Publications
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Estimated withdrawals and use of freshwater in New Hampshire, 1990 Estimated withdrawals and use of freshwater in New Hampshire, 1990
Estimated freshwater withdrawals during 1990 in New Hampshire totaled about 422 million gallons per day from ground-water and surface-water sources. The largest withdrawals were for thermoelectric-power generation (60 percent), public supply (23 percent), and industrial use (9 percent). Most withdrawals, 358 million gallons per day, were made from surface- water sources, as compared to...
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Laura Medalie, M.A. Horn
Water Resources Data, New Hampshire and Vermont, Water Year 1993 Water Resources Data, New Hampshire and Vermont, Water Year 1993
No abstract available.
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K. W. Toppin, K.E. McKenna, J. E. Cotton, S. M. Flanagan
Water resources data, New Hampshire and Vermont, water year 1992 Water resources data, New Hampshire and Vermont, water year 1992
No abstract available.
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K. W. Toppin, K.E. McKenna, J. E. Cotton, S. M. Flanagan
Hydrogeology, water quality, and ground-water-development alternatives in the upper Wood River ground-water reservoir, Rhode Island Hydrogeology, water quality, and ground-water-development alternatives in the upper Wood River ground-water reservoir, Rhode Island
The 72.4-square-mile Upper Wood River study area is in the Pawcatuck River basin in southern Rhode Island. Stratified drift is the only principal geologic unit capable of producing yields greater than 0.5 Mgal/d. Transmissivity of the aquifer ranges from 7,600 to 49,200 sq ft/d. Water-table conditions prevail and the aquifer is in good hydraulic connection with perennial streams and...
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D.C. Dickerman, R.W. Bell
Water, energy, and biogeochemical budgets investigation at Panola Mountain research watershed, Stockbridge, Georgia; A research plan Water, energy, and biogeochemical budgets investigation at Panola Mountain research watershed, Stockbridge, Georgia; A research plan
The Panola Mountain Research Watershed (PMRW), located in the Panola Mountain State Conservation Park near Stockbridge, Georgia has been selected as a core research watershed under the Water, Energy and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB) research initiative of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Global Climate Change Program. This research plan describes ongoing and planned research activities...
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Thomas G. Huntington, R. P. Hooper, N.E. Peters, T.D. Bullen, Carol Kendall
Ground water discharge and the related nutrient and trace metal fluxes into Quincy Bay, Massachusetts Ground water discharge and the related nutrient and trace metal fluxes into Quincy Bay, Massachusetts
Measurement of the rate and direction of ground water flow beneath Wollaston Beach, Quincy, Massachusetts by use of a heat-pulsing flowmeter shows a mean velocity in the bulk sediment of 40 cm d−1. The estimated total discharge of ground water into Quincy Bay during October 1990 was 1324–2177 m3 d−1, a relatively low ground water discharge rate. The tides have only a moderate effect on...
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L.J. Poppe, A.M. Moffett
Simulated hydrologic responses of the Quashnet River stream-aquifer system to proposed ground-water withdrawals, Cape Cod, Massachusetts Simulated hydrologic responses of the Quashnet River stream-aquifer system to proposed ground-water withdrawals, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
An investigation of the Quashnet River stream- aquifer system on Cape Cod was initiated in response to concern over possible streamflow reduction and degradation of the sea-run brown trout habitat of the river resulting from proposed ground-water withdrawals. A two-layer finite-difference ground-water-flow model was developed to simulate the stream-aquifer system. Steady-state pumping...
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P. M. Barlow, K.M. Hess
Effects of land use on quality of water in stratified-drift aquifers in Connecticut Effects of land use on quality of water in stratified-drift aquifers in Connecticut
Activities associated with agricultural, residential, commercial, and industrial land uses have affected water quality in 4 stratified-drift aquifers in Connecticut. Water-quality data from 116 shallow wells were segregated by land use. Nonparametric statistical analysis indicate that 27 water-quality variables differ at the 0.05 significance level for samples from at least one land-use...
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S. J. Grady
Regional evaluations of acid deposition effects on forests: Eastern spruce-fir Regional evaluations of acid deposition effects on forests: Eastern spruce-fir
Having reviewed the results of the Integrated Forest Study (IFS) project, we now try to place the results in a larger perspective by very briefly summarizing acid deposition effects and their potential role in forest health in the several forest types represented in the IFS project. This chapter gives brief overviews of the situation in eastern spruce-fir, eastern hardwood, and southern...
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A. H. Johnson, A. J. Friedland, E. K. Miller, J. J. Battles, Thomas G. Huntington, D. R. Vann, G. R. Strimbeck
Aluminum in soil solutions from a subalpine spruce-fir forest at Whiteface Mountain, New York Aluminum in soil solutions from a subalpine spruce-fir forest at Whiteface Mountain, New York
Direct or indirect Al toxicity has been suggested as a principal factor in forest tree declines. We monitored ambient soil solutions in undisturbed and experimentally manipulated soils from a fir [Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.]-spruce forest on Whiteface Mountain, NY, in order to characterize soil solution Al concentrations over a range of acid anion loadings. Under both natural and...
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E. K. Miller, Thomas G. Huntington, A. H. Johnson, A. J. Friedland