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Assessment of Nutrient Loading to Jamaica Bay, Gateway National Recreation Area, New York Significant changes in nitrogen loads to Jamaica Bay have likely occurred with progressive improvements to Water Pollution Control Plants (WCWPs) that discharge into the Bay. Data available from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and others will be used to determine loads from WPCPs, combined sewer overflows, and the atmosphere. Selected wells within the USGS water quality database, including those near the landfills that are immediately adjacent to Jamaica Bay, will be used to determine concentrations of nutrients in shallow ground water that enter the bay from ground water seepage. To facilitate evaluation of ground water loads, an existing USGS Finite element model that simulates sub... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Coastal Science, Coastal Science, Completed, Cooperative Water Program, GW or SW, All tags... GW or SW, GW or SW, Gateway National Recreation Area, Groundwater-Quality Monitoring, Groundwater-Quality Monitoring, Groundwater-Quality Monitoring, Jamaica Bay NY, NY, Nearshore Environmental Health, Nearshore Environmental Health, Nearshore Environmental Health, New York, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, groundwater, wells, Fewer tags Trends in Nitrate Concentrations in Public Water-Supply Wells, Suffolk County, New York, 1982-2008 Introduction High nitrate concentrations are a common concern among many purveyors, including the Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA), the largest supplier of water to residents in Suffolk County. Typically, the amount of nitrate in groundwater is related to land use, where the greatest concentrations are observed in agricultural regions. In many areas, the nitrate concentration has increased steadily in recent years, even in areas that are no longer farmed and are now sewered. A statistical analysis for trends of over 20 years in nitrate concentration data from SCWA wells is needed to determine the susceptibility of supply-wells to exceed the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for nitrate. This information is essential... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Contaminants, Natural, Contaminants, Natural, Contaminants, natural, Cooperative Water Program, GW Model, All tags... GW Model, GW model, GW or SW, GW or SW, GW or SW, Groundwater Monitoring, Groundwater Monitoring, Groundwater Monitoring, Groundwater Recharge, Groundwater Recharge, Groundwater and Streamflow Information, Groundwater and Streamflow Information, Groundwater recharge, Groundwater-Flow Modeling, Groundwater-Flow Modeling, Groundwater-Flow Modeling, New York, Suffolk County, Surface-Water Monitoring, Surface-Water Monitoring, Surface-Water Monitoring, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Use and Availability Science, Water Use and Availability Science, Water quality, public water-supply wells, nitrate, Fewer tags Groundwater Availability of the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Background The North Atlantic Coastal Plain (NACP) covers a land area of approximately 34,000 mi 2 along the eastern seaboard of the United States from Long Island, N.Y., southward to the northern portion of North Carolina. This area is underlain by a thick wedge of sedimentary deposits that form a complex groundwater system in which the sands and gravels function as confined aquifers, and the silts and clays function as confining units. These confined aquifers of the NACP constitute a major source of water for public and domestic supply for the nearly 27 million people living in the region, as well as being important source of water for industrial and agricultural purposes. Increases in population and changes... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Cooperative Water Program, Delaware, Focused Assessments, Focused Assessments, Focused Assessments, All tags... GW Model, GW Model, GW model, GW or SW, GW or SW, GW or SW, Groundwater-Flow Modeling, Groundwater-Flow Modeling, Groundwater-Flow Modeling, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain, USGS New York Water Science Center, Virginia, WSC, Water Budget, Water Budget, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Use and Availability Science, Water Use and Availability Science, Water budget, Water quality, aquifers, groundwater, hydrology, sediment, water supply, Fewer tags Aquifer Appraisal at the Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science, Cortland, New York Problem - The Ithaca Subdistrict Office of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is providing technical assistance to the USGS, Biological Resources Division (BRD), at the Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science (TLAS) in an investigation of the availability of fresh ground water. An expansion in the water supply at the laboratory is needed for a proposed spawning facility for salmon strains that are viable for natural fisheries in the Great Lakes region. The hydrogeology of the area is a complex of moraine and outwash deposits west of Cortland, N.Y. Data from existing wells at the laboratory indicate that well screens may readily clog from precipitated minerals. A review of the hydrogeology of the area, including... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Borehole Geophysics, Completed, Cortland County, Fisheries, GW or SW, All tags... GW or SW, GW or SW, Geophysics, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, NY, New York, Tunison Lab, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, aquifer, aquifer, borehole geophysics, borehole-geophysical logging, fish, fish, groundwater, moraine, water quality, water quality, wells, Fewer tags Geohydrology of the Unconsolidated Aquifer in Enfield Creek Valley, Town of Enfield, Tompkins County, New York PROBLEM The unconsolidated aquifer in Enfield Creek Valley (fig. 1) was mapped by Miller (2000) and identified as one of 17 unconsolidated aquifers in Tompkins County that needs to be studied in more detail. Well records in Enfield Creek valley indicate that the northern part of Enfield Creek valley contains sand and gravel deposits which may be under unconfined conditions in some areas, confined in others, or both; and the southern part of the valley contains mostly sand and gravel under unconfined conditions. The valley will probably undergo increased development as the population in Tompkins County increases and spreads out from metropolitan areas. However, there is little geohydrologic data in the valley.... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquifer Mapping, Aquifer Mapping, Aquifer Mapping, Cooperative Water Program, GW or SW, All tags... GW or SW, GW or SW, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, New York, Tompkins County, Town of Enfield, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Use and Availability Science, Water Use and Availability Science, Water quality, geohydrology, Fewer tags Development of Long Island Water Quality Integrated Data System (LIQWIDS) - User interface and web services in support of collaboration under the Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan(LINAP) PROBLEM There are more than 60 organizations and agencies collecting water-quality data on Long Island. The types of database management that are used to store and archive regulatory and non-regulatory data vary from paper forms to spreadsheets to State and Federal databases, and there is minimal communication between these systems. As a result, those interested in analyzing data may be unaware of what data exist and how those data can be obtained without a Freedom of Information Law request. A unified data sharing system that provides multiple levels of sensitive and non-sensitive data storage and dissemination is needed. This system should link the various databases and interact through web services to provide... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Cooperative Water Program, GW or SW, Geospatial Applications, Groundwater-Quality Monitoring, Mapping Application Development, All tags... Mapping Applications Development, Surface-Water Quality Monitoring, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, Water-Quailty Modeling, nitrogen, Fewer tags Geohydrology and Water Quality of the Northern and Central Parts of the Tug Hill Glacial Aquifer, Jefferson and Oswego Counties, North Central New York Problem - The entire Tug Hill glacial aquifer is a 47-mile-long, crescent-shaped mixture of glacial deposits of predominantly sand and gravel on the western side of the Tug Hill Plateau in Jefferson, Oswego, and Oneida Counties in north central New York. The Tug Hill aquifer can be divided into three parts (northern, central, and southern) based on geohydrological setting, depositional history, and type of glacial deposits (fig. 1). In this study, the name “Tug Hill glacial aquifer” refers only to the 29-mi-long northern and central parts of the Tug Hill aquifer. (The southern part was not included in this investigation.) For this study, the division between the northern and central parts of the aquifer was placed... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Completed, GW Model, GW Model, GW model, GW or SW, All tags... GW or SW, GW or SW, Groundwater-Quality Monitoring, Groundwater-Quality Monitoring, Groundwater-Quality Monitoring, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrologic Networks and Analysis, Jefferson, Oswego,Oneida Counties, New York, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Use and Availability Science, Water Use and Availability Science, Water quality, hydrogeology, Fewer tags Geomorphology, Biology, & Stability of Catskill Mountain Streams, New York Problem - The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) Stream Management Program, in cooperation with local Soil and Water Conservation Districts, is implementing stream-restoration demonstration projects to decrease channel bed and bank erosion and improve water quality (lower suspended sediment and turbidity) in several priority streams of the Catskill Mountain Region (Fig. 1). A variety of issues relating to (a) the hydraulic geometry of stable and unstable stream channels, (b) validation of underlying assumptions used to characterize channel stability and design, and (c) the effects of restoration on stream-channel geomorphology, stability, biota, and sediment transport have not been... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Catskill Mountains, Completed, Cooperative Water Program, Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, All tags... Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem Health, GW or SW, GW or SW, GW or SW, New York, Sediment, Sediment, Sediment, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, geomorphology,biology, Fewer tags Assessing American Eel Populations in Tributaries to the Upper Delaware River American Eel (Anguilla Rostrata) Background The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has worked in cooperation with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) over the past 11 years to study the effects of channel geomorphology and impoundments on the distribution of common and rare mussels in the Neversink River and to characterize fish assemblages in tributaries to the Upper Delaware River in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The focus of this research and monitoring program has recently shifted toward studies of the rapidly declining American eel (Anguilla rostrata) populations in rivers of the tri-state region. There are many factors that could potentially cause the observed declines in local and continental populations of... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Completed, Cooperative Water Program, Delaware River Basin, Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, All tags... Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem Health, Fisheries, GW or SW, GW or SW, GW or SW, NY, Neversink, New York, USGS New York Water Science Center, Upper Delaware River, Delaware River Basin, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, biodiversity, eels, Fewer tags Geohydrology of the Valley-Fill Aquifer in the West Branch Cayuga Inlet and Fish Kill Valleys, Town of Newfield, Tompkins County, New York PROBLEM The valley-fill aquifers in the West Branch Cayuga Inlet and Fish Kill valleys (designated as aquifer 15, fig.1), within the Town of Newfield, were mapped by Miller (2000) and identified as one of 17 unconsolidated aquifers in Tompkins County that need to be studied in more detail. The valley-fill in the West Branch Cayuga Inlet and Fish Kill valleys contain a heterogeneous mix of glacial deposits and recent alluvium under mostly unconfined conditions, but may they be under confined conditions in some places. The valley-fill deposits are sources of water for the Village of Newfield, homeowners, farms, and small businesses in these valleys. The Village of Newfield has recently been searching for another location... