New England WSC Products in the Third Quarter of 2024
By New England Water Science Center
October 2, 2024
List of products from the New England Water Science Center released in the third quarter of 2024.
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MODFLOW6 Groundwater Flow Model, MODPATH Particle-Tracking Simulation, and Groundwater-Transported Nitrogen Load Model of Average Monthly Conditions in Coastal Connecticut and Adjacent Areas of New York and Rhode Island, 1993 - 2022 MODFLOW6 Groundwater Flow Model, MODPATH Particle-Tracking Simulation, and Groundwater-Transported Nitrogen Load Model of Average Monthly Conditions in Coastal Connecticut and Adjacent Areas of New York and Rhode Island, 1993 - 2022
A groundwater flow model simulating average monthly conditions, using MODFLOW6, was developed to better understand groundwater flow and groundwater-transported nitrogen loads in coastal Connecticut and adjacent areas of New York and Rhode Island. Elevated nitrogen loads are a pervasive issue in the Long Island Sound, an estuary that receives freshwater and nutrients from both surface...
Summary Simulated Groundwater-transported Nitrogen Loads on the North Shore of Long Island Sound and Associated Data Summary Simulated Groundwater-transported Nitrogen Loads on the North Shore of Long Island Sound and Associated Data
A monthly model of groundwater-transported nitrogen loads was developed for 12-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC12) watersheds on the north shore of Long Island Sound in coastal Connecticut and adjacent areas of New York and Rhode Island. As part of the analysis, potential management actions that upgraded septic systems or reduced fertilizer application to areas of turf-grass were also...
Soil-Water-Balance Model Developed to Simulate Net Infiltration in Watersheds on the North Shore of the Long Island Sound Soil-Water-Balance Model Developed to Simulate Net Infiltration in Watersheds on the North Shore of the Long Island Sound
This model archive provides input and output for Soil-Water-Balance (SWB) models developed to simulate groundwater recharge (net infiltration) for a groundwater model of watersheds on the north shore of the Long Island Sound. The simulated groundwater recharge was further refined in the calibration of the groundwater flow model, which is published in a separate ScienceBase archive (https...
Monthly and Annual population and water withdrawal maps of Rhode Island 2014-2021 Monthly and Annual population and water withdrawal maps of Rhode Island 2014-2021
This data release consists of multi-band 30-meter x 30-meter pixel rasters of estimated population and domestic self-supplied water withdrawals in Rhode Island between July 2014 and June 2021. Population raster data were generated using a national data product of 2010 population spatially distributed across land cover data and U.S. Census Bureau data of population growth estimates to...
CAnVAS Mean Climate Parameters with Uncertainty Estimates (1970-1999 and 2010-2099), Derived from Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs (MACAv2-Livneh) statistically downscaled Global Climate Models CAnVAS Mean Climate Parameters with Uncertainty Estimates (1970-1999 and 2010-2099), Derived from Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs (MACAv2-Livneh) statistically downscaled Global Climate Models
This dataset contains the multi-model means of various climate parameters with uncertainty bounds from the Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs statistically downscaled global climate model dataset for different time slices between 1970 and 2099. The data is provided for both the Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5 W m-2 and 8.5 W m-2 future climate scenarios.
Experimental testing for radon in laboratory and field using a coupled diffusive membrane and alpha track detector, 2024 Experimental testing for radon in laboratory and field using a coupled diffusive membrane and alpha track detector, 2024
Information on radon occurrence in groundwater systems is important to assess risks from radon exposure. For this study we developed a novel passive method to measure for dissolved radon in groundwater using a coupled diffusive membrane encasing an alpha track (AT) detector. The membrane is gas permeable but water impermeable, which allows for the deployment of AT detectors in aqueous...
Data for Modeling Interbasin Transfers of Water in Colorado and the Northeast Region, United States. Data for Modeling Interbasin Transfers of Water in Colorado and the Northeast Region, United States.
Data used to predict flow characteristics of transfers of water between hydrologic basins at the hydrologic unit code 8 (HUC8 scale) using tree-based ensemble models—random forest models for Colorado and M5 cubist models for the Northeast Region (parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York)—are presented and documented in this data release. Interbasin transfers (IBTs) of waters are...
Data for the Lakes and Impoundments Drought Index in the Massachusetts Drought Management Plan Data for the Lakes and Impoundments Drought Index in the Massachusetts Drought Management Plan
The Massachusetts Drought Management Plan (DMP, 2023) uses data from select lake and impoundment systems as an index for drought in six of seven regions in the state. The contents of these lakes and impoundments are reported to Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and classified as one of five levels for drought severity ranging from level 0 (Normal; percentile...
