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2005-2007 Publications for California
Water Quality

Publications concerning the water-quality of California's water resources are listed below. Publications prior to 2005 can be found at the USGS Publications Warehouse.

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Number USGS Circulars
Circular 1238 Water Quality in the Santa Ana Basin
Number USGS Data Series
Data Series 226 Summary of Suspended-Sediment Concentration Data, San Francisco Bay, 2004
Data Series 197 Seasonal changes in concentrations of dissolved pesticides and organic carbon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta, 1994-1996
Data Series 168 Water-quality data for the lower Russian River basin, Sonoma County
Data Series 167 Ground-water quality data in the north San Francisco Bay hydrologic provinces - GAMA results
Data Series 151 Geochemical data for mercury, methylmercury, and other constituents in sediments from Englebright Lake, 2002
Data Series 134 South San Francisco Bay tidal marsh vegetation and elevation surveys-Corkscrew Marsh, Bird Island, and Palo Alto Baylands, 1983
Data Series 129 California GAMA program: ground-water quality data in the San Diego drainages hydrogeologic province
Data Series 120 Concentrations of organic contaminants detected during managed flow conditions, San Joaquin River and Old River, 2001
Data Series 107 Data on dissolved pesticides and volatile organic compounds in surface and ground waters in the San Joaquin-Tulare basins, water years 1992-1995
Number USGS Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet 2005-3014 Mercury contamination from historical gold mining in California
Number USGS Open-File Reports
Open-File Report 2006-1152 Near-field receiving water monitoring of trace metals and a benthic community near the Palo Alto regional water quality control plant in south San Francisco Bay
Open-File Report 2005-1321
 Mercury concentrations in fishes from select water bodies in Trinity County, 2000-2002
Open-File Report 2005-1279 Near-field receiving water monitoring of trace metals and a benthic community near the Palo Alto regional water quality control plant in south San Francisco Bay
Number USGS Scientific Investigations Reports
Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5152
 Environmental setting of the lower Merced River basin
Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5261 Assessment of hydrologic and water quality data collected in Abbotts Lagoon watershed, Point Reyes National Seashore
Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5260
 Changes in ground-water flow and chemistry after completion of Cattlemans detention basin, south Lake Tahoe November 2001 to November 2003
Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5220
 Analysis of pesticides in surface water and sediment from Yolo Bypass 2004-2005
Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5203
 Occurrence and distribution of pesticide compounds in surface water of the Santa Ana basin, 1998-2001
Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5152
 An assessment of optical properties of dissolved organic material as quantitative source indicators in the Santa Ana River basin, Southern California
Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5148 Assessment of shallow ground-water quality in recently urbanized areas of Sacramento
Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5115 Method of analysis at the U.S. Geological Survey California Water Science Center, Sacramento Laboratory - determination of haloacetic acid formation potential, method validation, and quality-control practices
Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5032
 Occurrence and distribution of volatile organic compounds and pesticides in ground water in relation to hydrogeologic characteristics and land use
Number USGS Water-Data Reports
Water-Data Report CA-05 Water Reources Data, California, Water Year 2005
Number USGS Water-Resources Investigations Reports
Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4335
 Summary and Synthesis of Mercury Studies in the Cache Creek Watershed, 2000-01
Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4326
 Concentrations of dissolved solids and nutrients in water sources and selected streams of the Santa Ana Basin, October 1998 - September 2001
Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4127
 Sources and Transport of Nutrients, Organic Carbon, and Chlorophyll-a in the San Joaquin River Upstream of Vernalis, during Summer and Fall, 2000 and 2001

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