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Fact Sheets    (back to top)

    FS 052-03 Surface-Water and Ground-Water Quality in the Powell Creek and Armstrong Creek Watersheds, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, July-September 2001

    FS 118-02 Assessment of stream quality using biological indices at selected sites in the Red Clay and White Clay Creek Basins, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1981-97 (PDF file)

    FS 117-02
Assessment of stream quality using biological indices at selected sites in the Brandywine Creek Basins, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1981-97 (PDF file)

    FS 116-02 Assessment of stream quality using biological indices at selected sites in the Delaware River Basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1981-97 (PDF file)

    FS 115-02 Assessment of stream quality using biological indices at selected sites in the Big Elk and Octoraro Creek Basins, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1981-97 (PDF file)

    FS 114-02 Assessment of stream quality using biological indices at selected sites in the Schuylkill River Basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1981-97 (PDF file)
    FS 036-02 Occurrence of Bacteria in Blue Marsh Lake and Selected Tributaries, Berks County, Pennsylvania: September-October 2001 (PDF file)

    FS 019-02 Ground-Water Resources of Big Elk Creek Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland (PDF file)

    FS 012-00 

Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in the Ground Water of Southeastern Pennsylvania or  (PDF File)

    FS 174-99 

Estimated Water Withdrawals and Use in Pennsylvania, 1995 or  (PDF File)

    FS 168-99 Trends in Surface-Water Quality During Implementation of Best-Management Practices in Mill Creek and Muddy Run Basins, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

    FS 086-99 

Simulating Contaminant Attenuation, Double-Porosity Exchange, and Water Age in Aquifers Using MOC3D or  (PDF File)

    FS 039-99 USGS Pennsylvania Fact Sheet

    FS 120-98 

Radon in the Ground Water of Chester County, Pennsylvania or  (PDF File)

    FS 067-98 

U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Water-Resources Programs in Chester County, Pennsylvania or  (PDF File)

    FS 003-98 

Changes in Sediment and Nutrient Storage in Three Reservoirs in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin and Implications for the Chesapeake Bay or  (PDF File)

    FS 193-96 

Study Design and Preliminary Data Analysis for a Streambank Fencing Project in the Mill Creek Basin, Pennsylvania or (PDF File)

    FS 176-96 

Quality of Ground Water at selected sites in the Upper Mahoning Creek Basin, Pennsylvania or (PDF File)

    FS 103-96 

Statewide Floods in Pennsylvania, January 1996 or (PDF File)

    FS 038-96 

USGS Programs in Pennsylvania (1996) or (PDF File)

    FS 218-95 

Borehole Geophysical Logging for Resources Investigations in Pennsylvania Water  or (PDF File)

    FS 137-95 

National Water-Quality Assessment Program—Allegheny-Monongahela River Basin NAWQA or (PDF File)

    FS 038-95 

USGS Programs in Pennsylvania (1995)

Scientific Investigations Reports (new series)    (back to top)

    SIR 2004-5009 

Fecal-Indicator Bacteria in the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July-September 2001

Water-Resources Investigations Reports (discontinued series)    (back to top)

   WRIR 03-4311 Effects of Abandoned Coal-Mine Drainage on Streamflow and Water Quality in the Shamokin
Creek Basin, Northumberland and Columbia Counties, Pennsylvania, 1999-2001


   WRIR 03-4263 Geohydrology of the French Creek Basin and simulated effects of drought and ground-water
withdrawals, Chester County, Pennsylvania


   WRIR 03-4255 Historical ground-water-flow patterns and trends in iron concentrations in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifer systems in parts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden and Gloucester Counties, New Jersey

   WRIR 03-4201 MTBE Concentrations in Ground Water in Pennsylvania

   WRIR 03-4193 Simulation of streamflow and water quality in the Christina River Subbasin and overview of simulations in other subbasins of the Christina River Basin, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, 1994-98

   WRIR 03-4183 Total mercury and methylmercury in fish fillets, water, and bed sediments from selected streams in the Delaware River basin, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, 1998-2001

