Reports
- Ayotte, J.D., et al., 2011,
Effects of human-induced alteration of groundwater flow on concentrations of
naturally-occurring trace elements at water-supply wells., Appl. Geochem.
(2011), doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.033.
- 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.
- Brown, C.J., Starn, J.J., Stollenwerk, K.G., Mondazzi, R.A., and Trombley,
T.J., 2009, Aquifer Chemistry and
Transport Processes in the Zone of Contribution to a Public-Supply Well in
Woodbury, Connecticut, 2002–06, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific
Investigations Report 2009-5051, 158 p.
- Burow, K.R. and Green, C.T., 2008,
Spatial and temporal trends in nitrate concentration in the Eastern San Joaquin
Valley Regional Aquifer and implications for nitrogen fertilizer management,
California Plant and Soil Conference: Conservation of Agricultural Resources,
February 5-6, 2008, Visalia, California.
- Burow, K.R., Shelton, J.L., Hevesi, J.A., and Weissmann, G.S., 2004,
Hydrogeologic characterization of the Modesto Area, San Joaquin Valley,
California, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report
2004-5232, 54 p.
- Burow, K.R., Jurgens, B.C., Kauffman, L.J. Phillips, S.P., Dalgish, B.A.,
and Shelton, J.L., 2008,
Simulations of ground-water flow and particle pathline analysis in the zone of
contribution of a public-supply well in Modesto, eastern San Joaquin Valley,
California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report
2008–5035, 41 p.
- Chapelle, F.H., Bradley, P.M., Thomas, M.A., and McMahon, P.B., 2009,
Distinguishing iron-reducing from sulfate-reducing conditions, Ground Water,
Volume 47, No. 2, March - April 2009, pp. 300-305.
- Clark, B.R., Landon, M.K., Kauffman, L.J., and Hornberger, G.Z., 2006,
Simulation of solute movement through wellbores to characterize public supply
well contaminant vulnerability in the High Plains Aquifer, York, Nebraska,
International Ground Water Modeling Center: Modflow and More Conference, May
22-24, 2006, Golden, Colorado.
- Clark, B.R., Landon, M.K., Kauffman, L.J., and Hornberger, G.Z., 2008,
Simulations of ground-water flow, transport, age, and particle tracking near
York, Nebraska, for a study of Transport of Anthropogenic and Natural
Contaminants (TANC) to public-supply wells, U.S. Geological Survey
Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5068,47 p.
- Crandall, C.A., Kauffman, L.J., Katz, B.G., Metz, P.A., McBride, W.S., and
Berndt, M.P., Simulations of
groundwater flow and particle tracking analysis in the area contributing
recharge to a public-supply well near Tampa, Florida, 2002-05, U.S.
Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5231, 53p.
- Eberts, S.M., ed., 2011,
Hydrogeologic settings and groundwater-flow simulations for regional
investigations of the transport of anthropogenic and natural contaminants to
public-supply wells—Investigations begun in 2004, U.S. Geological Survey
Professional Paper 1737–B, 127 p.
- Eberts, S.M., Bohlke, J.K., Kauffman, L.J., and Jurgens, B.C., 2012,
Comparison of particle-tracking and lumped-parameter age-distribution models for
evaluating vulnerability of production wells to contamination, Hydrogeology
Journal, DOI 10.1007/s10040-011-0810-6.
Supplemental Information.
- 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.
- Hinkle, S.R., Kauffman, L.J., Thomas, M.A., Brown, C.J., McCarthy, K.A.,
Eberts, S.M., Rosen, M.R., and Katz, B.G.,
Combining particle-tracking and geochemical data to assess public supply well
vulnerability to arsenic and uranium, Journal of Hydrology, 376(2009),
132-142.
- Hirsch, R.M., Hamilton, P.A., Miller, T.L., and Myers, D.N., 2008,
Water availability - the connection between water use and quality, U.S.
Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2008-3015, 4 p.
