Dennis William Risser (Former Employee)
Science and Products
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Evaluation of agricultural best-management practices in the Conestoga River headwaters, Pennsylvania: Hydrology of a small carbonate site near Ephrata, Pennsylvania, prior to implementation of nutrient management Evaluation of agricultural best-management practices in the Conestoga River headwaters, Pennsylvania: Hydrology of a small carbonate site near Ephrata, Pennsylvania, prior to implementation of nutrient management
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, investigated the effects of agricultural best-management practices on water quality in the Conestoga River headwaters watershed. This report describes environmental factors and the surface-water and ground-water quality of one 47.5-acre field site...
Authors
E. H. Koerkle, D. W. Hall, D. W. Risser, P. L. Lietman, D. C. Chichester
Water-quality assessment of the lower Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland: Environmental setting Water-quality assessment of the lower Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland: Environmental setting
No abstract available
Authors
Dennis W. Risser, Steven F. Siwiec
A strategy for delineating the area of ground-water contribution to wells completed in fractured bedrock aquifers in Pennsylvania A strategy for delineating the area of ground-water contribution to wells completed in fractured bedrock aquifers in Pennsylvania
Delineating a contributing area to a well completed in a fractured bedrock aquifer in Pennsylvania is difficult because the hydrogeologic characteristics of fractured rocks are extremely complex. Because of this complexity, a single method or technique to delineate a contributing area will not be applicable for all wells completed in fractured-bedrock aquifers. Therefore, a strategy for...
Authors
D. W. Risser, G. J. Barton
Analysis of meteorological data and water chemistry of Latir Lakes, Taos County, New Mexico, 1985-88 Analysis of meteorological data and water chemistry of Latir Lakes, Taos County, New Mexico, 1985-88
Data were analyzed to determine the chemistry of atmospheric deposition and water of the Latir Lakes in Taos County New Mexico, from 1985 to 1988. The Latir Lakes consist of a series of nine paternoster lakes that range in altitude from 11,061 to 11,893 feet above sea level. The pH of wet precipitation generally ranged from 4.6 to 5.5 and the specific conductance of wet precipitation...
Authors
S. K. Anderholm, R. G. Roybal, D. W. Risser, Georgene Somers
Evaluation of methods for delineating areas that contribute water to wells completed in valley-fill aquifers in Pennsylvania Evaluation of methods for delineating areas that contribute water to wells completed in valley-fill aquifers in Pennsylvania
Valley-fill aquifers in Pennsylvania are the source of drinking water for many wells in the glaciated parts of the State and along major river valleys. These aquifers area subject to contamination because of their shallow water-table depth and highly transmissive sediments. The possibility for contamination of water-supply wells in valley-fill aquifers can be minimized by excluding...
Authors
Dennis W. Risser, Thomas M. Madden
Effects of agricultural nutrient management on nitrogen fate and transport in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Effects of agricultural nutrient management on nitrogen fate and transport in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Nitrogen inputs to, and outputs from, a 55-acre site in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, were estimated to determine the pathways and relative magnitude of loads of nitrogen entering and leaving the site, and to compare the loads of nitrogen before and after the implementation of nutrient management. Inputs of nitrogen to the site were manure fertilizer, commercial fertilizer, nitrogen in
Authors
D. W. Hall, D. W. Risser
Non-USGS Publications**
Heilweil, V.M., Grieve, P.L., Hynek, S.A., Brantley, S.L., Solomon, D.K, Risser, D.W., 2015, Stream measurements locate thermogenic methane fluxes in groundwater discharge in an area of shale-gas development: Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 49, no. 7, p. 4057-4065, https://doi.org/10.1021/es503882b.