   WRIR 03-4138 Simulation of streamflow and water quality in the Red Clay Creek Subbasin of the Christina River Basin, Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1994-98

   WRIR 03-4123   A Summary Report of Sediment Processes in Chesapeake Bay and Watershed

   WRIR 03-4035 Residence times and nitrate transport in ground water discharging to streams in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

    WRIR 03-4159 Aquifer Tests and Simulation of Ground-water Flow in Triassic Sedimentary Rocks Near Colmar, Bucks and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 03-4033 Relations of Biological Indicators to Nutrient Data for Lakes and Streams in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, 1990-98 (PDF File)

    WRIR 03-4031 Simulation of streamflow and water quality in the White Clay Creek subbasin of the
Christina River Basin, Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1994-98
(PDF File)

    WRIR 03-4014 Development of regional curves of bankfull-channel geometry and discharge for streams in the non-urban, Piedmont Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania and Maryland (PDF File)

    WRIR 02-4279 Simulation of streamflow and water quality in the Brandywine Creek subbasin of the Christina River Basin, Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1994-98 (PDF File)

    WRIR 02-4273 Ground-Water Availability in Part of the Borough of Carroll Valley, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and the Establishment of a Drought-Monitor Well (PDF File)

    WRIR 02-4271 Case Study for Delineating a Contributing Area to a Well in a Fractured Siliciclastic-Bedrock Aquifer Near Lansdale, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

   WRIR 02-4242 Assessment of Stream Conditions and Trends in Biological and Water-Chemistry Data From Selected Streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1981-97 (PDF File)

    WRIR 02-4057 Geohydrology and ground-water quality, Big Elk Creek Basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Cecil County, Maryland (PDF File)

    WRIR 01-4268 Microbiological Quality of Water From Noncommunity Supply Wells in Carbonate and Crystalline Aquifers of Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 01-4264 Interpretation of Borehole Geophysical Logs, Aquifer-Isolation Tests, and Water Quality, Supply Wells 1 and 2, Willow Grove Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base, Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 01-4263 Hydrogeological Investigation at Site 5, Willow Grove Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base, Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 01-4261 Evaluation of Borehole Geophysical Logging, Aquifer-Isolation Tests, Distribution of Contaminants, and Water-Level Measurements at the North Penn Area 5 Superfund Site, Bucks and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 01-4218 Simulation of Ground-Water Flow in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer System Near the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, and the Point Breeze Refinery, Southern Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 01-4214 Prediction of Velocities for a Range of Streamflow Conditions in Pennsylvania

    WRIR 01-4206 Relation Between Selected Well-Construction Characteristics and Occurrence of Bacteria in Private Household-Supply Wells, South-Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 01-4189 Water-Quality Conditions During Low Flow in the Lower Youghiogheny River Basin, Pennsylvania, October 5-7, 1998 (PDF File)

    WRIR 01-4173 Evaluation of Borehole Geophysical and Video Logs, at Butz Landfill Superfund Site, Jackson Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 01-4146 Regional Curve Development and Selection of a Reference Reach in the Non-Urban, Lowland Sections of the Piedmont Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania and Maryland (PDF File)

    WRIR 01-4012 Summary of and Factors Affecting Pesticide Concentrations in Streams and Shallow Wells of the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1993-95 (PDF File)

    WRIR 01-4004  

Evaluation of Borehole Geophysical Logs and Hydraulic Tests, Phase III, at AIW Frank/Mid-County Mustang Superfund Site, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 01-4026  

Historical Trends and Concentrations of Fecal Coliform Bacteria in the Brandywine Creek Basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 00-4205  

Preliminary Effects of Streambank Fencing of Pasture Land on the Quality of Surface Water in a Small Watershed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 00-4189  

Techniques for estimating magnitude and frequency of peak flows for Pennsylvania streams  (PDF File)

    WRIR 00-4166 Geohydrology of Southeastern Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 00-4104  

Quality-Assurance Design Applied to an Assessment of Agricultural Pesticides in Ground Water from Carbonate Bedrock Aquifers in the Great Valley of Eastern Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 00-4061 Nutrients and organic compounds in Deer Creek and South Branch Plum Creek in southwestern Pennsylvania, April 1996 through September 1998 (PDF File)

