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Water resources

Stocks of water, the liquid derived from precipitation. A constituent of living matter and necessity for all life, it covers a large proportion of the earth's surface.

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Groundwater (200 items)
Surface water (non-marine) (182 items)

Water pollution (13 items)

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Bibliography of reports by U.S. Geological Survey authors about the water resources of Wyoming [More info]: Bibliography arranged by major areas and by reports series. Current as of 2007. Also available in PDF format.
California's Central Valley Groundwater Study: A Powerful New Tool to Assess Water Resources in California's Central Valley [More info]: Modeling effort that integrates a wide variety of geographic, hydrologic, agricultural, climatic, and biological information to help local land managers address resource use issues.
Connecticut water resources publications [More info]: Links to Connecticut water publications available as HTML and PDF formats.
Effects of Climate Variability and Change on Groundwater Resources of the United States [More info]: How climate change affects ground water is more complex than surface water because the residence time of ground water can range from days to tens of thousands of years. Discusses some broad climatic processes may affect groundwater resources.
Ground-water resources of Louisiana [More info]: Links to Louisiana statewide aquifer and well information by locating parish on a map or selecting parish, aquifer, region, or type of ground-water data (real-time water levels or geophysical data) from lists.
Ground-water resources program [More info]: This program encompasses regional studies of ground water systems, multidisciplinary studies of critical ground water issues, access to ground-water data, and research and methods development.
Groundwater resources of Mosteiros basin, island of Fogo, Cape Verde, west Africa [More info]: Shallow groundwater has good quality, but salinity measured in wells suggests the thin lens of freshwater under the coastal plain will be vulnerable to saltwater intrusion as a consequence of pumping.
Groundwater Resources of Ribeira Faja Basin, Island of Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde, West Africa [More info]: Lower precipitation and recharge, with deeper groundwater levels, suggest this basin will be less susceptible to contamination than others nearby, but may be susceptible to saltwater intrusion brought on by well pumping.
Groundwater Resources of Ribeira Paul Basin, Island of Santo Antao, Cape Verde, West Africa [More info]
National research program (water resources), western United States [More info]: Home page for links to state district activities in water resources data collection, research, and analysis in the Western Region.

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