Significance of water quality to fish propagation, waterfowl habitat, livestock watering, and recreation use for 24 lakes and reservoirs in Valley and Phillips Counties, Montana
R. F. Ferreira
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4008
Twenty-four reservoirs were sampled for water quality to determine their suitability for fish propagation, waterfowl habitat, livestock watering, and recreation. Reservoir-surface areas ranged from 0.2 to 146 hectares and depths ranged from 0.01 to 6.0 meters. Of the reservoirs studied, six generally had water quality that would not be detrimental...
Municipal solid-waste disposal and ground-water quality in a coastal environment, west-central Florida
Mario Fernandez Jr.
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4072
Solid waste is defined along with various methods of disposal and the hydrogeologic factors to be considered when locating land-fills is presented. Types of solid waste, composition, and sources are identified. Generation of municipal solid waste in Florida has been estimated at 4.5 pounds per day per person or about...
Hydrogeology of a landfill, Pinellas County, Florida
Mario Fernandez Jr.
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-30
The Pinellas County landfill site is on a flat, coastal area characterized by a high water table is subject to tidal flooding. Altitudes within the study area range from 8 to 12 feet above sea level. Three geohydrologic units underlie the landfill site: a surficial aquifer about 19 feet thick...
Evaluation of the response of the Big Sioux aquifer to extreme drought conditions in Minnehaha County, South Dakota
N.C. Koch
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4234
Artificial recharge in the northern part of Chino ground-water basin, upper Santa Ana Valley, California
J. H. Koehler
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4122
This study was made to help management design and implement a recharge-recapture system for State Water Project water in Chino Basin. Nine test holes were drilled in the study area. Analyses of data from these test holes and drillers ' logs of water wells indicate the presence of clay deposits....
A two-dimensional, finite-difference model of the high plains aquifer in southern South Dakota
K.E. Kolm, H. L. Case III
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4175
The High Plains aquifer is the principal source of water for irrigation, industry, municipalities, and domestic use in south-central South Dakota. The aquifer, composed of upper sandstone units of the Arikaree Formation, and the overlying Ogallala and Sand Hills Formations, was simulated using a two-dimensional, finite-difference computer model. The maximum...
Geology and ground-water resources of Camden County, New Jersey
G.M. Farlekas, Bronius Nemickas, H.E. Gill
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4029
Investigation of Waikele well no. 2401-01, Oahu, Hawaii: Pumping test, well logs and water quality
P. R. Eyre
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4089
Field tests indicate that an abandoned well (No. 2401-01) near the confluence of Waikele and Kipapa Streams, Oahu, Hawaii, can be reactivated to produce potable water at a rate of 400-500 gallons per minute. Previous tests in 1946 and 1954 indicated that the well tapped the brackish transition zone which...
The effects of pumpage, irrigation return, and regional ground-water flow on the water quality at Waiawa water tunnel, Oahu, Hawaii
P. R. Eyre
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4097
Waiawa shaft is a 1,700-foot long water tunnel which draws water from the top of the Pearl Harbor Ghyben-Herzberg ground-water lens, Oahu, Hawaii. The application of brackish irrigation water to sugarcane fields overlying Waiawa shaft, combined with relatively low pumping rates at the shaft from 1978 to 1980, caused the...
Base flow and ground water in upper Sweetwater Valley, Tennessee
R. D. Evaldi, J.G. Lewis
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4068
Base flow measurements showed interbasin transfer of water among sub-basins of upper Sweetwater Valley. In general, topographically higher sub-basins have deficient surface outflow unless significant spring flow occurs in the basin. Topographically lower areas adjacent to the main channel of Sweetwater Creek generally have surplus flow. Major flow surpluses were...
Geologic reconnaissance of an extensive clay unit in north-central Suffolk County, Long Island, New York
R.K. Krulikas, E. J. Koszalka
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4075
Recent geologic data indicate an extensive lacustrine clay unit within the glacial deposits in the area between the Harbor Hill and Ronkonkoma moraines in north-central Suffolk County, New York. The unit, locally known as the ' Smithtown clay unit ' (informal usage), is an integral part of the glacial aquifer...
Storm runoff as related to urbanization based on data collected in Salem and Portland, and generalized for the Willamette Valley, Oregon
Antonius Laenen
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4143
Storm runoff as related to urbanization is defined by a series of regression equations for Salem and for the Willamette Valley, Oregon. In addition to data from 17 basins monitored in the Salem area, data from 24 basins gaged in a previous study in Portland, Oregon - Vancouver, Washington were...
Statistical analysis and evaluation of water-quality data for selected streams in the coal area of east-central Montana
J. H. Lambing
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4224
To document and evaluate existing conditions of water quality prior to proposed coal development in east-central Montana, water-quality data were collected at 23 sites on selected streams from October 1975 through September 1981. The data were statistically summarized and regression equations were developed to define relationships between water-quality variables. Where...
