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Nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed - A Century of Change, 1950–2050

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Domestic Well Water Quality in Marcellus Shale Region

Factors Affecting Groundwater Quality Used for Domestic Supply in Marcellus Shale Region of North-Central and North-East Pennsylvania

Geohydrologic and water-quality characterization of a fractured-bedrock test hole in an area of Marcellus Shale gas development, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

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January 1, 1988

Geohydrology of the Furnace Creek basin and vicinity, Berks, Lancaster, and Lebanon counties, Pennsylvania

The Furnace Creek basin is an area of 8.95 square miles, about three- fourths of which is underlain by metamorphic rocks of low permeability. Reported yields for 14 wells in these rocks range from 1 to 60 gal/min (gallons per minute), with a median of 7.5 gal/min. The northern part of the study area consists of highly permeable carbonate rocks. Nondomestic wells in these rocks typically y

Authors

L.D. Cecil

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1988

Water resources data, Pennsylvania, water year 1986. Volume 2: Susquehanna and Potomac River basins

Water resources data for the 1986 water year for Pennsylvania consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; contents and elevations of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report. Volume 2, includes records from the Susquehanna and Potomac River basins. Specifically, it contains: (1) Discharge records for 93 continuous record stream-f

Authors

W.C. Loper, T.E. Behrendt, W.P. Schaffstall

Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1988

Water resources data, Pennsylvania, water year 1986. Volume 1: Delaware River Basin

Water resources data for the 1986 water year for Pennsylvania consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; contents and elevations of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report, Volume 1, includes records from the Delaware River basins. Specifically, it contains: (1) Discharge records for 74 continuous record streamflow-gaging stati

Authors

J.R. Kolva, T.E. White, L.D. Cecil, R.L. Druther

Pennsylvania Water Science Center

December 31, 1987

Ground-water contamination near a uranium tailings disposal site in Colorado

Contaminants from uranium tailings disposed of at an active mill in Colorado have seeped into the shallow ground water onsite. This ground water discharges into the Arkansas River Valley through a superposed stream channel cut in the resistant sandstone ridge at the edge of a synclinal basin. In the river valley, seasonal surface-water irrigation has a significant impact on hydrodynamics. Water le

Authors

Daniel J. Goode, Russell J. Wilder

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1987

Surface-water quality in Pequea Creek basin, Pennsylvania, 1977-79

A study of the Pequea Creek basin was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and the EPA from February 1977 through March 1979. Pequea Creek drains an intensive agricultural area of 154 sq mi in southeastern Pennsylvania, and enters the Susquehanna River 30 mi north of the Chesapeake Bay. The study included measurement of streamflow and

Authors

J. R. Ward

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1987

Effect of urbanization on the water resources of eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania

The effects of human activity on the water resources of a 207-square-mile area of eastern Chester County was evaluated. The most serious consequence of urbanization is the contamination of ground water by volatile organic compounds, which were detected in 39 percent of the 70 wells sampled. As many as nine compounds were found in one water sample, and the concentration of total volatile organic co

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R. A. Sloto

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1987

Quality of water in mines in the Western Middle Coal Field, Anthracite Region, east-central Pennsylvania

The quality of mine water in the 75 sq-mi Western Middle anthracite field, Pennsylvania was determined by sampling discharges and boreholes at 60 abandoned and flooded mines during 1975-78. The Vulcan-Buck Mountain mine, east-northeast of Mahanoy City, contains an estimated 6,100 acre-ft of water with a specific conductance of 380 to 460 micromhos and a pH of 4.4 to 4.6 units. Twenty-two mines are

Authors

L.A. Reed, M.M. Beard, D.J. Growitz

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1987

Determination of benthic-invertebrate indices and water-quality trends of selected streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1969-80

The trends of biological and chemical data collected for 12 years (1969-80) from 46 sites in Chester County were evaluated by using the sea- sonal Kendall test. Brillouin's diversity index was calculated and plotted against time for each site. The diversity index at 7 sites had upward trends significant at the 99-percent confidence level, the index at 9 sites had upward trends significant at the 9

Authors

C.R. Moore

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1987

Water resources data for Pennsylvania, water year 1986. Volume 3: Ohio River and St. Lawrence River Basins

No abstract available.

Authors

J.B. Lescinsky, M.B. Coll, R.W. Siwicki

Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1987

Water resources data for Pennsylvania, water year 1985. Volume 1: Delaware River basin

No abstract available.

Authors

J.R. Kolva, T.E. White, R.L. Druther, P. Moleski

Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1987

Hydrogeology and ground-water quality at a land reclamation site, Neshaminy State Park, Pennsylvania

At Neshaminy State park, the most important aquifer is the informally named 'Trenton gravel' of Pleistocene age, which consists of poorly sorted sand and gravel. This is underlain by less permeable crystalline rock that limits the downward movement of water. Up to 5 feet of Holocene (or perhaps Pleistocene) alluvium consisting of clay and silt was deposited above the Trenton gravel, but much of th

Authors

Ray S. Blickwedel, Jeff H. Linn

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1987

Ground-water levels in the lower Paleozoic and Precambrian crystalline rocks, southeastern Chester County, Pennsylvania, July and August 1986

A water table contour map of the lower Paleozoic and Precambrian crystalline rocks of southeastern Chester County, Pennsylvania was constructed on the basis of water levels measured in 261 wells in July and August 1986, elevations of 11 springs that were flowing in July and August 1986, and water levels measured in 15 wells. Pre-1986 measurements were incorporated on the map to provide control in

Authors

John A. Garges

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center