Publications
This list of Water Resources Mission Area publications includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. A searchable database of all USGS publications can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Understanding the past to interpret the future: Comparison of simulated groundwater recharge in the upper Colorado River basin (USA) using observed and general-circulation-model historical climate data Understanding the past to interpret the future: Comparison of simulated groundwater recharge in the upper Colorado River basin (USA) using observed and general-circulation-model historical climate data
In evaluating potential impacts of climate change on water resources, water managers seek to understand how future conditions may differ from the recent past. Studies of climate impacts on groundwater recharge often compare simulated recharge from future and historical time periods on an average monthly or overall average annual basis, or compare average recharge from future decades to...
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Fred D. Tillman, Subhrendu Gangopadhyay, Tom Pruitt
Phosphorus (P) and HABs: Sources of P discharged from the Maumee River into Lake Erie Phosphorus (P) and HABs: Sources of P discharged from the Maumee River into Lake Erie
No abstract available.
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Rebecca Logsdon Muenich, Laura Johnson, John F. Bratton, Kristin DeVanna Fussell, Doug Kane, Margaret Kalcic, Dale M. Robertson, Sandra M. Eberts, Mary Anne Evans, Kenneth J. Gibbons
Crop modeling applications in agricultural water management Crop modeling applications in agricultural water management
This article introduces the fourteen articles that comprise the “Crop Modeling and Decision Support for Optimizing Use of Limited Water” collection. This collection was developed from a special session on crop modeling applications in agricultural water management held at the 2016 ASABE Annual International Meeting (AIM) in Orlando, Florida. In addition, other authors who were not able...
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Isaya Kisekka, Kendall C. DeJonge, Liwang Ma, Joel Paz, Kyle R. Douglas-Mankin
Pathogen transport in groundwater systems: Contrasts with traditional solute transport Pathogen transport in groundwater systems: Contrasts with traditional solute transport
Water quality affects many aspects of water availability, from precluding use to societal perceptions of fit-for-purpose. Pathogen source and transport processes are drivers of water quality because they have been responsible for numerous outbreaks resulting in large economic losses due to illness and, in some cases, loss of life. Outbreaks result from very small exposure (e.g., less...
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Randall J. Hunt, William P. Johnson
Preliminary viability assessment of Lake Mendocino forecast informed reservoir operations Preliminary viability assessment of Lake Mendocino forecast informed reservoir operations
This report describes the preliminary viability assessment (PVA) of forecast informed reservoir operations (FIRO) for Lake Mendocino, which is located on the East Fork Russian River three miles east of Ukiah, California. The results described in this report represent the collective activities of the Lake Mendocino FIRO Steering Committee (SC) (SC members are named on the inside cover of...
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Jay Jasperse, Marty Ralph, Michael Anderson, Levi D. Brekke, Mike Dillabough, Michael D. Dettinger, Alan Haynes, Robert Hartman, Christy Jones, Joe Forbis, Patrick Rutten, Cary Talbot, Robert H. Webb
Effect of sediment supply and flow rate on the initiation and topographic evolution of sandbars in laboratory and numerical channels Effect of sediment supply and flow rate on the initiation and topographic evolution of sandbars in laboratory and numerical channels
The evolution of barforms from a bed of uniform sediment and changes in sediment storage were measured in a laboratory flume and simulated numerically. Flume experiments were conducted with several upstream sediment supplies and flow conditions. For the sediment supply rates (no upstream supply, equilibrium supply, and 133, 166, and 200 percent of the equilibrium supply) and flow rates...
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Paul J. Kinzel, Brandy Logan, Jonathan M. Nelson
Use of modflow drain package for simulating inter-basin transfer in abandoned coal mines Use of modflow drain package for simulating inter-basin transfer in abandoned coal mines
Simulation of groundwater flow in abandoned mines is difficult, especially where flux to and from mines is unknown or poorly quantified, and inter-basin transfer of groundwater occurs. A 3-year study was conducted in the Elkhorn area, West Virginia to better understand groundwater-flow processes and inter-basin transfer in above drainage abandoned coal mines. The study area was...
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Mark D. Kozar, Kurt J. McCoy
A simulation method for combining hydrodynamic data and acoustic tag tracks to predict the entrainment of juvenile salmonids onto the Yolo Bypass under future engineering scenarios A simulation method for combining hydrodynamic data and acoustic tag tracks to predict the entrainment of juvenile salmonids onto the Yolo Bypass under future engineering scenarios
During water year 2016 the U.S. Geological Survey California Water Science Center (USGS) collaborated with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to conduct a joint hydrodynamic and fisheries study to acquire data that could be used to evaluate the effects of proposed modifications to the Fremont Weir on outmigrating juvenile Chinook salmon. During this study the USGS...
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Aaron R. Blake, Paul Stumpner, Jon R. Burau
Methods for computing water-quality loads at sites in the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Network Methods for computing water-quality loads at sites in the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Network
The U.S. Geological Survey currently (2020) publishes information on concentrations and loads of water-quality constituents at 110 sites across the United States as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Network (NWQN). This report details historical and updated methods for computing water-quality loads at NWQN sites. The primary updates to historical load estimation...
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Casey J. Lee, Jennifer C. Murphy, Charles G. Crawford, Jeffrey R. Deacon
Application of paleoflood surveys for the southern Black Hills of South Dakota Application of paleoflood surveys for the southern Black Hills of South Dakota
Flood-frequency analyses for the Black Hills area have especially large uncertainties and are especially important for planning purposes because of a history of extremely large and damaging floods, such as the extreme floods of June 9–10, 1972. Geology, topography, and climatology are additional complicating factors for flood-frequency characterization for the area. Two previous...
Authors
Daniel G. Driscoll
Arsenic hazard and associated health risks: New England, USA aquifers Arsenic hazard and associated health risks: New England, USA aquifers
No abstract available.
Authors
Joseph D. Ayotte
Dissolution of fluorapatite by Pseudomonas fluorescens P35 resulting in fluorine release Dissolution of fluorapatite by Pseudomonas fluorescens P35 resulting in fluorine release
Chemical weathering of fluorine-bearing minerals is widely accepted as the main mechanism for the release of fluorine (F) to groundwater. Here, we propose a potential mechanism of F release via microbial dissolution of fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F), which has been neglected previously. Batch culture experiments were conducted at 30°C with a phosphate-solubilizing bacteria strain, Pseudomonas
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Jianping Zhou, Hongmei Wang, Charles A. Cravotta, Qiang Dong, Xing Xiang