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Headlines, Activities, and Publications

2007

Publication release: USGS report on the presence of fecal-indicator bacteria in ambient (untreated) ground water sampled in selected aquifers across the Nation from 1993-2004.

2006

Publication release: New papers on trends in metals and hydrophobic organic contaminants in streams and rivers of the United States using lake and reservoir sediment cores. (More information on the national assessment of trends)

New NAWQA webpage: Delivering NAWQA data and mapping over the Web -- NEW USGS Fact Sheet describes the "what and how" about NAWQA's Data Warehouse

Outreach activity: USGS Co-Sponsors World Water Monitoring Day (Full event details) (October 2006)

Publication release: USGS Perspective on Monitoring and Assessment in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Released May 2006)

Publication release: Volatile Organic Compounds in the Nation's Ground Water and Drinking-Water Supply Wells (Released April 2006)

New NAWQA webpage: Urban Water-Quality Issues Addressed through Multiple Studies (Released April 2006)

Publication release: Pesticides in the Nation's Streams and Ground Water (Released March 2006)

Publication release: Parking-Lot Sealcoat: A Major Source of PAHs in Urban and Suburban Environments (Released January 2006)

New NAWQA webpage: USGS Health-based screening levels: A tool for evaluating what water-quality data may mean to human health (Released April 2006)

2005

Publication release: USGS health-based screening levels are applied to ground-water quality data in New Jersey (USGS Fact Sheet 2005-3059 ; USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5174) (Released June 2005)

Publication release on NAWQA's Regional Ground Water Studies: NAWQA assesses ground-water quality in 19 aquifer systems used for drinking-water supplies across the Nation (USGS Fact Sheet 2005-3013) (Released May 2005)

Congressional Briefing Sheets:

Moving from Monitoring to Prediction: The Quality of the Nation’s Ground Water (Released March 11, 2005)
Moving from Monitoring to Prediction: The Quality of the Nation’s Streams (Released March 4, 2005)
Monitoring in the 21st Century to address our Nation's water-resource questions (Released February 25, 2005)

Report released on connecting NAWQA assessments to decision making: NAWQA information provides an unbiased scientific basis for managers, planners, and policy makers at all levels--local, state, and national--to make decisions for the protection of drinking water, the health of aquatic ecosystems, and for resource management. (Updated January 25, 2005)

2004

Meeting minutes: Program Objectives in the Second Decade (Released at the NAWQA National Liaison Meeting, September 24, 2004)

Publication release: Summary water-quality assessments available for 15 river basins and aquifer systems (Study Units), studied 1997-2001 (Released May 2004).

Publication release: Water Quality in the Nation's Streams and Aquifers--An Overview of Selected Findings, 1991-2001 (USGS Circular 1265) (Highlights) (Released May 2004)

Data release:USGS Announces Online Access to Nationwide Fish Community Data

2003

Publication release:Monitoring and Assessing our Nation's Water Quality (USGS Fact Sheet 076-02) (Released August 2002)

Program review: National Academy of Sciences Review (Released February 13, 2002)

Representative Accomplishments of NAWQA, Cycle I
Opportunities to Improve the USGS NAWQA Program - A Summary

Publication release: USGS completes drinking-water reservoir pilot program (Released January 2002)

Access the report,abstract, summary, and data of the USGS drinking-water reservoir pilot program
Read EPA's documents on the preliminary cumulative risk assessment for pesticide compounds

Publication release:MTBE and other volatile organic compounds—New findings and implications on the quality of source waters used for drinking-water supplies (USGS Fact Sheet 105-01) (Released November 15, 2001)

Publication release:The National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Entering a new decade of investigations. (USGS Fact Sheet 071-01) (Released August 2001)

Publication release: Summary water-quality assessments available for 16 river basins and aquifer systems (Study Units), studied 1994-98 (Released May 2001). Highlights of Study-Unit findings

Publication release: Selected findings and current perspectives on urban and agricultural water quality. - Studies by NAWQA in nearly 120 agricultural and 35 urban watersheds show that nonpoint chemical contamination is an agricultural and urban issue. Released April 20, 2001)

Data release: NAWQA's online data warehouse of 12.9 million records enables water resource managers, scientists, and the public to find data about the quality of the water at 6,800 stream sites and 7,800 wells across the country. (Released April 2001)

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