    WRIR 00-4058 Assessment of Freshwater Mussles in the Allegheny River at Foxburg, Pennsylvania, 1998 (PDF File)

    WRIR 99-4228  

Ground-Water System, Estimation of Aquifer Hydraulic Properties, and Effects of Pumping on Groundwater Flow in Triassic Sedimentary Rocks in and near Lansdale, Pennsylvania

    WRIR 99-4208  

Effects of Coal-Mine Drainage on Stream Water Quality in the Allegheny and Monongahela River Basins -- Sulfate Transport and Trends (PDF File)

    WRIR 99-4170  

Hydrologic Effects of the Pymatuning Earthquake of September 25, 1998 in Northwestern Pennsylvania

    WRIR 99-4108  

Summary of hydrogeologic and ground-water-quality data and hydrogeologic framework at selected well sites, Adams County, Pennsylvania (PDF file)

    WRIR 99-4076  

Hydrogeologic Framework and Sampling Design for an Assessment of Agricultural Pesticides in Ground Water in Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 99-4068  

Comparison of methods for computing streamflow statistics for Pennsylvania streams (PDF File)

    WRIR 99-4065  

Occurrence of Organochlorine Compounds in Whole Fish Tissue from Streams of the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1992 (PDF File)

    WRIR 99-4047  

Case study for delineating a contributing area to a water-supply well in a fractured crystalline-bedrock aquifer, Stewartstown, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 98-4258  

Stream water quality in coal mined areas of the Lower Cheat River Basin, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, during low-flow conditions, July 1997 (PDF File)

    WRIR 98-4192  

Yields and Trends of Nutrients and Total Suspended Solids in Nontidal Areas of the Chesapeake Bay Basin, 1985-96 (PDF File)

    WRIR 98-4186 Influence of Land Use and Open-Water Wetlands on Water Quality in the Lake Wallenpaupack Basin, Northeastern Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 98-4173 A Snapshot Evaluation of Stream Environmental Quality in the Little Conestoga Creek Basin, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 98-4169 Radon-222 in the Ground Water of Chester County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 98-4144 Relation of Algal Biomass to Characteristics of Selected Streams in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin (PDF File)

    WRIR 98-4129 Results of Borehole Geophysical Logging and Hydraulic Tests Conducted in Area D Supply Wells, Former U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center, Warminster, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 98-4117  

Low-flow statistics of selected streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

    WRIR 98-4076 Evaluation of Hydrologic Data Collected at the North Penn Area 12 Superfund Site, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

    WRIR 98-4010 Geohydrology and Distribution of Volatile Organic Compounds in Ground Water in the Casey Village Area, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

    WRIR 98-4004  

Fish communities and their relation to physical and chemical characteristics of streams from selected environmental settings in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin (PDF File)

    WRIR 97-4138 Changes in Bottom-Surface Elevations in Three Reservoirs on the Lower Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania and Maryland, Following the January 1996 Flood--Implications for Nutrient and Sediment Loads to Chesapeake Bay

    WRIR 97-4113 Drought Trigger Ground-Water Levels and Analysis of Historical Water-Level Trends in Chester County, Pennsylvania

    WRIR 97-4146  

Nitrate in ground water and stream base flow in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland (PDF File)

    WRIR 97-4124 Herbicide Concentrations in and Loads Transported by the Conestoga River and Pequea Creek, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1992-95

    WRIR 97-4120 Metals, Pesticides, and Semivolatile Organic Compounds in Sediment in Vallely Forge National Historical Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

    WRIR 97-4104 Identification of Potential Water-Bearing Zones by the Use of Borehole Geophysics in the Vicinity of Keystone Sanitation Superfund Site, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and Carroll County, Maryland

    WRIR 97-4095 Results of Borehole Geophysical Logging and Aquifer-Isolation Tests Conducted in the John Wagner and Sons, Inc. Former Production Well, Ivyland, Pennsylvania

    WRIR 97-4048 Surface-Water Quality Changes After 5 Years of Nutrient Management in the Little Conestoga Creek Headwaters, Pennsylvania, 1989-91

    WRIR 96-4288 Ground-Water Quality and Its Relation to Hydrogeology, Land Use, and Surface-Water Quality in the Red Clay Creek Basin, Piedmont Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania and Delaware

    WRIR 96-4286 Hydrogeologic Investigation of the Malvern TCE Superfund Site, Chester County, Pennsylvania

    WRIR 96-4267  

A Three-Dimensional Method-of-Characteristics Solute-Transport Model (MOC3D) Includes downloadable software (MOC3D/MODFLOW-96) and user's guide.

