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Idaho Hydrologic Update, January 2020
January 2020 issue of the Idaho Hydrologic Update from the USGS Idaho Water Science Center.
USGS Scientists Presenting at the 30th Annual Idaho Water Quality Workshop
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality hosts its 30th Annual Idaho Water Quality Workshop, February 11-13, at Boise State University.
Idaho Hydrologic Update, December 2019
December 2019 issue of the Idaho Hydrologic Update from the USGS Idaho Water Science Center
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Hydrogeologic framework of the Treasure Valley and surrounding area, Idaho and Oregon
Most of the population of the Treasure Valley and the surrounding area of southwestern Idaho and easternmost Oregon depends on groundwater for domestic supply, either from domestic or municipal-supply wells. As of 2017, 41 percent of Idaho’s population was concentrated in Idaho’s portion of the Treasure Valley, and current and projected rapid...
Bartolino, James R.
Iodine-129 in the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer at and near the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, 2017–18
From 1953 to 1988, approximately 0.941 curies of iodine-129 (129I) were contained in wastewater generated at the Idaho National Laboratory, with almost all of it discharged at or near the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC). Until 1984, most of the wastewater was discharged directly into the eastern Snake River Plain (ESRP)...
Maimer, Neil V.; Bartholomay, Roy C.
Transmissivity and geophysical data for selected wells at and near the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, 2017–18
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, conducted aquifer tests during 2017–18 on 101 wells at and near the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, to define the hydraulic characteristics for individual wells. These were short-duration aquifer tests, conducted with a limited number of observations during routine...
Twining, Brian V.; Maimer, Neil V.