Magnetic Survey Data in Glastonbury, Connecticut 2023 Magnetic Survey Data in Glastonbury, Connecticut 2023
A ground-based magnetic survey was conducted in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Magnetic surveys are passive, non-contact, surface geophysical methods that measure the total ambient magnetic field. The magnetic survey utilized a Geometrics G-858 MagMapper with dual cesium vapor magnetometers and a GEM Systems Base Station. Sixteen survey profiles, totaling 7 linear kilometers in length, were...
Model Archive, Input Data, Modeled Estimates of Water Use 2005-2021, and Forecasts of Water Use in 2030 and 2040 in Providence, Rhode Island Model Archive, Input Data, Modeled Estimates of Water Use 2005-2021, and Forecasts of Water Use in 2030 and 2040 in Providence, Rhode Island
A water use study was conducted to understand the drivers of historical water use in the Providence Water Supply Board network (the service area of Providence Water Supply Board and its wholesale customers) and to forecast future water use in the same network. A cubist regression model was developed to model daily per capita water use rates for three water use categories in each of the...
Evaluation of the lakes and impoundments drought index for the Massachusetts Drought Management Plan Evaluation of the lakes and impoundments drought index for the Massachusetts Drought Management Plan
The condition of surface water storage in lakes and impoundments is used as an index of drought in the Massachusetts drought management plan. The U.S. Geological Survey visited 28 of these lakes and impoundments at 14 single and multiple waterbody systems to evaluate their appropriateness for characterizing drought. The data collection and computation methods at each system were then...
Authors
Travis L. Smith
Estimating groundwater level records using MOVE.1 and computing monthly percentiles from estimated groundwater records in Massachusetts Estimating groundwater level records using MOVE.1 and computing monthly percentiles from estimated groundwater records in Massachusetts
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, performed record extensions on groundwater levels at select wells using the Maintenance of Variance Extension type 1 (MOVE.1) method. The groundwater levels estimated from these record extensions were used to compute monthly percentiles to improve future determinations of a...
Authors
Elizabeth A. Ahearn, Dee-Ann E. Crozier
Simulated mean monthly groundwater-transported nitrogen loads in watersheds on the north shore of Long Island Sound, 1993–2022 Simulated mean monthly groundwater-transported nitrogen loads in watersheds on the north shore of Long Island Sound, 1993–2022
Elevated nitrogen loads are pervasive in the Long Island Sound, an estuary that receives freshwater and nutrients from both surface-water and groundwater discharge. Surface-water nitrogen loads to the Long Island Sound are relatively well characterized, but less is known about groundwater-transported nitrogen loads. Prior work on the northern shore of Long Island Sound (Connecticut and...
Authors
Janet R. Barclay, Madeleine J. Holland, John R. Mullaney
Groundwater quality near the Placerita Oil Field, California, 2018 Groundwater quality near the Placerita Oil Field, California, 2018
Groundwater-quality data and potential fluid-migration pathways near the Placerita Oil Field in Los Angeles County, California, were examined by the U.S. Geological Survey to determine if oil-field fluids (water and gas from oil-producing and non-producing zones) have mixed with groundwater resources. Six of the 13 new groundwater samples collected for this study contained petroleum...
Authors
Jennifer S. Stanton, Matthew K. Landon, David H. Shimabukuro, Justin T. Kulongoski, Andrew G. Hunt, Peter B. McMahon, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, Robert Anders, Theron A. Sowers
Ambient flow and transport in long-screened, sand-packed wells: Insights into cross contamination and wellbore flow Ambient flow and transport in long-screened, sand-packed wells: Insights into cross contamination and wellbore flow
The presence of long-screened wells with a surrounding sand pack can have a major effect on the redistribution of contaminants in groundwater, particularly when the wells are set in low-hydraulic conductivity aquifers. Such redistribution, or cross contamination, can occur through vertical flow and advective transport or by in-well mixing via multiple non-advective transport processes. A...
Authors
Philip Harte, Christopher Palumbo Ely, Nicholas F. Teague, Nicole C. Fenton, Anthony A. Brown
Water-quality monitoring strategy for Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River Estuary, southeastern Massachusetts Water-quality monitoring strategy for Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River Estuary, southeastern Massachusetts
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), began a study in 2018 to develop a water-quality monitoring strategy (WQMS) for Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River Estuary in southeastern Massachusetts. MassDEP is interested in water-quality data in Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River Estuary to characterize current...