    WRIR 96-4212  

Bacteriological quality of ground water used for household supply, Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland

    WRIR 96-4168 Factors Affecting Phosphorus Transport at a Conventionally-Farmed Site in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1992-1995

    WRIR 96-4156  

Radon in ground water of the Lower Susquehanna and Potomac River Basins

    WRIR 96-4141  

Occurrence and concentrations of volatile organic compounds in shallow ground water in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland

    WRIR 96-4133 Effects of Coal-Mine Discharges on the Quality of the Stonycreek River and its Tributaries, Somerset and Cambria Counties, Pennsylvania

    WRIR 96-4127 Water-Use Analysis Program for the Neshaminy Creek Basin, Bucks and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania

    WRIR 96-4120 Hydrogeology and Ground-Water Quality of Valley Forge National Historical Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

    WRIR 96-4090 Hydrogeologic Framework of the Diabase Aquifer at the Boarhead Farms Superfund Site, Bridgeton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

    WRIR 96-4040 HYSEP: A Computer Program for Streamflow Hydrograph Separation and Analysis

Open-File Reports    (back to top)

OFR 03-499 Assessment of Water Chemistry, Habitat, and Benthic Macroinvertebrates at Selected Stream-Quality Monitoring Sites in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1998-2000 (PDF file)

OFR 03-442 Chester County Ground-Water Atlas, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PDF file)

OFR 03-399 Description of borehole geophysical and geologist logs, Berks Sand Pit Superfund Site, Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PDF file)

OFR 01-78 Fish-Community Composition in Otselic River, in the Vicinity of Whitney Point Lake, Broome, and Cortland Counties, New York, 2000 (PDF file)

OFR 01-79 Fish-Community Composition in Canacadea Creek, in the Vicinity of Almond Lake, Allegany and Steuben Counties, New York, 2000 (PDF file)

OFR 01-80 Fish-Community Composition in Ouleout Creek, in the Vicinity of East Sidney Lake, Delaware County, New York, 2000 (PDF file)

OFR 01-73

Summary of Trends and Status Analysis for Flow, Nutrients, and Sediments at Selected Nontidal Sites, Chesapeake Bay Basin, 1985-99 (PDF file)

OFR 01-446 Software User's Guide for Determining the Pennsylvania Scour Critical Indicator Code and Streambed Scour Assessment Rating for Roadway Bridges

OFR 01-329

Altitude and Configuration of the Potentiometric Surface in Lower Elk Creek Watershed, Chester County, Pennsylvania, March Through September 2000

OFR 01-149 Altitude and Configuration of the Regional Potentiometric Surface, Willow Grove Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base and Vicinity, Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania October 7-8, 1999

OFR 00-383 Evaluation of gepphysical logs, phase II, November 1998 to May 1999, at Crossley Farms superfund site, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PDF file)

OFR 00-97 

Simulation of aquifer tests and ground-water flowpaths at the local scale in fractured shales and sandstones of the Brunswick Group and Lockatong Formation, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

OFR 00-64 

Procedures for Scour Assessments at Bridges in Pennsylvania (PDF File)

OFR 00-279 

Altitude and Configuration of the Water-Table Surface in the Vicinity of the Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia and the Point Breeze Refinery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1998. Altitude and Configuration of Water Table Surface

OFR 00-278 

Altitude and Configuration of the Water-Table Surface in the Vicinity of the Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia and the Point Breeze Refinery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1998. Locations of Selected Wells in South Philadelphia

OFR 00-238 

Physical, Chemical, and Biological Data for Selected Streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

