Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Publications

This list of Water Resources Mission Area publications includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. A searchable database of all USGS publications can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.

Filter Total Items: 18361

Surface water supply of the San Joaquin River Basin, California, 1895-1927

The measurement of the flow of the streams in California was begun by the State engineer in 1878, in accordance with the law requiring him "to investigate the problems of the irrigation of the plains; the condition and capacity of the great drainage lines of the State, and the improvement of the navigation of rivers." The work was restricted to a few localities in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Ri
Authors
H.D. McGlashan

Suspended matter in the Colorado River in 1925-1928

Determinations of the quantity of solid material carried by the Colorado River are necessary for the proper consideration of plans for the development of the resources of the river. Much of the material carried by the river will be deposited in the proposed reservoirs and eventually will occupy a large part of the capacity of the reservoirs, so that their effectiveness for flood control or river r
Authors
C. S. Howard

Quality of water of the Colorado River in 1926-1928

This report gives the results obtained in the continuation of a study of the Colorado River begun in 1925.1 Most of the analyses here given represent composites of daily samples collected by the observers at the gaging stations on the Colorado River at Grand Canyon, Topock, and Yuma, Ariz. The other samples analyzed were taken at Lees Ferry and on tributaries of the Colorado. These stations are op
Authors
C. S. Howard

Upper Colorado River and its utilization

This report presents, in form for ready reference, the available data pertaining to the present and future utilization of the surface waters of the upper Colorado River Basin, above the Green River and includes information relating to topography, climate, evaporation, water supply, transmountain diversions, storage, irrigation and agriculture, and water power as they existed in 1927.
Authors
Robert Follansbee

Geology and ground-water resources of North Dakota, with a discussion of the chemical character of the water

Water is the most valuable of the mineral resources. The study of ground waters is therefore clearly within the field of economic geology and constitutes an important part of the work of the geological surveys, both State and national, as defined by law. In the spring of 1911 the investigation of the ground waters of North Dakota was begun by the North Dakota Geological Survey, and the work was as
Authors
Howard E. Simpson, Harry Buchholz Riffenburg

Quality of water in Colorado River in 1925-1926

Most of the analyses given in this report represent composites of daily samples collected by the observers at United States Geological Survey gaging stations on Colorado River at Grand Canyon and Topock, Ariz. These stations are operated under the direction of W. E. Dickinson, district engineer of the Geological Survey at Tucson, Ariz., who personally collected some of the samples at other points
Authors
W. D. Collins, Charles S. Howard

Stream measurement work: Chapter 10 in Sixteenth biennial report of the State Engineer to the governor of Utah: 1927-1928

The co-operative stream measurement work has been continued during the biennium by the United States Geological Survey under co-operative agreement with the State Engineer. This agreement is essentially the same as that outlined in previous reports. Those interested in the details and history of the co-operative stream gaging operations in the state since 1909 can find this information in the bien
Authors
A.B. Purton