Estimates of ground-water pumpage from the Yakima River Basin aquifer system, Washington, 1960-2000
J. J. Vaccaro, S. S. Sumioka
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5205
Ground-water pumpage in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, was estimated for eight categories of use for 1960-2000 as part of an investigation to assess groundwater availability in the basin. Methods used, pumpage estimates, reliability of the estimates, and a comparison with appropriated quantities are described. The eight categories of pumpage...
Models for predicting recreational water quality at Lake Erie beaches
Donna S. Francy, Robert A. Darner, Erin E. Bertke
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5192
Data collected from four Lake Erie beaches during the recreational seasons of 2004-05 and from one Lake Erie beach during 2000-2005 were used to develop predictive models for recreational water quality by means of multiple linear regression. The best model for each beach was based on a unique combination of...
Deep resistivity structure of Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
Theodore H. Asch, Brian D. Rodriguez, Jay A. Sampson, Erin L. Wallin, Jackie M. Williams
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1261
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at their Nevada Site Office are addressing groundwater contamination resulting from historical underground nuclear testing through the Environmental Management program and, in particular, the Underground Test Area project. One issue of concern is the nature of the somewhat...
Salt marsh dieback in coastal Louisiana: Survey of plant and soil conditions in Barataria and Terrebonne basins, June 2000-September 2001
Karen L. McKee, Irving A. Mendelssohn, Michael D. Materne
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1167
Sudden and extensive dieback of the perennial marsh grass, Spartina alterniflora Loisel (smooth cordgrass), which dominates regularly flooded salt marshes along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastlines, occurred in the coastal zone of Louisiana. The objectives of this study were to assess soil and plant conditions in dieback areas...
Data Delivery and Mapping Over the Web: National Water-Quality Assessment Data Warehouse
Richard W. Bell, Alex K. Williamson
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3101
The U.S. Geological Survey began its National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program in 1991, systematically collecting chemical, biological, and physical water-quality data from study units (basins) across the Nation. In 1999, the NAWQA Program developed a data warehouse to better facilitate national and regional analysis of data from 36 study units...
Sediment coring and sedimentation analysis on Rasmussen Lake in Ethel's Woods Forest Preserve near Old Mill Creek, Illinois in 2005
Timothy D. Straub, Donald P. Roseboom, Phillip G. Dennis
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5158
The Lake County Forest Preserve District (LCFPD) is investigating the possibility of modifying the dam on Rasmussen Lake in Ethel's Woods Forest Preserve. The lake is of low water quality with an eroding shoreline. Sediments have been deposited in the impoundment over the last 50 years. Twenty-eight sediment sampling locations...
Water-quality data, Columbia River estuary, 2004-05
Jennifer L. Morace
2006, Data Series 213
This report describes the water-quality data collected by the USGS from 2004 through 05 as part of the Ecosystem Monitoring Project and attempts to quantify the spatial distribution and temporal variation of water-quality conditions, including contaminant concentrations, in water and suspended sediment in the Columbia River Estuary, and evaluate these...
Water-Table Levels and Gradients, Nevada, 1947-2004
Thomas J. Lopes, Susan G. Buto, J. LaRue Smith, Toby L. Welborn
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5100
In 1999, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began a program to protect the quality of ground water in areas other than ground-water protection areas. These other sensitive ground water areas (OSGWA) are areas that are not currently, but could eventually be, used as a source of drinking water. The OSGWA...
Quality of Nevada's aquifers and their susceptibility to contamination, 1990-2004
Thomas J. Lopes
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5127
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In 1999, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency introduced a rule to protect the quality of ground water in areas other than source-water protection areas. These other sensitive ground-water areas (OSGWA) are areas that are not currently but could eventually be used as a source of drinking water....
Water Quality, Physical Habitat, and Biology of the Kijik River Basin, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska, 2004-2005
Timothy P. Brabets, Robert T. Ourso
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5123
The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service conducted a water-quality investigation of the Kijik River Basin in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve from June 2004 to March 2005. The Kijik River Basin was studied because it has a productive sockeye salmon run that is important to the...
Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center Natural Hazards Research - Landslides
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3017
The Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3058
Grand Canyon Humpback Chub Population Stabilizing
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3109
The National Map: Topographic Maps for the 21st Century
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3107
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is committed to meeting the Nation's needs for current base geographic data and maps. Our vision is that, by working with partners, we will provide the Nation with access to current, accurate, and nationally consistent digital data and topographic maps derived from those data. This...