Authors
David S. Armstrong
Estimated reductions in phosphorus loads from removal of leaf litter in the Lake Champlain drainage area, Vermont Estimated reductions in phosphorus loads from removal of leaf litter in the Lake Champlain drainage area, Vermont
Excess nutrient loading and other factors are driving eutrophication and other negative effects on water-quality conditions in Lake Champlain and other receiving waters in Vermont. Two common best management practices were evaluated to determine how these practices can be optimized by targeting maintenance and operation to align better with seasonally driven needs, specifically to help...
Authors
Jason R. Sorenson, James M. Pease, Jeremy K. Foote, Ann T. Chalmers, David H. Ainley, Clayton J. Williams
Low-flow period seasonality, trends, and climate linkages across the United States Low-flow period seasonality, trends, and climate linkages across the United States
Low-flow period properties, including timing, magnitude, and duration, influence many key processes for water resource managers and ecosystems. We computed annual low-flow period duration and timing metrics from 1951 to 2020 for 1032 conterminous United States (CONUS) streamgages and analyzed spatial patterns, trends through time, and relationships to climate. Results show northwestern...
Authors
Caelan Simeone, Gregory J. McCabe, Jory Seth Hecht, John C. Hammond, Glenn A. Hodgkins, Carolyn G. Olson, Michael Wieczorek, David M. Wolock
The Native American Research Assistantship Program—Building capacity for Indigenous water-resources monitoring The Native American Research Assistantship Program—Building capacity for Indigenous water-resources monitoring
Intertribal networks for collecting and analyzing hydrologic and environmental data are growing. The U.S. Geological Survey can be a key partner with Tribal Nations in the further development of network capacity. A first step is the internship opportunity available through the partnership between the USGS and The Wildlife Society: The Native American Research Assistantship Program.
Authors
Electa Hare-Red Corn, Robert F. Breault, Jason R. Sorenson
A predictive analysis of water use for Providence, Rhode Island A predictive analysis of water use for Providence, Rhode Island
To explain the drivers of historical water use in the public water systems (PWSs) that serve populations in Providence, Rhode Island, and surrounding areas, and to forecast future water use, a machine-learning model (cubist regression) was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with Providence Water to model daily per capita rates of domestic, commercial, and industrial...
Authors
Catherine A. Chamberlin
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MODFLOW6 Groundwater Flow Model, MODPATH Particle-Tracking Simulation, and Groundwater-Transported Nitrogen Load Model of Average Monthly Conditions in Coastal Connecticut and Adjacent Areas of New York and Rhode Island, 1993 - 2022 MODFLOW6 Groundwater Flow Model, MODPATH Particle-Tracking Simulation, and Groundwater-Transported Nitrogen Load Model of Average Monthly Conditions in Coastal Connecticut and Adjacent Areas of New York and Rhode Island, 1993 - 2022
A groundwater flow model simulating average monthly conditions, using MODFLOW6, was developed to better understand groundwater flow and groundwater-transported nitrogen loads in coastal Connecticut and adjacent areas of New York and Rhode Island. Elevated nitrogen loads are a pervasive issue in the Long Island Sound, an estuary that receives freshwater and nutrients from both surface...
Summary Simulated Groundwater-transported Nitrogen Loads on the North Shore of Long Island Sound and Associated Data Summary Simulated Groundwater-transported Nitrogen Loads on the North Shore of Long Island Sound and Associated Data
A monthly model of groundwater-transported nitrogen loads was developed for 12-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC12) watersheds on the north shore of Long Island Sound in coastal Connecticut and adjacent areas of New York and Rhode Island. As part of the analysis, potential management actions that upgraded septic systems or reduced fertilizer application to areas of turf-grass were also...
Soil-Water-Balance Model Developed to Simulate Net Infiltration in Watersheds on the North Shore of the Long Island Sound Soil-Water-Balance Model Developed to Simulate Net Infiltration in Watersheds on the North Shore of the Long Island Sound
This model archive provides input and output for Soil-Water-Balance (SWB) models developed to simulate groundwater recharge (net infiltration) for a groundwater model of watersheds on the north shore of the Long Island Sound. The simulated groundwater recharge was further refined in the calibration of the groundwater flow model, which is published in a separate ScienceBase archive (https...
