Colorado Water Science Center
Email:
wbattagl@usgs.gov
Office Phone:
303-236-6872
ORCID:
0000-0001-7287-7096
Location
DFC Bldg 53
Box 25046
Denver Federal Center
Denver
, CO
80225-0046
US
Supervisor:
John (Ryan) R Banta
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Two non-native bigheaded carp species have invaded the Illinois River system and are a potential threat to the Great Lakes ecosystem. Discharges from industry, wastewater treatment plants, and urban and agricultural runoff, may be a factor contributing to the stalling of the upstream movement of the bigheaded carp population front near Illinois Waterway mile 278. In 2015, the U.S. Geological Survey collected 4 sets of water samples under a range of seasonal and hydrologic conditions from 3 locations upstream and 4 locations downstream from river mile 278 using a Lagrangian-style sampling strategy. Water samples were analyzed for over 639 constituents of which 280 were detected at least once, including many anthropogenic...
Tags: Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal,
Des Plaines River,
Environmental Health,
Hydrology,
Illinois, All tags...
Illinois River,
Illinois Waterway,
Kankakee River,
USA,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Water Quality,
Water Resources,
anthropogenic bioactive chemicals,
bigheaded carp,
chemical mixtures,
hormones,
pharmaceuticals,
surface water,
volatile organic compounds, Fewer tags
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Fresh water is arguably the most valuable resource on the planet, but human activities threaten freshwater ecosystems. For example, use of synthetic chemicals, such as pesticides, road salts, and nutrients, has led to the ubiquitous contamination of aquatic systems, jeopardizing the integrity of ecological communities. Given the importance biodiversity plays in maintaining ecosystem health and function and the continued decline of freshwater species, it is vital to understand the direct, indirect, and lasting effects of synthetic contaminants on biota in freshwater systems. The majority of our knowledge regarding contaminant effects is comprised of short-term, single-contaminant laboratory toxicity tests that describe...
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Precipitation, suspended-sediment, and water-quality data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the U.S. Army on two bases in Colorado, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Carson and Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, during water years 2016–18. Data were collected to assist in understanding the potential effects of military training maneuvers on water resources and water quality for various streams on each base.
Categories: Data;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Colorado,
Colorado Springs,
Fort Carson,
Hydrology,
Pinon Canyon, All tags...
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Water Quality,
environment,
hydrology,
precipitation (atmospheric),
surface water quality,
suspended material (water), Fewer tags
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Advances in drilling technique have facilitated a rapid increase in hydrocarbon extraction from energy shales, including the Williston Basin in central North America. This area overlaps with the Prairie Pothole Region and greater than 35% of wetlands are less than or equal to 1 km from a petroleum-related well. Legacy practices often released saline co-produced waters (brines) that were chloride rich wastes, affecting wetland water quality directly or persisting in sediments. Despite the potential threat of brine contamination to aquatic habitats, there has been little research into their ecological effects. We capitalized on a gradient of legacy brine-contaminated wetlands in northeast Montana to conduct laboratory...
Categories: Data;
Types: Citation,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Amphibians,
Environment,
Prairie Pothole Region,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
West Bearskin Lake, All tags...
Wetland ecosystems,
Williston Basin,
aquatic biology,
salinization,
water pollution,
water quality, Fewer tags
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This dataset describes site location information for samples collected within the western National Parks, USA, (Arches National Park (NP), Bryce Canyon NP, Canyonlands NP, Capitol Reef NP, Dinosaur National Monument (NM), Hovenweep NM, Timpanogos Cave NM, and Zion NP) for water chemistry analyses. Water-quality and bed-sediment samples were analyzed for contaminants of emerging concern at the National Water Quality Laboratory, Denver, Colorado, and Region 8 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency laboratory in Golden, Colorado. Additionally, quality assurance and quality control results are summarized.
Tags: Colorado,
Environmental Health,
National Parks,
Northern Colorado Plateau,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags...
Utah,
Water Quality,
personal care products,
pesticides,
pharmaceuticals,
wastewater indicators, Fewer tags
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