OFR 00-185 

Hydrogeology and Simulation of Ground-Water Flow at the Gettysburg Elevator Plant Superfund Site, Adams County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

OFR 99-73 Evaluation of Geophysical Logs, Phase II, at Willow Grove Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

OFR 99-452 

Evaluation of Geophysical Logs and Slug Test, Phase II, at AIW Frank/Mid-County Mustang Superfund Site, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

OFR 99-451 

Trends and Status of Flow, Nutrients, and Sediments for Selected Nontidal Sites in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, 1985-98 (PDF File)

OFR 99-271A 

Analysis of Geophysical Logs, at North Penn Area 6 Superfund Site, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

OFR 99-216 

Physical, Chemical, and Biological Data for Selected Streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1981-94 (PDF File)

OFR 99-215 

Identifcation of Water-Bearing Fractures by the Use of Geophysical Logs, May to July 1998, Former Naval Air Warfare Center, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

OFR 99-208 Fish-Community Composition in Cowanesque River Upstream and Downstream of the Cowanesque Dam, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1998 (PDF File)

OFR 98-86 Identification of Water-Bearing Zones by the Use of Geophysical Logs and Borehole Television Surveys, Collected February to September 1997, at the Former Naval Air Warfare Center, Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

OFR 98-294 

Review of Aquifer Test Results for the Lansdale Area, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1980-95 (PDF File)

OFR 98-645 Evaluation of Geophysical Logs and Video Surveys in Boreholes Adjacent to the Berkley Products Superfund Site, West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)

OFR 98-62 Evaluation of Geophysical Logs, Phase I, for Crossley Farms Superfund Site, Berks County, Pennsylvania (PDF File)
OFR 98-17 

Status yields and trends of nutrients and sediment and methods of analysis for the nontidal data-collection programs, Chesapeake Bay Basin, 1985-96 (PDF File)

OFR 97-583 

Water-quality assessment of the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland: Design and implementation of water-quality studies, 1992-95 (PDF File)

OFR 97-246 National Water-Quality Assessment Program Allegheny-Monongahela River Basin

Abstracts    (back to top)

Professional Papers

     Abstract Only - Full Text Not On-line

PP 417-A 

Relation between ground water and surface water in Brandywine Creek Basin, Pennsylvania

PP 1572 

Numerical Simulation of Ground-Water Flow Through Glacial Deposits and Crystalline Bedrock in the Mirror Lake Area, Grafton County, New Hampshire

Water Resources Reports


     Abstract Only - Full Text Not On-line

WRR 65 

Groundwater resources of Pike County, Pennsylvania
WRR 64 

Groundwater resources in and near the anthracite basins of Schuylkill and adjacent counties, Pennsylvania
WRR 47 

Geology and ground-water resources of Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Water Supply Papers

     Abstract Only - Full Text Not On-line

WSP 1532-H 

Sediment transport by streams draining into the Delaware Estuary

WSP 1999-O 

Water quality of streams in the Neshaminy Creek Basin, Pennsylvania

WSP 1879-H 

Water quality and discharge of streams in the Lehigh River Basin, Pennsylvania

WSP 1586-G 

Fresh-water discharge--salinity relations in the tidal Delaware River

WSP 1809-O 

Delaware River water quality, Bristol to Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, August 1949-December 1963

WSP 1779-X 

Quality of Delaware River water at Trenton, New Jersey

WSP 1586-B 

Salinity of the Delaware Estuary

Open-File Reports

     Abstract Only - Full Text Not On-line

OFR 99-73 

Evaluation of geophysical logs, Phase II, at Willow Grove Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

OFR 98-645 

Evaluation of Geophysical Logs and Video Surveys in Boreholes Adjacent to the Berkley Products Superfund Site, West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

OFR 97-631 

Evaluation of geophysical logs, phase 1, at Willow Grove Naval Air Station, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

OFR 94-381 

Hydrologic data for northern Bucks County, Pennsylvania

OFR 92-635 

Evaluation of methods for delineating areas that contribute water to wells completed in valley-fill aquifers in Pennsylvania

