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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Publications

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Buried aquifers in the Brooten-Belgrade and Lake Emily areas, west-central Minnesota--Factors related to developing water for irrigation Buried aquifers in the Brooten-Belgrade and Lake Emily areas, west-central Minnesota--Factors related to developing water for irrigation

Irrigation has given a substantial boost to the economy in the Brooten-Belgrade and Lake Emily areas of Minnesota. The surficial outwash aquifer is capable of yielding sufficient quantities of water for irrigation over half of its area; the remaining part may be supplied by deep aquifers. Buried glacial outwash and Cretaceous sand aquifers, as thick as 50 feet occur to depths of 300 feet...
Authors
R. J. Wolf

Recycling ground water in Waushara County, Wisconsin : resource management for cold-water fish hatcheries Recycling ground water in Waushara County, Wisconsin : resource management for cold-water fish hatcheries

Recycling water within the local ground-water system can increase the quantity of water available for use, control or avoid environmental pollution, and control temperature of the water supply. Pumped ground water supplied a fish-rearing facility for 15 months, and the waste water recharged the local ground-water system through an infiltration pond. Eighty-three percent of the recharged...
Authors
R.P. Novitzki

Hydrology of lakes in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area: A summary of available dat Hydrology of lakes in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area: A summary of available dat

Data were collected and summarized on the hydrology and hydrogeology of 949 lakes, 10 acres (4 hectares) or larger, in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, Minnesota. Eight tables totaling over 100 pages present data on location, depth, area, lake level, ecological and game-management classification, inflowing and outflowing streams, soils, bedrock type, water added to or take...
Authors
Mark S. McBride

Simulation of streamflow of Flambeau River at Park Falls, Wisconsin to define low-flow characteristics Simulation of streamflow of Flambeau River at Park Falls, Wisconsin to define low-flow characteristics

Daily streamflows of the Flambeau River at Park Falls, Wisconsin , were simulated for a 31-year period. Streamflow was simulated using a streamflow-routing model. These simulated daily flows were analyzed for summer (June 1-October 31) low-flow frequency. The resultant 7-day, 10-year summer low flow is 260 cubic feet per second. The standard error of estimate for this 10-year-frequency...
Authors
William R. Krug

Low-Flow Characteristics and Mean Annual Discharge of North Branch Manitowoc River at Potter, Wisconsin Low-Flow Characteristics and Mean Annual Discharge of North Branch Manitowoc River at Potter, Wisconsin

The low-flow characteristics presented in this report are the annual minimum 7-day mean flows at the 2-year recurrence interval and 10-year recurrence interval. They were determined just downstream from the confluence of the three streams forming the North Branch Manitowoc River and, based on natural-flow conditions, are 0.0 cubic foot per second (0.0 cubic metre per second)...
Authors
B. K. Holmstrom

Long-term effects of 4-aminopyridine exposure to birds and fish Long-term effects of 4-aminopyridine exposure to birds and fish

The avian frightening agent, 4-aminopyridine (4AP), was tested on five avian and two fish species to assess the effects of long-term 4AP exposure to nontarget vertebrates. Adult bobwhites (Colinus virginianus), mourning doves (Zenaida macroura), and ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) were fed diets containing 3 percent 4AP-treated cracked corn diluted with various ratios of...
Authors
E.W. Schafer, L. L. Marking

The study of fresh-water lake ice using multiplexed imaging radar The study of fresh-water lake ice using multiplexed imaging radar

The study of ice in the upper Great Lakes, both from the operational and the scientific points of view, is receiving continued attention. Quantitative and qualitative field work is being conducted to provide the needed background for accurate interpretation of remotely sensed data. The data under discussion in this paper were obtained by a side-looking multiplexed airborne radar (SLAR)...
Authors
Bryan M. Leonard, R.W. Larson
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