Skip to main content
  1. ScienceBase Catalog
  2. USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center
  3. Data compilation for regional synthesis of chemical characteristics of groundwater used for domestic supply in north-east and north-central Pennsylvania

Data compilation for regional synthesis of chemical characteristics of groundwater used for domestic supply in north-east and north-central Pennsylvania

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2011-07-06
End Date
2017-09-17

Citation

Cravotta III, C.A., Conlon, M.D., Senior, L.A., and Zarr, L.F., 2021, Data compilation for regional synthesis of chemical characteristics of groundwater used for domestic supply in north-east and north-central Pennsylvania: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98BVAVU.

Summary

Groundwater quality data for 472 domestic well-water samples were retrieved from the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) database and combined with descriptive information on the sampled well locations. The NWIS data for a sample, collected on the selected date, were averaged into a single record (one per well), and rounded according to USGS protocols. For evaluation and reporting, the water-quality data were further combined with physical attributes and classified by lithology, topographic position, physiographic province, region, redox, and pH (as standalone matrix, one row per well). A second data matrix file incorporating minimum reporting levels for censored and low-reported values (set to 0.99X highest common reporting [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Charles A Cravotta, Pennsylvania Water Science Center
Process Contact :
Charles A Cravotta, Pennsylvania Water Science Center
Originator :
Charles A Cravotta, Matthew D Conlon, Lisa A Senior, Linda F Zarr
Metadata Contact :
Linda F Zarr, Pennsylvania Water Science Center
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Pennsylvania Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

Attached Files

Click on title to download individual files attached to this item.

MarcellusMetadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		12.41 KB application/fgdc+xml
MarcellusSynthesis_parms.txt 10.58 KB text/plain
MarcellusSynthesis.csv 257.76 KB text/csv
MarcellusSynthesisCRL.csv 258.24 KB text/csv

Purpose

To complete a regional synthesis of groundwater chemical characteristics for aquifers used for domestic supply in northeast and north central Pennsylvania where there is ongoing, or potential for, unconventional shale-gas development.

Map

Map Preview

Communities

  • USGS Data Release Products
  • USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Tags

Provenance

Additional Information

Identifiers

Type Scheme Key
DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P98BVAVU

Item Actions

View Item as ...

JSON ATOM ISO XML

Save Item as ...

JSON FGDC MODS XML ISO XML

View Item...

Metrics