OFR 87-217 

Selected ground-water data, Chester County, Pennsylvania

OFR 86-468

Flood of November 1985 in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia

OFR 86-140 

Water-quality data for precipitation and storm runoff in Pennypack Creek Basin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

OFR 85-686 

Physical, chemical, and biological data for selected streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania 1969-80

OFR 84-706 

Compilation of ground-water-quality data in Pennsylvania

OFR 83-149 

Hydrologic data for aquifers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

OFR 81-330 

Ground-water quality and data on wells and springs in Pennsylvania, Volume III

OFR 81-1115 

An evaluation of water-quality monitoring in the Brandywine Creek Basin, Pennsylvania, 1973-78

OFR 81-1025 

An Evaluation of the Effects of Acid Rain on Low Conductivity Headwater Streams in Pennsylvania

OFR 81-70 Water Resources of the Clarion River and Redbank Creek Basins, Northwestern Pennsylvania

OFR 80-566 

Work plan of the Schuylkill River Basin, Pennsylvania: Assessment of river quality as related to the distribution and transport of trace metals and organic substances

OFR 77-479 

Water loss from Jordance Creek near Allentown, Pennsylvania--1973 to 1976

OFR 77-462 

Limnological studies of the major streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania

Water Resources Investigations Reports

     Abstract Only - Full Text Not On-line

WRIR 98-4186 

Influence of land use and open-water wetlands on water quality in the Lake Wallenpaupack Basin, Northeastern Pennsylvania

WRIR 98-4144 

Relation of algal biomass to characteristics of selected streams in the lower Susquehanna River Basin

WRIR 98-4129 

Results of Borehole Geophysical Logging and Hydraulic Tests Conducted In Area D Supply Wells, Former U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center, Warminster, Pennsylvania

WRIR 98-4076 

Evaluation of Hydrologic Data Collected at the North Penn Area 12 Superfund Site, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 97-4138 

Changes in Bottom-Surface Elevations in Three Maryland, Following the January 1996—Flood Implications for Nutrient and Sediment Loads to Chesapeake Bay

WRIR 97-4113 

Drought-trigger ground-water levels and analysis of historical water-level trends in Chester County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 97-4095 

Results of borehole geophysical logging and aquifer-isolation tests conducted in the John Wagner and Sons, Inc. former production well, Ivyland, Pennsylvania

WRIR 96-4319 

Evaluation of selected wells in Pennsylvanias observation-well program as of 1993

WRIR 96-4288 

Ground-water quality and its relation tohydrogeology, land use, and surface-water quality in the Red Clay Creek Basin, piedmont Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania and Delaware

WRIR 96-4286 

Hydrogeologic investigation of the Malvern TCE Superfund Site, Chester County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 96-4127 

Water-use analysis program for the Neshaminy Creek Basin, Bucks and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania

WRIR 96-4120 

Hydrogeology and ground-water quality of Valley Forge National Historical Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 96-4090 

Hydrogeologic framework of the diabase aquifer at the Boarhead Farms Superfund site, Bridggeton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 96-4048 

Sediment Deposition In Lake Clarke, Lake Aldred, and Conowingo Reservoir, Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1910-93

WRIR 96-4047 

Geohydrology of the Stockton Formation and cross-contamination through open boreholes, Hatboro Borough and County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 96-4040 

HYSEP: a computer program for stream-flow hydrograph separation and analysis

WRIR 95-4243 

Water quality of large discharges from mines in the anthracite region of eastern Pennsylvania

WRIR 95-4233 

A synthesis of nutrient and sediment data from watersheds within the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin

WRIR 95-4220 

Geohydrology and vertical distribution of volatile organic compounds in ground water, Fischer and Porter Company Superfund site, Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 95-4164 

Water Resources of Indiana County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 95-4033 

A strategy for delineating the area of ground-water contribution to wells completed in fractured bedrock aquifers in Pennsylvania

WRIR 94-4137 

Hydrogeology and water quality of the West Valley Creek Basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 94-4109 

Hydrogeology and ground-water quality of northern Bucks County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 94-4060 

