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

Urban drilling by the U.S. Geological Survey

Pesticide Studies

Surface Water
Ground Water



Urban drilling by the U.S. Geological Survey.

 

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

Pesticide 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.
Anderson, Chauncey W., Rinella, Frank A., and Rounds, Stewart A., 1996, Occurrence of selected trace elements and organic compounds and their relation to land use in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4234, 68 p.
Black, Robert W., Haggland, Alan L., Voss, Frank V., 2000, Predicting the probability of detecting organochlorines pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in stream systems on the basis of land use in the Pacific northwest, USA: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 19, no. 4, p.1044-1054.
Bradbury, J.P., and Van Metre, P.C., 1997, A land-use and water-quality history of White Rock Lake Reservoir, Dallas, Texas, based on a sediment core: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 227-237. (also listed under Trinity River Basin)
Brasher, A.M.D., and Wolff, R.H., 2003, relations between land use and organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, and semi-volatile organic compounds in streambed sediment and fish on the island of Oahu, Hawaii: archives of Environmental contamination and Toxicology, v. 46, p. 385-398.
Brown, Mariann F., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas--Pesticides in a suburban watershed, Arlington, 1993-94: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 159-95, 4 p.
Burton, Carmen A., 2002, Effects of urbanization and long-term rainfall on the occurrence of organic compounds and trace elements in reservoir-sediment core, streambed sediment, and fish tissue from the Santa Ana Basin, California, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4175, 73 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.
Coupe, R.H., Manning, M.A., Foreman, W.T., Goolsby, D.A., and Majewski, M.S., 2000, Occurrence of pesticides in rain and air in urban and agricultural areas of Mississippi, April-September 1995: The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 248, p. 227-240.
DeVivo, J.C., Frick, E.A., Hippe, D.J., and Buell, G.R., 1995, Effect of restricted phosphate detergent use and mandated upgrades at two wastewater-treatment facilities on water quality, metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, 1988-93, in Hatcher, Kathryn J., ed., 1995, U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 20-22.
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.
Gebler, Joseph B., 2000, Organochlorine compounds in streambed sediment and in biological tissue from streams and their relations to land use, central Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4041, 21 p.
Gilliom, Robert J., Barbash, J.E., Crawford, C.G., Hamilton, P.A., Martin, J.D., and Callender, Edward, Nakagaki, Naomi, Nowell, L.H., Scott, J.C., Stackelberg, P.E., Thelin, G.P. and Wolock, D.M., 2006, Pesticides in the Nation'sstreams and ground water, 1992-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1291, 172 p.
Gilliom, Robert J. and Hamilton, Pixie, 2006, Pesticides Pesticides in the Nation's streams and ground water, 1992-2001, a summary: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3028, 6 p.
Ging, Patricia B.,VanMetre, Peter C., and Callender, Edward, 1999, Bottom sediments of Lorence Creek Lake, San Antonio, Texas, reflect contaminant trends in an urbanizing watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-149-99, 4 p.
Hippe, D.J., and Garrett, J.W., 1997, The spatial distribution of dissolved pesticides in surface water of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in relation to land use and pesticide runoff-potential ratings, May 1994, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 4-13.
Hippe, D.J., Hatzell, H.H., Ham, L.K., and Hardy, P.S., 1995, Pesticide occurrence and temporal distribution in streams draining urban and agricultural basins in Georgia and Florida, 1993-94, in Hatcher, Kathryn J., ed., 1995, U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, The University of Georgia, Athens Georgia, p. 1-8.
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.
Hoffman, Ryan S., Capel, Paul D., and Larson, Steven J., 2000, Comparison of pesticides in eight U.S. urban streams: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 19, no. 9, p. 2249-2258.
Kilroy, Kathryn C., and Watkins, Sharon A., 1997, Pesticides in surface water, bottom sediment, crayfish, and shallow ground water in Las Vegas Valley area, Carson River Basin, and Truckee River Basin, Nevada and California, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-075-97, 6 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.
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.
Kimbrough, Robert A., and Litke, David W., 1998, Pesticides in surface water in agricultural and urban areas of the South Platte River Basin, form Denver, Colorado, to North Platte, Nebraska, 1993-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4230, 66 p.
Kratzer, Charles R., 1998, Pesticides in storm runoff from agricultural and urban areas in the Tuolumne River Basin in the vicinity of Modesto, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4017, 17 p.
Land, L.F., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas--Pesticides in urban and agricultural streams, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-178-96, 2 p.
Land, L.F., and Brown, M.F., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas--Pesticides in streams draining an urban and an agricultural area, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4114, 22 p.
Maluk, Terry L., 1999, Pesticides and bacteria in an urban stream--Gills Creek, Columbia, South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-131-98, 4 p.
Munn, Mark D., and Gruber, Steve J., 1997, The relationship between land use and organochlorine compounds in streambed sediment and fish in the central Columbia Plateau, Washington and Idaho, USA: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 16, no. 9, p. 1877-1887.
Nowell, L.H., Capel, P.D., and Dileanis, P.D., 1999, Pesticides in stream sediment and aquatic biota-Distribution, trends, and governing factors: Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press, Pesticides in the Hydrologic System series, v. 4, 1040 p.
Phillips, P.J., Wall, G.R., Eckhardt, D.A., Freehafer, D.A., Rosenmann, L.A., 1998, Pesticide Concentrations in Surface Waters of New York State in Relation to Land Use--1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4101
Reiser, Robert G., and O?Brien, Anne K., 1999, Pesticides in streams in New Jersey and Long Island, New York, and relation to land use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4261, 12 p.
Reiser, Robert G.,1999, Relation of pesticide concentrations to season, streamflow, and land use in seven New Jersey streams: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4154, 20 p.
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.
Van Metre, P.C., and Callender, E., 1997, Water-quality trends in White Rock Creek Basin from 1912-94 identified sediment cores from White Rock Lake reservoir, Dallas, Texas: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 239-249.
Van Metre, P.C., and Manler, B.J., 1999, Town Lake bottom sediments: A chronicle of water-quality changes in Austin, Texas, 1960-98: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-183-99, 6 p.
Van Metre, P.C., Land, L.F., and Braun, C.L., 1996, Water-quality trends using sediment cores from White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-217-96, 4 p.
Voss, Frank D., and Enbrey, Sandra S., Ebbert, 2000, Pesticides detected in urban streams during rainstorms in King and Snohomish Counties, Washington, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4098, 22 p.
Voss, Frank D., Enbrey, Sandra S., Ebbert, James C., 1999, Pesticides detected in urban streams during rainstorms and relations to retail sales of pesticides in King County, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 097-99, 4 p.

 

Ground-water studies

Andrews, W.J., Stark, J.R., Fong, A.L., and Fallon, J.D., 2005, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground-water quality along a flow system in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota, 1997-98, Scientific Investigations Series Report 2005-5120, 44p.
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., 1995, Denver's urban ground-water quality: Nutrients, pesticides, and volatile organic compounds: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 106-95, 2 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.
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.
Kolpin, Dana W., Squillace, P.J., Barbash, J.E., Zogorski, J.S., 1997, Pesticides and volatile organic compounds in shallow urban ground water of the United States, in Chilton, J., ed., Ground water in the urban environment: A.A. Balkema, Netherlands, p. 469-474.
Lico, Michael S., 1998, Quality of ground water beneath urban and agricultural lands in Las Vegas Valley and the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada--Implications for water supply: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4259, 24 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.
Phillips, Patrick J., Wall, Gary R., and Ryan, Christopher M., 2000, Pesticides in wells in agricultural and urban areas of the Hudson River Basin: Northeastern Geology, vol. 22, no. 1, p.1-9.
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., 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.

 

 



     
       

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