Barton, G.J., and Risser, D.W., 1992, Approach for delineating the contributing areas of a well field in a carbonate-valley aquifer: Ground Water Management, Book 10, p. 59-76 in Proceedings of the Third conference on Hydrogeology, ecology, monitoring, and management of ground water in karst terranes, U.S. EPA and National Ground Water Association, December 4-6, 1991, Nashville, Tennessee.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 45
Evaluation of agricultural best-management practices in the Conestoga River headwaters, Pennsylvania: Hydrology of a small carbonate site near Ephrata, Pennsylvania, prior to implementation of nutrient management Evaluation of agricultural best-management practices in the Conestoga River headwaters, Pennsylvania: Hydrology of a small carbonate site near Ephrata, Pennsylvania, prior to implementation of nutrient management
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, investigated the effects of agricultural best-management practices on water quality in the Conestoga River headwaters watershed. This report describes environmental factors and the surface-water and ground-water quality of one 47.5-acre field site...
Authors
E. H. Koerkle, D. W. Hall, D. W. Risser, P. L. Lietman, D. C. Chichester
Water-quality assessment of the lower Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland: Environmental setting Water-quality assessment of the lower Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland: Environmental setting
No abstract available
Authors
Dennis W. Risser, Steven F. Siwiec
A strategy for delineating the area of ground-water contribution to wells completed in fractured bedrock aquifers in Pennsylvania A strategy for delineating the area of ground-water contribution to wells completed in fractured bedrock aquifers in Pennsylvania
Delineating a contributing area to a well completed in a fractured bedrock aquifer in Pennsylvania is difficult because the hydrogeologic characteristics of fractured rocks are extremely complex. Because of this complexity, a single method or technique to delineate a contributing area will not be applicable for all wells completed in fractured-bedrock aquifers. Therefore, a strategy for...
Authors
D. W. Risser, G. J. Barton
Analysis of meteorological data and water chemistry of Latir Lakes, Taos County, New Mexico, 1985-88 Analysis of meteorological data and water chemistry of Latir Lakes, Taos County, New Mexico, 1985-88
Data were analyzed to determine the chemistry of atmospheric deposition and water of the Latir Lakes in Taos County New Mexico, from 1985 to 1988. The Latir Lakes consist of a series of nine paternoster lakes that range in altitude from 11,061 to 11,893 feet above sea level. The pH of wet precipitation generally ranged from 4.6 to 5.5 and the specific conductance of wet precipitation...
Authors
S. K. Anderholm, R. G. Roybal, D. W. Risser, Georgene Somers
Evaluation of methods for delineating areas that contribute water to wells completed in valley-fill aquifers in Pennsylvania Evaluation of methods for delineating areas that contribute water to wells completed in valley-fill aquifers in Pennsylvania
Valley-fill aquifers in Pennsylvania are the source of drinking water for many wells in the glaciated parts of the State and along major river valleys. These aquifers area subject to contamination because of their shallow water-table depth and highly transmissive sediments. The possibility for contamination of water-supply wells in valley-fill aquifers can be minimized by excluding...
Authors
Dennis W. Risser, Thomas M. Madden
Effects of agricultural nutrient management on nitrogen fate and transport in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Effects of agricultural nutrient management on nitrogen fate and transport in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Nitrogen inputs to, and outputs from, a 55-acre site in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, were estimated to determine the pathways and relative magnitude of loads of nitrogen entering and leaving the site, and to compare the loads of nitrogen before and after the implementation of nutrient management. Inputs of nitrogen to the site were manure fertilizer, commercial fertilizer, nitrogen in
Authors
D. W. Hall, D. W. Risser
Non-USGS Publications**
Heilweil, V.M., Grieve, P.L., Hynek, S.A., Brantley, S.L., Solomon, D.K, Risser, D.W., 2015, Stream measurements locate thermogenic methane fluxes in groundwater discharge in an area of shale-gas development: Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 49, no. 7, p. 4057-4065, https://doi.org/10.1021/es503882b.
Barton, G.J., and Risser, D.W., 1992, Approach for delineating the contributing areas of a well field in a carbonate-valley aquifer: Ground Water Management, Book 10, p. 59-76 in Proceedings of the Third conference on Hydrogeology, ecology, monitoring, and management of ground water in karst terranes, U.S. EPA and National Ground Water Association, December 4-6, 1991, Nashville, Tennessee.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.