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Rio Grande Valley Study--Publications

Fact Sheets

• Ellis, S.R., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program-- The Rio Grande Valley: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-160.
• Richey, S.F., and Ellis, S.R., 1993, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Water use in the Rio Grande Valley, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-456.
• Lee, R.W., and Wilson, J.T., 1997, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Trace Elements and Organic Compounds Associated with Riverbed Sediments in the Rio Grand/Rio Bravo Basin, Mexico and Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-098.
• Van Metre, P.C., Mahler, B.J., and Callender, Edward, 1996, Water-Quality Trends in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin Using Sediment Cores from Reservoirs: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-221.

Reports

• Anderholm, S.K., Radell, M.J., and Richey, S.F., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley study unit, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Analysis of selected nutrient, suspended- sediment, and pesticide data: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4061, 203 p. Abstract
• Anderholm, S.K., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Shallow ground-water quality of a land-use area in the San Luis Valley, south-central Colorado, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4144, 94 p. Abstract
• Anderholm, S.K., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Shallow ground-water quality and land use in the Albuquerque area, central New Mexico, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4067, 73 p. Abstract
• Anderholm, S.K., Water-Quality Assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Surface-water quality, shallow ground-water quality, and factors affecting water quality in the Rincon Valley, south-central New Mexico, 1994-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4188. Abstract
• Bexfield, L.M., and Anderholm, S.K., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Ground-water quality in the Rio Grande flood plain, Cochiti Lake, New Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4249, 93 p. Abstract
• Carter, L.F., Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Organic compounds and trace elements in bed sediment and fish tissue, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4002, 23 p. Abstract
• Carter, L.F., Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Fish communities at selected sites, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4017, 27 p. Abstract
• Carter, L.F., and Porter, S.D., Trace-element accumulation by Hygrophypnum ochraceum in the upper Rio Grande Basin, Colorado and New Mexico, USA: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 16, no. 12, p. 2521-2528.Abstract
• Ellis, S.R., Levings, G.W., Carter, L.F., Richey, S.F., and Radell, M.J., 1993, Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, in Leahy, P.P., Ryan, B.J., and Johnson, A.I., eds., American Water Resources Association Monograph Series no. 19, p. 617-646. Abstract
• Healy, D.F., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Occurrence and distribution of selected pesticides and nutrients at selected surface-water sites in the Mesilla Valley, 1994-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4069. Abstract
• Healy, D.F., Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Summary and analysis of the water-column data from the basic-fixed-site network, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4212, 82 p. Abstract
• Levings, G.W., Healy, D.F., Richey, S.F., and Carter, L.F., 1998, Water quality in the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1162
• Miller, L.K., Moquino, R.L., and Hill, B.A., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Water-quality data for water-column, suspended-sediment, and bed-material samples collected at selected surface-water sites in the upper Rio Grande Basin, June - September, 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-644, 18 p. Abstract
• Moore, Stephanie J., and Anderholm, S.K., 2002, Spatial and Temporal Variations in Streamflow, Dissolved Solids, Nutrients, and Suspended Sediment in the Rio Grande Valley Study Unit, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4224. Abstract
• Taylor, H.E., Antweiler, R.C., Roth, D.A., Brinton, T.I., Peart, D.B., and Healy D.F., 2001, The Occurrence and Distribution of Selected Trace Elements in the Upper Rio Grande and Tributaries in Colorado, and Northern New Mexico: Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. v41, p 410-426. Abstract

The above publications, if published, can be ordered from:
U.S. Geological Survey
Branch of Information Services
Box 25286
Denver, Colorado 80225-0286

To inquire about the availability of Open-File Reports or Water-Resources Investigations Reports, please contact Scott Anderholm, the Program Manager at (505) 830-7955 or call the Branch of Information at 888-ASK-USGS.