Chauncey Anderson
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Chauncey Anderson is a Hydrologist and Water Quality Specialist for the USGS Oregon Water Science Center (ORWSC), where he has worked since 1991. He studies the effects of land and water management on aquatic resources; primarily water quality, sediment, and ecosystem responses, in Oregon and nationally. He has worked extensively around the hydrologic impacts of reservoir operations. In 2009-2013, he was Co-Chair of the Water Quality Subteam for the Secretarial Determination on the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement, and currently works on other Klamath Basin issues. Since 2000 he has also studied hydrologic and water quality effects on amphibians as part of USGS's Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative, or ARMI. He is the author of the USGS' national protocol on measurement of turbidity in water, which led him to work on the use of turbidity and other continuously measured surrogates to estimate real-time concentrations of suspended sediment and other constituents in water.
Education and Certifications
B.S. Chemistry, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon (1982)
M.S.E. Environmental Engineering/Limnology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (1991)
Science and Products
Water-quality and algal conditions in the North Umpqua River Basin, Oregon, 1992-95, and implications for resource management
Distribution of dissolved pesticides and other water quality constituents in small streams, and their relation to land use, in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, 1996
Assessment of water quality, nutrients, algal productivity, and management alternatives for low-flow conditions, South Umpqua River basin, Oregon, 1990-92
Occurrence of selected trace elements and organic compounds and their relation to land use in the Willamette River basin, Oregon, 1992-94
Analytical data from phases I and II of the Willamette River basin water quality study, Oregon
Processes controlling dissolved oxygen and pH in the upper Willamette River basin, Oregon, 1994
Water-quality data for the South Umpqua River Basin, Oregon, 1990-92
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Water-quality and algal conditions in the North Umpqua River Basin, Oregon, 1992-95, and implications for resource management
This report describes the results of a synoptic water-quality and algal investigation during July 1995 at 36 stream sites in a 1,350 square-mile area of the North Umpqua River Basin, Oregon. The study area includes a headwaters hydroelectric project area, a Wild and Scenic reach in the main stem immediately downstream, and the watersheds of several major tributaries. Additional data from previousAuthorsChauncey W. Anderson, Kurt D. CarpenterDistribution of dissolved pesticides and other water quality constituents in small streams, and their relation to land use, in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, 1996
Water quality samples were collected at sites in 16 randomly selected agricultural and 4 urban subbasins as part of Phase III of the Willamette River Basin Water Quality Study in Oregon during 1996. Ninety-five samples were collected and analyzed for suspended sediment, conventional constituents (temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, specific conductance, nutrients, biochemical oxygen demand, and bacAuthorsChauncey W. Anderson, Tamara M. Wood, Jennifer L. MoraceAssessment of water quality, nutrients, algal productivity, and management alternatives for low-flow conditions, South Umpqua River basin, Oregon, 1990-92
This report is an evaluation of the effects of nutrient loading on water quality in the South Umpqua River Basin. The study was done by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with Douglas County, Oregon. Five wastewater-treatment plants were shown to contribute less than 15 percent of the flow, but more than 90 percent of the nitrogen and phosphorus, in the South Umpqua River during low streamfAuthorsDwight Q. Tanner, Chauncey W. AndersonOccurrence of selected trace elements and organic compounds and their relation to land use in the Willamette River basin, Oregon, 1992-94
Between 1992 and 1994, the U.S.Geological Survey conducted a study of trace elements and organic compounds in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, as part of the Willamette River Basin Water Quality Study. Low-level analyses were performed for trace elements, volatile organic compounds, organochlorine compounds, and pesticides. Overall, 94 water samples were collected from 40 sites, during predominAuthorsChauncey W. Anderson, Frank A. Rinella, Stewart A. RoundsAnalytical data from phases I and II of the Willamette River basin water quality study, Oregon
This report presents trace-element, organic-compound (pesticides, volatile and semivolatile organic compounds, and dioxin and furan compounds), and nutrient concentration data from the analyses of water column, suspended-sediment, and bed-sediment samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of Phases I and II of the comprehensive Willamette River Basin Water Quality Study in western OrAuthorsHoward E. Harrison, Chauncey W. Anderson, Frank A. Rinella, Timothy M. Gasser, Ted R. PogueProcesses controlling dissolved oxygen and pH in the upper Willamette River basin, Oregon, 1994
In July and August of 1994, the U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) collected data to document the spatial extent and diel variability of dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations and pH levels in selected reaches of streams in the upper Willamette River Basin. These data were also collected to identify primary factors that control DO concenAuthorsTed R. Pogue, Chauncey W. AndersonWater-quality data for the South Umpqua River Basin, Oregon, 1990-92
Data are presented from a study of algal and nutrient dynamics in the South Umpqua River Basin in southwestern Oregon during summer, low-flow periods from September 1990 to October 1992. The study was done to assist local and state regulatory agencies in determining total maximum daily loads of nutrients for the basin in order to maintain dissolved oxygen greater than 90 percent of saturation andAuthorsChauncey W. Anderson, Dwight Q. Tanner, Douglas B. Lee - News