Online USGS Water Resources Reports

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National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data

A U.S. Geological Survey Streamflow Data Set for the United States for the Study of Climate Variations, 1874-1988

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Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Publications

Office of Water Quality Publications

Abbreviations used include:

• WSP...Water-Supply Paper
• OFR...Open-File Report
• WRIR...Water-Resources Investigations Report

National or Regional Interest

• Sustainability of Ground-Water Resources
  USGS Circular 1186
• Notes on Numerical Reliability of Several Statistical Analysis Programs, by J.M.Landwehr and G.D.Tasker.
  USGS OFR 99-9
• New Digital Water Resources Investigations Report -- Lithogeochemical Character of Near-Surface Bedrock in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins
  USGS WRI 99-4000
• A New Evaluation of the USGS Streamgaging Network -- A Report to Congress
• Contaminants in the Mississippi River Edited by Robert H. Meade.
  USGS Circular 1133
• Stream-Gaging Program of the U.S. Geological Survey By Kenneth L. Wahl, Wilbert O. Thomas, Jr., and Robert M. Hirsch.
  USGS Circular 1123
• National Water Summary on Wetland Resources
  USGS WSP 2425
  A broad overview of wetland resources that includes discussions of the scientific basis for understanding wetland functions and values; legislation that regulates the uses of wetlands; wetland research, inventory, and evaluation; and issues related to the restoration, creation, and recovery of wetlands.
• Stream Water Quality in the Conterminous United States -- Status and Trends of Selected Indicators During the 1980's By Richard A. Smith, Richard B. Alexander, and Kenneth J. Lanfear National Water Summary 1990-91 -- Stream Water Quality
  USGS WSP 2400
• Ground Water Atlas of the United States.
  The U.S. Geological Survey series of print publications "The Ground Water Atlas of the United States" describes the location, the extent, and the geologic and hydrologic characteristics of the important aquifers of the Nation.
• The Strategy for Improving Water-Quality Monitoring in the United States Final Report of the Intergovernmental Task Force on Monitoring Water Quality.
  (Open-File Report 95-742)
• County-Level Estimates of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizer Use in the United States, 1945 to 1985 By Richard B. Alexander and Richard A. Smith.
  (Open-File Report 90-130)
• Trends in Precipitation Chemistry in the United States, 1983-94: An Analysis of the Effects in 1995 of Phase I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Title IV By James A. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, Van C. Bowersox, Illinois State Water Survey, Jeffrey W. Grimm, Pennsylvania State University.
  USGS OFR 96-0346
• A U.S. Geological Survey Streamflow Data Set for the United States for the Study of Climate Variations, 1874-1988 by J. R. Slack and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr.
  USGS OFR 92-129
  Includes the on-line HCDN data (USGS WRIR 93-4076) containing information on streamflow, watershed characteristics, and station descriptions.
• Occurrence of the Gasoline Oxygenate MTBE and BTEX Compounds in Urban Stormwater in the United States, 1991-95
  USGS WRIR 96-4145
• Spatial Data in Geographic Information System Format on Agricultural Chemical Use, Land Use, and Cropping Practices in the United States, by William A. Battaglin and Donald A. Goolsby.
  USGS WRIR-94-4176
• Interagency Report: National Handbook of Recommended Methods for Water Data Acquisition -- Chapter 11 - Water Use, compiled by the Subcommittee on Water Use Information, Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data
• Mine Drainage Interest Group Promotes communication, cooperation, and collaboration among USGS scientists working on problems related to mining and the environment.
• Water Resources Activities of the USGS - 1992
  The mission, organization, source of funds, and information on major programs (including activities and publications) of the Water Resources Division are discussed in this report.