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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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DeSimone, L.A., McMahon, P.B., and Rosen, M.R., 2014, The quality of our Nation's waters-Water quality in Principal Aquifers of the United States, 1991-2010: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1360, 151 p.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1360 Available Online

Rupert, M.G., Hunt, C.D., Jr., Skinner, K.D., Frans, L.M., and Mahler, B.J., 2014, The quality of our Nation's waters-Groundwater quality in the Columbia Plateau and Snake River Plain basin-fill and basaltic-rock aquifers and the Hawaiian volcanic-rock aquifers, Washington, Idaho, and Hawaii, 1993-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1359, 88 p.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1359 Available Online

Thiros, S.A., Paul, A.P., Bexfield, L.M., and Anning, D.W., 2014, The quality of our Nation's waters-Water quality in basin-fill aquifers of the southwestern United States: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, 1993-2009: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1358, 113 p.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1358 Available Online

Bauch, N.J., Musgrove, MaryLynn, Mahler, B.J., and Paschke, S.S., 2014, The quality of our Nation's waters-Water quality in the Denver Basin aquifer system, Colorado, 2003-05: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1357, 100 p.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1357 Available Online

Kingsbury, J.A., Barlow, J.R.B., Katz, B.G., Welch, H.L., Tollett, R.W., and Fahlquist, L.S., 2014, The quality of our Nation's waters-Water quality in the Mississippi embayment-Texas coastal uplands aquifer system and Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, south-central United States, 1994-2008: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1356, 72 p.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1356 Available Online

Berndt, M.P., Katz, B.G., Kingsbury, J.A., and Crandall, C.A., 2014, The quality of our Nation's waters-Water quality in the Upper Floridan aquifer and overlying surficial aquifers, southeastern United States, 1993-2010: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1355, 72 p.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1355 Available Online

Lindsey, B.D., Zimmerman, T.M., Chapman, M.J., Cravotta, C.A., III, and Szabo, Zoltan,, 2014, The quality of our Nation's waters-Water quality in the Principal Aquifers of the Piedmont, Blue Ridge, and Valley and Ridge regions, eastern United States, 1993-2009: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1354, 107 p.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1360 Available Online

Denver, J.M., Ator, S.W., Fischer, J.M., Harned, D.C., Schubert, Christopher, and Szabo, Zoltan, 2014, The quality of our Nation's waters-Water quality in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain surficial aquifer system, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Virginia, 1988-2009: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1353, 88 p.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1353 Available Online

Warner, K.L., and Ayotte, J.D., 2014, The quality of our Nation's waters-Water quality in the glacial aquifer system, northern United States, 1993-2009: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1352, 116 p.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1352 Available Online

Miller, M.P., Johnson, H.M., Susong, D.D., Wolock, D.M., 2015, A new approach for continuous estimation of baseflow using discrete water quality data: Method description and comparison with baseflow estimates from two existing approaches: Journal of Hydrology, 522, p. 203-210.  doi:10.1016/j.hydrol.2014.12.039 Available Online

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