National Water-Quality Assessment Program

Nutrients in the Nation's Waters--Too Much of a Good Thing?

(Note: See also the NAWQA publications page, which lists more NAWQA publications, some of which are available on-line.)

Anderholm, S.K., Radell, M.J., and Richey, S.F., 1994, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley study unit, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Analysis of selected nutrient, suspended sediment, and pesticide data: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4061, 203 p.

Berndt, M.P., 1995, Ground-water quality assessment of the Georgia-Florida coastal plain study unit--Analysis of available information on nutrients: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4039, 39 p.

Blomquist, J.D., Fisher, G.T., Denis, J.M., Brakebill, J.W., and Werkheiser, W.H., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Potomac River Basin--Basin description and analysis of available nutrient data, 1970-90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4221.

Bonn, B.A., Hinkle, S.R., Wentz, D.A., and Uhrich, M.A., 1995, Analysis of nutrient and ancillary water-quality data for surface and ground water of the Willamette Basin, Oregon, 1980-90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4036, 88 p.

Clark, G.M., 1994, Assessment of selected constituents in surface water of the upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, water years 1975-89: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4229, 49 p.

Davis, J.V., Petersen, J.C., Adamski, J.C., and Freiwald, D.A., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Ozark Plateaus study unit, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma--Analysis of information on nutrients, suspended sediment, and suspended solids for 1970-92: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4042, 112 p.

Dennehy, K.F., Litke, D.W., McMahon, P.B., Tate, C.M., and Heiny, J.S., 1994, Water-quality assessment of the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming--Analysis of available nutrient, suspended-sediment, and pesticide data, water years 1980-92: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4095, 145 p.

Greene, K.E., Ebbert, J.C., and Munn, M.D., 1994, Nutrients, suspended sediment, and pesticides in streams and irrigation systems in the Central Columbia Plateau in Washington and Idaho, 1959-1991: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4215, 64 p.

Hamilton, P.A., and Shedlock, R.J., 1992, Are fertilizers and pesticides in the ground water?: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1080, 16 p.

Harned, D.A., McMahon, Gerard, Spruill, T.B., and Woodside, M.D., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Albemarle-Pamlico drainage basin, North Carolina and Virginia--Summary of water-quality data for suspended sediment, nutrients, and pesticides: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-191, 131 p.

Helgesen, J.O., Zelt, R.B., and Stamer, J.K., 1994, Nitrogen and phosphorus in water as related to environmental setting in Nebraska: Water Resources Bulletin, v. 30, no. 5, p. 809-822.

Jones, J.L., and Wagner, R.J., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Central Columbia Plateau in Washington and Idaho--Analysis of available nutrient and pesticide data for ground water, 1942-1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4258, 119 p.

Puckett, L.J., 1994, Nonpoint and point sources of nitrogen in major watersheds of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4001, 9 p.

Rupert, M.G., 1994, Assessment of nutrients and organic compounds in ground water in the upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming--Analysis of available data, 1980-91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4135, 40 p.

Tornes, L.H., and Brigham, M.E., 1994, Nutrients, suspended sediment, and pesticides in waters of the Red River of the North basin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, 1970-90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4231, 62 p.

Van Metre, P.C., and Reutter, D.C., 1994, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas--Analysis of available information on nutrients and suspended sediments, 1974-91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4086, 72 p.

Wangsness, D.J., Frick, E.A., Buell, G.R., and DeVivo, J.C., 1994, Effect of the restricted use of phosphate detergent and upgraded wastewater-treatment facilities on water quality in the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-99, 4 p.

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