Publications
The list below includes official USGS publications and journal articles authored by New England Water Science Center scientists. The USGS Pubs Warehouse link provides access to all USSG publications.
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Water quality in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River basins, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, 1992-95 Water quality in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River basins, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, 1992-95
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Stephen P. Garabedian, J.F. Coles, S. J. Grady, E.C.T. Trench, M.J. Zimmerman
A Review of Semivolatile and Volatile Organic Compounds in Highway Runoff and Urban Stormwater A Review of Semivolatile and Volatile Organic Compounds in Highway Runoff and Urban Stormwater
Many studies have been conducted since 1970 to characterize concentrations of semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in highway runoff and urban stormwater. To a lesser extent, studies also have characterized concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), estimated loads of SVOCs, and assessed potential impacts of these contaminants on receiving streams. This review evaluates the...
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Thomas J. Lopes, Shannon G. Dionne
Characterizing a ground water basin in a New England mountain and valley terrain Characterizing a ground water basin in a New England mountain and valley terrain
A ground water basin is defined as the volume of subsurface through which ground water flows from the water table to a specified discharge location. Delineating the topographically defined surface water basin and extending it vertically downward does not always define the ground water basin. Instead, a ground water basin is more appropriately delineated by tracking ground water flowpaths...
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Claire R. Tiedeman, Daniel J. Goode, Paul A. Hsieh
The Flood of June 1998 in Massachusetts and Rhode Island The Flood of June 1998 in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
More than 10 inches of rain fell on some areas of eastern Massachusetts and more than 7 inches fell on some areas of Rhode Island during and intense and prolonged rainstorm from June 12 through June 15, 1998. On some streams, the magnitude of the floods resulting from the rain would be exceeded, on average, only once every 50 years. Estimated property damage from the June 1998 floods...
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Gene W. Parker, Kernell G. Ries, Roy S. Socolow
Data Quality Objectives and Criteria for Basic Information, Acceptable Uncertainty, and Quality-Assurance and Quality-Control Documentation Data Quality Objectives and Criteria for Basic Information, Acceptable Uncertainty, and Quality-Assurance and Quality-Control Documentation
The Federal Highway Administration and State transportation agencies have the responsibility of determining and minimizing the effects of highway runoff on water quality; therefore, they have been conducting an extensive program of water-quality monitoring and research during the last 25 years. The objectives and monitoring goals of highway runoff studies have been diverse, because the...
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Gregory E. Granato, Fred G. Bank, Patricia A. Cazenas
Walden Pond, Massachusetts: Environmental setting and current investigations Walden Pond, Massachusetts: Environmental setting and current investigations
Introduction Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, is famous among lakes because of its unique social history. Walden was the setting for American naturalist Henry David Thoreau's well-known essay 'Walden; or, Life in the Woods,' first published in 1854. Thoreau lived and wrote at Walden Pond from July 1845 to September 1847. In 'Walden,' Thoreau combined highly admired writing on
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John A. Colman, Marcus C. Waldron
Surface-water quality information in Connecticut : answering key scientific and management questions Surface-water quality information in Connecticut : answering key scientific and management questions
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Elaine C. Todd Trench, Steven S. Kiesman
Source-Water Protection and Water-Quality Investigations in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Drinking-Water Supply System Source-Water Protection and Water-Quality Investigations in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Drinking-Water Supply System
Introduction The Cambridge Water Department (CWD) supplies about 15 million gallons of water each day to more than 95,000 customers in the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Most of this water is obtained from a system of reservoirs located in Cambridge and in parts of five other suburban-Boston communities. The drainage basin that contributes water to these reservoirs includes several...
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Marcus C. Waldron, Chip Norton, Timothy W.D. MacDonald
Multivariate classification of small order watersheds in the Quabbin Reservoir Basin, Massachusetts Multivariate classification of small order watersheds in the Quabbin Reservoir Basin, Massachusetts
ABSTRACT: A multivariate approach was used to analyze hydrologic, geologic, geographic, and water-chemistry data from small order watersheds in the Quabbin Reservoir Basin in central Massachusetts. Eighty three small order watersheds were delineated and landscape attributes defining hydrologic, geologic, and geographic features of the watersheds were compiled from geographic information...
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R.M. Lent, M.C. Waldron, J. C. Rader
Soil, environmental, and watershed measurements in support of carbon cycling studies in northwestern Mississippi Soil, environmental, and watershed measurements in support of carbon cycling studies in northwestern Mississippi
Measurements including soil respiration, soil moisture, soil temperature, and carbon export in suspended sediments from small watersheds were recorded at several field sites in northwestern Mississippi in support of hillslope process studies associated with the U.S. Geological Survey's Mississippi Basin Carbon Project (MBCP). These measurements were made to provide information about...
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Thomas G. Huntington, J.W. Harden, S. M. Dabney, D. A. Marion, C. Alonso, J. M. Sharpe, T. L. Fries
Channel morphology and streambed-sediment quality in the Muddy River, Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, October 1997 Channel morphology and streambed-sediment quality in the Muddy River, Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, October 1997
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Authors
Robert F. Breault, Peter K. Weiskel, Timothy D. McCobb