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National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) Homepage for description of the National Stream Quality Network (NASQAN),a long-term program monitoring the concentrations and flux of sediment and chemicals in the Nations largest rivers (Mississippi, Columbia, Colorado, Rio Grande, and Yukon). (Score: 1.380)
Surface-water data for the Nation Homepage for USGS national surface-water data with more than 850,000 station years of time-series data for stream levels, streamflow (discharge), reservoir and lake levels, surface-water quality, and rainfall plus real-time data and tutorial. (Score: 1.380)
Water quality information pages Homepage of the Office of Water Quality programs on the quality of the Nations surface-water and ground-water resources, with links to general information, quality assurance, software, data, publications, USGS facilities, techniques, and programs. (Score: 1.380)
Missouri River InfoLink: a clearinghouse of Missouri River information Portal for Missouri River Infolinks, a clearinghouse to multiple links giving Missouri information, photo gallery, river weather forecast, projects and features, maps, meetings, history, and science research. (Score: 1.120)
National highway runoff water quality data and methodology synthesis Cooperative national project with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to evaluate FHWAs guidelines for highway-runoff quality. Links to searchable online bibliography of related publications by the USGS, EPA, FHWA, and state agencies. (Score: 0.690)
Water resource data, Texas, water year 2000 Homepage to download as .zip or .pdf files the six volumes of the annual report on water resource data for Texas containing data for surface and ground water, water quality, and streamflow for the year. (Score: 0.541)
Identifying sources of fecal coliform bacteria in selected streams on Virginias Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) priority list Describes project to identify sources of fecal coliform bacteria by ribotyping to develop the use of Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)values for contaminated stream segments in Virginia. (Score: 0.455)
Real-time water-quality monitoring and regression analysis to estimate nutrient and bacteria concentration in Kansas streams. Report on the use of regression equations from measurements made by water-quality monitors and analytical results of manually collected samples to estimate nutrient, bacteria, and other constituent concentrations to study streams in Kansas. (Score: 0.451)
Wyoming surface-water-quality data for water year 2002 Stream-water quality data in the Powder River Basin (Tongue, Powder and Cheyenne Rivers watersheds) in response to coal bed methane development in the Powder River Basin. (Score: 0.421)
New Jersey District - surface water information Links to water data for New Jersey including streamflow, sampling stations, and water-quality data with links to reports on stream gages, hydrology, networks, and floods. (Score: 0.381)
Surface-water data and statistics from U.S. Geological Survey data-collection networks in New Jersey on the world wide web Streamflow-gaging and water-quality sampling sites with real-time and historical surface-water data for many of the sites in New Jersey. (Score: 0.381)
Water resources of Virginia - Total Maximum Daily Load Description of a project to develop watershed models that can be used to track sources of fecal coliform bacteria by assigning Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL)to three stream segments in Virginia. (Score: 0.368)
The USGS role in Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) assessments Detailed information on Total Maximum Daily Load, the total quantity of a pollutant that a stream can carry and still conform to water quality standards, used as a measurement in the monitoring, assessment, and remediation of polluted waters. (Score: 0.346)
Johnson Creek basin hydrologic monitoring Hydrologic data and analyses of surface-water, water quality, and ground-water in the Johnson Creek basin in Oregon. (Score: 0.304)

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