Selected USGS Reports on Vulnerability of Drinking Water Supplies (2/28/2005)

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Baker, A.E, Cichon, J.R., Arthur, J.D., and Raines, G.L., 2002, Florida vulnerability assessment [abs.] in Abstracts with Programs – Geological Society of America 2002 Annual Meeting, Denver. CO, Oct. 27-30, 2002: Denver, CO, v. 34, no. 6, p. 346-347.

Barbash, J.E., and Resek, E.A., 1996, Pesticides in ground water – distribution, trends, and governing factors: Chelsea, MI, Ann Arbor Press, Inc., 588 p.

Battaglin, W.A., Ulrey, R.L., Winterstein, T., and Welborn, T., 2003, Estimating the susceptibility of surface water in Texas to nonpoint-source contamination by use of logistic regression modeling: U.s. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4205, 24 p.

Bernknopf, R.L., Dinitz, L.B. and Loague, K., 2001, An interdisciplinary assessment of regional-scale nonpoint source ground-water vulnerability, theory and application: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1645, 21 p.

Bruce, B.W., and Oelsner, G.P., 2001, Contrasting water quality from paired domestic / public supply wells, central High Plains: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 37, no. 5, p. 1389 -1403.

Buxton, D.E., and Stedfast, D.A., 1994, Estimating the vulnerability to pesticide contamination of drainage basins used for public supply in New Jersey in Weigmann, D.L., ed., Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Pesticides; New Directions in Pesticide Research, Development, Management, and Policy, Blacksburg, VA, Nov. 1-3, 1993: Blacksburg, VA, Virginia Water Resources Research Center, v. 4, p. 184-199.

Clark, A.K., 2000, Vulnerability of ground water to contamination, Edwards Aquifer recharge zone, Bexar County, Texas, 1998: Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4149, 9 p.

Clark, J.S. and Sorenson, J.W., 1992, Development of ground-water-vulnerability data base for the southeastern United States using a geographic information system in Wiltshire, D.A., ed., Selected Papers in the Applied Computer Sciences 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin B 2016, p. C1-C17.

Cordy, G.E., Duran, N.L, Bouwer, H., Rice, R.C., Furlong, E.T., Zaugg, S.D., Meyer, M.T., Barber, L.B., Kolpin, D.W., 2004, Do pharmaceuticals, pathogens, and other organic waste water compounds persist when waste water is used for recharge?: Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, v. 24, no. 2, p. 58-69.

DeSimone, L.A., and Ostiguy, L.J., 1999, A vulnerability assessment of public-supply wells in Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 99-4160, 153 p.

Donoto, M.M., 2000, Probability of detecting atrazine/desethyl-atrazine and elevated concentrations of nitrite plus nitrate as nitrogen in ground water in the Idaho part of the western Snake River plain: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4163, 25 p.

Eberts, S.M., Erwin, M.L., and Hamilton, P.A., 2005, Assessing the vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination from sources in the environment: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet

Eimers, J.L., Terziotti, S., and Weaver, J.C., 2000, Rating unsaturated zone and watershed characteristics of public water supplies in North Carolina in NWQMC National Monitoring Conference Monitoring for the Millennium, Austin, TX, April 25-27, 2000: National Water Quality Monitoring Council, p. 447-461.

Eimers, J.L., Weaver, J.C., Terziotti, S., and Midgette, R.W., 1999, Method of rating unsaturated zone and watershed characteristics of public water supplies in North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4283, 35 p.

Focazio, M.J., Reilly, T.E., Rupert, M.G., and Helsel, D.R., 2002, Assessing ground-water vulnerability to contamination; providing scientifically defensible information for decision makers: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1224, 33 p.

Focazio, M.J., Smith, R.A., Alexander, R.B., and Schwarz, G.E., 1998, A national model for assessing the susceptibility of surface-water supplies to source-area contamination [abs.]: Source Water Protection 98.

Frans, L.M., 2000, Estimating the probability of elevated nitrate (NO2 + NO3 - N) concentrations in ground water in the Columbia Basin Ground Water Management Area, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4110, 24 p.

Griffin, D.W., 2002, The use of bacteriophage tracers in understanding ground water transport of pathogenic microorganisms in the State of Florida [abs.] in Abstracts with Programs – Geological Society of America, Denver, CO, Oct. 27-30, 2002: Denver, CO, v. 34, no. 6, p. 157.

Hanson, P.E., 1998, Pesticides and nitrates in surficial sand and gravel aquifer as related to modeled contamination susceptibility in part of the upper Mississippi River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 107-98, 4 p.

