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Evaluation of available data on the geohydrology, soil chemistry, and ground-water chemistry of Gas Works Park and surrounding region, Seattle, Washington Evaluation of available data on the geohydrology, soil chemistry, and ground-water chemistry of Gas Works Park and surrounding region, Seattle, Washington
Gas Works Park, in Seattle, Washington, is located at the site of an abandon gasification plant on Lake Union. Wastes deposited during 50 years of plant operations (1906-1956) have extended the shore line 100 ft and left the park soil contaminated with a number of hazardous material. Soil contaminants include polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides...
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M. A. Sabol, G. L. Turney, G.N. Ryals
Flood-carrying capacities and changes in channels of the Lower Puyallup, White, and Carbon Rivers in western Washington Flood-carrying capacities and changes in channels of the Lower Puyallup, White, and Carbon Rivers in western Washington
The flood-carrying capacity of the Puyallup River 's leveed channel from its mouth to the city of Puyallup exceeds the 100-yr-flood discharge at most locations. Upstream from the city of Puyallup the flood-carrying capacity also is less than the 100-yr flood at many locations. In King County the flood-carrying capacity would be greater than the 100-year flood nearly everywhere if the...
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E. A. Prych
Selected ground-water information for the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System, Washington and Oregon, 1982-1985; Volume II. Water levels Selected ground-water information for the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System, Washington and Oregon, 1982-1985; Volume II. Water levels
This data report presents groundwater information collected and analyzed as part of the U.S. Geological Survey 's Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System Analysis study. The information was gathered from July 1982 through September 1985 in the part of the aquifer system in central and eastern Washington, and north-central and eastern Oregon. The report consists of three volumes: volume...
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R. C. Lane
Preliminary evaluation of the ground-water resources of Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County, Washington, with a section on geohydrologic units Preliminary evaluation of the ground-water resources of Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County, Washington, with a section on geohydrologic units
No abstract available.
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N. P. Dion, T. D. Olsen, K. L. Payne, M. A. Jones
U.S. Geological Survey ground-water studies in Washington U.S. Geological Survey ground-water studies in Washington
No abstract available.
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F. A. Packard, H. E. Pearson
Post-eruption changes in channel geometry of streams in the Toutle River drainage basin, 1983-85, Mount St. Helens, Washington Post-eruption changes in channel geometry of streams in the Toutle River drainage basin, 1983-85, Mount St. Helens, Washington
The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens generated a debris avalanche, lateral blast, lahars and tephra deposits that altered mainstream and tributary channels within the Toutle River drainage basin. Channel cross sections were monumented and surveyed on the North Fork Toutle River and its tributaries, South Fork Toutle River, Green River, and Toutle River in 1980 and 1981. These...
Authors
D. F. Meyer, J.E. Dodge
Selected ground-water information for the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System, Washington and Oregon, 1982-1985; Volume I. Geohydrology Selected ground-water information for the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System, Washington and Oregon, 1982-1985; Volume I. Geohydrology
This data report presents groundwater information collected and analyzed as part of the U.S. Geological Survey 's Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System Analysis study. The information was gathered from July 1982 through September 1985 in the part of the aquifer system in central and eastern Washington, and north-central and eastern Oregon. The report consists of three volumes: volume...
Authors
R. C. Lane
Hydrologic data for computation of sediment discharge: Toutle and North Fork Toutle Rivers near Mount St. Helens, Washington, water years 1980-84 Hydrologic data for computation of sediment discharge: Toutle and North Fork Toutle Rivers near Mount St. Helens, Washington, water years 1980-84
Immediately after the devastating May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens, a program was initiated by the U.S. Geological Survey to study the streamflow and sediment characteristics of streams impacted by the eruption. Some of the data gathered in that program are presented in this report. Data are presented for two key sites in the Toutle River basin: North Fork Toutle River near Kid...
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Dallas Childers, Stephen E. Hammond, William P. Johnson
Effects of coal strip mining on stream water quality and biology, southwestern Washington Effects of coal strip mining on stream water quality and biology, southwestern Washington
Strip mining for coal in southwestern Washington may be affecting the water quality of streams. To investigate these possible effects, five streams were selected for study of water quality in each of the two coal bearing areas: the Centralia-Chehalis coal district, and Kelso-Castle Rock coal area. In the Centralia-Chehalis coal district, three of the streams have drainage basins in which...
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L. A. Fuste, D. F. Meyer
Geohydrologic reconnaissance of a ground-water contamination problem in the Argonne Road area near Spokane, Washington Geohydrologic reconnaissance of a ground-water contamination problem in the Argonne Road area near Spokane, Washington
Three domestic wells that withdraw groundwater from an alluvium-filled trough cut into granite were found to be contaminated with the organic solvents tetrachloroethene, trichloroethene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and 1 ,2-trans-dichloroethene. The suspected source of contamination is a nearby septic-tank sludge disposal area. There is concern that the affected aquifer is tributary to the...
Authors
N. P. Dion
Vertical profiles of velocity and suspended sediment in streams near Mount St. Helens, Washington Vertical profiles of velocity and suspended sediment in streams near Mount St. Helens, Washington
Vertical profiles of high suspended-sediment concentrations and high velocities in stream near Mount St. Helens were measured between January 1981 and May 1986 at seven gaging stations. Data-collection methods are described and the numerical data are tabulated and plotted. Values for the exponent of the sediment-distribution equation were computed for several sand-size ranges using the...
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R.L. Dinehart
Subsurface transport of radionuclides in shallow deposits of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Washington: Review of selected previous work and suggestions for further study Subsurface transport of radionuclides in shallow deposits of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Washington: Review of selected previous work and suggestions for further study
No abstract available.
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey