Ground-water reconnaissance of American Samoa
Daniel Arthur Davis
1963, Water Supply Paper 1608-C
The principal islands of American Samoa are Tutuila, Aunuu, Ofu, Olosega, and Ta'u, which have a total area of about 72 square miles and a population of about 20,000. The mean annual rainfall is 150 to 200 inches. The islands are volcanic in origin and are composed of lava flows,...
Ground-water levels in the United States, 1956-60, southwestern states
O. M. Hackett
1963, Water Supply Paper 1770
Water-supply characteristics of streams in the Delaware River Basin and in southern New Jersey
C.H. Hardison, R.O.R. Martin
1963, Water Supply Paper 1669-N
Geology and ground-water resources of Hays County, Texas
Kenneth James DeCook
1963, Water Supply Paper 1612
The Edwards limestone of Early Cretaceous age is the chief aquifer for San Marcos Springs and about 160 other springs and wells in Hays County, along the Balcones fault zone in South-central Texas. Hays County is underlain by a basement of Paleozoic rocks; and in the southeastern part of the county...
Ground-water contamination and legal controls in Michigan
Morris Deutsch
1963, Water Supply Paper 1691
The great importance of the fresh ground-water resources of Michigan is evident because 90 percent of the rural and about 70 percent of the total population of the State exclusive of the Detroit metropolitan area are supplied from underground sources. The water-supply and public-health problems that have been caused by...
Ground water for irrigation in part of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho
Sam W. West, Chabot Kilburn
1963, Water Supply Paper 1576-D
No abstract available....
Determination of beta activity in water
F. B. Barker, B.P. Robinson
1963, Water Supply Paper 1696-A
Many elements have one or more naturally radioactive isotopes, and several hundred other radionuclides have been produced artificially. Radioactive substances may be present in natural water as a result of geochemical processes or the release of radioactive waste and other nuclear debris to the environment. The Geological Survey has developed...
Water requirements of the styrene, butadiene and synthetic-rubber industries
Charles N. Durfor
1963, Water Supply Paper 1330-F
About 710 million gallons of makeup water is withdrawn daily by the styrene, butadiene, styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), and specialty-rubber industries; 88 percent of this water is used only for once-through cooling. About 429 million gallons of water daily (mgd) is withdrawn by the butadiene industry; 158 ragd is withdrawn by...
Analysis and evaluation of available hydrologic data for San Simon Basin, Cochise and Graham Counties, Arizona
Natalie D. White
1963, Water Supply Paper 1619-DD
Chemical quality of surface waters in Pennsylvania
Charles N. Durfor, Peter W. Anderson
1963, Water Supply Paper 1619-W
Pennsylvania has an abundant supply of surface water of good quality. The average rainfall over the 45,300 square miles in the State is about 42 inches per year. Of this amount, about 50 percent appears in the streams as runoff. The combined mean annual runoff of the Delaware, Ohio, and...
Reconnaissance of ground-water resources in the Mississippian Plateau region, Kentucky
R. F. Brown, T. W. Lambert
1963, Water Supply Paper 1603
Geologic and hydrologic features of the San Bernardino area, California; with special reference to underflow across the San Jacinto fault
L.C. Dutcher, Arthur A. Garrett
1963, Water Supply Paper 1419
This is the second in a series of interpretive reports on subsurface outflow from the ground-water basins of San Bernardino County, Calif., prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the San Bernardino County Flood Control District. One principal purpose of the study was to estimate the ground-water outflow...
Geology and hydrology of Agua Caliente Spring, Palm Springs, California
L.C. Dutcher, J. S. Bader
1963, Water Supply Paper 1605
No abstract available....
Ground water in the Raft River Basin, Idaho, with special reference to irrigation use, 1956-60
Maurice John Mundorff, H.G. Sisco
1963, Water Supply Paper 1619-CC
In the Raft River basin in south-central Idaho, ground-water withdrawals for irrigation have more than doubled since 1955, when data were compiled for a comprehensive report on the area. The present report summerizes data on the ground-water use and changes in the water regimen during the intervening 5 years. Water...
Studies of artificial recharge in the Grand Prairie region, Arkansas; environment and history
Kyle Engler, F. H. Bayley, Richard T. Sniegocki
1963, Water Supply Paper 1615-A
No abstract available....
Geology and ground-water features of Point Arguello Naval Missile Facility, Santa Barbara County, California
R. E. Evenson, G.A. Miller
1963, Water Supply Paper 1619-F
Reconnaissance of Headwater Springs in the Gila River Drainage Basin, Arizona
John Henry Frederick Feth, John David Hem
1963, Water Supply Paper 1619-H
Ground-water resources and geology of the Lyman-Mountain View area, Uinta County, Wyoming
Charles Joseph Robinove, T. Ray Cummings
1963, Water Supply Paper 1669-E
No abstract available....
Geology and ground-water conditions in the southern part of the Camp Ripley Military Reservation, Morrison County, Minnesota
J.R. Jones, P.D. Akin, Robert Schneider
1963, Water Supply Paper 1669-A
The southern part of the Camp Ripley Military Reservation, in central Minnesota, includes an area of about 20 square miles. This investigation was conducted to assist the U.S. National Guard Bureau in locating adequate water supplies for expansion and standby needs. Bedrock in the area consists of Precambrian phyllite which is...
Hydrologic and geologic reconnaissance of Pinto Basin, Joshua Tree National Monument, Riverside County, California
Fred Kunkel
1963, Water Supply Paper 1475-O
Pinto basin, in the north-central part of Riverside County, Calif., is a typical desert valley formed by downfaulting along several major fault zones. The valley is filled with alluvium, and ground water in the alluvium discharges as subsurface outflow through an alluvium-filled gap at the east end of the valley....
Ground water in the Pullman area, Whitman County, Washington
B. L. Foxworthy, R.L. Washburn
1963, Water Supply Paper 1655
This report presents the results of an investigation of the ground-water resources of the Pullman area, Whitman County, Wash. The investigation war made in cooperation with the State of Washington, Department of Conservation, Division of Water Resources, to determine whether the 1959 rate of ground-water withdrawal exceeded the perennial yield...
Compilation of records of surface waters of the United States, October 1950 to September 1960: Part 10. The Great Basin
E. L. Hendricks, Walter Hofmann, K. N. Phillips, W. I. Travis, M. T. Wilson, E. E. Harris, W.N. Jibson
1963, Water Supply Paper 1734
No abstract available....
Geology and ground-water resources of Montgomery County, Alabama
Doyle Blewer Knowles, H. L. Reade, J. C. Scott
1963, Water Supply Paper 1606
Montgomery County includes an area of 790 square miles in east-central Alabama. The economy of Montgomery County is related primarily to the growing and processing of agricultural products.The county is in the northern part of the Coastal Plain. It consists of parts of four divisions of the Coastal Plain: the...
Salt-water encroachment, geology, and ground-water resources of Savannah area, Georgia and South Carolina
H. B. Counts, Ellis Donsky
1963, Water Supply Paper 1611
The Savannah area consists of about 2,300 square miles of the Coastal Plain along the coast of eastern Georgia and southeastern South Carolina. Savannah is near the center of the area. Most of the large ground-water developments are in or near Savannah. About 98 percent of the approximately 60 mgd...
Geology and ground-water resources of Winkler County, Texas
Sergio Garza, John B. Wesselman
1963, Water Supply Paper 1582
Winkler County, in west Texas, is adjacent to the southeast corner of New Mexico. Most of the county lies in the Pecos Valley; the remainder, in the northeastern part of the county, is part of the Llano Estacado, or the High Plains. Its principal industries are those related to the...