- Jagucki, M.L., Brown, C.J., Starn, J.J., and Eberts, S.M., 2010,
Assessing the vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination — Glacial
aquifer system in Woodbury, Connecticut, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet
FS 2010–3002, 6 p.
- Jagucki, M.L., Jurgens, B.C., Burow, K.R., and Eberts, S.M., 2009,
Assessing the vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination — Central
Valley aquifer system near Modesto, California, U.S. Geological Survey Fact
Sheet 2009–3036, 6 p.
- Jagucki, M.L., Katz, B.G., Crandall, C.A., and Eberts, S.M., 2009,
Assessing the vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination — Floridan
aquifer system near Tampa, Florida, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet
2009–3062, 6 p.
- Jagucki, M.J., Landon, M.K., Clark, B.R., and Eberts, S.M., 2008,
Assessing the vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination: High Plains
aquifer near York, Nebraska, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS 2008-3025,
6 p.
- Jagucki, M.L., Musgrove, M., Lindgren, R.J., Fahlquist, L., and Eberts,
S.M., 2011, Assessing the
vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination—Edwards aquifer near San
Antonio, Texas, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS 2011–3142, 6 p.
- Johnson, R.L., Clark, B.R., Landon, M.K., Kauffman, L.J., and Eberts, S.M.,
2011,
Modeling the Potential Impact of Seasonal and Inactive Multi-Aquifer Wells on
Contaminant Movement to Public Water-Supply Wells, Journal of the American
Water Resources Association, Volume 47, Issue 3, pages 588–596, DOI:
10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00526.x
- Jurgens, B.C., McMahon, P.B., Chapelle, F.H., and Eberts, S.M., 2009,
An Excel workbook for identifying redox processes in ground water, U.S.
Geological Survey Open - File Report 2009-1004, 8 p.
- Jurgens,B.C., Burow,K.R., Dalgish,B.A., and Shelton, J.L., 2008,
Hydrogeology, water chemistry, and factors affecting the transport of
contaminants in the zone of contribution of a public-supply well in Modesto,
Eastern San Joaquin Valley, California, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific
Investigations Report 2008-5156, 78p.
- Jurgens,B.C., Fram,M.S., Belitz,K., Burow,K.R., and Landon,M.K., 2009,
Effects of groundwater development on uranium: Central Valley, California, USA,
Ground Water, Online-Only In Advance Of Print, 16p.
- Katz, B.G., Crandall, C.A., Metz, P.A., McBride, S., and Berndt, M.P., 2007,
Chemical characteristics, water sources and pathways, and age distribution of
ground water in the contributing recharge area of a public-supply well near
Tampa, Florida, 2002-05, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations
Report 2007-5139, 83 p.
- Katz, B.G., Eberts, S.M., and Kauffman, L.J., 2011,
Using Cl/Br ratios and other indicators to assess potential impacts on
groundwater quality from septic systems: A review and examples from principal
aquifers in the United States, Journal Of Hydrology, 397(2011), 151-166.
- Katz, B.G., McBride, W.S., Hunt, A.G., Crandall, C.A., Metz, P.A., Eberts,
S.M., and Berndt, M.P., 2009,
Vulnerability of a public supply well in a karstic aquifer to contamination,
Ground Water, Volume 47, Number 3, May - June 2009, pp. 438-452.
- Kauffman, L.J, and F.H. Chapelle, 2010,
Relative vulnerability of public supply wells to VOC contamination in
hydrologically distinct regional aquifers:, DOI:
10.1111/j1745-6592.2010.01308.x.
- Landon, M.K., Clark, B.R., McMahon, P.B., McGuire, V.L., and Turco, M.J.,
2008, Hydrogeology,
Chemical-characteristics and transport processes in the zone of contribution of
a public-supply well in York, Nebraska, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific
Investigations Report 2008-5050, 149p.
- 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.
- Landon, M.K., Jurgens, B.C., Katz, B.G., Eberts, S.M., Burow, K.R., and
Crandall, C.A., 2009,
Depth-dependent sampling to identify short-circuit pathways to public-supply
wells in multiple aquifer settings in the United States, Hydrogeology
Journal, Volume 18, Number 3, May 2010, pp. 577-593.
