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Halite brine in the Onondaga Trough near Syracuse, New York: Characterization and simulation of variable-density flow
Halite brine (saturation ranging from 45 to 80 percent) lies within glacial-drift deposits that fill the Onondaga Trough, a 40-km long bedrock valley deepened by Pleistocene ice near Syracuse, N.Y. The most concentrated brine occupies the northern end of the trough, more than 15 kilometers (km) beyond the northern limit of halite beds in the Silurian Salina Group, the assumed source of salt. The c
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Richard M. Yager, William M. Kappel, Niel Plummer
Ground-Water Quality in the Genesee River Basin, New York, 2005-2006
Water samples were collected from 7 community water system wells and 15 private domestic wells throughout the Genesee River Basin in New York State (downstream from the Pennsylvania border) from October 2005 through March 2006 and analyzed to characterize the chemical quality of ground water in the basin. The wells were selected to represent areas of greatest ground-water use and to provide a repr
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David A.V. Eckhardt, J.E. Reddy, Kathryn L. Tamulonis
Nitrogen Loading in Jamaica Bay, Long Island, New York: Predevelopment to 2005
Nitrogen loading to Jamaica Bay, a highly urbanized estuary on the southern shore of western Long Island, New York, has increased from an estimated rate of 35.6 kilograms per day (kg/d) under predevelopment conditions (pre-1900), chiefly as nitrate plus nitrite from ground-water inflow, to an estimated 15,800 kilograms per day as total nitrogen in 2005. The principal point sources are wastewater-t
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Mark J. Benotti, Irene Abbene, Stephen A. Terracciano
Paleoenvironmental Assessment and Deglacial Chronology of the Onondaga Trough, Onondaga County, New York
Introduction
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Onondaga Lake Partnership and Onondaga Environmental Institute, has been studying the hydrogeology of the Onondaga Trough since 2002 to determine the movement and concentration of naturally occurring brine in the glacial valley-fill aquifer. Numerous shallow and deep test holes have been drilled to determine the glacial and water-
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William M. Kappel, Mark A. Teece
Evaluation of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler to Measure Discharge at New York Power Authority's Niagara Power Project, Niagara Falls, New York
The need for accurate real-time discharge in the International Niagara River hydro power system requires reliable, accurate and reproducible data. The U.S. Geological Survey has been widely using Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) to accurately measure discharge in riverine channels since the mid-1990s. The use of the ADCP to measure discharge has remained largely untested at hydroelectric-
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Henry J. Zajd
Geophysical Logs of Selected Test Wells at the Diaz Chemical Superfund Site in Holley, New York
In June and July 2006, geophysical logs were collected and analyzed along with rock-core samples to define the bedrock stratigraphy and flow zones penetrated by four test wells at the Diaz Chemical Superfund site at Holley in eastern Orleans County, New York. The work was completed as a preliminary part of the investigation of contamination by organic compounds in the shale, mudstone, and sandston
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David A.V. Eckhardt, J. Alton Anderson
Ground-Water Quality in the Delaware River Basin, New York, 2001 and 2005-2006
The Federal Clean Water Act Amendments of 1977 require that States monitor and report on the quality of ground water and surface water. To satisfy part of these requirements, the U.S. Geological Survey and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have developed a program in which ground-water quality is assessed in 2 to 3 of New York State's 14 major basins each year. To characteriz
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Elizabeth A. Nystrom
Ground-Water Quality in the St. Lawrence River Basin, New York, 2005-06
The Federal Clean Water Act requires that States monitor and report on the quality of ground water and surface water. To satisfy part of these requirements, the U.S. Geological Survey and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have developed a program in which ground-water quality is assessed in 2 to 3 of New York State's 14 major river basins each year. To characterize the qualit
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Elizabeth A. Nystrom
Flood of April 2-3, 2005, Esopus Creek Basin, New York
On April 2-3, 2005, heavy rain moved into southern New York and delivered rainfall amounts that ranged from about 2 in. to almost 6 in. within a 36-hour period. Significant flooding occurred on many small streams and tributaries in the area, and extensive flooding occurred on the Esopus and Roundout Creeks in Ulster and Greene Counties, New York. The flooding damaged many homes, caused millions of
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Thomas P. Suro, Gary D. Firda
Microcystin distribution in physical size class separations of natural plankton communities
Phytoplankton communities in 30 northern Missouri and Iowa lakes were physically separated into 5 size classes (>100 µm, 53-100 µm, 35-53 µm, 10-35 µm, 1-10 µm) during 15-21 August 2004 to determine the distribution of microcystin (MC) in size fractionated lake samples and assess how net collections influence estimates of MC concentration. MC was detected in whole water (total) from 83% of lakes s
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J.L. Graham, J.R. Jones
Hydrogeology of Two Areas of the Tug Hill Glacial-Drift Aquifer, Oswego County, New York
Two water-production systems, one for the Village of Pulaski and the other for the Villages of Sandy Creek and Lacona in Oswego County, New York, withdraw water from the Tug Hill glacial-drift aquifer, a regional sand and gravel aquifer along the western flank of the Tug Hill Plateau, and provide the sole source of water for these villages. As a result of concerns about contamination of the aquife
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Todd S. Miller, Edward F. Bugliosi, Kari K. Hetcher-Aguila, David A. Eckhardt
Relations of Environmental Factors with Mussel-Species Richness in the Neversink River, New York
INTRODUCTION
Declines in the distribution, abundance, and diversity of freshwater-mussel species (family Unionidae1) have been reported worldwide (Bogan, 1993; Strayer and Jirka, 1997). The principal causes of the observed declines are difficult to confirm, however, because only a few of the many factors that affect mussel-species populations have been identified (Strayer and Ralley, 1993; Stra
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Barry P. Baldigo, Anne G. Ernst, George E. Schuler, Colin D. Apse