Groundwater Quality in the Colorado Plateaus Aquifers, Western United States

Fact Sheet 2021-3012
National Water-Quality Assessment Project
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  • Document: Report (3 MB pdf)
  • Data Release: Data Release - Datasets of groundwater-quality and select quality-control data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January 2017 through December 2019 (ver. 1.1, January 2021)
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Abstract

Groundwater provides nearly 50 percent of the Nation’s drinking water. To help protect this vital resource, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project assesses groundwater quality in aquifers that are important sources of drinking water. The Colorado Plateaus aquifers constitute one of the important areas being evaluated.

Suggested Citation

Degnan, J.R., and Musgrove, M., 2021, Groundwater quality in the Colorado Plateaus aquifers, western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2021–3012, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20213012.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Groundwater quality in the Colorado Plateaus aquifers, western United States
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2021-3012
DOI 10.3133/fs20213012
Year Published 2021
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) National Water Quality Assessment Program
Description Report: 4 p.; Data Release
Country United States
State Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
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