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The National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program has produced more than 1,500 reports (complete bibliography) describing how water quality conditions vary locally, regionally, and nationally; whether conditions are getting better or worse over time; and how natural features and human activities affect these conditions. Conditions also were compared to national water-quality standards, guidelines, and benchmarks to assess the potential effects on drinking water and aquatic life. Most of these reports can be accessed on-line through the topical and geographical searches listed below.

 

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Vecchia, Aldo V., Gilliom, Robert J., Sullivan, Daniel J., Lorenz, David L., and Martin, Jeffrey D., 2009, Trends in concentrations and use of agricultural herbicides for Corn Belt rivers, 1996-2006: Environmental Science & Technology, accepted Oct. 20, 2009, 7 p.  doi: 10.1021/es902122j Available Online

Sullivan, D.J., Vecchia, A.V., Lorenz, D.L., Gilliom, R.J., and Martin, J.D., 2009, Trends in pesticide concentrations in corn-belt streams, 1996-2006: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5132, 75 p.  Available Online

Steuer, J.J, Bales, J.D., and Giddings, E.M.P., 2009, Relationship of stream ecological conditions to simulated hydraulic metrics across a gradient of basin urbanization: Journal North American Benthological Society, 2009, 28(4), p. 955-976.  doi: 10.1899/08-157.1 Available Online

Brown, L.R., Cuffney, T.F., Coles, J.F., Fitzpatrick, F., McMahon, G., Steuer, J., Bell A.H., and May, J.T., 2009, Urban streams across the USA: lessons learned from studies in 9 metropolitan areas: Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 2009, 28(4), p. 1051-1069.  doi: 10.1899/08-153.1 Available Online

Tesoriero, Anthony J., Duff, J.H., Wolock, D.M., Spahr, N.E., and Almendinger, J.E., 2009, Identifying Pathways and Processes Affecting Nitrate and Orthophosphate Inputs to Streams in Agricultural Watersheds: Journal of Environmental Quality 38:1892-1900, 9 p.  doi: 10.2134/jeq2008.0484 Available Online

Frankforter, Jill D., Weyers, Holly S., Bales, Jerad D., Moran, Patrick W., and Calhoun, Daniel L., 2009, The relative influence of nutrients and habitat on stream metabolism in agricultural streams: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, August 15, 2009, 19 p.  doi: 10.1007/s10661-009-1127-y Available Online

Brown, C.J., Trombley, T.J., 2009, Organic compounds in Running Gutter Brook water used for public supply near Hatfield, Massachusetts, 2003-05: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3076, 6 p.  Available Online

Mullaney, J.R., Lorenz, D.L., Arntson, A.D., 2009, Chloride in groundwater and surface water in areas underlain by the glacial aquifer system, northern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5086, 41 p.  Available Online

Hinkle, S.R., Kauffman, L.J., Thomas, M.A., Brown, C.J., McCarthy, K.A., 2009, Combining particle-tracking and geochemical data to assess public supply well vulnerability to arsenic and uranium: Journal of Hydrology, v. 376, p. 132-142.  Available Online

Bauch, N.J., Chasar, L.C., Scudder, B.C., Moran, P.W., Hitt, K.J., Brigham, M.E., Lutz, M.A., and Wentz, D.A., 2009, Data on mercury in water, bed sediment, and fish from streams across the United States, 1998-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 307, 33 p.  Available Online

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