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Ground Water

2008
Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5020 Availability, Sustainability, and Suitability of Ground Water, Rogers Mesa, Delta County, Colorado—Types of Analyses and Data for Use in Subdivision Water-Supply Reports By Kenneth R. Watts
2007
Professional Paper 1737-A Hydrogeologic Settings and Ground-Water Flow Simulations for Regional Studies of the Transport of Anthropogenic and Natural Contaminants to Public-Supply Wells Studies Begun in 2001 Edited by Suzanne S. Paschke
Scientific Investigations Report 07-5220 Ground-Water Quality and Potential Effects of Individual Sewage Disposal System Effluent on Ground-Water Quality in Park County, Colorado, 2001-2004 By Lisa D. Miller and Roderick F. Ortiz
2006
Scientific Investigations Report 06-5315 Dissolved Solids in Basin-Fill Aquifers and Streams in the Southwestern United States By David W. Anning, Nancy J. Bauch, Steven J. Gerner, Marilyn E. Flynn, Scott N. Hamlin, Stephanie J. Moore, Donald H. Schaefer, Scott K. Anderholm, and Lawrence E. Spangler
Scientific Investigations Report 06-5129 Hydrostratigraphic Framework of the Raton, Vermejo, and Trinidad Aquifers in the Raton Basin, Las Animas County, Colorado By Kenneth R. Watts
Scientific Investigations Report 06-5109 A Preliminary Evaluation of Vertical Separation between Production Intervals of Coalbed-Methane Wells and Water-Supply Wells in the Raton Basin, Huerfano and Las Animas Counties, Colorado, 1999-2004 By Kenneth R. Watts
Scientific Investigations Report 06-5050 Vulnerability of Recently Recharged Ground Water in the High Plains Aquifer to Nitrate Contamination By Jason J. Gurdak and Sharon L. Qi
2005
Scientific Investigations Report 05-5179 Hydrogeology and Quality of Ground Water in the Upper Arkansas River Basin from Buena Vista to Salida, Colorado, 2000-2003 By Kenneth R. Watts
Scientific Investigations Report 05-5106 Quality of Nutrient Data from Streams and Ground Water Sampled During Water Years 1992-2001 By David K. Mueller and Cindy J. Titus
Scientific Investigations Report 05-5063 Variability of Differences between Two Approaches for Determining Ground-Water Discharge and Pumpage, Including Effects of Time Trends, Lower Arkansas River Basin, Southeastern Colorado, 1998-2002 By Brent M. Troutman, Patrick Edelmann, and Russell G. Dash
Fact Sheet 2005-3143 Sustainability of Ground-Water Resources in the Upper Arkansas River Basin between Buena Vista and Salida, Colorado, 2000 2003 By K.R. Watts
2004
Scientific Investigations Report 04-5290 Distribution and Mass of Nitrate in the Unconfined Aquifer Beneath the Intensively Cultivated Area North of the Rio Grande, San Luis Valley, Colorado, 1997 through 2001 By Robert W. Stogner, Sr
Scientific Investigations Report 04-5289 Effects of Surface Applications of Biosolids on Soil, Crops, Ground Water, and Streambed Sediment near Deer Trail, Colorado, 1999-2003 By Tracy J.B. Yager, David B. Smith, and James G. Crock
Fact Sheet 2004-3127 Wastewater Chemicals in Colorado's Streams and Ground Water By Lori A. Sprague and William A. Battaglin
Fact Sheet 2004-3097 Water-Level Changes in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2003 and 2002 to 2003 By V.L. McGuire
Fact Sheet 2004-3066 Ground-Water Quality of Granitic- and Volcanic-Rock Aquifers in Southeastern Park County, Colorado, July-August 2003 By Roderick F. Ortiz
Fact Sheet 2004-3065 Ground-Water Quality of Alluvial and Sedimentary-Rock Aquifers in the Vicinity of Fairplay and Alma, Park County, Colorado, September-October 2002 By Roderick F. Ortiz
Fact Sheet 2004-3051 Ground-Water Age and Flow at Great Sand Dunes National Monument, South-Central Colorado By Michael G. Rupert and L. Niel Plummer
Fact Sheet 2004-3009 Potential Effects of Individual Sewage Disposal System Density on Ground-Water Quality in the Fractured-Rock Aquifer in the Vicinity of Bailey, Park County, Colorado, 2001-2002 By Daniel L. Brendle
Open-File Report 2004-1404 Biosolids, Soil, Crop, Ground-Water, and Streambed-Sediment Data for a Biosolids-Application Area Near Deer Trail, Colorado, 2002-2003 By Tracy J.B. Yager, David B. Smith, and James G. Crock
Open-File Report 2004-1388 Biosolids, Soil, Crop, Ground-Water, and Streambed-Sediment Data for a Biosolids-Application Area Near Deer Trail, Colorado, 2001 By Tracy J.B. Yager, David B. Smith, and James G. Crock