- Lindgren, R.J., Houston, N.A., Musgrove, M., Fahlquist, L.S., and Kauffman,
L.J., 2011, Simulations of
groundwater flow and particle-tracking analysis in the zone of contribution to a
public-supply well in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific
Investigations Report 2011–5149, 93 p.
- McMahon, P.B., Bohlke, J.K., Kauffman, L.J., Kipp, K.L., Landon, M.K.,
Crandall, C.A., Burow, K.R., and Brown, C.J., 2008,
Source and transport controls on the movement of nitrate to public supply wells
in selected principal aquifers of the United States, Water Resoures
Research, 44, W04401, doi:10.1029/2007WR006252.
- McMahon, P.B., Burow, K.R., Kauffman, L.J., Eberts, S.M., Bohlke, J.K., and
Gurdak, J.J., 2008,
Simulated response of water quality in public supply wells to land use change,
Water Resources Research, Volume 44, W00A06, doi:10.1029/2007WR006731.
- McMahon, P.B., and Chapelle, F.H., 2007,
Redox processes and water quality of selected principal aquifer systems,
Ground Water, Volume 46, Number 2, March - April 2008 , pp. 259-271.
- Musgrove, M., Fahlquist, L., Stanton, G.P., Houston, N.A., and Lindgren,
R.J., 2011, Hydrogeology, chemical
characteristics, and water sources and pathways in the zone of contribution of a
public-supply well in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific
Investigations Report 2011–5146, 194 p.
- Paschke, S.S., ed., 2007,
Paschke, Suzanne 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, : U.S. Geological
Survey Professional Paper 1737-A, 244 p.
- Phillips, S.P., Green, C.T., Burow, K.R., Shelton, J.L., and Rewis, D.L.,
2007, Simulation of multiscale
ground-water flow in part of the northeastern San Joaquin Valley, California:
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5009, 43 p.
- Plummer, L.N., Busenberg, E., Eberts, S.M., Bexfield, L.M., Brown, C.J.,
Fahlquist, L.S., Katz, B.G., and Landon, M.K., 2008,
Low-level detections of halogenated volatile organic compounds in groundwater:
Use in vulnerability assessments, J. Hydrol. Eng., Volume 13, Issue 11,
November 2008, pp. 1049-1068.
- Starn, J.J., Bagtzoglou, A.C., and Robbins, G.A., 2010,
Using atmospheric tracers to reduce uncertainty in groundwater recharge Areas,
Ground Water, Jan 2010.
- 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, 56p.
- Zinn, B.A., and Konikow, L.F., 2007,
Effects of intraborehole flow on groundwater age distribution, Hydrogeology
Journal, Volume 15, Number 4 / June, 2007, 10.1007/s10040-006-0139-8.
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, May 1,
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.
- Burow, K.R., Jurgens, B., Dalgish, B.A., and Shelton, J.L., 2005,
Effects of well operation on quality of water from a public-supply well in
Modesto, California, [abs.]: GSA Annual Meeting, Oct. 16-19, 2005, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
- Burow, K.R., Jurgens, B., Dubrovsky, N.M., Belitz, K., 2004,
Regional assessment of arsenic concentrations in ground water in the San Joaquin
Valley, California, [abs.]: Abstracts of Groundwater Resources Association
of California Symposium, Arsenic in Groundwater; Impacts on a Critical Resource,
October 18-19, 2004, Fresno, California.
- Clark, B.R., Landon, M.K., Kauffman, L.J., and Hornberger, G.Z., 2006,
Simulation of short circuit flow paths and transient conditions to understand
vulnerability of public supply wells to contamination in the High Plains
Aquifer, York, Nebraska, [abs.]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference:
Concurrent Session G: G3 Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability Through
Mechanistic Methods III, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.
- Crandall, C.A., 2006,
Using a modified probability approach for determining the contributing area to a
public supply well in karst terrain, [abs.]: 2006 National Monitoring
Conference: Concurrent Session G: G3 Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability
Through Mechanistic Methods III, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.