Land use, organochlorine compound concentrations, and trends in benthic-invertebrate communities in selected stream basins in Chester County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 94-4059 Water and sediment budgets for the stormwater-drainage channel at the Navy Ships Parts Control Center near Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, water year 1993

WRIR 94-4056 Effects of surface mining on the hydrology and biology in the Stony Fork Basin, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1978-85

WRIR 93-4203 

Determination of traveltime in the Delaware River, Hancock, New York, to the Delaware Water Gap by use of a conservative dye tracer

WRIR 93-4173 Evaluation of agricultural best-management practices in the Conestoga River headwaters, Pennsylvania: Hydrology of a small carbonate-rock site near Ephrata, Pennsylvania, prior to implementation of nutrient management

WRIR 93-4160 

Calibration of a streamflow-routing model for the Delaware River and its principal tributaries in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania

WRIR 93-4109 

Geohydrology of, and nitrogen and chloride in, the glacial aquifer, Milford-Matamoras area, Pike County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 93-4069 Hydrology and the effects of selected agricultural best-management practices in the Bald Eagle Creek Watershed, York County, Pennsylvania, prior to and during nutrient management

WRIR 93-4055 

Geohydrology and simulation of ground-water flow in the Red Clay Creek Basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware

WRIR 92-4124 

Finite-Difference Interblock Transmissivity for Unconfined Aquifers and for Aquifers having Smoothly Varying Transmissivity (Includes text abstract and links to ODFLOW-96 with BCF3 implementation of these methods.)

WRIR 92-4093 Simulation of streamflow and sediment transport in two surface-coal-mined basins in Fayette County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 92-4088 

Radium and radon in ground water in the Chickies Quartzite, southeastern Pennsylvania

WRIR 91-4006 

Hydrology and the hypothetical effects of reducing nutrient applications on water quality in the Bald Eagle Creek headwaters, southeastern Pennsylvania prior to implementation of agricultural best-management practices

WRIR 90-4131 Evaluation of agricultural best-management practices in the Conestoga River Headwaters, Pennsylvania: Description and water quality of the Little Conestoga Creek headwaters prior to the implementation of nutrient management

WRIR 90-4076 

Hydrogeology and ground-water flow in the carbonate rocks of the Little Lehigh Creek Basin, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 90-4061 

Base-flow frequency characteristics of selected Pennsylvania streams

WRIR 90-4052 

Tributary-stream infiltration in Marsh Creek Valley, North-Central Pennsylvania

WRIR 90-4011 

Water quality of the Upper West Branch Susquehanna River and tributary streams between Curwensville and Renovo, Pennsylvania, May and July 1984

WRIR 89-4169 

Geohydrology and simulation of ground-water flow in the carbonate rocks of the Valley Creek Basin, eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 89-4154 

Geohydrology and water quality in the vicinity of the Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site, Pennsylvania

WRIR 89-4113 

Effects of acidic precipitation on the water quality of streams in the Laurel Hill area, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1983-86

WRIR 89-4014 

Water quality of the West Branch Lackawaxen River and limnology of Prompton Lake, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, October 1986 through September 1987

WRIR 88-4211 

Relation of ground-water quality to land use in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-Camden, New Jersey area

WRIR 88-4095 

Withdrawals and consumptive use of water in Pennsylvania, 1984

WRIR 88-4087 

Preimpoundment hydrologic conditions in the Swatara Creek (1981-84) and estimated postimpoundment water quality in and downstream from the planned Swatara State Park Reservoir, Lebanon and Schuylkill Counties, Pennsylvania

WRIR 88-4005 Suspended-sediment yields from an unmined area and from mined areas before and after reclamation in Pennsylvania, June 1978-September 1983

WRIR 87-4218 

Geohydrology of the Furnace Creek Basin and vicinity, Berks, Lancaster, and Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania

WRIR 87-4196 

Effects of urbanization on storm runoff volume and peak discharge of Valley Creek, eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 87-4194 

Estimation of flood-frequency charactics and the effects of urbanization for streams in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area

WRIR 87-4136 

A feasibility study to estimate minumum surface-casing depths of oil and gas wells to prevent ground-water contamination in four areas of western Pennsylvania

