Publications
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Low flows and temperatures of streams in the Seattle-Tacoma urban complex and adjacent areas, Washington Low flows and temperatures of streams in the Seattle-Tacoma urban complex and adjacent areas, Washington
Data on the minimum flows of streams and water temperature are necessary for the proper planning and development of the water resources of urban Seattle-Tacoma and adjacent areas. The data on low flows are needed for such purposes as (1) designing and operating municipal and industrial water-supply systems; (2) classifying streams as to their potential for waste disposal; (3) defining...
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F.T. Hidaka
Geology and ground-water characteristics of the Hanford Reservation of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington Geology and ground-water characteristics of the Hanford Reservation of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington
No abstract available.
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Reuben Clair Newcomb, J.R. Strand, F. J. Frank
Quality of the ground water in basalt of the Columbia River group, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho Quality of the ground water in basalt of the Columbia River group, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
The ground water within the 50,000-square-mile area of the layered basalt of the Columbia River Group is a generally uniform bicarbonate water having calcium and sodium in nearly equal amounts as the principal cations. water contains a relatively large amount of silica. The 525 chemical analyses indicate that the prevalent ground water is of two related kinds--a calcium and a sodium...
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Reuben Clair Newcomb
Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the Duwamish River Estuary, King County, Washington, 1963-67 Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the Duwamish River Estuary, King County, Washington, 1963-67
This report describes the significant results to 1967 of a comprehensive study that began in 1963 to evaluate what changes take place in an estuary as the loads .of raw and partially treated industrial and municipal wastes are replaced by effluent from a secondary treatment plant. The study area is the Duwamish River estuary, about 18.3 river kilometers long. At mean sea level the...
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John F. Santos, J.D. Stoner
Test-observation well near Odessa, Washington: description and preliminary results Test-observation well near Odessa, Washington: description and preliminary results
The test-observation well drilled near Odessa, Wash., provides information on the area's aquifer characteristics which is not otherwise available from existing deep irrigation wells. The information is of value to the State of Washington Department of Ecology in its management decisions in this area where heavy ground-water withdrawals have resulted in increasing annual water-level...
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Kenneth L. Walters, D.R. Cline, J. E. Luzier
The hydrology of four streams in western Washington as related to several Pacific salmon species The hydrology of four streams in western Washington as related to several Pacific salmon species
Enhancement-or possibly even preservation-of the Pacific salmon hinges on the careful planning and proper management of the streamflow upon which they depend for spawning. Most spawning activity occurs on reaches of streams where specific hydraulic conditions exist and where stream-channel characteristics and water-quality criteria are met. The present report is the first of a series and...
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Michael R. Collings, Ronald W. Smith, G.T. Higgins
Hydrology of four streams in western Washington as related to several Pacific salmon species; Part II, Humptulips, Elochoman, Gereen, and Wynoochee Rivers Hydrology of four streams in western Washington as related to several Pacific salmon species; Part II, Humptulips, Elochoman, Gereen, and Wynoochee Rivers
No abstract available.
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M. R. Collings, R.W. Smith, G.T. Higgins
Emergency ground-water supplies in the Seattle-Tacoma urban complex and adjacent areas, Washington Emergency ground-water supplies in the Seattle-Tacoma urban complex and adjacent areas, Washington
Urban areas that are supplied from surface-water sources are especially vulnerable to major disruption of their water supplies. Such disruption could result from natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, or landslides or from such other causes as dam failures fallout of radioactive material or other toxic substance from the atmosphere or other toxic substances from the atmosphere or...
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B. L. Foxworthy
The relation of periphytic and planktonic algal growth in an estuary to hydrographic factors The relation of periphytic and planktonic algal growth in an estuary to hydrographic factors
No abstract available.
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Eugene Brummer Welch, Richard M. Emery, Robert I. Matsuda, William A. Dawson
Measurement of salt-wedge excursion distance in the Duwamish River Estuary, Seattle, Washington, by means of the dissolved-oxygen gradient Measurement of salt-wedge excursion distance in the Duwamish River Estuary, Seattle, Washington, by means of the dissolved-oxygen gradient
The Duwamish River estuary has been the object of a series of comprehensive studies undertaken to predict the effects of the changing character of waste-water inputs on the water quality of the estuary. This report discusses the fresh- and salt-water relations of the estuary. The distance that the salt-water wedge in the estuary moves upstream and downstream with the tide is measured by...
Authors
William A. Dawson, L. J. Tilley
Feasibility of artificially recharging basalt aquifers in eastern Washington Feasibility of artificially recharging basalt aquifers in eastern Washington
No abstract available.
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A. A. Garrett, C.J. Londquist
Potential transport of sediment from Enloe Reservoir by the Similkameen and Okanogan rivers, Washington Potential transport of sediment from Enloe Reservoir by the Similkameen and Okanogan rivers, Washington
This study was undertaken to determine the probable effects on the Similkameen and Okanogan Rivers of the removal, transport, and deposition of sediment now deposited behind Enloe Dam on the Similkameen River, if the dam were removed. Under existing conditions of sediment transport, the average annual suspended-sediment discharges at three streamflow-measuring sites are calculated to be...
Authors
L. M. Nelson