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Brantly, J.A., Seanor, R.C., and McCoy, K.L., 2002, Louisiana ground-water map no. 13: Hydrogeology and potentiometric surface, October 1996, of the Sparta aquifer in northern Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4053, 3 sheets.

Collier, D.L., comp., 2002, Ground-water and related publications of the Louisiana District of  the U.S. Geological Survey, 1904-2000: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Water Resources Special Report no. 14, 182 p.

Demas, C.R., Brazelton, S.R., and Powell, N.J., 2002, The Atchafalaya Basin--river of trees: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-021-02, 2 p. 

Demas, C.R., Demcheck, D.K., Anderson, M.L., and Garon, J.D., 1999, National Water Quality Assessment program—Acadian-Pontchartrain study unit, 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-185-99, 4 p.

Demcheck, D.K., and Skrobialowski, S.C., 2003, Fipronil and degradation products in the rice-producing areas of the Mermentau River Basin, Louisiana, February-September 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-010-03, 6 p.

Demcheck, D.K., and Swarzenski, C.M., 2003, Atrazine in southern Louisiana streams, 1998-2000:  U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-011-03, 6 p.

Demcheck, D.K., Tollett, R.W., Mize, S.V., Skrobialowski, S.C., Fendick, R.B., Jr., Swarzenski, C.M., and Porter, Stephen, 2004, Water Quality in the Acadian-Pontchartrain Drainages, Louisiana and Mississippi, 1999-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1232,41 p.

Ensminger, P.A., 1998, Bathymetric survey and physical and chemical-related properties of Lake Bruin, Louisiana, February and September 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4243, 1 sheet.

Ensminger, P.A., 1998, Floods in Louisiana, magnitude and frequency (5th ed.): Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Water Resources Technical Report no. 60, 333 p. (COMING SOON)

Ensminger, P.A., 1999, Bathymetric survey and physical and chemical-related properties of Black Bayou Reservoir, Louisiana, September and October 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4293, 1 sheet.

Ensminger, P.A., 1999, Bathymetric survey and physical and chemical-related properties of Caddo Lake, Louisiana and Texas, August and September 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4217, 1 sheet.

Ensminger, P.A., 1999, Bathymetric survey and physical and chemical-related properties of Cypress Bayou Reservoir, Louisiana, October 1997 and August and September 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4255, 1 sheet.

Ensminger, P.A., 1999, Bathymetric survey and physical and chemical-related properties of False River, Louisiana, June and July 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4193, 1 sheet.

Ensminger, P.A., 1999, Bathymetric survey and physical and chemical-related properties of Indian Creek Reservoir, Louisiana, June 11-18 and September 22, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4133, 1 sheet.

Ensminger, P.A., 1999, Bathymetric survey and physical and chemical-related properties of Kincaid Reservoir, Louisiana, June and September 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4194, 1 sheet.

Ensminger, P.A., 1999, Bathymetric survey and physical and chemical-related properties of Mill Creek Reservoir, Louisiana, May 27-29, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4109, 1 sheet. (COMING SOON)

Ensminger, P.A., 1999, Bathymetric survey and physical and chemical-related properties of Raccourci Lake, Louisiana, July 1998 and April 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4292, 1 sheet.

Ensminger, P.A., 1999, Bathymetric survey and physical and chemical-related properties of Smithport Lake, Louisiana, July 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4254, 1 sheet.

Ensminger, P.A., and Wright, L.S., 2003, Low-flow characteristics of Louisiana streams: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Water Resources Technical Report no. 70, 160 p. (COMING SOON)

Fendick, R.B., Jr., and Tollett, R.W., 2004, Quality of water from shallow wells in urban residential and light commercial areas in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, 2001 through 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4118, 68 p.

Frederick, C.P., 2003, Water quality characteristics of urban storm runoff at selected sites in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, February 1998 through April 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4212, 24 p.

Garrison, C.R., 2001, Statistical summary of surface-water quality in Louisiana-- Atchafalaya-Teche-Vermilion basin, 1944-95: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Water Resources Technical Report no. 55F, 141 p.

