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Cyanotoxin mixture models

Relating environmental variables and toxin co-occurrence to human exposure risk

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Organic contaminants assessed in 305 streams

Multi-region assessment of chemical mixture exposures and predicted cumulative effects in USA wadeable urban/agriculture-gradient streams

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Using infrared imagery to map agricultural drainage

Overall results and key findings on the use of UAV visible-color, multispectral, and thermal infrared imagery to map agricultural drainage

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Utilizing locally available slag to treat waste or agricultural waters

Geochemical Characterization of Iron and Steel Slag and Its Potential to Remove Phosphate and Neutralize Acid

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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

PAH in Streambed Sediment in Great Lakes Tributaries

PAH - Great Lakes

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August 23, 2005

Methods Used to Assess the Susceptibility to Contamination of Transient, Non-Community Public Ground-Water Supplies in Indiana Methods Used to Assess the Susceptibility to Contamination of Transient, Non-Community Public Ground-Water Supplies in Indiana

The Safe Water Drinking Act of 1974 as amended in 1996 gave each State the responsibility of developing a Source-Water Assessment Plan (SWAP) that is designed to protect public-water supplies from contamination. Each SWAP must include three elements: (1) a delineation of the source-water protection area, (2) an inventory of potential sources of contaminants within the area, and (3) a...

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Leslie D. Arihood, David A. Cohen

Water Resources Mission Area, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

July 31, 2005

Mercury in the Grand Calumet River/Indiana Harbor Canal and Lake Michigan, Lake County, Indiana, August 2001 and May 2002 Mercury in the Grand Calumet River/Indiana Harbor Canal and Lake Michigan, Lake County, Indiana, August 2001 and May 2002

Water samples from the Grand Calumet River/Indiana Harbor Canal and Lake Michigan in Lake County, Indiana, were collected and analyzed for mercury. Sampling was done with ultra-clean protocols, and mercury was analyzed by low-level methods during seasons of contrasting weather and streamflow conditions in August 2001 and May 2002. Total mercury concentrations in all the Grand Calumet...

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Martin R. Risch

Water Resources Mission Area, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

July 11, 2005

Evaluation of unsaturated-zone solute-transport models for studies of agricultural chemicals Evaluation of unsaturated-zone solute-transport models for studies of agricultural chemicals

Seven unsaturated-zone solute-transport models were tested with two data sets to select models for use by the Agricultural Chemical Team of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program. The data sets were from a bromide tracer test near Merced, California, and an atrazine study in the White River Basin, Indiana. In this study the models are designated either as...

Authors

Bernard T. Nolan, E. Randall Bayless, Christopher T. Green, Sheena Garg, Frank D. Voss, David C. Lampe, Jack E. Barbash, Paul D. Capel, Barbara A. Bekins

Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center

July 1, 2004

An Inventory of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Calculation of Selected Biotic Indices for the U.S. Army Atterbury Reserve Forces Training Area near Edinburgh, Indiana, September 2000 - August 2002 An Inventory of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Calculation of Selected Biotic Indices for the U.S. Army Atterbury Reserve Forces Training Area near Edinburgh, Indiana, September 2000 - August 2002

An investigation was conducted to establish an inventory of aquatic macroinvertebrates in the streams at the U.S. Army Atterbury Reserve Forces Training Area near Edinburgh, Indiana. The data used to develop this inventory were collected during two sampling efforts in September 2000 and July and August 2002. The inventory identified 173 distinct taxa within the study-area streams...

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Bret A. Robinson

Water Resources Mission Area, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

March 1, 2004

Chemical and biological quality of surface water at the U.S. Army Atterbury Reserve Forces Training Area near Edinburgh, Indiana, September 2000 through July 2001 Chemical and biological quality of surface water at the U.S. Army Atterbury Reserve Forces Training Area near Edinburgh, Indiana, September 2000 through July 2001

A base-wide assessment of surface-water quality at the U.S. Army Atterbury Reserve Forces Training Area near Edinburgh, Indiana, examined short-term and long-term quality of surface water flowing into, across, and out of a 33,760-acre study area. The 30-day geometric-mean concentrations of fecal-indicator bacteria (Escherichia coli) in water samples from all 16 monitoring sites on...

Authors

Martin R. Risch

Water Resources Mission Area, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

January 1, 2004

Detection of human enteric viruses in stream water with RT-PCR and cell culture Detection of human enteric viruses in stream water with RT-PCR and cell culture

A multiplex RT-PCR method was used to measure virus occurrence at five stream water sites that span a range of hydroclimatic, water-quality, and land-use characteristics. The performance of the molecular method was evaluated in comparison with traditional cell culture and Escherichia coli membrane filtration assays. The study incorporated multiple quality controls and included a control...

Authors

K. Denis-Mize, G.S. Fout, D.R. Dahling, D.S. Francy

Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

January 1, 2004

Environmental factors and chemical and microbiological water-quality constituents related to the presence of enteric viruses in ground water from small public water supplies in southeastern Michigan Environmental factors and chemical and microbiological water-quality constituents related to the presence of enteric viruses in ground water from small public water supplies in southeastern Michigan

A study of small public ground-water-supply wells that produce water from discontinuous sand and gravel aquifers was done from July 1999 through July 2001 in southeastern Michigan. Samples were collected to determine the occurrence of viral pathogens and microbiological indicators of fecal contamination (“indicators”), determine whether indicators are adequate predictors of the presence...

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Donna S. Francy, Rebecca N. Bushon, Julie Stopar, Emma J. Luzano, G. Shay Fout

Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

January 1, 2004

Water resources data, Ohio, water year 2003: Volume 2. St. Lawrence River basin and statewide project data Water resources data, Ohio, water year 2003: Volume 2. St. Lawrence River basin and statewide project data

Water-resources data for the 2003 water year for Ohio consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report, in two volumes, contains records for water discharge at 138 gaging stations and various partial-record sites; water levels at 217 observation wells and...

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H.L. Shindel, J.P. Mangus, S.R. Frum

Water Resources Mission Area, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

January 1, 2004

Sampling strategies for estimating acute and chronic exposures of pesticides in streams Sampling strategies for estimating acute and chronic exposures of pesticides in streams

The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 requires that human exposure to pesticides through drinking water be considered when establishing pesticide tolerances in food. Several systematic and seasonally weighted systematic sampling strategies for estimating pesticide concentrations in surface water were evaluated through Monte Carlo simulation, using intensive datasets from four sites in

Authors

Charles G. Crawford

Water Resources Mission Area, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

January 1, 2004

Water resources data, Ohio, water year 2003 : Volume 1. Ohio River basin excluding project data Water resources data, Ohio, water year 2003 : Volume 1. Ohio River basin excluding project data

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H.L. Shindel, J.P. Mangus, S.R. Frum

Water Resources Mission Area, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

November 1, 2003

U.S. Geological Survey Subsidence Interest Group Conference: Proceedings of the technical meeting, Galveston, Texas, November 27-29, 2001 U.S. Geological Survey Subsidence Interest Group Conference: Proceedings of the technical meeting, Galveston, Texas, November 27-29, 2001

InSAR is a powerful technique that uses radar data acquired at different times to measure land-surface deformation, or displacement, over large areas at a high level of spatial detail and a high degree of measurement resolution. InSAR displacement maps (interferograms), in conjunction with other hydrogeologic data, have been used to determine aquifer-system characteristics for areas...

Water Resources Mission Area, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

September 7, 2003

Effects of land subsidence in the Greater Houston Area Effects of land subsidence in the Greater Houston Area

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Authors

Devin L. Galloway, Laura S. Coplin, Steven E. Ingebritsen

Water Resources Mission Area, Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center