Publications
These publications are written or co-authored by Central Midwest Water Science Center personnel in conjuction with their work at the USGS and other government agencies. They include USGS reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, and published abstracts that are available in the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Dunes in the world's big rivers are characterized by low-angle lee-side slopes and a complex shape
Dunes form critical agents of bedload transport in all of the world’s big rivers, and constitute appreciable sources of bed roughness and flow resistance. Dunes also generate stratification that is the most common depositional feature of ancient riverine sediments. However, current models of dune dynamics and stratification are conditioned by bedform geometries observed in small rivers and laborat
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Julia Cisneros, Jim L. Best, Thaienne van Dijk, Renato Paes de Almeida, Mario Amsler, Justin A. Boldt, Bernardo Freitas, Cristiano Galeazzi, Richard J. Huizinga, Marco Ianniruberto, Hongbo Ma, Jeff Nittrouer, Kevin Oberg, Oscar Orfeo, Daniel Parsons, Ricardo N. Szupiany, Ping Wang, Yuanfeng Zhang
Technical memorandum: Compound specific isotope analysis, Oak Grove Village well site OU1, Franklin County, Missouri
A study involving Compound Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA) of trichloroethene (TCE) in groundwater at the Oak Grove Village (OGV) Well Site was conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2014 in an effort to fingerprint the source(s). This technical memorandum, written as a joint effort between HydroGeoLogic, Inc. (HGL) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Central Midwest Wat
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Phyliss Chase, John G. Schumacher
USGS telemetry database and analyses in support of SEAcarP
No abstract available.
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Brent C. Knights, Marybeth K. Brey, Jessica C. Stanton, Travis J. Harrison, Timothy J. Fox, Enrika Hlavacek, James J. Duncker
Quality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2018
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a network of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During water year 2018 (October 1, 2017, through September 30, 2018), water-quality data were collected at 76 stations: 74 Ambient Water-Quality Monitori
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Robert T. Kay
Full Equations Model Graphical Data Inspector (FEQ–GDI) user guide
The Full Equations Model Graphical Data Inspector (FEQ–GDI) is a menu-driven utility program that enables users to visualize and check the geometric and hydraulic properties of channel cross sections, selected control structures, and stream profiles in the input files for the Full Equations (FEQ) Model and the Full Equations Utilities (FEQUTL) Model. The FEQ Model is a computer program for the sim
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Jessica L. Ern, Terry Ortel, Audrey L. Ishii, Maitreyee Bera
Efficacy of increasing discharge to reduce tow-mediated fish passage across an electric dispersal barrier system in a confined channel
The Electric Dispersal Barrier System (EDBS) in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC) was built to limit the interbasin transfer of aquatic invasive species between the Mississippi River Basin and the Great Lakes Basin. Commercial barge traffic, or tows, moving downstream through the EDBS can facilitate the upstream passage of small fish through the barrier by reducing the voltage gradient of
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Jessica Z. LeRoy, Jeremiah J. Davis, Matthew R. Shanks, P. Ryan Jackson, Elizabeth A. Murphy, Carey L. Baxter, Jonathan C. Trovillion, Michael K. McInerney
De facto water reuse: Bioassay suite approach delivers depth and breadth in endocrine active compound detection
Although endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) have been detected in wastewater and surface waters worldwide using a variety of in vitro effects-based screening tools, e.g. bioassays, few have examined potential attenuation of environmental contaminants by both natural (sorption, degradation, etc) and anthropogenic (water treatment practices) processes. This study used several bioassays and quanti
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Elizabeth K Medlock Kakaley, Brett R. Blackwell, Mary C. Cardon, Justin M. Conley, Nicola Evans, David J. Feifarek, Edward Furlong, Susan T. Glassmeyer, L. Earl Jr. Gray, Phillip C. Hartig, Dana W. Kolpin, Marc A. Mills, Laura Rosenblum, Daniel L. Villeneuve, Vickie S. Wilson
Hydrologic balance, water quality, chemical-mass balance, and geochemical modeling of hyperalkaline ponds at Big Marsh, Chicago, Illinois, 2016–17
Hyperalkaline (pH greater than 12) ponds and groundwater exist at Big Marsh near Lake Calumet, Chicago, Illinois, a site used by the steel industry during the mid-1900s to deposit steel- and iron-making waste, in particular, slag. The hyperalkaline ponds may pose a hazard to human health and the environment. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency
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Amy M. Gahala, Robert R. Seal, Nadine M. Piatak
Urban stormwater: An overlooked pathway of extensive mixed contaminants to surface and groundwaters in the United States
Increasing global reliance on stormwater control measures to reduce discharge to surface water, increase groundwater recharge, and minimize contaminant delivery to receiving waterbodies necessitates improved understanding of stormwater-contaminant profiles. A multi-agency study of organic and inorganic chemicals in urban stormwater from 50 runoff events at 21 sites across the United States demonst
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Jason R. Masoner, Dana W. Kolpin, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, Larry B. Barber, D.S. Burden, William T. Foreman, Kenneth J. Forshay, Edward Furlong, Justin F. Groves, Michelle Hladik, Matthew E. Hopton, Jeanne B. Jaeschke, Steffanie H. Keefe, David Krabbenhoft, Richard Lowrance, Kristin Romanok, David L. Rus, William R. Selbig, Brad Williams, Paul Bradley
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Water Resources Mission Area, Science Synthesis, Analysis and Research Program, Contaminant Biology, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) Program, Toxic Substances Hydrology, California Water Science Center, Central Midwest Water Science Center, New Jersey Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC), Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Reston Biogeochemical Processes in Groundwater Laboratory
Flood-inundation maps for Joachim Creek, De Soto, Missouri, 2018
Digital flood-inundation maps for a 6.7-mile reach of Joachim Creek, De Soto, Missouri, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the city of De Soto and Jefferson County, Missouri. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Program website at https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/flood-inundation-mapp
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David C. Heimann, Jonathan D. Voss, Paul H. Rydlund
Operationalizing small unoccupied aircraft systems for rapid flood inundation mapping and event response
Small Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (sUAS) offer the capability to collect rapid and accurate aerial survey data during flood response. The rapid collection of aerial flood data can potentially enable
scientists to produce detailed geospatial products and related datasets in time for decisional support. A workflow for sUAS event response before, during, and after flood events is discussed.
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Frank L. Engel, Rogelio Hernandez
Nutrients in northern Missouri streams
Nutrients, specifically nitrogen and phosphorus, are necessary for healthy aquatic communities to thrive, but if nutrient concentrations are too high, water quality can be degraded and natural aquatic communities may be destroyed. Nutrients consistently have been listed nationally as one of the top five causes of stream and river impairments, and agriculture consistently has been identified as the
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Heather Krempa