thumbnail

Groundwater-quality and select quality-control data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January through December 2015, and previously unpublished data from 2013 to 2014

Data Series 1087
By: , , , , , , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1087

Links

  • Document: Report (16.3 MB pdf)
  • Data Release: USGS data release - Datasets from Groundwater-Quality and Select Quality-Control Data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January through December 2015 and Previously Unpublished Data from 2013–2014
  • Download citation as: RIS | Dublin Core

Abstract

Groundwater-quality data were collected from 502 wells as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Project of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Program and are included in this report. Most of the wells (500) were sampled from January through December 2015, and 2 of them were sampled in 2013. The data were collected from five types of well networks: principal aquifer study networks, which are used to assess the quality of groundwater used for public water supply; land-use study networks, which are used to assess land-use effects on shallow groundwater quality; major aquifer study networks, which are used to assess the quality of groundwater used for domestic supply; enhanced trends networks, which are used to evaluate the time scales during which groundwater quality changes; and vertical flow-path study networks, which are used to evaluate changes in groundwater quality from shallow to deeper depths. Groundwater samples were analyzed for a large number of water-quality indicators and constituents, including major ions, nutrients, trace elements, volatile organic compounds, pesticides, radionuclides, and some constituents of special interest (arsenic speciation, chromium [VI], and perchlorate). These groundwater-quality data, along with data from quality-control samples, are tabulated in this report and in an associated data release. Some data from environmental samples collected in 2013 and quality-control samples collected in 2014 also are included in the associated data release; these data are associated with networks described in this report and have not been published previously.

Suggested Citation

Arnold, T.L., Bexfield, L.M., Musgrove, M., Stackelberg, P.E., Lindsey, B.D., Kingsbury, J.A., Kulongoski, J.T., and Belitz, K., 2018, Groundwater-quality and select quality-control data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January through December 2015, and previously unpublished data from 2013 to 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1087, 68 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1087.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

Table of Contents

  • Foreword
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Purpose and Scope
  • Groundwater Study Design
  • Sample Collection and Analysis
  • Data Reporting
  • Quality-Assurance and Quality-Control Methods
  • Groundwater-Quality Data
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • References Cited
  • Appendix 1. Well Depth and Open Interval by Study Network
  • Appendix 2. High-Frequency Data from Enhanced Trends Networks
  • Appendix 3. Quality-Control Data and Analysis
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Groundwater-quality and select quality-control data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January through December 2015, and previously unpublished data from 2013 to 2014
Series title Data Series
Series number 1087
DOI 10.3133/ds1087
Year Published 2018
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Illinois-Iowa-Missouri Water Science Center
Description Report: ix, 67 p.; Data Release
Country United States
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
Google Analytic Metrics Metrics page
Additional publication details