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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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...
Authors
Thomas J. Lopes, Shannon G. Dionne
Technology Transfer Opportunities: Automated Ground-Water Monitoring, A Proven Technology Technology Transfer Opportunities: Automated Ground-Water Monitoring, A Proven Technology
Introduction The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed and tested an automated ground-water monitoring system that measures and records values of selected water-quality properties and constituents using protocols approved for manual sampling. Prototypes using the automated process have demonstrated the ability to increase the quantity and quality of data collected and have shown...
Authors
Kirk P. Smith, Gregory E. Granato
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
No abstract available.
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Stephen P. Garabedian, J.F. Coles, S. J. Grady, E.C.T. Trench, M.J. Zimmerman
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
Delineation of contributing areas to selected public-supply wells, western Cape Cod, Massachusetts Delineation of contributing areas to selected public-supply wells, western Cape Cod, Massachusetts
No abstract available.
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John P. Masterson, Donald A. Walter, Denis R. LeBlanc
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
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...
Authors
Gregory E. Granato, Fred G. Bank, Patricia A. Cazenas
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...
Authors
Claire R. Tiedeman, Daniel J. Goode, Paul A. Hsieh
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...
Authors
Marcus C. Waldron, Chip Norton, Timothy W.D. MacDonald
Surface-water quality information in Connecticut : answering key scientific and management questions Surface-water quality information in Connecticut : answering key scientific and management questions
No abstract available.
Authors
Elaine C. Todd Trench, Steven S. Kiesman