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Cooperative Water Program, GW or SW, GW or SW, GW or SW, Hydrogeologic Characterization, All tags... Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, New York, Tompkins County, Town of Newfield, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Use and Availability Science, Water Use and Availability Science, Water quality, Fewer tags Hydrologic-Data Collection in the Five Boroughs of New York City Problem Previous hydrologic studies have indicated that there may be sufficient water resources underlying Queens, Kings, Richmond, New York, and Bronx Counties for use as a supplemental water supply in times of drought or other emergency. An extensive ground-water and surface-water monitoring program is necessary to provide a comprehensive hydrologic data set for use in ongoing and future ground-water investigations. Objective The project will provide a continuous hydrologic data set needed for resource assessment, planning, and protection. To meet this objective the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, maintains and operates a network of approximately... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Climate Impacts, Climate Impacts, Climate impacts, Contaminants, Emerging, Contaminants, Emerging, All tags... Contaminants, Microbial, Contaminants, Microbial, Contaminants, Natural, Contaminants, Natural, Contaminants, Organic, Contaminants, Organic, Contaminants, emerging, Contaminants, microbial, Contaminants, natural, Contaminants, organic, Cooperative Water Program, Drought, Drought, Drought, Energy Resources, Flood Inundation, Flood Inundation, Flood Inundation, GW or SW, GW or SW, GW or SW, Groundwater Monitoring, Groundwater Monitoring, Groundwater Monitoring, Groundwater and Streamflow Information, Groundwater and Streamflow Information, Human Health Activities Program, Low Flow or Peak Flow, Low Flow or Peak Flow, Low flow or peak flow, New York, New York City, Real Time Monitoring, Saltwater Intrusion, Saltwater Intrusion, Saltwater intrusion, Surface-Water Monitoring, Surface-Water Monitoring, Surface-Water Monitoring, Toxic Substance Hydrology, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, Fewer tags Adirondack Long-Term Stream and Soil Monitoring The current Adirondack Long-Term Monitoring Program combines monitoring of streams and soils based on a watershed design. Not only are headwater streams an important component of Adirondack ecosystems, they are closely tied to the terrestrial environment through runoff that is strongly influenced by soil and vegetation processes. This linkage makes headwater streams a useful tool for monitoring the overall condition of the watershed, and by combining stream and soil monitoring within watersheds, the response of Adirondack ecosystems to environmental disturbances such as acid rain and climate change can be better understood. For example, the unexpectedly slow reversal of stream acidification from decreased atmospheric... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Acid Rain, Adirondack Park and vicinity, New York, Aquatic Community Health, Aquatic Community Health, Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment, All tags... BiogeochemicalandHydrologicAssessment, Cooperative Water Program, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem health, GW or SW, GW or SW, GW or SW, Groundwater and Streamflow Information, Macroinvertebrates, NY, New York, Soils, Status and Trends Program, Surface-Water Monitoring, Surface-Water Monitoring, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, acid rain, acid rain,soils,sugar maple,watershed, macroinvertebrate communities, sugar maple, watershed, watershed impacts, Fewer tags Long-Term Monitoring of Buck Creek Watershed in the Western Adirondack Region of New York Monitoring of lake chemistry in the western Adirondack region has indicated reductions in the acidity of these lakes during the past two decades. However, lakes are not always reliable indicators of streams and soils. Uncertainty remains regarding the recovery potential of surface waters and the effects of acidic deposition on soils. Furthermore, nitrogen, long considered a growth-limiting nutrient for northern temperate forests, is likely to be available in excess of that needed by Adirondack forest ecosystems as a result of acidic deposition. In this region, excess nitrogen in the soil leads to acidification of soils and surface waters. Calcium, important for acid neutralization, is also an important nutrient,... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment, Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment, BiogeochemicalandHydrologicAssessment, Buck Creek, Climate Research and Development, All tags... Cooperative Water Program, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem Health, Environments, GW or SW, GW or SW, GW or SW, New York, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, Fewer tags Hydrogeology of a Ground-Water Contamination Site, Cayuga County, New York Problem - The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provided technical assistance between 2001 and 2013 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in an investigation of the presence of chlorinated solvents (trichloroethylene and degradates) in ground water in the Middle-to-Lower Devonian and Upper Silurian carbonate bedrock southwest of Auburn in Cayuga County, N.Y. Pieziometric and water-quality data from the wells indicate that contaminants may have migrated in the bedrock as far as 7 miles toward discharge areas that are in an adjacent surface-water basin. The ground-water contamination site was added to the Super Fund priority list in 2003. Objectives - The objective of the work is to characterize the stratigraphy,... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Borehole Geophysics, Borehole Geophysics, Borehole Geophysics, Borehole Geophysics, Cayuga County, All tags... Completed, Contaminants, Organic, Contaminants, Organic, Contaminants, Organic, Contaminants, organic, Cooperative Water Program, GW or SW, GW or SW, GW or SW, GW or SW, Geophysics, Geophysics, Geophysics, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, New York, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, bedrock,borehole logs, gw wells, Fewer tags