Groundwater-Quality and Select Quality-Control Data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January 2017 through December 2019
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- Document: Report (26.3 MB pdf)
- Appendixes:
- Table 1.1 (11.0 kB csv) — Index of reports containing each network description
- Table 1.1 (15.1 kB xlsx) — Index of reports containing each network description
- Table 3.1 (15.7 kB csv) — Well identification numbers, Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment study unit, and report with water-quality data for wells in the California Coastal Basin aquifers and Central Valley aquifer system principal aquifer study networks
- Table 3.1 (23.6 kB xlsx) — Well identification numbers, Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment study unit, and report with water-quality data for wells in the California Coastal Basin aquifers and Central Valley aquifer system principal aquifer study networks
- Dataset: U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System database — USGS water data for the Nation
- Data Release: USGS data release — Datasets of groundwater-quality and select quality-control data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January 2017 through December 2019
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Abstract
Groundwater-quality environmental data were collected from 983 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. The data were collected from six 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; vertical flow-path study networks, which are used to evaluate changes in groundwater quality from shallow to deeper depths; and modeling support studies, which are used to provide data to support groundwater modeling. Groundwater samples were analyzed for many water-quality indicators and constituents, including major ions, nutrients, trace elements, volatile organic compounds, pesticides, radionuclides, microbiological indicators, and some constituents of special interest (arsenic speciation, hexavalent chromium [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. Data for microbiological indicators for samples collected in 2016 are included in the companion data release.
Suggested Citation
Kingsbury, J.A., Bexfield, L.M., Arnold, T., Musgrove, M., Erickson, M.L., Degnan, J.R., Tesoriero, A.J., Lindsey, B.D., and Belitz, K., 2021, Groundwater-quality and select quality-control data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January 2017 through December 2019: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1136, 97 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1136.
ISSN: 2327-638X (online)
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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. Information Contained in Previous Reports in This Series
- Appendix 2. Well Depth and Open Interval by Study Network
- Appendix 3. Well Identification Numbers and Reports Containing Sample Results for Wells in the California Coastal Basin Aquifers and Central Valley Aquifer System Principal Aquifer Study Networks
- Appendix 4. High-Frequency Data from Enhanced Trends Networks
- Appendix 5. 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 2017 through December 2019 |
| Series title | Data Series |
| Series number | 1136 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ds1136 |
| Year Published | 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Illinois Water Science Center, Minnesota Water Science Center, Oregon Water Science Center, Texas Water Science Center, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, National Water Quality Program |
| Description | Report: x, 97 p.; 2 Appendixes; Data Release; Dataset |
| Country | United States |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |