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Arndt, M.F., 2010, Evaluation of gross alpha and uranium measurements for MCL compliance: Water Research Foundation, 299 p.

Ayotte, J.D., Flanagan, S.M., and Morrow, W.S., 2007, Occurrence of uranium and ²²²radon in glacial and bedrock aquifers in the northern United States, 1993-2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5037, 84 p.

Ayotte, J.D., Szabo, Zoltan, Focazio, M.J., and Eberts, S.M., 2011, Effects of human-induced alteration of groundwater flow on concentrations of naturally-occurring trace elements at water-supply wells: Applied Geochemistry, v. 26, no. 5, p. 747-762.

dePaul, V.T., and Szabo, Zoltan, 2007, Occurrence of radium-224, radium-226, and radium-228 in water from the Vincentown and Wenonah-Mount Laurel aquifers, the Englishtown aquifer system, and the Hornerstown and Red Bank sands, southwestern and south-central New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5064, 62 p.

DeSimone, L.A., 2009, Quality of water from domestic wells in principal aquifers of the United States, 1991-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5227, 139 p.

DeSimone, L.A., Hamilton, P.A., and Gilliom, R.J., 2009, Quality of water from domestic wells in principal aquifers of the United States, 1991-2004 – Overview of major findings: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1332, 49 p.

Duval, J.S., and Riggle, F.E., 1999, Profiles of gamma-ray and magnetic data from aerial surveys over the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series -- 0031 (Release 2).

Focazio, M.J., Szabo, Zoltan, Kraemer, T.F., Mullin, A.H., Barringer, T.H., and dePaul, V.T, 2001, Occurrence of selected radionuclides in ground water used for drinking water in the United States: A reconnaissance survey, 1998: U. S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4273, 39 p.

Fujii, R.F. and Swain, W.C., 1995, Areal distribution of trace elements, salinity, and major ions in shallow ground water, Tulare basin, southern San Joaquin Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4048, 67 p.
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Jurgens, B.C., Burow, K.R., Dalgish, B.A. and Shelton, J.L., 2008, Hydrogeology, water chemistry, and factors affecting the transport of contaminants in the zone of contribution of a public-supply well in Modesto, eastern San Joaquin Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5156, 78 p.

Jurgens, B.C., Fram, M.S., Belitz, Kenneth, Burow, K.R. and Landon, M.K., 2010, Effects of groundwater development on uranium: Central Valley, California, USA: Ground Water, v. 48, no. 6, p 913-928.

Kay, R.T., 1999, Radium in ground water from public-water supplies in northern Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 137-99, 4 p.

Krieger, H.L., and Whittaker, E.L., 1980, Prescribed procedures for measurement of radioactivity in drinking water: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Manual EPA-600/4-80-032.

Landon, M.K., Clark, B.R., McMahon, P.B., McGuire, V.L. and Turco, M.J., 2008, Hydrogeology, chemical characteristics, and transport processes in the zone of contribution of a public-supply well in York, Nebraska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5050, 149 p.

Leydecker, Al, Sickman,J.O., and Melack, J.M.,1999, Episodic lake acidification in the Sierra Nevada, California: Water Resources Research, v. 35, no. 9, p. 2793-2804.

McCurdy, D.E., Garbarino, J.R., and Mullin, A.H., 2008, Interpreting and reporting radiological water-quality data: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, Book 5 (Chapter B6), 33 p.

Miller, R.L., and Sutcliffe, Horace, Jr., 1985, Occurrence of natural radium-226 radioactivity in ground water of Sarasota County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4237, 34 p.

Oden, J.H., Oden, T.O., and Szabo, Zoltan, 2010, Groundwater quality of the Gulf Coast aquifer system, Houston, Texas, 2007–08: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 548, 65 p. Revised July 2011.

Ridgley, J.L., Green, M.W., Pierson, C.T., Finch, W.L., and Lupe, R.D., 1978, Summary of the geology and resources of uranium in the San Juan Basin and adjacent region, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-964, 107 p.

Scott, R.C., and Barker, F.B., 1962, Data on uranium and radium in ground water in the United States 1954 to 1957: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 426, 115 p.

Senior, L.A., and Vogel, K.L., 1995, Radium and radon in ground water in the Chickies Quartzite, southeastern Pennsylvania: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4088, 145 p.

Sloto, R.A., 2000, Naturally occurring radionuclides in ground water of southeastern Pennsylvania: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 012-00, 8 p.

Swanson, V.E., 1962, Geology and geochemistry of uranium in marine black shales, a review: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 356-C.

Szabo, Z. , dePaul, V.T., Fischer, J.M., Kraemer, T. F., and Jacobsen, Eric, 2012, Occurrence and geochemistry of radium in water from principal drinking-water aquifers of the United States: Applied Geochemistry v.27, no. 3, p. 729-752.

Szabo, Zoltan, dePaul, V.T., Kraemer, T.F., and Parsa, Bahman, 2005, Occurrence of radium-224, radium-226, and radium-228 in water of the unconfined Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, southern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5224, 101 p.

Szabo, Zoltan, Jacobsen, Eric, Kraemer, T.F., and Parsa, Bahman, 2010, Environmental fate of Ra in cation-exchange regeneration brine waste disposed to septic tanks, New Jersey Coastal Plain, U.S.A.: Migration to the water table: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, v. 101, no. 1, p. 33-44.

Szabo, Zoltan, Jacobsen, Eric, Kraemer, T.F., and Parsa, Bahman, 2008, Concentrations and environmental fate of Ra in cation-exchange regeneration brine waste disposed to septic tanks and accumulation in sludge, New Jersey Coastal Plain, U.S.A.: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, v. 99, no. 6, p. 947-964.

Szabo, Zoltan, Rice, D.E., MacLeod, C.L., and Barringer, T.H., 1997, Relation of distribution of radium, nitrate, and pesticides to agricultural land use and depth, Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, New Jersey Coastal Plain, 1990-91: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 96-4165A, 119 p.

Szabo, Zoltan, and Zapecza, O.S., 1991, Geologic and geochemical factors controlling uranium, radium-226, and radon-222 in ground water, Newark Basin, New Jersey, in Gunderson, L.C.S., and Wanty, R.B., eds., Field studies of radon rocks, soils, and water: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1971, p. 243-265.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1999, Federal Guidance Report No. 13, Cancer risk coefficients for environmental exposure to radionuclides: EPA 402-R-99-001, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000a, National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Radionuclides; Final rule, 40CFR parts 141 and 142: Federal Register 65, no. 236.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000b, National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Radionuclides; Notice of Data Availability; Proposed Rule, 40 CFR Parts 141 and 142: EPA 815-2-00-003, 21576-21628.

U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Principal aquifers of the 48 conterminous United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands: U.S. Geological Survey National Atlas.

Zapecza, O.S., and Szabo, Zoltan, 1988, Natural radioactivity in ground water-A review, in Moody, D.W., Carr, J., Chase, E.B. and Paulson, R.W., eds., National Water Summary 1986-Hydrologic events and ground-water quality: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2325, p. 50-57.

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