Gilbert, J.J., and Green, E.J., 2003, Estimation of scour and channel stability for selected highway crossings of streams in Louisiana: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Water Resources Technical Report no. 67C, 114 p. (COMING SOON)

Griffith, J.M., and Lovelace, J.K., 2003, Louisiana ground-water map no. 15: Potentiometric surface of the "1,200-foot" sand of the Baton Rouge area, Louisiana, spring 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4020, 2 sheets. 

Griffith, J.M., and Lovelace, J.K., 2003, Louisiana ground-water map no. 16: Potentiometric surface of the "1,500-foot" sand of the Baton Rouge area, Louisiana, spring 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4021, 2 sheets.

Grimsley, K.J., and D’Arconte, P.J., 2003, Annotated bibliography of water-related information and studies, Acadian-Pontchartrain Study Unit, Louisiana, 1863-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report no. 03-9, 249 p.

Lovelace, J.K., Frederick, C.P., Fontenot, J.W., and Naanes, M.S., 2001, Louisiana ground-water map no. 12:  Potentiometric surface of the Chicot aquifer system in southwestern Louisiana, June 2000:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4128, 1 sheet.

Lovelace, J.K., Fontenot, J.W., and Frederick, C.P., 2002, Louisiana ground-water map no. 14: Potentiometric surface, January 2001, and water-level changes, June 2000 to January 2001, of the Chicot aquifer system in southwestern Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4088, 2 sheets.

Lovelace, J.K., Fontenot, J.W., and Frederick, C.P., 2004: Withdrawals, water levels, and specific conductance in the Chicot aquifer system in southwestern Louisiana, 2000-03: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5212, 56 p.

McGee, B.D., 2001, Bathymetric survey of Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, April through June 1996:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4063, 1 sheet.

McGee, B.D., 2003, Water-Quality and Bottom-Material Characteristics of Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4135, 101 p.

Prakken, L.B., 2004, Louisiana ground-water map no. 17: Generalized potentiometric surface of the Kentwood aquifer system and the "1,500-foot" and "1,700-foot" sands of the Baton Rouge area in southeastern Louisiana, March-April 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2862, 2 sheets.

Sargent, B.P., 2002, Water use in Louisiana, 2000: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Water Resources Special Report no. 15, 133 p.

Sargent, B.P., 2007, Water use in Louisiana, 2005: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Water Resources Special Report no. 16, 133 p.

Skrobialowski, S.C., 2002, Trace elements and organic compounds in bed sediment from selected streams in southern Louisiana, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4089, 39 p.

Skrobialowski, S.C., Mize, S.V., and Demcheck, D.K., 2004, Environmental setting, water quality, and ecological indicators of surface-water quality in the Mermentau River Basin, southwestern Louisiana, 1998-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4185, 73 p.

Swarzenski, C.M., 2003, Resurvey of quality of surface water and bottom material of the Barataria Preserve, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Louisiana, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4038, 28 p.

Swarzenski, C.M., 2003, Surface-Water Hydrology of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in South-Central Louisiana, 1996-99: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1672, 51 p.

Swarzenski, C.M., Mize, S.V., Thompson, B.A., and Peterson, G.W., 2004, Fish and aquatic invertebrate communities in waterways, and contaminants in fish, at the Barataria Preserve of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Louisiana, 1999–2000: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5065, 35 p.

Tollett, R.W., and Fendick, R.B., Jr., 2004, Quality of water from shallow wells in the rice-growing area in southwestern Louisiana, 1999 through 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4050, 44 p.

Tollett, R.W., Fendick, R.B., Jr., and Lane B. Simmons, 2003, Quality of water in domestic wells in the Chicot and Chicot equivalent aquifer systems in southern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi, 2000-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4122, 85 p.

Tomaszewski, D.J., Lovelace, J.K., and Ensminger, P.A., 2002, Water withdrawals and trends in ground-water levels and stream discharge in Louisiana: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Water Resources Technical Report no. 68, 30 p.