Harvey, R.W., and Metge, D.W., 2000, The role of groundwater chemistry in the transport of bacteria to water-supply wells in Reichard, E.G., Hauchman, F.S., and Sanchia, A.M., eds., Second International Symposium on Assessing and Managing Health Risks from Drinking Water Contamination; Approaches and Applications, Santiago, Chile, Sept. 7-10, 1998: International Association of Hydrological Sciences, v. 260, p. 49-50.

Hearne, G.A., Wireman, M., Campbell, A.S., Turner, S., and Ingersoll, G.P., 1995, Vulnerability of the uppermost ground water to contamination in the greater Denver area, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4143, 244 p.

 

Holtschlag, D.J., and Luukkonen, C.L., 1998, Assessment of ground-water vulnerability to atrazine leaching in Kent county, Michigan; review, comparison of results of other studies, and verification: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4006, 32 p.

 

Holtschlag, D.J., 1997, Vulnerability of ground water to atrazine leaching in Kent County, Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4198, 49 p.

 

Johnson, R., Pankow, J., Bender, D., Price, C.V., and Zogorski, J.S., 2000, MTBE, to what extent will past releases contaminate community water supply wells?: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 34, no. 9, p 210A-217A.

Kauffman, L.J., Baehr, A.L., Ayers, M.A., and Stackelberg, P.E., 2001, Effects of land use and travel time on the distribution of nitrate in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system in southern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4117, 49 p.

Kolpin, D.W., Barbash, J.E., and Gilliom, R.J., 1998, Occurrence of pesticides in shallow groundwater of the United States; initial results from the National Water Quality Assessment Program: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 32, no. 5, p. 558-566.

Komor, S.C., 2002, Ground-water age dating in community wells in Oswego County, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-232, 16 p.

Larson, S.J., Crawford, C.G., and Gilliom, R.J., 2004, Development and application of watershed regressions for pesticides (WARP) for estimating atrazine concentration distributions in streams: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4047, 68 p.

Leidy, V.A., Scott, H.D., Steele, K.F., and Inyang, H.I., 1999, Overview of susceptibility of aquifers to contamination, Union, County, Arkansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4094, 35 p.

Loague, K, Bernknopf, R.L., Green, R.E., and Giambelluca, T.W., 1996, Uncertainty of groundwater vulnerability assessments for agricultural regions in Hawaii, review: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 25, no. 3, p. 475-490.

Mull, D.S., Faust, R.J., and Martin, G.R., 1990, Water availability and vulnerability of ground water to contamination in northwestern Hardin County, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resource Investigations Report 90-4133, 62 p.

Nelms, D.L., Harlow Jr., G.E., Plummer, L.N., and Busenberg, E., 2003, Aquifer susceptibility in Virginia, 1998-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 03-4278, 58 p.

Nolan, B.T., 2001, Relating nitrogen sources and aquifer susceptibility to nitrate in shallow ground waters of the United States: Ground Water, v. 39, no. 2, p. 290-299.

 

Nolan, B.T., 1998, Modeling approaches for assessing the risk of nonpoint-source contamination of ground water: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-531, 15 p.

 

Nolan, B.T., Hitt, K.J., and Ruddy, B.C., 2002, Probability of nitrate contamination of recently recharged ground waters in the conterminous United States: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 36, no. 10, p. 2138 - 2145.

 

Nolan, B.T., Ruddy, B.C., Hitt, K.J., and Helsel, D.R., 1997, Risk of nitrate in groundwaters of the United States – a national perspective: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 31, no. 8, p. 2229-2236.

Oden, J.H., Szabo, Z., Epstein, C.M., Myers, S.I., and Pellerito, V., 2000, Geochemical characteristics as an indicator of vulnerability of water to contamination by naturally occurring radium in New Jersey aquifers in Abstracts with Programs – Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section , 35th Annual Meeting, New Brunswick, NJ, March 13-15, 2000: Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America, v. 32, no. 1, p. 62.

Putnam, L.D., 2000, Sensitivity of ground water to contamination in Lawrence County, South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4103, 55 p.

Rea, A.H., Nebert, D.D., and Istok, J.D., 1988, Assessing ground-water vulnerability to contamination using finite element modeling and geographic information systems [abs.] in  EOS, Transactions, AGU 1988 Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 16-20, 1988: Washington, D.C., American Geophysical Union, v. 69, no. 16, p. 347.