Monthly and Annual population and water withdrawal maps of Rhode Island 2014-2021 Monthly and Annual population and water withdrawal maps of Rhode Island 2014-2021
This data release consists of multi-band 30-meter x 30-meter pixel rasters of estimated population and domestic self-supplied water withdrawals in Rhode Island between July 2014 and June 2021. Population raster data were generated using a national data product of 2010 population spatially distributed across land cover data and U.S. Census Bureau data of population growth estimates to...
CAnVAS Mean Climate Parameters with Uncertainty Estimates (1970-1999 and 2010-2099), Derived from Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs (MACAv2-Livneh) statistically downscaled Global Climate Models CAnVAS Mean Climate Parameters with Uncertainty Estimates (1970-1999 and 2010-2099), Derived from Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs (MACAv2-Livneh) statistically downscaled Global Climate Models
This dataset contains the multi-model means of various climate parameters with uncertainty bounds from the Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs statistically downscaled global climate model dataset for different time slices between 1970 and 2099. The data is provided for both the Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5 W m-2 and 8.5 W m-2 future climate scenarios.
Experimental testing for radon in laboratory and field using a coupled diffusive membrane and alpha track detector, 2024 Experimental testing for radon in laboratory and field using a coupled diffusive membrane and alpha track detector, 2024
Information on radon occurrence in groundwater systems is important to assess risks from radon exposure. For this study we developed a novel passive method to measure for dissolved radon in groundwater using a coupled diffusive membrane encasing an alpha track (AT) detector. The membrane is gas permeable but water impermeable, which allows for the deployment of AT detectors in aqueous...
Data for Modeling Interbasin Transfers of Water in Colorado and the Northeast Region, United States. Data for Modeling Interbasin Transfers of Water in Colorado and the Northeast Region, United States.
Data used to predict flow characteristics of transfers of water between hydrologic basins at the hydrologic unit code 8 (HUC8 scale) using tree-based ensemble models—random forest models for Colorado and M5 cubist models for the Northeast Region (parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York)—are presented and documented in this data release. Interbasin transfers (IBTs) of waters are...
Data for the Lakes and Impoundments Drought Index in the Massachusetts Drought Management Plan Data for the Lakes and Impoundments Drought Index in the Massachusetts Drought Management Plan
The Massachusetts Drought Management Plan (DMP, 2023) uses data from select lake and impoundment systems as an index for drought in six of seven regions in the state. The contents of these lakes and impoundments are reported to Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and classified as one of five levels for drought severity ranging from level 0 (Normal; percentile...
Magnetic Survey Data in Glastonbury, Connecticut 2023 Magnetic Survey Data in Glastonbury, Connecticut 2023
A ground-based magnetic survey was conducted in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Magnetic surveys are passive, non-contact, surface geophysical methods that measure the total ambient magnetic field. The magnetic survey utilized a Geometrics G-858 MagMapper with dual cesium vapor magnetometers and a GEM Systems Base Station. Sixteen survey profiles, totaling 7 linear kilometers in length, were...
Model Archive, Input Data, Modeled Estimates of Water Use 2005-2021, and Forecasts of Water Use in 2030 and 2040 in Providence, Rhode Island Model Archive, Input Data, Modeled Estimates of Water Use 2005-2021, and Forecasts of Water Use in 2030 and 2040 in Providence, Rhode Island
A water use study was conducted to understand the drivers of historical water use in the Providence Water Supply Board network (the service area of Providence Water Supply Board and its wholesale customers) and to forecast future water use in the same network. A cubist regression model was developed to model daily per capita water use rates for three water use categories in each of the...
Evaluation of the lakes and impoundments drought index for the Massachusetts Drought Management Plan Evaluation of the lakes and impoundments drought index for the Massachusetts Drought Management Plan
The condition of surface water storage in lakes and impoundments is used as an index of drought in the Massachusetts drought management plan. The U.S. Geological Survey visited 28 of these lakes and impoundments at 14 single and multiple waterbody systems to evaluate their appropriateness for characterizing drought. The data collection and computation methods at each system were then...
Authors
Travis L. Smith
Estimating groundwater level records using MOVE.1 and computing monthly percentiles from estimated groundwater records in Massachusetts Estimating groundwater level records using MOVE.1 and computing monthly percentiles from estimated groundwater records in Massachusetts
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, performed record extensions on groundwater levels at select wells using the Maintenance of Variance Extension type 1 (MOVE.1) method. The groundwater levels estimated from these record extensions were used to compute monthly percentiles to improve future determinations of a...