- Crandall, C.A., and Starn, J., 2004,
Comparison of contributing areas to a public supply well using two stochastic
methods that incorporate uncertainty of parameters and karst features,
[abs.]: GSA Southeastern/Northeastern Regional Meeting, March 25-26, 2004,
Washington, D.C.
- Dalgish, B.A., 2005,
Hydrogeologic sensitivity analysis of a heterogeneous facies model of an
alluvial aquifer in the eastern San Joaquin Valley, California, [abs.]: GSA
Annual Meeting, Oct. 16-19, 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Eberts, S.M.,
Factors that affect contaminant occurrence in public-supply wells: Information
for improved monitoring strategies, [abs]: 2007 Ground Water Protection
Council Annual Forum, September 16-19, 2007, San Diego, California.
- Eberts, S.M., and Bolke, J.A.,
Distribution of Groundwater Ages at Public-Supply Wells: Comparison of Results
from Lumped Parameter and Numerical Inverse Models with Multiple Environmental
Tracers, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H21G-06.
- Eberts, S.M., Bolke, J.A., and Kauffman, L., 2006,
Application of ground water dating techniques for evaluating the susceptibility
of aquifers and public-supply wells to contamination, [abs.]: 2006 National
Monitoring Conference: Concurrent Session F: F3-Assessing Ground Water
Vulnerability Through Mechanistic Methods II, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose,
California.
- Eberts, S.M., Katz, B.G., Kauffman, L., McMahon, P.B., and Jurgens, B.C.,
2010,
Public-Supply Well Vulnerability to Contamination – A Function of Aquifer
Vulnerability and the Interaction between the Well and Aquifer, [abs.]: 2010
Ground Water Summit and 2010 Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting,
April 14, 2010, Denver, Colorado.
- 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.
- Kaufmann, L.J. and Eberts, S.M., 2007,
Use of natural attenuation capacity to define intrinsic susceptibility of
public-supply wells to contamination, [abs.]: 2007 Ground Water Summit, May
2, 2007, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Katz, B.G., and Eberts, S.M.,
Chemical indicators of the influence of septic tanks on ground-water quality in
four principal aquifers in the United States, [abs]: 2007 Ground Water
Protection Council Annual Forum, September 16-19, 2007, San Diego, California.
- Katz, B.G., McBride, W.S., Crandall, C.A., and Eberts, S.M., 2007,
Using isotopic and other chemical tracers to assess age distribution and
contaminant movement in ground water in the contributing recharge area to a
public supply well., [abs.]: 2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting, October 28-31,
2007, Denver, Colorado.
- Katz, B.G., Crandall, C.A., McBride, W.S., and Berndt, M.P., 2006,
Use of multiple tracers and geochemical modeling to assess vulnerability of a
public supply well in the karstic Upper Floridan Aquifer, [abs.]: 2006
National Monitoring Conference: Concurrent Session F: F3-Assessing Ground Water
Vulnerability Through Mechanistic Methods II, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose,
California.
- Landon, M.A., Clark, B.R., and Christensen, A.H., 2006,
Depth-dependent sampling to determine source areas and short-circuit pathways
for contaminants to reach public supply wells, High Plains Aquifer, York,
Nebraska, [abs.]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference: Concurrent Session F:
F3-Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability Through Mechanistic Methods II, May
7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.
- Landon, M.A., and Clark, B.R., 2005,
Use of depth-dependent sampling to refine understanding of source areas and
short-circuit pathways for contaminants to reach public supply wells, High
Plains Aquifer, York, Nebraska, [abs.]: AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-9,
2005, San Francisco, California.
- 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.
- 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.
- Turco, M.J., and Landon, M.K., 2004,
The transport of natural and anthropogenic contaminants (TANC) in the High
Plains Aquifer, Nebraska, [abs.]: Proceedings of the Conference on High
Plains Groundwater Resources; Challenges and Opportunities, December 7-9, 2004,
Lubbock, Texas.
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