Reed, T.B., 1999, Vulnerability of ground water in the Tokio and Warwick aquifers to surface contamination, Fort Totten Indian Reservation, North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4152, 30 p.

Rupert, M.G., 2001, Calibration of the DRASTIC ground water vulnerability mapping method: Ground Water, v. 39, no. 4, p. 625-630.

Rupert, M.G., 1999, Improvements to the DRASTIC ground-water vulnerability mapping method : U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-066-99, 6 p.

Rupert, M.G., 1998, Probability of detecting atrazine / desethylatrazine and elevated concentrations of nitrate (NO2 + NO3 – N) in ground water in the Idaho part of the upper Snake River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4203, 32 p.

Snyder, D.T., Wilkinson, J.M., and Orzol, L.L., 1998, Use of a ground-water flow model with particle tracking to evaluate ground-water vulnerability, Clark County, Washington.: USGS Water-Supply Paper 2488, 63 p.

Spurlock, F., Burow, K.R., Dubrovsky, N.M., 2000, Chlorofluorocarbon dating of herbicide-containing well waters in Fresno and Tulare counties California: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 29, no. 2, p 474-483.

Squillace, P.J., and Moran, M.J., 2000, Estimating the likelihood of MTBE occurrence in drinking water supplies by ground-water sources in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-0343, 10 p.

Tarvainen, T., and Tarja, P., 1997, Delineating risk areas of contaminated ground water using geochemical databases [abs]. in Wanty, R.B., Marsh, S.P., and Gough, L.P., eds., 4th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry, Vail, CO, Oct. 5-10, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-0496, p. 90.

Tesoriero, A.J., Inkpen, E.L., and Voss, F.D., 1998, Assessing ground-water vulnerability using logistic regression [abs.], in Proceedings for the Source Water Assessment and Protection 98 Conference: Dallas, TX, p. 157-165.

Tesoriero, A.J., and Voss, F.D., 1997, Predicting the probability of elevated nitrate concentrations in the Puget Sound basin; implications for aquifer susceptibility and vulnerability: Ground Water, v. 35, no. 6, p. 1029 – 1039.

Thomas, M.A., 2000, Ground-water quality and vulnerability to contamination in selected agricultural areas of southeastern Michigan, northwestern Ohio, and Northeastern Indiana: U.S Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report 00-4146, 22 p.

 

Verstraeten, I.M., 2000, Minimizing the risk of herbicide transport into public water supplies; a Nebraska case study: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 0078-00, 4 p.

Verstraeten, I.M., Fetterman, G.S., Sebree, S.K., Meyer, M.T., Bullen, T.D., 2004, Is septic waste affecting drinking water from shallow domestic wells along the Platte River in eastern Nebraska?: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 0072-03, 4 p.

Vowinkel, E.F., 1996, Vulnerability of water from public supply wells to contamination by pesticides, Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifer system, New Jersey coastal plain in Morganwalp, D.W., and Aronson, D.A., compilers, U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Technical Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO, Sept. 20-24, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 94-4015, p. 1021-1028.

Vowinkel, E.F., Clawges, R.M., Buxton, D.E., and Stedfast, D.A., 1996, Vulnerability of public drinking water supplies in New Jersey to pesticides: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-165-96, 2 p.

Vowinkel, E.F., Kiselica, B., and Adam, N., 2003, Development of a prototype real-time early-earning monitoring network for drinking-water-supply safety and security in Natural Science and Public Health; Prescription for a Better Environment, Reston, VA, April 1-2, 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-097, p. 72.

Warner, K.L., Terrio, P., King, R.B., Groschen, G., Arnold, T.L, Morrow, W.S., Friedel, M., and Harris, M.A., 2000, Potential drinking water concerns in ground and surface water in the Illinois River basin, U.S. Geological Survey perspective from the National Water Quality Assessment in Illinois water supplies, is the well running dry? Chicago, IL, July 18-20, 2000: Urbana, IL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, p. 12-13.

Worrall, F., and Kolpin, D.W., 2004, Aquifer vulnerability to pesticide pollution–combining soil, land-use, and aquifer properties with molecular descriptors: Journal of Hydrology, v. 293, p. 191-204.

Worrall, F., Kolpin, D.W., 2003, Direct assessment of groundwater vulnerability from single observations of multiple contaminants: Water Resources Research, v. 39, no. 12, p. 1345.

Wright, M.T., Belitz, K., and Johnson, T., 2004, Assessing the susceptibility to contamination of two aquifer systems used for public supply in the Modesto and Fresno metropolitan areas, California, 2001 and 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5149, 35 p.