The Red River of the North Basin study-unit in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, and is part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The long-term goals of this program are to describe the status and trends in the quality of a large, representative part of the Nation's surface- and ground-water resources, and to provide a sound, scientific understanding of the primary factors affecting the quality of these resources.

The Red River of the North Study Unit was discontinued on September 30, 2001. Archival information is available for USGS only.

Project Description - Discusses the initiatives, objectives, and approach of the REDN study.

Study Unit Publications - Sorted by type of publication --fact sheets, journal articles, reports and meeting abstracts. Some of our factsheets are available in PDF (adobe acrobat) and/or HTML formats.

Environmental Setting - We have brought together past and present studies of the Red River Basin to describe the general water flow and chemical constituents.

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