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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, 1965

Delaware River water quality Bristol to Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, August 1949 to December 1963 Delaware River water quality Bristol to Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, August 1949 to December 1963

During the 14-year period from August 1949 to July 1963, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Philadelphia, collected samples of river water once each month in the 43-mile reach of the Delaware River from Bristol to Marcus Hook, Pa., and daily at Trenton, 10 miles upstream from Bristol. This part of the Delaware is an estuary into which salt water is brought by...

Authors

Walter B. Keighton

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1964

Quality of Delaware River water at Trenton, New Jersey Quality of Delaware River water at Trenton, New Jersey

Water in the Delaware River at Trenton, NJ, is a mixture of several types--water from the mountainous headwater region, water from the coal-mining regions, and water from the limestone valleys. The quantities of these types of water, in relation to the total quantity of water at Trenton, vary with changes in season and reservoir releases. The chemical quality of the water during the 17

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Leo T. McCarthy, Walter B. Keighton

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1964

Chemical quality of surface water in the West Branch Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania Chemical quality of surface water in the West Branch Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania

The West Branch Susquehanna River is 228 miles long and drains 6,913 square miles of mountainous area in central Pennsylvania. Much of this area is forestcovered wilderness, part of which is reserved as State game land. Wild animals, such as deer, bear, turkey and grouse, are sheltered there, and many streams contain trout and other game fish. This helps to make the region one of the...

Authors

Edward F. McCarren

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1964

Water resources of the Delaware River basin Water resources of the Delaware River basin

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Garald G. Parker, A. G. Hely, Walter B. Keighton, F. H. Olmsted

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1964

Public water supplies of the 100 largest cities of the United States, 1962 Public water supplies of the 100 largest cities of the United States, 1962

The public water supplies of the 100 largest cities in the United States (1960 U.S. Census) serve 9,650 million gallons of water per day (mgd) to 60 million people, which is 34 percent of the Nation's total population and 48 percent of the Nation's urban population. The amount of water used to satisfy the domestic needs as well as the needs of commerce and industry ranges from 13 mgd...

Authors

Charles N. Durfor, Edith Becker

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

January 1, 1964

Sedimentation and land use in Core Creek and Elk Run basins, Pennsylvania, 1954-60 (A progress report) Sedimentation and land use in Core Creek and Elk Run basins, Pennsylvania, 1954-60 (A progress report)

Analyses of data collected from two small basins in northern Pennsylvania during the period May 1954-September 1960 indicated a general relationship between changes in land use and land treatment and changes in suspended-sediment discharge from the basins. Extensive land use and land-treatment changes have taken place in the 12.2 square-mile Corey Creek study basin while such changes in...

Authors

Benjamin L. Jones

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1963

Chemical character of streams in the Delaware River basin Chemical character of streams in the Delaware River basin

The water chemistry of streams in the Delaware River basin falls into eight general groups, when mapped according to the prevalent dissolved-solids content and the predominant ions normally found in the water. The approximate regions representing each of these iso-chemical quality groups are shown on the accompanying base map of the drainage basin.

Authors

Peter W. Anderson, Leo T. McCarthy

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1963

Some relations between streamflow characteristics and the environment in the Delaware River region Some relations between streamflow characteristics and the environment in the Delaware River region

Streamflow characteristics are determined by a large number of factors of the meteorological and terrestrial environments. Because of lack of quantitative data to describe some of the factors and complex interrelations among them, complete analysis of the relations between streamflow and the various environmental factors is impossible. However, certain simplifying assumptions and...

Authors

A. G. Hely, F. H. Olmsted

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1963

Surficial geology and soils of the Elmira-Williamsport region, New York and Pennsylvania, with a section on forest regions and great soil groups Surficial geology and soils of the Elmira-Williamsport region, New York and Pennsylvania, with a section on forest regions and great soil groups

The Elmira-Williamsport region, lying south of the Finger Lakes in central New York and northern Pennsylvania, is part of the Appalachian Plateaus physiographic province. A small segment of the Valley and Ridge province is included near the south border. In 1953 and 1954, the authors, a geologist and a soil scientist, made a reconnaissance of about 5,000 square miles extending southward...

Authors

Charles Storrow Denny, Walter Henry Lyford, J. C. Goodlett

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1963

Chemical quality of surface waters in Pennsylvania Chemical quality of surface waters in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has an abundant supply of surface water of good quality. The average rainfall over the 45,300 square miles in the State is about 42 inches per year. Of this amount, about 50 percent appears in the streams as runoff. The combined mean annual runoff of the Delaware, Ohio, and Susquehanna Rivers, at their farthest downstream measuring points in the State, is in excess of 81,000...

Authors

Charles N. Durfor, Peter W. Anderson

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1963

Variations in the chemical character of the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Variations in the chemical character of the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

The chemical quality of the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg is influenced by three major factors: streamflow, anthracite and bituminous coal-mine drainage, and geology. Water samples collected at Harrisburg near the west bank of the Susquehanna River and those of western tributaries that drain limestone terranes are similar in chemical quality. The water is alkaline and contains calcium...

Authors

Peter W. Anderson

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1963

The role of ground water in the national water situation: With state summaries based on reports by District Offices of Ground Water Branch The role of ground water in the national water situation: With state summaries based on reports by District Offices of Ground Water Branch

Ground water in the United States has emerged from a quantitatively minor (though incalculably valuable) water source, whose chief role was in the settlement of primitive areas, to a major source now accounting for one-fifth to one-sixth of the Nation's total withdrawal requirements for water. With the growth in ground-water withdrawals is an accompanying growth in the realization that...

Authors

Charles Lee McGuinness

Water Resources Mission Area, Dakota Water Science Center, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center, Pennsylvania Water Science Center, Utah Water Science Center, Central Plains Water Science Center