Effects of the H-3 Highway stormwater runoff on the water quality of Halawa Stream, Oahu, Hawaii, November 1998 to August 2004
Reuben H. Wolff, Michael F. Wong
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5034
Since November 1998, water-quality data have been collected from the H-3 Highway Storm Drain C, which collects runoff from a 4-mi-long viaduct, and from Halawa Stream on Oahu, Hawaii. From January 2001 to August 2004, data were collected from the storm drain and four stream sites in the Halawa Stream...
Distribution of Igneous Rocks in Medina and Uvalde Counties, Texas, as Inferred from Aeromagnetic Data
David V. Smith, Robert R. McDougal, Bruce D. Smith, Charles D. Blome
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5191
A high-resolution aeromagnetic survey was flown in 2001 over Medina and Uvalde Counties, Texas, as part of a multi-disciplinary investigation of the geohydrologic framework of the Edwards aquifer in south-central Texas. The objective of the survey was to assist in mapping structural features that influence aquifer recharge and ground-water flow....
Introduction to Field Water-Quality Methods for the Collection of Metals - 2007 Project Summary
Monica L. Allen
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3012
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Region VI of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the Osage Nation presented three 3-day workshops, in June-August 2007, entitled ?Introduction to Field Water-Quality Methods for the Collection of Metals.? The purpose of the workshops was to provide instruction to tribes within USEPA Region...
Simulations of Ground-Water Flow, Transport, Age, and Particle Tracking near York, Nebraska, for a Study of Transport of Anthropogenic and Natural Contaminants (TANC) to Public-Supply Wells
Brian R. Clark, Matthew K. Landon, Leon J. Kauffman, George Z. Hornberger
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5068
Contamination of public-supply wells has resulted in public-health threats and negative economic effects for communities that must treat contaminated water or find alternative water supplies. To investigate factors controlling vulnerability of public-supply wells to anthropogenic and natural contaminants using consistent and systematic data collected in a variety of principal aquifer...
Dissolved-solids transport in surface water of the Muddy Creek Basin, Utah
Steven J. Gerner
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5001
Muddy Creek is located in the southeastern part of central Utah and is a tributary of the Dirty Devil River, which, in turn, is a tributary of the Colorado River. Dissolved solids transported from the Muddy Creek Basin may be stored in the lower Dirty Devil River Basin, but are...
Temporal Differences in the Hydrologic Regime of the Lower Platte River, Nebraska, 1895-2006
Daniel Ginting, Ronald B. Zelt, Joshua I. Linard
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5267
In cooperation with the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District for a collaborative study of the cumulative effects of water and channel management practices on stream and riparian ecology, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) compiled, analyzed, and summarized hydrologic information from long-term gaging stations on the lower Platte River to...
Ground-water quality data in the Central Eastside San Joaquin Basin 2006: Results from the California GAMA program
Matthew K. Landon, Kenneth Belitz
2008, Data Series 325
Ground-water quality in the approximately 1,695-square-mile Central Eastside study unit (CESJO) was investigated from March through June 2006 as part of the Statewide Basin Assessment Project of the Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program. The GAMA Statewide Basin Assessment project was developed in response to the Groundwater Quality Monitoring...
Effects of Land-Use Changes and Ground-Water Withdrawals on Stream Base Flow, Pocono Creek Watershed, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Ronald A. Sloto
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5030
The Pocono Creek watershed drains 46.5 square miles in eastern Monroe County, Pa. Between 2000 and 2020, the population of Monroe County is expected to increase by 70 percent, which will result in substantial changes in land-use patterns. An evaluation of the effect of reduced recharge from land-use changes and...
Water Quality Conditions in Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes, Oregon, 2005
Gene R. Hoilman, Mary K. Lindenberg, Tamara M. Wood
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5026
During June-October 2005, water quality data were collected from Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes in Oregon, and meteorological data were collected around and within Upper Klamath Lake. Data recorded at two continuous water quality monitors in Agency Lake showed similar temperature patterns throughout the field season, but data recorded at...
Hydrologic and water-quality characterization and modeling of the Onondaga Lake Basin, Onondaga County, New York
William F. Coon, James E. Reddy
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5013
Onondaga Lake in Onondaga County, New York, has been identified as one of the Nation’s most contaminated lakes as a result of industrial and sanitary-sewer discharges and stormwater nonpoint sources, and has received priority cleanup status under the national Water Resources Development Act of 1990. A basin-scale precipitation-runoff model of...
Development of the water-analysis screening tool used in the initial screening for the Pennsylvania State Water Plan update of 2008
Marla H. Stuckey
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1106
The Water Resources Planning Act, Act 220 of 2002, requires the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PaDEP) to update the State Water Plan by 2008. As part of this update, a water-analysis screening tool (WAST) was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the PaDEP, to provide assistance...
Ground-water-flow modeling of a freshwater and brine-filled aquifer in the Onondaga Trough, Onondaga County, New York: A summary of findings
William M. Kappel, Richard M. Yager
2008, Open-File Report 2007-1409
In 2007, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed a hydrogeologic study that included the development of a groundwater-flow model of the glacial-drift aquifer in the Onondaga Trough near Syracuse, N.Y., which extends from the Valley Heads Moraine near Tully, N.Y., to Onondaga Lake (fig. 1). Glacial sediments within the Onondaga...
Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation 22 — Groundwater budget for the Straight Creek drainage basin, Red River Valley, New Mexico, with a section on Sulphur Gulch water budget
Douglas P. McAda, Cheryl A. Naus
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5149
In April 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) began a cooperative study to infer the pre-mining ground-water chemistry at the Molycorp molybdenum mine site in the Red River Valley. The Molycorp mine has been in operation since the 1920s. Because ground-water conditions prior...
