| Abstract: | According to a 2008 report by the Governor‘s Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State‘s Water Resources, Maryland‘s population grew by 35 percent between 1970 and 2000, and is expected to increase by an additional 27 percent between 2000 and 2030. Because domestic water demand generally increases in proportion to population growth, Maryland will be facing increased pressure on water resources over the next 20 years. Water-resources decisions should be based on sound, comprehensive, long-term data and low-flow frequency statistics from all available streamgage locations with unregulated streamflow and adequate record lengths. To provide the Maryland Department of the Environment with tools for making future water-resources decisions, the U.S. Geological Survey initiated a study in October 2009 to compute low-flow frequency statistics for selected streamgage locations in Maryland with 10 or more years of continuous streamflow records.
This report presents low-flow frequency statistics for 114 continuous-record streamgage locations in Maryland. The computed statistics presented for each streamgage location include the mean 7-, 14-, and 30-consecutive day minimum daily low-flow dischages for recurrence intervals of 2, 10, and 20 years, and are based on approved streamflow records that include a minimum of 10 complete climatic years of record as of June 2010. Descriptive information for each of these streamgage locations, including the station number, station name, latitude, longitude, county, physiographic province, and drainage area, also is presented.
The statistics are planned for incorporation into StreamStats, which is a U.S. Geological Survey Web application for obtaining stream information, and is being used by water-resource managers and decision makers in Maryland to address water-supply planning and management, water-use appropriation and permitting, wastewater and industrial discharge permitting, and setting minimum required streamflows to protect freshwater biota and ecosystems. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 98994 |
| Citation Author: | Doheny, Edward J.; Banks, William S.L. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | MD-DE-DC Water Science Center |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0400000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0380000 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 22 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the Maryland Department of the Environment |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2010-1310 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Selected low-flow frequency statistics for continuous-record streamgage locations in Maryland, 2010; 2010; OFR; 2010-1310; Doheny, Edward J.; Banks, William S.L. |
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| Citation Year: | 2010 |
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| Text: | Selected low-flow frequency statistics for continuous-record streamgage locations in Maryland, 2010; 2010; OFR; 2010-1310; Doheny, Edward J.; Banks, William S.L. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr_2010_1310.bmp |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1310/ |
| Date Other: | Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
