Water-balance simulations of runoff and reservoir storage for the Upper Helmand watershed and Kajakai Reservoir, central Afghanistan
Kevin C. Vining, Aldo V. Vecchia
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5148
A study was performed to provide information on monthly historical and hypothetical future runoff for the Upper Helmand watershed and reservoir storage in Kajakai Reservoir that could be used by Afghanistan authorities to make economic and demographic decisions concerning reservoir design and operation, reservoir sedimentation, and development along the Helmand...
Results of the Level-1 Water-Quality Inventory at the Pinnacles National Monument, June 2006
James W. Borchers, Michael S. Lyttge
2007, Data Series 283
To help define baseline water quality of key water resources at Pinnacles National Monument, California, the U.S. Geological Survey collected and analyzed ground water from seven springs sampled during June 2006. During the dry season, seeps and springs are the primary source of water for wildlife in the monument and...
CHIPS: A New Way to Monitor Colonias Along the United States-Mexico Border
Jean W. Parcher, Delbert G. Humberson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1230
Colonias, which are unincorporated border settlements in the United States, have emerged in rural areas without the governance and services normally provided by local government. Colonia residents live in poverty and lack adequate health care, potable water, and sanitation systems. These conditions create substantial health risks for colonias and surrounding...
Development of relations of stream stage to channel geometry and discharge for stream segments simulated with Hydrologic Simulation Program-Fortran (HSPF), Chesapeake Bay Watershed and adjacent parts of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware
Douglas Moyer, Mark Bennett
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5135
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP), Interstate Commission for the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB), Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (VADCR), and University of Maryland (UMD) are collaborating to improve the resolution of the Chesapeake Bay...
Ground-water resources and the hydrologic effects of petroleum occurrence and development, Warren County, Northwestern Pennsylvania
Theodore F. Buckwalter, Michael E. Moore
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5263
Most of the northern half of Warren County is in the Northwestern Glaciated Plateau Section of the Appalachian Plateaus Physiographic Province. The remainder of the county is in the High Plateau Section. The glacial outwash sand and gravel hydrogeologic unit is the most extensively used unconsolidated unit for water supply...
Characterization of Preferential Ground-Water Seepage From a Chlorinated Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Aquifer to West Branch Canal Creek, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 2002-04
Emily H. Majcher, Daniel J. Phelan, Michelle M. Lorah, Angela L. McGinty
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5233
Wetlands act as natural transition zones between ground water and surface water, characterized by the complex interdependency of hydrology, chemical and physical properties, and biotic effects. Although field and laboratory demonstrations have shown efficient natural attenuation processes in the non-seep wetland areas and stream bottom sediments of West Branch Canal...
Occurrence of radium-224, radium-226 and radium-228 in water from the Vincentown and Wenonah-Mount Laurel aquifers, the Englishtown aquifer system, and the Hornerstown and Red Bank Sands, southwestern and south-central New Jersey
Vincent T. dePaul, Zoltan Szabo
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5064
This investigation is the first regionally focused study of the presence of natural radioactivity in water from the Vincentown and Wenonah-Mount Laurel aquifers, Englishtown aquifer system, and the Hornerstown and Red Bank Sands. Geologic materials composing the Vincentown and Wenonah-Mount Laurel aquifers and the Hornerstown and Red Bank Sands previously...
A Comparison of Natural and Urban Characteristics and the Development of Urban Intensity Indices Across Six Geographic Settings
James A. Falcone, Jana Stewart, Steven Sobieszczyk, Jean Dupree, Gerard McMahon, Gary Buell
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5123
As part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program, the effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems have been intensively investigated in six metropolitan areas in the United States. Approximately 30 watersheds in each area, ranging in size from 4 to 560 square kilometers (median is 50 square kilometers),...
Influence of Locally Derived Recharge on the Water Quality and Temperature of Springs in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
Richard W. Bell, Phillip D. Hays
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5004
The hot springs of Hot Springs National Park consist of a mixture of water from two recharge components: a primary hot-water component and a secondary cold-water component. Widespread distribution of fractures enables mixing of the hot- and cold-water components of flow near the discharge area for the springs. Urbanization in...
Preliminary physical stratigraphy and geophysical data of the USGS Hope Plantation core (BE-110), Bertie County, North Carolina
Robert E. Weems, Ellen Seefelt, Beth M. Wrege, Jean M. Self-Trail, David C. Prowell, Colleen Durand, Eugene F. Cobbs III, Kevin C. McKinney
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1251
In March and April, 2004, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the North Carolina Geological Survey (NCGS) and the Raleigh Water Resources Discipline (WRD), drilled a stratigraphic test hole and well in Bertie County, North Carolina (fig. 1). The Hope Plantation test hole (BE-110-2004) was cored on the...
Kentucky Public Water-Supply Withdrawals During 1995, 2000, and 2005
Aimee C. Downs, William E. Caldwell
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1209
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Kentucky Division of Water, has compiled the reported permitted public water-supply-withdrawal data for Kentucky for 2005. Water-withdrawal data for 1995 and 2000 were previously published in Solley and others (1998) and Hutson and others (2004), respectively. This report is a graphical representation...
Nitrogen loading in Jamaica Bay, Long Island, New York: Predevelopment to 2005
Mark J. Benotti, Michele Abbene, Stephen A. Terracciano
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5051
Nitrogen loading to Jamaica Bay, a highly urbanized estuary on the southern shore of western Long Island, New York, has increased from an estimated rate of 35.6 kilograms per day (kg/d) under predevelopment conditions (pre-1900), chiefly as nitrate plus nitrite from ground-water inflow, to an estimated 15,800 kilograms per day...