Authors
Elizabeth A. Ahearn, Dee-Ann E. Crozier
Simulated mean monthly groundwater-transported nitrogen loads in watersheds on the north shore of Long Island Sound, 1993–2022 Simulated mean monthly groundwater-transported nitrogen loads in watersheds on the north shore of Long Island Sound, 1993–2022
Elevated nitrogen loads are pervasive in the Long Island Sound, an estuary that receives freshwater and nutrients from both surface-water and groundwater discharge. Surface-water nitrogen loads to the Long Island Sound are relatively well characterized, but less is known about groundwater-transported nitrogen loads. Prior work on the northern shore of Long Island Sound (Connecticut and...
Authors
Janet R. Barclay, Madeleine J. Holland, John R. Mullaney
Groundwater quality near the Placerita Oil Field, California, 2018 Groundwater quality near the Placerita Oil Field, California, 2018
Groundwater-quality data and potential fluid-migration pathways near the Placerita Oil Field in Los Angeles County, California, were examined by the U.S. Geological Survey to determine if oil-field fluids (water and gas from oil-producing and non-producing zones) have mixed with groundwater resources. Six of the 13 new groundwater samples collected for this study contained petroleum...
Authors
Jennifer S. Stanton, Matthew K. Landon, David H. Shimabukuro, Justin T. Kulongoski, Andrew G. Hunt, Peter B. McMahon, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, Robert Anders, Theron A. Sowers
Ambient flow and transport in long-screened, sand-packed wells: Insights into cross contamination and wellbore flow Ambient flow and transport in long-screened, sand-packed wells: Insights into cross contamination and wellbore flow
The presence of long-screened wells with a surrounding sand pack can have a major effect on the redistribution of contaminants in groundwater, particularly when the wells are set in low-hydraulic conductivity aquifers. Such redistribution, or cross contamination, can occur through vertical flow and advective transport or by in-well mixing via multiple non-advective transport processes. A...
Authors
Philip Harte, Christopher Palumbo Ely, Nicholas F. Teague, Nicole C. Fenton, Anthony A. Brown
Water-quality monitoring strategy for Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River Estuary, southeastern Massachusetts Water-quality monitoring strategy for Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River Estuary, southeastern Massachusetts
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), began a study in 2018 to develop a water-quality monitoring strategy (WQMS) for Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River Estuary in southeastern Massachusetts. MassDEP is interested in water-quality data in Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River Estuary to characterize current...
Authors
David S. Armstrong
Estimated reductions in phosphorus loads from removal of leaf litter in the Lake Champlain drainage area, Vermont Estimated reductions in phosphorus loads from removal of leaf litter in the Lake Champlain drainage area, Vermont
Excess nutrient loading and other factors are driving eutrophication and other negative effects on water-quality conditions in Lake Champlain and other receiving waters in Vermont. Two common best management practices were evaluated to determine how these practices can be optimized by targeting maintenance and operation to align better with seasonally driven needs, specifically to help...
Authors
Jason R. Sorenson, James M. Pease, Jeremy K. Foote, Ann T. Chalmers, David H. Ainley, Clayton J. Williams
Low-flow period seasonality, trends, and climate linkages across the United States Low-flow period seasonality, trends, and climate linkages across the United States
Low-flow period properties, including timing, magnitude, and duration, influence many key processes for water resource managers and ecosystems. We computed annual low-flow period duration and timing metrics from 1951 to 2020 for 1032 conterminous United States (CONUS) streamgages and analyzed spatial patterns, trends through time, and relationships to climate. Results show northwestern...
Authors
Caelan Simeone, Gregory J. McCabe, Jory Seth Hecht, John C. Hammond, Glenn A. Hodgkins, Carolyn G. Olson, Michael Wieczorek, David M. Wolock
The Native American Research Assistantship Program—Building capacity for Indigenous water-resources monitoring The Native American Research Assistantship Program—Building capacity for Indigenous water-resources monitoring
Intertribal networks for collecting and analyzing hydrologic and environmental data are growing. The U.S. Geological Survey can be a key partner with Tribal Nations in the further development of network capacity. A first step is the internship opportunity available through the partnership between the USGS and The Wildlife Society: The Native American Research Assistantship Program.
Authors
Electa Hare-Red Corn, Robert F. Breault, Jason R. Sorenson
A predictive analysis of water use for Providence, Rhode Island A predictive analysis of water use for Providence, Rhode Island
To explain the drivers of historical water use in the public water systems (PWSs) that serve populations in Providence, Rhode Island, and surrounding areas, and to forecast future water use, a machine-learning model (cubist regression) was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with Providence Water to model daily per capita rates of domestic, commercial, and industrial...
Authors
Catherine A. Chamberlin