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Bibliography of Nutrient Studies Conducted in Urban Areas by the USGS NAWQA Program

Sampling from bridge, Clear Creek, Colorado

Nutrient Studies

Surface Water
Ground Water



USGS scientists sampling Clear Creek at Kipling Street, Lakewood, Colorado.

 

(Studies may be tabulated more than once below, if appropriate to a category)

Nutrient Studies in Urban Areas:

Surface-water studies

Adolphson, Debbie L., Arnold, Terri L., Fitzpatrick, Faith A., Harris, Mitchell A., Richards, Kevin D., Scudder, Barbara C., and Stewart, Jana S., 2002, Physical, chemical and biological methods and data from the urban land-use-gradient study, Des Plaines and Fox River Basins, Illinois, 1999-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-459, 20 p.
Calhoun, Daniel L., Frick, Elizabeth A., Buell, Gary R., 2003, Effects of urban development on nutrient loads and streamflow, upper Chattahoochee River Basin, Georgia, 1976-2001, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., Proceedings of the 2003 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 23-24, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 5 p.
Coles, James F., Cuffney, Thomas F., McMahon, Gerard, and Beaulieu, Karen M., 2004, The effects of urbanization on the biological, physical, and chemical characteristics of coastal New England streams: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1695, 47 p.
Fitzpatrick, F.A., Harris, H.A., Arnold, T.L., and Richards, K.D., 2004, Urbanization influences on aquatic communities in northeastern Illinois streams: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 40, no. 2, p. 461-475.
Frick, E.A., and Buell, Gary R., 1999, Relation of land use to nutrient and suspended-sediment concentrations, loads, and yields in the upper Chattahoochee River Basin, Georgia, 1993-98, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1999 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 30-31, 1999, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 170-179.
Hippe, Daniel J., Wangsness, David J., Frick, Elizabeth A., and Garrett, Jerry W., 1994, Water quality of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Ocmulgee River Basins related to flooding from tropical storm Alberto; pesticides in urban and agricultural watersheds; and nitrate and pesticides in ground water, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4183, 36 p.
Kauffman, Leon J., Baehr, Arthur L., Ayers, Mark A., and Stackelberg, Paul 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.
Kilroy, Kathryn C., Lawrence, Stephen J., Lico, Michael S., Bevans, Hugh E., and Watkins, Sharon A., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Las Vegas Valley area and the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada and California--Nutrients, pesticides, and suspended sediment, October 1969-April 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4106, 144 p.
Land, L.F., and Shipp, A.A., 1996, Nutrients in streams draining an agricultural and an urban area, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-322, 6 p.
Mueller, David K., and Spahr, Norman E., 2005, Water-Quality, Streamflow, and Ancillary Data for Nutrients in Streams and Rivers Across the Nation, 1992-2001: Geological Data Series 152.
U.S. Geological Survey, 2001, Selected findings and current perspectives on urban and agricultural water quality by the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-047-01, 2 p.
Woodside, Michael D., and Simeri, Benjamin R., 1995, Land use and nutrient concentrations and yields in selected streams in the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-457, 4 p.

 

Ground-water studies

Andrews, William J., Fong, Alison L., Harrod, Leigh, and Dittes, Michael E., 1998, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground water quality in an urban part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4248, 54 p.
Ator, Scott W., and Denis, Janet M., 1997, Relation of the nitrogen and phosphorus in ground water to land use in four subunits of the Potomac River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4268, 26 p.
Berndt, Marian P., Galeone, David R., Spruill, Timothy B., and Crandall, Christy A., 1998, Ground-water quality in three urban areas in the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4234, 25 p.
Bruce, B.W., and McMahon, P.B., 1996, Shallow ground-water quality beneath a major urban center: Denver, Colorado, USA, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 186, no. 1-4, p. 129-151.
Edmonds, R.J., and Gellenbeck, D.J., 2002, Ground-water quality in the Salt River Valley, Maricopa County, Arizona, 1996-98-- Relations to hydrogeology, water use, and land use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4126, 60 p.
Fendick, Robert B., Jr., and Tollett, Ronald W., Quality of water from shallow wells in urban residential and light commercial areas in Lafayette parish, Louisiana, 2001 through 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4118, 58 p.
Flanagan, Sarah M., Montgomery, Denise L., and Ayotte, Joseph D., 2001, Shallow ground-water quality in the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4042, 12 p.
Fong, Alison L.,2000, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground-water quality in three different land-use areas, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4131, 37 p.
Gellenbeck, D.J., and Anning, D.W., 2002, Occurrence and distribution of pesticides and volatile organic compounds in ground water and surface water of central Arizona Basins, 1996-98, and their relation to land use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4144, 107 p.
Gonthier, Gerald J., 2002, Quality of shallow ground water in recently developed residential and commercial areas, Memphis vicinity, Tennessee, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4294, 105 p.
Hamilton, P.A., and Shedlock, R.J., 1989, Relations between land use and nitrate concentrations in shallow ground water, Delmarva Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Yearbook, Fiscal Year 1989, p. 38-41.
Hippe, Daniel J., Wangsness, David J., Frick, Elizabeth A., and Garrett, Jerry W., 1994, Water quality of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Ocmulgee River Basins related to flooding from tropical storm Alberto; pesticides in urban and agricultural watersheds; and nitrate and pesticides in ground water, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4183, 36 p.
Hunt, Charles D., Jr., 2004, Ground-water quality and its relation to land use on Oahu, Hawaii, 2000-01: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4305, 76 p.
Inkpen, Emily L., Tesoriero, Anthony J., Ebbert, James C., Silva, Steven R. and Sandstrom, Mark W., 2000, Ground-water quality in regional, agricultural, and urban settings in the Puget Sound Basin, Washington and British Columbia, 1996-1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4100, 66 p.
Kauffman, Leon J., Baehr, Arthur L., Ayers, Mark A., and Stackelberg, Paul 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.
Mullaney, John R., and Grady, Stephen J., 1997, Hydrogeology and water quality of a surficial aquifer underlying an urban area, Manchester, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4195, 40 p.
Neal, Edward G., and Schuster Paul F., 1996, Data on quality of shallow ground water, Las Vegas urban area, Nevada, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-552, 1 p.
Pope, Larry M., Bruce, Breton W., Rasmussen, Patrick P., and Milligan, Chad R., 2001, Quality of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential and commercial development, Wichita, Kansas, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4228, 67 p.
Robinson, James L., 2002, Ground-water quality beneath an urban residential and commercial area, Montgomery, Alabama, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4052, 37 p.
Robinson, James L., 2003, Comparison between agricultural and urban ground-water quality in the Mobile River Basin, 1999-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Repor 03-4182, 38 p.
Thiros, Susan A., 2003, Quality and sources of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential development in Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4028, 74 p.
Thomas, Mary Ann, 2000, The effect of residential development on ground-water quality near Detroit, Michigan: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, no. 5, October 2000, p. 1023-1038.
U.S. Geological Survey, 2001, Selected findings and current perspectives on urban and agricultural water quality by the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-047-01, 2 p.

 



     
       

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