Pollman, C.D., Lee, T.M., Andrews, W.J., Sacks, L.A., Gherini, S.A., and Munson, R.K., 1990, Preliminary analysis of the hydrologic and geochemical controls on acid neutralizing capacity on two acidic seepage lakes in Florida: Water Resources Research, vol. 27, no. 9, p. 2321-2335.
William J Andrews, PhD
Bill Andrews is a Science Coordinator for the USGS Rocky Mountain Region. He has worked for the USGS since 1988. His previous positions in the USGS include Hydrologist, Webmaster, Water-Quality Specialist, Groundwater Specialist, Report Specialist, Section Chief, and Center Director.
Biography
Bill Andrews earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology (College of William and Mary), a Master of Science Degree in Geology (Northern Illinois University), and a Doctoral Degree in Environmental Science (University of Oklahoma). He has served in a wide range of technical and supervisory roles at USGS offices in Florida, Minnesota, and Oklahoma and has assisted in several headquarters projects. Bill has lead-authored or coauthored 40 USGS-series publications, 11 journal papers, 17 conference abstracts or proceedings papers, and has given numerous talks about hydrology, emerging contaminants, relations between land uses and water quality, climate change, and induced seismicity. He currently serves as a Science Coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Region of the USGS, which involves reviewing and writing technical documents and publications, advising a regional integrated drought science project, reviewing center science programs, and managing the Region's webpages.
Science and Products
Date published: February 26, 2021
Status: Active Subgroups of the Colorado River Basin Pilot
The Rocky Mountain Region is working with a multidisciplinary team of experts within the Colorado River Basin to determine how the USGS can develop integrative science, data, models, and tools that can be used to address key science challenges related to drought risk within the basin.
Contacts: Katharine Graham Dahm, PhD
Attribution: Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
Date published: February 24, 2021
Status: Active Drought in the Colorado River Basin
The Colorado River Basin is currently experiencing its worst drought in recorded history. Drought impacts include worsening habitat conditions for several threatened and endangered species, wildland fire risks, reduced snowpack, changes in water availability and agricultural production; reduced recreation opportunities at National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and Conservation areas; and impacts to...
Contacts: Katharine Graham Dahm, PhD
Date published: February 24, 2021
Status: Active The Colorado River Basin Pilot Project
USGS expertise together with our vast regional data sets and modeling capabilities, provide an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the value and impact of a strategic and integrated science approach to delivering actionable intelligence to support decision making related to drought risk in the Colorado River Basin.
The Pilot in the Colorado River Basin is underway to demonstrate more...
Contacts: Katharine Graham Dahm, PhD
Attribution: Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
Date published: March 3, 2019
Status: Active Office of the Delaware River Master
In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a Decree in State of New Jersey v. State of New York and City of New York in which the Court established the position of the Delaware River Master. The Court directed that the River Master perform multiple duties and functions including administering the provisions of the Decree relating to yields, diversions, and releases; conserving the waters of the...
Contacts: Kendra L Russell, Vincent J Difrenna
Attribution: Water Resources
Date published: October 29, 2018
Status: Archived National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
During the past 25 years, industry and government made large financial investments in pollution control that have resulted in better water quality across the Nation; however, many water-quality problems remain. To address the need for consistent and scientifically sound information for managing the Nation's water resources the U.S. Geological Survey began a full-scale ...
Attribution: California Water Science Center
Date published: January 1, 2015
Status: Completed Building Partnerships to Assess Tribal Adaptation to Climate Change and Science Needs in the Southwest
Native Nations face unique challenges related to climate change. Native Americans have a deep connection to the natural environment within which their livelihoods, cultural identity, and spiritual practices are rooted. Changes to water flow and hydrology, landscapes, and ecosystems, in combination with socio-economic and other factors, amplify tribal vulnerabilities to climate change. In the...
Attribution: Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Date published: January 1, 2013
Status: Active Understanding the Nexus between Climate, Streamflow, Water Quality, and Ecology in the Arkansas-Red River Basin
Currently, maintaining appropriate flows to support biological integrity is difficult for larger riverine ecosystems. Climate change, through increased temperature, reduced rainfall, and increased rainfall intensity, is expected to reduce water availability and exacerbate the maintenance of ecological flows in the Arkansas-Red River basin. Understanding the nexus among climate change effects...
Contacts: William J Andrews, PhD
Attribution: Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Education and Outreach Opportunities
Throughout the past and yet today, USGS topographic maps and data are designed for scientists and other governmental users, but they have value for a broad spectrum of users, including professionals such as resources managers and planners, and private citizens such as recreationists and students from elementary through graduate school completing school projects.
