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Creating a standardized watersheds database for the Lower Rio Grande/Río Bravo, Texas Creating a standardized watersheds database for the Lower Rio Grande/Río Bravo, Texas

This report describes the creation of a large-scale watershed database for the lower Rio Grande/Río Bravo Basin in Texas. The watershed database includes watersheds delineated to all 1:24,000-scale mapped stream confluences and other hydrologically significant points, selected watershed characteristics, and hydrologic derivative datasets. Computer technology allows generation of...
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J.R. Brown, Randy L. Ulery, Jean W. Parcher

Chronic toxicity and hazard assessment of an inorganic mixture simulating irrigation drainwater to razorback sucker and bonytail Chronic toxicity and hazard assessment of an inorganic mixture simulating irrigation drainwater to razorback sucker and bonytail

We conducted two 90 day chronic toxicity studies with two endangered fish, razorback sucker and bonytail. Swim-up larvae were exposed in a reconstituted water simulating the middle Green River. The toxicant mixture simulated the environmental ratio and concentrations of inorganics reported in a Department of the Interior study for the mouth of Ashley Creek on the Green River, and was...
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Steven J. Hamilton, Kevin J. Buhl, Fern A. Bullard, Edward E. Little

Water resources data Texas, water year 1999, volume 3. San Jacinto River basin, Brazos River basin, San Bernard River basin, and intervening coastal basins Water resources data Texas, water year 1999, volume 3. San Jacinto River basin, Brazos River basin, San Bernard River basin, and intervening coastal basins

Water-resources data for the 1999 water year for Texas are presented in six volumes, and consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and canals; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. Volume 3 contains records for water discharge at 78 gaging stations; stage only at 7 gaging stations...
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S. C. Gandara, W.J. Gibbons, D.L. Barbie, R. E. Jones

Description and identification of American Black Duck, Mallard, and hybrid wing plumage Description and identification of American Black Duck, Mallard, and hybrid wing plumage

We developed a key to identify wings of hybrids between American Black Ducks (Anas rubripes) and Mallards (A. platyrhynchos). Material for analysis included review of historical descriptions dating from the late 1700's, older museum collections in Europe and North America, wings collected from hunters in North America and Great Britain, birds banded in Canada and the United States, and a...
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Ronald E. Kirby, Austin Reed, Pierre Dupuis, Holliday H. Obrecht, Walter J. Quist

Use of borehole geophysical logs for improved site characterization at Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Dallas, Texas Use of borehole geophysical logs for improved site characterization at Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Dallas, Texas

A shallow alluvial aquifer at the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant near Dallas, Texas, has been contaminated by organic solvents used in the fabrication and assembly of aircraft and aircraft parts. Natural gamma-ray and electromagnetic-induction log data collected during 1997 from 162 wells were integrated with existing lithologic and cone-penetrometer test log data to improve
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Roberto Anaya, Christopher L. Braun, Eve L. Kuniansky

Methodology for applying monitored natural attenuation to petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated ground-water systems with examples from South Carolina Methodology for applying monitored natural attenuation to petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated ground-water systems with examples from South Carolina

Natural attenuation processes such as dispersion, advection, and biogradation serve to decrease concentrations of disssolved contaminants as they are transported in all ground-water systems. However, the efficiency of these natural attenuation processes and the degree to which they help attain remediation goals, varies considerably from site to site. This report provides a methodology...
Authors
Frank H. Chapelle, John F. Robertson, James Landmeyer, Paul M. Bradley

Water quality in the eastern Iowa basins, Iowa and Minnesota, 1996-98 Water quality in the eastern Iowa basins, Iowa and Minnesota, 1996-98

The water quality in rivers and streams and in selected aquifers in eastern Iowa and part of southern Minnesota is described and illustrated. Major ions, nitrogen and other nutrients, and pesticides and some of their breakdown compounds were analyzed in both surface and ground water. Biological communities that included fish, invertebrates, and algae, were described in relation to stream...
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Stephen J. Kalkhoff, Kimberlee K. Barnes, Kent Becher, Mark E. Savoca, Douglas J. Schnoebelen, Eric M. Sadorf, Stephen D. Porter, Daniel J. Sullivan

Methods of rating unsaturated zone and watershed characteristics of public water supplies in North Carolina Methods of rating unsaturated zone and watershed characteristics of public water supplies in North Carolina

Overlay and index methods were derived for rating the unsaturated zone and watershed characteristics for use by the State of North Carolina in assessing more than 11,000 public water-supply wells and approximately 245 public surface-water intakes. The rating of the unsaturated zone and watershed characteristics represents a practical and effective means of assessing part of the inherent
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Jo Leslie Eimers, J.C. Weaver, Silvia Terziotti, R.W. Midgette

Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas— Ground-water quality of the Trinity, Carrizo-Wilcox, and Gulf Coast aquifers, February-August 1994 Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas— Ground-water quality of the Trinity, Carrizo-Wilcox, and Gulf Coast aquifers, February-August 1994

Ground-water samples were collected from wells in the outcrops of the Trinity, Carrizo-Wilcox, and Gulf Coast aquifers during February-August 1994 to determine the quality of ground water in the three major aquifers in the Trinity River Basin study unit, Texas. These samples were collected and analyzed for selected properties, nutrients, major inorganic constituents, trace elements...
Authors
David C. Reutter, David D. Dunn
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