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Abstract
Water resources data for the
2003 water year for Maryland, Delaware, and
Washington, D.C. consist of records of stage,
discharge, and water quality of streams; stage
and contents of lakes and reservoirs. This volume
(Volume 1. Surface-Water Data) contains records
for water discharge at 140 gaging stations;
stage and contents of 1 reservoir; and water
quality at 17 gaging stations. Also included
are stage and discharge for 3 crest-stage partial-record
stations and stage only for 10 tidal crest-stage
partial-record stations. Additional water data
were collected at various sites not involved
in the systematic data-collection program and
are published as miscellaneous measurements.
These data represent that part of the National
Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological
Survey and cooperating State, local, and Federal
agencies in Maryland, Delaware, and Washington,
D.C.
Excerpt
from Introduction
The
Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological
Survey, in cooperation with State agencies,
obtains a large amount of data pertaining to
the water resources of Maryland and Delaware
each water year. These data, accumulated during
many water years, constitute a valuable data
base for developing an improved understanding
of the water resources of the State. To make
these data readily available to interested parties
outside the Geological Survey, the data are
published annually in this report series entitled
"Water Resources Data - Maryland, Delaware,
and Washington, D.C."
This
report series includes records of stage, discharge,
and water quality of streams and stage, contents,
and water quality of lakes and reservoirs. This
volume contains records for water discharge
at 140 gaging stations; stage and contents at
1 reservoir; and water quality at 17 gaging
stations. Also included are stage and discharge
for 3 crest-stage partial-record stations,and
stage only for 10 tidal crest-gage partial-record
stations. Locations of these sitesareshown on
figure 3. Locations of discontinued gaging stations
are shown on figure 4. Additionalwater data
were collected at various sites not part of
the systematic data-collection program.These
data represent that part of the National Water-Data
System collected by the U.S.GeologicalSurvey
and cooperating State and Federal agencies in
Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C.
This
series of annual reports for Maryland, Delaware,
and Washington, D.C. began with areport for
the 1961 water year that contained only data
relating to the quantities of surfacewater.
For the 1964 water year, a similar report was
introduced that contained only data relatingto
water quality. Beginning with the l975 water
year, the report format was changed to present,in
one volume, data on quantities of surface water,
quality of surface and ground water, andground-water
levels. In the 1989 water year, the report format
was changed to two volumes. Bothvolumes contained
data on quantities of surface water, quality
of surface and ground water, andground-water
levels. Volume 1 contained data on the Atlantic
Slope Basins (Delaware River throughPatuxent
River) and Volume 2 contained data on the Monongahela
and Potomac River Basins.Beginning with the
1991 water year, Volume 1 contains all information
on quantities of surfacewater and surface-water-quality
data and Volume 2 contains ground-water levels
and ground-water-quality data.
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