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Data from Decadal Change in Groundwater Quality Web Site, 1988-2016

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1988-01-01
End Date
2016-12-07

Citation

Lindsey, B.D, Levitt, J.P., and Johnson, T.D., 2019, Data from Decadal Change in Groundwater Quality Web Site, 1988-2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VAULHG.

Summary

Evaluating Decadal Changes in Groundwater Quality: Groundwater quality data were collected from 5,000 wells between 1988-2001 by the National Water-Quality Assessment Project. Samples are collected in groups of 20-30 wells with similar characteristics called networks. About 1,500 of these wells in 67 networks were sampled about 10 years later between 2002-2012 (second sampling event) to evaluate decadal changes in groundwater quality. Between 2012 and 2016 (third sampling event), a subset of these networks has been sampled again, allowing additional results to be displayed on the web page: Decadal changes in groundwater quality. This is the third iteration of data added to the website, so this data release is referred to herein as [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Bruce D Lindsey
Originator :
Bruce D Lindsey, Tyler D Johnson, Joseph P Levitt
Metadata Contact :
Jennifer B Sharpe
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Office of Planning and Programming
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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Decadal_Change_in_Groundwater_Quality_V3_Data_Tables.zip
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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine if the quality of the Nation's groundwater has become better, worse, or stayed the same during 1988-2016. Evaluating changes in groundwater quality at the decadal scale is one component of a larger effort to understand the quality of the Nation's water resources and how water quality conditions are changing with time.

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  • National Water-Quality Assessment Project
  • USGS Data Release Products

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9VAULHG

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