Palila Restoration: Lessons from Long-term Research
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3104
BACKGROUND The palila (Loxioides bailleui) is a member of the Hawaiian honeycreeper family of birds (Drepanidinae), which is renowned for the profusion of species - many with bizarre bills and specialized feeding habits - that radiated from a single ancestral type. Most of the 57 or so honeycreeper species are extinct,...
Shock Waves One Hundred Years after the 1906 Earthquake
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, General Information Product 40
Documentation of the Unsaturated-Zone Flow (UZF1) Package for modeling Unsaturated Flow Between the Land Surface and the Water Table with MODFLOW-2005
Richard G. Niswonger, David E. Prudic, R. Steven Regan
2006, Techniques and Methods 6-A19
Percolation of precipitation through unsaturated zones is important for recharge of ground water. Rain and snowmelt at land surface are partitioned into different pathways including runoff, infiltration, evapotranspiration, unsaturated-zone storage, and recharge. A new package for MODFLOW-2005 called the Unsaturated-Zone Flow (UZF1) Package was developed to simulate water flow and...
Evaluation of geophysical logs and aquifer-isolation tests, Phase III, August 2002 to March 2004, Crossley Farm superfund site, Hereford township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Randall W. Conger, Dennis J. Low
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5090
Between August 2002 and March 2004, geophysical logging was conducted in 23 boreholes at the Crossley Farm Superfund Site, Hereford Township, Berks County, Pa., to determine the water-producing zones, water-receiving zones, zones of vertical-borehole flow, and fracture orientation where applicable. The boreholes ranged in depth from 71 to 503 ft...
Report of the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Modeling Workshop, Pacific Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, March 22-23, 2005
Christopher R. Sherwood
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1193
A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) Modeling Workshop was held to discuss the general topic of coastal modeling, defined broadly to include circulation, waves, sediment transport, water quality, ecology, sediment diagenesis, morphology change, and coastal evolution, on scales ranging from seconds and a few centimeters (individual...
Annual trace-metal load estimates and flow-weighted concentrations of cadmium, lead, and zinc, in the Spokane River basin, Idaho and Washington, 1999-2004
Mary M. Donato
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5188
Streamflow and trace-metal concentration data collected at 10 locations in the Spokane River basin of northern Idaho and eastern Washington during 1999-2004 were used as input for the U.S. Geological Survey software, LOADEST, to estimate annual loads and mean flow-weighted concentrations of total and dissolved cadmium, lead, and zinc.<p...
Water resources data Virginia water year 2005 Volume 1. Surface-water discharge and surface-water quality records
Shaun Wicklein, Eugene D. Powell, Joel R. Guyer, Joseph A. Owens
2006, Water Data Report VA-05-1
Water-resources data for the 2005 water year for Virginia includes records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs. This volume contains records for water discharge at 172 gaging stations; stage only at 2 gaging stations; elevation at 2 reservoirs...
Determination of the δ34S of sulfate in water; RSIL lab code 1951
Kinga Revesz, Haiping Qi, Tyler B. Coplen
2006, Techniques and Methods 10-C10
The purpose of the Reston Stable Isotope Laboratory (RSIL) lab code 1951 is to determine the δ(34S/32S), abbreviated as δ34S, of dissolved sulfate. Dissolved sulfate is collected in the field and precipitated with BaCl2 at pH 3 to 4 as BaSO4 in the laboratory. However, the dissolved organic sulfur (DOS)...
Hydrology and water quality in the Green River and surrounding agricultural areas near Green River in Emery and Grand Counties, Utah, 2004-05
S.J. Gerner, L.E. Spangler, B. A. Kimball, Dale E. Wilberg, D. L. Naftz
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5186
Water from the Colorado River and its tributaries is used for municipal and industrial purposes by about 27 million people and irrigates nearly 4 million acres of land in the Western United States. Water users in the Upper Colorado River Basin consume water from the Colorado River and its tributaries,...
Estimated water use in Wyoming during 2000
Gregory K. Boughton, Kendra R. Remley, Timothy T. Bartos
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3099
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled and published estimates of water withdrawals every 5 years since 1950. This series of water-use reports serves as one of the few sources of information about regional or national trends in water withdrawals (Hutson and others, 2004).In Wyoming, six categories—irrigation, mining, thermoelectric power,...
Effects of urban development on stream ecosystems alongthe Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado and Wyoming
Lori A. Sprague, Robert E. Zuellig, Jean A. Dupree
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3083
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a study from 2002 through 2003 through its National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program to determine the effects of urbanization on the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of stream ecosystems along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The objectives of the study were to...
