hydrologic and hydraulic evaluations of Big Muddy Creek were made to determine the magnitude of the 100-year flood and the extent of flooding that would occur as the result of this flood. The magnitude of the 100-year flood was determined to range from 13,600 to 20,400 ft3/s, depending on location....
Progress report on daily flow-routing simulation for the Carson River, California and Nevada
G. W. Hess
1996, Open-File Report 96-211
A physically based flow-routing model using Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN (HSPF) was constructed for modeling streamflow in the Carson River at daily time intervals as part of the Truckee-Carson Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Daily streamflow data for water years 1978-92 for the mainstem river, tributaries, and irrigation ditches...
Carbonate deposition, Pyramid Lake subbasin, Nevada: 3. The use of 87Sr values in carbonate deposits (tufas) to determine the hydrologic state of paleolake systems
L. Benson, Z. Peterman
1996, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (119) 201-213
Sierran rivers that discharge to the Lahontan basin have much lower (∼4.5‰) δ87Sr values than the Humboldt River which drains northeastern Nevada. The δ87Sr values of tufas deposited during the last lake cycle were used to determine when Humboldt derived Sr entered the Pyramid Lake subbasin. Prior to ∼15,000 yr B.P., the...
Selected ground-water data for Yucca Mountain region, southern Nevada and eastern California, through December 1994
C.L. Westenburg, R.J. La Camera
1996, Open-File Report 96-205
The U.S. Geological Survey, in support of the U.S. Department of Energy, Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project, collects, compiles, and summarizes hydrologic data in the Yucca Mountain region. The data are collected to allow assessments of ground-water resources during studies to determine the potential suitability of Yucca Mountain for storing...
