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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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Nowell, L.H., et al., 2017, Complex mixtures of dissolved pesticides show potential aquatic toxicity in a synoptic study of Midwestern U.S. streams: Sci Total Environ,   doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.156 Available Online

Bradley, P.M., W.A. Battaglin, J.M. Clark, F.P. Henning, M.L. Hladik, L.R. Iwanowicz, C.A. Journey, J.W. Riley, and K.M. Romanok, 2017, Widespread Occurrence and Potential for Biodegradation of Bioactive Contaminants in Protected Wilderness of Congaree National Park, USA: Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry,   DOI: 10.1002/etc.3873 Available Online

Forrester, H., Clow, D., Roche, J., Heyvaert, A., and Battaglin, W., 2017, Effects of backpacker use, pack stock trail use, and pack stock grazing on water-quality indicators, including nutrients, E. coli, hormones, and pharmaceuticals, in Yosemite National Park, USA: Environmental Management, p. 1-18.  doi: 10.1007/s00267-017-0899-z Available Online

Risch, M.R., DeWild, J.F., Gay, D.A., Zhang, L., Boyer, E.W., Krabbenhoft, D.P., 2017, Atmospheric mercury deposition to forests in the eastern USA : Environmental Pollution, Volume 228, p. 8-18.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.05.004 Available Online

Brakebill, J.W. and Gronberg, J.M., 2017, County-Level Estimates of Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Commercial Fertilizer for the Conterminous United States, 1987-2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release,   10.5066/F7H41PKX Available Online

Gronberg, J.M., and Arnold, T.L., 2017, County-level estimates of nitrogen and phosphorus from animal manure for the conterminous United States, 2007 and 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1021, 6 p.  10.3133/ofr20171021 Available Online

Falcone, J.A., 2017, Conterminous U.S. mapping of household income at the block group scale adjusted for cost-of-living for the period 2013-2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release,   Available Online

Falcone, J.A., 2017, Old vs. new urban: U.S. national mapping of the year of "first development" for urban areas, from 1940-2010: U.S. Geological Survey data release,   Available Online

Falcone, J.A., 2017, Coefficient-based consistent mapping of imperviousness in the conterminous U.S. at 60-m resolution for 1974, 1982, 1992, 2002, and 2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release,   Available Online

Falcone, J.A., Baker, N.T., Price, C.V., 2017, Watershed boundaries for study sites of the U.S. Geological Survey Surface Water Trends project: U.S. Geological Survey data release,   Available Online

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