USGS CONN NAWQA

PUBLICATIONS

Brown, C.J., Jurgens, B.C., Katz, B.G., Landon, M.K., and Eberts, S.M., 2007, Arsenic and Uranium in Four Aquifer Settings: Occurrence, Distribution, and Mechanisms for Transport to Supply Wells: 2007 NGWA Naturally Occurring Contaminants Conference: Arsenic, Radium, Radon, Uranium, March 22-23, 2007, Charleston, South Carolina.

Eberts, S.M., Erwin, M.L., and Hamilton, P.A., 2005, Assessing the vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination from urban, agricultural, and natural sources: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3022, 4 p.

Landon, M.K., Eberts, S.M., Jurgens, B.C., Katz, B.G., Burow, K.R., Crandall, C.A., Brown, C.J., and Starn J.J., 2006, Knowledge of Where and How Contamination-Susceptible Water Enters Public-Supply Wells Can Be Used To Improve Monitoring Strategies and Protection Plans: Ground Water Protection Council Annual Forum 2006, Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, 2006, Miami Beach, FL, 15 p.

Lyford, F.P., Carlson, C.S., Brown, C.J., and Starn, J.J., 2007, Hydrogeologic setting and ground-water flow simulation of the Pomperaug River Basin Regional Study Area, Connecticut, section 6 of Paschke, S.S., ed., 2007, 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: Reston, Va., U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1737-A, p. 6-1 – 6-26. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/2007/1737a/Section6.pdf.

Mullaney, J.R., 2004, Summary of water quality trends in the Connecticut River 1969-1998, in Jacobson, P.M., Dixon, D.A., Leggett, W.C., Marcy, B.C. Jr., and Masengill, R.R., (eds.) The Connecticut River Ecological Study (1965-1973) revisited: Ecology of the lower Connecticut River 1973-2003, American Fisheries Society, Monograph 9, Bethesda, Maryland, pp. 273-286. (http://ct.water.usgs.gov/pubs/273-286,%20Mullaney.pdf)

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Mullaney, J.R., Schwarz, G.E., and Trench, E.C.T., 2002, Estimation of nitrogen yields and loads from basins draining to Long Island Sound, 1988-98: U.S. Geological Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4044, 86 p. (http://ct.water.usgs.gov/pubs/LISbook.pdf).

Paschke, S.S., Kauffman, L.J., Eberts, S.M., Hinkle, S.R., 2007, 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: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1737, Chapters A-H, 244 p. (http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/2007/1737a/).

Starn, J.J., and Brown, C.J., 2007, Simulations of ground-water flow and residence time near Woodbury, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5210, 45 p.

Trombley, T.J., Brown, C.J., and Delzer, G.C., 2007, Anthropogenic organic compounds in source and finished water from community water system wells in western and central Connecticut, 2002-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5171, 38 p.

CYCLE II Abstracts

Brown, C.J., McMahon, P., and Starn, J.J., 2006, Effects of Organic Carbon Distribution on Redox Chemistry in a Glacial Aquifer, Woodbury, Connecticut [abs.]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference: Posters, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.

Brown, C.J., and Starn, J.J., 2007, Ground Water Sources and Pathways to a Public-Supply Well in a Glacial Aquifer System, Woodbury, Connecticut [abs.]: 2007 Ground Water Summit, April 30-May 3, 2007, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Brown, C.J., and Zielinski, R.A., 2004, Occurrence and distribution of arsenic and uranium in the Pomperaug Aquifer, Woodbury, Connecticut [abs.]: Abstracts of Long Island Geologists, Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York, April 17, 2004, Program with Abstracts, Stony Brook, New York.

Hinkle, S., Thomas, M.A., Brown, C., McCarthy, K., Eberts, S., Kauffman, L., Rosen, M., and Katz, B., 2006, Screening-Level Assessments of Public Water Supply Well Vulnerability to Natural Contaminant [abs.]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference: Concurrent Session F: F3-Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability Through Mechanistic Methods II, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.

Jurgens, B., Burow, K., Brown, C.J., Dubrovsky, N.M., and Stollenwerk, K.G., 2005, Elevated levels of naturally-occurring uranium in ground water in Modesto, California [abs.]:GSA Annual Meeting, Oct. 16-19, 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah.

McMahon, P., Bohlke, J.K., Brown, C., Burow, K., Crandall, C., and Landon. M., 2005, Use of isotopes, age-dating, and numerical simulation to evaluate source histories and transport of NO3 to public supply wells in principal aquifers of the United States [abs.]: 6th International Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry, September 11-16, 2005, Prague, Czech Republic.

