Water for a rapidly growing urban community — Oakland County, Michigan
F. R. Twenter, R. L. Knutilla
1972, Water Supply Paper 2000
Oakland County, an area of 899 square miles, is in southeastern Michigan. The southern part of the county is overlapped by the suburbs of the city of Detroit. In 1970, about 850,000 people were living in the county and using about 100 million gallons of water a day. More than...
Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the Duwamish River Estuary, King County, Washington, 1963-67
John F. Santos, J.D. Stoner
1972, Water Supply Paper 1873-C
This report describes the significant results to 1967 of a comprehensive study that began in 1963 to evaluate what changes take place in an estuary as the loads .of raw and partially treated industrial and municipal wastes are replaced by effluent from a secondary treatment plant. The study area is...
Electric analog studies of flow to wells in the Punjab aquifer of West Pakistan
Maurice John Mundorff, G.D. Bennett, Masood Ahmad
1972, Water Supply Paper 1608-N
A series of experiments was performed with a steady-state electric analog simulating a cylindrical segment of the aquifer underlying the plains of the Punjab region of West Pakistan. In most of the experiments recharge was assumed to be from the surface, within a specified radius of influence, and distributed uniformly...
Definitions of selected ground-water terms, revisions and conceptual refinements
Stanley William Lohman
1972, Water Supply Paper 1988
For many years there has been a need for redefinition or more precise definition of certain ground-water terms used in publications by members of the U.S . Geological Survey. Another problem has been the expression of the coefficient of permeability (herein redefined as hydraulic conductivity) and the coefficient of transmissibility...
Glossary of selected terms useful in studies of the mechanics of aquifer systems and land subsidence due to fluid withdrawal
J. F. Poland, B. E. Lofgren, Francis S. Riley
1972, Water Supply Paper 2025
Floods of August 1967 in east-central Alaska
Joseph M. Childers, James P. Meckel, Gary S. Anderson
1972, Water Supply Paper 1880-A
East-central Alaska had record floods near Fairbanks following extensive rains of August 8-20, 1967. Precipitation during this period totaled as much as 10 inches, which is close to the average annual precipitation for this area. The most extensive flooding occurred in the White Mountains northeast of Fairbanks and along the...
Factors contributing to unusually low runoff during the period 1962-68 in the Concho River Basin, Texas
Stanley P. Sauer
1972, Water Supply Paper 1999-L
To determine the reasons for the unusually low runoff in the Concho River basin during the period 1962-68, the physical developments and climatic changes in the basin were identified and related to changes in the regimen of streamflow. Land use, brush infestation, and land-treatment practices have not caused significant changes in...
Hydrologic interpretations based on infrared imagery of Long Island, New York
Edward J. Pluhowski
1972, Water Supply Paper 2009-B
Six remote-sensing flights over Long Island's north and south shores were made during the period July 13, 1967, to February 25, 1970. Infrared imagery in the 8- to 14-micrometer range was obtained; results varied from poor to excellent in quality. The ability of the RS 7 and Reconofax IV imagers...
Evaluation of yields of wells in consolidated rocks, Virginia to Maine
Dagfin John Cederstrom
1972, Water Supply Paper 2021
In the North Atlantic region, Virginia to Maine, yields of industrial and municipal wells are the most reliable indicators of the water-yielding potential of consolidated rocks. Generally, such wells represent efforts to develop a maximum supply of water, they are 350 to 500 feet deep, and they utilize 60 to...
Quality of the ground water in basalt of the Columbia River group, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
Reuben Clair Newcomb
1972, Water Supply Paper 1999-N
The ground water within the 50,000-square-mile area of the layered basalt of the Columbia River Group is a generally uniform bicarbonate water having calcium and sodium in nearly equal amounts as the principal cations. water contains a relatively large amount of silica. The 525 chemical analyses indicate that the prevalent...
Chemical quality of water in the Walnut River basin, south-central Kansas
Robert B. Leonard
1972, Water Supply Paper 1982
Improper disposal of oil-field brine and other wastes has adversely affected the naturally diverse chemical quality of much of the water in the Walnut River basin, south-central Kansas. The basin is an area of about 2,000 square miles in the shape of a rough triangle with its apex toward the...
