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This dataset contains a list of words that occurred at least 100 times from a news media search in LexisNexis, a large news archive database, about water bottling facilities in the U.S. from 1990 to 2024. Each word listed was classified as typically discussed in the context of the environment, the economy, both or neither. The data was used to conduct natural language processing lexicon...

USGS scientists enumerated bacteria, including bacterial pathogens, from surface water and sand/sediment collected at an intertidal site (mudflat) near the outfall the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP). This site has been monitored for metal concentrations and benthic invertebrate community for the last 30 years. Continued efforts to document changes in pollutant...

In support of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-Next Generation Water Observing System (NGWOS) program, water quality data were collected in 2022-2023 in the Illinois River Basin—the third USGS Integrated Water Science (IWS) basin. These data were collected to document spatial heterogeneity in water quality across seasons and hydrologic conditions and to improve predictions of carbon and...

Geomorphic assessment and sediment data were collected in 2017 for an integrated sediment fingerprinting and stream corridor-based sediment budget study of Plum Creek, a tributary to the Lower Fox River and Green Bay, Wisconsin. Data were collected for 30 stream reaches and include quantitative and qualitative measurements of channel geometry, bank and gully erosion, soft bed sediment...

Laboratory experiments conducted in 2023 by the Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment (LIDE) evaluated recovery of microorganisms by dead-end ultrafiltration using the Nipro Elisio™ hemodialyzer, with comparison to the Asahi Kasei Rexeed™ hemodialyzer. Experiments included 2 bacteria, 4 viruses, and 1 protozoan, including Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella enterica serovar...

Phosphorus, nitrogen, chloride, and suspended-sediment loads, in 24 U.S. tributaries of the Great Lakes, were estimated using U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) monitoring program for the period Oct 2010 through Sept 2023 (USGS water years 2011-23). Specific water-quality constituents include total phosphorus, orthophosphate, particulate...

This dataset presents mercury (Hg) and methylmercury (MeHg) concentration data in waters (surface river water and community drinking water), biota, plant, and sediments that were collected across eight communities along the Pra and Ankobra Rivers in Western Ghana. Water and sediment samples were collected in October 2024 from eight rivers along the Ankobra and Pra Rivers, two rivers...

This metadata record consists of 16 tables containing data generated from laboratory experiments of trichloroethene (TCE) biodegradation and during field characterization and performance monitoring of a groundwater bioremediation pilot test conducted at Site K, Former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, Arden Hills, Minnesota. The data was collected from December 2020 through December...

This dataset describes mercury (Hg) and methylmercury (MeHg) concentration data and Hg and MeHg stable isotope values in plankton, waters, and sediments that were collected from two inland freshwater lakes in Madison, Wisconsin. Plankton and waters were collected monthly from May-October in 2021 and 2022 from Lake Mendota and Lake Monona and sediments were sampled in 2017. Samples were...

This release contains data collected to study surface-groundwater interactions during flood events in the floodplain of a restored reach of Underwood Creek in Wauwatosa, WI. Continuous floodplain sediment temperature data was collected at 6 sites from May 2018 to October 2021. Temperature data was used in conjunction with soil thermal property measurements and published groundwater...

The Sheboygan River Area of Concern (AOC) in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, contains the lower 22 kilometers of the Sheboygan River, including the Wildwood Islands complex, and it is the focus of remediation and restoration efforts by federal, state, and local governmental entities. Local hydrogeomorphic data is often used to aid in remediation and restoration project design. This dataset...

The US Geological Survey's Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, in coordination with the US Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Branch of Migratory Bird Surveys, worked to develop, survey, and deploy an advanced aerial photography boresight in the town of Bangor, Maine. The intention of this boresight is to provide an extensive array of high-accuracy ground control points for the...