National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
NAWQA Publications Now Available On-line by State or by selected topics, such as nutrients, pesticides, mercury, aquatic ecology, or drinking water. (April 2, 2009)
Publication release: Ranking of SPARROW Model Nutrient Yields from the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin Watersheds and SPARROW Fact Sheet (April 1, 2009)
Publication release: Quality of Water from Domestic Wells Across the United States (March 27, 2009)
Publication release: Higher levels of mercury are found in fish and stream water where watersheds contain abundant wetlands
Publication Release: Organic Compounds in Source Water of Nine Community Water Systems that Withdraw from Streams
Publication release: Journal Environmental Science & Technology features new findings on PAHs and urban lake contamination in the Central and Eastern US (press release)
New NAWQA webpage: Water Availability - August 22, 2008 National Liaison Committee Meeting Highlights (August 2008)
Publication release: Water Availability -- The Connection Between Water Use and Quality (USGS Fact Sheet 2008-3015) (March 2008)
Publication release: The National Water-Quality Assessment Program - Progress To-Date and Setting the Stage for the Future (pdf, 6 pages) (October 2008)
Publication release: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Investigations of National and Regional Trends in Ground-Water Quality in the United States (September 2008)
Publication release: New Information on Large River Monitoring through the USGS National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) (September 2008)
Publication release: Journal of Environmental Quality (JEQ) features USGS studies in five agricultural watersheds across the U.S. (Highlights (pdf)) (May 2008)
Publication release: Differences in Phosphorus and Nitrogen Delivery to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River Basin (January 2008)
Publication release: Salinity in streams and ground water in the southwestern U.S. (November 2007)
Publication release: Fecal-indicator bacteria in the Nation's ground water (September 2007)
Publication release: Trends in metals and hydrophobic organic contaminants in lake and reservoir sediment cores. (August 2007)
--More information on the national assessment of trends
Publication release: Salinity in streams and ground water in the southwestern U.S.
Publication release: USGS report on the presence of fecal-indicator bacteria in ambient (untreated) ground water sampled in selected aquifers across the Nation from 1993-2004.
Publication release: USGS Perspective on Monitoring and Assessment (Released May 2006)
Publication release: USGS Health-based screening levels (Released April 2006)
Publication release: Volatile Organic Compounds in the Nation's Ground Water and Drinking-Water Supply Wells
(released April 2006)
Publication release: Pesticides in the Nation's Streams and Ground Water
(released March 2006)
Publication release: New papers on trends in metals and hydrophobic organic contaminants in streams and rivers of the United States using lake and reservoir sediment cores. (More information on the national assessment of trends)
New NAWQA webpage: Delivering NAWQA data and mapping over the Web -- NEW USGS Fact Sheet describes the "what and how" about NAWQA's Data Warehouse
Outreach activity: USGS Co-Sponsors World Water Monitoring Day (Full event details) (October 2006)
Publication release: USGS Perspective on Monitoring and Assessment in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Released May 2006)
Publication release: Volatile Organic Compounds in the Nation's Ground Water and Drinking-Water Supply Wells (Released April 2006)
New NAWQA webpage: Urban Water-Quality Issues Addressed through Multiple Studies (Released April 2006)
Publication release: Pesticides in the Nation's Streams and Ground Water (Released March 2006)
Publication release: Parking-Lot Sealcoat: A Major Source of PAHs in Urban and Suburban Environments (Released January 2006)
New NAWQA webpage: USGS Health-based screening levels: A tool for evaluating what water-quality data may mean to human health (Released April 2006)
Publication release: USGS health-based screening levels are applied to ground-water quality data in New Jersey (USGS Fact Sheet 2005-3059 ; USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5174) (Released June 2005)
Publication release: NAWQA assesses ground-water quality in 19 aquifer systems used for drinking-water supplies across the Nation (USGS Fact Sheet 2005-3013) (Released May 2005)
Publication release: NAWQA information provides an unbiased scientific basis for managers, planners, and policy makers at all levels--local, state, and national--to make decisions for the protection of drinking water, the health of aquatic ecosystems, and for resource management. (Updated January 25, 2005)
Meeting minutes: Program Objectives in the Second Decade (Released at the NAWQA National Liaison Meeting, September 24, 2004)
Publication release: Summary water-quality assessments available for 15 river basins and aquifer systems (Study Units), studied 1997-2001 (Released May 2004).
Publication release: Water Quality in the Nation's Streams and Aquifers--An Overview of Selected Findings, 1991-2001 (USGS Circular 1265) (Highlights) (Released May 2004)
Data release:USGS Announces Online Access to Nationwide Fish Community Data
Publication release:Monitoring and Assessing our Nation's Water Quality (USGS Fact Sheet 076-02) (Released August 2002)
Program review: National Academy of Sciences Review (Released February 13, 2002)
Publication release: USGS completes drinking-water reservoir pilot program (Released January 2002)
Publication release:MTBE and other volatile organic compounds—New findings and implications on the quality of source waters used for drinking-water supplies (USGS Fact Sheet 105-01) (Released November 15, 2001)
Publication release:The National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Entering a new decade of investigations. (USGS Fact Sheet 071-01) (Released August 2001)
Publication release: Summary water-quality assessments available for 16 river basins and aquifer systems (Study Units), studied 1994-98 (Released May 2001). Highlights of Study-Unit findings
Publication release: Selected findings and current perspectives on urban and agricultural water quality. - Studies by NAWQA in nearly 120 agricultural and 35 urban watersheds show that nonpoint chemical contamination is an agricultural and urban issue. Released April 20, 2001)
Data release: NAWQA's online data warehouse of 12.9 million records enables water resource managers, scientists, and the public to find data about the quality of the water at 6,800 stream sites and 7,800 wells across the country. (Released April 2001)
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