Hydrologist - Water Quality Specialist
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
Email:
ccrow@usgs.gov
Office Phone:
210-691-9217
Fax:
210-691-9270
ORCID:
0000-0002-1279-2485
Location
University Heights Business Pk
5563 DeZavala Road
Suite 290
San Antonio
, TX
78249
US
Supervisor:
Jennifer T Wilson
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Sediment samples and samples for water-toxicity testing were collected during 2014 from several streams in San Antonio, Texas known locally as the Westside creeks (Alazán, Apache, Martínez, and San Pedro Creeks) and from the San Antonio River. Samples were collected once during base-flow and again after periods of storm-water runoff (post-storm conditions) to determine baseline sediment- and water-quality conditions. Streambed-sediment samples were analyzed for selected constituents, including trace elements and organic contaminants such as pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), brominated flame retardants, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Categories: Data;
Tags: Alazán Creek,
Apache Creek,
Bexar County,
Brominated flame retardants,
Fathead minnow, All tags...
Halogenated organic compounds,
Martínez Creek,
PAH,
PCB,
Pesticides,
Pimephales promelas,
Polychlorinated biphenyls,
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,
San Antonio,
San Antonio River,
San Pedro Creek,
Sediment-quality,
Texas,
Trace elements,
USA,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
USGS Station ID 08178100,
USGS Station ID 08178310,
USGS Station ID 08178345,
USGS Station ID 08178375,
USGS Station ID 08178410,
USGS Station ID 08178445,
USGS Station ID 08178460,
USGS Station ID 08178465,
USGS Station ID 08178504,
USGS Station ID 08178515,
United States,
Water Quality,
Water-toxicity,
Westside Creeks, Fewer tags
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The extensive development of oil and natural-gas resources in south Texas during the past 10 years has led to questions regarding possible environmental effects of processes associated with oil and natural-gas production, in particular the process of hydraulic fracturing, on water and other natural resources. Part of the lower San Antonio River watershed intersects an area of oil and natural-gas production from the sedimentary rocks that compose the Eagle Ford Group. The rapid expansion of infrastructure associated with oil and natural-gas production increases potential pathways for inorganic and organic contaminants to enter surface-water systems. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the San Antonio...
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Bexar County,
Cibolo Creek,
Comal County,
DeWitt County,
Ecleto Creek, All tags...
Elmendorf,
Falls City,
Floresville,
Guadalupe County,
Karnes City,
Karnes County,
Kenedy,
Land Use Change,
Oil Resources,
Petroleum,
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,
Poth,
Runge,
San Antonio River,
Sediment-quality,
Selma,
St. Hedwig,
Stockdale,
Sutherland Springs,
Texas,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Urbanization,
Water Quality,
Water-quality,
Wilson County, Fewer tags
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Arundo donax (Arundo Cane) is an invasive perennial reed that can grow more than 30 feet tall and has become established in riparian zones along rivers throughout the southwestern United States. It grows in thick stands, readily displaces native riparian habitat, and provides no habitat or food for native species in the ecosystems it disrupts (McWilliams, 2004). The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) has been directed to develop and implement a program to eradicate Arundo Cane along the entire 1,255 mile length of the Rio Grande in Texas (Texas Senate Bill 1734). The TSSWCB has been using an ecosystem-based approach that integrates the use of biological, chemical, mechanical, and cultural controls...
Tags: Geochemistry,
Geomorphology,
Herbicides,
Hydrology,
Laredo, All tags...
Pesticides,
Remote Sensing,
Texas,
USA,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Water Quality,
Water Resources,
Webb County,
inlandWaters,
surface water quality,
water quality,
water resource management,
water resources,
water sampling, Fewer tags
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