Physical Scientist
Email:
lgormansanisaca@usgs.gov
Office Phone:
443-498-5546
Fax:
443-498-5510
ORCID:
0000-0003-1711-3864
Location
U.S. Geological Survey
5522 Research Park Drive
Baltimore
, MD
21228
US
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This metadata record covers 5 comma delimited ascii files that contain sediment source sample data, sediment target sample data, quantitation limits for samples, and daily temperature data. This data release is a companion to the journal article Sediment fingerprinting to delineate sources of fine-grained sediment in the agricultural and forested Smith Creek watershed, Virginia (2012-2015).
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Previous work by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) developed models to estimate the amount of water that is withdrawn and consumed by thermoelectric power plants (Diehl and others, 2013; Diehl and Harris, 2014; Harris and Diehl, 2019 [full citations listed in srcinfo of the metadata file]). This data release presents a historical reanalysis of thermoelectric water use from 2008 to 2020 and includes monthly and annual water withdrawal and consumption estimates, thermodynamically plausible ranges of minimum and maximum withdrawal and consumption estimates, and associated information for 1,360 water-using, utility-scale thermoelectric power plants in the United States. The term “reanalysis” refers to the process of...
Tags: Hydrology,
USA,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Water Resources,
hydrology, All tags...
power generation water use,
water budget,
water census,
water supply and demand,
water use,
water-energy nexus, Fewer tags
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) developed models to estimate the amount of water that is withdrawn and consumed by thermoelectric power plants (Diehl and others, 2013; Diehl and Harris, 2014; Harris and Diehl, 2019). The thermoelectric water use models are based on linked heat-and-water budgets that are constrained by power plant generation and cooling system technologies, the amount of fuels consumed and electricity generated, and environmental variables. The heat-budget side of the models calculates the amount of waste heat (fuel heat that is not converted to electricity) that is removed from the steam used to drive the turbines that generate electricity and transferred to the cooling system in a thermoelectric...
Categories: Data;
Tags: USA,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Water Resources,
anthropogenic impacts on water resources,
hydrology, All tags...
thermoelectric power generation,
water availability,
water budget,
water census,
water consumptive use,
water supply and demand,
water use,
water withdrawal,
water-energy nexus, Fewer tags
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A study examining the sources and ages of fine-grained bed material (<0.063 mm) was conducted for 99 sites in the USGS NAWQA Midwest Stream Quality Assessment (MSQA) during the summer of 2014, including 15 suspended sediment and 5 cropland top soil samples. Bed material samples were analyzed for radionuclides (7Be, 210Pbex, 137Cs) and pesticides (bifenthrin and DDE); suspended sediment for radionuclides (7Be, 210Pbex, 137Cs): and cropland top soil was analyzed for 210Pbex and 137Cs. Data set includes only those data specifically discussed in a Journal of Environmental Management entitled, Sources and ages of fine-grained sediment to streams using fallout radionuclides in the Midwestern United States, by Allen C....
Categories: Data;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky, All tags...
MSQA,
Michigan,
Midwest Stream Quality Assessment,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
National Water Quality Assessment,
Nebraska,
Ohio,
South Dakota,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Water Quality,
Wisconsin,
sediment ages,
sediment sources, Fewer tags
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