Publications
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Data for and adjusted regional regression models of volume and quality of urban storm-water runoff in Boise and Garden City, Idaho, 1993-94
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires information on the volume and quality of urban
storm-water runoff to apply for a permit to discharge this water into the Boise River under the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program. Concentrations of selected chemical constituents in
storm runoff were determined from samples collected at four storm-sewer outfalls in Boise from
Authors
L.C. Kjelstrom
Methods to estimate annual mean spring discharge to the Snake River between Milner Dam and King Hill, Idaho
Many individual springs and groups of springs discharge water from volcanic rocks that form the north canyon wall of the Snake River between Milner Dam and King Hill. Previous estimates of annual mean discharge from these springs have been used to understand the hydrology of the eastern part of the Snake River Plain. Four methods that were used in previous studies or developed to estimate annual m
Authors
L.C. Kjelstrom
Statistical summaries of streamflow data for selected gaging stations in Idaho and western Wyoming through September 1990 — Volume 2: Gaging stations with 5 to 9 years of record or that measure discharge from springs
This volume presents statistical summaries of streamflow data for 76 gaging stations with 5 to 9 years of continuous record, or with records of discharge measurements from springs, through September 1990. The gaging stations are located in Idaho and western Wyoming. Some of the gaging stations at which spring discharge is measured have 10 or more years of record. Volume 1 presents statistical summ
Authors
L.C. Kjelstrom, M. A. J. Stone, W. A. Harenberg
Bathymetric map of Coeur D'Alene Lake, Idaho
The U.S. Geological Survey investigated nutrient and trace-element enrichment in Coeur d'Alene Lake, northern Idaho, during 1991-92. The objectives of the investigation were to characterize limnology, quantify hydrologic and nutrient budgets, and develop a nutrient-load/lake-response model. The model required bathymetric data to compute mass balances of water and nutrients within many depth laye
Authors
P. F. Woods, Charles E. Berenbrock
The hydrogeologic framework and geochemistry of the Columbia Plateau aquifer system, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
No abstract available.
Authors
K. J. Whiteman, J. J. Vaccaro, J. B. Gonthier, H. H. Bauer
Analysis of data on nutrients and organic compounds in ground water in the upper Snake River basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, 1980-91
Nutrient and organic compound data from the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency STORET data bases provided information for development of a preliminary conceptual model of spatial and temporal ground-water quality in the upper Snake River Basin. Nitrite plus nitrate (as nitrogen; hereafter referred to as nitrate) concentrations exceeded the Federal drinking-water re
Authors
Michael G. Rupert
Assessment of selected constituents in surface water of the upper Snake River basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, water years 1975-89
In 1991, a water-quality investigation of
the upper Snake River Basin was initiated as part
of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program. The initial task of
the assessment was to compile and analyze available nutrient, suspended sediment, and pesticide
data collected in the basin. For analysis of nutrients
and suspended sediment, data collected during
water year
Authors
Gregory M. Clark
Effects of well discharges on hydraulic heads in and spring discharges from the geothermal aquifer system in the Bruneau area, Owyhee County, southwestern Idaho
Demand for ground water in the 600-
square-mile Bruneau study area has increased
since 1954 because of agricultural development. Declining flow at Indian Bathtub Spring
is adversely affecting a unique species of snail
that inhabits the spring.
The Bruneau study area is underlain by
sedimentary and volcanic rocks that form a
regional geothermal aquifer. Sedimentary
rocks range in thickness f
Authors
Charles Berenbrock
Simulation of changes in water levels and ground-water flow in response to water-use alternatives in the Mud Lake area, eastern Snake River plain, eastern Idaho
Water users rely on surface and ground water to irrigate crops and maintain wildlife refuges in the 2,200-square-mile Mud Lake study area. Water managers need the ability to evaluate the effects of water-use changes on the future supply of surface and ground water. A five-layer, three-dimensional, finite-difference, numerical ground-water flow model, calibrated to assumed 1980 steady-state hydrolo
Authors
Joseph M. Spinazola
Geohydrology and simulation of flow and water levels in the aquifer system in the Mud Lake area of the eastern Snake River plain, eastern Idaho
Water users rely on surface water and ground water to irrigate crops and to maintain lakes on wildlife refuges in the 2,200-square-mile Mud Lake study area. Ground-water development between the late 1970's and 1989 increased withdrawals from about 240,000 acre-feet in 1983 to about 370,000 acre-feet in 1990. Concurrent with ground-water development, change from subirrigation to sprinkler irrigatio
Authors
Joseph M. Spinazola
Statistical summaries of streamflow data for selected gaging stations on and near the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, through September 1990
Statistical summaries and graphs of streamflow data were prepared for 13
gaging stations with 5 or more years of continuous record on and near the Idaho
National Engineering Laboratory. Statistical summaries of streamflow data for
the Big and Little Lost Rivers and Birch Creek were analyzed as a requisite for a
comprehensive evaluation of the potential for flooding of facilities at the Idaho
Authors
M. A. J. Stone, Larry J. Mann, L.C. Kjelstrom
Geohydrologic and chemical data from wells in the Mud Lake area, eastern Idaho, 1988-91
Well information, results of test drilling, water-level measurements in observation wells, and chemical and
isotopic constituents in ground-water samples were among the data collected as part of a study of the availability of
ground water from the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer system in the Mud Lake area of eastern Idaho. Data from
about 1,200 wells were stored in the National Water Informa
Authors
Joseph M. Spinazola, Annette M. Tungate, T. L. Rogers