Analysis of Pulsed Flow Modification Alternatives, Lower Missouri River, 2005
Robert B. Jacobson
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1113
The graphical, tabular, and statistical data presented in this report resulted from analysis of alternative flow regime designs considered by a group of Missouri River managers, stakeholders, and scientists during the summer of 2005. This plenary group was charged with designing a flow regime with increased spring flow pulses to...
Methods for and estimates of 2003 and projected water use in the Seacoast Region, Southeastern New Hampshire
Marilee A. Horn, Richard B. Moore, Laura Hayes, Sarah M. Flanagan
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5157
New methods were developed to estimate water use in 2003 and future water demand in 2017 and 2025 in the Seacoast region in southeastern New Hampshire, which has experienced a 37-percent population increase during 1980 to 2000. Water-use activities for which estimates were developed include water withdrawal, delivery, demand, consumptive...
Water-quality data for water- and wastewater-treatment plants along the Red River of the North, North Dakota and Minnesota, January through October 2006
William C. Damschen, John A. Hansel, Rochelle A. Nustad
2008, Data Series 328
From January through October 2006, six sets of water-quality samples were collected at 28 sites, which included inflow and outflow from seven major municipal water-treatment plants (14 sites) and influent and effluent samples from seven major municipal wastewater treatment plants (14 sites) along the Red River of the North in...
Factors Affecting Nitrate Delivery to Streams from Shallow Ground Water in the North Carolina Coastal Plain
Stephen L. Harden, Timothy B. Spruill
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5021
An analysis of data collected at five flow-path study sites between 1997 and 2006 was performed to identify the factors needed to formulate a comprehensive program, with a focus on nitrogen, for protecting ground water and surface water in the North Carolina Coastal Plain. Water-quality protection in the Coastal Plain...
Flow Durations, Low-Flow Frequencies, and Monthly Median Flows for Selected Streams in Connecticut through 2005
Elizabeth A. Ahearn
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5270
Flow durations, low-flow frequencies, and monthly median streamflows were computed for 91 continuous-record, streamflow-gaging stations in Connecticut with 10 or more years of record. Flow durations include the 99-, 98-, 97-, 95-, 90-, 85-, 80-, 75-, 70-, 60-, 50-, 40-, 30-, 25-, 20-, 10-, 5-, and 1-percent exceedances. Low-flow frequencies...
Calibration of a water-quality model for low-flow conditions on the Red River of the North at Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, 2003
Robert F. Lundgren, Rochelle A. Nustad
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5007
A time-of-travel and reaeration-rate study was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the North Dakota Department of Health, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and the cities of Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, to provide information to calibrate a water-quality model for streamflows of less than 150...
Hydrogeology and water quality of the Leetown area, West Virginia
Mark D. Kozar, Kurt J. McCoy, David J. Weary, Malcolm S. Field, Herbert A. Pierce, William Bane Schill, John A. Young
2008, Open-File Report 2007-1358
The U.S. Geological Survey’s Leetown Science Center and the co-located U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture both depend on large volumes of cold clean ground water to support research operations at their facilities. Currently, ground-water demands are provided by three springs and two standby...
Private Domestic-Well Characteristics and the Distribution of Domestic Withdrawals among Aquifers in the Virginia Coastal Plain
Jason P. Pope, Randolph E. McFarland, R. Brent Banks
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5250
A comprehensive analysis of private domestic wells and self-supplied domestic ground-water withdrawals in the Coastal Plain Physiographic Province of Virginia indicates that the magnitudes of these withdrawals and their effects on local and regional ground-water flow are larger and more important than previous reports have stated. Self-supplied ground-water withdrawals for...
Geologic and Geophysical Framework of the Santa Rosa 7.5' Quadrangle, Sonoma County, California
R. J. McLaughlin, V.E. Langenheim, A.M. Sarna-Wojcicki, R.J. Fleck, D.K. McPhee, C. W. Roberts, C.A. McCabe, Elmira Wan
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1009
The geologic and geophysical maps of Santa Rosa 7.5? quadrangle and accompanying structure sections portray the sedimentary and volcanic stratigraphy and crustal structure of the Santa Rosa 7.5? quadrangle and provide a context for interpreting the evolution of volcanism and active faulting in this region. The quadrangle is located in...
Compilation of Stratigraphic Thicknesses for Caldera-Related Tertiary Volcanic Rocks, East-Central Nevada and West-Central Utah
D. S. Sweetkind, E. A. Du Bray
2008, Data Series 271
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Desert Research Institute (DRI), and a designee from the State of Utah are currently conducting a water-resources study of aquifers in White Pine County, Nevada, and adjacent areas in Nevada and Utah, in response to concerns about water availability and limited geohydrologic information relevant...
Estimating Water Fluxes Across the Sediment-Water Interface in the Lower Merced River, California
Celia Zamora
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5216
The lower Merced River Basin was chosen by the U.S. Geological Survey?s (USGS) National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) to be included in a national study on how hydrological processes and agricultural practices interact to affect the transport and fate of agricultural chemicals. As part of this effort, surface-water?ground-water (sw?gw)...
Time-averaged near-bed suspended sediment concentrations under waves and currents: Comparison of measured and model estimates
D.A. Cacchione, P.D. Thorne, Y Agrawal, N.J. Nidzieko
2008, Article
Profiles of suspended sediment concentration and velocity were measured over a 15-day period at a near-shore site off Santa Cruz, CA in Monterey Bay. The concentration and velocity data were collected with an Acoustic Backscattering System (ABS) and Acoustic Current Profiler (ACP) that were mounted on a bottom tripod. High-resolution...