Effects on water quality of coal mining in the basin of the North Fork Kentucky River, eastern Kentucky
Kenneth L. Dyer
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-215
A study of the effects on water quality of coal mining in the basin of the North Fork Kentucky River shows increases in the mean annual total dissolved solids concentrations from about 8 to 50 milligrams per liter. It shows that the Hazard Number 9 coal seam produces the largest...
Automatic dilution gaging of rapidly varying flow
M.D. Duerk
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4088
It is often difficult to obtain discharge ratings at urban gaging stations. This report presents the results of using an automated constant-rate dyedilution technique to measure discharge at two sites in Madison, Wisconsin. The sites selected have well-defined stage-discharge ratings, developed during previous hydrologic studies. One site has a 60-inch...
Potential effects of surface coal mining on the hydrology of the Bloomfield coal tract, Dawson County, eastern Montana
M. R. Cannon
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4229
The Bloomfield coal tract in Dawson County, Montana, contains about 420 million tons of recoverable coal reserves within the Pust coal bed. About 136 million tons of coal within the tract is Federally owned, of which 98 million tons has been identified for potential lease sale. A hydrologic study has...
Use of rainfall-simulator data in precipitation-runoff modeling studies
G.C. Lusby, R.W. Lichty
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4159
Results of a study using a rainfall simulator to define infiltration parameters for use in watershed modeling are presented. A total of 23 rainfall-simulation runs were made on five small plots representing four representative soil-vegetation types of the study watershed in eastern Colorado. Data for three observed rainfall-runoff events were...
A Flood model for the Tug Fork basin, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia
W.H. Doyle, P.B. Curwick, K.M. Flynn
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4014
A guide to the larvae of the Nearctic Diamesinae (Diptera; Chironomidae), the genera Boreoheptagyia, Protanypus, Diamesa, and Pseudokiefferiella
J.S. Doughman
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4006
The subfamily Diamesinae consists of the monogeneric tribes Boreoheptagnini and Parotanypini and the diverse tribe Diamesini with seven genera. These midges are prevalent in clean, cool arctic-alpine waters, but less abundant in the lowlands. Keys and descriptions herein to the known species of these nine genera may prove valuable in...
Geology of the "20-foot" clay and Gardiners clay in southern Nassau and southwestern Suffolk counties, Long Island, New York
T.P. Doriski, Franceska Wilde-Katz
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4056
Data from 1978-79 drilling was compiled with information from previous reports and historical records to prepare surface contour and isopach maps of the ' 20-foot ' clay and Gardiners Clay in southern Nassau and southwestern Suffolk Counties. These units are major confining layers in the upper part of the groundwater...
Source, use, and disposition of water in Florida, 1980
S.D. Leach
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4090
An average of 21,206 million gallons of water was withdrawn for use in Florida each day for the combined use for public supplies , rural domestic and livestock, industrial self-supplied, irrigation, and thermoelectric power generation. This amount, broken down into 7,309 millions gallons per day of freshwater and 13,897 million...
General hydrology and external sources of nutrients affecting Pine Lake, King County, Washington
N. P. Dion, S. S. Sumioka, T. C. Winter
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4057
An adjusted water budget prepared for Pine Lake, a candidate for lake-quality restoration, indicates that of approximately 790 acre-feet of water that enters the lake in a typical year, 410 acre-feet is from precipitation, 350 acre-feet is from surface inflow, and 30 acre-feet is from ground-water seepage. A nearly equal...
A summary of ground-water pumpage in the Central Valley, California, 1961-77
Jonathan Diamond, A. K. Williamson
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4037
In the Central Valley of California, a great agricultural economy has been developed in a semiarid environment. This economy is supported by imported surface water and 9 to 15 million acre-feet per year of ground water. Estimates of ground-water pumpage computed from power consumption have been compiled and summarized. Under...
Potential effects of surface coal mining on the hydrology of the Greenleaf-Miller area, Ashland coal field, southeastern Montana
G. W. Levings
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4101
The Greenleaf-Miller area of the Ashland coal field contains reserves of Federal coal that have been identified for potential lease sale. A hydrologic study was conducted in the potential lease area in 1981 to describe the existing hydrologic system and to assess potential impacts of surface coal mining on local...
Hydrogeology and simulation of water flow in the Kootenai aquifer of the Judith basin, central Montana
Julianne F. Levings
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4146
Five Jurassic and Cretaceous formations in the Judith basin of central Montana were investigated with a three-dimensional model to improve the understanding of water flow in the Kootenai aquifer. To accomplish this objective, of water flow in the aquifers and two intervening confining layers was constructed from existing data. A...
