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Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Ohio region Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Ohio region

Ground water in the Ohio Region is a large, important, and manageable resource that should have a significant role in regional water development. On the basis of a comparison of ground-water withdrawals with estimated ground-water recharge, it appears that the ground-water resources of the Ohio Region probably will not be used at full potential under existing development plans. Annual...
Authors
Richard M. Bloyd

Water demands for expanding energy development Water demands for expanding energy development

Water is used in producing energy for mining and reclamation of mined lands, onsite processing, transportation, refining, and conversion of fuels to other forms of energy. In the East, South, Midwest, and along the seacoasts, most water problems are related to pollution rather than to water supply. West of about the 100th meridian, however, runoff is generally less than potential...
Authors
G. H. Davis, Leonard A. Wood

Floods in Indiana: technical manual for estimating their magnitude and frequency Floods in Indiana: technical manual for estimating their magnitude and frequency

This manual provides methods for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods on unregulated and unurbanized streams in Indiana that drain at least 15 square miles (38.8 square kilometres). The methods provide the design engineer with a means of estimating flood frequencies without having to analyze the records at individual streamflow sites. The estimating equations in this manual...
Authors
L.G. Davis

Large rivers of the United States Large rivers of the United States

Information on the flow of the 28 largest rivers in the United States is presented for the base periods 1931-60 and 1941-70. Drainage area, stream length, source, and mouth are included. Table 1 shows the average discharge at downstream gaging stations. Table 2 lists large rivers in order of average discharge at the mouth, based on the period 1941-70.
Authors
Kathleen T. Iseri, Walter Basil Langbein

Water quality of hydrologic bench marks; an indicator of water quality in the natural environment Water quality of hydrologic bench marks; an indicator of water quality in the natural environment

Water-quality data, collected at 57 hydrologic bench-mark stations in 37 States, allow the definition of water quality in the 'natural' environment and the comparison of 'natural' water quality with water quality of major streams draining similar water-resources regions. Results indicate that water quality in the 'natural' environment is generally very good. Streams draining hydrologic...
Authors
James E. Biesecker, Donald K. Leifeste

Availability of water from limestone and dolomite aquifers in southwest Ohio and the relation of water quality to the regional flow system Availability of water from limestone and dolomite aquifers in southwest Ohio and the relation of water quality to the regional flow system

The largest ground-water supplies from the 150 to 450-foot thick carbonate-rock aquifer in southwest Ohio are available in a 2,800 squaremile area on the crest and eastern flank of the Cincinnati arch. Well production in the high-yield area is mainly from the Newburg zone, a permeable stratum in the lower part of the Bass Island group. A ' structure contour map on the top of the Lockport...
Authors
Stanley Eugene Norris, Richard E. Fidler

Water facts and figures for planners and managers Water facts and figures for planners and managers

Water is defined in terms of its chemical composition and dominant physical properties, such as expansion on freezing and high surface tension. Water on the earth is about 97 percent in the seas, 2 percent in glacier ice, principally Greenland and Antarctica. Man is left with less than 1 percent as liquid fresh water to sustain his needs. This is possible under good management because...
Authors
John Henry Frederick Feth

Definitions of selected ground-water terms, revisions and conceptual refinements Definitions of selected ground-water terms, revisions and conceptual refinements

For many years there has been a need for redefinition or more precise definition of certain ground-water terms used in publications by members of the U.S . Geological Survey. Another problem has been the expression of the coefficient of permeability (herein redefined as hydraulic conductivity) and the coefficient of transmissibility (herein redefined as transmissivity) in inconsistent...
Authors
Stanley William Lohman

Comparison of evaporation computation methods, Pretty Lake, Lagrange County, northeastern Indiana Comparison of evaporation computation methods, Pretty Lake, Lagrange County, northeastern Indiana

Evaporation from Pretty Lake has been computed for a 2%- year period between 1963 and 1965 by the use of an energy budget, mass-transfer parameters, a water budget, a class-A pan, and a computed pan evaporation technique. The seasonal totals for the different methods are within 8 percent of their mean and are within 11 percent of the rate of 79 centimeters (31 inches) per year determined...
Authors
John F. Ficke
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