Date published: January 1, 2019
Geographic patterns and time trends in surface-water quality, modeled streamflow, fish population characteristics, and ecological flows in the Canadian River Basin from Northeast New Mexico to Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma
Geographic patterns and time trends of water-quality, modeled streamflow, and ecological data were compared along the Canadian River and selected tributaries in northeastern New Mexico to Lake Eufaula in Oklahoma to determine effects of climate change on water quality, streamflows, fish populations and ecological flows in this watershed from 1939 to 2013. Project participants included sta
Attribution: Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Year Published: 2020
Report of the River Master of the Delaware River for the period December 1, 2010–November 30, 2011
A Decree of the Supreme Court of the United States, entered June 7, 1954, established the position of Delaware River Master within the U.S. Geological Survey. In addition, the Decree authorizes diversion of water from the Delaware River Basin and requires compensating releases from certain reservoirs, owned by New York City, to be made under the...
DiFrenna, Vincent J.; Andrews, William J.; Russell, Kendra L.; Norris, J. Michael; Mason,, Robert R.Attribution: Pennsylvania Water Science Center, Water Resources
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DiFrenna, V.J., Andrews, W.J., Russell, K.L., Norris, J.M., and Mason, R.R., Jr., 2020, Report of the River Master of the Delaware River for the period December 1, 2010–November 30, 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020–1020, 127 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201020.
Year Published: 2016
Summary of U.S. Geological Survey studies conducted in cooperation with the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, central Oklahoma, 2011–14
The U.S. Geological Survey conducted hydrologic studies and published three U.S. Geological Survey scientific investigations reports in cooperation with the Citizen Potawatomi Nation from 2011 to 2014 to characterize the quality and quantity of water resources. The study areas of those reports consisted of approximately 960 square miles in parts...
Andrews, William J.; Becker, Carol J.; Ryter, Derek W.; Smith, S. JerrodAttribution: Oklahoma Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Water Resources, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf
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Andrews, W.J., Becker, C.J., Ryter, D.W., and Smith, S.J., 2016, Summary of U.S. Geological Survey studies conducted
in cooperation with the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, central Oklahoma, 2011–14: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific
Investigations Report 2015–5182, 22 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155182.
Year Published: 2015
Climate, water use, and land surface transformation in an irrigation intensive watershed - streamflow responses from 1950 through 2010
Climatic variability and land surface change have a wide range of effects on streamflow and are often difficult to separate. We analyzed long-term records of climate, land use and land cover, and re-constructed the water budget based on precipitation, groundwater levels, and water use from 1950 through 2010 in the Cimarron–Skeleton watershed...
Dale, Joseph; Zou, Chris B.; Andrews, William J.; Long, James M.; Liang, Ye; Qiao, LeiAttribution: Cooperative Research Units
Year Published: 2014
Tribal engagement strategy of the South Central Climate Science Center, 2014
The South Central Climate Science Center was established by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 2012 to increase understanding of climate change and coordinate an effective response to climate-change effects on Native American tribes and natural and cultural resources that the Department manages. The eight regional Climate Science Centers of...
Andrews, William J.; Taylor, April; Winton, Kimberly T.Attribution: South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Land Resources, Ecosystems, Climate Adaptation Science Centers
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Tribal engagement strategy of the South Central Climate Science Center, 2014; 2014; CIR; 1396; Andrews, William J.; Taylor, April; Winton, Kimberly T.
Year Published: 2014
Description of landscape features, summary of existing hydrologic data, and identification of data gaps for the Osage Nation, northeastern Oklahoma, 1890-2012
The Osage Nation of northeastern Oklahoma, conterminous with Osage County, is characterized by gently rolling uplands and incised stream valleys that have downcut into underlying sedimentary rock units of Pennsylvanian through Permian age. Cattle ranching and petroleum and natural-gas extraction are the principal land uses in this rural area....
Andrews, William J.; Smith, S. JerrodAttribution: Oklahoma Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Water Resources, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf
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Description of landscape features, summary of existing hydrologic data, and identification of data gaps for the Osage Nation, northeastern Oklahoma, 1890-2012; 2014; SIR; 2014-5134; Andrews, William J.; Smith, S. Jerrod
Year Published: 2013
Pilot study of natural attenuation of arsenic in well water discharged to the Little River above Lake Thunderbird, Norman, Oklahoma, 2012
The City of Norman, Oklahoma, wanted to augment its water supplies to meet the needs of an increasing population. Among the city’s potential water sources are city wells that produce water that exceeds the 10 micrograms per liter primary drinking-water standard for arsenic. The City of Norman was interested in investigating low-cost means of using...
Andrews, William J.; Masoner, Jason R.; Rendon, Samuel H.; Smith, Kevin A.; Greer, James R.; Chatterton, Logan A.Attribution: Oklahoma Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Water Resources, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf
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Pilot study of natural attenuation of arsenic in well water discharged to the Little River above Lake Thunderbird, Norman, Oklahoma, 2012; 2013; SIR; 2013-5055; Andrews, William J.; Masoner, Jason R.; Rendon, Samuel H.; Smith, Kevin A.; Greer, James R.; Chatterton, Logan A.