2003
Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4275 Water-Quality Characteristics and Ground-Water Quantity of the Fraser River Watershed, Grand County, Colorado, 1998-2001 By Nancy J. Bauch and Jeffrey B. Bails
Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4219 Ground-Water Quality Beneath Irrigated Agriculture in the Central High Plains Aquifer, 1999-2000 By Breton W. Bruce, Mark F. Becker, Larry M. Pope, and Jason J. Gurdak
Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4172 Application of Tracer-Injection Techniques to Demonstrate Surface-Water and Ground-Water Interactions Between an Alpine Stream and the North Star Mine, Upper Animas River Watershed, Southwestern Colorado By Winfield G. Wright and Bryan Moore
Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4171 Water Movement Through Thick Unsaturated Zones Overlying the Central High Plains Aquifer, Southwestern Kansas, 2000 2001 By P.B. McMahon, K.F. Dennehy, R.L. Michel, M.A. Sophocleous, K.M. Ellett, and D.B. Hurlbut
Open-File Report 03-400 Biosolids, Soil, Crop, Ground-Water, and Streambed-Sediment Data for a Biosolids-Application Area Near Deer Trail, Colorado, 2000 By Tracy J.B. Yager, David B. Smith, James G. Crock, and Michael R. Stevens
2002
Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4269 Probability of Detecting Atrazine/Desethyl-atrazine and Elevated Concentrations of Nitrate in Ground Water in Colorado By Michael G. Rupert
Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4247 Ground-water-quality assessment of shallow aquifers in the Front Range Urban Corridor, Colorado, 1954-98, By J.L. Flynn
Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4236 Classification of Irrigated Land Using Satellite Imagery, the High Plains Aquifer, Nominal Date 1992 By Sharon L. Qi, Alexandria Konduris, David W. Litke, and Jean Dupree
Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4058 Geophysical Logging to Determine Construction, Contributing Zones, and Appropriate Use of Water Levels Measured in Confined-Aquifer Network Wells, San Luis Valley, Colorado, 1998-2000 By Daniel L. Brendle
Open-File Report 02-364 Analysis of Geophysical Logs from Six Boreholes at Lariat Gulch, Former U.S. Air Force Site PJKS, Jefferson County, Colorado By Frederick L. Paillet, Richard E. Hodges, and Barbara S. Corland
Open-File Report 02-051 Biosolids, Soils, Ground-Water, and Streambed-Sediment Data for a Biosolids-Application Area near Deer Trail, Colorado, 1999 By Michael R. Stevens, Tracy J.B. Yager, David B. Smith, and James G. Crock
2001
Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4190 Evaluation of Possible Alternatives to Lower the High Water Table of St. Charles Mesa, Pueblo County, Colorado By Daniel L. Brendle
Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4028 Vertical Gradients in Water Chemistry in the Central High Plains Aquifer, Southwestern Kansas and Oklahoma Panhandle, 1999 By P.B. McMahon
2000
Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4254 Historical Water-Quality Data for the High Plains Regional Ground-Water Study Area in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, 1930-98 By David W. Litke
Open-File Report 00-214 Quality of ground water and surface water in an area of individual sewage disposal system use near Barker Reservoir, Nederland, Colorado, August-September 1998 By J.L. Flynn and L.B. Barber
1999
Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4243 Ground-Water-Quality Assessment of Selected Wells in the Fraser River Watershed, Colorado, August 1998 By Lori E. Apodaca, C. Michelle Smith, and Jeffrey B. Bails
Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4221 Comparison of two approaches for determining ground-water discharge and pumpage in the lower Arkansas River Basin, Colorado, 1997-98 By R.G. Dash, B.M. Troutman, and P.F. Edelmann
1997
Fact Sheet 004-97 Variability of nitrate concentrations in the shallow ground water in a selected area of the San Luis Valley, south-central Colorado By R.W. Stogner
1995
Open-File Report 95-450 Bibliography, indices, and data sources of water-related studies, Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado and Utah,1872-1995 By N.J. Bauch and L.E. Apodaca
1994
Open-File Report 94-102 National Water-Quality Assessment Program - Upper Colorado River Basin By N.E. Driver

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