Mullaney, J.R., 2005, The distribution of deicing chemicals in ground water and surface water in glaciated parts of the United States [abs.]: 2005 NGWA Ground Water Summit, San Antonio, Texas, April 17-20, 2005, p. 94

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Mullaney, J.R., and Stark, J.R., 2005, Distribution of Deicing Chemicals in Ground Water and Surface Water in Glaciated Parts of the United States [abs.]: Minnesota Water 2005 and Annual Water Resources Joint Conference, October 25–26, 2005, p. 23.

Mullaney, J.R., Lorenz, D.L., Arntson, A.D, 2006, Analysis of the effects of road salt on water quality in the Northern United States: National Water-Quality Monitoring Council, Monitoring Networks Connecting for Clean Water, 2006 National Monitoring Conference Proceedings, San Jose, California, May 7-11, 2006.
Mullaney, J.R., Lorenz, D.L., and Arntson, A.D., 2007, Chloride in Ground Water and Surface Water in the Northern United States, [abs.]: 2007 Ground Water Summit, April 30-May 3, 2007, Albuquerque, New Mexico. http://ngwa.confex.com/ngwa/2007gws/techprogram/P3910.HTM

Starn, J., 2007, Evaluation of Uncertainty in Simulations of Ground Water Flow in Four Very Different Hydrogeologic Settings—Similarities and Differences [abs.]: 2007 Ground Water Summit, May 2, 2007, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Starn, J., 2006, Evaluating Uncertainty in Areas Contributing Recharge to Wells for Water-Quality Network Design [abs]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference: Concurrent Session G: G3 Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability Through Mechanistic Methods III, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.

Breault, R.F., and Harris, S.L., 1997, Geographical distribution and potential for adverse biological effects of selected trace elements and organic compounds for streambed sediment in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins Study Unit, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4169, 24 p.

Coles, J.F., 1996, Organochlorine compounds and trace elements in fish tissue and ancillary data for the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins Study Unit, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-358, 23 p. (abstract)

Coles, J.F., 1998, Organochlorine compounds in fish tissue from the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins NAWQA Study Unit:  Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4075, 23 p. (abstract)

Coles, J.F., 1999, Length-Age Relations and PCB Content of Mature White Suckers from the Connecticut and Housatonic River Basins :  Northeastern Naturalist, 1999, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 263-275 . (abstract)

Garabedian, S.P., Coles, J.F., Grady, S.J., Trench, E.C.T., and Zimmerman, M.J., 1998, Water-quality assessment of the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins, 1991-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1155, 32 p. 

Grady, S.J., 1997, Volatile organic compounds in ground water in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-029-97, 6 p. 

Grady, S.J., and Garabedian, S.P., 1991, National Water Quality Assessment Program: The Connecticut River and Long Island Coastal Rivers: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-159, 1 sheet.

Grady, S.G., and Mullaney, J.R., 1998, Natural and human factors affecting shallow water quality in surficial aquifers in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River basins: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4042.

Harris, S.L., 1997, Inorganic and organic constituents and grain-size distribution in streambed sediment and ancillary data for the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-397, 48 p. (abstract)

Mullaney, J.R., and Grady, S.J., 1997, Hydrogeology and Water Quality of a Surficial Aquifer Underlying an Urban Area, Manchester, Connecticut:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4195, 40 p. (abstract) (PDF version)

Mullaney, J.R., and Zimmerman, M.J., 1997, Nitrogen and Pesticide Concentrations in an Agricultural Basin in North-Central Connecticut:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4076, 13 p. (abstract)

Robinson, G.R., Jr., Peper, J.D.,  Steeves, P.A., and DeSimone, L.A., 1999, Lithogeochemical character of near-surface bedrock in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames river basins:  Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4000, 1 CD-ROM. (abstract)

Trench, E.C.T., 2000, Nutrient sources and loads in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River  Basins,U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 99-4236, 66 p. (abstract)

Zimmerman, M.J., 1997, Trends in nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in Southern New England streams, 1974-92: U.S. Geological Survey Water Fact Sheet 001-97, 4 p.

Zimmerman, M.J., 1998, Pesticides in Surface Water in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins, 1992–95:  Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4247, 83 p. (abstract)

Zimmerman, M.J., Grady, S.J., Trench, E.C.T., Flanagan, S.M., and Nielsen, M.G., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames Rivers study unit: Analysis of available data on nutrients, suspended sediments, and pesticides, 1972-92: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4203, 162 p. (abstract)