Water-Quality Information -- Publications
Note: USGS water-resources reports that are available online can be accessed from http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/
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National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data
- Guidelines for Design and Sampling for Cyanobacterial
Toxin and Taste-and-Odor Studies in Lakes and Reservoirs, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific
Investigations Report 2008-5038.
- Procedures for Developing Models To Predict Exceedances of Recreational
Water-Quality Standards at Coastal Beaches, U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods book 6, chap. B5.
- StreamVOC--A Deterministic Source-Apportionment Model to Estimate
Volatile Organic Compound Concentrations in Rivers and Streams, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations
Report 2006-5110.
- A Guide to the Proper Selection and Use of Federally Approved
Sediment and Water-Quality Samplers, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1087.
- Guidelines and Standard Procedures for Continuous Water-Quality Monitors:
Station Operation, Record Computation, and Data Reporting, U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 1-D3.
- More Than Obvious: Better Methods for Interpreting Nondetect Data: Helsel, Dennis R., 2005, Environmental
Science and Technology, A-Pages, v. 39, no. 20, p. 419A-423A.
- Nondetects and Data Analysis--Statistics for Censored Environmental Data: Helsel, Dennis R., 2005,
Wiley-Interscience.
- Comparison of Seven Protocols to Identify Fecal Contamination Sources Using Escherichia coli
(pdf), USGS-authored article in Environmental Science and Technology.
- The Solubility of Nitrogen, Oxygen and Argon in Water and
Seawater, Weiss, 1970 (pdf).
- Study and Interpretation of the Chemical Characteristics of Natural Water, Water Supply Paper 2254
- The Computer Program Estimate Trend (ESTREND), A System for the Detection of Trends in Water-Quality Data, Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4040
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Selected Laboratory Evaluations of the Whole-Water Sample-Splitting Capabilities of a Prototype Fourteen-Liter Teflon® Churn Splitter, Open-File Report 01-386
- A Primer on Water Quality, USGS Fact Sheet 027-01.
- A Comparison of Load Estimates Using Total Suspended Solids and Suspended-Sediment Concentration Data, in American Society of Civil Engineering's Proceeding of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, May 20-24, 2001 (pdf = 67 Kb)
- Comparability of Suspended-Sediment Concentration and Total Suspended Solids Data, Water-Resources Investigations Report WRIR 00-4191 (pdf=1Mb) and Adjustment of Total Suspended Solids Data for Use in Sediment Studies (pdf=2Mb).
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The proceedings of the technical meeting, "Animal Feeding Operations: Effects
on Hydrologic Resources and the Environment," held in Fort Collins, CO, Aug. 30 - Sept. 1, 1999, are online as USGS Open-File Report 00-204 on the Proceedings page of the AFO Web site.
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Retrospective Analysis on the Occurrence of Arsenic in
Ground-Water Resources of the United States and Limitations in
Drinking-Water-Supply Characterizations, Water-Resources
Investigations Report 99-4279.
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Quality-Assurance Results for the National Atmospheric
Deposition Program/National Trends Network, 1995-96,
Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4072.
- Report on hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico:
Flux and Sources of Nutrients in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya
River Basin (see Topic 3).
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USGS Protocol for the Collection of Processing of
Surface-Water Samples for the Subsequent Determination of Inorganic
Constituents in Filtered Water, Open-File Report 94-539
- USGS Guidelines and Standard Procedures for Studies of Ground-Water
Quality:
Selection and Installation of Wells, and Supporting Documentation
Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4233
- New Reporting Procedures Based on Long-Term
Method Detection Levels and Some Considerations for
Interpretation of Water-Quality Data Provided by the
U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory,
Open-File Report 99-193.
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NASQAN--A Program to Monitor the Water Quality of the Nation's
Large Rivers, Fact Sheet FS-055-97
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Transport, Behavior and Fate of Volatile Organic Compounds in
Streams, Professional Paper 1589
- Toxic Substances Hydrology Program --
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