This is the second "Highlights from the USGS Colorado Water Science Center" that we provide every couple months. Please let us know if you find this method of communication useful!
NEW PUBLICATIONS - All new USGS publications can be found at: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/recentpubs.jsp
Recent Improvements to the U.S. Geological Survey Streamgaging Program - FS 2007-3080. Highlights new technologies, data delivery mechanisms, and efficiencies. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3080/
From the River to You: USGS Real-Time Streamflow Information - FS
2007-3043
Describes how the typical USGS streamgage transmits data from the
"gage" to the "page" in near-real time. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3043/
Post-Wildfire Hydrologic Hazards in the Wildland Urban Interface of Colorado and the Western United States, by M.R. Stevens, C.R. Bossong, M.G. Rupert, A.J. Ranalli, E.W. Cassidy, and A.D. Druliner http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3036/
Urban-Related Environmental Variables and Their Relation with Patterns in Biological Community Structure in the Fountain Creek Basin, Colorado, 2003-2005, by R.E. Zuellig, J.F. Bruce, E.E. Evans, and R.W. Stogner http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5225/
Ground-Water Quality and Potential Effects of Individual Sewage Disposal System Effluent on Ground-Water Quality in Park County, Colorado, 2001-2004, by L.D. Miller, and R.F. Ortiz http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5220/
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, edited by Suzanne S. Paschke. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/2007/1737a/
Water-Quality Assessment of the High Plains Aquifer, 1999-2004, by P.B. McMahon, K.F. Dennehy, B.W. Bruce, J.J. Gurdak, and S.L. Qi http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1749/
NEW PROJECTS
USGS water program activities related to traditional tight gas extraction and Oil Shale: The Piceance Structural Basin is undergoing large-scale energy development, creating potential for short and long-term changes in surface- and ground-water resources. In partnership with industry and local and state governments, USGS will produce a comprehensive water resource assessment by compiling and synthesizing historic and current water-resource data sets, publications, and other materials. Products will include a dynamic publicly-accessible quality-assured data repository and a USGS report of baseline conditions and data gaps.
OTHER NEWS
Call for papers: Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds (ICRW): Planning for an Uncertain Future: Monitoring, Integration, and Adaptation is being organized by the U.S. Geological Survey and will be held 8-11 September 2008 in Estes Park, Colorado. Deadline for initial abstracts is May 2. http://www.hydrologicscience.org/icrw
