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The Maryland-Delaware-D.C. (MD-DE-DC) Water Science Center conducts hydrologic projects that address a wide variety of water-resources issues, including water supply, ground-water contamination, nutrient loading in streams, effects of land use on water quality, and basic hydrologic data collection.

The following list of projects includes water-resources projects being conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in the States of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia.


Featured

Chesapeake Bay River Input Program
Loads and long-term trends in concentrations of nutrients and suspended material entering the tidal part of the Chesapeake Bay Basin from its nine major tributaries

Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Project
Providing integrated science for improved understanding and management of the Bay ecosystem

Anacostia Ground-Water Study
Hydrogeology and Ground-Water Quality of the Anacostia River Watershed

Calvert County Groundwater
Maps and charts focusing on the Calvert County Ground-Water-Level Monitoring Network

NAWQA PODL Study
The National Water-Quality Assessment Program's Potomac River Basin and Delmarva Peninsula Study

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CR ADA)
Enhanced Bioremediation And Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Aliphatics in Ground Water

Online Posters

Index of Online Posters providing additional information about some of our projects.

Active

Anacostia Ground Water Study
Anacostia River Water Quality Monitoring
Assessment of Wetland Water Quality Services Across an Alteration Gradient on the Choptank River watershed
Baltimore Long Term Ecological Research
Blackwater
Chesapeake Bay Program - Factors Affecting Water Quality and Quantity
Chesapeake Bay Program - Synthesis and Forecasting
Chesapeake Inundation Prediction System: A Forecasting and Visualization Prototype for Emergency Management In Coastal-Bay Esturary system
Comprehensive Assessment of the Atlantic Coastal Plain
Deep Creek Lake Hydrologic and Water Quality Conditions
Effects of Stream Restoration
Evaluation and Design of Monitoring Programs for the Baltimore Reservoirs and Contributing Watersheds
Evaluation of Ground Water Quality and Interactions with Surface Water in the Port Riviera Area, Port Tobacco River Watershed Charles County, MD
Investigation of Ground-Water Discharge to the Dalecarlia Reservoir
LiDAR Derived Tidal Flood-Inundation Mapping for Portions of Eastern Sussex County, Delaware
Mattawoman Water Quality Monitoring
MD-DE-DC Hydrologic Networks
Mettiki Mine Post-Operation Monitoring
Organic Wastewater Chemicals in the Maryland Coastal Bays
Patuxent River Naval Air Station Groundwater
Pesticides in Ground Water of the Maryland Peidmont
Potomac Aquifer Study at the Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc. Superfund Site, Delaware City, Delaware
River Input
Rock Creek
Statewide Early Warning System for the Maryland Public Water Supply
Support of the Water Energy Resource Assessment of Brazil
Technical Support for Assessment for the State of The Chesapeake Bay and The Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Technical Support to Weston, for Wetland Study and Remediation in the Canal Creek, Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md
Technical Assistance for Ground Water Issues for EPA Region III
Trends in and the Occurrence and Distribution of Organic Chemicals and Nutrients in Public Drinking-Water Supplies in the Surficial Aquifer in Delaware
Urban Streamflow Data Monitoring & Analysis
Water-Quality Monitoring in Paint Branch, Maryland
Water-Quality Monitoring in Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C.
Watershed-Estuary-Species Nutrient Susceptibility
White Sands Missile Range
Work Activities to Address Water Supply Issues in Areas Affected by Base Realignment and Closure in Maryland

Completed Projects

A Drought Index for Maryland Using Current Precipitation, Ground-Water, and Streamflow Data
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Arsenic in Ground Water from the Maryland Coastal Plain Aquifers
Assateague Island
Assessment of Natural Attenuation in the East Branch Canal Creek Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Assessment of the Transport of Nutrients in Ground-Water Discharge to the Coastal Bays Adjacent to Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland
Baseline Water Quality at Rock Creek National Park, Washington, D.C.
Channel Geometry Characteristics of Streams in Maryland
Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Program
Chesapeake Bay Observing System (CBOS)
Coastal Plain Landscapes
Collaborative Assessment of Landscapes and Water Quality in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
Comparison of Constructed and Natural Wetlands in Delaware
Dalecarlia Water Treatment Facility-Residual Sampling
DE Streamstats
Delmarva National Water Quality Assessment
Determination of Trace Contaminant Loads from Two Eastern Shore Tributaries of Chesapeake Bay
Development and Testing of a Framework for Regional Synthesis in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
Development and Use of a Hydrologic and Water-Quality Model of the Delaware Inland Bays Watershed
Development of a Calibrated Watershed Model, Potomac River Basin
Evaluation of Contributions of Leaking Water and Sewer Infrastructure in Gwynns Run and Maidens Choice Run to Streamflow in the Lower Gwynns Falls Watershed, Baltimore, Maryland
Estimated Flood-Flow Frequency and Floodplain Mapping of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Federal Interagency Science Plans to Investigate the Impacts of Suburban Sprawl in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Geohydrologic Foundations for Ecosystem Restoration: Support for Traveltime and Modeling Studies of Base-Flow Nutrient Loads in Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Watersheds
Ground-Water Pesticide Monitoring in Areas with Different Vulnerability Ratings
Hydrogeologic Characterization of the Washington Navy Yard
Hydrogeologic Investigations at Graces Quarters, Carroll Island, Bush River, and Lauderick Creek, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Hydrogeologic Setting of the Washington Metro Subway Tunnel Area, Montgomery County, Maryland
Hydrogeology of Delmarva Coastal Bays: Integration of Technologies
Impacts of Stream Restoration on Nitrogen Processing in a Coupled Stream-Aquifer System
Joint U.S. Geological Survey/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Study of Aquatic Systems in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Long-Term Monitoring/Modeling, Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware
Magnitude of Ground-Water Inflow and Nutrient Loadings to the Coastal Bay Watersheds of Maryland
Mapping Sediment Thickness Using Geographic Information System and Geophysical Profiling in Loch Raven Reservoir, Baltimore County, Maryland
MD-DE-DC Toxics Programs
Measurement System for Localizing Ground-Water Flow into an Estuarine Environment
National Water-Quality Assessment Pilot -- Ground-Water Quality on the Delmarva Peninsula
Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvent Ground-Water Plumes Discharging into Wetlands
Nonpoint-Source Nutrient Loads for Birch Branch, Worcester County, Maryland
Occurrence and Distribution of Organic Chemicals, Nutrients, and Radium in Surficial Aquifer Drinking-Water Supplies in Delaware
Optimization, Maintenance, Modification, and Scientific Visualization of the O-Field Transient Ground-Water-Flow Model, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Patuxent Naval Air Station Hydrogeology
Pesticides in Water-Supply Reservoirs and Finished Drinking Water: A Pilot Monitoring Program
Pilot Study of Water Quality in Drinking Water Wells, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Potomac River Basin Study Unit of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
Potomac Watershed Model
Prime Hook
Prototype Source-Water Assessment -- Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Reevaluation of Ground-Water Quality in the Piedmont Region of Baltimore County, Maryland
Streamflow and Water-Quality Monitoring in Support of Watershed Model Development, Potomac River Basin
Trace Metals in Ground Water at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware
Selected Tasks in Support of Hydrogeologic Characterization of Ft. Detrick, near Frederick, Maryland
Spatial Mapping of Ground-Water Quality Using Statistical Methods-Assessing the Risk of Nonpoint-Source Pollution
Upper Pocomoke River Basin: Determination of Transport Pathways and Estimation of Lag Time of Pollutant Delivery
Use of Borehole Geophysical Logging to Determine Fracture Distribution, Orientation, and Flow Directions and Rates in New Boreholes at the Ordnance Product Site, Cecil County, Maryland
Use of a Microelectrode System for the Determination of Redox Species and Leachate Tracers in the Slough at Norman Landfill, Oklahoma
USGS Watershed Sediment Workplan for the Chesapeake Bay
Viral Contamination of Ground Water in Fractured Bedrock Aquifers in Baltimore and Harford Counties, Maryland
Viral Contamination of the Shallow Ground Water in Wicomico and Worcester Counties, Maryland

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SIR 2007 5165 Cover PageFS 2008-3068

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