Origin of mineralized water in Precambrian rocks of the Upper Paraiba Basin, Paraiba, Brazil
Stuart L. Schoff
1972, Water Supply Paper 1663-H
Surface water supply of the United States, 1966-70, Part 6, Missouri River basin, v. 4, Missouri River basin below Nebraska City, Nebraska
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1972, Water Supply Paper 2119
Subsurface geology of the late Tertiary and Quaternary water-bearing deposits of the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley, California
M.G. Croft
1972, Water Supply Paper 1999-H
The study area, which includes about 5,000 square miles of the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley, is a broad structural trough of mostly interior drainage. The Sierra Nevada on the east is composed of consolidated igneous and metamorphic rocks of pre-Tertiary age. The surface of these rocks slopes...
Tracer simulation study of potential solute movement in Port Royal Sound, South Carolina
F. A. Kilpatrick, T. Ray Cummings
1972, Water Supply Paper 1586-J
A tracer study was conducted in Port Royal Sound to simulate the movement and ultimate pattern of concentration of a solute continuously injected into the flow. A total of 750 pounds of Rhodamine WT dye was injected by boat during a period of 24.8 hours in a line across the...
Fluvial sediment in Salem Fork watershed, West Virginia
R.F. Flint
1972, Water Supply Paper 1798-K
Suspended sediment discharged from the 8.32-square-mile Salem Fork study area in Harrison County, W. Va., averaged 3,500 tons per year during the first 4-year period of investigation and 1,770 tons per year during the second 4-year period. The difference as attributed to increased flow control, effected by the completion of...
Electrical-analog analysis of the hydrologic system, Tucson basin, southeastern Arizona
T. W. Anderson
1972, Water Supply Paper 1939-C
The water supply for the Tucson basin, Arizona, is derived entirely from ground water. The average annual pumpage for 1962-64 was about 165,000 acre-feet and was greater than the natural rate of ground-water recharge. Water-level declines of as much as 70 feet occurred from spring 1940 to spring 1965 as...
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1967, Parts 7 and 8, Lower Mississippi River basin and western Gulf of Mexico basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1972, Water Supply Paper 2014
Ground-water resources of Orange and Ulster Counties, New York
Michael H. Frimpter
1972, Water Supply Paper 1985
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1968, Part 1, North Atlantic slope basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1972, Water Supply Paper 2091
Ground-water resources of Natrona County, Wyoming
Marvin A. Crist, Marlin E. Lowry
1972, Water Supply Paper 1897
Natrona County covers an area of 5.369 square miles in central Wyoming. The climate is arid except in the mountainous areas. The county includes parts of the Great Plains, Middle Rocky Mountains, Wyoming Basin, and Southern Rocky Mountains physiographic provinces. There is wide variation of topography. More than 30 geologic...
Floods of May 1968 in south Arkansas
R.C. Gilstrap
1972, Water Supply Paper 1970-A
The floods of May 1968 in south Arkansas produced the greatest peak discharges in the history of recorded streamflow at several gaging stations. Most notable of these floods was on Cossatot River near DeQueen, which has a continuous record since 1938. The peak discharge of 122,000 cubic feet per second...
Determination of mass balance and entrainment in the stratified Duwamish River Estuary, King County, Washington
J.D. Stoner
1972, Water Supply Paper 1873-F
During a study of the effects of waste-water input on the stratified Duwamish River estuary, intensive water-velocity and salinity measurements were made in both the lower salt wedge and the upper fresher water layer for tidal-cycle periods. The net movement of water and salt mass past a cross section during...
Sediment transport in a Mississippi River distributary — Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana
W. Harry Doyle
1972, Water Supply Paper 2008
The installation of a pumping plant at Donaldsonville, La., in 1955 to solve a water-supply problem for the residents along Bayou Lafourche created a sedimentation problem in the bayou. Prior to 1904, when the bayou functioned as a distributary, floodflows periodically scoured the sediment deposited in the channel at lower...
Water quality of streams in the Neshaminy Creek basin, Pennsylvania
Edward F. McCarren
1972, Water Supply Paper 1999-O
The Neshaminy has carved a scenic route on its way to the Delaware River, thereby helping to increase the value of land. The unabated growth of nearby metropolitan areas and the multiplying needs for water and open space for water storage and recreation in southeastern Pennsylvania have become impelling forces...
