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This report provides an overview of the functions of all the forums, commissions, councils, governor's representatives, working groups, etc. associated with water in Utah. Laws governing water use and development are reviewed as are studies,...
2004-01-01
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The population in the Desert Southwest is among the fastest growing in the country. In this area, groundwater supplies have been developed, surface-water resources have been fully appropriated, and conservation and conjunctive water-use measures...
2024-05-14
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The U.S. Geological Survey has monitored and assessed the quality of our Nation's streams and ground water since its inception in 1879. Today, USGS provides information on issues such as the suitability of water for public supply and irrigation,...
2024-05-14
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The Rio Grande aquifer system in westernmost Texas corresponds to the eastern part of the Southwest alluvial basins aquifer system, which is a large system of aquifers in alluvial basins in the southwestern United States and Mexico. These aquifers...
1996-05-14
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Six synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images were processed to form five unwrapped interferometric (InSAR) images of the greater metropolitan area in the Albuquerque Basin. Most interference patterns in the images were caused by range displacements...
2024-05-14
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In 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program began its second decade of intensive water-quality assessments (Cycle II). NAWQA scientists plan to revisit 42 major river-basin and aquifer systems...
2024-05-14
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Contamination of surface and ground water from nonpoint sources is a national issue. Examples of nonpoint- source contaminants from agricultural activities are pesticides (fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides), sediments, and nutrients...
2024-05-14
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Concentration data for organochlorine compounds and trace elements in streambed sediment and fish tissue collected throughout the South Platte River Basin as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-
Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program...
1997-05-14
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The central Platte River valley in Nebraska is an agricultural landscape that has undergone significant transformation over the last century. Major reservoirs and water diversion projects have been constructed on the Platte River in Wyoming,...
2024-05-14
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As part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program, fish communities were sampled at five sites in the South Platte River from Denver, Colorado, to North Platte, Nebraska. The number and composition of fish...
1994-05-14
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The practice of storing South Platte River water in offstream reservoirs reduces nutrient concentrations but also contributes to the growth of algae, which may adversely affect the recreational use of the reservoirs. Results of a study of five...
2024-05-14
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In 1991, the U.S. Geological Survey began to implement a full-scale National Water-Quality Assessment program. The long-term goals of the NAWQA program are to describe the status and trends in the quality of a large, representative part of the...
1991-05-14
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This report is intended to summarize major findings that emerged between 1992 and 1995 from the water-quality assessment of the South Platte River Basin Study Unit and to relate these findings to water-quality issues of regional and national...
1998-05-14
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The Platte River and its tributaries drain over 86,000 square miles in Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Many habitats for wildlife, including montane pine forest, native grasslands, and eastern deciduous forest, exist in the Platte River...
1997-05-14
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To answer this question, a study of pesticides in streams in a small agricultural area and a small urban area in Colorado was conducted in 1993 by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program. The results...
1995-05-14
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Data activities were designed to provide field information on surface and ground water quality, biology, and habitat. Data site locations were selected that represented the four environmental settings in central Nebraska. Environmental setting...
1996-05-14
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More than 100 million people in the United States use ground water as their source of drinking water (Tuthill and others, 1998), and about one-third of the rural and water-front population (25 to 30 percent of the households) in the United States...
2024-05-14
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As part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) monitored two sites on the main-stem South Platte River— an urban site in Denver and a mixed urban/agricultural site near Kersey—to determine...
2024-05-14
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The South Platte Water Rights Management System (SPWRMS) is a set of computer programs created to assist water administrators in their daily duties and to make the results of their decisions known in a more timely manner. The system provides a...
1995-05-14
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Most people would agree that bacteria usually spell trouble where the quality of drinking water is concerned. However, recent studies conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program have...
1995-05-14
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In 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a study to characterize nutrient concentrations in five off-stream reservoirs in the lower South Platte River Basin-Riverside, Jackson, Prewitt, North Sterling, and Julesburg. These reservoirs are...
2024-05-14
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Land use in central Nebraska appears to affect water quality significantly; streams in rangelands
generally had fewer occurrences and smaller concentrations of pesticides than did streams in croplands where corn and soybeans were planted...
1998-05-14
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Ground water is the source of drinking water for all residents of the North Platte Natural Resources District (NPNRD). Most of the drinking water in the NPNRD comes from unconfined aquifers that are part of the regional High Plains aquifer. The...
2024-05-14
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The Nebraska water resources data report for water year 2004 includes records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; water elevation and/or contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and quality of ground water in wells. This...
2024-05-14
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ABSTRACT: Nutrients and excessive algal productivity are leading causes of water-quality degradation in streams and rivers draining agricultural regions. Federal guidance for establishing regional nutrient criteria are being developed for use in...
2024-05-14
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