Nutrient chemistry, transformation and release in riparian groundwater seep discharge during the final meter of subsurface transport, Minnesota, USA
Frank J. Triska, John H. Duff, Alan P. Jackman, Ronald J. Avanzino
2007, Verhandlugen Internationale Vereingung fur Limnologie (30) 435-440
No abstract available....
Description and User Manual for a Web-Based Interface to a Transit-Loss Accounting Program for Monument and Fountain Creeks, El Paso and Pueblo Counties, Colorado
Gerhard Kuhn, Gary S. Krammes, Vivian J. Beal
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5028
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Colorado Springs Utilities, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the El Paso County Water Authority, began a study in 2004 with the following objectives: (1) Apply a stream-aquifer model to Monument Creek, (2) use the results of the modeling to develop a transit-loss...
Surficial Geologic Map of the Ashby-Lowell-Sterling-Billerica 11-Quadrangle Area in Northeast-Central Massachusetts
Byron D. Stone, Janet Radway Stone
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1260-C
The surficial geologic map shows the distribution of nonlithified earth materials at land surface in an area of eleven 7.5-minute quadrangles (total 505 mi2) in northeast-central Massachusetts. The geologic map differentiates surficial materials of Quaternary age on the basis of their lithologic characteristics (such as grain size and sedimentary structures),...
Relation between precipitation and the 25th percentile of June and September flows in streams in the Great Lakes, Ohio, and Upper Mississippi River Basins
Thomas A. Winterstein, David L. Lorenz
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5129
Regression models were developed for the 25th percentile of June and September flows (first quartile of flow) for 47 streamflow-gaging stations (gaging stations) in the Upper Mississippi, Ohio, and Great Lakes drainage basins. The gaging stations that were selected for this analysis are on unregulated rivers, have at least 40...
Ride the Rockies Poster
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, General Information Product 53
To download other USGS materials related to Ride The Rockies, go to http://www.cr.usgs.gov/rtr/index.htm...
Ride the Rockies Brochure
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, General Information Product 52
To download other USGS materials related to Ride The Rockies, go to http://www.cr.usgs.gov/rtr/index.htm...
Fate and Transport Modeling of Selected Chlorinated Organic Compounds at Operable Unit 1, U.S. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida
J. Hal Davis
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5043
The U.S. Naval Air Station occupies 3,800 acres adjacent to the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. The Station was placed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Priorities List in December 1989 and is participating in the U.S. Department of Defense Installation Restoration Program, which serves to identify and...
Methods for estimating magnitude and frequency of peak flows for natural streams in Utah
Terry A. Kenney, Chris D. Wilkowske, Shane J. Wright
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5158
Estimates of the magnitude and frequency of peak streamflows is critical for the safe and cost-effective design of hydraulic structures and stream crossings, and accurate delineation of flood plains. Engineers, planners, resource managers, and scientists need accurate estimates of peak-flow return frequencies for locations on streams with and without streamflow-gaging...
Escherichia coli Concentrations in the Mill Creek Watershed, Cleveland, Ohio, 2001-2004
Amie M. G. Brady
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1171
Mill Creek in Cleveland, Ohio, receives discharges from combined-sewer overflows (CSOs) and other sanitary-sewage inputs. These discharges affect the water quality of the creek and that of its receiving stream, the Cuyahoga River. In an effort to mitigate this problem, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District implemented a project to...
Results of chemical analyses of soil, shale, and soil/shale extract from the Mancos Shale formation in the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, southwestern Colorado, and at Hanksville, Utah
Michele L.W. Tuttle, Juli Fahy, Richard I. Grauch, Bridget A. Ball, Geneva W. Chong, John G. Elliott, John J. Kosovich, Keith E. Livo, Lisa L. Stillings
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1002-D
Results of chemical and some isotopic analyses of soil, shale, and water extracts collected from the surface, trenches, and pits in the Mancos Shale are presented in this report. Most data are for sites on the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area (GGNCA) in southwestern Colorado. For comparison, data from a...
Hydrogeology and Potentiometric Surface of the Dublin and Midville Aquifer Systems in Richmond County, Georgia, January 2007
Lester J. Williams
2007, Scientific Investigations Map 2982
INTRODUCTION The Dublin and Midville aquifer systems are part of the Cretaceous aquifer system that underlies most of Richmond County, Georgia (Gorday, 1985; Falls and others, 1997). The Cretaceous aquifer system is the second most productive aquifer in Georgia and is a major source of water in the region. About 220...
Hydrogeologic investigation, water chemistry analysis, and model delineation of contributing areas for City of Tallahassee public-supply wells, Tallahassee, Florida
J. Hal Davis, Brian G. Katz
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5070
Ground water from the Upper Floridan aquifer is the sole source of water supply for Tallahassee, Florida, and the surrounding area. The City of Tallahassee (the City) currently operates 28 water-supply wells; 26 wells are distributed throughout the City and 2 are located in Woodville, Florida. Most of these wells...
Gasoline-Related Compounds in Lakes Mead and Mohave, Nevada, 2004-06
Michael S. Lico, B. Thomas Johnson
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5144
The distribution of man-made organic compounds, specifically gasoline-derived compounds, was investigated from 2004 to 2006 in Lakes Mead and Mohave and one of its tributary streams, Las Vegas Wash. Compounds contained in raw gasoline (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes; also known as BTEX compounds) and those produced during combustion of gasoline...