Year Published: 2013
Hydrologic drought of water year 2011 compared to four major drought periods of the 20th century in Oklahoma
Water year 2011 (October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2011) was a year of hydrologic drought (based on streamflow) in Oklahoma and the second-driest year to date (based on precipitation) since 1925. Drought conditions worsened substantially in the summer, with the highest monthly average temperature record for all States being broken by Oklahoma...
Shivers, Molly J.; Andrews, William J.Attribution: Oklahoma Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Water Resources, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf
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Hydrologic drought of water year 2011 compared to four major drought periods of the 20th century in Oklahoma; 2013; SIR; 2013-5018; Shivers, Molly J.; Andrews, William J.
Year Published: 2013
Analysis of environmental setting, surface-water and groundwater data, and data gaps for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Jurisdictional Area, Oklahoma, through 2011
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Jurisdictional Area, consisting of approximately 960 square miles in parts of three counties in central Oklahoma, has an abundance of water resources, being underlain by three principal aquifers (alluvial/terrace, Central Oklahoma, and Vamoosa-Ada), bordered by two major rivers (North Canadian and Canadian),...
Andrews, William J.; Harich, Christopher R.; Smith, S. Jerrod; Lewis, Jason M.; Shivers, Molly J.; Seger, Christian H.; Becker, Carol J.Attribution: Oklahoma Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Water Resources, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf
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Analysis of environmental setting, surface-water and groundwater data, and data gaps for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Jurisdictional Area, Oklahoma, through 2011; 2013; SIR; 2013-5010; Andrews, William J.; Harich, Christopher R.; Smith, S. Jerrod; Lewis, Jason M.; Shivers, Molly J.; Seger, Christian H.; Becker, Carol J.
Year Published: 2013
Potential recovery of aluminum, titanium, lead, and zinc from tailings in the abandoned Picher mining district of Oklahoma
The abandoned Picher mining district in northeastern Oklahoma, part of the Tri-State mining district, was the largest source of sulfide ores of lead and zinc in the U.S.A. in the early twentieth century. After abandonment in the 1960s, numerous environmental problems caused by the abandoned mines and large tailings piles affected the district and...
Andrews, William J.; Gavilan Moreno, Carlos J.; Nairn, Robert W.
Year Published: 2012
Emerging contaminants at a closed and an operating landfill in Oklahoma
Landfills are the final depositories for a wide range of solid waste from both residential and commercial sources, and therefore have the potential to produce leachate containing many organic compounds found in consumer products such as pharmaceuticals, plasticizers, disinfectants, cleaning agents, fire retardants, flavorings, and preservatives,...
Andrews, William J.; Masoner, Jason R.; Cozzarelli, Isabelle M.
Year Published: 2011
Comparison of load estimation techniques and trend analysis for nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment in the Eucha-Spavinaw Basin, northwestern Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma, 2002-10
The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, uses water from Lake Eucha and Spavinaw Lake in the Eucha-Spavinaw basin of northwestern Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma for public water supply. Increases in algal biomass, which cause taste and odor problems in drinking water produced from the lakes, may be attributable to increases in nitrogen and phosphorus...
Esralew, Rachel A.; Andrews, William J.; Allen, Monica L.; Becker, Carol J.Attribution: Oklahoma Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Water Resources, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf
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Comparison of load estimation techniques and trend analysis for nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment in the Eucha-Spavinaw Basin, northwestern Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma, 2002-10; 2011; SIR; 2011-5172; Esralew, Rachel A.; Andrews, William J.; Allen, Monica L.; Becker, Carol J.
Year Published: 2011
Relations among land cover, streamflow, and water quality in the North Canadian River Basin near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: 1968-2009
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Oklahoma City, has collected water-quality samples at the North Canadian River near Harrah, Oklahoma (the Harrah station), since 1968, and the North Canadian River at Britton Road at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (the Britton Road station), since 1988. The North Canadian municipal wastewater-...
Esralew, Rachel A.; Andrews, William J.; Smith, S. JerrodAttribution: Oklahoma Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Water Resources, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf
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Relations among land cover, streamflow, and water quality in the North Canadian River Basin near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: 1968-2009; 2011; FS; 2011-3107; Esralew, Rachel A.; Andrews, William J.; Smith, S. Jerrod
Pre-USGS Publications
Agriculture and ground-water quality--farmers’ perceptions in five diverse sites
Esseks, J.D., Andrews, W.J., Booth, C.J., Kraft, S.E., Lindquist, S.K.S., and Vinis, L.K., 1989, Agriculture and ground-water quality--farmers’ perceptions in five diverse sites: Agricultural Law and Policy Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 135 p.