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USGS IN YOUR STATE
USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.
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Ohio Water Science Center Projects
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Rapid method for E. coli and
enterococci in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio. |
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The USGS is testing a rapid method for
determining bacteria concentrations in the Cuyahoga
River in less than one hour. |
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Rebecca Bushon, rnbushon@usgs.gov |
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- E. coli
- enterococci
- rapid methods
- recreational water
- riverine
- water quality
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| Tuscarawas
River Basin Hydrogeologic Evaluation. |
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The USGS is
compiling water-related data in preparation for an
intensive three-year study to examine relations between
land use and water quality. |
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Ralph J. Haefner, rhaefner@usgs.gov |
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- drinking water
- ground water
- streamflow
- water availability
- water quality
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Fecal source tracking in Fountain Creek,
Colorado. |
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The USGS Ohio Water Science Center is
working with the Colorado Center and the Pikes Peak Area
Council of Governments to use PCR methods for microbial
source tracking. |
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Don Stoeckel,
stoeckel@usgs.gov |
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Colorado |
- contaminants
- fecal contamination
- TMDL
- water quality
- molecular methods
- MST
- E. coli
- El Paso County, CO
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Evaluation
of QPCR as a rapid method for E. coli
quantification. |
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The USGS evaluated a rapid method using
the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (QPCR)
to determine E. coli concentrations at two
Northeast Ohio beaches, Edgewater and Villa Angela. |
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Christopher M.
Kephart, ckephart@usgs.gov |
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- beach closures
- E. coli
- public health
- QPCR
- rapid methods
- water quality
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Research Looks at Exposure to Low Levels
of Pharmaceuticals. |
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USGS biologists
from the Ohio Water Science Center tested new sampling
technology to look at the products of our times—from the
drugs prescribed for illness to the soap we use to wash
our hands. |
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John Tertuliani,
tertulia@usgs.gov |
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- contaminants
- Lake Erie
- pharmaceuticals
- surface water
- water quality
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Rapid method epidemiological study,
Doheny State Beach, California. |
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The USGS
is testing the IMS/ATP method to rapidly quantify E.
coli and enterococci concentrations in recreational
water concurrent with the Doheny State Beach
epidemiology study. |
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Rebecca Bushon, rnbushon@usgs.gov |
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California |
- rapid methods
- E. coli
- enterococci
- epidemiology
- water quality
- beach health
- Orange County, CA
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Testing of analytical methods for
pathogens in drinking-water supplies. |
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Molecular
and cultural methods that detect pathogens that are
potential bioterrorist agents are being tested in a
variety of water-quality types collected from
drinking-water sources in Ohio. |
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> Donna Francy,
dsfrancy@usgs.gov |
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- pathogens
- drinking water
- molecular methods
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Geophysical investigation of the Great
Miami River bed sediments. |
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The
water-borne geophysical tools of seismic profiling and
electrical resisitivity are being used to investigate
the hydraulic properties of the bed sediments in
selected reaches of the Great Miami River. |
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> Denise Dumouchelle,
ddumouch@usgs.gov |
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- marine geophysics
- ground-water/surface
water interaction
- Great Miami River
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Shepherd Creek Streamflow, Mt. Airy, OH. |
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USGS is
collecting data on Shepherd creek to aid the USEPA in
assessing the effectiveness of runoff BMPs. |
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> Jon Lageman,
jlageman@usgs.gov |
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- surface water
- urban hydrology
- runoff
- BMPs
- rain gardens
- stream flow
- geomorphology
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NAWQA
Transport of Anthropogenic and Natural Contaminants to
Public-Supply Wells, project management. |
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The study
aims to identify the primary contaminant sources,
aquifer processes, and well characteristics that control
the transport of contaminants to public-supply wells in
representative water supply aquifers nationwide. |
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> Sandra Eberts,
smeberts@usgs.gov |
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- ground water
- public-supply well
- contaminant
- vulnerability
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Fecal
source tracking methods development. |
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The Ohio
Water Science Center is working with West Virginia USGS
Centers and the West Virginia Department of Agriculture
to use quantitative PCR for microbial source tracking. |
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Don Stoeckel,
stoeckel@usgs.gov |
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- beach health
- contaminants
- molecular methods
- fecal contamination
- TMDL
- water quality
- MST
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Crest-stage Gage Network in Ohio. |
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The
network of 18 gages is used to obtain peak flow data at
culverts and bridges on smaller drainage basins, under
100 sq. miles. |
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> Bernie Sroka,
bnsroka@usgs.gov |
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- crest-stage
- gage network
- peak flow
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- E. coli
- predictive models
- bacteria levels
- beach advisories
- beach health
- Lake Erie
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Selected
ground-water data in southern Licking County. |
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Ground-water levels and water-quality samples were
obtained from wells in the vicinity of Swamp Road to
determine ground-water flow directions and existing
water-quality conditions. |
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> Denise Dumouchelle,
ddumouch@usgs.gov |
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- ground-water levels
- ground-water flow directions
- ground-water quality
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Columbus Wellfields. |
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The USGS
operates a long-term data-collection and monitoring
network to observe changes in water levels, water
chemistry, and streamflow at the wellfield through
changing pumping and climatic conditions. |
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Ralph J. Haefner, rhaefner@usgs.gov |
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- ground-water-flow model
- drinking water
- ground water
- model
- streamflow
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Rapid determination of E. coli
concentrations at Lake Erie beaches using the IMS/ATP
method. |
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The USGS
is testing a rapid method for determining bacteria
concentrations at Lake Erie beaches in less than one
hour. |
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Rebecca Bushon, rnbushon@usgs.gov |
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- recreational water
- rapid method
- Lake Erie
- E. coli
- water quality
- beach health
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Evaluation
of chlorine dioxide for wastewater disinfection. |
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The
ability of a novel chlorine dioxide delivery system to
inactivate pathogens in on-site residential wastewater
was measured. |
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Christopher M.
Kephart, ckephart@usgs.gov |
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- wastewater disinfection
- wastewater
- chlorine dioxide
- septic system
- wastewater reuse
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| Ohio Aquatic Gap Analysis. |
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Gap analysis is a coarse-scale assessment of aquatic biodiversity and conservation; the goal is to identify gaps in the conservation of native aquatic species.
Learn more at the
Ohio GAP
page. |
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S. Alex. Covert, sacovert@usgs.gov |
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- GAP
- fish
- aquatic species distributions
- conservation lands
- bivalves
- crayfish
- Ohio streams
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Development and optimization of
microbiological rapid methods. |
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The USGS
is developing and optimizing rapid methods for E. coli
and enteric viruses. |
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Rebecca Bushon, rnbushon@usgs.gov |
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- rapid method
- enteric viruses
- water quality
- E. coli
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