WRIR 87-4098 

Effect of urbanization on the water resources of eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 87-4065 

Water resources of Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 86-4195 

Technique for estimating depths of 100-year floods in Pennsylvania

WRIR 86-4164 

Hydrogeology and Ground-Water Quality at a Land Reclamation Site, Neshaminy State Park, Pennsylvania

WRIR 86-4055 

Simulation of ground-water flow in the lower sand unit of the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifer system Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

WRIR 86-4054 

Effects of flood controls proposed for West Branch Brandywine Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 85-4331 

Low-Flow Routing in the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers, Pennsylvania

WRIR 85-4177 

Determination of benthic-invertebrate indices and water-quality trends of selected streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1969-80

WRIR 85-4023 Results of a preimpoundment water-quality study of Swatara Creek, Pennsylvania

WRIR 85-4008 

Statisical analyses of flood frequency, low-flow frequency, and flow duration of streams in the Philadelphia area, Pennsylvania

WRIR 84-4335 Estimating iron and aluminum content of acid mine discharge from a north-central Pennsylvania coal field by use of acidity titration curves

WRIR 84-4327 

Evaluation of the ground-water resources of parts of Lancaster and Berks Counties, Pennsylvania

WRIR 84-4189 

Temperature of ground water at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1979-1981

WRIR 83-4274 Reconnaissance of mine drainage in the coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania

WRIR 83-4164 Water-quality and chemical loads of the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 1980 to March 1981

WRIR 83-4032 

Water-quality assessment of Francis E. Walter Reservoir, Luzerne and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania

WRIR 83-4216 Calculating sediment discharge from a highway construction site in central Pennsylvania

WRIR 83-4113 Effects of specific land uses on nonpoint sources of suspended sediment, nutrient and herbicides--Pequea Creek Basin, Pennsylvania 1979-80

WRIR 82-4020 

Effect of urbanization on the water resources of Warmister Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 81-73 

A stormwater management model for the West Branch Brandywine Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 81-69 Sedimentation in the Wast Branch Mahoning Creek Basin, Clearfield and Jefferson Counties, Pennsylvania, June 1979 to June 1980

WRIR 81-1 Preimpoundment water quality in the Tioga River Basin, Pennsylvania and New York

WRIR 80-02 

Development of a digital model of ground-water flow in deeply weathered crystalline rock, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1977

WRIR 78-53 

Bacteriological water quality of Tulpehocken Creek Basin, Berks and Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania

WRIR 77-67 

Ground-water resources of Chester County, Pennsylvania

WRIR 77-55 

Water-quality study of Tulpehocken Creek, Berks County, Pennsylvania, prior to impoundment of Blue Marsh Lake

WRIR 76-84 

Limnological survey of Sacony Creek Basin, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Other Publications

     Abstract Only - Full Text Not On-line

USGS 1999 Toxics Meeting Proceedings Paper 

Modifications to the Solute-Transport Model MOC3D for Simple Reactions, Double Porosity, and Age, with Application at Mirror Lake, New Hampshire, and Other Sites

USGS 1999 Toxics Meeting Proceedings Paper 

CFC's in the Unsaturated Zone and in Shallow Ground Water at Mirror Lake, New Hampshire

AGU 1997 Spring Meeting Abstract 

CFC Transport to and Degradation Near a Shallow Water Table, Mirror Lake Area, Grafton County, New Hampshire

AGU 1996 Spring Meeting Abstract 

New Type Curves for Estimation of Aquifer Properties from Water-Level Recovery under Theis Conditions (Includes image of type curves, text file of data, and FORTRAN source code.)

ASCE 1993 Hydraulic Engineering Conference Reprint 

Concentration History during Pumping from a Leaky Aquifer with Stratified Initial Concentration (Includes text abstract and downloadable image of paper with figures.)

ModelCARE 90 Conference Proceedings Reprint 

Reevaluation of Large-Scale Dispersivities for a Waste Chloride Plume: Effects of Transient Flow (Includes text abstract and dowloadable image of paper with figures.)


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