| Abstract: | This study plan is for Urban Land-Use Studies initiated as part of the U.S. Geological Survey‘s National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. There are two Urban Land-Use Study objectives: (1) Define the water quality in recharge areas of shallow aquifers underlying areas of new residential and commercial land use in large metropolitan areas, and (2) determine which natural and human factors most strongly affect the occurrence of contaminants in these shallow aquifers. To meet objective 1, each NAWQA Study Unit will install and collect water samples from at least 30 randomly located monitoring wells in a metropolitan area. To meet objective 2, aquifer characteristics and land-use information will be documented. This includes particle-size analysis of each major lithologic unit both in the unsaturated zone and in the aquifer near the water table. The percentage of organic carbon also will be determined for each lithologic unit. Geographic information system coverages will be created that document existing land use around the wells. These data will aid NAWQA personnel in relating natural and human factors to the occurrence of contaminants. Water samples for age dating also will be collected from all monitoring wells, but the samples will be stored until the occurrence of contaminants has been determined. Age-date analysis will be done only on those samples that have no detectable concentrations of anthropogenic contaminants. |
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| Citation Author: | Squillace, P. J.; Price, C. V. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
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| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 96-217 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Urban land-use study plan for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program; 1996; OFR; 96-217; Squillace, P. J.; Price, C. V. |
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| Citation Year: | 1996 |
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| Text: | Urban land-use study plan for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program; 1996; OFR; 96-217; Squillace, P. J.; Price, C. V. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/0217/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Fri, 10 Jan 1997 00:00 -0600 |
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